Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 359: A fleeting moment
Seeing this, Lu Xi'an laughed and said, "We don't have Boss Liang and Aunt Xu's gang chasing us now, why would we go out to sea? I was just saying it offhand."

Yao Wei said, "Yeah."

The tide had come in, and the summit of Caiyang Mountain was once again an isolated island. After confirming their safety, Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei drank some wine.

Yao Wei had tried both wine and rice wine, but didn't really like either, and disliked medicinal wine even more. However, after drinking the medicinal wine, she felt as if her body had been somewhat replenished, so she drank a little more.

Lu Xi'an thought the rice wine was quite delicious, but the wine was a bit lacking. As for the medicinal wine, he shared Yao Wei's opinion—it had a strange taste and wasn't easy to swallow. But for the sake of replenishing their bodies, he and Yao Wei still shared the bottle and finished it off.

So that night, the car rocked unusually hard.

Time continued to pass day by day, and the tides came and went. Sometimes Luo Ping and his group would come, and sometimes they wouldn't, and the people who came each time were different, depending on who was free at Base 923.

This rotation allowed Hu Xiaodong to witness their formidable strength even more, and he became increasingly respectful towards them.

Hu Xiaodong and his son Hu Dong still come to Caiyang Mountain, and in fact, they come more often than before.

In his own words, the situation on Dongdao Island gradually stabilized, so he no longer needed to stay on Dongdao Island to keep busy.

Moreover, after these days of management, he has determined his own path. He cannot follow the example of the older generation of committee members on East Island, who abused their positions to bully others.

If I followed their example, how could I have gained such a great reputation in such a short time?
Even with the hole punched in the house, the five packs of cigarettes given by Mr. Lu, and the cheers from Luo Ping and his group on the island, it wouldn't have mattered.

Therefore, Hu Xiaodong knew where his foundation lay. He could use his status as a committee member, or even the future chairman, to gain many advantages, but he could not abandon the foundational business at home. This was the key to ensuring that he would not use his status to recklessly harm others.

—At least that's what he thinks.

And he did indeed later become the chairman of the committee.

A few months later, Luo Ping and his group came to Caiyang Mountain and told Lu Xi'an that when the tide came again, the elections would begin on Dongdao Island. They asked Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei if they wanted to come on the ship to watch, but Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei both said no.

The two had already been to East Island and collected all the necessary supplies. Anything they missed, Luo Ping and the others had gone to collect later, so they didn't need to go themselves.

Instead of wasting their time, they should stay on Caiyang Mountain, exercise more, and do other things.

What are we going to do on the island?
Then Luo Ping and his group rode the big fish to the island to observe the election on the east island.

When they returned, they reported that Hu Xiaodong had indeed become the chairman, and the election was unanimously approved on Dongdao Island.

"That old bastard is still taking advantage of us."

When Luo Ping told Lu Xi'an about it, he said with a smile, "But it doesn't matter. If he wants to take advantage of the situation, I'll let him. Anyway, he's not a bad person—at least he's much better than the other committee members on the island."

"The other committee members also tried to curry favor with us, and many even secretly offered us benefits, but I couldn't be bothered to agree. It's more reliable to do business with good people."

“We even helped Hu Xiaodong out. After he was elected chairman, I asked Tang Er to dismantle the ship that was stranded on the island and give them the scrap metal as a celebration.”

"This way, we can demonstrate our strength on the one hand, and show our determination to support that old bastard Hu Xiaodong on the other."

"This method is very useful. Moreover, that fellow Yuan Laotie also discovered that there is a piece of sheet metal inside that he can still use. It can help us make a lot of hoe blades, and also a set of kitchen utensils."

"We wouldn't have discovered this if we hadn't dismantled it."

Lu Xi'an replied, "Really? That's good. If I had known it would be like this, I would have torn it down long ago."

Luo Ping laughed and said, "Luckily, you didn't tear it down, otherwise we wouldn't have the chance to show off now."

Everyone laughed.

Lu Xi'an took out the remaining wine and drank it with everyone while they were all there.

Of course, you should also cook a few dishes when drinking alcohol.

Now that Luo Ping and his team have gradually expanded their planting scale and increased the variety of crops they grow, Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei's food reserves have also become more diverse.

For this meal, Lu Xi'an stir-fried shredded potatoes, made braised eggplant, and also made a cold tomato and cucumber salad. Finally, he even brought some seafood to cook. Everyone drank happily with the wine and then started a bonfire party, singing and dancing, having a great time.

Encouraged by the crowd, Lu Xi'an sang two more songs, "A Little Wave" and "Peach Blossoms in Full Bloom," just for fun and excitement, without being as particular about song selection as before.

So that night, everyone spent chanting "I want you to stay with me and watch the sea turtles swim in the water" and "I'll be here waiting for you to come back," creating an extremely lively atmosphere.

After the excitement, it was time to leave. Two days later, the tide receded, Luo Ping and the others left, but life went on. The tide rose and fell, people came and went, the sun rose and set, and cold fronts would visit from time to time.

In this mundane daily routine, Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei persisted in their exercise without ever slacking off, and before they knew it, a year had passed. They both clearly felt that the marks on their bodies had disappeared without a trace, and their bodies had become somewhat stronger as a result.

This may be the effect of the markers being digested.

Luo Ping and his group came again that day, and Tang Er and the smelly girl, both Type A new humans from the family, also came along.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei then invited Tang Er and the stinky girl to have a sparring match, which was earth-shattering and incredibly impressive.

At this moment, Hu Xiaodong and his son Hu Dong also arrived on the island. Just as they landed on the shore, they heard a terrifying noise coming from the mountain. They were terrified and dared not move.

After waiting for a long time, they saw Luo Ping and the others come down and hurriedly asked what was going on. They learned that it was a few Type A new humans practicing boxing. They couldn't help but recall the boxing hole at their home on the East Island and broke out in a cold sweat.

New humans... they're terrifying!

The new humans are indeed terrifying, especially these ones on Caiyang Mountain now.

They also mastered the training methods in the booklet, thus making rapid progress. Their strength is now far greater than it was a year ago. With such formidable combat power, they could probably run rampant in Pingchuan City and Jiangbei City.

Therefore, Luo Ping has also made plans to start the next step in the development of his family.

First, the people living in Shanyang County were relocated to more suitable places to live by the river. Then, rules and order were established for the new humans to be stationed there, and the old tree was asked to help plan what to plant in each place and how many people to live there.

Then, they used the horses and pigeons raised at home to connect different places and make communication easier.

Yes, now Luo Ping and his group have pigeons to use again.

They had all seen pigeons used in period dramas and movies, so they could easily use pigeons to communicate with each other nowadays.

They also gave Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei a pigeon, saying that if the radio signal was bad and there was any emergency, they could use the pigeon to deliver a message.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei kept the pigeons, but they haven't used them yet.

These pigeons are quite fierce. They often fight with two chickens on the mountaintop. They even bully the old hen so much that she lays an egg and the hen jumps up and down in frustration, but they are helpless against the pigeons circling overhead.

After sparring with Tang Er and Chou Nu, Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei were convinced that they had made significant progress compared to a year ago.

The effect of this progress far surpassed that of Tang Er and Chou Nu, to the point that Tang Er and Chou Nu, with Liu Hua's blessing, could only barely fight them to a standstill.

Tang Er was only half a Type A New Human. With the help of the training methods in the book, he far surpassed ordinary New Humans, but compared to Chou Nu, a true Type A New Human who also trained according to the methods in the book, he was still a bit lacking.

Therefore, even if the stinky girl and Tang Er could train according to the training methods left by Yao Huo and Ye Wenxin, the effect would be somewhat reduced, which is why their current strength is so much behind that of Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei.

However, Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei felt that they were far from reaching their peak. Whether they followed the training methods in the booklet or the methods left by Yao Huo and Ye Wenxin, their potential had not yet been developed to its limit.

They exercise daily, and while their progress is less than it was a year ago, the results are still quite remarkable.

This means that if they continue to train, they can become even stronger and be more reliable when facing enemies in the future.

So after discussion, they decided to stay on the mountain until their physical potential was fully developed.

So they continued to live on Caiyang Mountain, exercising every day as before without ever slacking off, only using their small umbrellas slightly less frequently than before.

We've used up quite a lot this year; if we keep using it like this, we might not have any left in the future.

However, Yao Wei later tried washing the small umbrella and felt that it could be reused, so the two of them were no longer so restrained—Yao Wei had seen the fish bladders on the island and didn't like them very much, so it was better to wash the small umbrella and use it.

As for the lubricant on the little umbrella, it's gone, so be it. She doesn't absolutely need it. Fish bladders don't have lubricant either, do they?
Hu Xiaodong originally thought that Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei would leave after a year, but he was surprised that the two chose to stay. He brought Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei a lot of food, which they didn't have to pay for.

However, Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei never went to the island after that, and continued to live and exercise on Caiyang Mountain in an orderly manner.

One year, two years...

By the third year, they felt that the effects of the training were gradually approaching their limit. Although the daily contact with the fungal stones could still produce some improvement, it was not significant. There was no need to continue staying there, so they decided to wait for the tide to recede and officially leave Caiyang Mountain.

But on the very night they made this decision, Lu Xi'an suddenly remembered something and asked Yao Wei, "How long has it been since Luo Ping and the others came?"

(End of this chapter)