novelden Chapter 222 Death Needs No Consolation
Chapter 222 Death Needs No Consolation
"Thanks!" If it weren't for Chen Pei, Xu Si really wouldn't have been able to handle this guy by himself.
"Isn't this being too formal?" After spending so much time together, Chen Pei has even started making some harmless jokes.
"Alright, then I won't stand on ceremony with you! I'll give you something nice another day!"
Including the times he spent in Yanshi, Xu Si had accumulated quite a few favors.
He had just decided what to give Chen Pei!
The only strange water-related item he dropped was the [Tidal Shell].
However, he certainly couldn't just give away one weird drop. Now that he had eight thousand purification points in his account, he was still willing to spend one or two thousand purification points.
Chen Pei is worth the price.
"By the way, are you and Tang Jinxiu getting used to the caravan?" Xu Si asked, having recovered somewhat and recalling Tang Jinxiu's previous condition.
"We're all doing well, everyone in the team has been very kind to us!" Chen Pei said, revealing the youthful awkwardness typical of young people.
"Do you know how her sequence progresses?" Xu Si had to be blunt.
Chen Pei was stunned for a moment, tilting his head to look at Xu Si with a puzzled expression!
"She doesn't seem to like her sequence!" Xu Si said directly, without any sense of embarrassment.
Chen Pei was stunned. He hadn't thought about this question before, but it wasn't too late to start thinking about it now.
"Sister Jinxiu..." Chen Pei hesitated for a moment before speaking, his voice lower than usual.
"She's just not mentally prepared for the change in her identity!" Chen Pei said, her face slightly flushed.
He hadn't noticed before; he always thought that Sister Jinxiu didn't need to work so hard under his protection, as he was there for her.
However, that's not the case. If it weren't for Xu Si's medicine, Sister Jinxiu might have really died.
If it weren't for Sister Jinxiu, he might have continued to wallow in his bizarre methods.
So he understood what Xu Si meant!
Xu Si glanced at him but said nothing more. Some things are best left unsaid, and that was the most he could do.
If that time really comes, everyone will have to be responsible for themselves.
"All vehicles, report your situation!" Fu Xiaojian's voice came through the walkie-talkie, filled with deep exhaustion and the weariness of surviving a disaster.
"The Mengshi vehicle has two occupants; everything is normal!"
"The pickup truck has two occupants; everything is normal!"
"There are two members of the Big Dog team. Li Miao is about to give up. Can we dispel the fog?" Xiao Luo asked urgently.
No one spoke! Everyone was waiting for someone to speak.
"Okay! The strange thing has been resolved!" Xu Si's words were like a pillar of strength.
"Xiao Pei, how is Xiao Pei?"
It should have been Wang Hu's turn to drive, but Tang Jinxiu was so concerned that she lost her composure.
"I'm fine," Chen Pei said this time.
"Yaoyao and I are fine too!" Wang Hu added.
"There are 27 people on the bus, and three of them are still unconscious." Tashan's voice was somewhat grave, and Xu Si could even hear a child crying on the walkie-talkie.
Fortunately, the Blood Sun was at its peak at this time, and Xu Si's sequence energy recovered significantly. As the star veins extended, Xu Si was able to see the scene inside the carriage clearly.
The three people Tashan mentioned were Grandma Xin and the two oldest people in the convoy, the oldest of whom was about the same age as Uncle Fu.
Xu Si didn't even know their names.
"Are there any vital signs?" Fu Xiaojian asked.
However, Jiao Jiao, who was even faster than him, had already crashed into the bus several times.
"It's no use!" someone said over the walkie-talkie.
Xu Si could no longer sense any energy flow from those three people!
"Sister Dou Dou!" Dou Bao and Kao Chang's crying came through the walkie-talkie. She seemed to have realized something when Ta Shan spoke earlier.
Grandma Xin's last wish was to entrust her children to someone else in peace. Now that her wish has come true, she has nothing left to worry about.
All three of them chose self-destruction in their descent into depravity.
They all left with smiles on their faces.
The convoy fell into a brief silence.
Only the murmured "I'm still here! I'm still here..." came from the walkie-talkie.
And intermittent, suppressed sobs.
Inside the ambulance, DouDou held the cold cow shell, buried her face in the rough cloth bag, and her shoulders trembled slightly.
Shao Bing didn't know how to comfort her, so he silently reduced the car's speed slightly to give her a more comfortable space to relax.
Fu Xiaojian took a deep breath: "This day would come eventually!"
This is something everyone has long been prepared for!
Death is not uncommon in the end times; in fact, it is quite common.
To be able to leave peacefully and without pain is a kind of happiness, and perhaps it is their own choice.
The convoy continued along the lakeshore.
With the threat of the "Sloth Boa" gone, the lake returned to its overly perfect calm, reflecting the scarlet sky in an eerie and empty beauty.
The deadly raven took to the air again, circling above the convoy as a watchful eye, mainly to keep its distance from someone. Its three snake heads turned from time to time, alert to any potential threats from any direction.
Dou Dou was depressed, and her sobbing lasted for a very long time, and Shao Bing stayed with her for a very long time.
He really doesn't have the ability to coax children.
As evening approached, the convoy finally drove away from the long lakeside road.
No more strange disturbances occurred during the second half of the journey. It was unclear whether it was Xu Si's Star Sacrifice or the crows that served as a deterrent.
The mountain path began to climb upwards again.
Fu Xiaojian chose a sheltered rock face recess as a temporary campsite.
The space here is not large, but the terrain is high, the view is relatively open, and the rock wall can provide some protection.
After reinforcing Tashan, everyone parked the car and turned off the engine.
No one got off the bus immediately.
Exhaustion, like damp moss, silently crept over everyone's body and soul.
"Sloth" and "degradation" greatly drained everyone's mental energy.
In the end, it was Fu Xiaojian who first opened the car door, and the cold mountain wind rushed in, which invigorated him.
"Set up a simple tent, start a fire, and cook something hot. Tashan, help the three of them down... we'll see them off."
There was no coffin, no ceremony.
Tashan used his abilities to create three shallow caves beside the rock face, from which one can still overlook the entire lake.
Shao Bing and Wang Hu carefully wrapped the three of them up and placed them one by one into the cave.
Their faces were serene, even bearing a relieved smile, which seemed out of place in this apocalyptic world.
DouDou, DouBao, KaoChang, and WeiFuZi stood side by side, their little faces still wet with tears.
Yao Yao was being led by Wang Hu, her big eyes filled with a bewildered sadness.
Jiao Jiao sat next to Su Su, pursing her lips, unlike her usual boisterous self.
Xu Si remained seated in the driver's seat of the "Nirvana" without getting out of the car.
With her eyes half-closed, Xing Tong's gaze swept over the three simple "graves" and finally landed on the rugged mountain path that was gradually swallowed by the twilight.
Fu Xiaojian stood in front of the cave and remained silent for a moment.
He said nothing to comfort the living or to remember the dead; those words seemed utterly pale in the desolate wasteland of the end times.
Death needs no consolation, nor even remembrance.