Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 295 Knife
Lu Xi'an scratched his head and exchanged glances with Yao Wei.

Now look what's happened. The older one is dead, and the younger one is left behind. How can we save the baby now? How can we see the baby through to the end?
He and Yao Wei stood silently to the side, and after the boy had cried enough, they asked, "Besides the sick village, is there anywhere else you can go?"
“Now that you’re cured, it’s not appropriate for you to go back to the sick village. It would be bad if you caught the disease from the people there.”

The child sobbed, "There...there's a place...we...we found it on the road..."

Lu Xi'an asked, "Where?"

The child replied, "I...I don't know, anyway...it's a place where I can live."

Lu Xi'an asked again, puzzled, "Since you already have a place to stay, why are you still going to the sick village?"

The child's already red eyes became even redder: "They...they are about to die, they...they said they're afraid they'll die before me, but I...I'm a new human, I can last a long time."

"They...they were worried that I would be left unattended, so...they said they wanted to go to...the sick village, where...at least...someone could get me food..."

Lu Xi'an asked, "Can't you find something to eat yourself?"

The child choked up and said, "I...I don't know how, I've never looked for one."

Lu Xi'an realized that this new human child had probably been spoiled and was useless except for his own abilities and qualities.

He estimated that he was only capable of fighting, but he had absolutely no life skills. If he tried to survive alone, he would likely starve to death.

As servants of this new human child, the two deceased men and women who had raised him from childhood were well aware of his abilities, so they were very worried and wanted to find a new home for the child before they died.

The child's sobs now are probably not only because of the deaths of the two people, but also because of his fear of his own future...

However, these two people are seriously underestimating the Type A new humans.

The robust physical attributes of Type A new humans bring with them unparalleled survival adaptability.

The Type A new humans, driven to the brink of survival, will not die easily; their formidable strength is enough to allow them to find a way to survive in all hardships and dangers.

—Whether this method is good or bad.

"Then you lead the way, and we'll take you to the place you found to stay."

Lu Xi'an said, "I will teach you some survival skills on the way, but how much you can learn depends on yourself."

As the saying goes, if you're going to help someone, help them all the way. If you've already saved the child, but then just leave him here and ignore him, that's only half the battle.

If you only save half the life, it's better not to try to help in the first place.

Actually, for this child, handing him over to Luo Ping and the others is the best choice. If Luo Ping comes and takes him away, the child won't have to worry about making a living anymore, and Luo Ping and the others will gain a new fighting force.

—The child had some difficulty facing the hyenas before because he was seriously ill and lacked strength.

Now that his body has recovered, Lu Xi'an can clearly see from his body movements that the child is no longer as weak as before, and should be able to easily defeat those hyenas one by one.

This kid is still young. As he grows up, his strength will gradually increase, and he will become a true Type A new human.

Then you won't be afraid of most dangers.

Yao Wei must have gone through a similar period of development back then. That's why she had to carefully avoid crowds as she traveled from south to north.

However, Lu Xi'an did not easily reveal Luo Ping and the others.

Luo Ping's base has new humans, but also a large number of ordinary people, unlike himself and Yao Wei.

When he and Yao Wei were dealing with this new human kid, they only needed to be a little cautious. But when it came to introducing him to Luo Ping and the others, Lu Xi'an felt that the level of caution needed to be raised even further.

The 923 Institute base is developing very well. If another incident like the one involving Da Chang and Yang Guan were to occur, causing any damage, even the slightest damage, it would be a loss that outweighs the gains.

Let's observe along the way and then decide.

If this kid is indeed alright, I'll tell Luo Ping again and have him come pick him up himself.

—Anyway, Lu Xi'an has no intention of going back to the old ways.

They've retraced their steps far too many times along the way. Continuing like this will only further slow down their southward progress, which is simply not a good thing.

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

The child said. He didn't seem good at expressing gratitude, and his speech was very stiff.

Lu Xi'an didn't mind; at least the child meant to say thank you, and that was enough.

He took a shovel from the car, dug a hole by the roadside, and buried the man and woman. The child said thank you again.

The kid naturally knew that Lu Xi'an meant well; burying the person would prevent the body from being eaten by hyenas or the like.

While digging the pit to bury the person, Lu Xi'an also did two other things.

First, they found out the boy's name and background. He had no surname; his given name was just one character: Dao (刀). He had been kidnapped from elsewhere by people from Jiangnan County, Jiangnan City. When he was kidnapped, he was still inside a pregnant woman of type A new human, and before she died, he was cut open alive.

Then he became a spoil of war for the forces of Jiangnan County. The people of Jiangnan County named him Dao (meaning "knife"), and his purpose was self-evident.

Unfortunately, before he grew up, he contracted an infectious disease and was forced to be expelled.

His mother, who died from excessive blood loss due to an open wound in her abdomen, eventually became food for the people of Jiangnan County.

Having learned about these past events in Jiangnan County, Lu Xi'an immediately decided to stay as far away from that place as possible.

The fact that Type A New Humans met such a tragic end in their hands shows how incredibly brutal this place is.

So he asked the child named "Knife," "How far is Jiangnan County from here? How many New Humans are there? What types are they?"

Dao replied, "I don't know. I only know that I've seen several new humans. I don't know what type they are, but I know there are four like me. There are many others as well."

“We’ve been traveling for a long time since we left Jiangnan County, more than ten days.”

Well, it seems we can't make an accurate judgment about Jiangnan County based on this kid.

Anyway, that place must be pretty strong, there are four Type A Newtypes alone.

As for the distance, we can only look at the map.

In short, Jiangnan County in Jiangnan City is definitely not a place to be trifled with; we must be very careful.

The second thing he did was to make sure the dog was well hidden and that it made absolutely no noise while the knife was getting into the car, so that the kid named Knife would know that there was such a terrifying existence as the dog.

Ok……

They also need to disguise themselves later.

They have so many supplies that even Jiangnan County is probably not as wealthy as them. As the saying goes, wealth should not be flaunted; they absolutely cannot let anyone see it easily.

This is something that can be easily done for dogs and RVs as well.

The dog only needs to stay in the front of the RV without showing itself or making a sound. There is a partition between the rear cabin and the driver's cab. They hadn't used this feature before, but now they just need to pull the partition to separate the front and back.

So when Dao walked to the side of the car, he could only see the driver's cab in front.

Even so, the luxuriousness and pristine condition of the driver's cab, along with the incredibly opulent central control screen, were enough to leave Dao speechless.

This kid looked like he'd never seen the world before; he didn't dare get on the car, afraid that he might accidentally dirty it or damage anything inside.

Lu Xi'an felt that wasn't enough. Instead of sitting in the passenger seat with a knife, he went straight to the roof, claiming that the roof offered a better view and would make it easier to spot dangers and act as a vigilant officer.

This prevents the knife from discovering the clues of the resonant gene scanner on the central control screen.

So Dao only caught a fleeting glimpse of the driver's cab as he climbed onto the roof, and was utterly astonished by what he saw.

"We walked."

Once on the roof, Lu Xi'an told Yao Wei to get into the driver's seat and drive.

He sat on the roof of the car with Dao, letting Dao point out the direction as they headed south.

While giving directions, Lu Xi'an also kept talking to Dao on the roof of the car, teaching Dao some survival skills and asking about Jiangnan County, as well as Dao's views on Jiangnan County and the new humans and ordinary people he had met.

He gradually taught Dao a lot about wilderness survival, finding food, guarding against others, and staying vigilant. At the same time, he also learned a lot about the situation in Jiangnan County from Dao.

From Dao's words, he could roughly confirm that Jiangnan County had a considerable territory, with people stationed in the city, on the mountains outside the city, and at the foot of the mountains. There were also quite a few new humans, and although there were no fungal stones, their leader was very strong.

The leader's name is Gun, and he's also a Type A Newtype. Knife said that guy could take on four Type A Newtypes by himself.

Lu Xi'an then asked him if there were any Type C individuals behind those four Type A new humans, specifically whether anyone was sweating or smelling sweat in the air during the fight.

Dao thought for a moment and said yes, but when facing a Type C enemy accompanied by a Type A enemy, that gun could only take on two enemies at a time, not four.

In that case, they would be evenly matched.

Among that group were also Type C new humans.

Lu Xi'an felt that his vigilance was indeed necessary.

If a Type A is just as strong as myself, and there's a Type C behind me, then the maximum power they can unleash will definitely surpass mine. I'd better be careful.

I just don't know how that gun managed to do it without any fungal stones?
Could it be that he also has a booklet, and has mastered it to a level far surpassing his own?
Just as he was pondering this, he suddenly heard Dao say, "You have to turn that way ahead. We were hiding in the snow when we turned that way and found a round machine where we can hide."

(End of this chapter)