Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 23 Cooking by the Stream
There really is someone in Fengcheng County.

When Lu Xian and Yao Wei were driving to the entrance of Fengcheng County, they saw a large roundabout.

There is a statue standing on the turntable, which is at least five stories high. It is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, with strange curves, and its original appearance can no longer be seen.

There was a huge and tattered white cloth hanging on it, fluttering in the wind and making rustling sounds, like a big flag.

The flag had ugly black words written on it: Fengcheng New Gang, rich and beautiful, welcome to join us.

The two of them looked at it from a distance with binoculars and were silent for a while.

After a long time, Lu Xian complained: "I don't know who made this flag, what a talent."

Yao Wei: “…”

She put away the telescope, put her hands on the steering wheel, and prepared to set off.

Lu Xian said: "I don't know if the people here dare to believe it, let's go around it."

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded and agreed with Lu Xian's suggestion.

There were obviously quite a few people in the city, and they were not sure whether they would be walking into a tiger's mouth if they entered the city.

People in the county town hung white flags, seemingly to show friendliness, but who knows if it is real or a trap?

Moreover, they had already found enough supplies, so there was no need to go into the city again.

Going into the city now is like parading around with valuables in your arms. It has no advantages but a lot of disadvantages.

So Yao Wei drove the car around to another road, but she was still not at ease and drove very carefully all the way.

Lu Xian sat in the passenger seat, looking forward and to the side through a telescope from time to time to confirm safety.

They chose a road where the view was blocked by mountains and forests.

This road is not easy to walk on. It is bumpy and uncomfortable all the way, but at least it is far away from the county town and is separated by low mountains and forests. Even if people in the city use binoculars to look from a high place, they cannot see them.

"I've never encountered this before. There aren't even many people in the north, let alone such a large group."

When walking along a bumpy dirt road, the dust kicked up by the tires obscured his vision, and Lu Xian had to put down the telescope. He was free for a while, so he spoke.

After saying this, he curiously asked Yao Wei, "Is it the same in the south? Gathering people like this and raising flags."

"No."

Yao Wei answered concisely and to the point.

But she didn't say what the people in the south were like. She seemed unhappy when she mentioned the south, and drove much faster, as if she was looking for someone to hit.

Lu Xian guessed that this was probably related to the death of Yao Wei's mother, and Yao Wei therefore had a prejudice against people from the south.

It doesn’t matter. As long as no one has any prejudice against me, I can just get myself out of the car.

It’s better to have a car.

The car drove a long way, but Yao Wei's car had a large fuel tank, so the pointer on the fuel gauge only went down a little.

The Fengcheng County town behind them had long been out of sight, and no one showed up to catch up. I wonder if their choice of taking this road that blocks their vision had worked.

It was already afternoon and there was still some time before dark, but Yao Wei chose to stop first.

Lighting a fire after dark might attract unwanted attention, so they planned to cook dinner before dark and eat it quickly.

The road ahead met a river so small and shallow it didn't even have a name on the map.

After the two discussed it, they left the road here, went up the stream, and found a secluded place where they could stop and speed up at any time.

After confirming that it was safe, Lu Xian started to work.

"Dog, watch the place!"

He reminded the mechanical dog, and the dog began to patrol the surrounding area to make sure it was safe.

Lu Xian washed the frying pan and spoon by the river, then found a smooth and wide stone that had been washed by the river, rinsed it, and used it as a chopping board.

While he was making these preparations, Yao Wei went to chop some firewood and built a fire.

They had some firewood in the car before, but that was new, so there was no need to replace it. They could find new firewood nearby, so there was no need to waste the supplies in the car.

This was Lu Xian's job last time, but this time it was Yao Wei's job.

When Yao Wei finished piling the firewood, she saw that Lu Xian had already placed the pork on the smooth and clean stone slab, but he did not move. Instead, he stared at the river.

She also walked over and followed Lu Xian's gaze towards the stream, but she didn't quite understand what he was looking at.

"How about we not eat pork for this meal? Let's save the meat and eat it next time."

Lu Xian suddenly spoke, his eyes still staring at the river.

Yao Wei had no objection to this. As long as she could ensure her own energy replenishment, she would always try to save as much as possible. But she didn't quite understand what Lu Xian was looking at.

The river was extremely shallow, so clear that you could see the bottom. There were no fish in the river, but there were some shrimps.

But those shrimps were too small and could not fill my stomach at all.

Besides, she won't deal with it.

Ok……

Could it be that Lu Xian could do it?

This guy seems to know everything...

"Dog, come here."

Lu Xian called the dog over.

Yao Wei decided not to express her opinion and let Lu Xian handle everything.

Then she saw Lu Xian pick up a spoon and scoop up the river at an extremely fast speed. Many small shrimps did not have time to escape and were directly scooped up by Lu Xian.

Nothing is more miraculous than great strength.

"See if you can eat it."

Lu Xian held the spoon in front of the mechanical dog and said.

Yao Wei pursed her lips. This guy really wanted to eat shrimp.

The dog's eyes scanned and then lit up.

Lu Xian was relieved and started to scoop up the shrimp with a spoon. After scooping them up, he drained the water and poured the shrimp into the pan.

It is said to be scooping, but in fact it is a sneak attack. When the shrimps are not paying attention, the shrimps are scooped up by relying on their great strength and extremely fast speed.

So he had to keep changing his position to attack the frightened shrimps.

There was no other way. He didn't have a suitable net, so he could only rely on this method.

After scooping up several spoonfuls, he said to Yao Wei, "How about you do this? I'll go cook the rice."

"Ah."

Yao Wei agreed readily. She already knew what she was supposed to do, and as a fellow New Human, she could handle the job.

Now she was also curious and wondered how Lu Xian could cook these shrimps.

If Lu Xian could really make it, she would like to try it.

This means that she will have another option to replenish her energy in the future.

Then Lu Xian handed the task to Yao Wei and went to get Yao Wei's pot from the car.

The pot was originally full of water. Lu Xian and Yao Wei chose to use the water in the pot to replenish themselves with water first, so now the bottles are full, but some water has gone into the pot.

The remaining water can be used to cook rice.

Lu Xian opened a bag of vacuum-packed rice, poured out about enough for two people, and put it into the pot. The water just covered the rice grains with two fingers, just right, not too much or too little.

So he lit the fire and started cooking.

(End of this chapter)