Chapter 120 Picking up picking up
Five days later, Jiang Rong and his two companions found the correct route and were heading towards Beijing City.
But based on the current speed, if we don’t get lost, it will probably take another half a month or even a month.
The main reason is that the current road conditions are so bad that it’s hard to even walk on the road, let alone drive, so naturally the speed can’t be increased.
At this moment, Jiang Rong was looking up at the road sign that was completely covered by vegetation and could not see the words on it at all.
However, she did see the red ribbon that Cai'er mentioned.
This means that they are about to enter the next realm.
"Owner."
At this moment, the soft and lively voice of Lingyu suddenly sounded in Jiang Rong's mind.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Rong asked silently in his heart.
Normally, Lingyu and Xuanling would not take the initiative to talk to her in the space, so they probably had something going on at this moment.
"Master, I'm about to upgrade." Lingyu's voice was filled with joy.
Jiang Rong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he was curious about what new features or changes would appear in this upgrade.
"Congratulations, Lingyu." Jiang Rong said happily.
"Do you need that kind of gem this time?" Jiang Rong suddenly remembered that the last time Lingyu was upgraded, she asked her for a space gem that Qin Sang gave her.
Lingyu in the space dragged his chin and shook his head.
"Not this time, but you may need to help Lingyu find something. If you find this thing, Lingyu can be upgraded three levels. At that time, you can bring your family in. The upper limit should be 20 people. At the same time, the interior of the jade talisman space will also change greatly. It will be like a real small world, not like now. Without the master's thoughts to drive it, it is dark."
Lingyu, as the spirit of the Jade Talisman Space, has seen the space at its most dilapidated state before, and naturally has also seen it at its most beautiful state.
When Jiang Rong heard Lingyu say that he could bring his family in, his hands trembled and he became instantly excited.
If we can bring people into the space, then why do we have to be so nervous every day? At worst, the whole family can hide in the space, and no one can do anything to them.
Thinking of this, Jiang Rong's voice tightened slightly: "What is it?"
"It is a small jade talisman that can be perfectly embedded in the jade talisman. Once the two are combined, the space will have enough power to ascend to a higher level." Lingyu felt the vague call.
"Where?" Jiang Rong asked.
"I don't know the exact location of Lingyu, but it should not be far away. Master, you can take the main talisman, and it will show you the way." Lingyu's voice was also a little excited.
"Okay, I'll try to find it."
After Jiang Rong responded, he took the jade talisman in his hand. Previously, most of the time it was either placed in the gem space or hung around his neck. It had always been quiet and had not moved for a long time.
When I took it out again, the surface was slightly hot, and there was a pushing force pointing in a certain direction.
"Wait a moment." Jiang Rong gestured to stop, then took out a map from his backpack and determined the approximate location.
Judging from the direction indicated by the jade talisman, overall they did not deviate too much from their destination.
And judging from the distance at which the jade talisman reacted last time, it shouldn't be too far. It's just that now there is no car, so the time it will take may be much longer than before.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Chu wondered.
"I have to go somewhere temporarily to find something. You can wait for me here or go to Jingshi City first." Jiang Rong explained.
She didn't let the two go with her because she didn't know whether there would be any danger, and Xiao Chu was eager to go, and she didn't want to delay her return to Beijing.
It’s already a long time before we reach Beijing, and if we take a sudden turn now, we don’t know how long it will take.
"Is it far? Can't we go with you?" asked Linglan (Qian Zhaodi).
"Yes, Jiang Li, have you forgotten that without you, the two of us would not be able to walk freely here. These mutated plants would swallow us immediately." Xiao Chu said the most critical issue.
Jiang Rong slapped his forehead when he heard this. He was so dizzy from what Lingyu said about the new functions of the jade talisman upgrade that he forgot all about this.
"I didn't think it through. The thing I'm looking for shouldn't be too far away, but I'm not sure how long it will take to find it. But I have to find it. So, how about you guys come with me? Or when the time comes, I'll find a place for you guys to stay first, and I'll come back to find you after I find the thing?"
"I think we should go together. It's safer with three people." Linglan suggested. She felt comfortable getting along with both Jiang Li and Xiao Chu, and didn't want to end this threesome for the time being.
"I agree too." Although Xiao Chu wanted to return to Beijing to go public as soon as possible, whether for practical reasons or because she was worried about Jiang Li, her thoughts were the same as Linglan's. It was more reassuring for the three of them to be together.
There is no effective communication equipment these days, at least they don’t have it now. If they lose contact, it may be difficult for them to meet again.
Jiang Rong nodded and said, "Then let's go together."
"By the way, actually my name is not Jiang Li. My real name is Jiang Rong, and Jiang Li is just a pseudonym I picked randomly." Jiang Rong suddenly remembered that these two people didn't know his real name yet.
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Jiang Rong followed the guidance of the jade talisman and walked in the huge mutant jungle for another two days before entering a new city.
Every store I pass by has "Xianfu" written on it.
That should be a city in the central part of Province S. Looking at the map, Xianfu City is four cities away from Jingshi City in Province G.
The three of them had just entered the city.
When we reached the edge of the city, the sky had already begun to darken, and the light in the jungle was dimming even faster.
Jiang Rong and his friends found a residential complex nearby to stay for the night.
This time it was a 26-story residential building, and the surrounding mutated plants were taller than the 5th and 6th floors of the building.
Jiang Rong was dragging a mutated black chicken, Linglan was holding a mutated mushroom in one hand and a mutated radish in the other, and Xiao Chu was holding a handful of mutated onions and garlic and a mutated green pepper.
The mutant black chicken was as tall as two people, its body was jet black, and its feathers were as hard as iron needles. However, its abdomen was pierced with two large holes by something unknown, and its neck, which was thicker than Jiang Rong's calf, was also broken in half. However, because it had not been dead for long, its body was still warm and soft.
The mutant mushrooms in Linglan's hand are very common in the mutant jungle, or can be found almost everywhere. They are non-toxic and have little attack power, and they taste fresh and fragrant. Jiang Rong and the other two all like to eat them.
Just today they caught a mutant black chicken, and they can make mutant black chicken stewed with mushrooms in the evening.
As for the mutant radish, it took the three of them a lot of effort to pull out that one radish, which was as tall as an adult. The three of them were sweating while digging for it. If it weren't for Lily of the Valley's ice ability, they would have collapsed to the ground from the heat.
However, although the weather was hot, the mutated plants on the ground were very abnormal. The hotter it was, the more vigorously they grew.
Then there are the onions, ginger and green peppers in Xiao Chu's hands. He was lucky today as these three things grew very close to each other, so they could be gathered together so neatly.
Jiang Rong now thinks back to his past life and realizes that he lived such a miserable life only because he was too weak and had no ability to enter this mutant jungle, otherwise he would have starved.
This mutated jungle is a horrific hell for other people. If you don’t have enough strength, you will be dead if you enter it. But for her now, it is simply a natural resource library.
As long as she was careful to avoid some overly powerful mutant beasts, she could pick almost anything edible, and she had to pick her food every day.
It’s so cool!
The three of them climbed up with their things and found a small apartment with its door open on the fifteenth floor.
Judging from the occasional noises coming from the rooms as we walked up the stairs just now, there should still be people living in this community.
But in the last days, people’s hearts are unpredictable, and they won’t knock on other people’s doors casually.
If you really want to find out the situation, it would be better to bring something with you.
The small apartment they found was a bit messy and smelled a bit unpleasant, but it wasn't the smell of a rotting corpse, just a musty smell from the hot and humid air.
After Jiang Rong entered the room, he opened the window a little to let in some fresh air.
At this time, because of the sudden appearance of the mutant jungle, many mutant beasts that had been gathering in the city have returned to the mountains, which has reduced the threat of mutant beasts to humans.
The main dilemma facing humans now is how to get out and find water.
Jiang Rong opened the glass window a little bit at this time, and it was not a big deal. Besides, the floor was relatively high, and except for mutant beasts like birds, ordinary beasts could not reach here.
Whenever the three of them arrived at a new place, the first thing they did was to see what was left in the house.
But because the weather is hot now and it was hot and humid in the past, most of the things from the past are now inedible.
However, sometimes you can still find some new and effective gains.
It’s a bit like opening a blind box, and a bit like scavenging. Anyway, it doesn’t cost any money, and they are all free, so why not miss them?
In addition to food, often the things they find that can be preserved for a long time are actually some practical little things.
Such as flashlights, candles, batteries, etc.
Also, because there are new discoveries almost every night, the things in Jiang Rong's space have basically not been moved recently. Only occasionally, when Jiang Rong is greedy, he will put some things in these temporary residences in advance, and then pretend to have discovered them by chance.
At this moment, the three of them were rummaging in the storage room, and then they actually found ten bags of unopened white rice in the secret compartment of the storage room. The packaging bag said 10kg.
That is 20 kilograms.
There are also ten barrels of salad oil weighing 10 kilograms.
Five bottles each of soy sauce, white vinegar, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and cooking wine.
Ten packets of MSG and chicken essence, and a whole box of salt.
All are unopened.
There was also a long string of sausages, ten pieces of bacon, twenty slices of cured fish, and twenty salted rabbit legs.
There are also some dried goods, such as dried mushrooms, dried black fungus, dried chili peppers, dried vegetables, dried shrimps and the like.
There are quite a lot of things.
There are five bags of toilet paper, all of which are tissue paper, of good quality.
The items visible in this storage room should have been looted by nearby neighbors.
Xiao Chu discovered this secret barrier by accident.
There are so many things, Linglan and Xiao Chu are worried, they can't take them all away!
Jiang Rong didn't have this concern. She could put everything into the space before leaving.
Although there is not much space left, it is still enough to hold these things.
Linglan looked at the food in the secret compartment, thought for a moment, and took out a sausage.
She felt a little greedy when she saw the sausage.
She never had enough of this kind of food at home before, and the good things had to be saved for her younger brother. But now she can eat enough at once.
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