Chapter 55 Greater Khingan Mountains - 10 The RV is here again...
The RV slowly drove through the thick, soft snow. Although Kaige was not visible, it was connected to Anderson's AI.
"Brother Kai~ I sent you the radar scan!" a childish voice said to Brother Kai. It was Anderson's AI, Anthony.
It was given an age and personality: a nine-year-old boy... If Anderson's wife hadn't died and had successfully given birth, he would be nine years old now.
When Lu Yi first heard Anthony speak, he was secretly surprised. He immediately realized from its vivid voice that it had been equipped with the most advanced emotional module, making it basically the same as a living person... This is how many people become attached to artificial intelligence.
Lu Yi felt both complicated and saddened by this.
With the radar imaging transmitted to it by Anthony, Kaige had a clear field of vision, allowing it to drive in a clear direction through the snow layer instead of becoming a headless fly.
Its thick tires crushed the frozen, hard carcasses of wild animals.
"Anderson, watch the chain," Lu Yi said to Anderson, who was walking on the left side of the RV, wearing a screen-like headset.
He was carrying Tang Bufan on his back, walking on the right side of the RV.
"I know," Anderson's lazy voice came from the screen glasses.
Kai drove the RV, and the huge vehicle slowly tilted down the slope. Lu Yi, who was in the snow, gripped the iron lock with both hands and suddenly felt a downward force.
Two loud "thump" sounds were heard, the sound of the two iron locks on the left and right sides of the RV tightening and gripping the vehicle body.
Sure enough, even with anti-slip hinges on the wheels, the RV still had very little friction with the frozen pile of wild animal carcasses.
Fortunately, Lu Yi and Anderson helped stabilize the decline with manpower.
The RV slowly slid down the slope, dragging the two transformed high-level beastmen along. Lu Yi carried Tang Bufan on his back and held onto the chains with both hands, maintaining a walking speed.
"Luckily, there are a couple of flat sections in the middle of this hillside, otherwise we would have been exhausted if we had to keep dragging this along," Anderson said to Lu Yi on the other end of the line, then complained to him, "If you ask me, you shouldn't have let the RV go up the mountain to avoid the beast tide. Why didn't you just find a secluded spot at the foot of the mountain and dig a cave?"
Lu Yi belatedly realized, "...I didn't expect that."
He was thinking of going into the city to hide, while Kai was used to hiding in the mountains. Neither of them thought of digging a cave at the foot of the mountain, driving the RV in, and then sealing it off.
"What's your field training instructor doing?" Anderson asked with disdain. "Didn't he teach you this?"
Lu Yi paused for a moment before speaking with a slightly conflicted tone: "You were the one who should have taught me."
In addition to being uniformly instructed by academy instructors, underage high-level orcs are also accompanied by several graduated seniors during their field training. If Anderson hadn't been admitted to the mental hospital, he would definitely have been assigned to assist and guide Lu Yi.
Anderson fell silent for a moment before coldly saying, "I'm not going to teach you."
Lu Yi smiled faintly upon hearing this.
The RV cautiously descended the mountain, tumbling up and down over the carcasses of wild animals, occasionally skidding, but Lu Yi and Anderson managed to control it together.
About half an hour later, Tang Bufan, who was being carried on Lu Yi's back, slowly woke up.
He was still not fully conscious, his head covered by the bearskin, and he lay obediently on Lu Yi's broad back, trying to catch his breath.
"Ah...ha..." He opened his mouth and let out a long yawn, his voice lazy.
Lu Yi's heart immediately fluttered; just hearing that voice made him think it was incredibly cute.
Tang Bufan dazedly sat on Lu Yi's back for several minutes with his eyes half-closed before he vaguely began to move. He reached out and lifted the bearskin over his head, and immediately cold snow rushed in, burying his head.
"Ugh! It's so cold!" Tang Bufan quickly shrank back, shivering as he covered his head with the bearskin.
"Sorry! I forgot to remind you not to lift the animal skin!" Lu Yi felt the man trembling on his back and cursed himself for being so engrossed in Tang Bufan's yawn that he forgot to remind him.
"The snow got into my clothes." Tang Bufan complained, and quickly pressed himself against the warm Lu Yi, turning his face to his back, before he finally warmed up again.
"Is it very cold?" Lu Yi asked anxiously, but he was stuck with the chains in his hands and buried in the snow, so he couldn't turn around to look at Tang Bufan behind him.
"Hmm... the snow has started to melt," Tang Bufan said, wrapped in two layers of animal hide. "It'll be fine once it melts."
The temperature inside the animal hide was quite comfortable. The double-layered hide blocked out the cold, and with Lu Yi acting as a natural heater, it was a warm little nest.
"How much snow got in?" Lu Yi continued to ask, hoping that Tang Bufan's clothes wouldn't get too wet.
"It's okay, it'll be about the same temperature as us once it melts." Tang Bufan said with his face pressed against Lu Yi's back, having no memory of being carried on Lu Yi's back.
After finishing the game, his level of sleep increased another notch. Tang Bufan frowned slightly, deeply worried about his health.
Lu Yi could feel the melted snow water; it wasn't too cold, so he felt relieved.
"Is the teacher hungry?" Lu Yi asked him.
"A little." Tang Bufan felt his stomach was empty and he felt a little uncomfortable.
“We’re still on the slope. Once the RV reaches a flat area, we’ll go back to the vehicle to eat,” Lu Yi said. He had eaten a large piece of meat that morning, and while orcs can go a day without food, Tang Bufan couldn’t.
He hasn't eaten for over ten hours since last night's dinner.
"You should put a few strips of meat in my pocket." Tang Bufan didn't want to slow down the descent. "That way I can eat meat strips on your back."
"...I'll bring it to you this afternoon." Lu Yi smiled, already imagining Tang Bufan eating on his back.
Cute, I want to see it.
"Why don't you put on the light screen glasses this afternoon too?" Lu Yi thought for a moment and then suggested, "Connect to Anderson's AI and have him play a movie for you."
"What are you doing! What are you doing!" Anderson's very dissatisfied voice came from Lu Yi's light-screen glasses: "Are you letting him go on vacation on your back? Eating jerky and watching movies, why don't you give him a few more toys?"
"Teachers don't have to do any work." Lu Yi really enjoyed the feeling of taking care of Tang Bufan, as if he were raising some kind of small animal.
"No work and no movies!" Anderson was furious. "We've gone through so much together, we can't let him suffer, can we?"
Lu Yi wanted to say yes, but hearing how angry he was, she remained silent.
"What's wrong with showing me a movie?" Tang Bufan really wanted to see the blockbusters made by future directors, wondering how they differed from those made in the 21st century.
The special effects must be amazing; if you wear a screen-mounted glasses, it will look like 3D.
"No way!" Anderson said irritably. He never expected that this human man would actually want to snuggle on Lu Yi's back and enjoy it. How shameless!
"Good bro, don't be so stingy..."
"Don't call me 'good brother'!" Anderson was furious. He was tricked by Tang Bufan last time because Tang called him 'good brother'!
Tang Bufan awkwardly shut his mouth.
While the three were talking, the RV actually traveled quite a distance, and time seemed to have sped up considerably.
Tang Bufan sat on Lu Yi's back for a while, feeling bored, when he suddenly remembered something. So he said seriously to Anderson on the other side, "Anderson, thank you for marking the mountaintop the day before yesterday and bringing Lu Yi back."
Anderson grunted in response.
"Thank you so much, you're a good person!" Tang Bufan gave him the "good person card".
Anderson sneered on the other end: "Don't think I'll show you a movie just because you praise me."
"I'm not watching movies." Tang Bufan said sincerely, "When I first heard that you were sent by Lu Yi's brother to kill him, I was prejudiced against you. But after spending time with you, I've found that you're a really good person."
His tone was sincere and earnest, which pleased Anderson, but after a while, he still said sarcastically, "Praise alone is useless. Give me something practical. How are you going to thank me?"
Tang Bufan thought for a moment and tried to say, "Shall I tell you two a story?"
Anderson laughed, and said sarcastically, "Trying to fool a child?"
"But I have nothing..." Tang Bufan himself felt ashamed, his face slightly flushed: "I've already promised the RV to Lu Yi, I'm just a person with nothing..."
He felt a pang of sadness as he spoke. He felt not only worthless now, but also like a parasite, living off the RV and Lu Yi.
He lives shamelessly.
Seemingly sensing Tang Bufan's low spirits, Lu Yi, who was holding the car, freed one hand and gently patted Tang Bufan's back, offering silent comfort.
Anderson was silent for a moment, then spoke sarcastically, "Then shut up."
Tang Bufan obediently shut up.
The RV reached a section of road where there were fewer animal carcasses and the ground became smoother. The RV's speed as it descended increased significantly. Kai controlled the RV's brakes, while Lu Yi and Anderson gripped the chains tightly. Both of them were feeling a bit unsteady on their feet.
Tang Bufan, nestled on Lu Yi's back, could feel the slipperiness. Lu Yi was being pulled left and right by the chains, his body bobbing around, making Tang Bufan tremble with fear.
"Anderson! You've drifted to the edge of the cliff!" Lu Yi suddenly shouted.
“I know!” Anderson clicked his tongue in annoyance on the other end.
"If you fall, I'll loosen the grip on my side!" Lu Yi said in a deep voice. "Hold on tight to the chains, and let the vehicle pull you back up!"
Only when both sides of the RV are relaxed simultaneously will the RV not skid due to uneven force distribution.
“Okay,” Anderson replied, his tone becoming much more serious.
Tang Bufan listened nervously, when suddenly he felt Lu Yi accelerate on his back, and the two began to descend rapidly!
Tang Bufan lay on his back, his heart pounding. He couldn't see anything, and the unknown situation of being able to die at any moment made him anxious and distressed.
After sliding down so rapidly for about a minute, Lu Yi suddenly tensed his body, accompanied by a shout:
"pull!"
The beastman, now in his beast form, braced himself on the ground. Tang Bufan felt Lu Yi's stiff back muscles tighten, and their descent slowed down immediately.
With the combined pull of the two high-level orcs, the RV's downward speed was slowed down.
"Dad! Go, Brother Lu Yi! There's another pile of wild animal carcasses ahead!"
Tang Bufan suddenly heard a little boy's voice, and he was stunned for a moment.
The sound of wheels hitting hard objects could be heard from the snow. Lu Yi, carrying Tang Bufan on his back, began to walk slowly.
The RV got stuck for a moment by the frozen carcass of a wild animal stuck to the ground, and finally came to a complete stop.
"Luckily, the RV didn't drift to the edge of the cliff." Anderson's voice came through Lu Yi's light screen glasses. He said sarcastically, "Otherwise, we would have been completely finished."
He had just fallen off the cliff, so Lu Yi loosened his grip, and the RV accelerated downhill. Anderson grabbed the chains and used the cliff face for leverage to climb back up.
Lu Yi let out a long breath, his heart pounding, still shaken.
“We’ve already come halfway down; the road will gradually widen from here on out,” Lu Yi said, relaxing as he looked at the radar map of the terrain in his glasses and suggested, “Let’s rest here.”
Although only two hours have passed since they set off, Lu Yi and Anderson are both quite tired, their muscles having been constantly strained during this time.
“Okay.” Anderson also wanted to take a break.
"Brother Kai, can the RV be parked here?" Lu Yi asked Brother Kai.
“It’s still quite slippery. To be on the safe side, we’ll nail the chains to the ground with iron nails,” Kai said, controlling the RV.
Lu Yi then tried to let go, and the RV stopped quite steadily. He immediately carried Tang Bufan onto the vehicle, took the large iron nail, and hammered the chain into the frozen ground.
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