Chapter 18 "Just talk, why are you sticking to me?"

They stayed in Y City for another two days, and confirmed that there were no other abnormalities in Jiang Jie's body and there were not too many problems in using his supernatural powers. Then they drove away early in the morning.

When the RV was driving on the street, many people still asked them for help through the windows, trying to find a brave companion to take them away from here to a safer place.

Unfortunately, the RV sped past without stopping for them.

The government officials in City Y were not as responsible as those in City H and withdrew when the situation became somewhat out of control.

Without anyone to manage this place, it will soon become a nest of alien creatures. If the remaining people don't find a way to leave, they will just sit here and wait for death.

They themselves may be aware of this, but their fear still traps them in a seemingly safe house.

However, not everyone is cowardly.

Jiang Jie glanced at the front and rear view screens of the car and saw two private cars falling behind their RV.

"Brother Jie, they..." Lin Mian also saw it and called him hesitantly.

"Don't worry about it." Jiang Jie withdrew his gaze.

The road is not his, so if these people want to follow him, they can follow him. As long as they don't get close to him, he can pretend that they don't exist. Anyway, he doesn't care whether they live or die.

In order to avoid the alien creatures, their cars zigzagged around and didn't drive on a normal road. Sometimes they even turned into narrow streets.

The two cars behind were always following very closely, and it seemed that they had made up their minds to stay together.

They probably thought that since they dared to run around on the streets, they must have some skills, and since they drove such an RV, they must have sufficient supplies.

If you team up with such people, your chances of survival will be greater.

But why do we think strangers will help them for no reason?

Trying to follow others self-righteously may not necessarily result in better results than acting alone.

He's not some nice guy who radiates love.

After the car left the city and drove onto the fast lane, there were fewer buildings and the view was better.

Jiang Jie increased the speed and the driving became much smoother, and the journey was relatively smooth.

After looking at the scenery passing by outside the window for a long time, Lin Mian felt a little dizzy. He withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the people who had been driving for almost two hours since leaving Y City.

There was no village or shop nearby, so it wasn't a good place to stop and rest. He reached out and pulled out a bag of dried mangoes from the side, saying, "Brother, would you like something to eat?"

Driving is a very tiring activity. Sitting next to the driver, all he can do is try his best to take care of the other person.

Jiang Jie doesn't like snacks very much. Although he has developed the habit of eating anything in the past few years, he still has little interest in these snacks that cannot fill his stomach and are only for satisfying his personal appetite.

But after glancing at the other person's slender white fingers unpacking the package, he still responded.

Lin Mian tore open the package, took out a piece of dried fruit, and leaned over to hand it to the person's mouth.

Jiang Jie opened his mouth and took a bite. The dried mango tasted sweet and sour, different from the fresh mango, but also delicious.

After feeding him one piece, Lin Mian took out another piece from the bag and handed it to him.

The dried fruit pressed against his lips, and he could smell the scent of mango, but Jiang Jie stepped back and said, "No thanks."

Lin Mian had no choice but to retract his hand and stuff the dried fruit into his mouth.

Jiang Jie paused slightly, glanced at him, and watched as he bit off the dried fruit that had touched his lips without hesitation, and finally ate the whole piece.

He averted his gaze and tapped his fingers on the steering wheel.

Lin Mian ate the piece of dried fruit without noticing anything and put the rest aside for the time being, then asked the other party if he wanted some water.

Jiang Jie tapped his fingertips again and said, "Ice water."

The car was driving relatively smoothly, so Lin Mian unbuckled his seat belt and got up to get something from the small refrigerator in the back.

"Boom—"

Suddenly, a muffled thunder sounded in the sky. Lin Mian paused in opening the refrigerator door, leaned forward, looked up at the sky through the car window.

The sun was still shining brightly outside, and the hot sunlight stung his eyes. He could feel the heat even through the glass. He shrank his head to avoid the direct sunlight on his face.

I wondered if I had heard it right, so I went back to the car with some ice water and said, "It seemed like there was thunder just now."

Jiang Jie also heard it and responded.

After making sure it wasn't his own illusion, Lin Mian unscrewed the bottle cap and handed it to the person. "It shouldn't rain in this weather, right?"

He was not very sure. After all, the weather had become very abnormal since the previous rainstorm, and it was impossible to infer based on common sense.

Jiang Yan freed one hand to take the water he handed over, took a few sips and handed it back, "I'm not sure, let's see what the weather will be like later."

His memories of his previous life were not all clear, but those that he remembered were those that had a significant impact.

And since the last earthquake, he knew that he couldn't be 100% sure about some things, and the butterfly effect brought about by rebirth would bring some changes.

But he felt that even if it rained this time, it would not be as severe as before.

After the thunder, they indeed did not hear any more noise, and the scorching sunlight outside the window was still as bright as ever.

Lin Mian breathed a sigh of relief. They were already halfway through their journey, and if it really started to rain, it would be unsafe.

Before this concern was confirmed, they encountered other obstacles.

There was a large overturned truck ahead, blocking the road.

The car slowly stopped, Jiang Jie opened the door and got out, then walked over to observe.

The trucks carrying large goods were heavy and long, and they were lying sideways, blocking the entire road. Only the front of the truck had a little space, but the width was so wide that not only their RV, but even a small private car could not pass through. At most, a three-wheeled vehicle could squeeze through.

I went around to take a look and saw that there had been a chain reaction accident for some unknown reason. There were several overturned cars behind the truck and it was a complete mess.

It is impossible to clean it up. If you want to move forward, you can only take a detour.

And you have to drive back a distance. There are guardrails on both sides of the nearby road, and there are no extra branches to take.

Jiang Jie made a "tsk" sound with some impatience.

"Are we going back?" Lin Mian, who had followed him, saw this situation and turned to ask him.

Jiang Jie nodded in response. There was no other way. Fortunately, there was a fork in the road not far away. He just didn't know how long it would take to find a fork in the road and get back to the main lane.

He turned around to go back to the car and saw two private cars parked behind their RV. The people in the cars were huddled up in the cars and had not gotten out, waiting for them to check the road conditions.

Jiang Jie sneered, ignored them, returned to the car, waited for Lin Mian to get in, and turned the car around.

The two cars were quite conscious and stopped without moving. They only turned around and followed after they drove out.

After driving back for about ten minutes, I successfully turned into a fork in the road. Although the fork was not as wide as the main road, it was also very smooth and did not affect the speed of the car much.

Lin Mian felt a little relieved. He looked up at the sky again. The sun was still shining brightly and there was no sign of rain.

I thought to myself, maybe that thunder wasn’t a sign of a changing world.

But perhaps it was really bad weather. Before his thoughts could disperse, there was another muffled thunder in the sky, which brought him back to his senses.

Faintly, it seemed as if the sky had darkened a degree.

At this rate, it might really rain later, and it looks like it will rain heavily.

"Brother Jie, the weather seems to be really going to change." Lin Mian withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the person in the driver's seat.

He thought it would be best to find a place to stay before the rain started. Driving in the rain was unsafe, and vision and hearing would be affected to a certain extent, so there was no guarantee that there would be no accidents.

Jiang Jie seemed very calm, "It's okay, we're driving an RV, if it really snows hard we'll just stop by the roadside to rest."

That made some sense, and Lin Mian's worries disappeared. Anyway, they didn't have to abide by any traffic rules now. There would be no traffic police to catch them, and they wouldn't feel unsafe because of other vehicles on the road.

Because of this sense of relaxation, they drove for nearly another hour. Near noon, when the sunlight was already dim, they did not continue to move forward, but pulled over.

Jiang Jie stretched, rolled his neck a few times, and stood up from his seat. "Let's eat something before we go."

They don’t have any specific destination at the moment, so they just go wherever they want. There’s no need to rush, and there’s no need to put their stomachs at risk.

As for the two private cars following behind...

Jiang Jie doesn't care what they think.

Lin Mian stood up and stretched his waist, which was a little stiff from sitting for a long time, and said, "Brother Ji, what do you want to eat?"

Before he could finish his words, a hand suddenly rested on his waist. He paused and turned to look at the man beside him with a bit of confusion.

Jiang Jie's gaze shifted from his waist to his face, and he asked in an ambiguous tone, "What are you twisting?"

What are you twisting? Lin Mian was even more confused. He blinked and didn't say anything for a while. Someone pinched the soft flesh on his waist.

He instinctively shrank to the side and pressed himself against the man.

"Lin Xiaotu," Jiang Jie complained, "Just talk if you want to. Why are you clinging to me?"

Lin Mian pursed his lips, feeling inexplicably speechless.

Jiang Yan chuckled and patted him on the waist. "Go ahead, beef noodles."

Subconsciously, he took two steps forward following his force, raised his hand to scratch his face, and went to the stove with a feeling of confusion that had not yet completely dissipated.

When he added water and turned on the electric stove, someone knocked on the car door twice. He turned to look at the person sitting on the sofa fiddling with his supernatural powers.

Jiang Jie raised his eyes. He couldn't sit still for just a few minutes.

He collected the water in his right palm, raised his chin to signal Lin Mian to continue, and stood up to open the door.

Standing under the car was a man in his thirties, of medium build, wearing a pair of rimless glasses, and looking quite gentle.

He had just experienced the ravages of doomsday and was not in very good shape. His cheeks were thin and yellow, his hair was messy and unkempt, and there were sweat stains on the collar of his T-shirt.

The cool air from the air conditioner when the car door opened made him breathe a sigh of relief, while he was also looking at Jiang Jie who was standing on the steps of the car.

Seeing that he was tall and dressed neatly, I felt both envious and jealous, but I also felt that it was a wise choice to follow such a person.

Jiang Jie didn't care what he was thinking. He leaned against the car door frame with his arms crossed, looking down at him, "What's wrong?"

The man quickly smiled and said, "Hello, my name is He Dong. I want to ask, why are we stopping here? Is there something going on?"

We? Jiang Jie raised his lips and sneered, quite familiar. He raised his chin slightly, not intending to exchange names with the other party. "It's noon, time to eat."

Asking Ho Tung's man for a meal, what a mess, eating here? But when he looked at the other party's RV, he couldn't refute it.

In today's world, who would have the luxury of eating on time, especially in such a remote place where you don't know if there is any danger around?

Besides, it was about to rain, and it would be dangerous to drive if they didn't find a place to stay quickly. They couldn't just do the same as the other person and sleep in the car when they stopped halfway.

Thinking of this, he smiled again and said, "The weather isn't very good. It looks like it's going to rain soon. Should we hurry on and find a place to take shelter and rest?"

"Yeah, that makes sense." Jiang Jie nodded cooperatively, and when the other person's eyes lit up, he raised his lips and smiled, "Goodbye."

With a bang, he closed the car door.

The man who was left outside the car had a dark face and looked a little embarrassed.