Apocalypse: Last Traveler

From Chai Xin's words, Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei deduced that this girl should have more than one "nesting place."

A wise rabbit has three burrows. For a little girl to be alone in this world is already a difficult thing. To survive, finding several hiding places is only sensible.

Lu Xi'an asked Chai Xin what good things she was referring to, but Chai Xin remained mysterious and didn't answer, only saying that Lu Xi'an would know when the time came.

It seemed that it was indeed something Chai Xin was proud of; she even played coy about it.

After some time, Chai Xin started trembling all over, looking very unwell.

Lu Xi'an asked her what was wrong, and she just shook her head, saying, "I don't know, I just feel incredibly anxious."

"You're hungry."

Lu Xi'an quickly deduced.

Yao Wei also figured it out; both she and Lu Xi'an had experienced this before. She stared at Chai Xin intently, her expression not very pleasant.

"Are you trying to scam us for food?"

She directly voiced her thoughts, "I don't believe you don't know the reason for feeling anxious and trembling."

"Haha, you figured it out."

Chai Xin laughed awkwardly, but her tone was weak, and her body couldn't stop trembling, "Don't get me wrong, brother and sister, I'm not trying to scam you for food... I just feel embarrassed to say it outright..."

Yao Wei then left it, no longer paying attention to Chai Xin, giving Lu Xi'an a look that was simple enough: what to do next was up to Lu Xi'an to decide.

Anyway, almost everything, big or small, was decided by Lu Xi'an; she only needed to be responsible for handling the handgun well.

Yao Wei thought this model of not needing to think so much was quite good; she didn't like to use her brain too much and felt her brain wasn't as useful as Lu Xi'an's.

Lu Xi'an pondered for a moment, sighed, and said, "Well, let's help her to the end and follow through with kindness. We're already planning to deliver companions to Luo Ping; surely we can bear this little transport cost."

"Mm."

Yao Wei nodded, having no objections to Lu Xi'an's decision.

Chai Xin watched from the side, full of admiration.

She could see the absolute trust between the two people in front of her. If only she had such a trustworthy friend, wouldn't that be great! Ideally, that friend would be a Neo-Human, so they'd look very good...

Who knows what their Luo Ping is like...

But... Neo-Humans probably wouldn't like someone like me?

Forget it, better not to dream, it's simply wishful thinking.

Then she saw Lu Xi'an turn over and take a small item from the bag next to her in the back seat, tear open the packaging, and inside was a small rectangular block. Chai Xin didn't recognize it but thought it looked unimpressive.

However, no matter how unimpressive, it's much better than what she's been eating these days.

Chai Xin couldn't help swallowing hard.

That was a compressed biscuit. Back in Fengcheng County of Yubei City, Luo Ping gave it to Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei.

Now, as Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei were going to deliver comrades to Luo Ping, using a piece of Luo Ping's compressed biscuit seemed fitting.

Of course, this piece of compressed biscuit wasn't all given to Chai Xin. Lu Xi'an took out a small blade to cut the compressed biscuit into three pieces, keeping one piece for himself, giving one piece to Yao Wei, and only then sharing the last piece with Chai Xin.

When Lu Xi'an brought out the compressed biscuit, Yao Wei's eyes were fixated on the food, and she seemed a bit distressed. It wasn't until Lu Xi'an divided the biscuit into three portions that her expression eased somewhat.

Holding her piece of the share, Yao Wei suddenly woke up:

If she were to share with only Lu Xi'an, or even give the whole biscuit to him, she wouldn't show the slightest of this expression.

When did it start that she didn't regard this guy, Lu Xi'an, as an outsider?

As she pondered, she was about to stuff the biscuit into her mouth.

Lu Xi'an had already gone to fetch a bottle of mineral water from the back seat and said, "Don't rush to eat, this thing needs to be eaten with some water, or it's hard to swallow."

He demonstrated first by tossing a piece of the compressed biscuit into his mouth and eating it with water, then handed the bottle of mineral water to Yao Wei.

Only then did Yao Wei imitate Lu Xi'an's actions and began to eat.

And Chai Xin, with no one attending to her, was struggling to chew and swallow, looking at Yao Wei with envy.

Yao Wei noticed Chai Xin's expression and, surprisingly, showed rare generosity. After finishing her portion, she handed the bottle of mineral water to Chai Xin, saying, "Here."

"Thanks! Thank you!"

Chai Xin quickly said, raising her head to drink water.

Yao Wei said, "No need to thank, it's snowing outside, we can replenish the water later."

Lu Xi'an smiled, knowing this woman wouldn't easily become generous.

These compressed biscuits must be quite genuine, as the three of them each ate just one-third yet felt much better, Chai Xin also recovered vigor, marveling at the power of this small food.

"If I had such food, why would I bother to struggle with wild wolves?"

She couldn't help but exclaim.

Lu Xi'an said, "This thing is precious; we don't have much of it either."

In fact, when Luo Ping made a raid in Fengcheng County, he had a lot of these compressed biscuits, and he left many for them. But how could they tell Chai Xin that?

Hearing Lu Xi'an's words, Chai Xin felt a bit embarrassed: "Sorry, I'm wasting your food like this."

"After the snow stops, I'll go back to where you encountered the wolves, there are generally no people there, maybe the wolves you killed are still there."

"Along the way, I can rely on wolf meat and not consume your food."

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei did not reject Chai Xin's proposal. A temporary companion with such awareness was a boon to them.

The snow gradually eased, but as it had been snowing for so long, it was now past the tires.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei poured water from the pot into the mineral water bottles, then went outside with the pot to gather snow, letting it melt, thus refilling their water supply.

Chai Xin exclaimed again and again, "So nice! So nice! Your conditions, really great!"

With so many tools to store water, collecting snow water was so convenient.

Plus, there's a car, the inside is warm, easily turning snow into water.

It's a life fit for immortals!

Neo-Humans are indeed different from ordinary people like me!

She was astonished by Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei, yet didn't know that Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei were equally amazed by her.

As night fell, it was time to sleep. Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei lay on the car seats to sleep, while Chai Xin remained curled up as she had been, sleeping through the whole night.

What an astounding posture!

"Incredible!"

The next day, upon waking, Lu Xi'an saw Chai Xin still in that position and couldn't help but express his amazement.

Yao Wei also nodded, agreeing with Lu Xi'an's astonishment.

Chai Xin slowly awoke and, seeing the gazes of Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei, was momentarily confused.