blogombal Chapter 238 Safe Grassland
Chapter 238 Safe Grassland
"Old Lu, should we leave?" The burly man behind Xu Si's figure tightened as he watched Xu Si leave quickly.
"Yeah, let's hurry up and slip away! I knew my eyelids had been twitching a lot today!"
A girl who looked about the same age as Xu Si and seemed to be half asleep said.
"That's right, Sister Yue Li is right. I don't think this guy is a good person. How can he be a kind soul if he can hang out with weirdos?"
The speaker was a cool-looking boy, a little older than Xiao Luo, and about the same age as Jiao Jiao.
"Can we leave?" Lu Xun remained silent, then sighed, and the others' expressions also darkened.
"Don't worry, judging from his appearance, he may not be a good person, but he wouldn't go so far as to harm us. Rest assured!"
"Alright! You're always right!" the burly man said, convinced.
The other members of the Changsheng team immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
……
When Xu Si returned on his sword, Fu Xiaojian had already directed the caravan to gather the firewood and reorganize the team.
"The other side has five cars, four extraordinary individuals, and the leader is Lu Xun, Sequence 3," Xu Si said succinctly.
"Their attitude was relatively calm, so they shouldn't be an unlicensed racing team, and they're willing to make a deal."
"And there's a pool of water over there!"
Xu Si brought good news, which made everyone in the convoy very happy.
"Did you ask about the situation on this grassland?"
"I didn't ask for details, but they've been on this grassland for over ten days!"
"More than ten days?" Fu Xiaojian frowned slightly.
"This grassland... seems to be more vast, or more dangerous than we thought."
The fact that they can stay in the same area for so long speaks volumes.
"Everyone, convoy spotted, 20 kilometers away. We're heading there now to set up camp and rest. Keep your distance and support each other." Fu Xiaojian made the decision quickly.
"Everyone else, stay alert. Tashan and Shaobing, take charge of the outer perimeter. Xiao Luo and Li Miao, take charge of the inner perimeter. Su Su, Xu Si, Chen Pei, and others, keep watch as you see fit. Also, Dou Dou, have Ya Ya expand the reconnaissance area."
Fu Xiaojian had made preparations in advance.
The convoy started again and slowly moved towards the water's edge.
Xu Si returned to the driver's seat of "Nirvana," and the engine roared to life. However, he was more interested in the Sequence 3 Land Cruiser.
Because the Land Cruiser's reaction was a little too calm.
Faced with a flying anomaly that was clearly level 3 and a strange transcendent who arrived on a sword, his first reaction was not wariness or hostility, but curiosity about how to "tame" the anomaly, and he even directly expressed his willingness to trade.
They are either extremely confident or have something to rely on...
Therefore, his sequence 3 must be extremely special.
The wind from the grassland blew in through the open car window, carrying the slightly fishy smell of crushed grass juice.
The daylight was still bright, but the blood-red sun had begun to set in the west, painting the horizon with an increasingly deep dark red.
About half an hour later, the small body of water came into view.
The water was crystal clear, shimmering in the sunlight, and low shrubs grew along its banks. Compared to the boundless sea of grass, it truly resembled a small oasis.
This is so incredibly vivid!
For everyone who hadn't seen any fresh plants since the apocalypse, this surprise felt somewhat unreal!
You know, Jiao Jiao was extremely nervous about even a little bit of moss before, but now they have a treasure trove.
As expected, the five vehicles of the Changsheng convoy stopped on the west side of the lake, maintaining their defensive formation.
Seeing Xu Si's convoy approaching, they visibly increased their vigilance, but did not adopt an attack posture.
Fu Xiaojian chose to slowly stop on the east side of the lake, and also moved the vehicle aside to leave enough buffer space.
Seeing the sheer size of the new team, the members of the Changsheng team were clearly taken aback.
Lu Xun was also feeling uneasy at this moment.
What kind of monsters are these cars? There are five of them in Sequence 3, and even more in Sequence 1 and Sequence 2.
"I'll go negotiate." Fu Xiaojian nodded to Xu Si, then looked at Shao Bing and Ta Shan.
"You guys come with me. Su Su, Xu Si, watch the house."
Xu Si did not go with them; he stayed by the car while Xing Tong silently observed the other side.
The young man named Lu Xun had already walked over with a bald, burly man and another thin young woman.
The two stopped at the midpoint and began to talk.
The distance was a bit far, so I couldn't hear the specifics, but judging from the body language, the atmosphere seemed relatively relaxed.
Lu Xun seemed to say something, Fu Xiaojian nodded occasionally, Shao Bing maintained a standard military posture, while Ta Shan crossed his arms and sized up the bald, muscular man opposite him who was about the same size as him.
Xu Si focused more on the other members of the Changsheng team.
Apart from the three negotiators, the remaining members stood guard by the car, looking nervously in their direction.
After all, this team looks too aggressive; if a fight really breaks out, there's only one outcome for them.
Only that cool-looking boy was left in the team, and he suddenly felt immense pressure!
Even though he trusted his captain, the pressure from the opposing team was just too much.
At this point, Fu Xiaojian's negotiations seemed to have come to an end.
The two sides did not shake hands, but they both nodded.
Fu Xiaojian turned back, and Lu Xun led the two back to his own convoy.
"Captain Fu, how is it?" Jiao Jiao asked anxiously as Fu Xiaojian approached.
"Initial contact has been fairly frank." Fu Xiaojian gestured for everyone to come closer and lowered his voice.
"The 'Longevity Convoy,' led by a Land Cruiser, is a Sequence 3 vehicle with unknown capabilities. They shouldn't pose a threat to our convoy!" Fu Xiaojian commented.
Even so, he did not let his guard down.
"However," Fu Xiaojian immediately shook his head, his expression solemn.
"They said, 'This grassland is alive and has been refusing to let anyone leave.' They tried to explore in different directions, but the furthest they went was about 150 kilometers away, and they would inexplicably circle back to the vicinity of this lake."
Everyone felt a chill, which meant that they had also been drawn into the game.
"Is it a large-scale illusion?" Chen Pei frowned.
"It doesn't seem like it." Fu Xiaojian looked at Xu Si.
Xu Si recalled the boundless green sea he had seen when he flew high in the sky on his sword.
If the entire grassland is a vast, slowly changing living organism, or a geographical unit influenced by some kind of consciousness...
That's even more chilling than facing a brutal and eerie encounter.
"They must have encountered something strange before, right?" Xu Si asked another question.
Fu Xiaojian shook his head.
Damn it, Xu Si now understands why that guy was so eager to see Ya Ya.
Encountering something eerie is certainly bad, but not encountering anything eerie is even stranger.
"Didn't they encounter anything strange in these past ten days?" the little girl asked in surprise.
"No!" Fu Xiaojian thought Lu Xun was telling the truth, because such words were easy to verify.
"Xiao Luo, pause the psionic barrier for now! Jiang Li, it's up to you!"
Fu Xiaojian thought it would be better to verify it first.
However, after more than ten minutes, Fu Xiaojian's sense of danger remained unchanged, which was the worst news at the moment.
Seeing Fu Xiaojian shake his head, everyone's hearts sank.