Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 157 Movies and Books
Lu Xian opened his laptop and flipped through the folder containing the videos. He left it to Yao Wei to choose the videos and he would just watch them.

Yao Wei packed her things, brought the bed sheet, covered herself and Lu Xian with it, and then went to choose a movie.

Perhaps she wanted to change her taste, so she didn't specifically choose a war or fighting drama to watch today. She just picked one at random and opened it. Judging from the name of the movie, it should be a youth campus film called "The Sky of Eighteen Years Old".

After the movie opens, it talks about the trivialities among students. The main perspective is placed on the teacher, who solves various problems of the students, develops emotions with the students, and resonates with them. This makes Lu Xian unconsciously recall a TV series called "The Sky of Seventeen Years Old" and a movie called "Hello Teacher" that he had watched in his previous life.

It seems that the focus of this movie is not on emotions, so it should be safe to watch and will not cause discomfort to Yao Wei.

Lu Xian put down the car seat and lay down, his hands resting on his head, staring at the laptop screen, slowly relaxing and daydreaming.

While watching the movie, he unknowingly recalled his school life and felt a little melancholy.

But I clearly didn't have so many things to do at that time. I basically spent all my time every day doing exercises, attending classes and doing homework. Occasionally I would play basketball and football, read novels and visit Internet cafes, but the number of times was very few.

It was clearly a uneventful day, so why did it feel a bit like the movie?

Lu Xian was a little confused.

But no matter what, this movie is actually pretty good. At least it's just a normal student story. The main storyline for the students is to study hard and get into a good university. There aren't so many messy and bloody plots.

Then, as usual, Lu Xian fell asleep while watching.

After Lu Xian fell asleep, Yao Wei watched him for a while, and after confirming that Lu Xian was asleep, she planned to turn off the computer.

But just as she placed her slender fingers on the laptop's mouse touchpad, ready to manipulate the cursor to turn off the movie, she saw a familiar scene appear on the computer screen.

——Or it feels familiar.

She saw two students, a boy and a girl, appearing on the screen. They were exactly the students in the protagonist teacher's class.

The boy was riding a bicycle with a girl on the back seat. The girl's arms were gently around the boy's waist to prevent herself from falling off.

They rode their bikes along a road by the river. Rows of lush trees receded into the distance. The breeze ruffled the girl's hair and blew the collars of both of their men. It felt youthful and beautiful.

Yao Wei's heartbeat quickened unconsciously. She quickly turned off the video and closed the computer. She looked back at Lu Xian and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Lu Xian was still sleeping and had not woken up.

She lay down quietly, covered herself with the sheet, opened her eyes wide and looked at the roof of the car. After waiting for a long time, her heart, which had been beating rapidly, finally calmed down a little.

Has Lu Xian seen this movie?

The first question that flashed through Yao Wei's mind was this one.

For some reason, she felt that she didn't actually want to know the answer to this question.

And if Lu Xian's answer was "I don't know", she felt that she would even be disappointed.

But why be disappointed...

I never felt this way before when I was sitting on the back of a bicycle, so why is my heart beating so fast now?!

Ok……

When I was driving that guy Lu Xian, he actually put his arm around my waist, and I felt something was wrong at that time...

No, my heart is beating faster again, I can’t think about it anymore!

Yao Wei took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, not daring to think about it anymore.

She closed her eyes, quietly emptied her mind, and slowly fell asleep.

A night passed, and when I woke up the next day, the weather was still good.

Yao Wei unscrewed the thermos and took a look. There was still steam coming out of it. She took a sip. Although it was not as hot as yesterday, it was still warm, and not cold.

It seems that there is no problem with this thermos cup. Yao Wei was a little happy, handed the cup to Lu Xian, and said, "Here, take a sip."

"Ah."

Lu Xian also took a sip of the water. After leaving it overnight, he felt that the water temperature was just right, neither hot nor cold, and it was comfortable to drink. So he smiled at Yao Wei and said, "Very good, it works."

While speaking, he handed the thermos cup back.

“It can be used anyway.”

Yao Wei reached out to take the thermos cup, screwed the lid on, and said, "If the water gets cold, it just won't keep the water warm anymore, it doesn't mean the cup is unusable, right?

"You can use it as a mineral water bottle."

"Too."

Lu Xian smiled.

However, using a water cup as a mineral water bottle is also contrary to the principles of heaven.

They packed up briefly, built a fire and roasted some corn to eat, and made sure the box full of books on the roof was tied down before driving off, leaving this old-world picking park and continuing south.

After that, there is another distance to go before you reach Gu County.

Although this road is not wide, it is at least flat. Unlike before, it was not up and down, and there were so many winding mountain roads, or there was a sudden fog, and the scene in front was all white and it was impossible to see clearly, which made people walk in fear.

As Lu Xian was driving, he thought of the fog and couldn't help but talk to Yao Wei: "Yao Wei, what's going on with the fog in Liangcheng County?

"Do you think it's related to the fish rider, or to what the person at the Niutou Mountain Observation Point was observing?"

"do not know."

Yao Wei answered, then thought for a moment and added, "But it probably has nothing to do with the fish rider."

Lu Xian thought about Yao Wei's words for a moment and said, "Yes, we have encountered four types of new humans, A, B, C, and D, and none of them can control the weather.

"No matter how outrageous the new humans' abilities are, they can only control other people's emotions through pheromones. If they can also change the weather and cause heavy fog, that would be too outrageous."

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded, indicating that this was what she meant.

Not far from the village, they came across a river. They filled their buckets and pots with water.

After that, they helped each other to keep watch, and one of them went into the water to take a shower and wash his head as well.

Yesterday when I was in the picking garden, I was covered in dust from the roof and I really had to clean it up.

The sun was shining brightly at that time and they had spare clothes, so they might as well wash them, change into them, and hang the wet clothes out to air.

Yao Wei went into the water to wash first. When she finished washing and called Lu Xian over, Lu Xian saw that her hair was wet and could not be dried thoroughly.

Her hair was a little longer than when they first met. After wiping it after coming out of the bath, it stuck to her cheek, making Yao Wei look a little more charming than usual.

Lu Xian really liked seeing Yao Wei like this. Previously, when he was in the shelter at the entrance of Tan Village, he always liked to take a few more glances at Yao Wei after she took a bath.

Seeing it now, I couldn't help but miss the time in the shelter.

But he didn't expect that Yao Wei, like him, also missed the past.

"I'm somewhat thinking about the shelter in Fengcheng County. Bathing there would be much easier than it is now, as I wouldn't have to go down to the river."

Yao Wei and Lu Xian said so.

Lu Xian said, "If we have a chance in the future, let's find another shelter and learn that again. There can't be only one shelter in the world."

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded, then left the river to help Lu Xian keep watch. She also found a place to hang up her washed clothes and dry them in the sun.

It's called being on guard, but it's actually avoiding. Lu Xian was very self-conscious and adhered to the principles before, and would not peek just because of admiration.

The same is true for Yao Wei now.

Lu Xian went into the water to wash himself, especially his head, as there was too much dust stuck on it.

After washing, wipe your body and hair with the inner clothes.

He and Yao Wei hardly sweated, so their inner clothes were relatively clean and could be used to dry their bodies without any problem.

Afterwards, Lu Xian changed his clothes, washed the clothes he had taken off, and called Yao Wei back.

Yao Wei helped Lu Xian hang up the clothes. When she turned around, she saw Lu Xian shaving the beard that had already grown with a knife.

She watched carefully and found it interesting and comfortable to watch Lu Xian shave.

The black, hard, straight stubble on his face was shaved off bit by bit with the knife, and it became clean again. Yao Wei looked at it and felt inexplicably very enjoyable.

Lu Xian had shaved several times before, and every time Yao Wei would stare at Lu Xian, which made Lu Xian a little embarrassed at first.

But now, Lu Xian has gotten used to it and doesn't mind at all. They stayed here for another day, waiting for the clothes to dry and put them away before continuing on their journey.

Halfway through the journey, we saw another gas station, still named "First Petrochemical".

However, the character "第" had lost its bamboo radical and the stroke at the bottom, so it looked like "弔一石化". Lu Xian couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

The dog has been powered on, but the gas pumps here are broken and we can't use them to refuel.

However, Gou Zi had checked and found that there was still gasoline in the underground oil tank, and the risk of opening it was not great, so Lu Xian took another step, pulled out the anti-theft bolts, opened the oil tank, took out the oil barrel and the hand-made oil pump to refuel.

——It’s a pity that there is no padlock on the valve of this oil tank. I don’t know if it was taken away by someone or if it was never there before?
In short, Lu Xian lost two hidden weapons in his collection, which was a pity.

After opening the valve this time, Yao Wei volunteered to try the oil pump.

So Lu Xian handed the job over to Yao Wei, and he was responsible for carrying the bucket and filling it with oil.

Yao Wei certainly didn't treat the oil extraction work as a game. Lu Xian knew this very well. This woman just wanted to try out the new skills she had learned.

And she did learn it, did it very well, and everything went very smoothly.

After that we continued on our journey, and when we were almost reaching Gu County, it was getting dark again.

Lu Xian found a place to park the car and ate some fried beans with water with Yao Wei.

There are still a lot of fried beans left in the wok, and the water was heated up when I ate boiled corn this morning. Now when I open the lid of the thermos, the water is still warm.

The two of them ate fried beans while sharing a thermos. You took a sip and I took a sip. When the whole cup of water was finished, they were both almost full.

As for the hot water, they planned to cook corn the next morning and fill some into the thermos.

After finishing their meal, they stood outside and looked out at Gu County. They watched for a while but didn't see any movement.

Then Lu Xian took out the resonance gene scanner again, asked the dog to plug it in and scan it, and saw that there were still only three red dots on it - Lu Xian, Yao Wei and Fungus Stone, then he packed up his things and went to sleep.

Speaking of which, this fungus stone is indeed quite effective. It has been placed in the car for a while. Lu Xian and Yao Wei both feel clear-headed and energetic.

Even the quality of sleep has improved. With the fungus stone in the car, I always feel refreshed and full of energy when I wake up the next day.

Lu Xian felt that this fungus stone should have other effects, but he had not yet discovered what those effects were.

The sleeping process was the same as every night during this period. Lu Xian fell asleep while watching a movie, and then Yao Wei turned off the computer, lay down, closed her eyes, and fell asleep.

But that night, neither of them slept through the night.

In the middle of the night, a white light flashed, causing Lu Xian and Yao Wei to open their eyes suddenly, followed by a loud "boom".

They both sat up and felt the thick humidity in the air.

I glanced out through the front windshield and saw that the sky was pitch black, with no stars or moon in sight, and it was already covered with dark clouds.

It is going to rain.

The two of them suddenly remembered something at the same time, lifted the bed sheet, opened the car door, and prepared to jump out.

It was only then that they noticed each other's actions and couldn't help but look back at each other.

"Put away the books."

Lu Xian spoke first and explained to Yao Wei, "If you put the book on the roof, it will get wet and you won't be able to read it in the future."

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded, indicating that they both thought the same thing.

This kind of tacit understanding made the two of them smile at each other, then they got out of the car at the same time, closed the door, and jumped onto the roof.

——The reason they closed the car door was because there was not only lightning and thunder, but also strong winds, which made the two worried that things in the car would be blown away, such as bed sheets.

They worked together to untie the ropes that tied the bookcase. Yao Wei put away the ropes, and Lu Xian picked up the box, and jumped out of the car one on the left and one on the right.

The driver and co-pilot doors were reopened, the seats were pushed back as far as possible, and the box was also upright. Feeling that it was almost done, Lu Xian wanted to temporarily put the box under his feet. Yao Wei said, "Put it here with me."

Lu Xian said: "Let me put it here tonight, and then if it rains during the day, I'll put it at your place."

But Yao Wei shook her head and said, "It won't affect me if I put it here. I can sleep with my legs on it.

"If it's with you, you won't be able to drive quickly if something happens."

Lu Xian had to admit that Yao Wei was right, so he handed the box to Yao Wei.

Yao Wei put the rope in the back seat and placed the box at the place where the dog was originally at her feet, then got into the car and closed the door.

As for the dog, he was placed on the front operating table.

Anyway, this thing can be placed on the operating table, so it doesn’t matter if I make some space for the box.

Lu Xian also got in the car, closed the door and lay down again.

There was another flash of white light outside, followed by thunder.

Both of them could see a flash of lightning striking Gu County in the distance. They really didn't know if someone there was being punished by heaven or was undergoing a tribulation?
Lu Xian sighed and said, "I originally thought about using these books as firewood, but now that they are in danger of getting wet, I can't care about anything else and I'm anxious to get them back."

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded and said, "Books are useful."

After she finished speaking, she remembered something and added, "It's more useful than your book."

"..."

Lu Xian was silent for a moment. He knew which book Yao Wei was talking about, so he retorted, "That's Luo Ping's book, not mine."

Yao Wei said, "Luo Ping is given to you."

"..."

Lu Xian had nothing to say. What Yao Wei said made sense.

After a long while, he finally managed to retort: ​​"It's actually quite useful..."

The rain was pouring down. The two watched the raindrops falling on the car window and listened to the "crackling" sound of the rain falling on the car. They didn't feel sleepy for a while, so they asked Gouzi to turn on the light and each took a book to read.

——The environment around here has been confirmed to be safe, and it is a rainy night now, so there is no need to worry.

What they need to worry about is that if they walk at night with lights on in places where they are not sure of the situation, they will become targets and have safety issues.

If you stay here forever, there won't be any problem.

Otherwise, they would not dare to open their laptops and let the screen emit light before going to bed every night.

Yao Wei had already taken out a Chinese textbook, so she could just read it directly. Lu Xian didn't want to read any comics at this time, so he asked Yao Wei to help and took out a Chinese textbook as well.

The texts in the book include classical Chinese, vernacular Chinese, and poetry, all of which are different from those in the previous life. They are cultural specialties unique to this world.

This gave Lu Xian a sense of novelty when he was reading, and he seemed very interested.

What surprised Lu Xian was that the core of the articles here felt almost the same as in his previous life, as if they came from the same source.

But then again, everyone in this world speaks Chinese and writes in Chinese characters. The culture has the same origin and core content, so what's impossible?
We should look at history.

The history of this world should be somewhat similar to that of the previous life, but also somewhat different.

I wonder what kind of stories happened in the ancient times of this world, and what kind of dynasties existed?
What about other places? Will it be as bad as my previous life?
Hmm... you can also take a look at geography...

Lu Xian thought to himself while reading.

In short, these books are indeed very useful. They are hard to come by, so how can we just burn them?
If I have the chance to meet Luo Ping in the future, I will give him these books. Maybe they will have some miraculous effect on me.

And even if I don’t give it to Luo Ping, can’t I read it myself?

You never stop learning. Take some time to read the book and learn the content. You never know when some of the knowledge points will come in handy in the future.

Survival in the end times also requires knowledge.

Lu Xian thought so and read the book seriously.

But how long had it been since he had studied properly? He felt sleepy while reading this serious textbook. After only a moment, the book fell on his face with a "bang", startling him awake.

Then he picked up the book again, read for a while, and finally fell asleep again.

Books are really good things, they can hypnotize you...

(End of this chapter)