Chapter 13: On the Road
"It's getting colder."
Noon was approaching, and the frost on the ground was about to disappear.
National Highway 502.
The sides are bare, without any vegetation, and in addition to the yellowish and blackened soil, there are shadowy ruins in the distance.
A van, running in the cold wind.
Inside the car, the air conditioner was turned on, and the hot air was gusting.
The windshield constantly condensed white fog, which was wiped off by the wipers.
With his hands on the steering wheel, his feet on the accelerator and brake, he concentrated on driving.
He's already proficient in driving, but he still doesn't take it lightly.
There is a slight driving noise in your ears.
The scenery on both sides receded rapidly.
Zombies occasionally appear on the road.
The zombies behind the car can't catch up with the car.
The zombie in front of the car was hit by the car.
"Motion sickness?"
"Don't get dizzy."
Only two rows of seats remained in the van, the rest of which were dismantled and a cotton mattress was laid on the vacated floor.
At the back of the car, there is also a gasoline on-board generator installed by the original owner.
The little girl, Bai Chino, squatted in front of the electric frying pan, frying two slices of steak mushrooms.
The mushroom is the size of a palm, flat, sauce-red, bubbling in the pan, and the aroma is escaping and wafting through the carriage.
She swallowed.
"Brother, your ability is really powerful."
"That's it."
The electric frying pan was made out of the previous can.
It's a power cord connected to the on-board generator.
"I'm a little thirsty, help me pick some Sprite mushrooms."
"Aang."
Bai Chino agreed, stepped on the ladder, opened the sunroof of the van, poked his head out, and was instantly ruffled by the cold wind.
There were two woven bags on the roof of the car, filled with zombie carrion, and there were some tears on the surface.
In the cracks, mushrooms grew one after another.
Flattened, is steak mushrooms.
Chubby spherical, translucent, and sprite mushrooms.
Chubby spherical, opaque, gasoline mushrooms.
Bai Chino carefully broke a Sprite mushroom and tried not to hurt the mycelium.
This thing is like a leek, the mycelium is rooted in the culture medium, but the stipe and cap, once cut, can grow another stubble.
It's a pity that the mushrooms produced by the system can't be planted.
Bai Chino climbed back and went to the passenger seat.
The backrest of the passenger seat has been removed to facilitate forward and backward movement.
Sprite mushrooms tore open and held them to his brother's mouth with two small meat hands.
"No need to feed it."
"No, you can drive well."
Bai Kabu smiled helplessly, so he had to open his mouth.
"Come back a little more."
Cold, refreshing sweet liquid that flows into the mouth with a hint of spiciness.
I don't know if Sprite before the catastrophe tasted like this.
But it's really delicious!
After feeding his brother, Bai Chino picked up the account book and made a record in the Sprite mushroom column.
"Ripe Sprite mushrooms, consume one."
After driving for a long time, there were no zombies nearby.
White Kabu stops, turns off the engine, and pulls the handbrake.
Climb to the back seat and eat.
The steak mushrooms have been packed into a fast food cup.
Pick up the chopsticks and take a bite, and the juice overflows between your teeth.
Fat, myoglobin, fibers close to meat, hot and oily.
Chewing, full of flavor.
Swallow and be satisfied.
He had only eaten breadgrass.
But the instinct that remains in the genes accelerates the secretion of salivary glands and makes the brain happy.
What's even more amazing is that after eating this mushroom, Bai Kabu can detect that his strength attribute has increased!
The first time I eat it, the strength attribute increases a little, and then the effect fades sharply.
This probably isn't a drug. Instead, he eats breadgrass all year round, and there is a certain deficit in his body, which is made up by steak mushrooms.
Bai Chino took advantage of the parking time to climb out of the sunroof, climb on the roof of the car, and squatted next to the woven bag against the cold wind.
Take the ledger and count and record the number and growth of various mushrooms.
"Sprite mushrooms, fully ripe, twenty pcs.
"Sprite mushrooms, still growing, eighteen.
"Sprite mushrooms, just sprouted, ten.
"Steak mushrooms, fully ripe, twenty-one.
"Steak mushrooms, still growing, nineteen."
……
This time he went to Taocheng, Bai Chino's task was to count and manage supplies, cook and cook, and be responsible for keeping watch while Bai Kabu was sleeping.
After the count, she returned to the carriage.
The little face was red from the cold.
"Brother, I'm done counting."
"Aang. I'm full and I'm going to drive. You sit tight. ”
In fact, Taocheng is a battlefield after all, so you can leave her without bringing her, let her stay in the settlement and live a peaceful life.
But that's just peace.
In a few years, she will probably go to the breadgrass field and trim the breadgrass with the aunts.
In a few decades, she will probably go to the pressurized water well, and look after the pressurized water well with the old ladies.
With her brother here, she doesn't have to work, and spends her days at home leisurely.
But is that all she can do in her life?
White Kabu didn't want that.
He wants his sister to see more, experience more, and slowly become more mature and stronger, so that she can keep up with herself.
The little girl's idea is much simpler.
She just wants to be with her brother.
Mei Zizi finished her share of steak mushrooms, spread out her mattress on the spacious van floor, covered with a quilt, and went to sleep.
At night, she also needs to get up and be on duty.
……
Evening.
There was a heavy fog in the air.
The skylight, which was already fading, was even more misty.
Bai Kabu parked, and in the fog in the distance, it seemed that the shadow of a high-rise building could already be seen.
"Have you arrived in Peach City?
"Find a safe place to spend the night."
There is an exit right next to it.
He drove off the highway.
Follow the road.
Turn on the bioradar and perceive the surrounding lifeforms.
In the radar field of view, the pale green light spots are very scattered.
"The zombies here seem to have been cleaned up?"
His bioradar, whose detection range is increased by intelligence attributes, has a radius of 760 meters. 100 meters is the base range, and 660 meters is the wisdom bonus.
In the radar, a red point of light was gradually detected, a red point of light belonging to a human evolutionary.
Also, you can see the specific property values.
It is worth mentioning that, according to Bai Kabu's understanding, it seems that only his bioradar can see the attribute values.
Normal evolutionaries can only see points of light of different colors. They need to go through complex physical tests, psychological tests, and observe a number of indicators to know the specific attribute values.
"This one, the strength attribute is 39...... Well, it's stronger than the Iron Army.
"This one, strength attribute 42.
"Strength attribute 55.
"Strength attribute 30."
……
Driving along the way, there are about a few hundred human evolutionaries scanned by bioradar, and the overall attribute is about 50, which is not very strong.
"There are quite a lot of human evolutionaries, and it seems that it is a place that belongs to human beings, resting and adjusting."
With the naked eye, I can see the remnants of broken walls and rusty steel cans.
"This place is also an industrial park.
"It's in the book...... Suburban industrial parks? ”
In the small courtyard on the left, no humans were detected by the radar.
So he twisted the steering wheel and drove the car in.
Two zombies greeted him.
"There is no shortage of zombie meat for the time being."
Bai Kabu kicked the accelerator, knocked it away, and ran over again.
Make sure there are no other zombies nearby.
The van stopped.
Wake up my sister, and the brother and sister are full of food and drink.
Take out a tablet, shoulder to shoulder, and start surfing the Internet.
If you want to know the current situation of Taocheng, the Internet is the most convenient way!
Before coming, Bai Kabu had already applied for an online account for the Rescue Group.
Moreover, the van can charge electronic products, and the electronic products that were previously opened in the cans have become veritable treasures at this time.
Enter the Rescue Group's chat room.
"Excuse me, are there chat rooms and forums for human evolutionaries in Taocheng?"
In the fast-scrolling stream of messages, answers quickly appeared.
"In Peach City? I'll give you a LAN URL, 172.16.10.10. Chat rooms and forums are here. ”
Bai Kabu replied with a thank you.
Enthusiastic netizens sent another reminder.
"There are more than enough people in this group to save the group, there are many fish and deep water, be careful."
Bai Kabu replied again, thank you.
Enter the address in the browser.
A rudimentary page appears, with two links.
"Taocheng Human Forum".
"Peach City Human Chat Room".