Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 183: In and Out of the City
The weather was fine the next day, so we continued our journey.

After passing Tongzhou County, you will reach Shanyang County.

The two of them didn't plan to go into the county town. To the north of Tongzhou County was Hetou Village, with a gas station at the east entrance. It would bypass the county town and be relatively safer.

Lu Xian and Yao Wei didn't know whether Lao Shu and Chai Xin would pass through Tongzhou County or Hetou Village if they went east, and they were not sure if they could find out their whereabouts by asking someone.

What if the two of them had experienced what happened in Yao County, learned from their mistakes, and became more cautious, being careful and invisible throughout the process? Then it would be useless for me to ask someone.

"decide as things go."

When talking about this, Lu Xian said, "You can ask others if you have the chance. If you can't find out anything, I don't think we need to worry."

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded while driving in the car.

The river in Hetou Village had dried up long ago. When they reached the ditch outside the village, Lu Xian and Yao Wei could only see a deep ditch covered with weeds, without any water in it.

Fortunately, they still had a lot of water, so they can still hold on.

Yao Wei looked at the map and knew that the next river - a big river at that - was located in Shanyang County. The map said that it was an important tributary of the Luo River, named Fumang River. It had a large volume of water, so it wouldn't be too late to replenish the water then.

The two of them stopped the car at the ditch and let the dog connect? The resonance gene scanner took a look and was shocked.

There were several more red dots on the map. After counting carefully, there were four more in addition to the three representing the two of them and the fungus stone.

The four red dots are not nearby, they are in Shanyang County.

To be precise, they are all in the north of Shanyang County.

"It should be Chai Xin and Luo Ping, right?"

Lu Xian looked at the electronic map on the resonance gene scanner and guessed, "As for the other two people, they might be other teammates that Luo Ping has found?"

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded and said, "I hope so."

For now, that's all they can hope for. But if those four red dots aren't related to Luo Ping and Chai Xin, there's nothing they can do. Then they'll just have to fight or run.

There is a bridge over the ditch in Hetou Village. Lu Xian stood on it to try it out and felt that the bridge was a bit unstable. It was okay for people to walk on it, but it would probably collapse if a car went on it.

They were too lazy to take a detour, so they just lifted the car across the river. After reaching the other side, Lu Xian stood on the roof of the car. Yao Wei drove through the village and was relieved when he saw no one.

When I arrived at the east of the village, I saw a gas station standing alone outside the village. It was covered in dust and the sign on the roof was no longer visible.

Lu Xian asked Gouzi to fly the drone into the gas station to take a look. As a result, Gouzi's eyes gave a warning, saying that there was someone in the gas station building.

There are three people.

Lu Xian guessed that the people in this station building should not be as reckless as Fa Zai and others in Tongzhou County, Mengxin City. At least at this moment, no one inside threw things to hit the drone.

——However, the people in Tongzhou County are so reckless because they have taken advantage of the new humans.

Before Lu Xian and Yao Wei passed by the gas station in Tongzhou County, Fa Zai's group had already killed a new human by tricking someone into drinking poison.

Only with their previous successful experience did Fa Zai and the others dare to take action against Lu Xian and Yao Wei.

So, when walking in this world, you still have to be careful. I don't know what kind of new human being it is, but he must have thought he was powerful, so he was so careless and let Fa Zai and his friends get away with it, right?

You must also learn from the experience and lessons of that new human being you have never met before. You must never use things belonging to strangers lightly.

Lu Xian held the spokes that had been broken into short needles in his hand, stood on the roof of the car, and said to the station building: "People inside, raise your hands and come out and stand outside the gas station.

"We're just passing through to refuel and have no intention of doing anything to you. If you cooperate and behave, we'll refuel and leave without doing anything to you."

Three people quickly came out of the station. Their skin was wrinkled and their ages could not be determined.

The three of them cooperated very well, came out with their hands raised high, and retreated directly outside the gas station.

Lu Xian asked Gou Zi to check the gas station inside and out before letting Yao Wei drive in to refuel.

Yao Wei drove the car to the gas pump and was about to stop when one of the three men, who seemed to be the oldest, said, "The gas pumps are all broken. We have to get gas from the tank."

Lu Xian turned around and asked him, "How do you know?"

There didn't seem to be any cars here. Lu Xian glanced at the oil tank. The valve of the oil tank was tightly closed, with an anti-theft bolt inserted on it. It didn't look like it was often opened. There was no need for people here to open the oil tank valve.

The man said, "Someone often comes here to refuel, and there was even a fight over this tank."

Lu Xian frowned and asked, "Who is it?"

The man said, "They are new humans like you, in Shanyang County."

He pointed to the valve of the oil storage tank and said, "That valve is too heavy, I can't open it. People from other places who want to fill up the tank have to work with two or three people to lift it. Even that newcomer has a hard time opening it alone, and he needs my help every time.

"Do you need my help? I've helped open that valve many times, so I know how to open it." He just pointed and quickly raised his hand again to avoid misunderstandings from Lu Xian and Yao Wei.

Lu Xian didn't ask him to help. Naturally, he wouldn't trust this man completely. He told Yao Wei to take the dog over to check if the oil tank was safe. Then he asked the man, "What's the name of this new human you mentioned, and what car does he drive?"

Yao Wei carried the dog over the fence of the oil tank safety well and went to check the valve.

The man glanced at Yao Wei and the mechanical dog in her hand, but didn't dare to look again. He replied to Lu Xian: "I don't know the name of that new human, I only know his last name is Luo, and he asked me to call him Brother Luo.

"He has several cars. Sometimes he drives a small black car, sometimes a white one, and he also has several big cars, but he rarely drives them."

Lu Xian was basically certain that the person in front of him was Luo Ping. He didn't expect that Luo Ping often came here to refuel.

This person seemed to be the gas station guard arranged by Luo Ping, but Lu Xian still couldn't trust him completely.

There must be something wrong with this person, otherwise, Luo Ping would have taken him away long ago. Why would he leave him here alone?
He didn't even know Luo Ping's full name.

"So you guys have been here all this time, helping Luo Ge, as you said, to watch over this gas station?"

Lu Xian asked.

The man said, "I am here, but they are not."

The two people nodded and smiled at Lu Xian in a flattering manner. Both of them were women, but their faces were full of wrinkles. Now when they smiled, they were so flattering that it made people look extremely uncomfortable.

The man continued to introduce, "They were originally from Tongzhou County, and followed the boss of Tongzhou County.

“I sometimes go to Tongzhou County and interact with them frequently, so I’m familiar with them.

"More than twenty days ago, there was a ghost in Tongzhou County, which caused panic among the people in the city, and the bosses all hid away.

"They didn't dare stay in the city, so they came to my place. I couldn't bear to see them with nowhere to go, so I let them stay."

Lu Xian caught a glimpse of the man's expression as he looked at the two women while he was talking. How could he not see it?

What do you mean by not having the heart to do that? This guy is just greedy for the bodies of those two women.

Although these two women are full of wrinkles and have no good looks, they are still women after all.

Hearing what he said, it seemed that Tongzhou County was very harmonious. This man lived in a gas station in a village outside the city, and he could go into the city for a stroll when he had nothing to do. It was a completely different scene from Yao County.

Therefore, Lu Xian still felt that there was a problem.

However, he didn't bother to care about why this person had such a harmonious relationship with the people of Tongzhou County. He was just very interested in another question: "What's going on in Tongzhou County?"

This "ghost" immediately reminded him of the wronged spirits seeking revenge in Yao County. He wondered if the two were related?

Speaking of "haunted", the two women next to the man changed their expressions and seemed a little scared.

They were speechless, and it was the man who answered, "I heard that two people died in the county town and this turned into a monster.

"Two of their people were killed by their boss because they hadn't been able to get anything to honor their boss for several days.

"That night, a lot of things went missing from their boss's place. I heard them say that the haunted place was haunted, with only noises being heard but no one visible, which scared them all.

"Later, when the ghost retreated, it sighed, as if to say that this matter was not over yet."

Lu Xian: "..."

The time and behavior all matched, and he was basically certain that the haunting in the city was caused by Chai Xin and Lao Shugan.

After what happened in Yao County, these two people unexpectedly became even bolder. They even used their abilities to disguise themselves as invisible and went to other people's nests to steal things, and were mistaken for ghosts.

Fortunately, Chai Xin and Lao Shu didn't seem to be in any trouble. They just touched some things and left. In the end, they were a little dissatisfied because they had aroused the vigilance of others, and sighed as they left.

Have these two people completely discovered that the abilities of the new humans are very useful when dealing with ordinary people?

Lu Xian's mouth twitched slightly, and he asked again: "What happened next? Was it haunted again?"

The man said, "We haven't heard anything since then, but the people in the city were still scared and ran away. These two also came to me."

Lu Xian got the information he wanted to know, so he didn't say anything more to the man.

At this time, Yao Wei had asked Gou Zi to check the oil tank. After confirming that there was no problem, she took out the oil barrel and oil pump to refuel.

I opened the valve and took a look. The oil inside was not too little, but not too much either. I lowered the oil pump, connected the oil drum, and added oil.

The oil pump made the three men marvel again. It seemed that Luo Ping didn't have an oil pump in his hand and had to rely on a bucket to fish it out.

After refueling, Lu Xian and Yao Wei turned off the valve, inserted the anti-theft bolt, packed up their things, got in the car and left.

Before leaving, Lu Xian kindly reminded the three people: "Oh, by the way, you should be careful when living here and don't use fire. If you need fire, go outside."

The man nodded repeatedly and said, "I know. Luo Ge also told me this."

(End of this chapter)