Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 281 On the Handling of Flying Ants

"Ah... oh..."

Yao Wei made two "uh-huh" sounds, then turned around and said, "This battle is over, and we've got the fungal stone. Let's go."

Her voice sounded a little flustered, and she walked much faster, as if she wanted to get back to the car to warm up as soon as possible.

Seeing Yao Wei's expression, Lu Xi'an couldn't help but chuckle. He didn't press further and followed her.

After getting back into the car, Yao Wei sat in the passenger seat and was about to drive off when Lu Xi'an stopped her, saying, "Wait, let's wait a bit before we go."

Yao Wei was a little worried that Lu Xi'an would ask more questions, so she stammered, "Is...is there anything else?"

Lu Xi'an said, "I'm not comfortable leaving that group of ants there. You saw how terrifying it was just now. If we get entangled by those flying ants, we probably won't fare much better."

Allowing such a powerful group of beings, who are easily controlled by Type C Newtypes, to remain here is indeed a dangerous thing.

Putting aside everything else, just take the person we met when we were leaving Pingchuan. He was also a type C, independent of Luo Ping and the others, and was driven out by the group from Jiangbei.

If he learns about the situation in Jiangbei, will he come over? And if he does, is it possible for him to discover the ants and control them?
Once that person controls the flying ants here, is it possible for them to return and pose a threat to Luo Ping and the others?

Or perhaps they get carried away and wander around aimlessly, only to run into them again?
Although it wasn't a sneak attack and there was no Type A New Human for protection, the Type C New Humans and these ants alone might not pose a significant threat to him and Yao Wei. But one can't be too afraid of the unexpected.

What if they launch a sneak attack, or something else unexpected happens?

"Um……"

Yao Wei responded, letting out a slight sigh of relief, but for some reason, she also felt a little lost. "Then what should we do?"

Lu Xi'an thought for a moment and said, "Eliminate them, or keep them under our control."

Yao Wei frowned and said, "But how do we get rid of them? There are so many of them, and they're so easy to pester people, and they won't even freeze to death in this weather..."

"If we're going to try to control them, we don't have any Type C Newtypes..."

At this point, she suddenly realized something, looked into Lu Xi'an's eyes, and asked, "You mean, call Luo Ping and the others?"

Lu Xi'an said, "If we want to eliminate it, we need to see how good the drone's laser effect is, or we can consider whether we can use fire."

"If we need to use fire, we'll have to find some gasoline, otherwise it might not burn well."

"The problem is that we don't have any gas cans in the car right now, so finding gasoline isn't very convenient..."

As he was talking, he suddenly remembered something, clapped his hands and said, "Don't worry about that, I've got it!"

"This group also has another car, parked on that sloping road to the north. We can't dump fuel in our car, but that car can."

If we want to control them, it would be best to have Luo Ping bring a Type C new human. Like Liu Hua, we're quite familiar with her, and she's someone we can trust.

"If Liu Hua is in charge of these ants, Luo Ping and the others should be able to rest assured."

"This will enhance their strength, and their safety in Pingchuan will be greatly improved."

"Um……"

Yao Wei nodded and asked, "So, should we contact Luo Ping and the others here and wait for them to arrive?"

Lu Xi'an asked, "Aren't you going to consider wiping them out?"

Yao Wei shook her head and said, "That's too wasteful."

This is indeed Yao Wei's style of thinking.

Lu Xi'an thought for a moment and said with a smile, "That's true, it's such a waste. Such strong combat power, if we could control it ourselves, wouldn't that be better than anything else? To destroy it like this is truly a terrible waste."

"Let's try contacting Luo Ping and the others."

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded.

The two then confirmed their plan for dealing with the ant mountain. Lu Xi'an said, "Dog, contact the base."

The dog replied, "In contact, please wait."

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei were prepared to wait for a while, but to their surprise, Gouzi quickly said, "The broadcast signal is connected."

"So fast!"

Yao Wei couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Big brother and sister! Have you found something again?"

As soon as the signal came through, Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei heard Luo Ping's voice, followed by Lao Shu's and Chai Xin's voices, chattering away, making it quite lively.

Old Shu called out "Brother and Sister," and said it was good to call, that they should call often and keep in touch if needed. Chai Xin said she had told Luo Ping everything, and that Luo Ping was originally preparing to leave for Linhai, but unexpectedly, her older brother and sister called again.

Luo Ping continued, "Brother and sister, it's a good thing you called now. If you had been any later, we would have set off."

"Thanks to you all, we've been very busy lately, going here and there, and we've made quite a bit of progress."

"Thanks to you all, we've officially connected with Old Tang. We've agreed to protect and support each other, and do business together. What he has, we'll give to him; what we have, we'll give to him."

"According to the book, this is called exchanging what you have and what you don't!"

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei felt a sense of warmth and comfort upon hearing this voice, and a smile unconsciously crept onto their lips.

Lu Xi'an said, "Alright, we understand. Now we have a new situation here that we need to tell you about and see what your opinions are."

He didn't directly ask Luo Ping and the others to come over. Although he intended to leave the ants to Luo Ping and the others, the decision of how to handle them was ultimately up to them.

Luo Ping asked, "What's going on?"

Lu Xi'an then told Luo Ping and the others about what had happened after leaving Caiyang Mountain.

To prevent the broadcast from going out of power at any time, Lu Xi'an tried to keep the whole story brief, explaining the origins of the ants, their current situation, and that Xuan Xiaocao's Jiangbei forces now consisted of only one Type B new human.

Even so, these words still sounded quite shocking to Luo Ping. He would gasp frequently. After Lu Xi'an finished speaking, he said, "Amazing, no wonder you're the eldest brother and sister!"
"I've heard of Xuan Xiaocao's great name. She's able to occupy a piece of territory among the three major forces in Jiangbei. She's terrifying!"

"Old Tang was driven all the way to Henan County by her. That guy was completely bewildered by Xuan Xiaocao, and he even tried to imitate her by playing with ants!"

Lu Xian: "..."

He'd heard Luo Ping say those flattering things more than once; his ears were practically calloused from hearing them.

This Luo Ping seems to be addicted to flattery.

So Jiangbei isn't just controlled by one faction? With so many new humans, yet only able to control one territory, Jiangbei is probably really as chaotic as they say.

Why are Xuan Xiaocao and the others so eager to grab the second mushroom stone? Is it because they want to use the mushroom stone to increase their power and fight against the other two forces?

Lu Xi'an had no idea and no interest in guessing.

He had neither the time nor the inclination to listen to Luo Ping's flattery, and then told Luo Ping where he and Yao Wei were.

He described it according to the route he took, from coming down from the north of Caiyang Mountain, then going north, encountering a crossroads, and then going west. It's easy to explain.

Luo Ping, who was on the other end of the broadcast, had someone bring him a map. After looking at the map, he immediately confirmed Lu Xi'an's location and matched up with Lu Xi'an.

Unfortunately, there is no resonance gene scanner in Luoping. Otherwise, you could travel south, cross the river to Linhai, look for the gene scanner, and find the place with five red dots on it. That would be where you would find them.

Fortunately, they had a resonance gene scanner. So Luo Ping and the others didn't need to find their exact location; as long as they were within a reasonable range, they could spot them in advance, determine their location, and meet them.

So Lu Xi'an added, "When are you leaving? How many new humans are coming—the kind that can be scanned on the resonance gene scanner? And what kind of car are you driving? Let us know so we can pick you up when you arrive."

Luo Ping immediately understood what Lu Xi'an meant and said, "I'll take Chai Xin, Liu Hua, and Tang Er with me this time."

“The three of them practice together every day and their teamwork is quite good. As you said, big brother, to get rid of those ants, we also need a Type C new human. Let Liu Hua do this job, no problem.”

It seems he truly trusts Liu Hua.

At this point, he added, "If we go there, we can't go through Linhai. The road there is a longer route, and we'll have to cross Caiyang Mountain. If we're slow along the way and then encounter the sea, it will delay us even more."

"Besides, you said it yourself, Brother, that Xuan Xiaohua and the others have all been killed, with only one left in their lair. We should be able to pass through their territory without any problems."

"And I have an idea now—I want to ask Old Tang to come along."

"Should we call Old Tang?!"

Lu Xi'an was slightly surprised.

Old Tree on the other end of the broadcast also exclaimed in surprise, "Ah!"—he had previously acted with Luo Ping and had met Old Tang.

"Yes. Old Tang is quite familiar with Xuan Xiaocao's territory. If we invite him to go to Xuan Xiaocao's place, he might be able to bring Xuan Xiaocao's territory under his control, and we can also get some things from her, such as seeds."

Luo Ping said, "And although Old Tang is not as good as us, he is still much better than other New Humans. At least he has some compassion for ordinary people and is a little nicer to them. He is still cooperating with us now."

"If we can let Xuan Xiaocao take over, the range and quantity of goods we can trade with can be greatly expanded."

"Of course, don't worry, brother. We definitely won't tell him about your affairs. And we can't let him steal these ants."

“Once he gets to Xuan Xiaocao’s place, he definitely won’t bother traveling with us; he’ll be busy seizing territory. We can separate from him and come over on our own.”

Lu Xi'an knew that Luo Ping was a very decisive person. Seeing that Luo Ping had given a lot of reasons, he said, "Okay, you can do it your way. We'll wait here."

(End of this chapter)