Chapter 19: Accidentally Lost
Two floating cars one after the other, in the endless wasteland, under the vast starry sky, like two helpless flying insects, desperately escaped from the dangerous dark jungle, and then plunged into the distance, the deeper and more unknown darkness.
Under the cover of night, Xiao Cong and his party successfully rushed out of Lei Yeze, but when the light of dawn fell on the world again in the early morning of the next day, an embarrassing thing happened, and the two floating cars were actually separated.
The tension and fatigue of the past few days, of course, ordinary people's bodies are unbearable, so Gu Qi, who was driving the floating car, had already handed over the driving rights of their floating car to Xiao Cong, curled up in the back seat with Si Xingfeng and Ergou, and fell asleep. It is also true that among the four of them, only Xiao Cong has a special physique, he has experienced genetic debugging at a very young age, although the results of the debugging are not very ideal, and even led to a high degree of alienation of his body, but it is undeniable that his physical fitness is much better than ordinary people, so he is also the only one who can maintain his mental state and drive a floatboat.
It's just that everyone forgot one thing, Xiao Cong can drive these floating machines, but he is a complete road idiot. This man, who has always done everything in detail and almost everything, has no sense of direction at all, so the floating car he is driving not only gradually deviates from its intended course in the dark, but also flies far in the wrong direction.
And when Xiao Cong realized this and found that he had already been separated from the other floating car, he had already driven the floating car to an unknown area, so he had to wake up the three people who were still asleep.
"Ergou, wake up!" Xiao Cong woke up Ergou with some embarrassment, but found that this guy didn't seem to be very helpful to him.
"Xiao Ming, get up! Get up and don't sleep. Xiao Cong pushed Xiao Ming on Ergou's side again, and then felt that a half-grown child didn't seem to be of much use at this time.
"Old Gu, old ......" just shouted, ready to wake up the sweetest and snoring Gu Qi, Xiao Cong saw that he had already opened his eyes first.
After the three of them woke up, they were obviously a little confused, and they all looked at Xiao Cong with sleepy eyes and helpless expressions, and they didn't know what they were muttering.
"Ahem, that, we seem to be lost?" Xiao Cong saw that the three of them had gradually come to their senses, and he sneered embarrassedly.
"Huh? How could it be, weren't we following the planned route, were we deviating from the route? As a veteran driver, Gucci was the first to react. Easily took the sketchy map from Xiao Cong's hand, and he proofread the current location. In his opinion, he had already set the established course due east, and they should not deviate too far from the established location.
However, he really underestimated Xiao Cong's degree of road idiocy, and greatly overestimated Xiao Cong's driving skills, so even after comparing for a long time, he was not sure where the general position of the four of them was at this time.
Seeing that the experienced Gu Qi had been frowning and looking puzzled at this time, Xiao Cong couldn't help but blush, and said in his heart: "Didn't I bring them to the ditch?" Hey, knowing that I have a poor sense of direction, I still have to drive a floating car by myself......"
Ergou can't point at this guy most of the time, and no one knows when his brain will suddenly become less bright. Feeling the subtle atmosphere between several people at this moment, Si Xingfeng, who had gradually relaxed his psychological defense line in the past few days, couldn't hide it, he had been exposed to it since he was a child, and he also knew how serious it was to lose his way in the wilderness.
First rubbed his eyes to calm himself down, Si Xingfeng did not rush to directly judge the general position at the moment, but observed the environment in which several people were at the moment.
At this time, the sun had just risen, and the sky was only slightly bright, but Si Xingfeng was still keenly aware that the temperature in the area they were currently in was a little lower than that of Lei Yeze, who had been in the area for nearly a month before, which meant that they should still be in the northern region of Lei Yeze.
Then, Si Xingfeng looked at the surface and vegetation under him. In contrast to the endless wet mud of the Thunderozawa area, the wind was a withered yellow color, with only a few green vegetation scattered here and there. Suddenly, Si Xingfeng's gaze was attracted by a narrow black belt, and there were rows of tall trees on both sides of this belt, although he had not seen it with his own eyes, but Si Xingfeng knew that it seemed to be the existence called "highway" in the memory of past civilizations.
Si Xingfeng knew that in the previous era of civilization, there were also cities, and they were very different from the current floating cities. Most of the cities in the old era had high-rise buildings towering above the ground, which was a symbol of prosperity, and they were also the bones of a city. Cities with higher buildings often mean richer and more prosperous, and the presence of these prosperous cities, and even connecting different cities, is the existence of blood in the human body, roads.
At this moment, Si Xingfeng couldn't help but be a little curious about where this highway leads, and whether there are still people alive who have inherited the wisdom of civilization in the past?
At the same time, he deduced where they were. With a simple elimination, he deduced that it was not located in the northeastern part of the Far Eastern Fortress, because although the climate here was also very cold, it was far from the bone-chilling level of the rumored ice field.
"Snake Lord, Teacher Gu, if I'm not mistaken, we should be located in the southeast area of the Far Eastern Fortress now, in the place that has not been outlined in detail on the map in the south of Liangying Floating City......" Si Xingfeng said his inference, stretched out his hand and pointed at the map in Gu Qi's hand.
Xiao Cong knew that his adopted son's sense of direction was many times higher than his own, so he was a little surprised that he quickly made an inference move, but it was not so surprising. On the contrary, when Gu Qi heard this, he was stunned at first, and then thought for a while before he nodded, "What Xiao Ming said is really not far from ten, but it's just ......."
"But what? Old Gu, you have something to say, don't sell it! Ergou has a straightforward personality and hurriedly asked.
Seeing that the three of them were all looking at him, Gu Qi scratched his already somewhat sparse hair, "You also know that I was born in the Far Eastern Fortress, so I have also heard of this Liangying Floating Sky City. Although I have never been there, it is rumored that the people of Liangying City have always been extremely xenophobic, and although that floating city is one of the Eight David Cities in the Far East, it has always been self-contained because of its special location. So to avoid trouble, it's not really good for us to go there to resupply and then turn back to the fortress. ”
"That's easy, let's just take a detour." The second dog urn said angrily.
"Ahem, that, guys. I forgot to tell you, but I didn't actually park the float here, our energy block was depleted, and then he parked here by himself. Xiao Cong was embarrassed, and said stubbornly, "So whether it's going to Liangying City, or taking a detour, I'm afraid we don't have that ability......"
Gucci: "......"
Ergou: "......"
Si Xingfeng: "......"
"Don't look at me like that, I was also driving and found that the floating car stopped here and suddenly didn't move, only to find out that I had actually been separated from the other brothers." Xiao Cong was embarrassed.
"Mr. Gu, I remember you told me before that the previous vehicles did not have a floating function. We have to use the highway to get to and from various areas, you look at the black belt below, is it a highway? Si Xingfeng interjected at the right time.
When Gu Qi heard this, he hurriedly looked down, "Huo, it's actually such a well-preserved highway." Let's take a walk, get out of the car, and we'll walk along it, and maybe we'll find some amazing ruins of civilization! ”