After watching the battle between sheep and wolves, everyone also understood the situation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In this land where humans and zombies rarely set foot, mutated animals should be the masters here.
In order to avoid the sheep, they deviated from their original direction. In this era without global navigation, it is not easy to find the original path in such a deserted place, but fortunately Wen Ling is still there.
"Captain, it's only been a few years, why are the roads so bad?"
After finally returning to the national highway, Qu Xingchi frowned when he saw the large and small potholes on the road.
This is what happens if the road is not maintained for a long time, let alone on this plateau where there are abundant water and grass, and the cattle and sheep are incredibly large.
"Keep walking, I'll help you."
Lin Qingqing waved her hand and used ice powers to fill the large and small holes in front, and the group of people continued to move forward smoothly.
Although they currently have no information on the post-apocalyptic Tibetan Plateau, their route has a clear direction and purpose.
According to the young people who escaped from Qinghai in the early days, Lin Qingqing was certain that there were still survivors here. The easiest way to find the lake in his dreams was to find a local as a guide.
"We didn't find any traces of the base near Ningchuan City before. Now we can only go to Lhasa to have a look."
Cheng Xiaohe stared at the map. Ningchuan was not too far from the mainland. As long as the survivors could find a car, they could drive all the way to other cities.
But Lhasa is different. It has penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and is very far away from the mainland. Coupled with the folk customs, the local people's ability and willingness to leave are not very high. Therefore, if there is a base, it must be further away.
Along the way, the Qingmang team encountered not only mutated Tibetan antelopes and wolves, but also mutated cattle, horses, snow leopards, foxes, etc.
They were chased by mutated wolves, followed and attacked by mutated leopards and foxes. The most dangerous time was when they encountered a large group of mutated fire-type bison, and they were chased for four hours.
By the time he finally got rid of the mutated bison, Lei Min was completely exhausted.
"It's so scary. I've never been so scared when I faced a city full of zombies!"
Afterwards, Qu Xingchi caressed his chest for a long time before he regained his composure.
The same goes for everyone else. Zombies can't be beaten and can still run away, but this group of mutant bison are different. They can't be beaten again and again. They are extremely talented in chasing people, and they are also very difficult to deal with.
"It's a pity that these mutated animals are not interested in zombies. If a herd of mutated cattle of this size can be introduced into the city, it will crush as many zombies as possible!" Liu Dan sighed regretfully.
"Don't think about it, this is impossible. If tens of thousands of four-meter-tall mutated bison are introduced into the city, zombies will not only be trampled, but if these mutated cattle accidentally turn into zombie bison, That would be even more troublesome."
Lin Qingqing shook her head. She would rather deal with zombies than zombie cows.
Everyone couldn't help but shudder at the thought of mutated cows turning into zombies. The captain was right, it was better not to get involved with mutated animals or anything like that.
After a night's rest, everyone was about to set off early the next morning, when Wen Ling suddenly discovered a new situation.
"Captain, there is someone! Someone is coming! I see someone!"
After so many days, they finally saw humans!
"What kind of person? Where is he?"
Lin Qingqing quickly stuck her head out. At this time, the sun had just risen, and the chill from last night had not yet dissipated. Who could actually show up in this remote place so early?
"It's over there," Wen Ling said, pointing to the eastern horizon.
"Captain, let's get there quickly, they were attacked by several wild beasts!"
"Let's go!"
Hearing this, Lin Qingqing did not hesitate and followed Wen Ling's guidance, and everyone quickly found this group of people.
What attacked them were several lone mutant wolves
, the level is not very high, he must have been chasing them for a long time.
A palm thunder arrived first, hitting a wolf's head from a distance, followed by countless ice blades and lasers.
Several mutant wolves were quickly killed.
Lin Qingqing got out of the car and was about to ask these people if they knew about the base, but suddenly received a big gift from the other party.
Lin Qingqing was startled and stepped aside as if reflexively.
Only then did she see the appearance of these people. There were more than a dozen of them in total, including men and women, old and young. They were all in ragged clothes and had old and new injuries on their bodies. Some of them could clearly be seen. caused by wild beasts.
"Liu Dan, help them take a look first."
"Okay, Captain!"
Let Liu Dan help these people treat their injuries while Lin Qingqing inquires about news from them.
I thought I would be lucky to learn the situation quickly this time, but I didn't expect that a very embarrassing thing happened at this time. Lin Qingqing talked to them for a long time, but no one understood what the other person was saying. qδ
"It doesn't matter that we can't understand their dialect, but none of them understand Mandarin?"
As a child who has lived in a big city since childhood, Lei Min never thought that one day Mandarin would no longer be used in China.
"This is normal. Many ethnic minorities in remote areas used their own language and writing even when they went to school when they were young."
Yin Yaxiu knew about this situation, but it would be more troublesome. They had never expected to encounter such a situation that required translation.
The communication was fruitless, and just when Lin Qingqing thought it was impossible and kept following the group of people, Wen Ling discovered traces of the mutated beast again.
"Buzz——"
Without saying a word, Lin Qingqing immediately formed an ice shield to protect everyone.
Soon, in the direction Wen Ling pointed, a mutant beast with long black hair all over its body, as tall as a mutant sheep, and a face like a liger appeared in everyone's sight.
"W-what kind of animal is this?"
The moment Qu Xingchi saw this ferocious-looking mutant beast, he immediately drew out his two swords.
This guy is not someone to be messed with at first glance, and an animal that lives alone has a much more powerful fighting ability than animals that live in groups.
The black long-haired giant beast came to everyone in a few steps. Lin Qingqing's ice power can isolate breath and temperature. Coupled with Wen Ling and Yin Yaxiu's sensory shielding ability, ordinary beasts passing by will only regard them as A big snowdrift.
However, this mutant beast was not that easy to fool. After it stopped, it first sniffed around carefully, then circled around the ice cover, and then sniffed carefully on the ice cover. Apparently, it had discovered their Traces are gone.
Just when everyone thought that a huge battle was about to happen, the giant beast suddenly raised its head and barked into the distance.
"Woof woof woof——"
A familiar dog barking sound made everyone's eardrums buzz.
"It turns out this guy is a dog!"
Qu Xingchi covered his ears, and then as if he remembered something, he suddenly exclaimed: "Ah~ I remembered it, could this be a mutated Tibetan mastiff?"
"Tibetan Mastiff? It seems to be true~"
"Tibetan mastiffs are said to be scarier than wolves. Oh my god, they are even scarier this time!"
It's actually a Tibetan Mastiff? Lin Qingqing paused after hearing this, but at this time she found that the people behind her who had just been rescued did not show any fear when they saw the Tibetan Mastiff, but instead showed friendly smiles.
Do they know each other?
As soon as this idea came to mind, there was a sound of galloping horse hooves in the distance.
"Captain, someone is here again!"
This time Wen Ling was not so nervous. She was more afraid of the mutated Tibetan Mastiff than humans.
The sound of horse hooves shook the ground slightly, and it was obviously not an ordinary horse.
Sure enough, watching
When they arrived at a row of huge mutant horses that were more than three meters tall and had long manes, everyone's eyes unconsciously revealed a glimmer of envy.
Seeing the person coming, an old man behind him immediately stood up. Lin Qingqing opened the ice cover, and the old man started chatting with the leading strong man in a language they couldn't understand.
"Are you from outside?"
After chatting with the old man, the strong man walked up to them, his eagle-like eyes swept across the crowd, and finally rested on Lin Qingqing.
"Yes, we are Qingmang Team, coming from Anjo Base."
"Anseong Base, what are you doing here?"
Although he saved people, the big man was still very wary of them.
"Find a place."
"Looking for a place? Looking for a place?"
"A lake."
"lake?"
The big man obviously didn't expect that this group of people came all the way here just to find a lake?
"There are many lakes in this land, which one are you looking for?"
"Have you ever seen a lake like this?"
Lin Qingqing said, took out a simple drawing, unfolded it and showed it to the big man.
There are snowfields, snow-capped mountains, grasslands, lakes, and cattle and sheep in the painting, but there are no black fish or people offering sacrifices.
This was redrawn by Lin Qingqing later. She hid all the key information, leaving only the surrounding scenery.
The big man watched for a long time but couldn't figure out what was going on. He really wanted to suspect that Lin Qingqing was looking for a reason to trick him, but the other party's movements with the painting were so natural and his tone was so sincere, there was no trace of a joke at all.
In fact, this was not the first time that he encountered superpowers from other bases. The purpose of those people was either to find people or to kill mutant beasts, without exception.
This was the first time he encountered such a weird thing like looking for a lake, and what was even weirder was that the other party was still looking for it based on a children's drawing.
"I have never seen this lake before."
The big man didn't believe Lin Qingqing's words, but Lin Qingqing didn't take it seriously, and immediately suggested to them that they go to the base to rest.
Perhaps it was because the other party had just rescued their people, or seeing that most of them were women and children, the big man did not show much hostility except being wary.
"Okay, then you can go back with us first!"
After observing them for a while, the big man finally decided to take these people back first.
After that, he first ordered two people to escort the old man and his party, and then climbed onto the back of the giant mutant horse.
"What are they...doing?" Qu Xingchi was dumbfounded when he saw the next actions of the old man and his group.
On the road ahead, the people they had rescued before were kowtowing step by step in the same direction, making a bow before taking a step.
"They are pilgrims!"
Looking at the movements of this group of people, Lin Qingqing paused before speaking.
"So this is a pilgrim?" Lei Min looked surprised.
They had also learned about pilgrimage in the library materials before, but she did not expect to see pilgrims in such a crisis-ridden apocalypse.
"Captain, only some of these people are supernatural beings, most of the rest are ordinary people."
Wen Ling quietly pulled the corner of Lin Qingqing's clothes and said.
There was uncontrollable surprise in her words, and she felt very incredible at this kind of piety and faith that transcended everything.
"Captain, is faith really more important than life?"
Liu Dan looked at these people. She didn't know what kind of psychology allowed them to embark on the pilgrimage without fear in such a dangerous environment.
"Maybe, for some people, there is indeed something more important than life."
Although she didn't understand it, Lin Qingqing respected this kind of piety and belief, not to mention the big man and his group who were familiar with them.
None of them stopped them, which showed that this was not the first time they had carried out this kind of activity.
