Nothing unexpected happened on the rest of the journey.
They continued northward and soon arrived at what was originally the land border of the Northeast.
Xu Xing looked down at the land beneath him.
It doesn't seem to have the same vitality as the South.
Perhaps due to the low rainfall, the vegetation cover was not dense, and even from the air, many towns with traces of human activity could still be found.
They come in all shapes and sizes and are sparsely distributed.
To be honest, it's thanks to the status of Northeast China.
Even in peacetime, this area has always been sparsely populated, with a few large cities clustered together and various smaller cities scattered around it.
This structure proved effective when the catastrophe struck; the dispersal of the zombies did not cause a qualitative change.
In addition, as a whole heavy industrial area, this place is rich in strategic resources, and the military has stationed a considerable number of personnel here.
The end result was that, apart from a few cities being occupied by zombies, a considerable portion of the Northeast was still under human control.
However, the population is too small to generate economies of scale, and the area is too large, so many people in small mountain villages have already entered a primitive lifestyle.
They basically no longer communicate with the outside world.
"At this point in time, those ruthless figures who originated in Northeast China should be about to reveal themselves," Xu Xing thought to himself.
The Northeast is a region known for producing ruthless individuals.
Since the military took power, the area has been divided by warlords. Relying on the early advantage of firearms, they suppressed a wave of superhumans, causing the gap between the two sides to widen.
Some of them began to organize and bring about change, gradually growing in power until they annexed the entire Northeast, becoming a regional behemoth and firmly entrenched in the north.
The ground is now gradually revealing its shape.
From Xu Xing's perspective, those warlords had already noticed something and were intensifying their troop deployments, relying on the city.
Xu Xing could only express his naiveté; in the early stages, it was one thing for firearms to be used to intimidate.
Now that things have come to this point, every capable superhuman is strong enough to lift a tripod or a cup. Tanks are just large lumps of iron in front of them, completely useless.
Times have changed; ultimately, it still belongs to those with superpowers.
Xu Xing quickly passed by, with no intention of getting involved in what was happening here.
This is the largest territory, but there's really not much profit to be made here, so it's not worth the risk.
Moreover, the warlords here are not pushovers and have no ability to resist.
As a long-standing military stronghold, tanks may be useless, but various medium and large missiles are devastating.
Before truly reaching the advanced level seven of the superpowered realm, even Xu Xing would have to avoid such a thing.
Not to mention, if one is not careful, the other side might go completely mad and decide to destroy each other, even by creating a nuclear bomb, which wouldn't be surprising at all.
That thing is too powerful and has many limitations. It can't be launched by just one or two people. Besides, too many people died at the beginning of the apocalypse, and the nuclear bombs that can be launched only account for a small portion of the current stock.
Xu Xing observed the area from the sky, and including the south, he only saw two places in total, which seemed to have been ravaged by nuclear bombs.
One is located in a mountain range with exceptionally lush vegetation, but the entire mountain looks as if someone had shaved off its hair with a giant axe.
It was a barren, lifeless expanse, completely out of place with its surroundings. In the very center stood a massive crater, hundreds of meters high, radiating outwards for kilometers around it.
Its power was absolutely devastating.
According to Xu Xing's speculation, that place should be the Changbai Mountains.
It is unknown what terrifying species was born inside, which forced the high-ranking military officers to order its destruction with nuclear weapons at all costs.
Judging from the results, it was naturally fantastic; not only were there no monsters, but even their ashes were left.
Another location is near the border between the northeast and outer northeast, it is unclear whether this is due to weather or some other factor.
However, a thin layer of snow fell there, which was unusual.
Looking at it from mid-air, it possessed a bewitching beauty.
The snow fell on the earth, making the whole world seem as if it had been painted white, but all of this could not conceal the desolate fact that this place was like this.
There should have been a city here originally. Xu Xing glanced at the map; the city depicted at the top had at least several million people, but now…
There wasn't even a trace of a mouse, let alone a human.
Ruins and ruins are the norm, much like in Changbai Mountain. In the center of the devastated city, there is a bottomless pit, like an endless abyss, which has taken the lives of countless humans and zombies.
Even though Xu Xing could consciously try to escape after advancing to a higher level, the power of this nuclear bomb still felt exaggerated. It didn't seem like something a human could control, or rather, it was simply not allowed for him to control it.
Xu Xing couldn't help but wonder, if it weren't for this natural disaster, how long could humanity, with such power, maintain peace in an increasingly tense international environment?
Whether the apocalypse destroys the world order more seriously, or whether there is some fictitious Third World War, the two seem to make no difference.
The only difference is that, given human capabilities, a world war could not only destroy humanity itself, but also leave the Earth beneath our feet riddled with holes, causing a mass extinction event.
There were some things Xu Xing dared not think about in detail.
He only glanced at it briefly, but the constant pervasive nuclear radiation around him made him flee immediately.
If you head north, the weather will gradually get colder, the vegetation coverage will decrease, and once you leave the borders of China, it will be a desolate wasteland.
In Northeast Siberia, even human settlements are scarce, and the few remaining foreign superhumans dare not even show their faces.
Feeling bored, Xu Xing stopped paying attention to the ground and focused intently on flying north.
Xu Xing kept the crystal core in his hand to replenish the energy he had consumed.
This behavior would be considered extremely extravagant by others, but in Xu Xing's hands, these crystal cores were nothing compared to his total reserves—not even a drop in the ocean compared to ninety cows.
Xu Xing's speed is roughly faster than that of a normal airplane, but it doesn't reach the speed of sound.
After flying for three or four hours, we finally arrived at the outer edge of the Arctic Circle.
This wasn't his first time in the Arctic, and to his surprise, the Arctic today is almost identical to when he first came here in his previous life.
It is important to know that during peacetime, due to global warming, a large amount of Arctic glaciers are melting, and even in autumn, a lot of seawater melts within the Arctic Circle.
But now it seems that the entire Arctic Circle is covered by a thick layer of ice, just like when I came here in my previous life.
At the time, he thought it had gradually frozen over the years, but he never imagined it had been frozen for a long time...
Something unusual must be going on, and Xu Xing knew that he had made the right decision to come here!
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