The highway in front of us was a mess; all the road signs and other things had long been destroyed by the mutated plants, and all around us were mountains.
Tiny humans standing on the highway seem to be in a maze.
Zhao Xiaoxiu rummaged through her phone, trying to find a map or something else that could be used for location tracking.
I couldn't find a map, but my phone has a built-in compass function.
She was secretly pleased, and the restlessness of being separated from the main group was somewhat relieved.
Quickly open this compass app and look up expectantly, following the north direction indicated by the pointer.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the sun was hanging high in the sky, shining brightly!
Zhao Xiaoxiu's eyes widened. "You're telling me this is the North?"
I stomped my foot hard, turned off the screen, and got even angrier!
As the cub picked up its little backpack and strode forward, Zhao Gang, who was encountering this situation for the first time, had his eyes turn into vertical pupils, and his inner turmoil swirled nervously in his eye sockets.
We dare not say, we dare not ask.
All I could do was silently follow behind.
Zhao Xiaoxiu was walking briskly on the highway when she saw tire tracks all over the ground.
Following these clues, finding the right direction doesn't seem too difficult.
After all, this is the only main road leading from here to the Peach Blossom Base.
But I just feel sad and want to cry.
Suddenly, a person appeared in front of them.
"Are you also survivors who were left behind?" he asked excitedly, running towards the father and daughter.
Zhao Xiaoxiu narrowed her eyes, stopped in her tracks, raised her small hand, and calmly commanded in a child's voice, "Hold him down!"
The tiny, blood-red tentacle, which had been following the little girl with a pitiful expression, suddenly expanded and swelled, then flung itself at the oncoming man.
The expanding fleshy tentacles wrapped around the man's entire body, pinning him to the ground.
"Dad." Zhao Xiaoxiu reached her hand behind her again.
Zhao Gang immediately pulled out the machete hanging next to his backpack and handed it over, his vertical pupils flashing with excitement.
Zhao Xiaoxiu took the wood-chopping knife, roared "Ah!", raised the knife, and jumped up like a small cannonball, swinging the knife down on the man's head as he asked in terror, "What are you doing?!"
The stiffness of a human neck is not quite the same as that of a hyena's neck.
I didn't get it right the first time and cut off the mark.
Zhao Xiaoxiu swung her knife again.
This time, the sharp blade successfully severed the man's twisted and terrifying head.
The head and body separated instantly, but there was no bloody scene.
All that remained were still roaring heads and struggling, writhing bodies, now powerless to fight.
Zhao Xiaoxiu gripped the handle of the machete with both hands, pointed the blade at the ugly head, and slapped it away, sending it flying off the highway.
Now I feel completely relieved!
"Hmph, you brat, trying to fool a child." Zhao Xiaoxiu slung the knife over her shoulder, turned her head and proudly raised her chin at her father, who was clapping and applauding, signaling him to follow. She strode forward with a proud and imposing air.
However, this time the pace was noticeably lighter.
Children's tempers really do come and go quickly. Zhao Gang wiped non-existent sweat from his forehead and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The sun gradually rose, but the October sun had long lost its scorching intensity.
Surrounded by tall, mutated shrubs and a gloomy forest, Zhao Xiaoxiu felt the yin energy dissipate and the yang energy become abundant after the sun came out.
Many characteristics of the mutated plant are still similar to those before the mutation; it likes sunlight.
However, if exposed to the scorching sun, they will become wilted, just like before the mutation.
The father and daughter walked smoothly along this road at noon, and apart from the occasional ghost that appeared, no mutated plants or animals came into view.
Zhao Xiaoxiu, who was originally excited and thought she could kill ghosts, was a little disappointed after walking for most of the day without encountering a single attack from a mutated plant or animal.
Around 3 p.m., the father and daughter had been walking on the highway for a full six hours and had reached the end of that section of the highway.
A hill formed later than this lies across the road, blocking the passage on both sides.
However, on the left side of the hill, there is a dirt road that leads off the highway and into the nearby city.
The traces of the main force were very clear; the grass was crushed into the soil, and the overgrown dirt road was revealed to be its original state.
They were pursued by a flock of mutated pigeons and only managed to escape them when they arrived at this place.
There were more than twenty cars parked here, and nearby were disposed human corpses and a large number of mutated pigeon carcasses.
It's easy to see that the main force had taken a short break here.
Zhao Gang pointed to the side of the dirt road, where it was open and safe, and gestured for Zhao Xiaoxiu to stand there.
He then symbolically picked up his weapon and went to the parked cars to check if there were any usable vehicles or if there was any gasoline left.
At this moment, after six hours of reflection, the father has realized what made his young son angry.
Therefore, he urgently needed a means of transportation.
But the fact that the cars were left behind indicates that they were no longer of any use.
The vehicles are still drivable and haven't been locked yet.
But none of the cars had any fuel left.
Even if the car can still run, it won't move if it runs out of gas.
Zhao Gang shrugged apologetically at his young cub.
Zhao Xiaoxiu hadn't had high hopes to begin with, so naturally she wasn't disappointed.
She stretched out her hands, hugged her father's leg, and smiled brightly, "It's okay."
Zhao Gang felt a warmth in his heart. He hung the bed sheet in front of his chest, gestured for Zhao Xiaoxiu to come up, and carried her away.
Zhao Xiaoxiu was well aware of her physical limitations, so she didn't stand on ceremony with him. She crawled into the suspenders made of the bed sheet and wrapped her arms around her father's neck.
The father and daughter continued on their journey.
Nature's power is so strong that grass can grow even in a house that has been uninhabited for a month.
The city, abandoned for more than a decade, has long been filled with lush greenery, and there is no trace of steel and concrete left.
The entire city is enveloped in green plants, which grow and multiply freely on this land.
Vines, like bridges, hung between the buildings, and blooming flowers entwined the power lines.
Mutant birds build nests in the trees, their chirping echoing through the forest city.
A cluster of enormous, mutated purple umbrella mushrooms dominated the forest city. They emitted a strange, sweet fragrance, and their bodies were covered in blue, circuit-like electrical light, emitting a mesmerizing and dazzling glow even in the dark.
Any living thing that passes by it will gradually become sluggish and will involuntarily walk towards the base of the fungus, which is covered by countless hyphae, and become its nutrients.
This is a city that has been completely abandoned by humans, but thanks to these mutated plants and animals, it has been reconstructed into a beautiful and dreamlike forest landscape.
Zhao Xiaoxiu rode on her father's shoulders, and the adult's view allowed her to see the entire city clearly.
The forest city scene before me is like a dream, beautiful yet dangerous, and mesmerizing.
However, no matter how beautiful or breathtaking the scenery, it is all just bubbles in the face of the instinct of hunger and thirst.
Zhao Xiaoxiu swallowed hard, slid off her father's shoulder, took out the water bottle from her bag, and shook it, but there was no sound.
There's no water.
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