In the apocalyptic world, danger lurks everywhere. The driver followed the car in front until dusk, and when he saw through his binoculars that the car in front had stopped next to a factory made of steel and concrete, he immediately reversed.
"Follow along, don't stop."
The driver shrugged and turned around to see Shi Jinzhe pull the door open and come in.
Behind him, Sheikh changed into a long dress, still purple, but the hem gradually changed from a deep purple shimmering fabric to heavy black velvet from the knee down, with piled-up pleats that made her walk like splashing waves.
She didn't say anything, but quietly followed me in and sat on the wicker chair.
Shi Jinzhe stood behind the driver's seat and repeated, "Don't reverse, keep following."
"That place is an abandoned nuclear power plant. We can't go there."
The driver was hesitant to go in, and fearing that reversing would upset the two people, he compromised by choosing to park where he was.
“These places have extremely high radiation levels, so we always choose other routes to go around them. If you hadn’t told me to follow you, I wouldn’t have taken this route. I might have been crippled if I had gone there. This is really not an option.”
Shi Jinzhe: "So you always choose the routes with the lowest level of danger and radiation when you go to different shelters?"
The driver nodded in agreement. "Of course, otherwise the body can't handle walking too much. For example, I and other official members of the rescue team need to take anti-radiation medication before each mission."
"Then let me ask you, how long would it take to get from here to Dota City, disregarding radiation levels, via the shortest route?"
"...less than three days."
“Less than three days.” Shi Jinzhe repeated, and immediately made a decision, “Take the shortest route. Don’t worry about your health, I guarantee you’ll be fine.”
The driver hesitated, unable to make up his mind, but when his eyes fell on the flower, he agreed to the request.
"So where are we now?" He pointed ahead through the car window, then in the opposite direction, "Dota City or the nuclear power plant?"
"Go to that abandoned nuclear power plant," Shi Jinzhe ordered, thinking about the side quest the system had just mentioned.
Sheh's molting came suddenly. She had only threatened the system for half a minute when she suddenly fell asleep. When she woke up in the afternoon, she had already begun her third molting.
The system then alerted him in his mind that a side quest was available.
Side quest requirements: Gain the trust of the members of the mutant organization ahead and help them accomplish their goals. Upon completion, you will receive a skill card called "You have to give to receive".
Although it's a five-character card, like the seven-character card that "reduces one's own presence," it can be quite useful at times.
Shi Jinzhe currently has two skill equipment slots, and with the Life-Giving Protection ability ensuring his survival, he wants to acquire more skill cards.
As they got closer to the abandoned nuclear power plant, he and Shekh left the driver's cab, preparing to get out and meet the mutants there.
In the corridor, Sher looked out at the sky through the window.
Shi Jinzhe stared at the thinning ribbon over her eyes. It used to be pure black, and once the ribbon covered them, nothing could be seen. Now, after she woke up, she could vaguely make out what her covered eyes looked like.
Did you experience any discomfort during this peeling?
"No, it's just that we've accumulated enough energy, so we've started the next evolution."
Shekh raised his hand to stroke the now thinner ribbon. “[Order Reconstruction] is constantly in operation. Our energy grows together. You drank my blood and absorbed energy from me, so you leveled up again. After you leveled up, the life force you shared with me became stronger, and I was able to evolve again.”
Shi Jinzhe: "So it's because after your evolution, your body can accept more energy, and some of the power suppressed by the ribbon disappears, which is why it becomes thinner."
Shekh turned his head and replied, "Yes."
Through the hazy black satin, glimpses of purple could be seen from time to time; this half-concealed, half-revealed restraint was truly captivating.
After watching for a while, the moving car stopped, and the driver announced from the cab, "I'll wait outside; I won't go in."
“Okay.” Shi Jinzhe drew a formation and showed the driver the golden ring on the ground through the windshield. “Don’t leave this area, and you won’t be affected by the radiation.”
"I see…"
The possibility of the driver escaping with the car was eliminated, so he stayed obediently inside the vehicle.
Before getting off the bus, Shi Jinzhe, still feeling unsure, knocked on one of the cubicle doors.
Sun Qi opened the door, his gaze sweeping over Shi Jinzhe's increasingly long hair.
Shi Jinzhe got straight to the point: "I'm getting off the train. Please keep an eye on the people on board and make sure they don't cause any trouble."
Although the people on the bus are all behaving themselves now after what happened this morning, it's better to be safe than sorry. It would be inappropriate if someone saw him and Shekh leave and thought they were in charge again, and then encouraged the driver to run away.
Sun Qi is quick-witted and adaptable, so it's perfect for him and his partner to keep watch.
“Okay,” Sun Qi readily agreed.
The driver is the only one here who knows the way. To ensure his safety, Shi Jinzhe must have given him some kind of protection. Having him keep watch is like adding a safety net. It's a good deal to agree to this.
"That's troublesome."
After giving his instructions, Shi Jinzhe and Shehe got out of the car.
The two made no attempt to conceal their presence, brazenly entering the abandoned nuclear power plant via the only available route.
The nuclear power plant, which was left unmaintained, had leaked an unknown amount of nuclear material. The concrete floor was cracked, and the place was a complete mess.
The air was full of impurities, so Shi Jinzhe walked through the formation and exchanged views with Shehe on the side quest.
"This is the first side quest I've ever received. The trigger point is to track these mutants. They must be involved in the core of this dungeon."
"Mutate," Shekh said unhurriedly, as if taking a stroll, and within a distance of less than a hundred meters, he had wiped out all the radiation monsters that were using the nuclear power plant as cover.
“Apart from the humans who have been hiding in the shelter for two hundred years, all the creatures here are evolving, whether they are evolving or degenerating, they are all adapting to this world. Only the humans in the shelter are still stuck in their ways. In my experience, they will eventually be abandoned.”
Shi Jinzhe pushed aside the stones blocking his way: "We've thought about it similarly. These mutants who have been left behind are the key to solving the world's problems. The fact that they can drive shows that the human heritage within the mutant population has not been completely lost. With their highly evolved brains and enhanced physical abilities, they have a greater chance of survival than the people in the shelter."
The driver was afraid to enter the nuclear power plant and needed to take medication for each mission, but these mutants didn't care at all.
If they also have what the shelter has, then ordinary people like the driver who haven't mutated will really have a hard time fighting them.
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