Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 226 The Ruthless Breastfeeding Machine

Hearing Lu Xi'an's words, Yao Wei's brows gradually relaxed, and she nodded, saying, "Mm."

"Huh...huh..."

The howling wind grew stronger and stronger. Lu Xi'an didn't know how strong the wind would eventually become, but no matter how strong it got, it probably wouldn't reach the intensity of a typhoon.

After all, the northwest wind doesn't come from the sea in the east.

But whether it was his imagination or not, he suddenly heard a soft "whimpering" sound in the wind, coming from a distance outside.

He glanced back; the resonance gene scanner was already surrounded and couldn't be seen from their position. He could only ask Gouzi, "Gouzi, what's to the south? I heard something."

A synthesized electronic voice from the dog rang out in the RV: "Voiceprint detection is slightly far away. Sample analysis and centralized retrieval are in progress. Please wait."

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei listened patiently to the sound of the wind and waited.

After waiting a short while, the dog responded: "Four energy sources were detected 523 meters away. Based on the strength of the energy sources, they can be identified as a lactating mother and three newborn offspring."

Breastfeeding mother and newborn infant?

Lu Xi'an was slightly surprised and glanced into the garage behind. The baby was well protected in the box and was sleeping peacefully.

"Is there any danger?"

Turning back, Lu Xi'an glanced out the car window at the direction from which the sound came. About 500 meters away, the environment was similar to this place, with open and flat terrain. Driving there, there was no need to worry about being hit by anything that had been blown over.

The dog quickly replied, "Analysis of the energy source is the same as that of the wolf pack we encountered in Mengxin City. It is determined to be an individual wolf. Since no other individuals were found, a single individual does not pose a danger."

Good guy!
Was she a female wolf from the wolf pack encountered on the rural highway in Mengxin City?
What's this? On this trip back to the city, I first encountered the pregnant woman I'd met before, and now I've run into the pregnant she-wolf I'd met before.
Did this man and wolf agree to come here?
Why did the mother wolf leave the pack and come here alone?
Could it be that, like with women, because of a change in leadership, the new alpha wolf wants to get rid of it?
Unable to figure it out, Lu Xi'an simply stopped thinking about it.

"There's only one mother wolf and three cubs... they're not dangerous, and they still have milk..."

Lu Xi'an murmured, pondered for a while, and then asked Yao Wei, "What do you think, should we bring that wolf into the car and let it feed the child? Drinking milk is better than eating rice cereal."

"If we can tame that wolf, we can take it to Institute 923 and use it as a guard."

"Okay, you decide."

Yao Wei nodded and said.

She really didn't know anything about taking care of children, so she just listened to Lu Xi'an.

Lu Xi'an started the car and drove south. Because the wind was getting stronger, he didn't let Gouzi launch the drone, fearing it might fly away and disappear.

The wind outside grew stronger. Lu Xi'an drove slowly, but no matter how slow he drove, it was only 500 meters, and he soon arrived at his destination.

The whimpering sounds from outside grew closer, and Lu Xi'an felt that the sounds didn't seem like wolves, but rather like the howls of dogs.

After he stopped the car, he said to Yao Wei, "Wait in the car, I'll go check."

After saying that, he drew his knife and held it in his hand, and opened the car door with his other hand.

In an instant, the surging wind yanked the car door shut. If he hadn't anticipated this and gripped the door handle tightly, the door might have slipped out of his hand.

After getting out of the car and closing the door, the wind almost pushed him forward.

However, given his physical condition, he could withstand the wind.

Following the sound, we saw a small mound not far ahead. Going around the mound, we found a mother wolf curled up behind her, protecting her three tiny wolf cubs under her belly.

The abdomen was swollen and distended, clearly indicating the presence of breast milk.

"Uuuuuuuuuu——"

When the mother wolf saw Lu Xi'an, she immediately bared her teeth and made a frightening sound in her throat.

Lu Xi'an stepped forward and slapped him across the face.

The mother wolf didn't even have time to react before her head was slapped to the side, and her eyes instantly became clear.

Lu Xi'an was now completely certain that the mother wolf was not in danger. He put away his knife, scooped up the three wolf cubs, and carefully protected them. He then told the mother wolf, "Follow me."

The mother wolf seemed to understand, and struggled to her feet.

Lu Xi'an walked towards the car, and to avoid the wind blowing on the wolf cubs, he turned around and walked backwards, letting the wind blow all over his back.

Seeing this, the mother wolf understood that the human in front of her would not harm her and her cubs, and followed Lu Xi'an.

However, with such a strong wind, it was not as easy for it to walk as Lu Xi'an. With its head down and body leaning forward, it stumbled with each step before catching up.

When they reached the door of the RV's shed, Lu Xi'an opened the door and got in first. The mother wolf followed, jumped in, looked around, sniffed, and then found a corner where she lay down on her side.

Yao Wei swiftly jumped from the front to the back and closed the car door.

When the mother wolf saw Yao Wei, she was startled again, and her whole body sprang up with a "whoosh," and the fur on her back stood on end.

When they were on the rural roads of Mengxin City, Lu Xi'an was always driving from inside the car, so the mother wolf never noticed him.

But Yao Wei was different. This woman who stood on the roof of the car back then was like a professional werewolf hunter, practically a killing machine.

The mother wolf had probably witnessed Yao Wei casually crushing a wolf's neck, and the impact was so strong that it remained vivid in her memory, instilling a deep-seated fear. —Yao Wei's hands weren't large enough to directly grasp a wolf's neck, but her strength was astonishing, and her physical resilience far surpassed that of these wolves. Back outside Mengxin City, she could kill a wolf simply by squeezing a bit of its throat.

With just a little force, she crushed the wolf's neck, her fingers digging into its flesh—a truly terrifying sight.

Now, when the mother wolf sees Yao Wei again, she feels a strange pain in her throat.

Fortunately, Yao Wei only glanced at it curiously before leaping from the center console to the front, without looking at the mother wolf again.

The mother wolf gradually relaxed. When she saw Lu Xi'an put the three wolf cubs down where she had just been lying, she cautiously looked forward a few times before tentatively lying back down.

This wolf, after all, had some intelligence. Seeing that the two people didn't make a move, and noticing the difference in comfort between the inside and outside environment of the car, it realized that the two humans in front of it really meant no harm.

It lay there quietly, letting the three wolf cubs find their food source and open their mouths to eat.

Lu Xi'an let out a long breath, thinking to himself that the mother wolf was quite sensible; things had gone so smoothly, which was quite good.

He returned to the driver's seat and lay down, continuing to watch the wind and scenery, while his hands were still busy, holding the fungus stone together with Yao Wei.

When there's nothing to do, one should naturally strive to increase their strength.

The two held hands and quietly looked out the window.

The wind outside the car window seemed to have materialized, and the trees in the distance bowed low, as if about to break. The leaves struggled for a while, and many were forcibly torn from the branches by the gale.

A little while later, Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei felt the car start to shake slightly, and a tree in the distance was uprooted and fell down with a loud crash.

The mother wolf behind also raised her head somewhat nervously, looked around a couple of times, and seeing that the two humans in front of her were completely calm and hadn't moved much, she relaxed a little and lay back down with some hesitation.

"Waaaa, waaaa, waaaa..."

The baby's cries suddenly rang out, and the mother wolf instantly became alert and raised her head.

When it saw Lu Xi'an leap to its side, its eyes immediately revealed tension.

Lu Xi'an went over and took the child out, then walked back to the mother wolf and bent down to put the baby down.

"Woo——"

The mother wolf instinctively bared her teeth again, then received another slap from Lu Xi'an, and her eyes regained their clarity.

Then it let Lu Xi'an place the baby on its belly and let it nurse with the other wolf cubs.

The milk seemed more appealing than rice cereal, and the baby wouldn't let go once he started, gulping it down for a while until he fell asleep.

Lu Xi'an picked him up and put him back in the box.

Now, the mother wolf seemed to finally understand why she had been brought to this comfortable place. Knowing that she had a purpose, she felt relieved, lay down quietly and obediently, closed her eyes, and prepared to become a ruthless nursing machine.

The wind blew all day and into the night, finally subsiding the next morning, leaving behind a scene of devastation in the distance.

Those trees that were blown down by the strong wind will probably just stay there forever. New trees may grow from the ground, but it's hard to say when.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei ate something simple and then set off in their car, intending to get to Institute 923 as soon as possible.

Now that there are babies and wolves on the bus, they are still a little unaccustomed to it and want to get rid of these things as soon as possible.

They didn't even bother to tidy up the car; the rice and millet that had been stuffed back in for wind protection were still there, as they just wanted to get going as quickly as possible.

As they walked, the two suddenly smelled a foul odor. When they went to check behind them, they found that the baby had defecated in the box.

"What should we do now?"

Yao Wei frowned and asked.

Lu Xi'an said, "Bear with it for a bit. I remember there's a river a little further ahead. Let's go to the river and wash him. After that, let's be careful and make sure to change his diaper beforehand."

He then asked the robotic dog, "Dog, can you sense in advance when it needs to poop or pee? And what about these wolves?"

The dog replied, "Okay."

That's great! I forgot about it before, but it's not too late to remember now.

"You're amazing, dog."

Lu Xi'an couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

The dog replied, "This is the basic functional configuration of the mechanical dog 02, and it works on the same principle as scanning food bacteria and virus components."

Lu Xi'an laughed: "Alright, alright, I know, your name is Mechanical Dog 02."

The dog said, "Mechanical Dog 02 doesn't mind if you continue to call me Dog. It's your habit, and it's become a receptive signal for Mechanical Dog 02."

Lu Xian: "..."

This dog is lying.

(End of this chapter)