Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 293 Strange Scene

Multiple life forms?!

Lu Xi'an frowned, and then heard an extremely familiar voice.

Hehehe—

"Jiejiejiejie——"

hyena!

Those things that once appeared in the villa in Yubei City and brought him and Yao Wei together have now appeared here as well!

Amidst these "heh-heh" sounds, Lu Xi'an also heard a sound that resembled the roar of a young beast.

Besides, a woman was saying, "Go! Go! Don't worry about us!"

But the woman's voice was met with an even more intense roar from the young beast, and a whooshing sound as it cut through the air.

It sounds like someone is throwing a punch...

Moreover, the speed of this punch is stronger than that of an ordinary person, but not to the level of a Type A new human.

Is it somewhere between a new human and an ordinary person, similar to Old Tree and Tang Er?

Lu Xi'an's heart stirred slightly. He opened the car door, stood up by stepping on the edge of the driver's seat, and glanced ahead.

—He naturally made sure that there was no problem looking at it this way before he did.

If there were any danger, Yao Wei would have fired long ago, instead of just aiming without pulling the trigger like she is now.

Then he saw clearly what was happening in the distance—

There was a man and a woman, a child, and six hyenas.

The man and woman looked like ordinary people. The child was about the same height as the boy from before, but his skin was smooth and his hair, though messy, was not as dry and brittle as the man and woman's. He looked like a new kind of human.

Whether it was the man, the woman, or the child, they were all pale, with bloodless lips, extremely haggard, and looked seriously ill.

The man even closed his eyes and lay motionless on the ground, seemingly dead. The woman also leaned against the man, half-lying on the ground, extremely anxious and listless, speaking weakly, looking as if she might die at any moment.

The one throwing the punch is the little boy.

The child's eyes were bloodshot, his nose seemed blocked, and he could only breathe through his mouth, which opened and closed, and his breathing was somewhat heavy.

In short, he looked like he was seriously ill and incurable.

But those tiny fists, when swung, were extremely fierce, carrying a sense of determination and ruthlessness, scaring the hyenas that were constantly probing the three of them into not daring to move forward.

Two hyenas lay dead beside the three men. One had its head mangled and its body almost completely folded up. They were clearly dead beyond any doubt, and both had died from severe blows.

There is no one else here, and no other living beings.

Lu Xi'an was basically certain that the two hyenas were killed by the child.

The child must be a new human, specifically a type A new human; the red dot on the resonance gene scanner map is undoubtedly him.

The reason why the punch sounded so different from that of a Newtype was twofold: firstly, the child was too young and his body was not yet fully developed, so the potential of the Type A Newtype hidden within him had not yet been unleashed; secondly, he appeared to be seriously ill and could not exert his full strength, which was normal.

These hyenas are clearly not the same species as those encountered in Beibei City.

Or perhaps these are the ones that haven't undergone any mutations or enhancements, so they won't be as fearless, and their strength, agility, and bite force won't be as strong.

Otherwise, the young and sickly Type A new human would have been absolutely unable to withstand the hyenas' encirclement from all sides.

The remaining four surviving hyenas did not attack relentlessly like their predecessors had in Yu Bei. Instead, they circled the three people, probing them repeatedly.

While testing each other, they kept making "hehehe" sounds, as if they were communicating.

Their target didn't seem to be the two living people, the woman and the child; it seemed they were looking for an opportunity to attack the dead man.

It seems that in their view, the dead man is easier to get than two living people.

However, one of the hyenas behind the child kept glancing behind the child, as if it were acting on instinct and wanted to tear into the child's anus.

The child was too strong and too alert, making it impossible for the hyena to attack.

The hyenas paced back and forth, howling impatiently.

So, this is a child of a Type A new human, protecting two ordinary people? The child is working so hard, even risking his life for it, while the woman is extremely concerned and just wants the child to abandon them and run away.

Such a scene is truly rare in this world.

The scene was still changing, and it was too far away to see clearly. But for Lu Xi'an, understanding it wasn't a problem.

Lu Xi'an sighed inwardly and turned to look at Yao Wei, only to see that Yao Wei had already looked away from the sniper rifle's scope.

The woman's expression was somewhat complicated, seemingly a mixture of reluctance and inexplicable restraint and impulse.

"You want to help them?"

Lu Xian asked.

Yao Wei was pulled back to reality by Lu Xi'an's voice. She pursed her lips and said, "Hmm. This child reminds me of myself in the past..."

Lu Xi'an then realized that the scene before her must have reminded Yao Wei of the time when her mother died.

The scene back then was probably not exactly the same as it is now, but how helpless would a lonely child feel standing next to the corpse of her loved one who would no longer respond?

"If you want to help, then help."

Lu Xi'an felt pity for Yao Wei, but after confirming the situation, he said to Yao Wei, "We don't need to waste sniper bullets on these hyenas."

"I'll drive closer, then you make your move."

"Okay, sure." Yao Wei nodded in agreement.

The two got back into the car at the same time. Yao Wei put down the sniper rifle and picked up a pebble. Lu Xi'an, on the other hand, drove forward.

The hyenas and children had very sharp ears. After Lu Xi'an drove more than 500 meters ahead, they noticed him, stopped their standoff, and all looked over warily.

Yao Wei had already opened the car door, stood up in the passenger seat, and waved her hand, throwing four pebbles.

The four hyenas had no time to react to Yao Wei's hidden weapon attack. They didn't even have time to scream before their heads were pierced by stones, and they collapsed to the ground.

Even though the hyena had fallen, the child remained vigilant, standing in front of the dead man and the nearly dead woman, facing the RV from a distance, his two thick, short eyebrows raised as if trying to display his ferocity as much as possible.

This child seems to have made a decision: to risk his life to protect those two ordinary people, a man and a woman.

Lu Xi'an sat in the car, while Yao Wei leaned out of the passenger seat and hadn't pulled back yet. Both of them could see that the boy was breathing heavily with his mouth open, his eyelids drooping as if they might fall completely at any moment.

The child was almost on his last breath, just barely holding on. He looked like he could collapse at any moment.

Seeing this, Lu Xi'an couldn't help but be somewhat moved.

He drove closer until he could clearly see the expressions on the three people's faces, then picked up the microphone from the car's loudspeaker, preparing to communicate with the child and let him know that he meant no harm.

But just as he was about to speak, the dog's synthesized voice came through the RV's stereo:
"A contagious and deadly virus has been found in this new human. Please be aware."

"A contagious and deadly virus has been found in this new human. Please be aware."

"A contagious and deadly virus has been found in this new human. Please be aware."

The same thing was said three times in a row, which shows that this matter is indeed very important and deserves special attention.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei were both stunned when they looked at the child. They could tell that the little boy was sick, but they didn't expect it to be an infectious disease, and a fatal one at that.

In that case, they have to be even more careful.

Lu Xi'an sighed and asked Gouzi again, "Can you confirm the transmission route of the virus?"

The dog replied, "It's impossible to be sure; aerogel transmission cannot be ruled out."

Lu Xian: "..."

That sounds a little scary.

He picked up the microphone, held it to his mouth, and said, "Don't worry, we won't attack you. If we were going to attack you, you would already be dead."

"Thank you... thank you..."

The woman lying on the ground made a sound with difficulty.

When the child heard what the woman said, he turned to look at her and then seemed to have lowered his guard a bit.

Because he had lowered his guard slightly, his mind relaxed, and what followed was an extremely violent cough.

It seems he is indeed seriously ill.

Lu Xi'an said, "You're welcome, it was nothing. You can stay where you are, we'll go around you. Don't be afraid."

There is no vegetation on either side of the valley. The ground is paved with stones and soil, with some weeds growing on it. Fortunately, there are no ditches. The car will sway and bump very much when it goes up, but it will not fall into the ditch.

Lu Xi'an confirmed that it was fine for the RV to walk across the road from outside the highway.

After explaining things to the person in front of him, Lu Xi'an turned the steering wheel and drove the car off the road.

He originally intended for the child to move the people and corpses off the road—the child, being a Type A new human, possessed that kind of strength.

But considering that the person was already seriously ill and pitiful, he couldn't bear to make any demands.

Oh well, anyway, traveling from outside will only be a bit bumpy, it won't affect anything.

He drove off the highway and said to Yao Wei, "Hold your breath, be careful not to catch the virus."

"Ah."

Yao Wei obediently held her breath.

Lu Xi'an did the same, and he even said to Gouzi, "Gouzi, keep an eye on things."

The dog replied, "Mechanical Dog 02 understands."

The two people were in the RV, walking around the side of the road. The child on the road kept following the RV, coughing, panting, and weak, but still trying to stand between the man and woman and the RV behind him.

He was staring at the RV, and Yao Wei's gaze was also fixed on him, but she didn't say anything.

After the RV passed and returned to the highway, Lu Xi'an drove away.

Lu Xi'an sighed and said, "I'm sorry, this is all we can do."

"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded and surprisingly said, "Thank you."

She inexplicably said thank you. Was she thanking me for accommodating her?
Lu Xi'an shook his head and chuckled, "Why are you thanking me?" After saying that, just to be on the safe side, he asked again, "Doggy, we haven't caught the virus, have we?"

The dog replied, "Please rest assured, no viral infection has been found on you."

Lu Xi'an breathed a long sigh of relief: "Phew...that's good. Otherwise, if we caught an infectious disease, we wouldn't even know if the fungal stone would be of any use."

After he finished speaking, Gouzi suddenly responded: "Analysis confirms that fungal stones can play a positive role against this virus."

"laugh--"

Lu Xi'an slammed on the brakes.

(End of this chapter)