Chapter 127
I just got back not long ago, and I thought it would be a long time before the next time I traveled through time again, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon.
When Fu Le woke up, he was in a cave. It was quiet all around, but his nose was filled with the smell of decay and stench.
"Ugh..." The first thing Fu Le did upon waking up was to lean against the wall and vomit until his stomach cramped with pain.
It stinks, it stinks so bad... This shuttle, where am I?
'In this apocalyptic world overrun by aliens, host, take care. I'm off to collect mesonite.'
"Come back here!! What the hell is an alien?!" Fu Le's mind flashed through the American alien movies he had seen, lizardmen, octopus sucker beasts, and all sorts of slimy alien images kept flashing through his mind.
Is it about to become a reality?
vomit……
Fu Le turned on his flashlight and finally saw the cave clearly. It was full of white eggs, as big as ostrich eggs, each one like a silkworm pupa, stuck to the walls or floor of the cave, nest after nest, layer upon layer, taking up most of the cave. Inside, you could vaguely see rotting corpses. The reason it smelled bad was because of the corpses, which had been used as nutrients by the mothers who laid the eggs.
Standing in front of Egg Mountain, Fu Le's skin crawled with goosebumps. She should have run away, but her multiple time-travel experiences told her that maybe it was something good.
After rinsing his mouth with mineral water, Fu Le reached out and touched the nearest egg. 'Xixi Turtle Egg, fire attribute, best for dispelling cold, can be used in medicine, strengthens the body.'
Fu Le: It really is good stuff.
It can also be used in medicine.
receive!
After collecting all the eggs, Fu Le finally saw the neatly arranged layer of rotting corpses on the ground. There were men, women, and children, all headless, dressed in modern clothes. They hadn't been dead for long because the decomposition wasn't too severe, and there wasn't even a giant's aura.
"Let everyone rest in peace." Fu Le used his sword to collapse the cave.
Standing outside the cave, Fu Le realized that she had been placed in a cave in a mountain. However, outside the cave, instead of lush greenery, there were rows of charred charcoal, the ground was scorched, and the sky was red, blood red, with no sun or anything like that.
I took out my binoculars and looked out; all I could see was charred black.
Fu Le took a few steps and picked up several charred tree trunks, each as thick as an arm; they looked like they had been reduced to charcoal.
Or should we put it away? It might come in handy.
Fu Le found a bracelet, recognized it as his own, and then carried the black charcoal down the mountain.
She has to stay here for a year, and she needs to find something to do during that time.
Two hours later, after Fu Le had filled a ring with a space of 1,000 square meters, he stood on the hillside and stared in astonishment at what lay ahead. There was no city or ruins below; all he could see was water. He raised his binoculars, but all he saw was water.
Will humanity not become extinct?
What world's apocalypse is this?
Wait, in the alien world, does that mean the water is full of aliens? What are those?
Fu Le saw a black dot floating on the water's surface and unconsciously took a few steps down to the water's edge. This time, she saw clearly that it was a corpse, the corpse of a two- or three-year-old child, which had already grown to the size of a giant.
Something's not right...
Fu Le frowned, took a few steps back, pulled out his mechanical beast, and just as he mounted it, something suddenly burst out of the water behind him!
Fu Le turned her head, and a huge black worm, resembling a giant python, opened its mouth full of fangs and lunged at her, its pungent, fishy stench forcefully filling her nostrils.
"Holy crap!!" Fu Le's hair stood on end. He immediately manipulated the mechanical beast to rise higher, a mortar appeared in his hand, and he turned and fired a shot.
The unlucky insect-beast just happened to swallow the cannonball whole.
Boom!
The insect-beast's head was blown to pieces, and its corpse went limp, crashing heavily onto the water's surface, sending up a splash that was two meters high.
Fu Le breathed a sigh of relief, and with lingering fear, rode the mechanical beast away from the water, his hands still a little weak.
This worm looks disgusting, and it drools so much.
Back halfway up the mountain, Fu Le put away the mechanical beast and continued eastward.
Then, something unexpected happened. She saw a huge stone wall standing at the top of the highest peak with bright red characters: 'City A Base'.
Is this a base built in the mountains?
Fu Le found a large hiking backpack that was over a meter long, and filled it with a bag of first-aid medicine, some change of clothes, two bottles of mineral water, and a bag of dried meat.
Since there's someone there, then her nearly expired medications have a place to go this time.
Soon, Fu Le noticed groups of men emerging from the fork in the road, searching around. They all looked worried and tense.
Fu Le's appearance was too abrupt, and the area was barren, making him too easy to be discovered.
Even though she deliberately made her clothes old and dirty, and wrapped her head in a dark turban, the light in her eyes was so peaceful that it was as if she had never experienced any disaster.
Behind her was a long knife, at her waist was a gun, and on her feet were a pair of women's military boots.
Could she be a soldier?
"Captain, that woman, I've never seen her before, she's not from our base, how dare she run around outside alone?" Yang Yan looked at the girl following behind them with suspicion. Although she had covered herself up, she didn't seem to be the same kind of people as them at all.
The aliens have been around for six months. They came too fiercely and in huge numbers. Even with the country's best efforts, it has been unable to control their reproduction rate. Armed forces have been used to deal with the aliens, and ordinary people in society can only try every means to save themselves.
These aliens seem to appear out of thin air, with a reproductive capacity comparable to cockroaches. A single mother can give birth to hundreds of thousands of offspring in an instant, and they can become adults in as little as ten days. They feed on human flesh, and humans, with their mortal bodies and little fighting ability, are no match for the aliens. In addition, natural disasters such as seawater flooding and lava eruptions caused huge losses to human resources, and the human population also decreased sharply.
The collapse of social order was accompanied by infighting among people. In order to seize resources, people fought each other, and the wickedness of human nature was fully demonstrated in this apocalypse.
"Are you a soldier?" A group of people blocked Fu Le's way. There were eight men and one androgynous woman in the group. If it weren't for her chest, it would be impossible to tell her gender. They were all dirty.
Noticing pairs of eyes scanning the backpack behind him, Fu Le's hand was already on the gun at his waist.
"Don't misunderstand, we just want to ask what the current policies are. You're a soldier, you should know, right?" The only woman in the group stepped forward and asked in a kind voice. She had an empty backpack hanging behind her, her face was sallow, but her lips were fine, so she was obviously not thirsty.
"I got separated from my teammates. I don't know either," Fu Le replied ambiguously.
"So, where are you planning to go by yourself?" the woman asked again.
Fu Le didn't answer immediately. Instead, he looked at the growing number of teams around him, his whole body tensing up. He couldn't help but exude a murderous aura. Su Hong was the first to be affected, her whole body trembling, and she almost ran away. The others also looked at Fu Le with some apprehension. Meanwhile, the teams that were further away quietly moved forward, trying to take the opportunity to snatch the backpack from Fu Le's back.
Fu Le glanced at the group, which clearly had ulterior motives, then walked around the woman and her group, quickly moving forward.
"Captain, that woman is here." Yang Yan looked at the woman walking in their direction and was a little nervous.
Lu Ze frowned. "Let's go, don't worry about her."
As Lu Ze finished speaking, the group of twelve people continued forward.
"Where are you going? Can I join your team?" A clear female voice came from behind.
Yang Yan and Lu Ze were both surprised that this woman had taken the initiative to talk to them.
Fu Le wanted to join them for only one reason: with her 'nouveau riche' attitude, they were just watching the show and had no intention of getting close. The whole team was very disciplined, which was rare. She was going to stay here for a year, and she didn't want to be alone anymore; it was too boring.
"Sorry, our team is already full." Lu Ze refused decisively under Fu Le's expectant gaze.
Fu Le's lips curled up beneath his face mask. "What if I offer supplies as a condition for joining?"
"What supplies do you have?" Yang Yan asked.
“Yang Yan!” Lu Ze warned.
"Captain, we're all men, so it's not impossible to recruit a female teammate to cook. She even said she has supplies," another man said with a grin. Clearly, he was also interested in Fu Le's supplies.
The others also became interested, their eyes falling on Fu Le's bulging backpack, wondering what was inside.
"Hey, beautiful, join us! Captain Lu and his team are very strict about recruiting members; not just anyone can get in. Look at us, we're not bad either. We already have a female member in our team. You have a gun, so we can accept you. You two can keep each other company." The leader of the team with the only woman called out loudly, and the other teams moved closer again, trying to recruit her.
"You come with us first, let's leave this place." This time, Lu Ze relented, giving the other teams a warning look before telling Fu Le to come in front of him.
Fu Le smiled and nodded, then walked into Lu Ze's group and followed everyone forward.
"My name is Yang Yan, this is our captain Lu Ze, what's your name?"
"Fu Le".
"Fu Le, my name is Zhou Xin."
"Li Tianxing".
"Wang Qian."
...
Everyone kindly introduced themselves, and Fu Le nodded to each of them to indicate that he understood.
They walked for about 20 kilometers, their destination being to fetch water from the mountains and find some edible plants. Yang Yan was the one in the team who knew the most plants, so even though his combat skills were not as good as others, they would still take him along when searching for supplies.
The men were all tall and strong, and their stamina was not bad. They walked very fast, so when they realized that they had a female teammate, they were surprised to find that she had not fallen behind at all, had not complained, and did not seem to have any discomfort.
"Are you a soldier?" This time, Lu Ze took the initiative to speak.
"No. I'm just a mountaineering enthusiast, and I found this gun."
Lu Ze nodded, neither saying whether he believed it nor not, and didn't say anything more. Everyone kept moving forward without stopping. After confirming that Fu Le's physical strength was not bad, Lu Ze even asked everyone to jog forward, making it feel like a military training exercise.
No one offered to help Fu Le carry the heavy load; everyone was very careful to maintain proper boundaries.
Finally, half an hour later, everyone saw lush greenery.
"Almost there! Speed up!!" Lu Ze suddenly shouted, and the whole team sprinted towards the greenery ahead. The other teams that were lagging behind also saw Lu Ze's speed and immediately sped up as well.
No matter what kind of living environment there is, as long as there are mountains and plants, humans will inevitably have a chance to survive.
This is hope!!
Once inside the forest, everyone scattered to find food. With Yang Yan around, they had all learned to identify edible plants to some extent. Of course, they didn't go far, keeping a distance of ten meters, so they could support each other if needed. This was their tacit understanding.
Fu Le was stopped by Lu Ze, who said, "You come with me." Clearly, he was worried about leaving Fu Le alone.
"Thank you." She seemed to be quite lucky.
He took out a small hoe from his backpack and followed Lu Ze deeper into the area.
The aliens that roam the mountains are not as dangerous as those in the water, which can be considered a glimmer of hope left to mankind by nature.
"Captain, I've found water." Not long after, a teammate's voice came through the communicator.
"You go with Ayan."
"yes."
"Captain Lu, it's cassava." Fu Le's eyes lit up when he saw the lush greenery, and he reminded him.
Lu Ze looked in the direction Fu Le pointed, and saw that this was the first time they had found cassava.
"Thank you." Lu Ze's eyes softened considerably.
"You are welcome."
Lu Ze notified two teammates to come over, and the two of them started digging.
When the two teammates rushed over excitedly, there were already several sticks stacked in front of them.
"Wow, this is great today! What a haul! This stuff is enough to fill me up, and it's big and plentiful. Brother Lu, you're amazing!"
Lu Ze didn't even look up. "Fu Le discovered it."
"Fu Le, awesome." The two teammates gave him a thumbs up, chuckled, and started digging.
Fu Le returned the smile, and his men worked even faster.
Today's luck was exceptionally good; they found several cassava burrows and wild chestnut trees. Everyone's backpacks were full, front and back. Fu Le then realized that the reason their backpacks were also bulging was not because of the dry food they were eating, but because of the rolled-up second hiking pack and the folding water bucket.
Besides them, the other teams that followed Lu Ze's group also reaped a great harvest. Everyone came down the mountain with smiles on their faces, carrying things on their chests and backs, and some even had vines wrapped around their waists with sweet and sour fruits.
Fu Le helped everyone carry two ten-liter buckets of water. They weren't supposed to let her carry them, but she showed off her strength, and everyone fell silent, looking a little depressed. This amused Fu Le, who then picked up the buckets and strode ahead to lead the way.
The A City base is a large mountain with more than a dozen natural caves. It is cool and comfortable inside, with a mild climate in winter and a cool climate in summer, and can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people. After the government came and occupied the area, they dug out many more artificial caves. Therefore, there are now about 300,000 people living in this mountain.
Although it was under official leadership, there was no food supply at all, and everyone had to be self-sufficient. As long as it wasn't robbery, murder, or rape, the authorities didn't care about anything else. If someone committed a crime, no one would care if they weren't investigated. Therefore, everyone was in danger and formed their own groups to stick together for warmth.
The elderly, weak, sick, and disabled at the very bottom of society had already died out two months before the apocalypse. Those who survived were mostly young and strong people in their families, had someone to protect them, or had banded together and helped each other from the very beginning.
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