As Wexuan walked out of the room of the zombie couple, who were still hugging each other and looking out the window, perhaps because they were familiar enough with each other, or perhaps because their scent was already familiar to the zombie couple, the tall zombie only glanced at them and confirmed that they were people he knew, and then ignored them, allowing Wexuan to wander around their room and even observe the couple.
Wexuan didn’t bother the couple and, after confirming that there were no problems in the room, he and Du Hang went to patrol the neighborhood… ah, no, to inspect the situation in the neighborhood, so as to prevent any damage.
Without any external stimulation, the walls, buildings, and even the zombie security guards inside the community would not inexplicably encounter any problems. So after walking around the neighborhood and confirming that everything was still the same, Wexuan and Du Hang returned home and busied themselves with daily tasks.
For example, they took the fully charged batteries down and arranged them in a room for future use, replacing those that had been used up. They also cleaned and organized all the summer-specific electrical appliances that were no longer needed in the house.
They also harvested the matured potatoes and carrots in the community that needed to be dug up and collected…
Two days after Wexuan returned home, the sky, which had become gloomy for some reason, was covered with thick clouds, indicating that autumn rain could fall at any time, causing the already cool temperature to drop even lower. Winter was getting closer.
Upon noticing the change in the sky, Wei Xuan immediately took Du Hang to the roof of nearby buildings and took out all the pots and containers that they had been afraid of being discovered earlier, placing them on the roof.
When he was investigating the surroundings of the residential area recently, he happened to bring back several stacks of various colored water buckets and basins from the nearby daily necessities store, all of which are now being used.
When the strange snow falls, he doesn’t want to use these things on the roof, but if he wants to collect rainwater, it is best to put the containers on the roof to prevent them from being contaminated by wandering zombies.
Autumn rain is not as urgent as summer rain, so after Wei Xuan ran around almost all the rooftops where pots and pans can be placed and placed all the empty containers, the sparse rain began to fall.
After Wei Xuan and Du Hang returned home together, the sound of rain outside gradually grew louder and more frequent.
“As the saying goes, ‘autumn rain brings coolness’.”
Sitting on the bed by the window, Wei Xuan looked at the gray sky outside with some emotion, and Du Hang sat beside him. At this moment, the posture of the two of them was like the zombie couple who usually snuggled together to enjoy the scenery.
Resting his head on Du Hang’s shoulder, Wei Xuan murmured a few words as if talking to himself, and continued to look at the rain scene, not knowing what he was thinking.
This first continuous autumn rain after the beginning of autumn lasted for two and a half days, with an astonishing amount of rainfall.
Wei Xuan unexpectedly discovered on the first night when he climbed to the roof that most of those pots and buckets were already full. In order not to waste them and to store more water for future use, he simply started to transport the rainwater down and purified it at home while it was raining.
During these rainy days, he emptied at least two rooftops of rainwater and purified them before putting them into spare empty water jugs.
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The only issue is the sealing problem, but fortunately, there are plenty of spare lids in stores that sell purified water. He doesn’t have to worry about not having a backup when he runs out of them like in the pre-apocalyptic times, as he doesn’t poke the lid open every time he uses the water.
After heavy rain, Wei Xuan began his slow process of purifying the rainwater.
Although the purification speed increased significantly with several water purification devices running simultaneously, it was not fast enough. The two of them could take advantage of the purification time to easily collect rainwater from the roofs of each building.
Just as Wei Xuan was working hard to collect and purify rainwater, many survivors in the survivor base and the city were busy with the same task.
Even in large survivor bases, where there are many water-based ability users, they still need to collect as much rainwater as possible for daily use when it rains.
Not to mention that some bases don’t have any water-based ability users at all, and just like Wei Xuan, they have to rely entirely on the mercy of the weather to drink water.
Wei Xuan had been to the school base before, where everyone was cramped in one teaching building because of an accident.
Although they managed to create a temporary passage that connected to the burning material storage warehouse, the fire was caused by someone pouring gasoline directly onto the materials before igniting them, and they could only salvage a few things.
During this rain, the remaining survivors in the base were silent. Many of them died in the previous accident, but fortunately, the proportion of water-based ability users among the remaining survivors was relatively high.
Moreover, their numbers have decreased instead. The water-based ability of these few anomalous individuals is more than enough to sustain their daily water needs.
On the contrary, in that high-rise base, the people have placed pots and containers almost everywhere on the rooftop where they grow vegetables. The earth-based anomalous individuals have even created several funnel-shaped “earth funnels” to collect rainwater on the rooftop. The effect is naturally excellent, and they quickly filled almost all their containers, which they can use slowly in the future.
After collecting the last of the rainwater and removing the makeshift earth funnels covering the vegetables, the group happily gathered in a room on the top floor of a building. The room was usually used for dining, chatting, and meetings, and they were discussing something excitedly.
“These vegetables can all be harvested in ten days, right?” One person pointed to the roof and asked those around him.
“Probably. The potatoes will definitely be ready by then, but I’m not sure about the carrots,” another person said, looking towards the oldest person in the room, Grandma Zhao.
“Grandma Zhao, what should we do if we can’t harvest the carrots in time? Will they freeze and spoil on the roof?” A gossip-loving member of the group quickly asked her.
“It’s okay. We can move away all the pots and containers from the rooftop. We have cleared out the neighboring rooms, haven’t we? We can temporarily move the vegetables and make do until they all mature,” Grandma Zhao replied.
“But the room isn’t warm, is it?”
“We can light a fire.”
“Can they still grow without sunlight?”
“As long as there’s no complete darkness, they can still grow. They might grow slower and the carrots might be smaller, but it’s not a big problem.”
As a group of people discussed, several lucky children aged around ten, who were protected by their families and did not perish in the zombie outbreak, gathered on the balcony playing with toys brought from their respective homes.
Suddenly, a nine or ten-year-old girl looked up at the clear sky and pointed to a black dot, asking with some confusion, “What’s that?”
Other children also looked up and started to discuss excitedly.
“It’s a bird! It’s a bird!”
“What if it’s a plane?”
“No, it’s a kite!”
“It’s a bird, it’s a bird!”
“A balloon!”
At first, the nearby adults ignored the children’s conversation, but after a while, one of the children’s mothers walked over and laughed, “What time is this? Where would there be birds in the sky?”
As she spoke, she followed the direction the children were pointing and her expression became somewhat strange. “Hey, look at that! What is that in the sky?!”
“Huh? Could it really be a bird!”
“It could also be a plane. Remember? A helicopter flew over the edge of our city a while back.”
“That’s right… huh? It seems to be flapping its wings! It’s a bird! It’s really a bird!”
“There’s more!”
As the crowd discussed, the man who looked the most fierce in the room suddenly frowned and asked, “If it really is a bird… is it a zombie bird or a normal bird?”
His words instantly quieted the room, and the excitement of seeing another type of creature besides humans was replaced with caution.
“Oh no! Whatever they are, let’s go upstairs and move all the food down as much as possible!”
Grandma Zhao suddenly came to her senses, her voice trembling as she called out.
“Move… food?”
“Yes!” With that, the old lady with the power ability led the way and ran ahead. “Some birds eat grains and vegetables!”
With a bang, the people in the room couldn’t sit still any longer, and they immediately got up and ran outside, climbing onto the roof to quickly collect the potatoes and carrots planted on the roof.
Whether these birds eat vegetables or not, they must still take precautions! So that nothing will be lost later!!
“What is that… thing?!”
As he was moving rainwater on the roof, Wei Xuan, who always cautiously observed his surroundings whenever he went out, was the first to spot the black dots in the sky.
However, unlike other people in the community who would carry binoculars and explosive axes with them even when moving around in their residential areas, he immediately took out his binoculars from his backpack to look at the black dots in the sky.
Behind him, Du Hang had also stopped other actions, staring straight at the sky as if he had seen some enemy.
A lot of enemies!!! I don’t know how to call group of birds
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Usually a group of birds is called a ‘flock’, but there are many specific terms for different birds. Three that I know of: a murmuration of starlings, a conspiracy of ravens, and my favorite—and most fitting here—a murder of crows.
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isn’t it late in the day? bats?