Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 290 The Troubles of a Young Dog

Yao Wei could hear her own voice. When she suddenly cried out, she must have discovered something, so she quickly retreated back onto the road and looked at the other side of the Guanhai River.

Lu Xi'an saw Yao Wei point to the car, and the direction of her finger looked like she was pointing to the resonance gene scanner in the car.

His heart skipped a beat, and he jumped back to the other side of the bridge and ran to the car.

Yao Wei followed her up.

The two of them saw a red dot appear at the easternmost position of the map on the resonance gene scanner.

The red dot appeared and disappeared intermittently, moving constantly, seemingly traveling back and forth along some road to the east.

Is it still so far to the east that you can't see the sea?
Or is it that the tide has not yet arrived?

"I'll ask him two more questions, then we'll leave."

Lu Xi'an said something to Yao Wei and then got out of the car.

Yao Wei followed and said, "Okay, I'll fetch water from a spot upstream."

Lu Xi'an said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Yao Wei shook her head without saying anything, took the bucket from the car, and ran upstream.

Having finally found a water source, they naturally couldn't give up on fetching water.

She had clearly heard the little boy say that many people jump into the river here.

She didn't really care, as long as the water was drinkable and safe to drink, it was fine. But she thought that since Lu Xi'an was also in the car, the water he was using should be better, so she specifically ran upstream.

Lu Xi'an jumped back to the other side of the river—he noticed that the boy dog ​​was moving. Because he was feeling unwell and weak, he was having some difficulty moving, moving slowly, and even "huffing and puffing".

So he didn't need to go back to the previous position. As soon as he jumped over, he saw the boy dog ​​struggling to move to the side of the road.

"What, are you planning to jump into the river like this?"

Lu Xian asked.

The boy, Gouzi, forced a smile and said, "Yeah, I... huff... I'm about to die..."

He started breathing heavily again.

Lu Xi'an sighed inwardly, picked up the boy, strode to the riverbank, put the boy down, and the boy sat down on the edge of the broken bridge.

"Thank you... huff... you... huff... huff... you're such a kind person..."

The boy spoke between breaths.

"..."

Lu Xi'an remained silent for a moment.

Another "friend zone" card.

After a moment of silence, he said, "Don't think too highly of me. I just want to ask you two more questions. You're panting so much, it's hard for me to hear you talk. You should take a break."

The young dog said, "Okay... huff... okay..."

He was very cooperative with Lu Xi'an. He took deep breaths and slowly adjusted his state before saying, "Please ask."

So Lu Xi'an asked, "Who are those people watching your sick village from the west? Are there any new humans among them? How far are they from the sick village?"

The young dog replied, "They are all from Biyun County. They are all ordinary people. I don't know how many there are."

"Anyway, they just need to guard Dongyin Mountain. The only way to get from Biyun County to Bing Village is through Dongyin Mountain. They just need to hold that position."

Lu Xi'an recalled the map and realized—

He had previously looked at the World Atlas I, but only looked at the coastal area and not the west, so he didn't pay attention to Biyun County in the west.

But we still saw the mountain heading west.

The mountain is called Dongyin Mountain, and there is a Dongyin Pass on the mountain. It is a pass guarded by two peaks, the kind that one man can hold off ten thousand.

If you want to come here from Biyun County but don't want to cross mountains and experience many dangers, then the only way is indeed through Dongyin Pass.

These people probably didn't know the name of Dongyin Pass, so they called it Dongyin Mountain.

With important passes guarded and three factions needing to pass through to get here, how could those factions not form an alliance?

Lu Xi'an made his own judgment, but just to be on the safe side, he still asked, "Do the Biyun County, Daze County, and Tingxi County you just mentioned cooperate with each other, for example, by acting as a united front against external forces?"

The boy shook his head and said, "I don't know... I can't know..."

That's true, how could an ordinary soldier like him know these things?

Lu Xi'an had no choice but to put that question aside for now and asked the last one: "How many New Humans are there in Biyun County? And how many are there in Daze County and Tingxi County?"

The young dog thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't know. I've seen two masters in Biyun County, but I haven't seen any in other places."

He still referred to the new humans as "masters," just like the people Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei saw when they first entered Pingchuan.

However, those people were cunning and annoying, and they were not likable at all, far less so than this young dog who was about to commit suicide.

Given how annoying the people I've encountered are, if I were to write that into a web novel, it would probably drop in average daily subscriptions.

"call……"

Lu Xi'an let out a long sigh of relief. He had asked all the questions he needed to ask, so he said to the boy, "Thank you," and jumped across the river again.

The young dog paused for a moment, a slight look of surprise on its face.

He wasn't surprised that Lu Xi'an could jump so far, nor was he surprised by the beautiful woman on the other side of the river or the tall RV.

To him, it was perfectly normal for the new humans to be able to do these things and have such good things. He was surprised that Lu Xi'an would actually say "thank you" to him.

How could those two words possibly come from the mouth of a new human, especially to an ordinary person who is no longer of any use?
Yao Wei was filling the water tank of the RV with water, and then pouring it into the tank.

She moved quickly, and by the time Lu Xi'an asked those questions, she had already filled a lot of water.

Lu Xi'an went over to help and then poured water into the water tank.

As he filled the RV's water tank, he said to the mechanical dog on the vehicle, "Doggy, did you hear that? Someone has the same name as you."

The dog replied, "My real name is Mechanical Dog 02. 'Dog' is your nickname for me; we don't share the same name."

"..."

After a moment of silence, Lu Xi'an said, "Okay, you're right."

He asked again, "Dog, take a look. Is the virus on that person on the other side of the river deadly?"

The dog replied, "It's not fatal for you. But this organism was already extremely weak, and after being invaded by this virus, it has no chance of survival."

"That's it..."

Lu Xian sighed.

He glanced across the river again and saw the boy sitting by the broken bridge, occasionally bending down and peering down.

The rushing water under the bridge foamed white foam and made a continuous "splashing" sound.

The young dog was eager to jump, as if ready to leap at any moment. But the sheer force of the rushing water made him hesitate, unable to take the final step.

—Or rather, they dare not shove out even the last bit of their buttocks.

The water tank was already full, so Yao Wei filled two buckets with water and carried them over.

Lu Xi'an took the bucket, put it on the car, and secured it. Then, looking at the boy, who was still hesitating, she said, "Why don't you stop jumping and come to our car?"

"It's inconvenient for us to take you in the car, but we can leave you on the roof for a while. That should be fine."

"Once you die, we'll find a place to bury you, so you won't force yourself to jump into the river."

He paused slightly after speaking. His words had a strangely cold and inhuman feel to them, yet they also carried a touch of gentleness in this world.

He would never have said such a thing before, but now it almost came out of his mouth.

Having lived in this world for so long, I've gradually adapted to it and accepted the different values ​​of the people here...

Or perhaps, I've gradually become like Yao Wei, straightforward and direct, without a trace of hypocrisy or beating around the bush.

"Thank you, you are truly a good person."

The boy across from Lu Xi'an suddenly smiled and said something.

Okay, I got my second "friend zone" card today.

Standing at the bridgehead, Lu Xi'an asked the boy dog ​​curiously, "Besides being afraid of being eaten by others, is there any other reason?"
"Has anyone in your sick village ever asked you why you all jump into the river before you die?"

The young dog shook his head and said, "I don't know... We're all just waiting to die, nobody's in the mood to talk."

“But we were all going to jump into the river, I don’t know about them. I think for me… it’s the feeling that jumping into the river will wash away all the filth on my body, and I’ll die clean like God… like a new human being…”

"..."

Lu Xi'an remained silent for a moment.

Perhaps in the eyes of this young man, or in the eyes of many ordinary people, the new generation is so clean that they envy them.

How did they achieve that cleanliness?

Perhaps innate physical attributes play a part, but more importantly, it's the privileges that come with power and authority.

Ordinary people in this world live under the enslavement of the new humans, leading a hard and difficult life. How could they possibly have the opportunity, time, or energy to clean themselves up?

This is something only the new humans, who are used to being waited on, have the time to do.

Whether the boy in front of him understood or not, he could only pin his hopes for "cleanliness" on jumping into the river and committing suicide.

Lu Xi'an didn't say anything more and silently turned and walked away.

He went back to his car and glanced at it. He saw that the red dot on the resonance gene scanner map was still hovering around the eastern edge and showed no sign of coming this way, so he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

So he and Yao Wei didn't disturb the boy and gave him more time.

So, relatively speaking, he and Yao Wei are indeed good people to the new humans of this world.

Those new humans probably wouldn't have the same patience for ordinary people. They might have already picked up the boy and thrown him into the river to help him.

"Puff-"

After waiting for a while, the red dot on the Resonance Gene Scanner map was still hovering in place, while the boy on the broken bridge across the river finally mustered up his courage, braced his hands on the bridge surface, moved his butt forward, and jumped into the river.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei got out of the car to look, and the small, thin body had already gone downstream, heading east.

"let's go."

Lu Xian and Yao Wei said.

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded.

The two men lifted the car and jumped across the bridge.

(End of this chapter)