Chen Xu reached out and tapped 2003 on the head, asking, "Are you still not well? I'm starving."

"I didn't say that." It sounded aggrieved, "It will take another twenty minutes."

"I'm going to brush my teeth first. Call me when I'm done." Chen Xu stood up and walked towards the car.

Twenty minutes later, Chen Xu enjoyed a delicious breakfast. He had long heard of this magical food, beggar's chicken. I remember when I was in junior high school, I read The Legend of the Condor Heroes for the first time and was very curious about it. But I never had the chance to eat it.

This was his first time eating it. The skin was crispy but not mushy, the taste was tender and smooth, and not greasy at all. It was really great. He couldn't help but praise 2003 again.

This cooking skill is really amazing. He used to be not picky about the taste of food, but now he feels that it is really a pleasure to eat such delicious food every day.

If only 2003 could be brought back to reality.

This thought flashed through his mind: If he opened a restaurant and let it be the chef, he would never have to worry about lack of business.

After breakfast, they continued on their way.

…………

The farther away from the A020 ​​shelter, the more desolate Chen Xu felt. At first glance, it was like entering a desert.

Gusts of yellow sand were blown by the wind, making the already gray sky even more blurry.

The road surface is becoming increasingly softer. If you are not careful, the wheels will press a hole into which you will sink and slip, making it impossible to move forward.

At this time, Chen Xu had no choice but to get out of the car and use a robotic arm to pull the car out of the pit, which was very troublesome.

Although he tried to take the original road, the road surface was exposed to wind and rain and looked no different from ordinary ground. If he was not careful, he would go beyond the scope of the roadbed.

By noon, they had only traveled two-thirds of the way.

laugh……

Chen Xu felt the car pause and sink. He slapped the steering wheel in annoyance and said, "Forget it. Go cook first. I'll go get the car out."

As he said this, he put on his exoskeleton arm and was about to get off the car when he heard 2003 remind him, "It seems there are strange beasts, a lot of them."

Chen Xu instantly picked up the rifle hanging on the wall of the car, held it in his hand, and asked vigilantly, "Which direction?"

"there."

He looked in the direction 2003 pointed and vaguely saw a group of strange beasts on the opposite hillside. He couldn't help but swallow his anger.

Because they were quite far away, I couldn't see clearly, but there were at least hundreds of them.

He immediately got scared. Hundreds of strange beasts were rushing towards him at the same time. Even if he had good marksmanship, he couldn't kill them all. If they rushed close to him, he would be dead.

"Don't rush to cook yet, just pull the car out."

He didn't dare to delay, threw down his gun, jumped out of the car, used the mechanical arm to push the car back to the roadbed, and then jumped back on the car, shouting, "Get out of here quickly."

As the car kept moving away from the hillside, Chen Xu breathed a sigh of relief, wiped his sweat, and said, "I didn't expect there would be groups of strange beasts here. It's really dangerous. By the way, what are they doing there?"

2003 said as he drove, "It seems like they are fighting each other."

Chen Xu asked curiously, "Killing each other?"

He didn't look closely just now, he just wanted to run away quickly.

"To be precise, it was a fight between two different ethnic groups."

Chen Xu finally understood and sighed, "It seems that the deterioration of the environment has put the alien beasts in danger of extinction."

After this dangerous encounter, they never encountered any strange beasts again.

Chen Xu looked at the surrounding area which was almost turning into a desert, and suspected that the strange beasts here had already migrated away or died out.

This harsh environment made him want to back off, but thinking that they were almost there, he gritted his teeth and continued forward.

C332 shelter is a Class C shelter, larger than G5232. This can be seen from the height of the wall.

Chen Xu drove the car all the way to the gate. He honked the horn a few times and waited for a moment, but there was still no response. He couldn't help but sigh.

He got out of the car and walked to the gate, and saw that there seemed to be words engraved on the door, but it was covered with dust and could not be seen clearly.

After wiping off the dust, the words inside were revealed.

"This is Shelter C332. All personnel have left with the rescue team. If there are any survivors here, you can use all the equipment inside. We have sealed up some compressed food. Unfortunately, we can't keep the batteries. The way to open the door is right below this text. Dig up the sand underneath and you will see a switch. I wish you all the best."

Looking at the date above, it has been more than twenty years since the people from this shelter left.

Chen Xu couldn't help but sigh when he saw this. This result was not unexpected.

The environment around here is much worse than that around the previous two shelters, so it's not surprising that no one is left here.

"Chen Xu, do you want to go in?" 2003 also got out of the car and asked after seeing the words engraved on the door.

Chen Xu shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's go somewhere else."

This place is almost a desert, a real wasteland. The lack of water alone could cost him his life. The food on the transport truck is sufficient, but there is not much drinking water. It is not realistic to stay here.

As for the food inside, he didn't touch it and went straight back to the car.

2003 asked, "So where do we go next?"

"Go back. There is a Class B shelter in the other direction of the G5232 shelter. Let's go there and take a look." He decided to come here because he thought it was closest to A020.

Now he understood that the higher the level of the shelter, the more resources it had, the stronger it was, and the easier it was to preserve.

This time, they did not take the original route. In order to avoid running into the large group of strange beasts, they took a long detour and spent nearly two days before returning to G5232, which was also the shelter they went to in the first place.

It was night when they arrived here. Chen Xu simply drove the car into the shelter and spent the night there, which was safer.

After dinner, Chen Xu sat on a chair and started reading the information inside.

Suddenly, a line of words popped up in front of his eyes, indicating that there was a call request.

He was stunned for a moment before realizing that someone wanted to talk to him through this terminal.

Who could it be?

Out of curiosity, he agreed to the call request.

"Sir, I'm sorry to bother you at this time." A video appeared in front of him, and it was S01.

That's right, who else could it be? It was it that gave me this terminal.

He cursed himself for being slow and asked politely, "Excuse me, what can I do for you?"

S01's tone was still mechanical, without any ups and downs. "Your companion is ill. I think you'd better come and see her."

(End of this chapter)