There was still sunshine in the early morning, but after Lu Xinyi and the others drove along the not-so-wide rural road for an hour, the sunshine hid in the thick clouds.
The weather darkened.
"The weather has changed." Li Wanzhi looked out the window and said, "Look at the sky, it's not going to rain, right?"
"Don't let it rain. Driving in the rain is the most troublesome." Du Heng muttered.
"We can't decide whether it will rain. Let's walk first." Lu Xinyi also looked at the gloomy sky outside the window. "If it rains heavily, we can only find a place to take shelter."
Driving in heavy rain is inherently dangerous, and since they are not familiar with the road conditions, it is better not to drive in the rain.
Of course, it's best if it doesn't rain.
As the off-road vehicle moved forward, several people would stop and scan the area as usual when passing through a certain town or village.
After the sweep, continue on your way.
At noon like this, it's time to have lunch.
In the deserted wilderness, the off-road vehicle parked on the side of the road. Several people got out of the vehicle and began to prepare lunch.
"Can we have instant noodles for lunch today?" Xia Lianqiao looked at Lu Xinyi, who was taking ingredients out of the space, "I haven't eaten instant noodles for a long time, and I want to eat instant noodles."
In the past six months, she has not been harsh on food at all because it is the end of the world.
On the contrary, she gained a lot of weight with her sister's feeding every day. Fortunately, she trained every day, and the fat gained eventually turned into muscles.
I eat a lot of big fish and meat every day, and occasionally I really crave this junk food.
What kind of burgers, fried chicken, Coke, tsk, I want to eat them all.
Seeing how she really wanted to eat, Lu Xinyi couldn't help but smile, "If you want to eat instant noodles, you can, but you can't eat too much. Instant noodles are not nutritious."
"I'll just eat one packet. If I'm not full, I'll eat something else." Xia Lianqiao said with a smile, and extended her index finger to make a "one" gesture.
"Instant noodles, I kind of want to eat them too." Du Heng came over and said, "Why don't you just eat instant noodles at noon and save yourself the trouble."
As he spoke, he turned to look at Li Wanzhi and Qin Xian, asking for their opinions.
Neither of them had any objections. They would eat whatever Xin Yi prepared for them.
So, with everyone’s unanimous consent, we had instant noodles for lunch.
Lu Xinyi took out the alcohol stove, placed a pot on it, and poured a few bottles of mineral water into the pot.
While waiting for the water to boil, she took an alcohol stove, set up another pot, and started frying poached eggs.
Before she could finish frying the eggs, the water for instant noodles boiled.
"I'll do it." Qin Xian walked to her side, sat on the small bench, and naturally started to work.
Put a few pancakes into the boiling water, stir them a few times with chopsticks, and then add sliced lunch meat, cooked sausages, and washed cabbage into the pot.
Wait until the ingredients in the pot are cooked, then sprinkle with seasonings, and the steaming instant noodles are ready.
"Wow, it smells so good." Xia Lianqiao couldn't help but swallowed, and she wanted to put a big mouthful of instant noodles in her mouth right away.
Qin Xian gave her a full bowl of noodles and reminded her, "Be careful of it being hot."
"Not hot, not hot." Xia Lianqiao took the bowl and went to Lu Xinyi's pot to receive the poached eggs.
Each person has a large bowl of instant noodles and two poached eggs.
Although it is very simple compared to what they usually eat, for a few people who have not eaten instant noodles for a long time, this meal is really delicious.
Fortunately, this is a wilderness with no villages or shops. Otherwise, this fragrance may attract others to covet it.
After filling their bellies, putting away the dishes, and resting for a while, they continued to set off.
The sky was still gloomy in the afternoon, and the wind was picking up. It might really rain later in the day.
They could only travel as much as possible before it rained.
After driving for about an hour, the off-road vehicle arrived in front of a village.
However, before entering the village, the road ahead collapsed, with a length of four to five meters sinking deeply into the ground.
On the other side of the collapse point, the road was full of potholes and there were several deep cracks in the cement floor.
"The road ahead is blocked." Qin Xian stopped the car and turned to look at Lu Xinyi.
Lu Xinyi released his mental power and extended outward. Within the coverage area, except for farmland covered with weeds and empty houses, nothing unusual could be seen.
Withdrawing her mental power, she frowned and said, "It feels a bit strange."
The road in front of him was severely damaged. Within the 500-meter distance covered by the mental power, the road was covered with spider web-like cracks, and there were even several landslides in front of it.
It looked like it was deliberately sabotaged.
But right now, they have no other way to go but this way.
If we go back the way we came and look for another way, we still don’t know how far we will go and where we will go.
The reason why they are driving on rural roads now is because the road was blocked before and they chose to take a detour. As a result, they went around and around and ended up on a remote rural road.
After all, offline maps cannot display road conditions in real time, and many rural roads are not displayed on the map at all.
Therefore, they cannot rely entirely on maps.
After thinking for a moment, she said: "Get off the car and let's walk there."
Everyone had no objection and got out of the car one after another.
Lu Xinyi put the off-road vehicle into the space, and the five of them walked around the landslide in front of them, carefully walking forward along the dilapidated road.
"This village is so quiet. Let alone people, not even a zombie can be seen." Li Wanzhi looked around as he walked, "There are many households in this village, and the houses are very dense. There should be a lot of people."
This place was a bit strange, so Lu Xinyi didn't let everyone collect supplies, but walked along the road.
She was also observing her surroundings and also felt a little strange.
It should be that there is no movable creature.
Not even a bird was seen flying through the sky.
"Wow, what a big banyan tree." Xia Lianqiao said in surprise, "This banyan tree must be hundreds of years old, right?"
Several people followed her gaze and saw more than a hundred meters in front of them, a banyan tree with a canopy that covered the sky like a giant umbrella. Countless rusty-brown aerial roots hung down from the branches. There were adult trees. The man's arms are so thick.
The trunk of the banyan tree is so big that even if the five of them hugged each other, they probably wouldn't be able to hug its thick trunk.
A gust of wind blew by, causing the green leaves of the banyan tree to sway and make a rustling sound.
"There is such a big banyan tree in this village." Xia Lianqiao looked at the banyan tree and said, "This tree must be very important to this village. We even built flower beds around the tree."
"Of course the hundreds of years old banyan tree must be well protected." Du Heng said, looking up at the tall and lush banyan tree.
While they were talking, several people had already arrived under the banyan tree and stood under the shadow cast by the lush branches.
"Let me take a photo and keep it as a souvenir." Xia Lianqiao said, taking out her mobile phone from the space to take pictures.
And at this moment——
Lu Xinyi ducked in front of her.
