Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 53 You Are Different

Lu Xian and Yao Wei stared at the fish in the water for a long time, but the fish was completely unaware of the human gaze. It swam in circles, its tail swinging, and the water in the pot created ripples.

In order to prevent the fish from being unable to swim free due to too little water, Lu Xian poured some water from the bucket into the pot, as if he was preparing to add water to the pot.

The fish in the pot didn't even feel the changes in the water. It swam calmly and slowly, its movements unchanged.

"This fish has such a strong vitality!"

Lu Xian couldn't help but sigh.

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded and said.

Neither of them had ever noticed such a situation before. When the severe cold came, they would hide and not pay attention to such a situation.

Now, because the car has air conditioning, which can ensure that they can remain mobile in extremely cold weather, the two of them drove to the river to break ice and get water.

Lu Xian guessed: "This should be the reason why the fish in the water can survive the severe cold in the current environment? I wonder how other animals survive?"

Yao Wei shook her head and said, "I don't know. We can't see it."

They really can't see it. Wild animals always hide in places where people can't see them when the cold comes.

Sometimes he had to walk for a while in the sudden cold, but the animals never seemed to have to.

Lu Xian wondered if the animals that had survived until now had developed some kind of early warning ability, just like ants moving and swallows flying low, so that they could be alert before the cold wave hit and hide in time.

If that was the case, he wouldn't mind catching a small animal and raising it for a while, then observing it carefully.

Lu Xian said, "I wonder if Luo Ping knows about this situation? That guy said he wanted to get inspiration from plants and animals. Studying this phenomenon should be helpful to him, right?"

Yao Wei said, "I don't know."

What she should have said was that she didn't know whether Luo Ping knew it or not.

Lu Xian said: "I don't care whether he knows it or not. If we meet again in the future, we will tell him about it. What should we do with this fish now? Should we keep it and observe it, or wait until the next meal?"

Yao Wei thought for a moment and replied, "I'll study it until the next meal."

The best of both worlds, no waste at all. Yao Wei is truly worthy of her name.

Lu Xian laughed: "Okay, then let's study it until the next meal."

The next meal is actually a long time away.

The weather was too cold, and they were not in the shelter at the entrance of Tan Village in Fengcheng County. Lu Xian and Yao Wei had no conditions to make a fire and cook.

If the cold wave lasts too long, they will only be able to eat dry food to fill their stomachs when necessary.

Fortunately, they now have plenty of dry food, and they also have the compressed biscuits given by Luo Ping.

That thing is very filling.

After they had chopped enough ice at the water's edge and filled their buckets and pots with water, they set off again.

After walking west for a long time, a city finally appeared in front of us.

The style of that city is also very different from that of Taipei. Lu Xian came all the way from the north, and the cities he saw, whether dilapidated or intact, were completely different from this place.

The city name shown in Yao Wei's "World Atlas 1" is Tongzhou County.

The county town has wide roads and sparse high-rise buildings. It looks like the grassland wilderness outside the city, giving people a feeling of vast land and sparse population.

But seriously speaking, in this world today, where is there not a lot of people?

"We must enter Tongzhou County."

Lu Xian found a suitable place outside the county town. When he stopped the car, Yao Wei in the passenger seat looked at the map and said something.

She added, "There are too few gas stations in Mengxin City. If we can't get gas here, it might be risky to continue walking."

Needless to say, there are risks, but what Yao Wei is worried about is that there will be nowhere to refuel in the future.

Lu Xian nodded and said, "Okay, let's go in and take a look."

However, things did not go as he wished. Just as he finished speaking, a snowflake suddenly fell and stuck to the windshield.

This snowflake seemed to be a scout ahead. After it, the whole world was suddenly filled with white spots, even blocking the view. Lu Xian sighed and said, "The weather is not good. Let's wait a little longer."

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded and said.

In the blink of an eye, the ground was covered in white.

Driving in such conditions was extremely dangerous. If someone were to occupy the county town, they would rush in and it would be difficult for them to drive away quickly.

At that time, you will have no choice but to face the enemy head-on and engage in a tough battle.

——Although Lu Xian is considered an experienced driver, he does not believe that with his level, he can drive fast in the snow and ice without slipping.

Whether it was guarding a truck full of supplies and fighting a head-on battle with others, or accidentally crashing into a wall while driving, these were not the situations Lu Xian wanted to see.

So Lu Xian turned off the car, took out two pieces of bread, and ate them with water with Yao Wei. Then he lowered the seat backs, covered himself with a quilt and rested.

The place Lu Xian chose was in an excellent location, guarded by hills and with a mountain top to block it out from the high-rise buildings on the edge of the county town.

This way, they wouldn't have to worry about people in the county town discovering them from high-rise buildings.

"Do you think there are people in the county town of Tongzhou County?"

After lying down, Lu Xian did not rush to sleep, but asked a question.

Yao Wei was also asleep. She glanced out the car window toward the county town and said, "I don't know."

In fact, nothing could be seen through the car window. It was already white outside. Even if there was someone standing on a high building in the county town to be on guard, they probably wouldn't be able to see anything at this time.

This situation is actually a good opportunity to sneak in.

But opportunities also come with risks. Neither Lu Xian nor Yao Wei want to put themselves in danger, so they plan to wait.

"If there is someone in the county, do you think he is a good person or a bad person?"

Lu Xian asked another question.

This time, Yao Wei answered decisively: "Bad guy."

Lu Xian couldn't help but laugh and said, "You said it so bluntly, have you never seen a good person?"

Yao Wei shook her head and said nothing.

This seems to mean that he has never seen it before.

Lu Xian complained: "Then I am not a good person?"

Yao Wei said, "You are different."

Lu Xian said: "Why am I different? Am I not considered a human being?"

Yao Wei glanced sideways at Lu Xian and didn't want to talk.

She felt that Lu Xian sometimes really liked to talk nonsense. She liked to listen, but she didn't like to respond.

"Okay, okay, sleep."

Lu Xian covered his head with the quilt, and then said to the mechanical dog at Yao Wei's feet, "Dog, be alert."

After he finished speaking, he realized that Gouzi was turning on the air conditioner in the back, so he said, "Forget it, let's be on guard ourselves."

Yao Wei said, "It's okay. I can sense danger."

Lu Xian smiled and said, "Your new human model must be different from mine. I don't have such a function."

Yao Wei: “…”

She also followed Lu Xian's example and covered her head with the quilt.

The white snow outside illuminated the entire world so brightly that it made it difficult to sleep.

Lu Xian felt a little regretful that he didn't take more sheets when he came out of the shelter at the entrance of Tan Village, otherwise he could use them as curtains.

(End of this chapter)