Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 268 Ice Walker

The moon is quite bright tonight, and with the dog's suggestion, driving down the mountain at night shouldn't be a problem.

However, the road was slippery and it was all downhill, so Lu Xi'an could only drive slowly and carefully.

But before they could descend the slope to the foot of the mountain, they suddenly felt a cold current rush in through the wide-open window.

As Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei looked down, the city, now fully revealed, seemed to freeze instantly.

The tide recedes and surges forward with completely different force.

The ocean comes in surging waves, but recedes into a calmer state, with the water level gradually decreasing. Only at the edge of the receding tide or where there are objects that collide with it will waves appear.

For example, Caiyang Mountain, and those buildings.

Caiyang Mountain is located at a high altitude and has been completely exposed, but the city at the foot of the mountain has been frozen.

At the foot of the mountain, along the edges of buildings of varying heights and sizes, were piled up with wave-like shapes formed from frozen ice. The whole world was spotless, and the mountains and buildings seemed to have grown on a dark mirror.

The road beneath their feet was already slippery, and when the cold front froze it, it instantly turned into ice.

The downward road instantly turned into a downward ice slope, and the tread pattern of the RV tires was simply insufficient to generate effective friction.

Lu Xi'an slammed on the brakes, but it was no use; the car continued to slide downwards without stopping for a moment.

Damn it, this cold snap couldn't have come at the worst possible time!
Lu Xi'an couldn't help but grit her teeth.

Seeing that there was a turn ahead and turning the steering wheel was no longer effective, Lu Xi'an quickly said, "Get out of the car, let's lift the car and move it!"

"Ah."

Yao Wei agreed and tossed the new fungal stone to Lu Xi'an, saying, "One for each of us."

Lu Xi'an reached out and took it. Having this thing in hand would help him maintain his condition. The clothes he was wearing weren't very thick, so he wasn't worried about getting too cold.

Hmm... It was too cold outside when we were in the apple orchard, so I went out and forgot about this. When I came back, Yao Wei had to warm me up.

That's fine too.

The function of fungal stones should be remembered when it's time to remember it, and it's okay to forget about them when it's time to forget them.

The two people opened the car door at the same time and jumped out, their feet slipping on the ground.

Fortunately, they had trained in the snow and ice more than once and knew how to maneuver their bodies and exert force on such ground and in such an environment. So, one of them moved forward and the other backward, and they lifted the car up.

"laugh--"

Despite the slippery ground beneath their feet, the two remained calm. At the bend, they twisted their waists and turned their feet, shoveling the ground with their feet to forcefully reverse the direction and continue lifting the vehicle down the road.

—The road is uneven and bumpy, making driving extremely bumpy, but for Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei, it has only brought benefits and no harm.

Despite the bumps and stumbles along the way, they made their way down the mountain smoothly and safely.

The sea level was still some distance from the ground. Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei steadily put the car down and looked around. The ice surface was flat, except for the white ice flowers around the buildings, which bloomed for an eternal moment and would only fade away when the cold wave passed and the weather warmed up.

The ice flowers bloom from near to far, some on the waistline of the houses, some in the middle of the buildings, depending on whether they are on the slope or at the bottom of the city.

Overall, the city is not flat, with significant elevation differences. There are more houses visible near Caiyang Mountain.

Lu Xi'an leaned down and looked down. There seemed to be water flowing beneath the thick ice, but it was very low down.

As Yao Wei and I stood on the ice, with the RV placed on top, it seemed to exert no pressure on the ice at all, without even the slightest crack.

In that case, walking on ice should be safe.

However, once the ice melts, he, Yao Wei, and the RV will inevitably fall into the water.

I and Yao Wei are fine; we just need to surface and swim. The problem is, the RV won't do.

Lu Xi'an looked back and saw that the road to Caiyang Mountain was covered by ice, making it impossible to go up the mountain again.

Even if they hadn't driven downhill, the car would probably have slipped and rolled downhill if it had been parked there, unless they were still on the mountaintop or the tires were frozen to the ground.

But it's too late to say all this now. Who could have imagined that something like this would happen halfway through a perfectly normal receding tide?

The world's temperature changes so quickly that it leaves people no time to react.

"We need to get out of here quickly, or it will be too late once the ice melts."

Lu Xian said.

"Ah."

Yao Wei agreed, then frowned. "But the road is so slippery, how are we going to get across?"

Lu Xi'an thought for a moment and gave instructions to the dog in the car through the window: "Dog, control the RV to head south and try to see which side we can get ashore."

"Also, be careful about the thickness of the ice under the car, so as not to break through the ice and fall into the water."

"We'll assist with steering on both sides of the car. If you can't control the car, just remind us and we'll give it a push."

The dog immediately replied through the RV's speaker: "Mechanical Dog 02 understands. Now take over control of the vehicle."

After he finished speaking, the RV started moving on its own.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei saw that the steering wheel in the driver's seat was not turning on its own, and the tires under the car were also slipping. Then they heard the dog's electronic synthesized voice say again: "The road surface is slippery and the vehicle cannot turn on its own. Please assist by pushing the steering wheel 20 degrees to the west."

Lu Xi'an then gave the car a gentle push from outside, and the car immediately turned southwest.

The unmanned steering wheel turned in the opposite direction again, and the dog's voice rang out again: "The turn is more than twenty degrees, please adjust slightly to the east."

This time it didn't mention the angle again, perhaps thinking that the two humans were too slow and lacked sensitivity to precise angles.

Lu Xi'an said to Yao Wei, "Go to the passenger side and give it a little push. Then we'll follow the car from the left and right."

"Ah."

Yao Wei agreed, walked around to the passenger side of the RV, and gave it a slight push.

The wheels started turning, but instead of moving the car forward, they just spun in place.

Lu Xian: "..."

Yao Wei: “…”

Dog: "Please help the vehicle move forward."

The two had no choice but to press down on the window frames on both sides and gently push forward, and the car finally started moving.

Once it gets moving, things are much easier. The tires move forward slowly, and as long as there's no sudden acceleration or braking, it won't have much of an impact and can maintain a smooth ride.

The car headed southwest, and when it encountered houses and ice flowers blocking the way, the dog would direct the two humans to push the car to turn west or east, go around them, and then resume the original direction.

So the two people and the car moved forward on the ice. It was an odd combination, but not comical. On the contrary, it was very effective. The speed was not fast, but it was stable enough.

Not only can it steadily head southwest, away from the ice, but it can also avoid the weak points of the ice and keep moving forward, avoiding breaking through the ice and sinking into the sea.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei knew that speed was not the key point at this time; the key point was to be stable and safe—especially the safety of the RV—so they did not rush to accelerate.

They walked for quite a while before finally getting close to the point where the ice met the land.

They had already left Yangcai County. Looking back, the city struggling to emerge from the ice had become a distant view, as if they were trapped in a world on the edge of hell, unable to go in or retreat.

Turning back, a row of white ice flowers bloomed before my eyes. Beyond the ice flowers, it was still freezing cold, but the road surface, with only a thin layer of ice, looked much more welcoming than the world beneath my feet.

"Alright. Let's lift the car ashore."

Lu Xi'an spoke to Yao Wei through the car window, who was in the passenger seat, and then went to the front of the car.

Yao Wei understood immediately. She went to the back of the car and, together with Lu Xi'an, lifted the car up. Then, she leaped up and jumped out of the frozen sea.

"call……"

The two breathed a long sigh of relief, and Lu Xi'an said with a smile, "Luckily, we are both new humans."

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded, agreeing, and added, "Luckily, they are Type A new humans."

Yes, thankfully it was a Type A new human, otherwise, this car would have been truly lost this time.

Even with Dyson sphere material for protection, who knows if the car will be damaged if it loses control and falls from such a height as Caiyang Mountain?

Not every part of this car is protected by Dyson sphere material.

At the very least, the eggs on the truck were definitely not going to survive.

Lu Xi'an smiled and said, "You're right. Let's get in the car, drive a bit further, and find a place to stop and rest."

"Ah."

Yao Wei agreed.

But before they could even get into the car, they suddenly heard the dog's synthesized voice coming from the RV's stereo again:
"The Resonance Gene Scanner provided data and detected three energy sources coming from the northwest, currently more than five kilometers away."

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei were startled and peered through the car window. On the resonance gene scanner on the table in the back garage, three red dots were moving at high speed, still quite far from the red dots representing them and the two pieces of fungal stone.

But it's getting closer and closer.

"4.5 kilometers."

The dog updated the data and said.

Those three red dots must be Type A Newtypes, or at least one of them is a Type A Newtype!

In the blink of an eye, the dog was saying a new distance: "Four kilometers."

Lu Xi'an made a quick decision and said, "Dog, you control the RV to move forward and hide!"

Judging from the direction of the movement of the red dots on the resonance gene scanner, he was basically certain that the three red dots were heading towards them.

Those three red dots, I don't know what methods they used, to discover me and Yao Wei. Those people's target was me and Yao Wei!
Given their speed, Lu Xi'an was certain that they would have no chance of leaving with the RV, but they couldn't abandon it.

Therefore, they had no choice but to stop and prepare for battle.

(End of this chapter)