Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 82 Stone
The drone flew out, conducting reconnaissance all the way across the river. After reaching the other side of the river, it continued to move forward. Gradually, it reached the edge of signal transmission. Lu Xian had to take the dog down and walk forward for a while.

Only when we reached the river were we finally able to command the drone to conduct reconnaissance over the hill.

Then the dog's eyes lit up, proving that there was nothing wrong there either.

In this way, it seems that what Chai Xin said was true, and she really did not collude with the people in the dark.

So Lu Xian continued walking forward, crossed the river and headed towards the hill.

When we got closer, we saw that the hill was overgrown with weeds and there didn't look like there was any nest.

Lu Xian had no choice but to send out the dog again.

When it reached the south side of the hill, the dog's eyes lit up and shone towards a slope on the hill.

Lu Xian pushed aside the weeds on the slope and found a stone slab embedded in it. The stone slab was just blocked by the weeds and could not be seen at all.

Chai Xin camouflaged this nest very well.

However, it was only well disguised on the surface. The stone slabs were bumpy and not actually smooth. The edges were also jagged, revealing the holes inside.

"Is there any danger in there?"

Lu Xian asked Gou Zi.

The dog's eyes flashed twice, indicating no.

Then Lu Xian lifted the stone slab.

The nest is not big, just enough for a person to hide in it.

When he saw this nest, Lu Xian imagined how Chai Xin usually rested. He looked so curled up, apparently because of this narrow cave.

The cave was covered with wolf skins, both at the bottom and on the top. Bones were passed through the edges of the skins and nailed to the top. It was soft and furry, and more comfortable than lying on the damp soil.

It can also be seen from these wolf skins that Chai Xin hunted a lot of wolves.

No wonder the wolf ran away when it saw her.

The dog's eyes swept over the wolf skin at the bottom of the nest. Combining it with what Chai Xin said, Lu Xian understood. He pulled out the bone nails on the edge, lifted up the wolf skin, and saw a small groove on the bottom side.

There was also a piece of wolf skin in the groove, wrapped in something.

Lu Xian went in and took out the wolf skin. Suddenly, he felt a strange feeling in his heart, as if he had ascended to heaven.

What was in this that caused me to react like this?!

Lu Xian's heart skipped a beat, and he took the wolf skin and retreated from the den - with his body shape, he really couldn't stretch out inside and felt a little uncomfortable.

He stared at the wolf skin, took a deep breath, and opened it.

——The reaction just now was really strange, making him suspicious. If Gouzi hadn't confirmed that there was nothing inside, he really wouldn't dare to remove the wolf skin.

After opening it, the contents inside were somewhat beyond Lu Xian's expectations.

It turned out to be an ordinary stone, but it was covered with a circle of dense purple filaments, like some strange and mysterious mycelium.

Lu Xian didn't reach out to touch it, but just by looking at it, he felt his body warm, as if something was changing, but he couldn't figure it out.

He wrapped the stone up again, took it, and returned the way he had come. He felt light and airy as he walked.

As he walked, he suddenly realized something. He looked into the distance, across the river bank, through the car, and saw that the texture of the leaves on the trees in the jungle was also so obvious.

His eyesight suddenly became stronger!

The chirping of insects and birds in my ears seemed to become clearer, and the subtle sound of the wind seemed to have ups and downs and was extremely real.

In addition, my mind has become clearer and I feel more energetic.

Clear eyes and ears, refreshed spirit.

How could such a mysterious thing appear in this world?!

Lu Xian looked at the wolfskin-wrapped object in his hand, quickened his pace, jumped across the river, and returned to the car. "Have you seen this thing?"

Lu Xian sat in the driver's seat, opened the wolfskin package and asked.

Yao Wei looked at what Lu Xian was holding, frowned slightly, and said, "I don't know. What a strange stone."

"Yeah, that's weird..."

Lu Xian said.

Yao Wei frowned even more tightly and suddenly looked out the window.

"Why... do I feel something is wrong?!"

she asked in surprise, but not fear.

Lu Xian stared at Yao Wei and said, "You feel it too? Can you see things more clearly and from farther away, and hear sounds more clearly?"

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded, then carefully felt the changes in her body and said, "I seem to be more energetic...even more energetic than when I woke up."

Lu Xian wrapped the stone again, took a deep breath, and exhaled slowly, saying: "I think I know the reason for the changes in Chai Xin.

"She probably knew it, but she was probably afraid we would kill her to take it away, so she didn't say it directly."

Yao Wei blinked. "So, she's stronger than other ordinary people because of this stone?"

"Yeah, how else can I explain it? There are so many ordinary people in the world. I've traveled all over the world and met quite a few. How come she's the only one whose body is so much better than the others?"

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded again, thinking that what Lu Xian said made sense.

Lu Xian fell into deep thought again, and as he thought more, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

Yao Wei asked, "What's wrong?"

"I'm thinking of something..."

Lu Xian said, “This stone can also have an effect on us, making us change and become a little more powerful.

"Is it possible that... we were created by something like this?

"Or to put it another way—new humans were born because of this thing?"

"what?!"

Yao Wei was a little surprised this time. She didn't have such divergent thinking as Lu Xian.

Lu Xian's thoughts have already diverged to a more distant place: "Even... ordinary people nowadays should be better than those in the old world.

"Remember that notebook we found in Fengcheng County? The one that belonged to the water deliveryman?

"From his notes, it's clear that the world at the time was plagued by severe cold, and people were mainly troubled by it.

“I feel that the people at that time might not have been able to endure the extreme cold we are experiencing now.

"The physical fitness of ordinary people nowadays is far superior to that of that time. Is it possible that ordinary people today have also been affected by this thing?"

Yao Wei pursed her lips, feeling that what Lu Xian said seemed to make sense. But she couldn't tell whether it was true or not.

She just suddenly thought that, in this way, what Chai Xin said seemed to be true. She and Lu Xian must have wronged Chai Xin...

"let's go."

Lu Xian put the car in gear, stepped on the accelerator and turned the steering wheel, "Go pick up Chai Xin. We have to ask her what this thing is and where it came from."

　Thanks to Angel 1's Wings for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)