Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 144 Luxury

A total of four pots of stir-fried beans were made.

Lu Xian took the third pot, and Yao Wei took the last pot.

After frying, Lu Xian and Yao Wei looked at the pile of fried corn beans on the bed sheet, feeling very satisfied.

"Will this last for a long time?"

Yao Wei asked.

"It should work."

Lu Xian answered.

In this way, they had enough dry food again.

"It's just that this thing is too dry. If we want to eat it, we have to drink some water."

Lu Xian said.

Yao Wei said, "Do it all. Compressed biscuits, straw cakes, chocolate, all require water."

"Too."

Lu Xian smiled, wrapped the fried beans directly with a bed sheet, tied a knot, and put it behind.

The fried corn beans had expanded a little and could no longer fit in the wok. Lu Xian did this to free up the wok, so he didn't plan to pour the fried beans back into the wok.

It's just a bed sheet that you use for a while, and then you won't cover it with anything for a while.

It's not like this hasn't happened before.

Lu Xian is very open-minded.

However, Yao Wei did not let him sleep without doing anything.

That night, when they went to bed, Yao Wei turned her bed sheet sideways and gave half to Lu Xian, saying, "Cover both of you. I'll just cover my body."

"Okay, thanks."

Lu Xian agreed with a smile and did not hesitate to refuse.

She put the car seat down, covered herself with the quilt and lay down. There was an open laptop on the operating table in front of her. Yao Wei found the video she had watched yesterday and continued playing it.

Lu Xian lay down and watched, and after a while he fell asleep again in a daze.

Then, after he fell asleep, Yao Wei turned off the laptop, lay down and covered herself with the quilt, just like last night.

The weather was still warm the next day, so the two of them did not stop and continued on their journey.

The car drove out of Xifang Village and soon encountered a river.

This river is much wider than the Xijian River, but its name is not as grand as the Xijian River. It is called Xiaochen River.

A lot of water was used yesterday to cook corn, wash the wok, and wash Yao Wei's bowls. The two of them filled the bucket and pot with water.

During this time, Lu Xian caught another fish in the river and asked Gou Zi to see it.

However, before letting the mechanical dog check, Lu Xian had already taken a quick look. The fish's eyes were not as red as those in the Xijian River, but there were still many tiny particles of flesh around the eyes. He was 80% sure in his heart that this fish should not be eaten.

Then the dog glanced over and dodged twice, pushing the 80% to 100%.

There are quite a few places in the Jianshan Mountains that are affected by that observation point.

I wonder if the neighboring cities of Jianshan City have been affected?
Lu Xian thought to himself, released the fish, and then continued driving south.

"Was it the same situation here when you were in Jianshan City?"

While driving on the road, Lu Xian asked Yao Wei again.

Yao Wei recalled and said, "I didn't meet too many people in Jianshan City at the beginning, but I didn't have a car at that time, so I didn't walk along the highway. The highway was too obvious, and I was afraid that I would have nowhere to hide if I met people.

"I couldn't make a fire by myself for fear of being discovered, so I never hunted or fished. I don't like eating raw food."

She spoke calmly, but from her words, Lu Xian could feel the loneliness and fear that little girl had felt when she walked through Jianshan City alone.

Like a frightened bird, any movement would scare her.

But such a timid little girl was able to grow up step by step into the woman she is today who is capable of wielding a bow and a gun and is very strong. Yao Wei must have suffered a lot along the way, right?
"It's hard on you."

Lu Xian couldn't help but say something.

However, Yao Wei unexpectedly shook her head and said, "It's okay, it's not hard at all. I was just scaring myself at the time.

“Although I am alone and very small, I am a Type A Newtype after all, and ordinary people cannot defeat me.

“Later, I encountered someone who wanted to arrest me, but I pushed him to death. Then I realized I didn’t need to be afraid of them.

"The only things I have to fear are the other new humans and the beasts—like the hyenas in Yubei."

"..."

Lu Xian was silent for a long time, and then said, "It must be very hard for that person to be so scared and alone."

Yao Wei said, "It's not hard anymore now."

"..."

Lu Xian was stunned for a moment, and then he was silent for a while, then he laughed, "Yeah, it's not bitter now."

This woman is really direct and straightforward in her words, expressing her true feelings.

Yao Wei looked at the map and saw that they had already reached the urban area of ​​Mengxin City.

This former city looked ordinary, about the same size as Niutou County. The development of the mountain city on the Jianshan Mountains was far inferior to the mountain cities Lu Xian had seen in his previous life.

When they entered the city, they still maintained the ground-to-air coordinated formation, refueled in the city, searched along the edge of the city, and then continued to move south.

The city was also empty, with nothing of value, especially food. Thinking back, since entering Jianshan City, they hadn't found any ready-made food except the corn from Xiaogang Village.

At that time, there must have been more people shopping for food here than in the north. They were like a swarm of locusts, sweeping away every corner of Jianshan City, leaving nothing behind.

Speaking of which, they were lucky enough to find unopened drinks in the restaurant in Xifang Village.

Looking back, there were overturned tables and broken wine bottles all over the floor in the restaurant. It must have been a fight.

I don’t know if that bottle of drink was left behind because someone was fighting and didn’t have time to take it away.

"Was it easy for you to find food in the south?"

Lu Xian asked.

Yao Wei said, "It was okay. I could hunt when my mother was around. Later, when she passed away, I could pick some fruits by myself and still be able to satisfy my hunger.

“If you’re lucky, you can also pick up some other food.

“Well…actually, there are people growing things in the south too, and their methods are somewhat different from what Luo Ping mentioned.

“Those who grow crops are ordinary people who will be imprisoned and beaten. They can’t even eat what they grow, so they have to give it all to their boss.

"They grow very little, not even enough for a few people to eat. And the food they do grow is only eaten by the most powerful person or people in a place."

"When my mother was here, she used to get some food from the fields, but when I was alone, I didn't dare go there for fear of being discovered."

"That's it..."

Lu Xian nodded and asked, "Why didn't you refute him when Luo Ping mentioned it?"

Yao Wei said, "What he said is not wrong. No one cares about these things. They just want to enjoy themselves and eat.

“In some places, the leaders don’t even care about the lives of the people who work the land. If someone dies, they just find someone else and force him to do the work.

"They only let farmers plant a small area, just enough for their own food. If anyone dared to plant more than they wanted, they would get angry and beat them to death.

"Mom said they wanted to enjoy it themselves and didn't want others to enjoy it as well.

“If the land gets bigger and there’s more food, it’s no longer precious and they don’t like it.

"Well... Also, we need more guards. They don't want that."

In other words, here, the food grown in the fields has become a luxury enjoyed exclusively by the chiefs, and may even be a symbol of status.

If the cultivated area is expanded and the yield is increased, how can luxury goods no longer be called luxury goods? In addition, the cost of maintenance will increase, so none of them are willing to do so.

It seems that a small society has actually been formed in the south of this world, but this kind of society where the strong prey on the weak is a far cry from Luo Ping's ideal society.

Such a society cannot be called civilized or developed at all, so that's why Luo Ping said that at the time.

Indeed, if it were me, I would be as indignant as Luo Ping.

What the hell is this world!
"How short-sighted."

Lu Xian sighed and said.

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded. She had never heard of this word before, but she felt that the four characters combined were very vivid and she could understand them.

Lu Xian is very good at choosing words when he speaks.

Continuing to drive forward, the weather became colder and colder. Lu Xian was a little surprised. He had been traveling for more than a year and had never seen this kind of weather change.

He experienced sudden changes in weather all the way from north to south.

How could this happen here?
"Did it get colder here like this before?"

He asked Yao Wei again.

But Yao Wei said, “I don’t know, I didn’t take this path before.

"Back then, I didn't need a car. I went through the mountains and forests, which cars couldn't get through. The road was also closer to the east, a bit far from here.

“If you go to Niutou County, you will be next to Dongfang Village, but not Xifang Village.”

"That's it..."

Lu Xian had no choice but to give up asking Yao Wei for advice and lessons, thinking it was a pity for Yao Wei as she had not been able to reach Xiaogang Village when she went east.

Otherwise, when she was picking some corn, the old tree would probably just lie there and stare, not daring to stop her.

As we continued forward, white fog gradually appeared in front of our eyes. It was thin at first, but then it became thicker little by little, affecting our vision.

Lu Xian always felt that something was wrong, so he called out, "Dog."

The mechanical dog changed from a box back into the shape of a dog under Yao Wei's feet. It originally wanted to jump up from the center console, but before it could move, it was picked up by Yao Wei.

Lu Xian ignored it and let Yao Wei hold it while he gave instructions: "Take a look at the environment here, and the fog. Is there any danger? Is there anything wrong with our breathing?"

Yao Wei held the dog in her hands and went to see it. After looking, the dog's eyes flashed twice, indicating that there was nothing.

Lu Xian felt relieved and walked forward a little. The fog became thicker and thicker.

He and Yao Wei were worried, so they stopped the car, took out the resonance gene scanner, turned it on and took a look.

Then the electronic map of the resonance gene scanner showed that there were no new humans nearby.

However, the two people who had experienced the old tree incident were still not completely relieved, they were just a little relieved.

I thought that even if there were some special people here, they were not new humans, and they should be able to deal with them if they met them.

For now, we can only treat this fog as ordinary fog, and the slow arrival of cold air as a normal phenomenon, so we should walk slowly.

(End of this chapter)