Chapter 847: Bound to the Birth System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 848 Global Evolution (8)

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

"Sigh, how much farther?"

Shen Chengyu muttered. Although their cycling speed couldn't match riding a vehicle, they had set out early, and bicycles were agile, not as picky about road conditions as cars, so they hadn't been caught by a large group of wooden puppets.

"More than ten kilometers left. Let's try to reach the small town before dark."

"We've been traveling these past few days; there might be supplies in the small town," and most importantly, the small town had a large population and many abandoned vehicles, so they could take the opportunity to find a vehicle for themselves to travel on.

After Shen Chengyi finished speaking, she pointed to a small path beside the road for them to take. Although the small path would detour, its danger level wasn't high.

The bicycles beneath their feet flew fast, and Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning still had the mood to complain that the small path was difficult to walk on, their buttocks bouncing on the seats. Fortunately, they hadn't put any daily necessities on the bicycles.

"Stop! Stop!"

The emergency brake almost threw her off and made her fall. Shen Chengyi looked coldly at the horizontal fine iron wire mesh and, without hesitation, raised her machete and chopped horizontally.

The iron wire mesh appeared with a cracked break, and the originally hidden trap was revealed. However, the person who set the trap didn't choose to show themselves, so Shen Chengyi and the others could only ride away.

"There are traps set here. Could it be that there are living people around?"

This was a remote small path. The surrounding villages and towns weren't large, and there were few traces of human activity near the iron wire mesh. Could it be that it only served as a warning to block the road?

"There are many survivors. Don't look at how the wooden puppets have the advantage," but the country's area was too large, so there would always be some lucky ones who dodged the initial crisis.

Wooden puppets needed popularity. The more people there were, the easier it was to attract wooden puppets to gather. As long as they could stay calm and hide for a few days, they could avoid many risks.

The four rode on the small path for about two hours, and another road appeared not far away.

There was a small village beside the road, with only a few households scattered around. From the outside, the rooms seemed fine, but the courtyards inside had many messy sundries, appearing to have been abandoned.

Shen Chengyu's eyes lit up. "Are we going to rest?"

This was a place they could settle down at. Regardless of whether it was dangerous or not, physical exhaustion urgently hoped they could relax.

"Rest."

Shen Yao nodded, signaling Shen Chengyi to go in front as the vanguard, while she stayed at the back to bring up the rear.

"Go to the courtyard in the very center," because its geographical location was good. Going out was only a few dozen meters to directly get on the road beside it.

Bang!

She kicked the room door open and, by the way, put her bicycle at the doorway.

The courtyard was very ordinary. There was a piece of abandoned land and several sheds. The crops on the land grew wildly and extravagantly, covering all the surrounding walls. The sheds contained some farm tools and firewood. Obviously, the daily life of this small village needed a stove.

Pat pat

She walked into an unlocked house. The first thing Shen Chengyi noticed was a patch of congealed and blackened bloodstains on the ground.

These bloodstains had existed for some time, and even the fishy smell had mostly dissipated. Shen Yao and Shen Chengyi searched the left and right rooms respectively, while Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning guarded the main room, ready to support at any time.

The left room Shen Yao entered was very messy. It should have been that when the incident happened, they were caught off guard, so when running, they didn't have time to tidy up. They could only let some items fall randomly, eventually covered with a thick layer of dust.

Shen Yao casually found usable items from the wardrobe and put them into her space. However, there weren't many things in the room. Shen Yao picked and chose, and in the end, she didn't leave behind several items.

Shen Chengyi walked over from the opposite door. The room over there was no different from here. There were no people, except for that patch of bloodstains on the ground.

"Outside, outside there is a cellar."

Cellar?

It should be a cellar used to store fruits and vegetables, especially common in winter.

The four searched the courtyard they were about to settle in from front to back and found no problems. They simply took out flashlights to check the situation of the cellar.

First, ventilate and release air, then confirm there was nothing dangerous inside the cellar.

As for things, there were some uneaten potatoes, sweet potatoes, Chinese cabbages, white radishes, and so on. They should be goods bought back from outside and stockpiled.

After all, vegetables in normal times hadn't been taken off the shelves, and this place wasn't close to the town. People definitely would stockpile goods if they wanted to eat some fruits and vegetables.

She squeezed out a small space from her space and put the food inside the cellar away.

Although they didn't eat these items themselves, taking them to the shelter might allow them to trade for things. After the original currency lost its value, bartering was the most convenient means.

After putting everything away and confirming there were no omissions, the four simply chose to rest in place.

A tent appeared on the empty space in the courtyard. The four of them took turns going in to rest their feet until it was almost time to get up and leave.

Not long after they left, a new group of people appeared on the small path again. Unlike Shen Yao and the others who were temporarily settling down, they chose to stay overnight here.

Because there was no one in several houses, they didn't even leave anyone to keep watch. Not wanting to encounter disguised plants launching a killing spree late at night when it was quiet, the plants directly dragged them all underground, leaving only a patch of fresh blood and traces in place.

Shen Yao and the others originally didn't know about these things, but Shen Yao had a system that loved gossip. Bored, it wandered around everywhere. Well, it just happened to see the plants showing off their might and eating people.

When the system returned, it sighed to its host that they had walked fast and hadn't encountered such things. Who could have thought? Animals and plants evolving faster than humans was one thing, but they could actually flip their recipes and directly take humans as daily food.

"I still remember in certain records, murderers liked to bury corpses in plant roots. Because such plants would grow taller and more lush."

Plants originally had a very mixed diet. Now that global evolution was on the same starting line, it wasn't wrong for them to openly hunt humans.

Who knew? On a side they didn't know about, these plants might also attack wooden puppets and absorb the crystals in their heads.

Crystals were the embodiment of energy, except humans couldn't directly absorb them.

Not long after Shen Yao finished speaking, Shen Chengyi suddenly reminded them to be careful. The town mentioned before was slowly appearing with a blurry outline.

Although the distance between both sides wasn't very close, with their traveling speed, they should be able to sneak into the town before dark. Then they could find a place to rest, and during the day, they could find a vehicle to leave.

"There will also be survivors here, right?"

Shen Chengyu rode the bicycle beneath her. With sharp eyes, she noticed several wandering wooden puppets not far away. They seemed to have smelled the sudden human scent and abruptly turned around, running toward them.

Shen Chengyi waved her knife and dealt with the wooden puppet. The crystal fell in her hand and was put into her space.

"Yes, but they have nothing to do with us." As long as they didn't disturb their traveling, who would care about those hiding survivors?

Shen Chengyi took the lead. After entering the town, not only did the tall buildings around increase, but even the wandering wooden puppets were endless.

When the number of wooden puppets was small they could handle them, but once the number of wooden puppets grew large they could only fight while retreating, avoiding their sharp edge.

Fortunately there were many residential communities and office buildings in the surroundings; they chose a building that looked relatively intact from the outside, went inside, smoothly dealt with the wooden puppets on their floor, locked the doors, closed the windows, and simply rested on the spot.

Shen Chengning tossed down the backpack she was carrying; the bicycles had long since been stored in the space before they entered, and now aside from the double-shoulder packs used to avoid drawing attention, all they had left were the weapons in each of their hands.

"This should be an office, an architectural firm," there were quite a few architectural blueprints inside, many of them related to this town, but even more were discarded draft paper, all trivial things.

Shen Chengyu took out one of them and handed it to Shen Yao; on it was a route map for leaving the town, although there were only a few routes and they looked simple, with this route map they could adjust their position anytime, anywhere, instead of blindly trying one by one like headless flies.

She took out her phone, photographed it and saved it, everyone kept a copy as backup; Shen Yao took out a more advanced tent than before and had everyone rest, "Hurry up, tonight may not be peaceful."

The town's population was large; correspondingly, the number of wooden puppets was terrifying.

No one knew what form the evolved wooden puppets would develop into; if they chose to attack at night, they could only steel themselves and hold the line.

Shen Chengyi nodded, called Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning to quickly wash up and lie down.

Among the four people now, the strongest combat power belonged to Shen Chengyi; besides that, Shen Yao was also unfathomable; Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning were still somewhat unable to stay calm, but after such a long period of tempering they had improved by leaps and bounds, and now when facing small groups of wooden puppets they would no longer be cowardly or afraid.

Shen Chengyi and Shen Yao took turns resting; just like that, the time reached five o'clock in the morning.

Light had already appeared outside; although the sun in the distance had not yet risen, the wooden puppets gathered downstairs had already formed a dense, terrifying black mass.

"Wake up, we have to go up," using the tools in the space, they left through the narrow corridors between floors.

Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning were patted awake; the two said nothing, but first helped pack up the tent, conveniently ate a few bites of instant rice balls, and only then did the four open the locked door and leave.

Tap tap tap

The higher they went, the more obvious the footsteps became, especially the empty ground easily giving people a sense of tension, throats beginning to swallow involuntarily.

Shen Yao pointed outside the window, then took out the rope stored in the space, tied it securely and lowered it directly down.

The four of them climbed down in turns like this; soon they bypassed the congested section.

"This way, go forward and you can leave."

This was the route corresponding to the blueprint found yesterday; it just so happened that all the wooden puppets had gone to surround the main entrance, they saw no wooden puppets around them, seizing the opportunity they mounted their bicycles and leisurely passed through the slightly congested streets, leaving smoothly.

They ran to a parking lot; Shen Yao's group began searching for usable vehicles in the surroundings, and finally found a second-hand van; although it was beat-up and dilapidated, there were car keys inside, the fuel tank was half full, and they hit the road directly.

The interior of the second-hand van was dilapidated, the air conditioner inside was also broken; fortunately they had handheld electric fans themselves, blowing them as they went, until they encountered a congested section ahead, they decisively chose to abandon this van and continued forward on bicycles.

Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning complained that their bicycle-riding skills over these days had become perfectly refined, simply unimaginable that anyone could surpass them.

"Don't speak, there are people ahead."

Shen Chengning suddenly reminded Shen Chengyu; the four hurriedly stopped their bicycles and entered a shop with broken glass storefront.

They had barely hidden for a few seconds when the crowd Shen Chengning mentioned walked over.

They were all survivors living in the town; even though the weather was unbearably hot now, they still wore long sleeves and long pants, wishing they could cover their entire bodies.

These people more or less all had weapons and tools in their hands; the better ones had machetes, the worse ones wooden sticks; this era's country had strict control over firearms, and even going to the police bureau might not yield any.

This greatly enhanced the crowd's survival ability; after all, they were mortal flesh and blood, no matter how formidable they could not block firearms aimed at the heart.

"What are they doing?"

It didn't look like searching for supplies, nor like leaving; Shen Chengyu didn't understand; during this time period the wooden puppets' activity level was much stronger than at night, even if one considered oneself martially powerful, one wouldn't swagger openly on the road; strange!

Shen Chengyi turned her head and said to Shen Yao, "I'll go over first to see the situation."

Shen Yao instructed, "Pay attention to safety."

Shen Chengyi gave an "mm" and nodded, then stood up, carried her knife, and quickly approached that group of people not far away.

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Because the distance was relatively far, the three could not hear clearly what Shen Chengyi was saying.

When Shen Chengyi turned back and returned, they saw Shen Chengyi wave her hand at them, "Go quickly, they are hunting."

Hunting?

"It's the already evolved wooden puppets; whether strength or speed, both are outstanding; the most critical thing is that after evolution, the crystals in the wooden puppets' heads are no longer only green, other colors also appear."

Because this matter could not be concealed for too long, that group of people also chose to speak the truth; after all, the number of evolved wooden puppets was not large, and to deal with this kind of wooden puppet required a team's strength.

Shen Chengyi was young, and still carried a machete in her hand; one look showed she was not to be trifled with.

That group of people also had the thought of recruiting Shen Chengyi into their partnership; this way they could not only guarantee their safety, but also guarantee a greater probability of obtaining new crystals.

Shen Yao's group of four exchanged a glance, understanding in their hearts that different colored crystals should correspond to different energies; at the beginning green corresponded to the constantly evolving animals and plants, the later evolution crystals should be the ability issue.

Because Shen Chengyi had said that group of people had seen wooden puppets breathe fire and spray water; although the activated abilities were very feeble, wooden puppets could evolve; they urgently collected these evolution crystals also to cope with the variables ahead.

"Then do we have to go with them?" Not worth it; don't look at Shen Chengyi still having to take care of the three of them, but Shen Chengyi alone is an army; carrying a machete she can kill wooden puppets until not a scale remains.

The evolved wooden puppets certainly have not yet exceeded Shen Chengyi's handling range; cooperating with others, they would not occupy the leading position; not only the profit distribution issue, even safety would be greatly reduced.