novelden Chapter 290 Never Disappointing
Chapter 290 Never Disappointing
The riverbed was "cleaner" than they had imagined.
There were no reeds, no stagnant water, only large swathes of sun-cracked, grayish-black soil covered with a salty frost.
It makes a crisp, hard crunching sound when you step on it.
The direct sunlight created an even more pungent smell, similar to dried seaweed.
It doesn't smell particularly good, but it's not particularly bad either.
"Phew, finally I can catch my breath. This godforsaken place is worse than just driving around in circles in the desert!"
The massive body of Tashan stood on the riverbed, its feet crushing several pieces of dry, cracked mud with a crunching sound.
Fu Xiaojian didn't speak, closing his eyes and occasionally changing direction, seemingly using the 'Unknown Hammer' to explore the path ahead.
The crows that had been soaring in the sky also came down.
"By the way, do you know how to advance a crow's level?"
Xu Si floated down from the car roof and suddenly remembered something, so he asked Dou Dou curiously.
Xu Si had always forgotten to ask.
How exactly does the eerie quality advance?
Although they had some guesses, they didn't really know the truth.
However, Xu Si was certain that the Weird One definitely possessed the ability to advance.
The people who got off the bus to rest also looked at Dou Dou with surprise.
They were curious too.
"It seems to be preying on other strange creatures or..." DouDou looked around and then lowered her head.
No wonder the number and quality of the strange creatures exploded at the beginning of their arrival; it turns out that eating humans really can lead to advancement.
Humanity is now heading towards mass extinction, food is scarce, and even the supernatural has decreased relatively.
If they can't hunt humans, they can only kill each other, which is easy to understand.
This is also an area where humans are relatively weak compared to the supernatural.
The supernatural can advance by preying on humans, but humans cannot advance by preying on supernatural beings, which is somewhat unfair.
If the strange creatures were edible, the situation would certainly not be like this in the Great Xia Dynasty, where food is of paramount importance.
Not eating the supernatural to extinction is already treating them kindly.
The crowd's gazes immediately turned hostilely to Ya Ya.
It kept its feathers standing on end, not daring to rest for even a moment, and flew back into the sky to keep watch.
"Have you found anything?" the group asked Fu Xiaojian.
Fu Xiaojian shook his head.
The terrain here is very uniform; no matter which direction he pushes, the result is the same.
The team took a short rest on the riverbed.
Xu Si did not speak to anyone else.
"Commander, there's a new communication on the 144.000MHz band. Should we connect?"
"Is it already noon?" Xu Si hadn't expected that another day had begun.
Xu Si clenched his fist after glancing at the countdown screen displayed by the system at 52:39:46.
"It seems the Guangming Motorcade is issuing announcements again! Let's all listen!"
Fu Xiaojian turned on the loudspeaker of the Mengshi truck, which seemed to have become a daily routine.
[—This is the Bright Caravan. We are using the marvel—Apollo—to send you our daily noon newsletter.]
We are currently traveling through a fog, and we don't know when or where we will fall, but I hope that you will step on our corpses and continue forward.
We also urge other convoys to actively establish stable two-way communication with us and conduct effective information and possible material exchanges. [Best regards...]
[—Repeating…This is the Bright Car Team…]
Each report was brief, even very short.
Perhaps this is also due to the limitations of Apollo's characteristics.
Overall, however, things are moving in a positive direction.
The announcement from the Guangming Motorcade has long since ended, but everyone seems to be still reflecting on it.
The convoy took a short break, and compressed biscuits and water were quickly distributed.
No one made a fuss, and no one complained.
Everyone ate their fill quickly and efficiently; they still had a long way to go.
Ivan took small bites of an energy bar, but his gaze involuntarily swept over the silent yet efficient team.
There were no complaints, no arguments, and even the children quietly helped the adults scrape the mud off the tires and chassis after quickly finishing their meals.
They seem to have a particular advantage in this regard.
This level of discipline was more natural than any "convoy" he had ever seen.
It's as if they were born to be this way.
Fu Xiaojian closed his eyes, his brows furrowed.
His "unknown hammering" characteristics did not play the role he had imagined.
However, his sequence did not advance directly after entering the mudflats as he had expected.
The transformation of terrain units took his sequence a big step forward.
But this big step was not enough to enter the Sequence 4 he had been longing for.
Having lived through the apocalypse for so long, he always had the illusion that he was being selected.
The bizarre are being filtered out, and ordinary people are being filtered out.
It seems that even these extraordinary sequences are being filtered out.
As for the selection criteria, Fu Xiaojian couldn't grasp a clear pattern.
Therefore, he became even more eager for strength.
The median sequence, in particular, held extraordinary significance for him.
"Old Xu, lend me another enhancement potion!"
Fu Xiaojian was really going all out; he wasn't worried about having so much debt.
Only by entering Sequence 4 as soon as possible can he begin his journey to repay his debts.
Xu Si looked him up and down.
For no apparent reason, Fu Xiaojian was reminded of what Yang Fan had said back then: who knows, he might have to sell his butt too.
No, no, Old Xu isn't that kind of person.
Fu Xiaojian's face grew increasingly stiff; he was really about to lose his composure.
"Is one enough?"
Actually, he wanted Fu Xiaojian to experience the effects of the compound drug.
But thinking about it, I decided against it; Old Fu is a pretty good guy after all.
If the body were to truly collapse and shatter into countless pieces, it would be impossible to piece it back together.
"That's enough, one is enough!" Fu Xiaojian was very confident in himself and in Xu Si's medicine.
"I've had good profits these past few days, so I'll give you a discount. It'll be the same as last time, and I'll give you two rare drops!" Xu Si said.
The general type II is not very useful for him now; he is more suited to a mixture of type II and type III.
Therefore, it would be inappropriate to collect three more strange drops using the General Type II Enhancement Potion.
As the difficulty of earning purification points decreases, the benefits for his brothers still need to be provided.
After all, he had already taken almost all the strange items.
Even if you eat meat, your brothers still need to drink the soup, right?
We can't let our brothers fall too far behind.
"Alright, thanks. I owe you four strange drops. I hope I can pay you back someday."
Fu Xiaojian was much more relaxed.
He wasn't sure if Xu Si had any extra stock of this scarce commodity.
However, Xu Si never seems to disappoint.
Xu Si tossed a Type II general-purpose enhancement potion, which gleamed with a silvery light, to Fu Xiaojian.
The medicine shimmered with a dangerous yet alluring luster in the dim light.
Fu Xiaojian solemnly accepted it, said nothing more, nodded, and turned to walk towards his car.
He must break through sequence 4 as soon as possible; the low-order sequence and the middle-order sequence are not comparable.
His characteristics will be further enhanced, and his support for the team will be further improved.
Jiao Jiao's gaze also stopped, and worry was evident in her eyes.
Su Su's brows seemed to furrow even more; her eagerness for strength was even greater than Fu Xiaojian's.
The rest of the team continued with their work in silence, but the atmosphere was noticeably more somber.
Everyone had a strong premonition about this.
Ivan didn't understand, but he could feel the silent tension.
He wisely refrained from saying anything, but his questioning look towards Xiao Wu was ignored.