Chapter 1136 The Amnesiac Black Panther and His Poor Little Beauty (7)
Chapter 1136 The Amnesiac Black Panther and His Poor Little Beauty (7)
The Amnesiac Black Panther and His Poor Little Beauty (Part 17)
Song Ning has been very busy these past two days. Firstly, because she finally has a place to call her own and naturally wants to make her life better. Secondly, it's because of that radio.
That radio didn't look like something from before the apocalypse; rather, it looked like it had been pieced together from limited materials after the apocalypse.
But I must say, the quality of this radio surprised him greatly, because it not only worked, but it could also receive two radio stations!
Song Ning was stunned when he first heard music coming from the radio. He really didn't expect that there would still be radio stations now, and that they would even play music for two hours every day around dusk.
This led Song Ning to develop a new habit within two days: every evening at six o'clock, he would turn on the radio with Da Mao and enjoy this wonderful time while organizing the things he had collected during the day.
Another radio station was the main reason why Song Ning felt a sense of crisis.
This is a radio station that broadcasts for ten minutes every morning at nine o'clock sharp. Song Ning happened to bring it back and happened to come across it the next day when he was studying it.
There was no self-introduction or any other unnecessary words on the other end of the radio. He simply explained a research topic in a tone that resembled an academic presentation, without going into detail about how the research findings came about. It was quite concise.
"According to our research, the current high temperatures are not too difficult to endure as long as there is a water source, but the mortality rate will be higher during the upcoming extreme cold weather. Warm clothing and sufficient food are very important, and it is especially important to preserve fire sources."
"If you have the means, we recommend storing up fat before the extreme cold arrives, as this will greatly increase your chances of surviving the weather."
"Finally, let us emphasize again that the extreme cold weather is only twelve days away. Anyone who hears this message must be prepared and try to inform every surviving human being you can reach. May the flame of humanity continue. That's all."
It would be a lie to say that Song Ning was not moved by the news. He never expected that there would still be people who would make such a selfless sacrifice. The phrase "to continue the flame of humanity" made him lose his composure for a moment, but he quickly recovered.
He wasn't sure if humanity could continue its lineage; his only thought was to get through the upcoming extreme cold.
However, with a more accurate time, Song Ning was no longer in such a hurry.
There's no use in being anxious; there's really only so much he can do on his own.
However, it's not all bad news, for example, there's the crucial issue of food.
After hearing the news that day, Song Ning told Da Mao about the situation.
He had already noticed that although the big cat couldn't speak human language, it could understand what he was saying and comprehend the meaning behind his words.
Sure enough, after he told Big Cat the news, Big Cat paced back and forth with a thoughtful expression.
At first, Song Ning didn't understand what the big cat was thinking, but he soon found out the answer.
Because the big cat started bringing home prey one after another. At first, the prey was a few small ones, but after Song Ning became more skilled at handling them, the big cat started bringing home larger prey.
If Song Ning still didn't understand what Big Cat meant, then he would truly be a fool. Fortunately, he had gone to the workwear store several times in the past two days and brought back all the warm clothes and other items, including the three freezers he had his eye on.
Just as he had imagined, Song Ning used those freezers to store the prey that the big cat brought back after washing them with clean, boiled lake water.
The processing methods were all very simple: after curing with lethal amounts of salt, they were all dried into jerky. Song Ning had to be thankful that the labor protection store was a treasure trove; the ropes inside were very thick, and he even unraveled the ropes into strands of thinner rope to obtain many thinner ropes.
There wasn't time to make racks for drying meat, so they simply strung up several ropes like clotheslines and placed the salted meat directly on them. The whole row was so large that Song Ning couldn't help but think of the idiom "a pool of wine and a forest of meat" when he saw it.
He doesn't have a wine pool, but a meat forest is clearly taking shape now.
The big cat brought back a total of five prey animals. Song Ning estimated that he had processed over a thousand pounds of meat. The big cat originally wanted to go out hunting, but Song Ning quickly stopped him.
"Don't go. There's enough meat for me now. Let's keep it and not kill it all. When it gets colder and the freezer is ready, we can freeze some more. Then if you don't want to hunt anymore, you won't have to go out."
The big cat scoffed at his reluctance to hunt, but only stopped after Song Ning repeatedly explained that it wasn't good for humans to keep eating pickled jerky.
It took two days to organize the freezer and supplies at the labor protection store, and then nearly ten days to process the game and make jerky from both the game and the supplies.
With only one day left before the extreme cold weather arrived, Song Ning only slept for three hours before heading out with his small cart, carrying a water bottle and dried meat with him. He planned to use this remaining day to quickly find some more firewood to burn, otherwise he couldn't imagine how he would survive in such weather.
He had searched the east side several times, but this time Song Ning changed direction and went south.
While munching on the steamed jerky, Song Ning didn't have much hope. After all, it had been thirteen years since the apocalypse, and it was rare for a place like the labor supply store to not have been emptied. Most buildings were either emptied out, or people were living inside, and a few buildings were occupied by powerful creatures.
For example, isn't the neighborhood they live in now occupied by the big cat?
However, it must be said that Big Cat's vision is indeed excellent. This area is currently the best of all the territories occupied by Big Cat, and there is also a clean water source nearby, which alone makes it superior to 99% of the bases in the entire post-apocalyptic world.
Moreover, this water source shows no signs of drying up even in such high temperatures, which fully demonstrates just how good Big Cat's eye is in choosing territory.
The thought of the big cat lifted Song Ning's spirits even more, and her complexion had improved considerably recently.
He didn't know exactly why Big Cat had asked him to stay, but he knew that with Big Cat by his side, he was now full of anticipation for every day to come.
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