CHAPTER 334: CHAPTER 315: LU SHOU

So that’s it, indeed.

Lu Xi’an got a definite answer from Lu Shou.

But all this doesn’t matter anymore.

Lu Xi’an thought.

Unexpectedly, on the decision to return to Caiyang Mountain, they encountered such an incident.

One and a half months.

He and Yao Wei only had one and a half months.

In one and a half months, they would face Northern County head-on.

"Let’s go."

Lu Xi’an reattached Lu Shou’s arms and legs with a few clicks, turned to Yao Wei and said, "Shall we follow this guy to his Healing Village for a look? After that, we can make further plans."

In one and a half months, who knows what the outcome will be.

This one and a half months must be well prepared for.

And before then, Lu Xi’an suddenly wanted to see what the Healing Village Lu Shou mentioned was like.

Lu Shou’s words piqued Lu Xi’an’s interest. He thought that even if that village wasn’t as good as Luo Ping’s base, it shouldn’t be worse than other places, right?

Lu Shou, through a series of blunders, created a place that’s out of place with this world.

He just wanted to see this out-of-place place, even if it was already deserted.

"Hmm."

Yao Wei nodded and agreed.

Lu Xi’an let go of Lu Shou.

Lu Shou glanced at the corpse of Yang Shuxia on the ground, clenched his teeth, and suddenly asked, "Could you... wait for me a bit?"

"Wait for what?"

Lu Xi’an asked. He saw the look in Lu Shou’s eyes and had some guesses, but he still asked.

And Yao Wei had already returned to the car, unwilling to listen or look at Lu Shou.

Lu Shou pointed at the corpse of Yang Shuxia and said, "The bodies of people like them are always useful. In Northern County, people like them, once dead, will use their meat to help others increase their strength.

"I actually haven’t eaten this kind of meat in a long time, nor ordinary people’s.

"But in one and a half months, we have to face Boss Liang and Xu. I can only eat him, I must eat him.

"If I don’t eat him, I have no power to resist at all. If I eat him, maybe I can bite them once or twice before I die."

He didn’t dare hope for his life to be spared, nor for defeating the people from Northern County. He just wanted to retaliate before dying, gritting his teeth for that.

Lu Xi’an stared at him silently, then after a moment said, "Suit yourself," and turned to get in the car.

Like Yao Wei, Lu Xi’an didn’t look at Lu Shou again.

Unpleasant noises could be heard from outside the car, which Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei ignored.

Yao Wei opened a laptop and selected a movie to watch, but neither of them was focused enough to watch it.

Lu Xi’an suddenly thought of the Bronze Age from "The Three-Body Problem," where people on the battleship went through a mental and ideological transformation at the moment of survival. Outside, Lu Shou, and the Neo-Humans of Northern County seemed closer to those on the Bronze Age ship.

They felt no psychological burden turning the bodies of their kind into food and could calmly accept that one day, they too would become food for others after death.

The new survival environment, the new rules, they have already adapted to them.

The Neo-Humans of Northern County were no different.

But compared to them, there was one difference—

The people on the Bronze Age ship did it for survival, whereas the people of Northern County did it to increase their strength.

Not wanting to hear the sounds from outside, Lu Xi’an simply started a conversation with Yao Wei.

"What shall we do next? Do you have any thoughts?"

He asked Yao Wei.

Yao Wei’s long, curled lashes quivered, and after a moment of silence, she said, "I don’t know."

Lu Xi’an glanced at Yao Wei and suddenly smiled, "Look at you, caring about me again. You have ideas, I can tell."

Yao Wei lowered her eyelids and said, "Hmm." But she didn’t explain what her ideas were specifically.

Lu Xi’an said, "Then let me share my thoughts first."

"Hmm."

Yao Wei simply responded with a single word. She turned off the video on her laptop and listened intently to Lu Xi’an.

Lu Xi’an said, "I just thought about it, and I have three ideas.

"First, we stick to the original plan, go to Caiyang Mountain.

"We wait there, using this one and a half months to train well, try to increase our strength, and at the same time set up the mountain to see how we can configure the terrain to our advantage. In a month and a half, let them come up the mountain.

"And this way, we might get more than one and a half months. If the tides coincide, we might have two months to prepare.

"Second, we set sail.

"Previously we’ve made a small sailboat, and for this month, we’ll hurry and gather materials to build a sturdier boat, then set sail.

"Once overseas, we can seize the time to train well, and when our strength has increased enough, we can return as conquerors, and by then we won’t fear anyone.

"In that case, we’ll have to leave our car behind.

"And then the third option, that’s your idea."

Yao Wei suddenly became tense, her exquisite and beautiful face turned extremely serious, causing Lu Xi’an to inadvertently smile.

Lu Xi’an said, "The third plan—forget about everything, turn around, and head straight for Mengze.

"It doesn’t matter if the enemy is strong or weak, it doesn’t matter if the path ahead leads to life or death, we’ll just go all out. If the folks from Northern County want to chase us, let them. We’ll just charge towards Mengze. Life and death are fated, and prosperity is determined by heaven. Let’s just go for it."

After speaking, he paused, looked at Yao Wei, and asked, "What do you think we should do?"

Yao Wei was silent for a long time and said, "Let’s head to sea.

"As for the car, we can find a place to hide it.

"If it weren’t for having to bring Gou, we could have Luo Ping and the others take the car. But we need to take Gou; without Gou, the car can’t be driven."

She already saw Gou as incredibly important. To her, besides Lu Xi’an, Gou was most important.

Moreover, if they were to set out to sea, they would indeed need Gou.

On the vast ocean, without Gou, they might not even be able to discern directions.

Lu Xi’an laughed and said, "I thought you would choose to launch a direct assault on Mengze."

Yao Wei was silent again for a moment and said, "If it were just me, I might choose that. But I don’t want you to die with me."

Lu Xi’an said, "How do you know it would be certain death? What if we survive?"

Yao Wei pursed her lips and said nothing.

Considering the strength exhibited by the Type C Neo-Human Yang Shuxia, and with both Yang Shuxia and Lu Shou confirming it, of the opponent’s twelve people—now reduced to eleven. Facing them would likely be very tough.

Without considering externally controlled factors, this Type C Neo-Human’s strength far exceeds that of Xuan Xiaocao.

As for how powerful others from Northern County might be, as well as Boss Liang and Xu who had consumed the complete Fungus Stone, Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei dared not imagine.

Upon hearing about the consumption of Fungus Stone, they couldn’t help but wonder if the person who injured Yao Huo and Ye Wenxin, and eventually killed Ye Wenxin, was also someone who had consumed the Fungus Stone?

Type C Neo-Humans were secondary concerns, and even other types of Neo-Humans were secondary concerns. What Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei worried most was the Type A Neo-Humans who completed such power enhancements. Could they defeat them?

If these Type A Neo-Humans had Type C Neo-Humans behind them, how would their strength compare?

Therefore, it’d be better to be cautious.

Yao Wei didn’t want to die, and how could she wish for Yao Wei to recklessly throw her life away for revenge?

"Alright, we’ll head to sea."

Lu Xi’an said.

He and Yao Wei paused to listen. The noises outside the car had stopped.

They got out of the car together and saw someone lying beside Yang Shuxia’s corpse, it was Lu Shou.

Yang Shuxia’s body showed signs of having its skin torn open, with much of the flesh and organs missing, and blood flowed everywhere.

It seemed that Lu Shou’s appetite was not very large, as he hadn’t been able to finish this corpse.

Lu Shou lay on the ground, eyes vacant. His face was a bloody mess, with bits of flesh adhered to it, looking somewhat ghastly and bizarre.

Hearing the noise from the RV side, he raised his eyes to look, his eyes still lifeless.

"If I could, I really wouldn’t want to eat..."

He said in a hoarse voice.

Lu Xi’an waved his hand and said, "Alright, you’ve eaten it, so why mention it?"

Only then did Lu Shou seem to regain some awareness, paused a bit, and grinned, saying, "Yeah, I used to think I was such a good person! What a joke! It’s not like I haven’t eaten before. How about you guys? Do you want some?

"The meat of this Yang Shuxia is definitely different. After eating it, I feel like my body is filled with power, better than sleeping with the Fungus Stone every day."

"..."

Lu Xi’an remained silent, then asked, "Do you need to lie here for digestion?"

Lu Shou said, "No need."

Lu Xi’an said, "Then let’s go, take us to Healing Village. We want to see what the village you’ve painstakingly managed looks like."

Lu Shou got up, returned to his car. As for the rocket launcher, it was already Yao Wei’s trophy, and she had taken it back to the RV. He neither could nor dared to ask for it back.

Once he got into his car, he rolled down the window and shouted back, "I’ll go ahead; you guys follow me."

Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei also got into the car. Lu Xi’an responded with the megaphone, "Alright."

Lu Shou was startled, not expecting there to be such a thing in the car behind them.

He turned the car around, leading the way, soon arriving by the Guanhai River, stopping the car to get off, telling Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei to wait, and then jumped into the river to wash his face and hands, wiping off all the blood and flesh.

Then he turned eastwards, following along the Guanhai River downstream. After a while, Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei saw a red dot on the car, which should be the Fungus Stone that Lu Shou had hidden away.

After going on a bit further, Lu Shou suddenly swerved, driving away from the Guanhai River. Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei followed and soon saw a place.

That place was densely forested, with houses, roofs and shelters built with timber, branches, and leaves, resembling a village in the woods.

－But none of those were the most important.

The most important part was that there wasn’t just one person here.

From afar, Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei could hear the sounds of people. The source of the voices numbered in the dozens, and that kind of vitality, that kind of liveliness, stirred the heart.

And as they and Lu Shou’s vehicle approached, people in that forest suddenly rushed out, shouting excitedly, "The master is back! The master is back!"

Lu Shou stopped the vehicle, got out, veins on his forehead bulging, and roared, "Dammit! Didn’t I tell you to scram?! What are you still doing here?! Do you want to die?!"