Doomsday Sequence Caravan: I Have a Mechanical Heart

after half an hour

They found a safe route to the deep sea, several miles away. They then returned to the ship.

Ling Hao and his three companions arrived outside Nie Xiaoying's room and knocked on the door. "Xiaoying, are you awake?"

"Come in." A moment later, Nie Xiaoying's gentle voice came from inside the room.

The four of them had just entered when Nie Xiaoying was startled and instinctively stood up. "What are you doing here?"

"I need to talk to you about something," Ling Hao said calmly. "Could you deduce the origins of this island?"

"I'll give it a try." After a moment of silence, Nie Xiaoying looked at Ling Hao. "Captain, this used to be the banks of the Luo River."

"What?!" Su Mu and the others were all shocked. "How is this possible?"

"It's only been a few months. Even if this place sank into the sea," Ling Hao said with a puzzled look, "it wouldn't have grown into so many coral reefs."

"When the end of the world arrives and the earth unfolds," Nie Xiaoying explained to the group, "that is when chaos begins, and all order is disrupted."

"Mountains turned into seas, seas turned into deserts, and so on and so forth."

"Since this place is on the banks of the Luo River," Su Mu thought of something and looked at Ling Hao, "there should still be traces of human activity deep within this island."

"You mean, go and explore the deeper parts of the island?" Ling Hao asked.

"I have this idea," Su Mu said, revealing his thoughts. "What if we can find something useful?"

"Okay." Ling Hao thought for a moment and agreed, "But you must be back before noon."

"We can't delay our departure time."

"I know." Su Mu nodded.

"I'll go with you," An Xin quickly said, taking his arm.

"Then let's go now," Su Mu replied with a smile.

"Wait a minute." Nie Xiaoying quickly called out to Su Mu and the other person, "If you want to go, you can look in the southeast direction."

"Perhaps there will be some gains."

"Okay." Su Mu was a little surprised, then left with An Xin.

Ling Hao looked at Nie Xiaoying, "Did you foresee something?"

"There are Taoist temple buildings over there," Nie Xiaoying nodded and said slowly, "but they're on the mountaintop."

"There is also a deserted little mountain village."

"Hmm." Ling Hao lost interest after hearing this. "You should get some rest."

"We'll get back to work now."

"Okay." Nie Xiaoying nodded.

After Ling Hao and Song Weiwei left, they arranged for people to go to the nearby mountains and forests to find edible wild fruits and collect as many supplies as possible.

the other side

After Su Mu and An Xin left, they quickly headed in the direction Nie Xiaoying had indicated.

half an hour later

They arrived at the top of a mountain that was three or four hundred meters high.

"Brother Mu, look!" An Xin pointed to a hill in the distance and said with a look of surprise, "There are houses on that hill."

"A Taoist temple?" Su Mu was slightly taken aback, then his gaze fell on the foot of the mountain, and he pointed there and said, "We're not going there, let's go and see that mountain village down below."

"That place looks a bit run-down." An Xin looked in the direction Su Mu was pointing and frowned. "I wonder if there are any supplies there."

"We'll find out when we get there," Su Mu said, and walked towards the location first.

"How about I take you flying there?" An Xin thought of something, quickened her pace, and followed Su Mu.

"No need," Su Mu glanced at her and said with a smile, "Save your strength."

"If you really want to fly, wait until we go back."

"Mmm," An Xin replied.

The distance wasn't too far. After walking down the mountain, they came to a rugged mountain path and headed towards the small mountain village.

"Is there anything strange here?" An Xin suddenly thought of something and quickly said.

"It doesn't look like it." Su Mu shook his head. "Although the place is deserted, it doesn't have an aura of death."

Before long, the two arrived at the village entrance. They could see from the north to the south of the village at a glance. There were only about forty or fifty households in total, running east and west along the road. As they entered the village, they did not feel any oppressive or chilling atmosphere.

They approached the nearest house, whose gate was dilapidated, with only one door half-open. The two pushed the door open and went inside. They found the yard overgrown with weeds, and much of the wall had collapsed. The roofs of several brick and tile houses in the back had also collapsed, emitting a musty smell.

"It doesn't look like there's anything here," An Xin said, frowning.

"I'll go check the rooms," Su Mu said, walking towards the rooms further inside. "You wait for me here."

"Okay," An Xin replied.

Su Mu arrived at the door of the room deep inside, pushed open the old wooden door, and heard a creaking sound, as if it were the whisper of time.

He looked inside and saw that the corners were covered with cobwebs. There was an old eight-immortal table with two armchairs on either side. On the table in the back, there was a porcelain statue covered in dust.

He went inside and looked around at the rooms on both sides. The room on the right was the bedroom, but now only a wooden bed remained.

The room on the left was a warehouse, containing some rusty farm tools and woven bags for storing grain. In the corner, there were two woven bags containing some moldy beans.

Seeing that the empty woven bags were still usable, he put them and the rusty farm tools into his spatial storage. Finding that there was nothing else useful, he left.

As soon as they stepped out of the room, they saw a dirty little head peeking out from the courtyard gate, secretly observing them. But when it saw Su Mu looking at it, it quickly shrank back, followed by the sound of running footsteps.

"Someone's there." Su Mu quickly took a few steps and headed out of the courtyard. An Xin followed. "I didn't even notice."

"It's a child," Su Mu said. "I just peeked inside."

As they spoke, the two arrived at the road outside the courtyard and saw a child about a meter tall running into a courtyard in the middle of the village.

Soon, Su Mu and his companion arrived at the courtyard, where the door was already locked from the inside with a wooden bolt.

Su Mu stepped forward and knocked on the door, but no one answered.

"It seems they're afraid of us," An Xin said. "Why don't we go look around at other places?"

"Hmm." Su Mu responded. Just as the two were about to leave, they saw a little girl of eight or nine years old carrying a bundle of firewood on her back, walking out from the path next to the courtyard.

She saw the two of them, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes, but no fear. "Are you lost?"

"I was just passing by and thought I'd grab something to eat," Su Mu said casually.

"Then come in with me," the little girl said, walking towards the courtyard gate.

"Aren't you afraid of us?" Su Mu asked, somewhat surprised.

"I'm not afraid." The little girl shook her head. "I can tell you're not bad people."

"And they really came looking for food."

Upon hearing this, Su Mu's eyes widened slightly in surprise, and he immediately realized something. This little girl was probably also a sequence extraordinary being.