Chapter 28 Friendship

The second day of the cold wave.

The blizzard has lasted for more than twenty hours.

The Mirror Lake Forest is covered with thick snow, the temperature is stable at around minus thirty-five degrees, and the environment is extremely harsh.

In the morning, Yu Ke woke up in a warm bed.

He glanced at the boiler not far away where charcoal was still burning, and the thermometer hanging on the bedside showed that the room temperature was still eight degrees.

The materials used in the construction of the sentry tower had the property of heat preservation, which was finally brought into play in this cold wave.

After getting dressed and washing up, Yu Ke walked to the window to take a look at the frightened deer still curled up in the camp. Even with the outer defense line made of reinforced concrete in the camp, they were still inevitably covered with a layer of snow.

Fortunately, the blizzard was blocked at the camp, and the intensity was greatly reduced. They only had to endure the low temperature.

Throwing the remaining snake meat from last night into the porridge pot and putting it on the stove to heat it, Yu Ke sat at the workbench to check the computer.

The Forestry Bureau sent a new internal email, instructing the rangers not to work during the snowstorm, and everything should be based on the safety of the ranger camp and themselves. If a major accident occurs, contact the Forestry Bureau immediately.

In a snowstorm of this scale, even the Forestry Bureau can hardly provide help, so it emphasizes that they can only contact them in case of major accidents, and most emergencies have to be handled by the rangers themselves.

For example, a large amount of snow inside and outside the camp must be cleared now, otherwise in this extremely low temperature environment, they will soon freeze into thick ice and accumulate, and then all facilities in the camp will be affected.

Fortunately, Yu Ke was prepared for this.

He completed the warm-up and morning exercises meticulously in the sentry tower.

Let the essence of the python meat better integrate into the body in this process, and further strengthen the body's toughness.

After the morning exercise, Yu Ke, who had finished drinking the snake soup, put on a full set of cold-proof clothes and left the sentry tower.

The full-coverage helmet came into play again. As long as the exposed neck was protected, Yu Ke could move normally in the blizzard with his strong physique and not too bulky cold-proof clothing.

Pushing the door open, the wind and snow hit him.

The impact caught Yu Ke off guard and he took a half step back, and hurriedly closed the door.

He looked at the Mirror Lake Forest in the distance, which was still a vast expanse of white.

Yu Ke quickly climbed down the sentry tower and first got close to check the situation of the frightened deer to confirm that none of them were frostbitten or frozen to death. They were the key to Yu Ke's good relationship with the frightened deer king, and they had to be protected no matter what.

Then Yu Ke began to check the lines in various parts of the camp, and only turned to the warehouse to make sure everything was normal, carrying two bags of snow melting agent and spreading them inside and outside the camp, especially the snow storage pit, to ensure that the snow could melt as quickly as possible.

During the snow removal process, the frightened deer king emerged from the wind and snow with his herd of deer.

Compared with the old and weak who huddled together for warmth in the camp, although they were all strong and mature frightened deer, they were not in much better condition after enduring the long-term wind and snow outside.

Even so, they still dragged their tired bodies and brought a considerable amount of hay to the forest patrol camp to provide food for the old and weak in the tribe.

However, the amount of hay was visibly reduced.

It was not easy to dig for food under the snow layer that was half a meter thick.

The frightened deer king saw Yu Ke outside the camp and took the initiative to greet him, and then put a Qingling fruit in his hand just like yesterday.

This was today's refuge reward.

Regardless of other things, the frightened deer king's style of doing things was indeed a bit like a king.

Favors must be repaid, and hatred must be avenged!

Yu Ke was quite surprised to have such a harvest just by opening the camp gate.

You should know that with the changes in plants and animals in the Cataclysm era, the emergence of spiritual fruits or spiritual plants is no longer a secret. Just like the essence of the giant python can improve the toughness of human body, this kind of fruit that improves physical fitness has been discovered by people.

But being discovered does not mean that there are many of them.

In fact, on the contrary, the value of any known spiritual fruit on the market is almost equal to the same quality of gold, and it is also what the poaching team is crazy about. It is truly priceless.

Only a special existence like the Shocked Horned Deer King can find this kind of fruit in the Mirror Lake Forest and use it as a reward.

After putting away the Qingling Fruit, Yu Ke did not intend to take it for nothing, but was ready to show some appreciation. He raised his hand and patted the fur of the Shocked Horned Deer King,

"Come with me, I'll show you something good."

He walked quickly into the forest patrol camp with the Shocked Horned Deer King. Without saying a word, Yu Ke dragged out a whole bag of radishes from the hunting lodge. He held the half-person-high bag in one hand and took out the radishes from it with the other hand and handed them to the Shocked Horned Deer King,

"Try it, it should suit your appetite."

Smelling the smell of food, and with the previous trust, the Shocked Horned Deer King lowered his head and ate a bite of the frozen radish. After confirming that there was no problem, he turned around and called out. Immediately, more than a dozen tired Shocked Horned Deer came over to eat and restore their strength.

Before the cold wave came, Yu Ke filled the hunting lodge with various ingredients. Considering that vegetables would not rot in extremely low temperatures, he purchased a lot of radishes, potatoes, corn and other vegetables in advance.

At that time, he thought that the herd of frightened horned deer might lack food, so the main point when buying was the large quantity.

Anyway, there was no need to worry about spoilage. Even if the herd of frightened horned deer did not come, he could eat it slowly.

If the merchants in the transfer station knew that he was exchanging a bag of radishes for a Qingling fruit that could enhance human cardiopulmonary capacity, they would probably drive a large truck to do the transaction in the blizzard.

Of course, the account was not calculated that way.

This bag of radishes might not cost much to Yu Ke, but it was the key life-saving food for the frightened horned deer.

And the premise for achieving all this, trust!

If there had not been those two side-by-side battles, Yu Ke would not have received the Qingling fruit as a reward, and the frightened horned deer king would most likely choose to attack the camp for the survival of the tribe, and at least one person on both sides would have died.

Standing under the shed in the parking lot, Yu Ke placed the radishes on the ground and let a few timid young frightened horned deer come to eat, while he retreated into the snow with the frightened horned deer king.

Yo~ Yo~

Seeing his fellow tribesmen recovering after eating, the King of Shocked Horned Deer looked at Yu Ke and called out twice to express his gratitude.

"This is what I should do. The Qingling Fruit is also very important to me."

After wiping the fruit casually, Yu Ke opened his mask and ate the Qingling Fruit in front of the King of Shocked Horned Deer. He didn't even throw away the core, but stuffed it into his pocket, ready to plant it in the spring of next year. At the same time, he handed over the radish he had prepared in advance.

"You have only eaten one bite so far. Here, I specially saved this for you."

The King of Shocked Horned Deer looked at Yu Ke, suddenly turned around, raised his hooves high, neighed, and the black ball in the center of his horns burst into dazzling purple light.

Before Yu Ke could react, the remaining snow in the camp rose out of thin air, and was all turned to the outside by invisible forces. For a moment, the entire patrol camp was much cleaner.

Yu Ke turned around and was about to express his gratitude when he saw the frightened deer king lower his head and eat the carrot in his hand.

Trust is revealed in the details.

Yu Ke knew that he had gained a friendship.