Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 171 Guess
Yao Wei opened the "World Atlas 1" and took a look. She found that she still had to walk a long way to reach Yao County, and even if she drove, it would take half a day.

It seems that the man came out of Yao County and walked quite a distance before hiding in the "First Petrochemical" gas station adjacent to Jianshan City.

The urban legend circulating in Yao County must be very scary, or the numerous hills in the county must be very dangerous, causing the man to escape so far.

However, after walking east for half a day and approaching Yao County, Lu Xian and Yao Wei did not meet a single person.

After leaving Jianshan City, Lu Xian felt as if he had returned to Mengxin City, with endless wilderness before his eyes.

However, the difference is that the sky is high and the land is vast in Mengxin City, and the clouds above are large. When walking on the road, there is always a clear sky on the left and dark clouds on the right, as if it will rain at any time.

The wild grass on the ground grows wildly, and it also has a certain momentum, as if thousands of troops are commanded by a general. When the wind blows, the ups and downs of the grass look like a march.

But in Pingchuan City before us, the weeds on the plains are in disorder, with occasional houses or collapsed ruins popping up among the weeds.

Next to some houses or ruins, there are rows of collapsed earth walls.

There were large trees growing here and there on the side of the road, blocking the wild grass from the road.

At first glance, Lu Xian felt that the wasteland of Pingchuan City was like a huge prison. The trees on the roadside were the walls of the prison. Occasionally, the walls collapsed, allowing the weeds like prisoners to escape onto the road.

The scattered houses and rows of collapsed earth walls in the wilderness are the cells and guards in the prison. In this apocalypse, some are still standing, while others have become remains.

"What a waste! What a waste!"

Lu Xian looked into the distance at the overgrown weeds. There, among the rows of collapsed earth walls, there were occasionally one or two thick curved steel bars.

How could he not see what it had once been?
“These earthen walls were once greenhouses!”

He sighed and said, "If these greenhouses were still intact, we could grow crops regardless of weather changes...food."

Hearing Lu Xian say this, Yao Wei couldn't help but look at the earthen wall in the distance. She was stunned for a long time and said, "What a pity..."

She felt it was such a pity. If all these things were still good, why would she have to worry about food now?
Lu Xian thought for a moment and said, “But it’s hard to say…I wonder if the cold disaster back then was even colder than it is now.

"But according to some of the accounts we've found about the past, it did seem to be very cold, and the freezing weather continued.

“In that case, ordinary greenhouses would probably be useless unless special materials are used.

"Alas... In the old world, they thought of adding something to gasoline and producing air conditioners specifically for the apocalypse. They should have been prepared for these things.

"I wonder if there are any special greenhouses in this world..."

Their car had already reached the outside of the collapsed abandoned greenhouse. Yao Wei turned her head and looked into the wilderness, wondering what she was thinking about.

Lu Xian slowed down the car and asked, "Are we almost in Yao County now?"

Yao Wei then retracted her gaze, looked at the map, nodded and said, "Yes, we are almost there."

Lu Xian said: "How about we stop here? Put the car behind the earth wall and it will be covered.

"There are still one or two small houses here that haven't collapsed. We can go in and see if there's anything still usable."

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded in agreement.

Lu Xian stopped the car and asked Yao Wei to go to the back to connect the resonance gene scanner to the dog and let the dog check it.

There are still no other new humans around...

Ok……

"How could you forget about this?!"

Lu Xian patted his head and said, "We can use the resonance gene scanner to find Lao Shu and Chai Xin!

“Although this scanner can’t scan old trees, it can always scan new trees!

"The resonance gene scanner has a wide scanning range. Back when we were in Mengxin City, that new human could directly see Tongzhou County from within the city.

“We went to every place to take them out for a look just to be on the safe side.

"When we got to the gas station earlier, we took out the resonance gene scanner and checked it.

“If Chai Xin was still in Yao County, there would definitely be a reaction on the scanner, and it would have happened a long time ago.

"But now it seems that there are only the two of us and the fungus stone up there. Chai Xin must not be in Yao County."

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded when she heard Lu Xian say this. She only just realized that they still had a resonance gene scanner, which could be useful.

"Why didn't you react before?"

Lu Xian reflected for a moment, thought of something, and said, "It must be in the Jianshan Mountains. This thing has been malfunctioning. The old tree, the fish rider, and the people in the coffin cannot be scanned. That's why we subconsciously ignored the function of this machine."

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded, and after thinking about it carefully, she agreed.

She glanced towards Yao County again, still a little worried, but she didn't show it. She thought of another possibility -

If Chai Xin died in Yao County, would the resonance gene scanner still react?

Obviously it is impossible.

When they first found this machine in Mengxin City and powered it on, they could no longer find the new human being they had killed on it.

This resonance gene scanner cannot find new humans who have died.

She didn't want to tell Lu Xian about this guess, fearing that Lu Xian would be as worried as she was.

If Chai Xin was dead, their worries, concerns, and searches would be meaningless.

But she didn't know that Lu Xian had actually thought of this a long time ago, but just didn't tell Yao Wei.

"I hope there aren't any people like the old tree, the fish rider, and the man in the coffin here..."

Lu Xian said, turned off the resonance gene scanner, returned to the front driver's seat, sighed again, and said,
"Sigh...why did I forget to ask the people in the city before, what are the leaders of those mountain tribes in the city like now?"

If the resonance gene scanner does not show anything, it means that Yao County either has only ordinary people or people with special abilities, and those people with special abilities may be similar to the fish-riding man.

"Wait a minute and wait for someone to ask."

Yao Wei said.

"Ah."

Lu Xian smiled and said, "Yes, we originally planned to wait outside Yao County.

“If anyone comes out of the county town, we plan to catch them and question them.

"Then we've decided to do this. Let's stop the car first."

Because of Chai Xin's matter, they all naturally agreed to stop here and see what was happening in Yao County.

So there was no need to discuss it any further and just park the car.

Although they had already used the resonance gene scanner to check the surrounding situation, they still did not drive the car rashly to the ruins of the greenhouse.

Lu Xian asked Gouzi to control the drone and fly out of the car first. It circled twice over the greenhouse and checked the two small houses that were still standing strong in the apocalypse. After confirming that there was no one there, he felt relieved and drove the car over.

They parked the car behind an earthen wall that still stands today. After getting out of the car, Lu Xian and Yao Wei stood at the foot of the earthen wall and reached out to touch it.

The texture of the earth wall felt very hard and cold to the touch. I don’t know if it was frozen like this because of years of freezing, or if the material was a little different, specially provided for the end of the world, so it didn’t collapse.

"I feel like this wall is specially made. There must be something in the material."

Lu Xian speculated, "Otherwise, why did all the other walls fall down, but only these two didn't?
“It’s the same with other places, most of them have collapsed, with only a few sides still standing.

"I don't know what the situation was at the time?"

Yao Wei didn't say anything. Even Lu Xian couldn't guess the situation at the time, so how could she know?

She brought the dog over and asked it to scan the wall with its eyes. Then Lu Xian asked the dog: "Does this wall contain any special substances that can enhance its anti-freeze ability or have other effects?"

The dog's eyes are bright, it seems that Lu Xian's guess is correct.

Afterwards, Lu Xian asked Yao Wei to take the dog to take pictures of the collapsed earth walls. The dog's eyes flashed twice, proving that the earth walls were not made of any special material.

——Yao Wei now likes to carry the dog more and more. Lu Xian feels that it was unnecessary for him to replace the toy wheels for the dog and then replace them with metal hooves after the wheels broke.

Now the dog is basically no longer needed to walk on its own, it has become a mobile accessory for Yao Wei.

"Let's go and take a look at those two small houses."

Lu Xian said, and went with Yao Wei to the small house built next to the earth wall.

That small house was also built with the same material as the earth wall, so it could stand so strong in the doomsday, while the other small houses, some made of blue bricks and some of red bricks, all collapsed.

Lu Xian had seen greenhouses in his previous life, so he knew what these small houses were used for.

The greenhouses we saw at that time always had a small shed next to them, where people could stay to guard and rest, and it was also the entrance to the greenhouse.

The main structures of the two small houses next to the greenhouse are still intact, but the doors and windows are long gone. I don’t know who took them away.

It is also because of this that drones were able to fly in and investigate before.

There are two doors on the house. One is on the side, facing the road, which should be the entrance of the house, and the one facing the earth wall is the entrance from the small house to the greenhouse.

When the two walked in, they saw that the room was low and damp, with nothing inside. They didn't know if the furnishings inside had already been moved out.

You can see the whole place at a glance. Lu Xian and Yao Wei stood inside for a while and there was no need to stay any longer.

I went to another small house and it was the same. It didn't seem worth searching for.

But just as they turned around to leave, the dog's eyes suddenly lit up and pointed at the dusty ground.

(End of this chapter)