Chapter 249: Highway (1/2)

Chapter 249: Highway

Translator: InsigniaEditor: Svjohn

Luo Yuan searched through all the rooms on the second floor, but his efforts were in vain.

At that very moment, Luo Yuan heard a commotion. It seemed like something had happened outside. His expression changed slightly before picking up his Zhanmadao. He then took a few strides ahead and jumped onto the first floor. In an instant, he emerged from a small hole.

Sprawling all over the ground were six mutated insects, each measuring about a meter long. Upon closer observation, the ferocious-looking mutated insects seemed to have been already mutilated; the floor was drenched with their colourful fluid. Looking at the wounds on their body, aside from the two that was killed by Wang Shishi, the remaining four had been slashed by swords.

Everyone's Strength had greatly improved from what it once was. Low level mutated beasts such as these were no longer a threat to them.

”Have you found the map yet?” asked Huang Jiahui, after noticing Luo Yuan walking over.

”No, the deterioration in this place is far too severe, and I reckon it will be the same for the other places, unless someone had deliberately preserved one,” answered Luo Yuan helplessly.

There was a very slim chance of this happening. Before the apocalypse, maps were not particularly important, and especially with the advent of smartphones, people had rarely used actual maps.

”But at least we are certain of the name of this location. Have any of you heard of Jiuchuan City?” asked Luo Yuan.

Everyone looked at each other with clueless faces. Most of them were from the South. As far as their knowledge goes about the cities in the West, apart from a few famous tourist attractions and the provincial capital, they were unfamiliar with the rest of the small cities. Jiuchuan was clearly one of the latter and most of them had not even heard of this place.

”I think I might have heard of it somewhere!” said Huo Dong suddenly, but he looked somewhat unsure, as he could not confirm where he had heard it from.

”Do not rush and think carefully…” said Luo Yuan quickly.

Huo Dong paced up and down and furrowed his brows, ”I got it! I used to have a customer previously, and it seems like he was from around here.”

”Are there any others?” Luo Yuan asked, his face laced with some disappointment. They could not deduce anything with such little information.

”It was a long time ago. Moreover, that was a small-time customer and I rarely paid any attention to him. Oh yes, there could be a highway nearby. I remembered that I had checked it out before,” Huo Dong scratched his head, all the thinking had racked his brains till his head hurt.

Everyone’s eyes lit up.

”If you are sure that there are highways here, then everything would be much easier. There were very few highways in the West. According to our geographical location, if I have guessed it correctly, the highway will be the Gong Yu highway,” Commander Xia said, ”Gong Yu highway is not far from Taklamakan and there is a national line road that will lead to that place. If we are fast enough, and if everything goes as planned, we can arrive at the Reconstruction Area in one or two days.”

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At this time point, it was already close to nine o'clock in the evening. The group had found a relatively safe and sound basement, and was ready to put up for the night.

The ground was covered with damp and warm slippery moss. They lined the ground with the pelt of the mutated beasts and took a seat on the floor. Dried meat was distributed and they started to chomp onto the food.

It was not suitable for them to set up a camp fire due to the lack of space. Thankfully, there were some leftover dried meat.