Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 169: Starting Again, Rumors
Before going to bed that day, Lu Xian and Yao Wei roasted some corn in the shelter and relived the feeling they had at the time.

They have already eaten a lot of corn, but when I went to Xiaogang Village yesterday, I saw some more corn growing in the cornfield under the old tree. Although they were not very big, they looked edible.

The corn on the old tree is indeed a new variety that has evolved in the doomsday. It has such strong vitality and can bear so much fruit.

If we can develop an antidote version of this, I wonder how great the benefits will be.

So they thought of making some space in the car so that they could go to Xiaogang Village to pick some corn when they left.

——Of course, not now.

There were still several days before they set out again, allowing the corn in the cornfield to grow a little longer.

In this way, some of the corn cobs piled on the car can be taken out and placed in the shelter and burned with confidence.

They went back to the car and took another nap at night. When they woke up the next day, they saw that the cold weather had returned, mixed with wind and snow. Lu Xian and Yao Wei stayed in the car all day.

Lu Xian and Yao Wei laughed and said, "Look, I said we should stay here and wait until your period is over before leaving, right?

"If we had left yesterday, we would have stopped halfway. Once the cold weather is over, your period will come back, and we'll be in the middle of nowhere. We might even have to come back here."

"Ah."

Yao Wei was concentrating on chewing the meat strips and did not refute Lu Xian's words.

While chewing the strips of meat, she was also feeling her own physical condition.

Last night, I held the mushroom stone with Lu Xian all night long, and it seemed that there was some growth in all aspects of my body, which needed to be digested.

So she suggested: "After we finish eating, let's go outside and practice boxing."

Lu Xian looked outside and saw that the snow had already covered the ground with a thin layer. It was very cold, so he said, "How about we go to the shelter to practice? It's a little warmer in the shelter."

Yao Wei said, "The shelter is too small, we can't use it."

Lu Xian said: "Let's do it one by one. When one person is practicing, the other can watch and give some pointers."

"Ah."

Yao Wei thought about it and agreed.

After finishing breakfast, the two got out of the car. It was freezing cold outside, and even though they were enjoying the dog and air conditioning in the car, they couldn't help but shiver.

When we got to the foot of the shelter, we saw that the aluminum alloy door was covered with frozen snow.

After sweeping off the snow, it was still cold. When I put my hand on it, it was so cold that it hurt.

Moreover, the door was stuck to the ground, as if it was connected by ice and snow, and it was quite firm.

Lu Xian let Yao Wei enter the shelter first. He used his sleeves to cushion the door and exerted a little force to separate the aluminum alloy door from the ground and lift it up.

Put a rope on the door handle, grab the door and jump into the shelter, insert the door into the groove, pull and tie it, and the door will be fixed in the "door frame" of the shelter.

Lu Xian laughed and said, "Looking at the situation, the door might be frozen to the wall in a while, and there's no need to secure it with a rope."

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded and said, "It's okay, just push it when you go out."

The two then went to make a fire, and fortunately the fire was still able to ignite. Although it took a long time after the fireplace was lit, the shelter was only slightly warm, not too warm, but it was better than no fire at all.

The two of them practiced boxing and kicking in the shelter, stretching their muscles and digesting the gains they gained from holding the fungus stone last night. Lu Xian said, "I feel like my combat power is now at least one thousand and ten."

Yao Wei nodded and said, "Me too."

The two smiled at each other.

However, the two of them didn't have much advice to give on the boxing and kicking techniques they were practicing.

Firstly, they were only practicing the most basic punching and kicking movements. Secondly, as Type A new humans, they had a very clear perception of their own bodies and knew how to use their hands and feet more flexibly and powerfully, so there was not much room for guidance for the other party.

It was so cold, and the two of them came to the shelter just to practice their boxing and kicking to build up their strength, not because they liked to be abused.

So after the exercise, I put out the fire in the fireplace and returned to the car.

The air conditioner in the car was still on. The two did not turn it off when they got off the car. Now they were warm as soon as they got in, without having to wait for the air conditioner to take effect.

"comfortable!"

After Lu Xian sat back in the driver's seat, he couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"Ah."

Yao Wei also nodded in agreement.

The air conditioner specially provided for the end of the world is really powerful. If it were in the previous life, with the heating effect of the air conditioner, it would probably not be of any use in such severe cold.

Lu Xian remembered something and asked, "Do you want to play games?"

Yao Wei knew that Lu Xian had been thinking about the game console for a long time, and was also a little curious about how to play the games on the game console, so she nodded and said, "Okay."

Lu Xian turned around and took out the game console and monitor from the back, connected them, and plugged the monitor and game console into the power strip.

——He had made plans in advance. When the severe cold came, he connected the air conditioner to a power strip early in the morning and plugged the power strip into the dog's back.

There was no need for any extra operations at this moment. He placed the monitor on the front center console, leaning against the operating table, and placed the game console at the back. After plugging in the power and signal cables, he turned on the switch.

"Om-"

The game console made a sound, and a light line on the rectangular bump lit up with a streamlined blue light. The display screen then lit up, showing a picture of the game console signal being connected.

"It works."

Lu Xian was delighted to see this. He hadn't tried the game console before, and only opened it when he wanted to play, and he was pleasantly surprised.

But at this moment, he suddenly remembered that he had overlooked a problem -

I forgot to charge the controller.

"Both controllers were out of power, and there was only one data cable. I had to connect one controller first and play while it was charging. When one was almost charged, I connected the other one."

He sighed and said.

Yao Wei said, "It's okay. I'll watch you play."

Lu Xian said with a smile: "I'll teach you later, you come and play first."

But Yao Wei insisted on letting Lu Xian play with it while she watched. She wanted to see why Lu Xian liked this thing.

Then Lu Xian took out the CD box with "Wasteland Century" written on it, opened it, took out the CD, found the CD drive on the game console and put it in.

The game console buzzed again, and the game icon of "Wasteland Century" popped up on the monitor, showing the words "Installing".

Fortunately, the CDs in this world are not just used as keys, and the games have to be downloaded online.

Lu Xian breathed a sigh of relief, and after the game was installed, he tried to play it.

This is a Big Pineapple style game, which focuses on brushing, collecting and changing equipment. The game graphics are interesting, the skills are diverse, and the combat experience is also quite good.

Lu Xian was having a great time, and Yao Wei was watching intently from the side, not knowing whether she was finding it novel or was also interested.

Seeing this, Lu Xian played for a while and then handed the controller to Yao Wei, asking her to try it out.

After Yao Wei tried it, she returned the controller to Lu Xian, saying that she could just watch and let Lu Xian play.

Lu Xian had been observing Yao Wei. Seeing that Yao Wei was also trying it with gusto, he unplugged the controller's data cable and took a look. Seeing that the battery had been charged quite a bit, he said, "Let's switch to another game and play together."

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded.

So Lu Xian plugged the data cable back in, charged the controller for a while longer, and at the same time pressed the button on the game console to eject the disc and replace it with another one, "Space Journey".

After the installation was complete, I unplugged the handle and handed it to Yao Wei. I took another handle, connected the data cable, debugged it for a while, and started playing with Yao Wei.

This game focuses on two-player cooperation, with different fantasy planets as levels. The graphics are beautiful, and the art style makes people feel much more comfortable than "Wasteland Century".

It was freezing cold outside, and the two of them played all day long.

When it was over, Yao Wei couldn't help but sigh, "It would be great if we had abilities like the ones in the game."

The various strange and bizarre abilities in it always produce various wonderful effects, which makes Yao Wei very envious.

But after hearing this, Lu Xian said, "Let's not do that. You know, our abilities are all obtained through strains. If we have such abilities in the game, others may have them too." Think about it, there are only four types of models, A, B, C, and D, but it makes us so sad. If we encounter a fight, we have to find ways to be careful of various means.

"If we had many abilities, every time we encountered one, we would have to guess what ability it was and find ways to deal with it. That wouldn't be a good thing for us."

Yao Wei thought about it and nodded, "Yeah."

……

Another day passed, the snow stopped, and Yao Wei felt that her period was about to come.

Lu Xian boiled some water and cooked the corn. After eating the corn, he filled the thermos with water and shared the rest with Yao Wei.

Because it was cold and windy outside, they went to the shelter to do this. After dinner, they moved the fire to the fireplace and practiced boxing before returning to the car.

Another day passed, the weather became warmer, and Yao Wei's period came.

Lu Xian said with a smile: "Unconsciously, we have been together for more than two months. Time flies."

"Ah."

Yao Wei was full of energy and nodded in response.

Ever since she started paying attention to the water she used during menstruation, her mental state has improved a lot during this period. Lu Xian estimated that the fungus stone also contributed to this.

Anyway, it was precisely because of this that Yao Wei said that they could continue on their journey without delaying it.

She is very aware of her physical condition.

It was only when Lu Xian told her that it was okay to go slower and that it was safest to stay in perfect condition that she agreed to stop.

The shelter was transformed from a training room into a place to sit, rest and relax, until four days later, when Yao Wei's period ended.

On this day, the two men were preparing to set off. They pulled out the nail and put away the rope, and stuffed the aluminum door into the shelter. No one knew who it was left for.

Lu Xian sighed: "This may be the last time I come here. I wonder what this place will become in the future?"

Yao Wei didn't say anything, just watched quietly.

After looking for a while, the two packed up their things, got in the car and set off.

They first went to the Xijian River to replenish their water, and then went to Xiaogang Village to look at the corn planted by the old trees there.

After a few days of development, the corns seem to have grown a little bigger. Although it is not very obvious, you can still tell them apart if you look closely.

The two men broke off the corns of similar size and put them into the car, then drove east. After walking a short distance, they came to a fork in the road heading south.

If you go from this fork in the road, you can get to the road leading out of Hedi County.

When Yao Wei and Lu Xian had previously sent Chai Xin home, they had intended to take the main road directly through Hedi County, but they hadn't anticipated crossing the Xijian River, where the road was blocked. They had no choice but to take a detour to Xiaogang Village, where they met Lao Shu.

So they turned south and walked for a while until they reached a main road.

Lu Xian glanced back. Hedi County was right behind him. It was a bit far away, but the tall buildings in the county were still vaguely visible.

The two also saw a half-broken chimney outside the county, as well as a cylindrical building that was the same height as the half-broken chimney and several times thicker than the chimney. It also looked like a chimney, but it looked more like something familiar.

Transmission tower.

Lu Xian pointed to that place and asked Yao Wei, "What is that place?"

Yao Wei is reading "World Atlas 1".

Lu Xian thought that if there was a mark indicating what factory it was, it would be fine. But if there was no mark, it might be another launch base for the X-17 strain. That thick and tall tower might be the launch tower.

Yao Wei looked in the direction Lu Xian pointed, then looked at the map in her hand and said, "That's the riverbed power plant."

"That's it..."

Lu Xian felt a little sorry, but also a little relieved, "It seems that the building is not a transmission tower."

He felt a little conflicted. He felt a pity because there was no transmission tower there, so he missed an opportunity to find fungus stone. But he was also relieved because he thought that if there was no transmission tower there, there would be no new humans visiting.

Having a transmission tower is not necessarily a good thing. If a new human who knows about the fungus stone goes there and obtains the fungus stone and gains long-term benefits, it would be really dangerous for Yao Wei and me.

Now that I know that it is not a transmission tower, I just ignore it and walk away.

"Well, no."

Yao Wei looked at the map again and said, "There's a note on the map saying it's the largest cooling tower in the continent."

The whole continent...it should be something like Asia and Europe, right?

Not only is it the largest in the country, it’s also the largest in the continent…

Lu Xian glanced through the rearview mirror again and thought to himself, this cooling tower is really big. I wonder how it works inside and what it is used to cool?
"In that case, we don't have to go to the power plant. Why would we go to Hedi County?"

While driving, Lu Xian asked Yao Wei, "How far is the gas station ahead? If it's too far, we probably have to go back and fill up in Hedi County."

Yao Wei looked at the map again and said, "It's not far. With the amount of gas we have now, if we can't fill up at the gas station ahead, we can still go back to the riverbed."

Lu Xian said, "Okay, then how about we not go to Hedi County? I don't know if there is anyone in Hedi County?"

"Ah."

Yao Wei answered Lu Xian's question with just one word, meaning that there was a gas station ahead, so there was no need to go there regardless of whether there was anyone in Hedi County.

Lu Xian continued driving forward, and after about an hour, he saw a gas station.

The name hanging on the roof of the gas station is still "First Petrochemical", and the characters have also fallen off. Fortunately, the character "Di" is fine, but the character "Yi" has fallen off, and the character "Shi" has lost both the horizontal and the vertical strokes. It is not like the gas station in the south of Jianshan City, which has become "Diaoyi Petrochemical", but "Dikouhua".

This "First Petrochemical" must be a large chain brand, just like Mengxin's "Changshengtian Petrochemical".

The two of them still followed their old routine and parked the car far away from the gas station. After getting out of the car, they first checked with a resonance gene scanner, and then let the dog control the drone to enter. After confirming that there was no problem, they went in themselves.

Then the drone quickly retreated, and the dog's eyes lit up, telling Lu Xian and Yao Wei that there was a problem at the gas station.

Lu Xian immediately picked up a pebble - ever since he had picked up a lot of pebbles from the river, he had gotten into the habit of carrying some in his pockets.

This is my life-saving weapon, how can I not carry it with me?

And Yao Wei also picked up the gun.

The two men looked towards the gas station and were about to discuss whether to go in and take a look or return to Hedi County to refuel when they saw a man walking out of the gas station.

The man was dressed in rags, was skin and bones, and his face was full of wrinkles. He looked like an ordinary person.

He raised his hands and looked towards Lu Xian and Yao Wei with a look of panic in his eyes.

Judging from his appearance, he must have been frightened by the drone, so he walked out.
Lu Xian kept his eyes on the man and asked Gouzi, "Besides this person, did the drone see any other sources of danger?"

He caught a glimpse of the dog's eyes flashing twice out of the corner of his eye, and then he felt relieved.

It seems that since there is only this ordinary person in the gas station, it is not dangerous.

"Just stand there with your hands up and don't move. We won't attack you. Fill up the gas and leave."

Lu Xian said to the ordinary person.

"Okay! Okay! Got it! Got it!"

The man nodded frantically and agreed.

Lu Xian asked Yao Wei to drive to refuel, while he stared at the man while twisting the pebbles.

The man raised his hand for a while, but it became difficult to move it. It bent involuntarily and fell down. He looked at Lu Xian with some panic.

Yao Wei had already used her dog to connect the power to the gas station, confirmed that the gas pump was working, and was refueling her car.

Lu Xian glanced at Yao Wei, then retracted his gaze. Without pursuing the man's slightly lowered hand, he asked, "Why are you here alone?"

The man said, "I, I escaped from Yao County. Yao County was haunted, and many people ran away! I ran away too!"

“Haunted?!”

Lu Xian was a little surprised.

Isn't this the end of the world? Why are there ghosts everywhere?!
The man nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes! That's right! Not long ago, the county boss was killed by a ghost. Others saw it with their own eyes."

"There was clearly no one there, but the boss suddenly died, as if he had been stabbed in the neck. Some people even heard the laughter of an old man and a little girl, saying it was a wronged spirit seeking revenge! It's so scary!"

(End of this chapter)