Dream Travel

Chapter 254 Not Joining the Fun
"Do you know those people in the city?" Chito asked, more concerned than Yuri, who was only focused on drinking the meat soup.

"I don't know them, but we're in the same industry," Bai Mu shook his head. "We're exploring the facilities that can be used in this city."

"What's the point? Almost everyone's dead, so there's no point in continuing the fight, is there?" Yuri asked curiously.

“Since there’s a conflict, there must be a reason for it.” Bai Mu didn’t talk much about the matter.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Since you don't have any particular purpose, just follow me for now. I'll see if I can arrange a stable place for you to stay later."

For example, find a place where they can farm, get them some seeds, and enable them to be self-sufficient in the future.

As long as there is a cycle of agricultural resources, no matter how bad their final situation is, it will be better than living in a resource-scarce city.

As for whether their existence will become the center of the struggle... well, that's just wishful thinking.

They're not some high-level scholars who possess the most advanced knowledge in the world. In the normal world, they would probably only be able to become miserable laborers because of their lack of education.

How much attention can this attract?
Other exploration teams that discovered them probably wouldn't bother with them.

"Why are you helping us like this?" Qianhu still didn't quite understand.

"Just something I did. And how long has it been since you guys took a shower?"

Qianhu said embarrassedly, "Yes, it's been several days now. We've been hiding..."

Hiding from the exploration team members, they had neither the mind nor the time to take a bath.

"Hiding won't help; you've already been discovered."

"Hehe, but in the end, only you came looking for me." Yuri laughed heartlessly.

Despite the discovery, in the end only Bai Mu came over and made them a pot of meat soup.

Bai Mu raised an eyebrow slightly and said, "I think I was being tested."

"Is it a conflict between you?" Chito asked curiously.

"It's not really a fight, but having you guys with me makes it difficult for me to participate in some competitions."

Talic definitely had an element of testing in his actions. Just think about it: in a post-apocalyptic environment, in an abandoned, deserted city, how dangerous would it be to encounter two girls with little power to resist?

If he really does something inhumane, Talic can immediately determine who he is and take precautions if he chooses to help.

That way you can also see clearly what kind of person he is.

"This is so complicated." Yuri scratched her cheek, and after thinking about it for a moment, she felt like she was about to grow a brain.

In her view, the world is already like this, so why bother with all the backstabbing and infighting?

"Let's go somewhere else tomorrow." Bai Mu took out a map recorder and scanned the surrounding environment.

The location could not be located because the map information for this layer was incomplete.

Moreover, this isn't a good place either. It's not that it's uninhabitable, but it's a bit far from the area he's looking for.

"Where to?"

Yuri looked curiously at the projector in Bai Mu's hand. She found it novel and even more special than the camera they had recently acquired.

The white screen marked a location on the projected map: "Here."

The location he marked was about one kilometer away from the production base, and with his speed, he could reach the corresponding place quickly.

Moreover, this area is completely opposite to the area where Talich and his group are located, so there will be no coverage.

That night, Chito and Yuri whispered to each other about the White Curtain.

Although Bai Mu doesn't seem to pose much of a danger at the moment, his origins remain unclear, and whether he can be trusted remains to be confirmed.

However, just as Bai Mu said, if the other party really wanted to do something to them, they wouldn't need so much foreplay.

"Anyway, it seems like we can't escape, so let's just wait and see." Yuri patted her stomach, feeling happiest as she was full.

“If he were to attack us, I would definitely stand in front of you.”

"Stop saying such discouraging things, go to sleep." Chito looked dejected, unable to sleep all night. Looking at Yuri sleeping soundly, she felt a little envious.

However, upon closer reflection, in this world of despair, the existence of the white curtain actually brings a different color to despair.

No, it should be said that Bai Mu and the people exploring the city didn't seem like people who were accompanied by despair; they seemed too vibrant in this desolate city.

boom--

A sudden explosion rang out, and Yuri, who was fast asleep, rolled over and went back to sleep.

"..." Qianhu reached out and pinched Yuri's cheek.

"It hurts!"

Startled awake from a sweet dream, Yuri looked sleepily at the distant firelight: "What happened?"

"I don't know." Qianhu looked at the place where the firelight appeared with a worried expression. This was a different color in the city.

But the colors of the explosion were too unsettling.

"A fight has broken out." Bai Mu arrived carrying a weapons case: "Pack your things and leave first."

The explosion site is not far from here, and there is a possibility that we will be affected.

"Did your colleagues fight?" Qianhu quickly pulled Yuri to move some things onto the small half-track motorcycle.

"should be."

Bai Mu didn't get on the tracked motorcycle that had started up; he kept glancing at the place where the battle had taken place.

The explosion was likely caused by some facility being detonated; subsequent gunfire and explosions were not as intense. However, judging from the commotion, the perpetrators seemed to have become enraged.

"Should we go take a look?" Yuri stuffed bullets into the Type 38 rifle she was carrying.

"I'm not going to join the fun." Bai Mu shook his head. Since Talic had specifically tested him, he didn't want to go and see what was going on.

He has his own clear goals, so there's no need for him to steal someone else's.

If this moment passes, it's easy for both sides to focus their attacks on us, right?

As Bai Mu was leaving, he encountered another exploration team, who were slightly taken aback upon seeing him.

They then parted ways with the white curtain, and they also knew about the two girls on the tracked vehicle.

However, despite knowing about them, the members of the exploration team who were active here had no interest in them.

These two people will neither hinder their exploration nor provide them with any benefit.

Even if they are rare indigenous people, they might be useful if we bring them back, but we should wait until the mission is completed before we can make contact with them now.

As for other thoughts... they are exploration personnel assigned by the company, doing legitimate work, not criminals.

This world is already hopeless enough. Encountering some natives is like finding two pitiful little kittens struggling to survive in an abandoned building.

Unless they are mentally disturbed, they won't have too many thoughts, and they also have competitors.

If you do something and it's recorded by other colleagues, it will become tainted evidence during the final review.

Their identities are all recorded by the authorities, and once their stains are documented, they become weapons in the hands of their competitors.

The competition for the four out of eight is not fierce, but the companies behind them do not want to be eliminated.

Therefore, when you encounter indigenous people who don't seem particularly special, the best approach is to pretend you didn't see them.

If you don't come into contact with it, everything will be fine; in fact, contact can easily lead to problems.

However, since someone took the initiative to contact them, they were happy to see this happen.

Bringing them along puts us at a disadvantage in terms of competition, as they are outside the mission and not even considered side quests.

There was no reward even after bringing them back to the camp.

However, if someone is willing to take them along, as long as they don't have ulterior motives, they are most likely a 'good person,' or at least not that bad.

It's safer to compete with people like that.

"Captain, should we follow him?"

The expedition leader, who had missed the white curtain, spoke up: "He was traveling alone."

Although I don't know which company Bai Mu belongs to, it's impossible for someone not to have some extraordinary abilities to be able to arrange for him to come here.

As for his goodwill toward the indigenous people... sometimes goodwill isn't just mindless kindness; it can also be a manifestation of strength.

In a place like this, anyone with a brain wouldn't extend goodwill without sufficient strength.

Those who can extend goodwill usually have some ability and believe they are capable of doing so.

As for those beings who are full of goodwill towards everything, they either have a problem with their personality or are so powerful that they can be so 'arrogant'.

Rather than following a lone explorer, it's better to check out the situation in the battle zone.

Since a fierce battle was taking place over there, it was most likely centered around some important facility.

They were more likely to have benefited from it in the past.

As for the white curtain, I wish him good luck.

"Will people die in the battle over there?" Qianhu, who was driving, asked with some worry.

“We will try our best to avoid casualties,” Bai Mu explained, adding that it was related to their respective companies’ ratings.

Those who lack the ability to cause a large number of casualties among the explorers, or those who cause a large number of casualties in order to be shortlisted, should be eliminated.

"It's still so confusing." Sitting on the tracked vehicle, Yuri scratched her cheek and stared blankly at the direction from which the explosion had come.

As they followed their lead, the noise in the distance gradually decreased, and Bai Mu did not encounter any more competitors after that.

This floor of the city is not small. Even if there are hundreds of people on this floor, they are scattered in various places, and the probability of them meeting each other is not high.

Everyone's busy; who has time to wander around looking for other colleagues?

In other words, the location of the conflict would attract nearby exploration teams.

"Aha~"

"You, don't sleep." Qianhu warned her, hearing the yawn behind her.

"Ugh, but I'm so sleepy." Yuri rubbed her eyes, and the diminishing explosion sound actually became 'music' to help her fall asleep.

She couldn't help but look at Bai Mu, who was carrying what seemed to be a very heavy box and was moving with incredible speed. His figure began to blur in her eyes...

Bai Mu glanced at the sleeping Yuri, then looked back and saw that the intensity of the battle in the combat zone had increased.

"Won't a few people die?" Bai Mu muttered to himself, but he didn't intend to go back and check.

He wasn't familiar with the people there, so it would be good to draw some attention to the place where the battle was taking place. He would go check out the location marked on the map later.

If it's easy to get in, then we'll get things done there today.

(End of this chapter)