Chapter 737: Getting Lost and Going in Circles

"Lu Weiyi, we seem to be going in the wrong direction."

Wu Yue's scream woke Lu Weiyi up from his sleep. He stuck his head out in a daze and saw Wu Yue pointing at the constellations above his head and extending a compass towards him. "The magnetic field has really changed. The south shown by the compass is no longer the south as we understand it. If we follow this direction, we will have deviated from it long ago."

Lu Weiyi studied in an art school in college. He didn't even take the college entrance examination. Zhuang Mingxu donated several buildings to the school and successfully sent him in. Throughout college, he was in a state of going if he wanted to and not going if he didn't want to. Such profound questions were simply beyond his ability to understand.

You Qi had just woken up and his mind was still confused. The only thing he understood was that they were going in the wrong direction. "So where are we now?"

"..."Wu Yue.

He doesn't know either.

He made this judgment after discovering that the directions of the constellations and the compass were inconsistent, but to know the exact direction required detailed calculations.

"You sleep a little longer, I'll study it." Wu Yue said, and sat back in his seat. He looked at the sky, then at the compass in his hand, and occasionally took out paper and pen to write and draw. He looked particularly professional and reliable.

The complicated numerical formulas and even graphs made Lu Weiyi's eyes water. He briefly told Zhuang Mingxu about his findings and immediately received a response from him.

The two chatted for a while, and Lu Weiyi released the phoenix to guard for them and forced himself to go back to sleep.

At daybreak, Wu Yue finally figured out their possible location.

"Now we can only be sure that the magnetic field has not completely reversed, but it has shifted. I don't know whether it is still changing. But according to yesterday's calculations, we should not be heading towards the base at all, but..." Wu Yue pointed in the direction on the map and drew a long arrow.

"Deviated to the north."

"Mengbei Base?" This is Lu Weiyi's understanding of the north.

"No, the Mengbei base is northwest of our base, in the northeast area of ​​Laoshan. It should be somewhere in between, but the specific location needs to be re-determined." Wu Yue's eyes were filled with excitement, as if he had found a way out of the predicament.

This made Lu Weiyi embarrassed to remind him that no matter which direction they went, they had never seen a living person from beginning to end.

While the two were talking, Taotao's voice was heard in the space, and Lu Weiyi took it secretly. He saw that it was like a short essay, which wrote about the situation that Zhuang Mingxu had inquired from the Mountain God Base.

In the first few days of the severe winter, a large area of ​​colorful halo appeared in the sky. During that period, most of the electrical appliances used in homes were damaged. Some people said that a geomagnetic storm had occurred, but the Mountain God Base was isolated from the world, and the narrow area between the two high mountains limited their view of the sky, so what they saw was not comprehensive, and no one took it seriously.

After that, there were several minor earthquakes, but the mountain god said nothing serious had happened, so they didn't take it seriously.

It seems that something had happened, but they were hiding in the mountains and were unaware of it.

"Then let's correct it according to the direction you mentioned," Lu Weiyi said.

They set out again without the Phoenix, and directly used their special powers to run in the wild. This feeling was not very wonderful. The roads disappeared in the deserted place, and there were densely grown weeds everywhere, which were often as tall as a person. After a while, the two could not even see each other.

Even though their enhanced abilities allow them to avoid any injuries from being hit or knocked, seeing branches coming towards them still makes them want to dodge instinctively.

In the vast wilderness, the two of them are as small as dust and can get lost at any time. Lu Weiyi needs to keep in touch with Zhuang Mingxu from time to time to dispel the feeling that he may get lost at any time and never be able to return.

It was another fruitless day. Wu Yue was already full of energy when he woke up in the morning. He knew that Lu Weiyi was easily influenced, so he did not show any emotion. He kept reassuring Lu Weiyi that he would wait and see tomorrow, and he would definitely find something.

"Aren't the zombies still the same? It turns out that it's not a big deal. It's just that we still haven't figured out the direction. Mingxu will stabilize the Shanshen base. Let's take our time. Don't be anxious."

"I'm not in a hurry," Lu Weiyi said. He left Taotao here to save Zhuang Mingxu's life.

However, continuing to run aimlessly like this is definitely not a solution.

"Tomorrow, we will use Phoenix to explore the way and move in the direction you said."

"Can……"

"We are also consuming our supernatural powers by running like this, and it would be too tiring for two people at the end of the day, so it would be better to concentrate the consumption on one person," Lu Weiyi explained, "Besides, the view from high altitude is wider and we can see more things."

Wu Yue had no better choice but to agree.

When he woke up the next day, Lu Weiyi released the phoenix again.

"I feel like the direction has shifted again," Wu Yue showed Lu Weiyi the results of his calculations with dark circles under his eyes, "and... we seem to be going in circles."

He showed Lu Weiyi a landmark in his hand, on which was written "** city welcomes you" and "this city is not far from Tongcheng and belongs to the same province."

"And..." Wu Yue held the compass and showed it to Lu Weiyi. The needle on it kept spinning and stopped after a while. When Wu Yue turned the direction and started spinning again, the compass stopped again but changed the direction. "The compass is malfunctioning."

"But... aren't we running in the same direction?" Lu Weiyi asked.

"It feels like it, but no one can really say for sure. Living things' judgment will be affected by changes in the magnetic field," Wu Yue asked, and then asked Lu Weiyi whether the Phoenix would be affected.

"I don't know." Fenghuang is illiterate, so it is impossible for him to understand such a profound question, let alone understand it.

"Then can we go back?" Lu Weiyi asked the most down-to-earth question, which made Wu Yue couldn't help laughing, "Probably."

"Now the compass is unreliable. We'll have to rely on ground landmarks to determine the direction." Wu Yue was not the type to complain. As soon as he found the cause, he immediately thought of a solution. "Like you said yesterday, just think of making a new map."

Lu Weiyi nodded heavily, and the two men regrouped and set off again. This time they kept flying at a low altitude, and would land and mark any city with buildings they saw. A few days later, Wu Yue looked at a terrain similar to a crater and fell silent.

"Are there volcanoes in our country?" Lu Weiyi looked at the surrounding landforms that were obviously caused by the outpouring of magma and asked Wu Yue in a low voice.

"Yes," Wu Yue said with certainty. What he didn't say was that the possibility of an eruption was very low.

Over the course of several days, the magnetic field continued to change, which indeed affected them. It was like they had entered a maze, with their bodies unconsciously heading in the wrong direction. On several occasions, Lu Weiyi clearly noticed that they were going in circles.

Seeing this iconic thing at this time, Wu Yue finally told Lu Weiyi affirmatively, "We are still north of the base."

He squatted on the ground, touched the ground with his hand, and after a while said, "There are signs of flooding here."

"You know all this?" Lu Weiyi thought his ability was so strong. He saw the ground in front of Wu Yue squirming for a while and then spit out a few fish. Only bones were left of the fish and it was impossible to tell their species.

But Wu Yue said with certainty, "It's sea water."

Lu Weiyi looked at him blankly, waiting for an explanation, and then he saw Wu Yue slowly taking out the skeleton of a cutlassfish.

There was no need to identify the distinct features. Lu Weiyi was so confused by his tricks that he didn't want to ask any more questions. "Can this place be flooded to the sea?"

"Under normal circumstances, it's not possible. But if a volcanic eruption occurs..." Wu Yue looked in one direction and paused, "With such a large scale, there is a high possibility of triggering a tsunami."

"Use your mental power to explore this side and see if you can find the coastline." Wu Yue pointed in a direction. Lu Weiyi released his mental power instantly without saying a word.

Different from covering the surrounding with mental power, this does not require any technical content at all, and extending a strand of mental power is still controlled by Lu Weiyi, which requires him to be very careful to ensure that he does not go around in circles halfway.

It extended all the way to the end of Lu Weiyi's mental power, but still did not reach the trace of sea level. However, he felt the humidity in the air increasing, which proved that Wu Yue's judgment was correct.

"We'll find it if we follow the coastline," Wu Yue said.

After reconfirming, the two set out on their journey again.

At the same time, Zhuang Mingxu finally waited for the mutant peacock to arrive late. Unlike the majestic appearance when it left, it returned like a wet chicken.

The rain wet its feathers, making it increasingly difficult to fly. The unfamiliar place and lack of sense of direction made it turn around almost everywhere before it finally found its way home by accident.

As if frightened by being lost, the mutant peacock spent most of its time hiding not far from where Zhuang Mingxu lived after returning. Although it paid little attention to him, the deterrent effect was indeed obvious. During this period, Zhao Gang took the team back to rest for a few days and handed over a large number of crystal cores.

When Lu Weiyi and Wu Yue finally found the coastline, Zhuang Mingxu was already planning to have the residents of the Mountain God Base reorganize their planting program.

The two sides occasionally communicated about the progress, and then went in different directions. This complementary way of getting along was more like a joint effort. As Lu Weiyi spared no efforts in persuading Zhuang Mingxu, he gradually felt the way out and confidence that Zhuang Mingxu gave him, and his restless and panicked heart miraculously calmed down.

On the third day of traveling along the coastline, it suddenly started to rain heavily. It was not like the early spring rain. It poured down from the sky like a bucket of water. Within a few hours, the ground under our feet had turned into puddles.

The two men who were unable to move forward took shelter in a temporarily reinforced half-built building. Lu Weiyi communicated with Zhuang Mingxu about the situation on both sides, while Wu Yue wandered around vigilantly.

"You take a rest, Phoenix is ​​outside, she'll be fine." Lu Weiyi was comforted by Zhuang Mingxu and his emotions were stable, while Wu Yue relied entirely on his strong mind to hold on.

"It's okay, I'm just looking..." Wu Yue looked towards the rain, his voice suddenly getting louder, "Lu Weiyi, do you think that's a... person?"