Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 308 The visitor is evil

"Ah."

Yao Wei agreed. But actually, she was already doing it without Lu Xi'an reminding her.

The accelerator was floored. Due to the bumpy road, Yao Wei had to grip the steering wheel tightly to ensure the vehicle wouldn't be thrown off the road.

Fortunately, this RV from Institute 923 was no ordinary vehicle. They had driven it to its limit on such bumpy roads several times without any problems.

Lu Xi'an, meanwhile, kept staring at the map transmitted from the resonance gene scanner to the central control screen.

The red dot was rapidly approaching the broken bridge over the Guanhai River, its speed far exceeding that of the RV. Furthermore, it wasn't following the road but traveling in a straight line, and according to the map, it was getting closer and closer to them, who were always located in the center of the map.

This should be a Type A new human.

Lu Xi'an thought to himself, but didn't say it aloud.

This didn't need to be said; Yao Wei understood. Both he and Yao Wei knew that only Type A Newtypes could unleash such speed, and they had both witnessed it.

Moreover, this Type A new human came out alone, and his speed was not as fast as Xuan Xiaocao's subordinates whom they had encountered in Jiangbei. Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei were basically certain that this person was not as fast as them.

After all, Xuan Xiaocao's subordinates were backed by Type C New Humans.

This person doesn't have a fungal stone or the support of a Type C new human, so his strength should be inferior to mine and Yao Wei's. We shouldn't be afraid of him.

But let's be as safe as possible. What if this person is like the person downstream and stops walking once they reach the broken bridge? Wouldn't that be better?

Why seek out a fight if you can avoid it?
If you accidentally damage the car during a fight, that would be terrible.

Lu Xi'an still remembers the brown bear that almost went into heat with their car in Jianshan City.

If that brown bear had succeeded, my car and Yao Wei's car would have been leaking air from the back, which would have been terrible!
The car moved forward, and the red dot continued to move quickly, soon reaching the other side of the broken bridge.

Lu Xi'an stared at the central control screen, and even Yao Wei couldn't help but glance at the screen several times.

The two saw the red dot on the screen stop, seemingly indicating that it really only intended to go there and take a look, and did not intend to catch up.

This made Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei breathe a sigh of relief.

"How do you think this person managed to catch up with you?"

Lu Xian asked.

"Resonance Gene Scanner?"

Yao Wei voiced his guess, slightly eased off the accelerator, and drove the car a little slower.

"Also a possibility."

As Lu Xi'an spoke, he pondered for a while and said, "This new human came from the west and should not be with the same group as the previous red dot."

"It's possible that he and the Type C new humans that person mentioned before were together. This group might have known about what happened downstream, so they slaughtered the disease village and then waited there for the people downstream to come up."

"When we got there, they mistook us for people downstream and came after us."

As for why only one person came after them, Lu Xi'an didn't know. Maybe that person was very confident in their abilities? Who could say for sure?
"Ah."

Yao Wei nodded and said, "I wonder if this person is carrying a resonance gene scanner. If he is, he can find where we ran and might catch up with us."

"Who knows? Probably not."

Lu Xi'an thought for a moment and said, "The resonance gene scanner is a pretty precious thing."

"If this person knew they were coming to fight, why would they bring such a large and valuable item with them? It's too easy to break."

"Moreover, the resonance gene scanner needs electricity to operate. We have dogs, but others don't. If they want to take it with them, they'll need to bring a power bank in addition to the resonance gene scanner."

"Two large items would be too inconvenient for even a Type A new human to carry."

"Think back to when we were in Jiangbei, those people came to us and they all threw down the resonance gene."

Yao Wei thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Mm."

The challenge of carrying the resonance gene scanner is not its weight; that little bit of weight is nothing to type A new humans.

The challenge lies in its size and its vulnerability to Type A new humans.

Considering this, the possibility that the type A new human carried the resonance gene scanner should not be too high.

So once he got to the broken bridge, if he couldn't find Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei, he might just give up.

Now...maybe we can finally relax...

No wonder!
"It's moving again! It's heading this way, chasing us along the highway!"

Lu Xi'an stared at the central control screen, his gaze suddenly sharpening.

Was the judgment wrong?

Then we must change our thinking and measures!

Without a moment's hesitation, Lu Xi'an said, "I'll get out of the car. You hide the car first and act according to the situation. You can take the sniper rifle and check it out first, so that you can prepare a response in advance if anything goes wrong."

Having already made a mistake in his judgment, Lu Xi'an would never make a second, arbitrary decision. Making more preparations would always be fine.

"Ah."

Yao Wei wasn't one to hesitate, and immediately agreed.

The two acted immediately. Lu Xi'an darted from the middle into the back garage, picked up a drawer box from the ground, opened the garage door, and jumped out of the car.

The drawer box naturally contained a pile of glass shards he had picked up from the gas station earlier; he was about to unleash a one-way glass "thousand-scale" attack.

Yao Wei drove the car a little further, then turned the steering wheel and veered off the road.

Lu Xi'an stood brazenly on the road, dragging the slightly rotten and deformed drawer box with one hand, as if he were a one-man army. He knew that hiding was useless when facing Type A new humans.

Once they get close enough, the Type A new humans' superhuman hearing is enough to hear any sound around them.

—Because of this, Type D new humans will have a significantly reduced advantage when facing Type A new humans.

That's why, when Xuan Xiaocao and the others were dealing with him, they sent two Type A New Humans and one Type C New Human to make the first move.

In this way, when the enemy is engaged in battle and their energy is diverted, coupled with the noise and disturbance caused by the battle, it will be possible to cover up the faint heartbeat and breathing of the person hidden by the Type D New Human.

Lu Xi'an can hold her breath for as long as she wants, but she can't stop her heartbeat.

He was destined to be unable to deceive his opponent, so he might as well stay here and wait patiently for his adversary.

The opponent arrived quickly; Type A Newtypes are known for their speed, and he naturally knew this and had anticipated it.

But what he didn't expect was that it wasn't the Type A new humans who came.

Or rather—not human!

They were a group of dogs with black spots all over their bodies, some with grayish fur and others with light yellowish-brown fur.

Lu Xi'an recognized it at a glance; it was a hyena.

Moreover, these weren't the hyenas that had previously attacked Dao and his two servants, but rather some special ones, similar to the ones he and Yao Wei had encountered at their villa in Yubei City.

Lu Xi'an had initially thought that although these hyenas varied in strength, they were all hyenas at first glance, and he wouldn't be able to tell them apart. But only now, upon closer inspection, could he discern the differences.

These hyenas were noticeably larger than ordinary hyenas, with firmer skin and flesh, longer teeth, and slightly different facial features.

Yes, facial features.

Previously, the hyenas that faced the knife did not look particularly fierce, and they were very cautious in their actions, trying their best to avoid getting hurt.

This caution seems to affect the hyena's appearance, making it look slightly more benign.

Even these seemingly gentle hyenas can eat people.

The hyena in front of me, just by looking at it, you can tell it's full of ferocity; the wrinkles that arch from its nose to its eyes even give it a somewhat menacing appearance.

Lu Xi'an didn't know whether this was the original appearance of these "new canines" that were different from ordinary hyenas, or whether their ferocity was a result of being controlled by Type C new humans.

Anyway, he was certain that there were Type C new humans behind these hyenas, which could be seen from their pairs of bloodshot eyes.

"Damn it!"

Seeing the hyena croaking and lunging at him, Lu Xi'an couldn't help but curse, shuffled back, and parried the attack as he retreated.

—There are too many extraordinary hyenas, and they work together seamlessly. They have all been empowered by Type C new humans, making them even more ferocious and difficult to deal with.

Lu Xi'an didn't want to get hurt, so this was the only way. Yao Wei had done the same thing back in that villa in Yu Bei City.

I never expected that I would misjudge the situation; it wasn't Type A new humans who arrived, but Type C.

Could that Type C new human have arrived riding a hyena to achieve such speed?

It seems I can only deal with these hyenas for now, keep them occupied, and see what Yao Wei does.

As Lu Xi'an thought this to himself, he stepped back and picked up a few pieces of broken glass from the drawer box, then threw them out.

……

Behind another low hill, Yao Wei had already hidden the car.

But when she glanced at the large central screen in the car, she couldn't help but frown.

The map on the screen showed that after the red dot crossed the Guanhai River, it traveled a short distance north along the road and then stopped.

That location is still quite far from here, but the new human represented by that red dot has stopped moving for some reason.

Just as she was about to tell Lu Xi'an about the situation, she suddenly heard the hyenas hissing.

Yao Wei realized something was wrong, so she immediately got out of the car with her sniper rifle and peeked out from the low hill.

This glance didn't require a sniper rifle scope—the distance wasn't that far.

Then she saw the hyenas.

There is no Type A New Human; that is Type C New Human.

These hyenas are controlled by Type C new humans, and they are unusual, much more powerful than those in Yubei City.

She noticed it.

Only then did she set up her sniper rifle and scan the surroundings.

However, nothing could be detected within sight or sound, and nothing could be found in the sniper rifle's scope either.

She seemed to be deep in thought, so she went back to the car and took another look. The red dot was still parked far away, but it had already left the highway and was parked on the side of the road.

"Dog, besides Lu Xi'an and those hyenas, can we find any other people? Or other life forms?"

Yao Wei asked the dog a question.

She had heard the dog say the word "living thing" more than once, so she used it too.

The dog replied, "Several insects were detected within the scan range, but no life forms larger than insects were found."

Yao Wei frowned again, looking thoughtfully at the red dot on the map.

(End of this chapter)