Chapter 19 Chapter 19 "Are you inviting us in as guests? ...

"Hey, the peach blossoms are blooming."

When Ye Mian walked back, he heard Xue Kai's voice standing in front of the door, so he also looked up at the peach tree planted on the side.

Two days ago, it had no presence, just a bare little tree. Now, it seemed to have grown pink buds in the blink of an eye, and under the slightly hazy morning light, it bloomed lazily little by little.

Xue Kai's eyebrows lit up: "This is a good sign, it means that good things will happen on your trip."

“…”

“…”

Seeing that Ye Mian and Lu Ning had no reaction, Xue Kai coughed lightly to hide his embarrassment. He also knew that this was not an ordinary peach tree, but a peach tree planted on the farm. It would bloom at this time simply because the time had come.

"Everything is ready. Do you want to eat before leaving, or eat on the way?"

Ye Mian glanced at the rising sun and said, "Let's go straight away and try to be back before five o'clock."

"Okay, I'll install them for you... Be careful."

With Xue Kai watching, the two men and the dog got into the car which was barely drivable. Lu Ning first checked the oil level, then turned back to look at the big black dog whose breath was blowing against his ears.

"If you bring it with you, it might cause some chaos."

Dahei tilted his head slightly: "Awoo?"

Ye Mian fastened his seat belt and said, "It's okay. Let Dahei hide in crowded places. If we really run into someone who rejects and resists us, there's no need to have any further contact with him."

They were afraid that the evolvers would directly regard them as enemies.

Then we really will have no choice but to run away.

A trace of helplessness flashed across Lu Ning's eyes, and he immediately started the car: "There's not much gas left, let's go find a spare tank on the road later."

"Um."

According to the route Xue Kai drew for them, they were supposed to drive around and get to the national highway first, but Lu Ning thought it was too troublesome, so she drove all the way to the guardrail of the highway, then let Ye Mian and Da Hei get out of the car first, and she lifted the car up.

The thud of the car landing attracted the attention of several low-level mutants that seemed to be alone and wandering around aimlessly not far away. They jumped over howling, but were knocked down one by one by Lu Ning.

While Ye Mian followed behind to pick up rhenium stones, she watched Dahei sniff the humanoid mutants, then return to her side wagging his tail, obviously having no interest in mutants that were not of the same species.

Whether it was the day before yesterday or today, the low-level mutants encountered only had a very short line of text in the information displayed by the [Insight] skill.

[Low-level mutant, danger rating: D]

There are no specific weaknesses, it's like saying they are all covered with weaknesses, and all you need to do is cause enough damage to any part of them.

However, the key point probably lies in the danger rating. The intermediate mutants directly jump to level A, which means that there are C and B in the middle, and the strength will be higher than the low-level mutants encountered so far.

On the other side, Lu Ning quickly dealt with the fuel tank issue, then lifted the car again and went down from the other side.

After driving along the wasteland road for a while, the national highway that Xue Kai mentioned finally appeared before their eyes.

Some abandoned vehicles can be seen on the roadside, and some have lost control and rushed directly into the fields.

From this, we can see that this national highway must have been quite lively in the past, with many villagers and passing vehicles.

But at the same time, it is also reminding them to be more careful.

When approaching the village, Lu Ning slowed down the car, then took the small road outside and stopped among the lush trees.

After getting off the car, the two looked at each other, and then quietly walked towards the back of the village without saying anything.

However, the imagined dangerous scene did not appear. Both the main roads and the small roads in the villages and towns were deserted, with only the mess on the ground showing that a huge change had just occurred not long ago.

Thinking that Dahei had a keen sense of smell and was fast enough, Ye Mian patted its head and said, "Go and have a look around. If you find any danger, come and report it immediately."

Dahei whimpered softly in response, then jumped up and quickly ran into the winding paths.

"Let's get started too."

Lu Ning nodded and followed her to search house by house.

Their primary goal of this trip was to collect various tools, and secondly to find the surviving evolvers.

Because most of the people living here are still farming, the two of them found a lot of farm tools and semi-manual agricultural machinery along the way, and even found a small tractor.

Lu Ning couldn't help but touch it: "I've only seen this on TV... I don't know if Xue Kai can use it."

He didn't say it, so Ye Mian could only guess: "Probably, probably, maybe."

Besides whether it can be used or not, there is also the problem of not finding any extra diesel.

This is the peculiarity of this village.

It clearly looked like a group of mutants swept through and destroyed a lot of things, but there was no tragic scene, and there were no signs of fighting in most of the houses, but only one-sided attacks and destruction.

There are signs that many of the remaining supplies had been emptied.

It was as if after the incident happened, the evolvers here fled immediately, scattered the mutants, and then returned to move away all the supplies.

If this is the case, it means that they are about to encounter the first wave of gathered evolvers.

"Let's go to the next town."

The two returned along the same road they came from, and called Dahei, who had also found nothing, and got in the car together to continue moving forward.

Although they encountered a few low-level mutant beasts that brushed past the car body along the way, they ran away in shame without waiting for them to get out of the car - they all saw Dahei in the car.

So we soon arrived at the second village on the national highway.

Compared to the first one, this one is much bigger. As far as the eye can see, there are all kinds of tall and short buildings.

So the two of them did not rush in, but first found a high place where they could overlook the entire village.

Then Ye Mian took out two bottles of carrot juice from the warehouse and gave one to Lu Ning: "Take a sip and see."

Lu Ning took it and did as he was told without asking any questions.

Ye Mian also tried taking a sip. Although the taste was rich and smooth, the sweetness was very light and there was a hint of sourness.

The next moment, she felt something very clear and moist in her eyes dissipating, and then, as if a mist had been wiped away, every brick and tile in the distance came into her sight extremely clearly.

"This..." Although he had experienced the magical effect of corn juice, Lu Ning still couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "It's so clear."

And I couldn't help but think in my heart that if these two kinds of vegetable juice could be mass-produced, it would be a great thing for the surviving evolvers in this world.

However, this thought only flashed through his mind, and then Lu Ning began to look around attentively.

The magical effect of carrot juice did not last long. After about ten minutes, the vision of both of them returned to normal.

But this is more than enough.

"I only saw a few isolated mutants, no clusters or large ones."

"Well," Ye Mian nodded, "Then drive directly in."

The larger the area, the more time it will take to search.

The two searched in this large village for nearly two hours, and obtained some left-behind supplies and tools, and by the way, they dealt with the low-level mutants that were looking for prey everywhere.

Then we hurried to the third village.

After driving for a while, we saw many mutant corpses scattered on both sides of the road.

Ye Mian was able to confirm that her previous guess was correct. The reason why the two villages and towns in front were so peaceful and overly clean was not because there were not many mutants, but because they were first scattered and then killed.

The action was quick and the decision was decisive. It seemed that someone organized the survivors and led them to a safer place.

——The third village is the smallest, with only about a hundred households, and the layout is that there are three to five houses and courtyards at intervals.

In this way, no matter where they are temporarily placed, they will have a very wide field of vision, and will be able to discover them in the first place before more mutants surround them, or set up traps in advance.

Thinking it was not appropriate to drive into the village in such a hasty manner, Lu Ning suggested: "Should we take a detour?"

Ye Mian was about to nod when he saw several figures in the distance: "No need... just rush in."

"..." Lu Ning finally understood Xue Kai's feelings at this moment, and she made the same choice as Xue Kai. She followed the command and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, rushing straight towards the people who were planning to stop them outside the village.

Those people had not expected this to happen. They hurriedly moved aside and ate a mouthful of exhaust dust before they shouted angrily, "Hey! Stop!"

Of course Lu Ning couldn't stop, and even she herself didn't know when and where to stop.

Until Ye Mian spoke again: "Stop."

After she breathed a sigh of relief, she realized that she had just held her breath subconsciously.

After the two men got out of the car with Dahei, they saw that the men did not chase them, but stopped not far away and talked to each other for a few words, and then one of them walked towards other houses in the village.

"?" Ye Mian looked around, "Could there be mutants here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Dahei shouting towards the house behind.

Ye Mian turned around and looked at the two-story building that looked like it was newly built.

Then Lu Ning came back to his senses and protected her behind him: "Be careful."

"It's okay," Ye Mian shook his head, "There's no movement in there, even if there are mutants, there are only a few."

The reason why she made the decision to force her way in was because she didn't want to become the passive party. She wanted to take the initiative first and then negotiate with the evolvers here.

But what I didn't expect was that I accidentally stumbled into a place that seemed like a "forbidden area".

Just when Ye Mian was planning to wait for those people to send someone to report the follow-up, something suddenly fell from the upstairs and shattered with a bang.

However, the flying debris was still some distance away from their feet, and it was obvious that the person who smashed the things had no intention of hurting anyone.

After looking at the broken pieces of porcelain bowls on the ground, Ye Mian turned his head and looked at the tightly closed door of the small building: "Are you inviting us in as guests?"

“……”Of course not.

Lu Ning looked at Ye Mian silently, and as expected, he waited for her next sentence: "Then let's go in and take a look."

A few people who had stopped on the other side became panicked when they saw the two men bringing a mutant beast into the house.

"What should we do? Chen Jia is still in there!"

"But Ayi told us not to approach actively and to focus on defense."

"…I don't think anything will happen."

"I hope so."