Apocalyptic Paradise

Chapter 16

In the days that followed, the two continued to move forward according to their previous progress.Every day at dawn, we spend the night overnight, crossing mountains and ridges, and trekking hard.Yuan Dingfang is physically strong, and with special training, it is a piece of cake for him to walk more than 100 miles a day, but Chen Zhuxia is different.Although her body is much stronger than that of ordinary girls, she is far from Yuan Dingfang.Coupled with malnutrition, her speed is getting slower and slower, and Yuan Dingfang often needs to stop and wait for her.

"How about we go slower." Yuan Dingfang discussed with her.

"No, I can do it. We need to get out of here quickly. Recently, my heart is always restless, and I always feel like something will happen." Chen Zhuxia resolutely refused, with a stubborn face.

"Don't be brave, girls are always weak in physical strength—" Before Yuan Dingfang finished speaking, he held back under Chen Zhuxia's glaring gaze.Yuan Dingfang rubbed his nose and smiled dryly before closing his mouth knowingly.

The two of them traveled so far, and she almost couldn't figure out Chen Zhuxia's temper.

Never say that women are weak in front of her.What's more, if you have something to say, you should say it freely, and you can't talk about it.

Of course, Yuan Dingfang was in favor of the second point. He himself was a straightforward person.As for the first rule, he would violate it from time to time.

The two continued on their way in silence.

Half a month later, they left Shaanxi and entered Ningxia.

As soon as I arrived in Ningxia, the popularity inside began to increase.Some walk and some drive.Most of them are young men with disheveled faces and a few women. There are no old people or children at all.

The eyes of these people kept scanning their backpacks like hungry wolves.

Both of them were afraid of being robbed, and they didn't dare to put anything in their backpacks.Along the way, nothing happened.

Now Chen Zhuxia is no longer afraid of zombies, she is afraid of living people.Zombies will at least not play tricks on you, you will kill them when they come, and you will be relaxed when they leave, but people are different, you have to be on guard all the time.No matter how innocent his smile is, you have to guard against it.

The two of them kept a close eye on the situation on the road while they were on their way to see if there were any unowned cars.Ownerless cars do exist, but they're either wrecked or don't have a drop of gasoline.

And here is sparsely populated, not many gas stations.Even if there is stock in the gas station, after group after group of people robbed, what is left?Chen Zhuxia secretly hated herself for not being able to think long-term when hoarding things.Things like gasoline, seeds, solar generators, etc.It's too late to regret now.We can only take one step at a time.

Thinking of seeds, Chen Zhuxia suddenly remembered the vegetable seeds that were scattered into the space half a month ago.She took the time to enter the space to check the situation when no one was looking.The seeds planted last time have not sprouted yet!She squatted down a little dejectedly, and used the farm tools she picked up on the road to loosen the soil and hoe the ground.Now she has another discovery: the time flow in her space is much slower than that of the outside world, but the growth speed of plants is correspondingly much slower.She used to read space novels, and the time flow in the space was much slower than the outside world, but the growth rate of the animals and plants inside was much faster than normal.Why is she different from others?But with this growth rate, how long will it take her to eat fresh vegetables?When their stored food is used up, they will have to live off the vegetables in the field.

Otherwise, where to find food in this world of ice and snow?

It's okay, there must be a way.Don't those who don't have space survive?Chen Zhuxia kept pumping herself up, and then scooped up water from the lunch box to irrigate the vegetable field.After finishing all this, she hurried out of the space.Yuan Dingfang was used to her coming out and going in suddenly, so he didn't show much surprise.Chen Zhuxia also thought about whether outsiders could enter. She hesitated for a long time before deciding to experiment with Yuan Ding Fang. The answer was: no.After getting this result, she was slightly relieved.

"Don't worry, no one can take away what belongs to you." Yuan Dingfang comforted her casually.

"Rest for a while, and we'll be on our way."

As soon as Chen Zhuxia had time to sit down, she quickly flipped through the ancient book.Since the ancient book gave her a warning at the beginning of the disaster, nothing unusual has happened so far.Chen Zhuxia pondered over and over again and still found nothing.As for the legendary spiritual energy of comprehension and the like, it is even more nonsense.She laughed at herself. It seemed that she was too addicted to online novels, and unconsciously regarded herself as the heroine, always thinking that she would have a lot of golden fingers.

Just as Chen Zhuxia was thinking wildly, a helicopter buzzed and circled above their heads again.

"Pay attention to concealment." Yuan Dingfang reminded in a deep voice.Chen Zhuxia immediately reacted and followed Yuan Dingfang into the nearby cave.

"What's going on? Li Junhao and the others are driving an off-road vehicle. The target is very obvious. They must have found it long ago. Why is the plane coming again now?" Chen Zhuxia was full of doubts.

"If my guess is right, it's very likely that I'm looking for you this time."

"Could it be—" Chen Zhuxia's heart couldn't help sinking.Has her secret been exposed?Li Junhao told his cousin what happened on the road?

"Can we change the route?" Chen Zhuxia thought for a while before asking.One Hu Feng is enough to annoy her, she doesn't want to deal with other people with ulterior motives.

"Yes, but the walking speed is too slow. We have to hurry up and get a car. It is impossible to walk to Xinjiang."

"Of course." They must arrive at their destination before the beginning of spring, otherwise, as soon as the weather gets warmer, animals will wake up, mutated animals and plants, plagues and other problems will appear.I just don't know if it will really get warmer this day.

The two discussed for a long time and finally decided to go along the main road. There were more and more vehicles on the road, and there were always empty cars with some gasoline.

"But gasoline is a problem. The farther to the northwest, the more desolate, there are fewer and fewer cities, and the number of gas stations is correspondingly reduced."

It has been more than a month since the disaster happened.The gasoline at the gas station has long been robbed by the first few people, so how can it be their turn?

At this time, the two of them were walking on the road, and the backpack was also empty. It seemed that there was no oil and water, and it took a while to not attract the attention of others.Of course, there are also people who strike up a conversation and want to go on the road together.But Chen Zhuxia had already been made so easily afraid of partnering with others by what happened last time.

Three days later, they finally got an empty car.

The owner inside is dead.It looked like he died of hunger and cold.

The two dragged the dead man out of the car and buried them silently by the side of the road, and then drove on the road.

It's just that they didn't drive very far, they stopped helplessly - there was no gasoline.

Yuan Dingfang thought for a while and said, "You sit in the car and lock the door, I'll go down and find a way. Don't move." Chen Zhuxia sat obediently in the car and waited.Yuan Dingfang went out with a pack of instant noodles and ham sausage.About an hour later, when Chen Zhuxia wanted to go down to look for him, he came back with a bucket of gasoline with a happy face.

"How did you get it?" Chen Zhuxia was surprised.

"Of course it was exchanged."

"Why is gasoline so precious?"

"No matter how precious it is, can food be so precious?" Chen Zhuxia smiled, and that was true.Without gasoline, they can walk.Without food they starve to death.

Chen Zhuxia found that his face was hurt again, and asked quickly: "What's wrong, this is?"

Yuan Dingfang didn't mind and said, "It's okay, I just had a few fights with people." Yuan Dingfang didn't say much, and Chen Zhuxia also understood that walking among extremely hungry people with food is a danger in itself.

"Sit down, let's go quickly. A few groups of people have been following me just now." Yuan Dingfang refueled, stepped on the gas pedal, and started the car.Sure enough, several cars followed closely behind.

The two experienced many fights and fights, and they were not too nervous at this time.

The silver-gray real helicopter hovered elsewhere for a while, then flew over again.The road surface is very close.Yuan Dingfang looked up and continued driving.

"Have you ever had contact with high-ranking officials' children before?" Yuan Dingfang asked without thinking.

"Does the village chief's son count?" Chen Zhuxia asked solemnly.

"I'm telling you business."

"I'm talking about business."

Yuan Dingfang shook his head and continued the topic just now: "Judging from his ability to maneuver the helicopter and the praise and expressions of the other four people

Li Junhao's cousin is probably the son of a high-ranking official. "

Chen Zhuxia said disapprovingly: "Don't worry, I have inherited my adoptive father's nobility to some extent. I'm not even interested in being a high-ranking official's child, let alone a high-ranking official himself."

"I have nothing to worry about."

The two quickly fell silent again.

The road conditions were getting worse and worse, so Yuan Dingfang concentrated on driving.Chen Zhuxia began to study the ancient books in his hand again.

The sky is getting darker and the wind is getting stronger.

Raindrops mingled with hail and crackled down, hitting the glass of the car.

"Aren't we chasing the car, and there will be hailstorms as soon as we drive?" Chen Zhuxia said with a wry smile.

(End of this chapter)