Chapter 155: Everyone’s Own Brand Of Unlucky
Yu Jiang planted the Golden Skin Tree Branch in a pot and placed it on the lowest flower stand at the rear of the vehicle.
It was originally the spot for the spare tire. Yu Jiang stored important vehicle supplies in the storage compartments, so this place was also changed into a flower stand.
The Golden Skin Tree is quite dangerous, so Yu Jiang added two layers of high-density nylon mesh outside it. It won’t affect ventilation too much.
When she doesn’t open it, it can isolate the thorns on the leaves from flying out and also block some outside sight, making it impossible to see clearly what plant this is at a glance.
When going to the parallel road to pick up the boss, she’ll put it away to avoid accidental injury.
The pyrethrum is still placed next to the countertop by the kitchen sink.
When the vehicle moves forward, especially on the parallel road, Yu Jiang will store the plants in the grids or put them in the sink to prevent accidents from falling.
When parking to rest, she’ll casually put them back on the countertop. The plants she grows are either edible or can be used for drug manufacturing; none are raised in vain. Decoration is just an added benefit.
It gets dark at 6:30 PM, still over an hour left; can’t waste it.
When luck is good, she should seize the opportunity to search a bit more, best to complete the passive collection mission.
Yu Jiang drove a few more kilometers forward, got out of the vehicle, checked her equipment, took a lit insect repellent incense, and walked into the forest.
Previously, she hadn’t been willing to use the mosquito coil from the Raccoon Supermarket. Now with pyrethrum obtained, no need to worry about what to do after using it up.
The specially made insect repellent incense is very effective; not only does it repel insects, it also chokes people.
Yu Jiang wasn’t poisoned in the forest but was first choked into several sneezes.
The gathering process was very difficult. Don’t think that just because the sun was strong at noon, the undergrowth was still very damp with large and small puddles on the ground. It looks flat, but you never know where a pit is; stepping into one can cover you in mud.
Getting dirty is one thing, but the key is that the muddy water is full of insects, dropping into monster-level mutant snakes. The large poisonous insect pits are even worse.
There are also the sneaky plants that appear from time to time, vines with spikes, and water droplets falling from leaves that may contain sensitizing juice.
Plus the rainforest’s terrible humid heat, even someone like Yu Jiang, fully geared and a skilled gatherer, has low efficiency here.
Not long after searching, her clothes were already half-soaked with sweat, breathing felt uncomfortable, and the air humidity was too high.
Completely different from the previous snowy ground and coniferous forest.
However, the medicinal herb resources here are good, though most are poisonous, like strychnine seeds and periwinkle from the oleander family.
Healing potions, Qi Replenishing Drinks, and Popeye’s Spinach require few medicinal herbs. After so long, Yu Jiang only gathered two portions.
It’s already past six in the evening; the forest is gradually darkening, and visibility will be poor soon.
The mission to collect the mid/high-level Drug Illustrated Guide · Poisonous Drugs has progressed to (43/50).
One of the progresses came from obtaining it from a brightly colored poison frog.
This is a monster; after killing it, it drops supplies, no need to extract venom by hand.
Yu Jiang started walking back. The homemade protective goggles on her head were pressing uncomfortably around her eye sockets, plus the seeping sweat.
She didn’t wear a mask behind; in this environment, wrapping too tightly prevents the body from dissipating heat, and severe cases can lead to heatstroke.
Walking out of the forest, without those tangled intertwining branches and vines around, it instantly felt relaxed.
Yu Jiang let out a long breath, took off the protective goggles, took out the picked-up small mirror to check, and sure enough, there was a red mark around her eye sockets, looking a bit funny.
After tidying up, back on the RV, her first thing was to take off her clothes and untie the shoelaces tied around her trouser legs.
The outer shoes were first placed on the metal stairs outside the car door; the soles had crushed who knows how many caterpillars and were covered in muddy water.
Yu Jiang took out the picked-up plastic small water bucket, filled it with domestic water, rinsed the shoes clean, and then stored them in the shoe cabinet.
She specially placed several storage compartments in the shoe cabinet area for shoes and outerwear/pants used for going out to explore, convenient to access and distinguishable from clean clothes.
Even if they got something on them, it could reduce loss.
Yu Jiang saw the light screen pop up the nighttime protection indicator, immediately closed the car door securely, took clean clothing, and went to take a shower.
Unlike cold weather where you can go days without washing hair or bathing, with slow domestic water consumption.
To save water, she showered at the fastest speed, body clean and feeling much more comfortable.
Yu Jiang looked at her hair, found a tool to cut it shorter; it would be more convenient on the Rainforest Map.
Outside the car window, the sky had darkened, unknown insects in the dense forests on both sides emitting continuous calls, the tangled plants in the darkness gradually turning into twisted dark outlines.
The road was also dim and quiet, only a bit of light lit inside the vehicle.
The temperature difference in the rainforest isn’t large; evenings are also around 20 degrees.
Everyone in the team wasn’t in good condition.
Sad Pig Intestine: “Health Value dropped 5 points for me. Got bitten by insects right after getting out of the vehicle, don’t even know what insects. Luckily there’s Sister Jiang’s ointment allocated, otherwise I feel I couldn’t last a few days.”
Kuang Kuang Kuang: “‘Smile’ please look at the picture.”
She posted her own hand back, a wound bitten by an insect, already healing but the wound turning purple.
Kuang Kuang Kuang: “Mountain Leech, can’t even pull it off, can only use a red-hot knife to burn it.”
28-bar Bicycle: “Look at me, Sister Jiang’s medicine saved my life.”
This one was even more severe, several cuts on the calf, red bumps on the hands, simply an insect mobile blood bag.
Pure Love Cockroach Spicy Spicy: “How are you so serious??? Didn’t Chill River Big Shot remind everyone to tie trouser legs tight?”
28-bar Bicycle: “I did, but encountered a monster. While running, pants got torn by branches. I was totally collapsing at the time. Luckily discovered early, took out insecticide spray and sprayed wildly, preventing them from climbing up.”
Purple Butt Can Do It: “Look at me, while driving the car, I didn’t even pick up wooden boxes. Spicy Strips on branches smashed my windshield. Afraid they’d crawl inside the vehicle, I even used the protective shield.”
Lightning Mage King: “They want to bite me, I go crazy and electrocute even myself!”
Sad Pig Intestine: “Cooked some mung bean soup this afternoon. Does everyone need it? Clears heat and detoxifies, eat something sweet to alleviate mood.”
Purple Butt Can Do It: “Yes yes yes! Reward sent to you.”
Yu Jiang: “Raise hand!”
Everyone in the team had their own misfortunes, but all were very active when it came to food.
Yu Jiang got the mung bean soup, sat by the small dining table, just lifted her hand to eat, and saw dense swarms of winged insects fluttering outside the window, freezing her.
Lights at night attract them. Luckily her mosquito net is tight enough; they can only fly around outside and can’t get in.
On the public screen, others weren’t so lucky, help requests coming one after another.
Runaway Mother Monkey: [! So many flying insects, everyone best not turn on lights!]
Cai Gou Guoguo: [Too late, tent is full! Can’t kill them all, the more I hit the more there are. Directly threw the flashlight to attract their attention, ran back to the vehicle.]
Paper Airplane 354: [Health Value dropped to 65 in one day, just went into the forest to pick two boxes, hands have several big bumps. Anyone know what to do?]
One Sword Frost Cold: [Seeking healer, poisoned with Health Points decreasing, plus dizziness BUFF.]
Amid the many messages, a few appeared related to the previous anonymous message.
Dual Blades: [The one who anonymously posted about gathering picture plant achievement, come out if you dare. What achievement! Touched that thing and got dizzy and nauseous, Health Value decrease, you %*#]
