Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 14 ONEPIECE
After hearing what Yao Wei said, Lu Xian understood that the three places marked with X on the map must have been places Yao Wei had visited before, but they had no gas or could not refuel.

"Where's the pen?"

He asked, and thought to himself, this woman is really worthy of being called a woman. She has a notebook and a pen, but she only knows how to write a diary, wasting paper and ink, while others can use them in crucial places.

Amazing!
If I could learn this sooner, I'd never keep a diary again. If I don't have an atlas, I could just draw a map of my journey on a piece of white paper.

"Feel the bottom of the bag."

Yao Wei said four more words.

So Lu Xian had to go to the back row again, fumbled in Yao Wei's backpack for a while, took out a pen from the bottom of the backpack, and then went back to the front row.

He opened the pen and ticked the gas station icon. Then Lu Xian noticed that there was an extremely wide and long river on the edge of the map of Jiangyu District, Taipei City.

The blue icon representing the river had the words "Jiangyu Reservoir" written on it. Comparing the direction, it should be the river just under the bridge.

The place where they crossed the bridge was the narrowest part of the river, so they did not enter the reservoir.

Lu Xian thought that the tap water pipe of Villa No. 272 ​​Jiangyu Road might have come from this reservoir.

In this case, if the main pipeline of the reservoir is still good, then are there other places that are also good and habitable?

He was lost in thought when he suddenly heard Yao Wei say, "Page 27."

Page 27 was in the second half of the booklet. Lu Xian noticed that this part was darker than the other parts from the side. It was obvious that Yao Wei had flipped through it more.

He turned to page 27 of the "World Map 1", which showed a general map of a province. The map was long and narrow, with flat terrain. The words "Mengze Province" were written in the upper right corner.

Wanquan City is located in the lower left corner of the Mengze Province map. A dot is heavily painted in the upper right corner of this irregular square map.

Lu Xian understood at a glance that this place was Yao Wei's target.

"Here?"

Lu Xian flipped a few pages back and came to the page with "Wanquan City". He saw that there were many marks on it, and a circle was drawn in the center.

"I'll go here until I find an oasis."

Yao Wei said in a deep voice while driving.

Lu Xian turned his head and glanced at Yao Wei. A murderous look suddenly flashed from the corners of the woman's eyes. She held the steering wheel and stared at the front, as if there was an enemy outside the car and she wanted to step on the accelerator and hit the person to death.

He guessed without asking that there must be Yao Wei's enemies in this place.

Considering what Yao Wei said before that her mother was dead, and the sentence "Only those who can't fight anymore will hide in the north to survive", it is very likely that her mother died in this place.

So she has never been to the South, and her statement that the South is better than the North may be a lie.

But Lu Xian did not press the issue. Seeing Yao Wei's current state, he felt that if he continued to ask, he would be asking for trouble.

"Then come on."

He said so.

Yao Wei didn't say anything and continued driving silently.

After driving across the bridge, we came to a small hill. We continued around the hill for a while, and the road met a river and continued forward.

Lu Xian turned the atlas back to the page of Yubei City, and then flipped through the pages that followed. On it was a map of Fengcheng County.

A river flows out from the reservoir at the edge of the map and goes straight to the west area. The words "Gui River" are marked on it.

"What is an oasis?"

Lu Xian asked again.

The question about Wanquan City might bring bad luck to others, but it was probably worth asking, as he was also a little curious.

It feels like these two words are very suitable for living.

However, Yao Wei said: "I don't know."

"Don't know? Then how did you know about the oasis?"

"My mother said it."

"..."

Lu Xian was silent for a while and said, "I'm sorry." Yao Wei shook her head and didn't care. She said, "If I find you one day and you're still alive, I'll tell you."

It’s okay, this guy is not bad. Lu Xian said: "Thank you."

After he said that, he suddenly thought of a movie he had seen in his previous life. It seemed to be a masterpiece of post-apocalyptic movies called "Mad Max".

The people there were also looking for an oasis, but it turned out that the oasis was a scam.

But he didn't tell Yao Wei about this. After all, the world is different, and each movie has its own reality. How could he use the movie plot as a reference for reality?
If I tell Yao Wei the story in the movie, what if I become a jinx and Yao Wei attacks me with a knife?
Lu Xian wasn't sure if he could beat such a fierce woman.

But when Yao Wei heard Lu Xian's thanks, she shook her head and said, "Many people are looking for the oasis, heading south, but no one has found it."

"..."

Lu Xian was silent again, and murmured, "ONE PIECE..."

How come "Mad Max" turned into "One Piece"?

However, the ONEPIECE in this world does not represent a dream, but the hope of survival.

Yao Wei slammed on the brakes, and Lu Xian almost hit the front windshield.

"Boom!"

The dog hit the car in front of me, but luckily the car was not going too fast, so neither the dog nor the car was hurt.

"you know?!"

Yao Wei asked in some surprise.

"..."

This woman mistook the word "ONE PIECE" for another name for Oasis.

Lu Xian had to explain, "No, I'm talking about a place in a story. Many people are looking for that place too. It sounds quite similar to the Oasis."

"Oh."

Yao Wei said sullenly, feeling somewhat disappointed.

She wasn't interested in the story.

But she noticed another problem: "You speak... a foreign language, right?"

Lu Xian nodded: "Yes."

I wonder if there is English in this world?
There should be... After all, Chinese has it.

Yao Wei added, "If I find another world atlas one day, please help me take a look. The oasis might not be on the first world map."

The world map is divided into several volumes. The one in Yao Wei's hand is "World Map 1". From what she said, it seemed that she had already searched all the places on World Map 1.

She does talk a lot when necessary.

Lu Xian said: "We'll talk about it later. There are many foreign languages, and I may not be able to understand them."

"it is good."

Yao Wei nodded and continued driving.

Lu Xian looked down at the map of Fengcheng County.

He really didn't expect that there was such a map in the world. There was no need for electronic navigation. Just a small map book could record and mark all the places clearly.

For example, on this map of Fengcheng County, the central square, the county government, and the Fengcheng Police Station are all clearly visible.

Outside the county town, the villages are scattered and look very desolate.

"There's a gas station not far to the left."

Lu Xian looked at the map and reminded Yao Wei.

So Yao Wei drove to the intersection ahead and turned left.

(End of this chapter)