Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 334 The Same Song
As the gathering came to an end, Lao Tang asked Luo Ping, "Shouldn't we go check out Northern County? They should have some good stuff there, right?"

Luo Ping said, "Of course we have to go. We finally managed to kill all the new humans in Northern County. If we don't go and find some spoils of war, wouldn't all our work have been for nothing?"

Old Tang asked, "When are we going?"

Luo Ping replied, "No need to rush. The group in Beifang County is quite powerful, and they love to expand. The fact that they dared to leave no one at home this time proves that they are very confident that no one will dare to raid or harass them once they leave."

"After all, everyone has to consider whether they will face the wrath of Boss Liang and Aunt Xu after they raid the house."

"This is the effect of their usual domineering behavior and accumulated power."

"So no one will visit Northern County until news of their deaths spreads."

"We can take a short rest, recover our energy, and get back into shape before heading to Beifang County to see what's there."

Old Tang nodded slightly and said, "That's true. I remember Xuan Xiaocao was quite arrogant in Jiangbei back then. She took everyone away, and no one dared to go to her territory to cause trouble."

"--Me too. Even if I knew there wasn't a single New Human in her territory, I would only dare to stay in the north and wouldn't dare to go there."

Luo Ping smiled, clapped his hands to draw everyone's attention, and said, "Everyone, get some rest. Tomorrow we're going to Northern County."

Lu the Rat asked, "What about the people from the village that recovered from illness?"

Luo Ping said, "Let them stay home and find plenty of food to stock up on. By the time we get back, we'll probably be heading north."

"We don't have many vehicles, so we can't carry this many people. The journey will take a while, so we need to prepare more food."

"You stay here too and keep an eye on everyone. We won't need this many people when we go to the northern county."

Lu Laoshu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Luo Ping say this, and said, "I have to go. No one here knows the situation in Beifang County better than me."

Luo Ping said, "That's true."

After everyone finished discussing the matter, they all rested. Chai Xin, as usual, got into Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei's car.

The three of them lay on the bed and sofa respectively, but they did not fall asleep early as Luo Ping had said.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei originally wanted to put an animated film on Chai Xin's screen—the girl had been quite interested in animated films recently, but today Chai Xin just didn't want to watch one.

I want to talk.

That's what the girl said.

Today at the post-battle dinner, Chai Xinyue seemed to sense that parting was imminent, so she only wanted to talk.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei also noticed Chai Xin's mood, so they followed Chai Xin and lay down to chat for a while.

Even Yao Wei, who is usually not good with words, talked a lot that night.

They talked for a while, and then fell silent, as if they had run out of things to say.

At this point, Chai Xin said, "Brother, could you sing another song? Your singing is beautiful and refreshing; I love listening to you sing."

It sounds great and is refreshing...

Lu Xi'an was silent for a moment, but ultimately decided to oblige Chai Xin, and said with a smile, "Then shall I sing something new?"

Fresh things are different, Chai Xin realized, and happily said, "Great, great!"

Lu Xi'an lay on the bed, staring at the car roof in thought for a long time. Suddenly, he remembered a song and began to sing:
"The flowers told me how you walked, the earth knows every corner of your heart, sweet dreams no one will miss, finally today~ this joyous moment has arrived..."

While he sang, Yao Wei and Chai Xin listened quietly. Outside the car, it was also completely silent.

After he finished singing, I asked, "How was it? Was it good?"

Chai Xin nodded and said, "It sounds nice."

Yao Wei, who was lying next to Lu Xi'an, nodded but did not say anything.

Chai Xin said, "Brother, I want to learn. When I go back, I want to sing for everyone, and for Uncle Shu. He always likes to sing opera, but I don't like listening to it."

"Ha ha!"

Lu Xi'an chuckled and didn't refuse. He had originally wanted to say that opera singing was actually quite beautiful, but in the end, he didn't say it.

When I was a child, I didn't really like opera. Later, as I grew up, I would occasionally enjoy listening to it for the novelty, but after a long time, I still didn't like it much.

If you're like this yourself, why force Chai Xin to be the same?

"The flowers once told me how you walked..."

He taught Chai Xin to sing it line by line.

……

Outside the RV, in another vehicle, Tang Er, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly opened them and said to Liu Hua, "Liu Hua, let me sing you a song."

Liu Hua didn't seem to be asleep either. She opened her eyes, turned to look at Tang Er, and said, "Okay."

There weren't just the two of them in the car; everyone else was awake too. Tang Er had already figured it out, which was why he dared to speak.

Hearing Liu Hua and Tang Er's conversation, Pingzi and Lao Yao, who were also in the same car, opened their eyes and laughed:

"Tang Er, what songs can you sing?"

"You're telling me you're singing the same song you sang before bed? Haven't you had enough yet?"

Tang Er glanced at the two men disdainfully and said, "What are you thinking! It's a new song, one you haven't heard before!"

The other three immediately became interested and said, "What song is it? Sing it for us."

So Tang Er sang: "Starlight has filled all of childhood."

But he stopped after singing only this one line.

After waiting a little while, he continued singing: "The wind and rain have traveled to every corner of the world."

Then stop, then sing again: "The same feeling..."

"Why do you keep stopping after each line?" Bottle asked, puzzled.

The youngest nodded, also finding it strange: "And that feeling just now was only half a sentence."

Tang Er chuckled and then explained, "I'm singing along with Mr. Lu. Mr. Lu is teaching Chai Xin to sing."

"So that's it."

The three of them then realized what was happening.

Liu Hua said, "Mr. Lu is really amazing, he knows so many songs. If this were a movie, he'd be a pop star, right?"

The bottle said, "Even a pop star can't withstand half a punch from Mr. Lu."

Liu Hua: "..."

Tang Er: "..."

The youngest: "..."

In the other car, the woman suddenly couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Luo Ping opened his eyes and asked, "Why are you laughing instead of sleeping?"

The brat said, "I'm listening to music."

Old Tang sat up too: "Where's the song?"

The woman said, "Mr. Lu and Mr. Yao are in the car. Mr. Lu is singing a song that we've never heard before."

Luo Ping couldn't help but exclaim, "Type A new humans are really great!"

"Yes."

Old Tang sighed, then suddenly remembered something and asked, "When people do that kind of thing where you live, can you hear it too?"

Stinky girl: "..."

Luo Ping gave Lao Tang a deep look, his eyes seeming to show more approval, as if he had finally found a kindred spirit.

In the village where he had recovered from his illness, Lu the Rat lay on a soft pile of weeds, his hands behind his head, one leg bent, the other draped over the bent leg, humming a song softly:
"Friends for life, those days are gone, hehehehehehe, but I still have you, I still have me..."

"This song is really good..."

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei naturally heard these sounds from inside the RV, but they didn't say anything. They just thought it was quite interesting that they were teaching others to sing from such a distance.

So when Tang Er was learning, Lu Xi'an deliberately paused to help Tang Er keep up with the pace of learning.

As Tang Er continued learning, he realized what was happening and said loudly, "Mr. Lu, thank you!"

Luo Ping's voice followed closely: "What are you yelling about? Go to sleep!"

Lu Xi'an also said loudly, "No need to be polite, listen to Luo Ping, go to sleep early."

Luo Ping's voice rang out again: "Big brother, you're still awake? Haha, what a coincidence, I'm awake too."

Lu Xi'an suddenly thought of "A Chinese Odyssey," in which Supreme Treasure stood under the moonlight with a smug look on his face and said, "The long night is endless and I have no heart to sleep. I thought I was the only one who couldn't sleep, but it turns out that Miss Jingjing, you can't sleep either." He couldn't help but feel a chill.

He quickly banished the jumbled thoughts from his mind and said, "I'm going to sleep now."

Luo Ping said, "Okay, okay, I'll go to sleep too."

The village and its surroundings fell silent again.

Nothing more was said that night. There were other Type A new humans in the other cars, so Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei didn't dare to make any big noise.

The next day, after waking up, Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei went to Beifang County with Luo Ping and the others, just in case Luo Ping and the others encountered any accidents.

Fortunately, they encountered no danger along the way. They also checked the resonance gene scanner; from Binghao Village all the way to Beifang County, there were no other red dots on the scanner's map, so they were perfectly safe.

Beifang County once appeared to be a very prosperous city, with high-rise buildings and a considerable area.

However, many of those tall buildings have collapsed, while the tallest one remains intact.

Luo Ping and the others initially thought that Boss Liang and his group lived in the tallest building, but they didn't expect that their place was quite far from that building.

The high-rise buildings are inhabited by ordinary people from northern county towns. They are centrally managed in this building, and only those who need care from the new humans are assigned to the new humans' quarters.

Now that all the new humans are fighting, they've all been driven to the high-rise building.

Lu the Rat pointed out the distribution of people in Northern County to everyone, and also explained that the new humans lived in the long-abandoned Armed Forces Department.

No one paid any attention to the ordinary people. Luo Ping said:

"We don't have the resources to manage them right now, and we can't tell whether they're good or bad in the short term, so it's not appropriate to take them back."

"Mouse, go tell them that Boss Liang and the others won't be coming back for the time being. Tell them to stay here and behave themselves. We'll come back when we have the time."

Old Tang said, "Leave this matter to me. Anyway, I'm in the south, keeping an eye on Xuan Xiaocao's men. Adding this bunch of people won't be a problem."

"I've confirmed it's good, so I'll send it north."

He had made plans and defined his role in Luo Ping's team: to act as a filter.

Luo Ping had no objection to this, so Lu Laoshu nodded and said, "Okay! After we've settled everyone in Binghao Village, I'll go with you."

Later, in an abandoned military base that was practically in the suburbs, the group found a lot of supplies.

These supplies were mostly food and clothing, plus some daily necessities like pots and pans, as well as maps and vehicles.

Besides the two cars that Liang and his gang had driven away earlier, there were actually four more cars here.

Moreover, the keys to all four cars are still there. Luo Ping looked at the map and said, "This map is marked; there are gas stations in the county town where we can use them."

“Let’s fill up all the cars with gas, then drive back. With these four, we’ll have six vehicles. Two of these are pickup trucks, so we can carry more people without any problem. That way, we won’t have to walk to Shanyang.”

(End of this chapter)