Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 139 Care and the Five Most Reasonable Words

The dog played a role again.

Dogs always come in handy.

Lu Xian called Gouzi over and said to him, "Check the oil tanks and see which one contains gasoline first."

The mechanical dog looked into the oil tank, and its glowing eyes shone towards the oil tank valve on the left.

Lu Xian asked again: "Is there enough oil in it?"

The dog's eyes lit up, indicating that there was enough oil in the tank, enough for Lu Xian and Yao Wei.

Then the third question: "Is it safe inside? After opening the valve of the oil tank, will there be any danger...well, is it still safe?"

Lu Xian originally wanted to ask whether there would be any danger after opening the oil tank valve, but then he thought that this question conflicted with the answer to the previous question and would cause confusion.

Even if the dog understood and answered in its own way, there was no way for me to tell whether the dog was answering the first question or the second question.

So he quickly changed the content of his inquiry.

The dog's eyes are still bright.

Lu Xian was relieved about this. The oil tank could be opened. With the confirmation of the mechanical dog, he just needed to be more careful when opening the valve himself, and it would basically be safe.

He said to Yao Wei, "Why don't you just move away? Drive the car out, and I'll open the gas tank."

Yao Wei shook her head and said, "Let me do it."

Lu Xian asked: "Have you driven one before?"

Yao Wei shook her head again: "No."

Lu Xian said: "Then why are you here? What if the operation is not done properly and some unnecessary danger occurs? Wouldn't it be a huge loss?"

"..."

After hearing what Lu Xian said, Yao Wei had no choice but to remain silent.

But she didn't know that Lu Xian had never driven this thing before.

Are you kidding? Lu Xian didn’t work at a gas station in his previous life, so how would he understand this?

If he had understood, he would have remembered to look at the oil tank a long time ago, and he would not have to try so hard to search his memory and recall the valve in the cement oil tank pool based on his memory.

But whether she knew it or not, Yao Wei still insisted on not quitting.

She stood next to Lu Xian and said, "I'm right here, watching you open the valve."

Lu Xian refused: "What are you looking at here? The car is still parked at the gas pump.

"What if the oil tank explodes while I'm driving it? Wouldn't the car be blown away? That would be more harm than good."

But Yao Wei suddenly glanced at him and said, "The person was also blown away..."

Lu Xian: "..."

He had to admit that what Yao Wei said made sense, and he had accidentally overlooked this problem.

He wanted to say something else, to persuade Yao Wei to drive away, and then he could open the valve of the oil tank without worry, but he didn't expect that Yao Wei spoke first.

"The dog said it's safe."

Yao Wei said.

This woman is now full of confidence in the mechanical dog, even greater than Lu Xian's.

And what supported her to stand beside Lu Xian was not just her confidence in the mechanical dog.

After saying this, she added: "I can't let you be killed by the explosion alone."

Lu Xian was slightly startled, and turned to look at Yao Wei. He saw that the woman had a calm expression, without any emotion, as if she was talking about a trivial matter.

But he could sense that beneath Yao Wei's calm expression, there must be an extremely strong determination hidden.

Beneath this calmness and indifference lay a resolute look, which made Lu Xian suddenly feel that Yao Wei was even more charming at this moment than when she was in the rough shelter outside Xiaogang Village.

What more could one ask for in life than to have such a confidante like you?

"Don't look at me. Open the valve."

Yao Wei felt a little uncomfortable when Lu Xian looked at her. She avoided Lu Xian's gaze and stared at the valve.

Lu Xian smiled and said, "Okay."

He walked forward and tried to open the valve.

There is a lock on this valve, but it is a padlock, not an electronic lock. It should be to avoid power outage in special circumstances and the inability to open the valve in time.

The padlock was made of extremely strong material. It looked thick and heavy and ordinary people could not open it at all.

But for Lu Xian, this was a minor problem. He went straight to it, and with great force, he pulled it open.

The same principle applies when removing the anti-theft bolts.

At this moment, Lu Xian felt that the Type A new humans should also be called general-purpose new humans. There are so many applicable scenarios, and the places where they can play a role are countless.

He now feels that the five words "great strength brings about miracles" are simply the five most reasonable words.

Where did the miracle come from?

It's all about great effort.

After removing the padlock and dismantling the anti-theft bolts, the next step requires more caution.

Lu Xian controlled his strength, but the power surging from his body still played a major role.

He carefully turned and lifted the valve, making a "creaking" sound, so smoothly without any accidents.

The smell of gasoline rose from under the valve. The old oil, preserved by special chemicals from the apocalypse, still had that same smell.

"Okay! No problem!"

Lu Xian gently put the valve back and smiled at Yao Wei. "Yeah."

Yao Wei said "hmm", looked at Lu Xian, and laughed too.

Lu Xian exhaled lightly and said, "Looking at it this way, we looked really stupid just now.

"Gouzi clearly said it was okay, but he was still so cautious. You told me to run and I let you go, so what are you doing?"

Yao Wei said, "It's better to be careful."

Lu Xian nodded and said, "Yes, there's nothing wrong with being careful."

The two men smiled at each other again, without further ado, and looked down into the valve opening at the same time.

Below the valve is the oil tank. Perhaps the gas pump here broke down too early, so the oil in the tank is still full.

But even if it is full, the oil will only reach the bottom of the filling pipe.

——There is a small section of pipe below the filling port. Although it is not too deep, it is still difficult for people to bend over and reach in to get something to pump oil.

The gasoline reflected the light and remained calm in the tank, as if quietly mocking the person who was receiving the initiation, saying, "Don't think too much. Even if you open the tank, it's not that easy to get the oil."

"What to do?"

Yao Wei frowned and asked.

"do not know."

Lu Xian carefully observed the filling port for a while and sighed, "Logically speaking, there should be a ladder hanging on it, otherwise how can people go down to clean the oil tank?

"But the problem is that there is nothing up there now, and we have no place to stay. We can only use oil drums to fetch oil. There is no other way.

"Sigh... I didn't expect that after finally opening the oil tank, I still got stuck and couldn't get the oil."

"So we should just drive on and when we run out of gas, we can go to Jianshan City to find some?"

Yao Wei said.

She was a very decisive person. Once she made up her mind, she stopped dithering and said, "In that case, let's go quickly and stop wasting time here."

But Lu Xian did not move, but continued to look into the oil tank, thinking, recalling, racking his brains to think of something that could help him at this time.

"Don't be impatient, wait a little longer... let me think about it..."

He said to Yao Wei.

"Is there any other way?"

Yao Wei asked. Just like she believed in Gou Zi, she also believed in Lu Xian.

When Lu Xian said to think about it, she immediately changed her mind.

"possible……"

Lu Xian did not give an accurate answer and could not be sure, but he always felt that he had learned so much and received so much education in his previous life, so he could always think of a solution at this time.

Even those knowledge points learned in school have long been buried in memory with the passage of time.

It is not scary to be buried by time. If you try hard to recall and dig hard, you will always be able to remember it.

What I am afraid of is that I have completely compromised and given up.

In the apocalypse, one should do everything possible to survive and utilize everything that is available to him.

If I give up so easily, and throw aside what I know, master, and learn, and don't make use of it, then what qualifications do I have to survive in this world?
"Okay, I'll get the oil barrel then."

When Yao Wei heard the word "maybe" from Lu Xian, she turned and went to the car.

She felt that she couldn't help much else at the moment, so she might as well do what she could and let Lu Xian think about it seriously, and then do it directly after thinking about it, without having to worry about other miscellaneous trivialities.

If Lu Xian finds a way to get oil later, he will definitely use an oil barrel.

So Yao Wei went to the car, opened the door, took out the oil barrel in the back, carried it to the valve, and placed it in front of Lu Xian.

Lu Xian saw what Yao Wei brought at a glance.

The lead-sealed barrel mouth with a lid and the long spout of the pot are designed to facilitate sealing and pour oil into the car's fuel tank respectively.

Lu Xian looked at the mouth of the barrel and fell into deep thought.

How do you get oil from a barrel like this?
But as he pondered, his eyes involuntarily fell on the spout of the kettle.

"Snapped!"

He patted his forehead, and an idea flashed through his mind.

Seeing this, Yao Wei hurriedly asked, "What's wrong? Is there any solution?"

"There is a way, but we can only see if there is a chance."

Lu Xian said this, but he did not take the oil barrel. Instead, he stood up, carefully closed the valve of the oil tank again, and tightened the anti-theft bolts.

As for the thick, heavy, high-specification padlock, it had been broken by him, so it was naturally unusable at this time.

Lu Xian didn't waste it and picked it up.

"Is this also intended to be a hidden weapon?"

Yao Wei asked.

Lu Xian said as a matter of course: "Of course, this thing is so heavy and of such good quality, it won't break easily. It's much more useful to me than a toy wheel."

The padlock body and the lock handle have been separated into two parts. Lu Xian put both parts away and suddenly remembered something. He smiled and said to Yao Wei:
"Come to think of it, I have much more firepower than you right now.

"Let's go, let's put our things back in the car."

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the car.

Yao Wei took a deep look at Lu Xian's back and pursed her lips.

This guy came up with a solution but didn't explain it properly. How could he be like that?! It's so infuriating!
(End of this chapter)