Doomsday Sequence Caravan: I Have a Mechanical Heart

A dozen minutes later

Yu Yao arrived at the riverbank where Cheng Jun was and shouted loudly to Cheng Jun, who was still searching in the river, "Cheng Jun, Su Mu and the others are still alive!"

"It's far to the east!"

Cheng Jun heard her shouts, quickly climbed out of the river, and rushed to Yu Yao's side. "What did you just say?"

"Just now, Nie Xiaoying predicted that they were still alive." Yu Yao's mouth trembled slightly as she spoke, whether from excessive excitement or from the cold.

"It's just to the far east."

"Then I'll go find them now." Cheng Jun's worries were relieved, and he prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute," Yu Yao called out to him, "I haven't finished speaking yet."

"What else?" Cheng Jun looked at her, somewhat puzzled.

"Before Xiaoying fell into a coma, she said," Yuyao added, "that it would be a while before we could meet them again."

"Now that we know their location," Cheng Jun said, even more puzzled, "why don't I just go find them directly?"

"Why do we have to wait a while longer?"

"That's what I think too." Yu Yao looked at him. "How about this, we drive together to look for it?"

"Okay!" Cheng Jun looked eastward and agreed.

The two didn't linger there and quickly returned to the bridgehead.

They went to Ling Hao's car and told him their ideas, but Ling Hao stopped them, saying, "No, it's about to get dark."

"With such heavy rain, the riverbank is so muddy."

"It's dangerous for you to go like this."

"Xiao Ying said that we would meet again soon, which means that they are at least safe now."

"Even if we go to look for it, we should wait until tomorrow when the rain stops."

"Nothing I say today will work."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Jun and Yu Yao sighed softly and had no choice but to agree.

Firstly, because Ling Hao was the team leader, and secondly, because the key to the only off-road vehicle was also in Ling Hao's possession.

More than 100 kilometers to the east, on the riverbank

Su Mu's sergeant sailboat was moored there, gently rocking in the stormy night. The floorboards in the cabin creaked softly, like a grandmother sitting in a rocking chair, recounting bygone days.

Su Mu and An Xin sat cross-legged on their clothes, each holding a loaf of bread, eating and chatting idly.

"They must be very worried about us," An Xin sighed softly, thinking of Yu Yao. "I wonder if Yu Yao is afraid to sleep alone at night."

"Ling Hao and the others are here," Su Mu said, looking at her reassuringly. "Don't worry too much."

"We'll go find them first thing tomorrow morning."

An Xin hummed in agreement, then after a moment of silence, said, "We don't have a car right now, so it'll probably take a long time to walk back."

"We don't know if we have enough food to last until we find them."

"It shouldn't be that far," Su Mu frowned. "Besides, you can fly, can't you?"

"Why don't you wait until the rain stops, then fly back and let them know you're safe?"

"Although I can fly," An Xin shook her head and explained to him, "I can only fly a very short distance now."

"It can only fly five or six hundred meters at most before it has to stop and rest."

"And I can't leave you alone."

"Then we'll have to continue on foot." Su Mu didn't think any further. Just as he was about to say something, the voice of Zhu Meng suddenly echoed in his mind.

"Master, I can transform."

"Can you turn into a car?" Su Mu was stunned for a moment, and quickly asked in his mind.

"Sure," Dream Chaser said cheerfully, "but it needs the master's energy to power it!"

"Does that consume a lot of energy?" Su Mu asked again.

"No problem," Zhu Meng replied.

"That's good then." Su Mu breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

"What's wrong with you?" An Xin asked, puzzled, when she saw him suddenly freeze.

"It's alright." Su Mu looked at her and said with a smile, "I just talked to Zhu Meng, and it said it can turn into a car."

"That way, we'll be able to find them very quickly."

"Really? That's wonderful!" Upon hearing this, An Xin's worried expression vanished, replaced by delight. She glanced around the cabin and sighed again.

"I never expected that pursuing dreams would take such a turn."

"I didn't expect this either," Su Mu said with some emotion. "Now you can rest assured."

"Hmm." An Xin nodded, then, as if remembering something, asked softly, "Can Dream Chaser conjure up a bed?"

Before Su Mu could speak, the depths of the cabin rapidly transformed, revealing a large, sturdy wooden bed.

"..." Su Mu fell silent. Was this Dream Chaser's reaction a little too fast?

"Haha, it really conjured up a bed!" An Xin's eyes lit up, and she quickly stood up to take a look. "It's quite sturdy!"

"I'll have a place to sleep tonight."

Then she realized there was only one bed, and quickly said, "Dream Chaser, please conjure up another bed."

But Zhu Meng did not respond to her again.

Su Mu was also somewhat embarrassed, and thought to himself, "Now that I'm asking you to change, you're not changing."

"I'm out of energy," Zhu Meng replied weakly. "I have to save it up to turn into a car tomorrow."

"..." Su Mu was speechless, then looked at An Xin and explained, "The energy consumption for pursuing dreams is relatively large."

"So it can't be changed."

"It's okay, you can sleep in the bed."

"I'm a grown man, I can just sleep on the floor."

"That won't do," An Xin blurted out. "The ground is so cold."

As she spoke, her face gradually turned red with embarrassment, "Let's... let's sleep in the bed together, the bed is so big anyway."

"This?" Su Mu scratched his head. Seeing that An Xin had already said so, he stopped being coy and said, "Okay!"

After the two finished eating, An Xin spread the spare clothes on the wooden bed and rolled up two small pillows, placing one against the wall on the inside and the other beside the bed, about a meter apart.

"Um, I'm going to sleep now." An Xin lowered her head, her face flushed, and said this to Su Mu before hurriedly going to the inside of the bed, just like a newlywed bride.

Su Mu responded, lay down casually, and soon began snoring, drifting off to sleep.

With her back to Su Mu, An Xin's heart was pounding wildly, as if a little rabbit lived inside her.

But after hearing Su Mu's snoring, she paused for a moment, turned over and glanced at Su Mu, and the panic in her heart gradually disappeared.

She lay there, quietly watching Su Mu's profile, a faint smile occasionally appearing on her lips as if she were thinking of something.

After a moment, she felt a little cold, hesitated for a moment, and then moved closer to Su Mu.

Gradually, she snuggled up next to Su Mu. She took the clothes laid out on the inside and covered the two of them with them. Then, she gently leaned against Su Mu and drifted off to sleep.

When her soft snoring began, Su Mu opened his eyes, reached out to embrace her, a gentle smile playing on his lips, before falling back asleep!