Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 260 Catch the sea
After watching Hu Xiaodong and Hu Dong leave in the boat, Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei quickly returned to the mountaintop.

Compared to other places, staying by the car makes them feel the most at ease.

Their dog and RV are their greatest assets, and they don't want anything to happen to it.

So even though they hadn't found any danger while on the mountain, they still didn't want to stray too far from the car.

They moved very quickly, and once they reached the top of the mountain, they could still see Hu Xiaodong, his son Hu Dong, and their boat in the distance.

However, the ship was already very far away, and could only be seen as a tiny dot.

As dawn broke and the sun rose, the people and the boat seemed to be right in the middle of the sun, their sails billowing in the wind, heading towards the rising sun, becoming a sight in the eyes of Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei.

"Today's sunrise seems even more beautiful than yesterday's."

Lu Xian couldn't help but sigh.

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded in response, then asked, "Will they come back?"

"Probably—if there's enough time."

Lu Xi'an said, "They are even reluctant to give up the water here. They risk rowing boats and carrying buckets to fetch water here. Now that they are tempted by the large amount of currency with strong purchasing power, how could they possibly give it up?"

"But even if they don't come, or can't come, it doesn't matter. Anyway, we didn't give up much, just a useless tiger skin and two nails."

There was also a night's wages, but Lu Xi'an enjoyed DIYing it himself and felt quite accomplished, so it was fine to treat the two of them as if it were free.

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded again and responded.

The two people and the boat seemed to have swum into the rising sun, completely disappearing from Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei's sight.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei stopped looking out to sea, finished their exercise for the day while facing the rising sun, and then went to wash up and eat something simple.

Yesterday, they used a lot of water to make the sail. This morning, after washing up and eating, the two of them carried buckets to the pool halfway up the mountain to fetch water, filled the water tank, and then filled the buckets again.

With nothing else to do, the two cleared away the pile of firewood outside, went back to the car, put the window covers down, and went to bed to rest.

The window cover completely shuts the windows, preventing any light from getting in. Once it's covered, the interior of the RV is just like nighttime, so sleeping during the day is no problem at all.

Ok……

This should be called catching up on sleep.

After all, I "worked overtime" last night.

Although, given their physical condition, they don't need to catch up on sleep.

This respite lasted for a full day and night. When I woke up again, the sun was rising over the sea once more.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei glanced at the sea, and just as Hu Xiaodong had said, the sea was calm and there was no danger during high tide.

If that's the case, the water level shouldn't rise any further.

Lu Xi'an suddenly remembered something and turned to Yao Wei, saying, "Since we're just killing time anyway, why don't we go beachcombing today?"

"Catch the sea?"

Yao Wei didn't understand the word at first.

Lu Xi'an laughed and said, "Well... it shouldn't be considered beachcombing, since this isn't an ordinary coastline. If we want to get something, we have to go out to sea to catch fish and turtles."

"Didn't Hu Xiaodong say the sea has been mostly calm these past few days? In that case, why don't we go to the beach and see if we can catch some seafood? If we can, we'll have seafood to eat!"

When Yao Wei heard that food could be prepared, she was about to nod, but then hesitated and asked, "What about the car?"

Lu Xi'an said, "We'll drive the car down, but just in case, we don't need to drive all the way to the beach."

"We'll just stop at a place where we can find accommodation, turn around, and get back in the car quickly if things go wrong."

Hearing Lu Xi'an say this, Yao Wei had no objections, nodded, and said, "Mm."

The two decided to finish their exercise for the day on the mountaintop first. After washing up, they ate something simple to fill their stomachs and were about half full.

The reason for only eating half full was, of course, to leave room for the seafood feast to come.

Whether we can successfully beachcomb and catch anything remains to be seen.

After all, neither of them are professional players.

This used up some of the water in the bucket, and a lot of water in the water tank was also used up. The two of them poured most of the remaining water from the bucket into the water tank, leaving one bucket empty for when they went beachcombing.

Then I drove downhill, to a place some distance above sea level, and too lazy to turn the steering wheel around, I got out of the car and lifted it to turn around.

For these two Type A new humans, turning the car around like this is much more convenient than constantly reversing and then moving forward while turning the steering wheel.

After turning the car around and parking it, Lu Xi'an picked up the empty bucket and walked to the shore with Yao Wei.

They didn't go to the place where Hu Xiaodong and his son had moored their boat before, because the coastline there was relatively narrow, with rocks and trees blocking the view on both sides, making it not very open.

They reached the south, where the land was relatively flat and wide, with the road leading straight into the sea, blending into the surrounding slopes and meeting the seawater.

Moreover, coming here allows you to run around and rehearse the route you'll be taking later.

However, to their surprise, they actually gained quite a bit after arriving here—

"There are birds over there!"

The two had just left the car and hadn't even reached the shore when Yao Wei said something.

Lu Xi'an nodded and said, "Yes, I heard it too."

That's great! Even if the "beachcombing" fails, there are still birds to catch, so the trip won't be a waste.

I had only been looking east and hadn't noticed this place before, where birds were coming.

It must be a seabird, right?

As the tide rose, they drove uphill, but didn't see any birds.

They quickened their pace and soon saw the sea and the coast, then widened their eyes in slight surprise.

Previously, the narrow eastern coastline was completely empty, with nothing to be seen. But upon arriving here, they were surprised to see groups of sea turtles perched on the shore. Upon closer inspection, they also noticed seashells, crabs, and the remains of fish and shrimp.

The fish and shrimp remains were still fresh, just turned into remains. In the distance, there was a white seabird holding down a fish with its claws, pecking at it repeatedly. You could tell that these fish and shrimp were probably leftovers from the seabird.

There were a dozen or so seabirds, some circling in the sky, some hovering around the group of sea turtles, and some eating fish, all participating in this carnival during the high tide.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei were overjoyed to see this.

I never expected this, I really never expected there would be such a surprise here.

Could it be that all the scarce resources on land have been replenished in this ocean?

Now that they have arrived at the seaside, they are greeted with such a lavish feast!
(End of this chapter)