Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 197 Man and Corpse

"Chai Xin is awake?"

Lu Xi'an opened the car door and got out, and suddenly the heavy rain stopped and the sky brightened.

This weather is really fitting for the occasion.

He closed the car door and went into the room in the west corridor. Chai Xin was still lying on the bed, looking listless.

Just by looking up and seeing Lu Xi'an, a look of surprise flashed in her eyes, and she called out with all her might, "Big Brother!"

She was still holding the fungal stone in her hand, and Yao Wei did not take it back.

Yao Wei and Lu Xi'an both guessed that it was thanks to the fungus stone that Chai Xin woke up. Yao Wei thought that since Chai Xin hadn't fully recovered yet, it would be better to let her hold the stone for now.

Lu Xi'an had the same thought and said, "Lie down properly, hold the stone for a while longer, it will be fine soon."

"Ah."

Chai Xin obediently responded and then lay down quietly.

Lu Xi'an felt that Chai Xin's hunchback symptoms seemed to have lessened, whether it was her imagination or not.

Old Tree saw what Lu Xi'an was thinking, grinned, and said, "Brother, you can see it too, right? Chai Xin's back is lying a little flat."

"She came with me from Xiaogang Village all the way here, and she always slept lying flat. She'll get better slowly."

"If I lie down a little longer, I'll definitely be able to lie completely flat."

Lu Xi'an nodded and smiled, "Lying down is good, lying down is good."

Actually, this change is quite bizarre, and it probably only seems less strange if it's attributed to the new humans.

Many people were hunchbacked in their past lives, and their bones have already changed, so how could they easily straighten up?
Moreover, Chai Xin's hunchback was quite severe.

Perhaps this is also related to Chai's relatively young age?
In short, this is good news for Chai Xin.

Lu Xi'an went to the car to get a bottle of water, then took out a piece of chocolate, unwrapped it, and put it to Chai Xin's mouth, saying, "Here, eat it."

Chai Xin obediently opened his mouth and ate the chocolate.

Lu Xi'an wanted to help Chai Xin up and give her some water, but Lao Shu interrupted, "Let me do it, let the old man do it."

Lu Xi'an then stepped aside, letting Lao Shu help Chai Xin up. After Chai Xin had chewed most of the chocolate, he fed him a sip of water.

—As Chai Xin chewed on his chocolate, Lao Shu couldn't help but swallow several times. This was something he hadn't particularly liked back then, but now, seeing it, he was really craving it.

After giving Chai Xin water and laying him down, the old tree returned the water to Lu Xi'an.

Lu Xi'an screwed the cap on the bottle, then looked at Chai Xin and suddenly noticed that Chai Xin's complexion had improved a lot.

"how's it going?"

He asked Chai Xin a question.

Chai Xin moved his hands and feet a little, then slowly used his thin arms to support himself on the edge of the bed and slowly sat up, looking much less strained than before.

"I feel much better after eating something, thank you, brother."

Chai Xin grinned and said, "It's the same along the way. If we walk for too long and haven't eaten for a long time, we feel very hungry and want to sleep. When we sleep, we feel like nothing is wrong and we can last for a long time."

"After waking up, if I can find something to eat, I feel much better. I don't know what happened."

Lu Xi'an recalled the person in the coffin he had encountered on Sword Mountain, and he had already formed some guesses in his mind.

"This should be related to your abilities as a Type D new human."

Lu Xi'an said, "You should always keep some food on hand. Eat a little after you wake up and you'll recover."

Type D new humans should have the ability to hibernate. By sleeping, they can maintain their bodily functions with minimal consumption and ensure that they live longer.

The old tree is like this, the person in the coffin is like this, and Chai Xin is like this too.

However, being in a deep sleep is not the same as being cured. Energy will still be consumed; it's just that the body is being kept in a state of equilibrium.

Therefore, the person in the coffin slept in the coffin for decades, and only after coming out did he appear old and frail.

Just think about how he slept for decades without eating much, relying on the little food stored in his coffin to keep going. Without replenishing his body's energy, it's no wonder he became old, weak, sick, and disabled.

Chai Xin, too, fell into a deep sleep after suffering severe injuries, merely managing to keep his body afloat at minimal cost, without actually dying.

This time, the old tree rescued her. If there were no other treatments or fungal stones, Chai Xin might have simply fallen into a deep sleep and died.

To put it bluntly, this ability exists solely to prepare for the apocalypse, allowing people to hibernate through the winter; it has no other special features.

The reason why strain D was popularized on Kenzan was probably to enable people to hibernate during the winter.

Unfortunately, the world is still in a deep winter, and humanity has not yet completed its evolution.

"Ah."

Chai Xin nodded, then held up the fungus stone in his hand and said, "Big brother, sister, here. I'm all better now, I don't need it."

Lu Xi'an pushed it back, saying, "You can keep it, and give it to us when we leave."

Yao Wei nodded, also having no objection to Lu Xi'an's handling of the matter.

Only then did Chai Xin obediently put the fungus stone away.

Lu Xi'an asked, "Where were you injured before? How are you feeling now?"

Chai Xin said, "My head. That guy hit me on the head. I felt like he didn't hit me very hard, just lightly. I was stunned. I felt like my head was going to explode. Then I drifted off to sleep."

Lu Xi'an was relieved. It seemed that Da Chang had thrown the punch. Fortunately, Da Chang hadn't used much force, otherwise Chai Xin might not have been able to withstand it, and his head might have exploded.

He glanced back and saw Yang Guan's body still at the doorway in the corridor. He went over to move the body out and dump it next to Yang Guan's. Old Shu, ever observant, followed and said, "Brother, you don't need to do it. I'll do it."

Lu Xi'an said, "Your strength is too weak to move it, let me do it." With that, he went over, picked up the corpse, and threw it away.

Old Tree then conscientiously went to do other things, finding a rag to wipe the blood in the corridor. Since the rain had just stopped, it was still convenient to do this. He wiped the rag until it was red, then went to the puddle in the yard to rinse it off. That was good.

As for how to handle it afterward, we'll have to wait until Luo Ping returns.

Just as Lu Xi'an finished disposing of the body, a rustling sound came from the passageway, as if someone was moving.

Lu Xi'an's gaze sharpened as he looked in that direction and said, "Come out."

Although the sound was somewhat slow and didn't seem to come from a new human, Lu Xi'an remained vigilant, her voice devoid of any emotion, while she already held a short needle in her hand.

Then he saw a man and a woman cautiously step forward; they were the same two he had met outside Shanyang City.

"Is it you?!"

Lu Xian was slightly surprised.

The old tree, its rag stained red again, came out and was being washed by the rain. It saw the two men and was equally surprised. It asked, "Why are you here? Didn't Brother Luo tell you to leave quickly?"

He had previously gone to Shanyang City with Luo Ping, so he knew the situation, which is why he spoke like this now.

Lu Xi'an then understood what was going on and said with a smile, "They're probably worried that something might have happened to Luo Ping, so they came here to look for him, right?" He then explained the whole story to the old tree.

After saying that, he looked at the two people again and asked, "Didn't Luo Ping tell you before? This place was occupied by two new humans, and he had already fled. How dare you two still find your way here?"

The man said, "We couldn't find it anywhere else, so we had no choice but to come and take a look. How about Mr. Luo? Is he alright?"

Lu Xi'an pointed to the two corpses on the ground and said, "We're all back, and these two new humans are dead too. What do you say?"

"call……"

Both the man and woman breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at the doorway behind Lu Xi'an, and asked with a hint of arrogance, "Then...where is Mr. Luo?"

Lu Xi'an said, "He went out to find other people's bodies. Except for a few people, everyone here is already dead."

"Come in and rest for a bit. You're all soaked to the bone. It wouldn't be good if you got sick."

But both of them said it was nothing, and then they found some things and offered to help the old tree tidy up.

The three of them filled the entrance to the corridor, and Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei couldn't get a chance to help, so they could only stay inside with Chai Xin.

After a short while, the three of them wiped the ground clean, and then footsteps could be heard again from the passageway outside.

However, the footsteps sounded very familiar; one could immediately tell it was Luo Ping.

Lu Xi'an went out and saw Luo Ping striding towards him. Before he even got close, Luo Ping shouted, "Found them! Found them all! Luckily, none of them were eaten, but after so long, they've already started to rot."

He was talking as he walked when he suddenly saw the two people and paused for a moment.

But he didn't have time to investigate further. He said, "You're here. Perfect timing. Come with me to get the things and dig a hole to bury them."

He then went to the building on the east side and took out two shovels and two hoes.

I never expected he would have something like this here.

Lu Xi'an said, "I'll go too."

Luo Ping said, "I only have these four tools here."

Lu Xi'an said, "It's okay, I have my own." He then went to the trunk of the car, took out a long handle and a spade, inserted nails, and secured it.

Luo Ping was dumbfounded: "You even have this kind of thing in your car!"

Lu Xi'an said, "Not as many as you."

Luo Ping grinned: "You flatter me."

Yao Wei and Chai Xin also came out, wanting to help, but were stopped by Lu Xi'an.

Lu Xi'an told Chai Xin to go back to bed and asked Yao Wei to keep an eye on Chai Xin and the car. Then he went out with Luo Ping and the others and walked along the mountain road for a while.

When they reached a hillside, they saw a pile of corpses lying haphazardly on the hillside, each one already decomposed, some even with bones showing.

Because the heavy rain had just passed, the mosquitoes hadn't come yet, but it's likely that this place was crawling with mosquitoes before.

Old Tree and the two men and women were all startled. Lu Xi'an wasn't much better off. He thought to himself that if he had just transmigrated, he would probably have been so frightened that he would have fallen to the ground.

Without further ado, the group got to work and dug a huge pit.

As they dug, Luo Ping and the others were horrified to discover that all of them combined couldn't work as fast as Lu Xi'an alone.

"Type A new humans are amazing! Why am I not a Type A new human?"

He muttered something, but Lu Xi'an overheard it.

"I think you're more suited to be a Type C new human."

Lu Xian said.

Luo Ping grinned and said, "It's not very interesting for me to be one myself. I just want a Type C new human as my wife."

Lu Xi'an glanced at Luo Ping. This guy was as flamboyant as ever.

After digging the pit, they moved the bodies inside and then covered them with soil.

Without a coffin, they could only build such a simple large grave.

After the mound swelled up, everyone stood silently for a long time before Luo Ping finally said, "Alright, let's go back."

(End of this chapter)