Doomsday: Humanity shrinks 100 times

Chapter 140 Centipede
In any case, you should be cautious if you find any traces of birds.

However, you still have to go and see the garbage piled up at the river mouth in the forest area.

Lu Yuning made up his mind and decided to go there after finishing the work at hand.

For now, except for this manufacturing room, all other facilities can be put aside temporarily.

Basically, several key buildings have been built, and now we need to find the heating source for the floor heating.

But the weather is not cold enough to turn on the floor heating yet, so there is no need to rush.

After the manufacturing room is completed, some materials need to be classified and placed in the storage cabinet.

Lu Yuning sorted out the materials currently available and made a list.

There are two types of metals: aluminum and iron.

This is also a relatively scarce resource for them. Although Lu Yuning has unlocked metal manipulation, there is no source for collection.

Zou Yun’s new ability is related to the type of metal, but it is unknown how high his upper limit is, if each metal can trigger an ability.

Then the value of his supernatural powers may be higher than Han Yingying's.

In addition to the two metals, other materials currently available include: plastic, high-density polyethylene, spider silk, paper, and resin.

Other non-rare natural materials that can be collected: plant materials, stones, quartz sand, etc.

It seems that their materials are quite limited, and most of the production materials are plastic.

Lu Yuning sorted the materials into categories and organized them, and finally felt an inexplicable sense of pleasure when looking at the neatly arranged shelves.

He could probably understand why Zhang Qian loved the kitchen so much.

The expansion of the shelter was completed ahead of schedule. It was still early, so everyone decided to plan tomorrow's forest exploration.

Since the conference room was not ready yet, this exploration meeting was held in the restaurant.

Lu Yuning cleared his throat and said, "We need to keep the number of people on this expedition as small as possible. If there are too many people, Yingying's collaborative ability may not last long, so we have confirmed five people for now."

Seeing that no one had any objections, he continued, "The list is as follows: Lu Yuning, Liu Rui, Han Yingying, Xia Fei, and Wu Xiao."

The core abilities for going out for exploration are nothing more than mimicry and coordination, and based on this, you can add a few auxiliary personnel.

After testing by several people, with the help of Liu Rui's ability, Han Yingying's coordination ability can be used continuously when five people are working together.

So five people is the best configuration at the moment. In addition to the three core members, Lu Yuning must accompany them.

The remaining person, Lu Yuning, hesitated for a while between Zhang Xinyue and Wu Xiao, but finally chose Wu Xiao.

The main reason is that they have a clear goal this time, and they are going to collect materials, so Wu Xiao's space utilization rate will be higher.

Except for Zou Yunxin who was a little disappointed, no one else had any objection to this choice.

Zou Yunxin has a rather active personality, so naturally he wants to participate in such fun activities.

However, apart from fighting, his abilities are really limited.

In addition to personnel arrangements, this operation has two main purposes. The main goal is to obtain garbage materials from the tributaries, and the other is to observe the situation of the bird's nest.

Although it is dangerous, Lu Yuning has an idea that maybe it is worth exploring.

The next morning, the five of them were ready to go.

There is a slight chill in the air; it is already late autumn.

Lu Yuning's clothes were already nearly ruined, but luckily, he'd managed to find some spider silk to patch up the long-lost sleeves and trouser legs, making things less awkward. The five of them quickly entered the forest. This was Lu Yuning's first experience with mimicry, though he'd used it before, but only to avoid Xinghuo's men.

When walking in the woods at this time, all visible insects within sight will ignore them.

Xia Fei's main ability is that he can change his form in real time while moving.

This morphological change does not directly change the shape of the human body, but through the refraction of light, it makes it difficult for creatures to visually observe their existence.

When Lu Yuning and Xu Qi explored the forest area before, they walked along the small path in the forest area.

The tributary discovered by Liu Rui and his companions was located on the right side of the entrance to the forest area.

The five people headed straight for the target area. The ground in the forest was very rugged, and there were countless insects around, including mosquitoes, flies, damselflies, ladybugs, and beetles that they couldn't name, which kept crawling past their eyes.

Lu Yuning and Wu Xiao were also enlightened, while Liu Rui and the other two were somewhat accustomed to it.

Although I have explored the weed area near the spider's nest before, the movement method was different at that time, and the forest area was obviously richer in species.

The scene before my eyes was somewhat frightening, yet mixed with a special feeling that I couldn't quite describe as dreamy or fantastical.

It’s like diving deep in the seabed, and a huge creature suddenly swims closer from out of sight. While you admire the wonders of nature, you also feel a fear of the unknown.

Nature is magical and cruel.

In nature, the brighter the color of something, the more dangerous it is, such as a dark green reptile that suddenly appeared in front of several people.

Although its body color suggests it is not a mutant, its body length is longer than several people, its lower body is covered with legs, and it has two long tentacles on its head.

Lu Yuning has already realized that this should be a centipede.

At this moment, a centipede suddenly appeared from the right side and hit Wu Xiao's face directly. His legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground.

Then a strong fishy smell quickly filled the noses of several people, stimulating the gastric juice.

Before entering the forest area, Liu Rui repeatedly warned the two of them not to make any noise in the forest area, as they would be located by some creatures with keen sense of sound.

So even though he was scared, Wu Xiao didn't dare to speak.

Lu Yuning placed his hands on the materials he was carrying, and stared nervously at the creature whose body was constantly twisting.

Fortunately, this thing hardly stopped. Its dense legs kept crossing on the ground and it quickly crawled past the five people.

The five people didn't care about the disgust and quickly fled.

Thirty minutes later.

The expedition team successfully arrived at the first exploration point. In order to calm down, Lu Yuning spread out the materials he carried with him and locked all five people in.

"Huh... I almost peed myself just now."

After the shield was deployed, the pressure suddenly decreased, and Wu Xiao finally dared to speak.

Xia Fei patted him with a funny look on his face and consoled him, "You'll get used to it. It's a good thing it didn't crawl onto you. My little brother Liu Rui was once hit on the face by a bug, but he didn't even say a word."

Wu Xiao was stunned for a moment, and after confirming with his eyes, it seemed that what he said did not seem to be a joke.

Liu Rui's face suddenly turned ugly, as if he had involuntarily recalled a bad memory.

Lu Yuning sniffed the lingering fishy smell in his nose, smiled bitterly, and sighed in his heart that this jungle job was really hard.

(End of this chapter)