Traveling through the new apocalyptic era

Chapter 272 Stay
It was too late, and Yin Ling was very tired from traveling these days, so she found an empty room upstairs, tidied it up a little, and then rested with her grandma.

Although the others were excited, they couldn't hold on any longer so they ate something and soon went to rest.

The next day, everyone got up late without any prior arrangement.

We had breakfast with a local guy, and then everyone turned into curious kids and started asking about the situation here.

However, due to the language barrier, it seems like we are talking at cross purposes.

But Yin Ling, who had been silent all this time, had almost understood the situation.

Ping'an Base, which was where Yin Ling came to provide support in the previous life. Unexpectedly, she was implicated by Yun Ge's foundation building and was inexplicably destroyed.

According to the young man, the space channel on the Northern Ping'an Base side was blown up, the spiritual energy here began to dissipate, and many practitioners moved away. Only a small number of ordinary people remained here and started to live an ordinary life.

The official personnel of the base also left some supplies behind when they evacuated, and everyone has to fend for themselves for the rest. However, the communications are still maintained, so if anyone has any questions, they can contact other bases for help.

There are very few people in the city, and they live very scattered. Some of them rely on the nearby mountains to survive, and some of them open up wasteland nearby to grow crops. The soil and water that have been cleansed by spiritual energy are very suitable for planting, which achieves twice the result with half the effort.

The area is vast, sparsely populated, rich in resources, and there are not many security risks, so naturally some people are willing to stay.

Li Qi spoke until his mouth was dry, but the people opposite him didn't seem to understand and were scratching their heads anxiously.

Li Qi was the young man who entertained them. The current situation was that both sides were still unclear about each other's situation.

Li Qi had no idea where Yin Ling and the others came from. They looked similar, but their speech was totally incomprehensible. It was not any foreign language or dialect he knew. They kept pointing in the direction of the mountains and describing something in an exaggerated manner.

Xu Jing and the others also couldn't understand any of their questions. Where exactly was this place and how did they practice cultivation?
Only Yin Ling roughly understood the situation.

Times have really changed. This place seems to be an abandoned city, but this abandoned city also has a new beginning.

So after some discussion, everyone followed Li Qi out, and toured the base with him, getting to know some of the situation. They were completely a group of scattered people, but very leisurely, with no competition, and everyone was living their own lives. Of course, everyone would lend a hand if needed.

When everyone saw Yin Ling and the others, they greeted them warmly. The more people there are in the city, the better. Now there are still too few people and it seems too deserted. Although they are curious about the origins of Yin Ling and the others, no one cares if they can't figure it out. Since the natural disaster, people all over the world have been migrating in various ways. It is very chaotic, but also more tolerant.

Now human beings are truly very precious creatures in nature. If we don’t work harder, who knows, human beings may disappear in a few years.

But after walking around and recognizing some people and roads, Li Qi led everyone out of the north gate to a farmland. The crops were very diverse, mainly wheat, corn, some sweet potatoes, and various other vegetables.

From Li Qi's gestures, everyone saw that the approximately five acres of land he marked out was developed by him.

So next...

Everyone started a farming life, going out early and returning late. They helped Li Qi to open up wasteland in exchange for daily necessities, and learned the local language from Li Qi.

The most motivated one among them is Li Xiu'e, who has been farming for a lifetime and is not only experienced, but also feels more at ease. In addition, the crops here are growing so well that she likes them very much, and of course the grass in the fields is also growing very well.

Yin Ling works in the fields during the day and practices at night. Although the space channel here is closed and the spiritual energy dissipates to all parts of the world, it is enough for Yin Ling at the moment.

As for the others who were still learning to read and speak, although they were anxious, they could only take it one step at a time. The days passed peacefully.

However, there was a huge vibration in the outside world.

A high-speed train disappeared, and all the people on it disappeared as well.

It not only caused a stir domestically, but also caused huge shocks internationally.

After a week of investigation and visits, no trace of the car was found, it disappeared out of thin air. As public opinion fermented, the disappearance of this car has become a world mystery.

The place where the train disappeared attracted a large number of internet celebrities to live broadcast and explorers to gather, but the authorities set up a cordon to keep people outside a certain area, and a large number of armed forces were deployed here to maintain order. It has become a new tourist attraction.

The original inhabitants of the villages and towns nearby were also carefully investigated and visited by the authorities.

If this incident was man-made, then the only way out would be the nearby residents.

Yin Ling and the others were naturally unaware of the panic and shock of the outside world. Even if they knew, they were powerless and could only rely on fate. Perhaps they would never have the chance to go back in this life.

Yin Ling was also very careful about her life this time, because this was her original body. After several reincarnations, she returned to her original body and was not sure whether she would have another chance to survive.

"So, although those people have no direct relationship with this incident, their origins are strange. Maybe they are involved in some mysterious incident?" Zhao Hui looked at the investigation reports of the past few days. Except for the appearance of a few people, there was nothing unusual.

"Find these people immediately." Zhao Hui gave the order decisively, hoping that this would be a breakthrough.

Zhao Hui, the person in charge of investigating the disappearance of the train, still has no clue after a week of investigation, but now he can only try his best. If there is no further progress, he really will not be able to explain to the people of the whole country.

But this incident is indeed strange. After excluding all possibilities, the last impossible one becomes the biggest possibility.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hui couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

The breakthrough in this matter was the few people the villagers were talking about, people who had appeared in the neighborhood in the past few months with foreign accents that no one could understand.

No one knew where these people came from, they spoke an incomprehensible language, they had been here for some time, and now they had left together.

Maybe there will be some gain in finding them.

As everyone learned the language, Yin Ling slowly began to understand the place, and she also learned some information from Li Qi's conversation.

"You mean, there were cases of people disappearing in the mountains where we came out before?" Yin Ling asked stumblingly.

"Yes, it was during the period after the passage was closed that everyone formed a team to clean up the mutant plants. As a result, a team disappeared as a whole, and some people who left the team also disappeared inexplicably without any trace."

Li Qi seemed to be recalling and sighing, "At that time, there were no large mutant plants. The officials had cleared them out before they left. Later, some people went there to hunt, but they disappeared. Gradually, people stopped going there and only stayed near the base."

Yin Ling nodded thoughtfully. She didn’t know whether the disappeared people were used as nutrients by the mutated plants, or whether they really disappeared. Maybe they were just like them. Where would they go then?
Although everyone was anxious, they were also full of energy. With the big carrot of cultivation hanging over their shoulders, they studied harder and more intensely than they had in their senior year of high school.

The person who was most relaxed was not Yin Ling, but her grandmother. She pulled weeds in the fields and swept the floor every day. She couldn't read, let alone learn the local characters, but she was quite comfortable.