Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 224 Do you want the child or not?
Upon hearing Lu Xi'an's question, Yao Wei was momentarily at a loss for what to choose.

Seeing this, Lu Xi'an said, "Forget it, I won't ask you anymore. Anyway, I have enough sheets. Why don't we make one long and one short sheet?"

Yao Wei breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and said, "Mm."

Lu Xi'an continued cutting bed sheets and sewing clothes, making long pants for Yao Wei, then shorts, and then short-sleeved shirts.

Then, when he was about to make it for himself, Yao Wei said, "Let me make it for you. You can't stand looking at yourself."

Lu Xi'an thought about it and agreed. If she were to make it for herself, she couldn't judge her own size by sight, so she would have to rely purely on her intuition. Entrusting it to Yao Wei was a good choice.

"You've learned it?"

He confirmed something with Yao Wei.

Yao Wei nodded and said, "I understand."

Lu Xi'an trusted Yao Wei and the Type A new humans, so he handed the work over to Yao Wei.

Next, Yao Wei watched him work, making two sets of clothes and two sets of pants, one long and one short.

After they finished, it was almost dark, so the two of them ate something simple, changed into their newly made pajamas, and prepared to rest.

Lu Xi'an changed into a short outfit, and Yao Wei followed suit and changed into a short outfit as well.

As they crawled into bed and pulled the covers over themselves, their arms and legs inevitably touched. Yao Wei immediately tensed up, realizing what was happening, and glanced at Lu Xi'an.

"what happened?"

Lu Xian asked.

"nothing."

Yao Wei didn't want to answer Lu Xi'an's question. She felt a little angry, but also seemed not to be. Together with Lu Xi'an, she held the fungal stone she held every night, feeling the newly made pajamas and the slightly heavier blanket against her body, and sleepiness gradually crept in.

"How's it going? Are you comfortable?"

Lu Xian asked.

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded and said, "Go to sleep."

The words "Go to sleep" were spoken with utmost seriousness, so Lu Xi'an could only say "Oh" and obediently close her eyes to sleep.

He was excessively self-aware that night, and didn't even watch a movie.

The next day, it was still a cloudy day. Without Lu Xi'an even needing to ask, Yao Wei stayed in bed with him.

They're really not in a hurry. They don't have to go to work, so they can decide their own time and sleep in whenever they want.

The main thing is that these pajamas and the blankets are really comfortable, making you not want to leave the bed.

After getting up, the two of them made a simple meal with rice, dehydrated vegetables, and sausages, and then set off.

This time, we will return along the same route to the 923 Institute base, then turn east and head south from the easternmost point.

Although they had just walked the same route they came by, they remained cautious on their return journey, deliberately avoiding Fengcheng County at all costs, not even giving it a second glance.

With so much cargo on their truck, even if there are people and supplies in the county town, they probably can't compare to them. What's the point of going to the county town? To show off?
Bypassing Fengcheng County and continuing west, Lu Xi'an decided to turn south at the bend in the road.

But just then, he suddenly noticed something, and the dog immediately used the RV's speaker to warn: "There is an unknown energy source blocking the road ahead, please be careful."

Lu Xi'an narrowed his eyes, stepped on the brake, and said to the dog, "The drone is taking off."

Yao Wei, in the passenger seat, had already picked up the short needle.

The short needles were made by Lu Xi'an from bicycle wheel spokes. Now that Yao Wei has gradually developed a good aim when throwing things, she feels that it is much more useful and powerful than a gun, so the gun has been put away and become a decoration.

In critical moments, Yao Wei preferred to separate the bullets and use them as concealed weapons.

The unidentified energy source ahead was a person. After Lu Xi'an braked, he could see the outline of the person in the distance.

It was just an ordinary person, with long, messy hair, covered in dust, and looking rather disheveled. His hair hung down, obscuring his face, making it impossible to tell whether he was male or female.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei could only confirm that he was neither a new human nor someone like the old tree or the fish rider they encountered in Jianshan City.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei could tell from his footsteps, weak heartbeat, and breathing.

No, it's not one person, it's two people.

The man was holding something in his arms, and Lu Xi'an could actually hear the breathing and heartbeat of that thing, which were even fainter than the man's breathing and heartbeat.

The heartbeat was faster, like a dying struggle before it stopped beating.

baby?

He frowned and picked up the handheld microphone from the center console.

—This microphone comes with the RV, which also has an external speaker. I wonder what people were thinking when they installed this on the vehicle.

It's good, though; this thing has come in handy now. When Lu Xi'an encountered Fa Zi's gang from Tongzhou County while driving Yao Wei's car, he was already envious of the horn on Luo Ping's car.

"You'd better move aside, or we'll just drive over you."

Lu Xi'an spoke into the microphone, and his voice was amplified through the loudspeaker and carried outside.

The person in front must have heard it, but when they did, their staggering, weak steps suddenly stopped, and they seemed to lose all their strength at once, going limp and collapsing to the ground.

It looked like kneeling down and kowtowing.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei were momentarily stunned.

This person doesn't seem to be planning to fight; they just accidentally blocked the way.
"Let's go around it."

Lu Xian said.

"Yeah, Gouzi and I will keep an eye on him. If things get weird, I'll take action immediately."

Yao Wei, still holding the short needle, said.

Lu Xi'an then turned the steering wheel, released the brake, and prepared to go around the side.

But just then, the man suddenly spoke: "Save him! Please! Save him! Kill me, it's no problem!"

It was a woman's voice, and it sounded somewhat familiar.

Lu Xi'an stepped on the brakes again, frowned, and turned to look at Yao Wei, only to see that Yao Wei also frowned.

Whose voice is that? It sounds familiar.

He asked Yao Wei. Yao Wei replied, "It seems to be that woman from Tongzhou County..."

Tongzhou County...it must be quite far from here, right?

As they were speaking, the woman kneeling in front of them suddenly arched her back slightly, stretched her arms forward, and showed the "thing" in her arms.

Breathing and heartbeat both originate from this "thing".

It really was a baby.

"Save him! Please! I'm about to die, it's up to you whether you kill me or not, just save him!"

The woman spoke again, her voice filled with pleading and deep despair, which Lu Xi'an could hear.

Lu Xi'an stepped on the brake, but for a moment he couldn't bring himself to lift his foot.

"Wait a minute, I'll go down and take a look."

As Yao Wei spoke, she opened the car door.

Lu Xi'an did not stop Yao Wei, wondering if this woman was also thinking of the pinky promise they made the night before last, just like him.

"Dog, stand guard and be ready to fire at any time."

Lu Xi'an gave the dog a command.

The dog replied, "Mechanical Dog 02 understands."

Lu Xian: "..."

This dog is quite arrogant, even saying it doesn't mind being called "dog"...

He opened the car door, grabbed the handle, stood up, leaned out of the car, and held a short needle in his hand, ready to shoot it out if anything went wrong.

However, that ordinary person was indeed just an ordinary person, and his body was as weak as they had observed.

Yao Wei walked up to the man, who shakily raised his head, saw Yao Wei, and was startled: "It's you?!"

Startled, she seemed to find some strength in herself, and sat bolt upright, clutching the baby tightly to her chest.

She then saw Lu Xi'an in the car and exclaimed in horror, "It's you?!"

Yao Wei frowned: "It really was you!"

This woman was indeed the female leader of the South Street Supermarket in Tongzhou County.

She was still vying for power with others at the gas station back then, but she never expected that she would end up here after just a few months.

"If you keep holding the child like that, you'll strangle him."

Lu Xi'an offered a reminder.

The woman quickly realized what was happening and loosened her grip on her arm. She was trembling all over, perhaps from fright.

Yao Wei asked, "How did you end up here?"

The woman pursed her lips and answered in a trembling voice, "My belly is gradually showing, and people have noticed. I can't keep people in check, so I've been harassed by people in the city."

“They wanted to harm my child so I would give birth to their child. I ran away, running all the way here, and gave birth to the child… but there was no food, and I couldn’t find any shelter…”

Is that so?

How many months have passed since Yao Wei and I left Tongzhou County?

When will this woman start to show her pregnancy?

Does this mean that people in the world today are different from people in the old world in even matters of pregnancy and childbirth?
How long ago was this child born?

Lu Xian asked.

"Only ten days or so."

The woman replied, then hurriedly added, "Don't worry, this child is easy to raise! Very easy to raise! Just feed him a little bit each day, anything will do, just crush it up and mix it with water."

"Please... raise him! He can work for you, find food. He can do anything! Please!"

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei both remained silent.

The woman pleaded and pleaded, but her voice gradually faded, becoming barely audible, as if she were about to die.

Yao Wei was momentarily moved and impulsively blurted out, "Okay."

"Thank you."

The woman spoke those two words as if she had used up her last bit of strength. After she finished speaking, her body swayed and she fell backward.

Yao Wei hurriedly stepped forward and took the "thing" that the woman was about to drop from her arms.

"Pfft."

The woman lay on her back on the ground, already dead.

The "thing" was a tiny baby, wrapped in the fur of some unknown animal, with smooth, rosy skin, sleeping peacefully the whole time, completely unaware that it had been handed over to someone else.

Holding the baby in her arms, Yao Wei was at a loss for words and stammered to Lu Xi'an, "I'm sorry."

"fine."

Lu Xi'an got out of the car, ruffled Yao Wei's hair, and said, "I'll take care of it."

He knew very well that the woman had only brought up the topic of having children because of him, and that it was this topic that triggered her maternal instincts.

Therefore, the root of the problem lies with oneself, so how can one blame Yao Wei?
But he and Yao Wei both knew that there might be dangers on their journey, and they really couldn't bring a child with them.

"Dog, try connecting to Institute 923."

Lu Xi'an led Yao Wei into the car and spoke to Gouzi.

"Received, connecting now."

The speakers in the RV started playing sound, and after a while, they said, "Luckily, the connection was successful."

Then, a short while later, Luo Ping's voice rang out: "Brother, sister, haha, we're finally connected again! I really have something to ask you guys, what's that pipe on your vehicle for?"

Lu Xi'an didn't answer him, but asked directly, "Luo Ping, do you want a child?"

(End of this chapter)