Chapter 570: Bound to the Child-Bearing System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 571 Infinite Flow Cannon Fodder (18)

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

"Once all the patients on Feng Shan are transferred out, the city will send more personnel over."

"In fact, there are already signs of habitation in the area in front of Feng Shan."

Xu Ningchen pointed to a certain area in front of Feng Shan; it was still an undeveloped zone, and apart from staff, few people came and went on ordinary days.

Now it was different—the entire Feng Shan area had been designated by the city as a settlement point, and these volunteers on the night shift were not just there to stay up late; they were mostly helping transport various building materials.

Xu Ningchen took out his phone; although it had no signal to contact the outside world, the map inside could still be opened.

Marking the few places he knew in red circles, Xu Ningchen said they were heading to an area not yet designated as a settlement zone, though there were few people there, and some large or medium-sized wild beasts might exist.

After all, around the entire Linqing City, only Feng Shan here had high mountains and dense forests.

And in recent years, both official and private sectors advocated environmental protection and maintaining living space for wild plants and animals; the situation around Feng Shan kept improving, and the types of wild plants and animals living here naturally increased.

The two mountain peaks they were going to had no names, and their altitude was not as high as the top of Feng Shan, but there was one advantage: far from crowds, no large or medium-sized wild beasts; theoretically, as long as daily food was sufficient, they could live very well.

The two planned to stay on the mountain for a few days, waiting for the floodwaters to spread, then take out the boats from the space backpack and travel by water.

As the disaster kept escalating, this majestic-looking Feng Shan might not exist for long. Only hoping that when the time came, the authorities could step in to save more people and escape Linqing in time.

The two hurried along, since they had set out around noon; although the sun was not visible, the surrounding light was still sufficient.

Trying hard to avoid roads with heavy foot traffic during this period, the two followed mountain paths, constantly overcoming various obstacles blocking their way, and finally found a relatively flat piece of ground before dark.

Setting up camp, preparing to rest.

Shen Yao took out a new tent from the space backpack, cooperating with the car Xu Ningchen took out; the two simply changed into dry clothes, ate some food to fill their bellies, and finally lay down together to rest.

Splash splash—

Accompanied by the sound of raindrops falling, Shen Yao slept more soundly than ever before.

Meanwhile, at the top of Feng Shan, some distance away from them, the farce kept expanding, more and more people were drawn in, and finally casualties were heavy.

Everyone was more or less injured, causing insufficient medicine in the medical room, and not enough manpower to settle the chaos, which caused a new round of mutual infection; by the time the city arranged boats to come pick people up in the evening, they could no longer correctly distinguish the number of normal people and patients.

But the boats could not leave empty, so they could only temporarily give up on the uncertain ones, taking only the clearly identified patients and quickly returning to the city.

Of course, when returning to the city this time, the staff on the boats would also report the chaos on Feng Shan upward; as for Feng Shan's fate going forward, it all depended on the authorities' own plans.

"Awake?"

Shen Yao opened her eyes groggily; not far away, Xu Ningchen had put on his clothes and was looking down to observe the raindrops on the ground.

Shen Yao made an affirmative sound, lifted the quilt off herself, walked over to Xu Ningchen, and asked in a hoarse voice whether the rainfall outside had changed.

Xu Ningchen shook his head; the rainfall was still the same, neither weakening nor strengthening, but there might be something extra in the falling rainwater.

"What?"

Shen Yao was curious, followed him in looking down, and finally reached a not-so-good conclusion: parasitic worms.

Thread-like worms could be clearly seen twisting and rolling in the rainwater; not many in number, as fine as strands of hair, but neither of them dared to raise a hand to touch them.

"I don't know what it is; the phone has no signal. I previously tried using the satellite phone to send a message, but there has been no reply so far."

The satellite phone still stored contact information for several staff members with whom they had a good relationship; although they had run out from the top of Feng Shan, so many people lived on Feng Shan that no one would notice their disappearance for a while.

"We came out in time yesterday; Feng Shan might be in chaos right now. Let's wait a bit longer."

However, they couldn't just wear raincoats for today's journey; they also had to put on a layer of protective suits for added protection.

The two zipped up the tent door, then after finishing breakfast and packing their belongings, they left dressed entirely in white.

Following the route planned earlier, Shen Yao and Xu Ningchen were not procrastinators; besides, this time they had not set out together, so there was no issue of someone lagging behind; therefore, they traveled for another day and finally reached the destination they had previously circled.

This time Shen Yao and Xu Ningchen did not simply take out a tent to set up; instead, they looked around and chose a hidden and sheltered area, cooperating with the surrounding forest and dense bushes to perfectly blend the tent into them.

Not far away was a not-too-steep downhill slope; following it down, one could leave the Feng Shan area all the way.

Xu Ningchen and Shen Yao had long planned that once the floodwaters spread, they would lower the boats down the slope and then board them to leave.

It had not yet reached that point; they would temporarily stay and wait for the right timing.

The messages Xu Ningchen sent received a few scattered replies in the evening; the content all spoke of the chaos on Feng Shan, occasionally mixed with inquiries for information.

Fortunately, they still saw information about the rainwater issue from within: those thread-like worms hidden in the rainwater, as fine as strands of hair, were a type of worm that could enter the human body to suck blood, thereby causing high fever, abdominal pain, and fainting.

For now, there was no particularly good way to prevent it; they could only try to be careful not to let the worms get close. Once a parasitic worm problem appeared, they would need to cut open the wound and dig the worms out.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao stared blankly at the countermeasures above, thinking they were not professional doctors, after all; in this wild suburb without anti-infection measures, directly performing manual surgery? They would probably die faster than from the parasites.

There was still some insect repellent medicine in the space backpack; whether it was useful on rainy days, Shen Yao didn't know, but anyway, Shen Yao took the opportunity to spray a circle around the tent, and also took out a new rainproof cloth to cover the entire tent to prevent leaks (mainly to prevent the omnipresent parasitic worms).

Just like that, the two stayed on this remote small mountain peak for a few days until the rainfall further increased, when they had no choice but to change locations.

Not choosing to continue living on land, they took out the boats from the space backpack, sent them down the slope into the water and secured them; Shen Yao and Xu Ningchen boarded the boat, fortunately able to sleep soundly.

"Today is already the twentieth day of the instance."

In another ten days, they could clear the instance and return to the Infinite World.

But for the remaining ten days, the difficulty of passing through safely would surely far exceed the sum of the previous twenty days.

Shen Yao did not understand instances, but she understood similar infinite-flow themes well enough; with the three beginner missions they had survived as a foundation, one could imagine their upcoming life would be full of all kinds of stimulation.

"For now, let's not leave the area around Feng Shan," the entire boat was light in color, and under the obstruction of the rain curtain, it was not easy to be discovered.

Xu Ningchen felt that returning to the city at this time was not a wise move, and besides, they had both already been confined within the instance's range and could not leave Linqing City.

After thinking it over, the only place left where they could live was around Feng Shan.

"What about the extra-point mission?" Shen Yao thought of their way to earn points; staying away from missions meant safety, but also meant losing a source of points.

No one knew the content of the next instance mission; if there was an opportunity right before them, they definitely could not miss it.

"Look for an opportunity, and if possible, indirectly reminding them should count as well."

Xu Ningchen pinched his fingers; their ship was not large in area, and even if it could carry people, it would not exceed ten.

Under such circumstances, unless they were carrying the old, weak, sick, or disabled who had no combat power, the safety of the two of them could not be guaranteed.

No matter how fragrant the extra points in the instance were, they had to clear it first before they could get them.

After speaking, Xu Ningchen started the engine located at the front of the ship; as the ship kept swaying, the vessel that had initially been moored at the riverbank disappeared into the rain curtain all over the sky like a nimble fish.

Simply circling around Green Mountains once, because they had avoided the crowds far in advance, Shen Yao and the other's whereabouts were not discovered by the other party.

On the contrary, Shen Yao noticed the traces of chaos at the top of Feng Shan that had not yet completely dissipated.

Hiss

It's been several days already, why are the problems at Feng Shan getting more severe?

"Too many people, the forces inside are too chaotic," Xu Ningchen pointed out the core of the chaos at Feng Shan; not one force could truly suppress the wedding guests.

Even more, the city's population transfer to Feng Shan was not limited to the top of Feng Shan.

"Then look at the several Shan Tou around; there are human habitations and moored ships."

Obviously, the top of Feng Shan should be in a state of abandonment; those with capability would withdraw in advance, and if they were ordinary people who knew nothing, they could only pray that they were lucky enough.

"What about the other taskers?"

Not forgetting those who came with them to the same place, they might not be able to form an alliance, but Shen Yao did not truly hope for the clearance to fail.

"Depends on their own sharpness;" those who could foresee danger should hurry and run, and those who couldn't run away should try to make themselves live a bit longer.

Staying at the top of Feng Shan meant a tiny survival probability, but it did not mean they would definitely die.

The proverb says: as long as the Green Mountains remain, there is no fear of having no firewood to burn.

The ship turned its head and drove in the direction opposite to behind them; because they wanted to avoid contact with the crowds, the place where they finally moored was the region behind Feng Shan.

However, it was also difficult to stay quiet here for long; the population quantity of the city was huge, ships kept coming and going back and forth, and even when sleeping at night, Shen Yao could still hear the sound of the steamship engine roaring through the rain curtain.

Xu Ningchen had to get up at night to adjust the ship's position, continuing to go deeper into the region behind Feng Shan.

Fortunately, they two were staying in the cabin at this time rather than on the ground; otherwise, those startled wild beasts might give them a surprise.