Just as Zhao Cai, who was diligently helping to move the fuel additive, reached over Su Luo's head and touched the fuel additive on the shelf, Su Luo suddenly stood up. If Zhao Cai hadn't acted quickly, he would have been knocked to the ground.
"Sis? Sis, what happened?"
"Enemies?"
Hearing Zhao Cai's words, Su Luo slowly snapped out of his daze from the system's prompts.
Unlimited fuel? Unlimited use of diesel and gasoline?
Even before the apocalypse, this would have been incredibly shocking news!
Otherwise, why would the desert be so wealthy? They only need one energy source: fuel oil!
This reward is something I have to accept, even if I don't want it!
And it is absolutely necessary; anyone who tries to stop them will die, whether they are gods or Buddhas!
"Zhao Cai, quick! Aside from Shanshui City and Hongcheng City, find all the other gas stations, the more the better, and the faster the better! Go to each one!"
The system required fifty, and she had swept through thirty-six in total. She was still short fourteen, which was at least the amount required for a city comparable to Shanshui City.
Rarely hearing Su Luo speak with such urgency, Zhao Cai immediately became serious and, based on his years of experience driving a bus, marked out all the gas stations he knew in the vicinity.
"Originally, Xishan City, east of Hongcheng City, would have met the requirements, but going back and forth would have taken up too much time. Now, we have no choice but to follow this road toward the provincial capital."
"There's a mountain path over there that leads to a county at the foot of Mengshan Mountain in the southwest. Add to that the few small gas stations along the path, and that makes a perfect fourteen!"
Mengshan?
Yes, there's also Mount Meng here.
Mengshan is located between the provincial capital and Shanshui City. The travel time and distance from the provincial capital to Shanshui City are about the same. These three cities can be described as being in a triangular, tripod-like position.
"Okay, lead the way."
"Remember to be quick!"
Mengshan... Although I might encounter a madwoman, there's no other way, time is of the essence. I hope that madwoman won't cause any trouble, otherwise she'll still beat me up.
Hearing his sister tell him to hurry up, Zhao Cai patted his box without saying a word, "No problem, I guarantee we'll arrive at Mengshan before dark!"
Knowing the way, and with the ghostly replica of the bus as cover, the little ghosts dared not move, and the humans dared not come, which made things convenient for Su Luo, who took the opportunity to rob all the gas stations along the country road.
The gas stations on this small country road are really poor; five or six of them combined don't even amount to the price of a large gas station in a city.
"The county town under Mengshan City is just ahead. I heard that Mengshan fell very quickly and that strange creatures are more concentrated there. Sister, you have to be careful."
Su Luo didn't seem to care much when she heard this. She glanced down at the ticket box and patted Zhao Cai gently, saying, "Isn't there you here too?"
Overjoyed at gaining his sister's approval, Zhao Cai frantically placed his hands and feet on the box, unsure of where to put them.
"Don't worry, sis. If they want to mess with you, they'll have to ask me, Zhao Cai, first!"
Looking at the endlessly long dusk outside, Su Luo frowned.
The weather in this bizarre apocalypse is becoming increasingly strange, a situation never seen in the previous life.
Not to mention the reversal of winter and summer, even as the year draws to a close, the weather is still like late spring or early summer, with no sign of getting colder.
Secondly, the twilight is getting longer and longer. It's already 9 p.m., but the large, round blood moon that looks like the sun is still hanging in the sky and won't go down. The daytime is being stretched out indefinitely and the nighttime is being shortened. This is not a good thing!
Logically, these strange creatures should all prefer the night, so why are the days getting longer and longer after the strange occurrence? It's rather odd.
Finally, thanks to Zhao Cai's hurried pace, they arrived at Mengshan in just an hour and a half.
"There is only one gas station in this county town; most of the rest are in Mengshan city. I have marked them all."
"There's another one, the mountainous area near Mengshan. It's quite desolate and sparsely populated. If possible, I wouldn't recommend you go there."
Su Luo nodded, looked at the coordinates on the map, and apart from the one Zhao Cai specifically mentioned, the rest were exactly fifty. As long as nothing unexpected happened, they wouldn't be able to get to that remote gas station.
However, Mengshan City was much worse than she had imagined.
Compared to the already cleaned-up Shanshui City and the Red City with its Ghost Market Street, Mengshan City can be described as a living hell.
Everywhere you look, there are well-fed and satiated wandering ghosts and monsters, who often gather in groups of one or two and attack each other from time to time. The ground is covered with sticky hair, bruises, and flesh and blood, which cover the concrete road.
On the storefronts facing the street, some even had rice and meat hanging on them; some were already highly rotten, while others were still relatively fresh, some even dripping blood. It was unclear who had put them there.
Not only that, Zhao Cai also reminded her that there was the aura of a one-star ghost nearby.
Indeed, in such a place filled with yin energy and fierce battles between wild monsters, it is not uncommon to find one-star monsters, and some monsters are even as powerful as two-star monsters!
"Let's take care of business first."
Having received the order, Zhao Cai ignored the strange creatures and, as long as they didn't attack, he didn't move. He went to the nearest gas station first.
"Sis, it seems like everything in this station has been cleared out. Someone's here!"
For Su Luo's safety, Zhao Cai told his sister to stay in the car while he went for a walk and soon returned with the news.
"Everything has been wiped out? There's nothing left?"
"...There's only a tiny bit left, about the size of a mineral water bottle, at the very bottom of the fuel tank. I can get it out!"
Su Luo nodded upon hearing this, which meant he agreed to the approach.
The gas stations we visited next all faced the same problem.
Some people get there first in the apocalypse; while everyone else is hoarding supplies and food, others are hoarding energy!
"Sis, there's really none left, not a single drop!"
Zhao Cai shrugged, scratched the box, and said helplessly.
The previous gas stations at least left half a mineral water bottle, but this one, the last one in Mengshan city, was completely empty. The gas tank was so clean it looked like it had been licked by a dog... uh, no, something.
After glancing at the steamed bun on his sister's lap, Zhao Cai politely changed his approach.
Listening to Zhao Cai's words and looking at the progress bar of 49 to 50 in the system notification, I suddenly became interested.
This is why I used to complain about why the protagonists in horror movies didn't run away when they encountered monsters, but now...
Why bother running? Since the flag has already been raised, I definitely have to go and check it out!
"Let's go, there's one last gas station."
Knowing what Su Luo was talking about, Zhao Cai hesitated for a moment, then took small steps and boarded the bus. Just as the bus was about to close its doors and start moving, a dark figure quickly darted over and blocked the bus door.
"Wait, wait a minute."
Are you heading out of the city?
"Can I come with you?"
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