Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 276 On the Van
[I've somewhat scrambled through the plot; the previous text should have had six red dots, which I've corrected. I'll add a bit more here; this paragraph isn't included in the paid word count.]

"Damn it, let's go! Why aren't we moving?!"

"I can't move! I've almost floored the gas pedal!"

"What's wrong? Out of gas? Are you a bunch of idiots? Can't you keep an eye on it?"

"There's nothing I can do, the fuel gauge is broken!"

"It wasn't our fault, was it? Who knew their cars could drive so recklessly? We had to chase them desperately, I was flooring the gas pedal! Damn it, what kind of cars are these! They're so dangerous!"

"Enough with the fucking nonsense! Go down and check it out!"

"I'll go, I'll go. Quiet, quiet. Ouch—"

With a loud "whoosh," the chaotic argument finally came to a temporary halt.

This is a minivan. The ravages of time have made the body very old and worn. The seats are also full of cracks and are barely covered with some rags or animal hides. I wonder if sitting on it would make anyone a little more comfortable.

As Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei confirmed, there were a total of five people in the car.

There was one in the driver's seat and one in the passenger seat. The one in the passenger seat was the Type A Newhuman who had previously carried the Type C Newhuman into battle.

The reason I sat in the front passenger seat was for easier getting in and out of the car.

He had been speeding all the way to catch up with his target, and he had basically had to go down to the side of the road to straighten it. He had only just gotten back into the car after it had been turned off.

By this time, the quilt on his back had been removed, and he looked worried, seemingly lost in thought.

In the back compartment, in the first row of two seats sat a short man, grimacing, seemingly in pain. Who else could it be but "Old Duan," the Type C Newtype?
The blanket that had wrapped him and the rope that had been used to tie him up were still lying on the passenger seat.

The quilt had several holes of varying sizes, was stained with blood, and was wet, heavy, and smelly from being soaked in sweat, but these people couldn't bear to throw it away.

Apart from Lao Duan, everyone else seemed not to notice the smell of the quilt.

In the last row of three seats, there were two people, a man and a woman, both relatively small, but no one in the room dared to underestimate them.

The woman sat on the outside, had taken off her shoes, crossed her legs, bent over, and stared straight ahead.

Outside the two seats in front, a resonance gene scanner was placed on the ground, in the open position, but it was turned off.

A line was drawn from the scanner, leading to the front and connecting to an interface on the center console of the van.

This must be for powering the resonance gene scanner, but now that the van has been turned off, the map on the resonance gene scanner has also gone dark.

The one who got off the bus was Lao Duan, who was in the front row.

Not wanting to cause any arguments, he wrapped the smelly quilt around himself, yanked open the car door, and got out.

The weather was cold, and the cotton quilt, which was both wet and frozen, was already cold and hard. Wrapping it in made him shiver with cold.

"hiss--"

He couldn't help but gasp.

But no matter what, the cold under the quilt is nothing to worry about once you get used to it; it's better than the biting wind.
After getting out of the car, he hurriedly went to the fuel tank area at the back, opened the fuel tank cap, and peered inside.

The fuel tank was pitch black; how could you see anything inside? But they had their own tricks. When he got out of the car, he took a thin stick and stuck it inside to test it.

Sure enough, the gasoline was almost gone.

“No more gas.”

After he finished checking, he put the fuel tank cap back on, opened the door, got into the car, and said goodbye to everyone.

Of course, the most important thing was what I said to the woman behind me.

This woman was none other than Xuan Xiaocao, the leader of their group.

Her name is Xuan Xiaocao, but she doesn't look like a delicate grass at all. Although she looks very thin, her face is very tough. She looks like a girl but has a boyish appearance and a bit fierce. People can tell at a glance that she is not a good person.

"Useless! He doesn't even know to fill up the gas tank before he leaves the house!"

Xuan Xiaocao muttered under her breath, then said to the man next to her, "Give me the power box."

The man next to her immediately took out something that was exactly the same as the "power bank" that Yao Wei had used before.

The man in the driver's seat retorted, "You didn't fill up the tank, how do you know it wasn't full? We filled up again when we got here, but who would have thought that car in front of us could go so fast! Damn, their gas tanks must be huge!"

Xuan Xiaocao said, "Stop talking nonsense and unplug the wire."

The man in the driver's seat then stopped talking, unplugged the wire connected to the center console, and handed it to Xuan Xiaocao.

After Xuan Xiaocao took the wire and connected it to the "power bank", the resonance gene scanner was finally able to restart.

The map reappeared on the small map of the resonance gene scanner. The man in the back seat leaned over to look, and Lao Duan also craned his neck to look to the side.

They saw it together with Xuan Xiaocao: the four red dots that had haunted their dreams were heading east.

"Still moving?! How much fuel can their trucks carry?!"

This time, even Xuan Xiaocao couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

The exclamation was filled with envy and greed. As Xuan Xiaocao spoke, she couldn't help but stick out her tongue and lick her lips, saying, "With a car full of fungal stones and a large fuel tank, they must also have a resonance gene scanner to be able to outmaneuver us like this."

"These guys have a lot of good stuff! All of this must be ours!"

Old Duan flattered, "Boss, that makes sense! But we've already stopped our cars, what are we going to do? They're not weak, even Sister Hua got taken down by them."

Sister Hua must be the woman who went with them earlier. They turned the corner a little too early and weren't by the roadside, so they didn't see the two arms and two legs lying side by side on the ground.

Even without looking, he was certain that Sister Hua's life was already over. The Type A new human in the front passenger seat said, "Don't talk nonsense. What if those guys still want to have their way with Sister Hua? If that happens, Sister Hua might be able to keep her life."

Old Duan said, "Give me a break! You saw how beautiful that woman inside is! With a woman that beautiful, why would he be interested in Sister Hua?"

"Too……"

The person in the passenger seat nodded in agreement.

Hearing her two subordinates praise the women in the opposing camp for being beautiful, Xuan Xiaocao seemed a little annoyed. She patted the back of the car seat and said irritably, "You two, what nonsense are you spouting?!"
"Listen to my instructions. Once you've got those guys under your control, you can do whatever you want with them."

Old Duan and the man in the front passenger seat were somewhat interested, but hesitated and said, "Won't it be difficult? That woman is quite formidable; I can't handle her."

The man in the passenger seat said, "Just cut off the arms and legs. If you're still not comfortable with that, I'll do it alive and you can do it dead."

The man in the driver's seat said, "Count me in if I survive."

Old Duan clapped his hands and shouted, "Good, good, good! Hurry up and do it! Boss, how do we do it? I'm eager to get started!"

The man sitting next to Xuan Xiaocao in the back row had a fleeting look of envy on his face, but he didn't dare to be as unrestrained as the three of them. He could only suppress his envy and replace it with a look of disdain.

—He was the lover of the eldest brother, Xuan Xiaocao.

"Shut up, everyone!"

Xuan Xiaocao shouted angrily.

Her outburst silenced everyone else, even the man in the driver's seat who had exchanged a few words with her.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Xuan Xiaocao was slightly satisfied and said, "I already have a way to do it. Just do as I say."

“Liangzi, Caitou, you two are type A, you run fast, take Lao Duan with you on another trip.”

The man in the passenger seat and Lao Duan both looked terrified. Lao Duan said, "This won't do, boss. Those guys are pretty tough. We've tried it before."

Xuan Xiaocao said, "I didn't tell you to fight them head-on again. Just hold them off. Once you've held them off, Xiaoding and I will go."

"Old Duan, keep this ant safe. I'll use it to find you later, so you don't catch up with them and then they change locations when the fight breaks out, making it harder for us to find you."

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand, and a dark, robust ant was crawling on her index finger.

Old Duan's eyes lit up, and he immediately used his own pheromones to control the ant, letting it crawl into the collar of his neck.

After doing all this, he added, "Boss, be careful when you're doing it. Don't let the ants eat that woman clean."

Xuan Xiaocao waved her hand dismissively and said, "Don't worry, I only let her bite her arms and legs. Let's get started."

"it is good!"

As he spoke, Lao Duan opened the car door, muttering under his breath, "Why didn't you mention this idea before, boss?"

Xuan Xiaocao said, "Nonsense, who would have thought they would also have a resonance gene scanner, and the car could still run! We outnumber them and scatter, isn't that better than splitting up? Are you out of your mind? Can't you even figure this out?"

After being scolded by Xuan Xiaocao, Lao Duan could only keep his head down and remain silent.

"Wow--"

The back door of the white-faced car opened again, and Lao Duan jumped out, wrapped himself in a quilt, and hurriedly activated his pheromones to make his blood rush, finally warming himself up a bit.

Liangzi and Caitou got off the bus, and Lao Duan jumped onto Caitou's back, had Caitou secure the board, and tied him up with a rope.

Cai Tou, the tall man in the passenger seat, was already an old partner of Lao Duan, and he was very familiar with the process. But even so, he couldn't help but say with disgust, "You fucking stink!"

Old Duan said, "You fucking don't lean on me!"

Liang Zi, who got out of the driver's seat, said, "Alright, enough talk, let's go!" He pointed southeast and asked, "That way, right?"

"Correct."

Lao Duan and Xuan Xiaocao in the car both said.

"it is good."

With the pheromones of Lao Duan boosting their physiques, the two Type A new humans experienced a sudden increase in physical strength and sprinted towards the southeast. Lao Duan, on their backs, let out a "uh," as was his usual routine.

Only Xuan Xiaocao and her lover remained in the car.

Xuan Xiaocao turned her head and glanced at the man next to her, saying, "Come closer, why don't you use the fungal stones to keep warm?"

The man quickly moved closer to Xuan Xiaocao.

……

In Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei's RV, the two could clearly see through the resonance gene scanner that the six red dots split into two clusters, three of which were close together and suddenly accelerated toward them, while the other three almost overlapped and stopped in place, not knowing what they were doing.

"They're coming."

Lu Xian said.

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded.

Lu Xi'an pointed to the two overlapping images on the screen and asked, "What do you think those three are doing? Are they preparing ants?"

Yao Wei was driving when she heard Lu Xi'an's question. She turned around, glanced at him, and then said, "I don't know."

(End of this chapter)