Apocalypse: Last Traveler

"But... now it's pointless to say anything..."

The woman's expression and tone suddenly became extremely dejected, as if she had fallen into deep despair, "The Neo-Human in the city never directly attacked us, giving us the illusion that we could still compete with him."

"But now that you guys have taken action, I finally understand, the gap between us and the Neo-Human is ridiculously vast."

"That little brat hasn't completely turned into a Neo-Human yet, and we could still handle her with combined efforts. But how long has she had the Fungus Stone?!

"That Neo-Human has some sort of instrument in his hand. Even if we take the Fungus Stone, how can we escape his search? No matter what, we can't escape the control of you Neo-Humans."

"Why is the world so unfair? Damn it!"

She cursed again, her voice filled with resentment, then, looking nonchalant, said, "I've said all I need to say, there's nothing more I'll know even if you ask. Alright, I'm useless now, you can kill me."

Lu Xi'an's eyes flickered, and Yao Wei without hesitation slit the woman's throat.

The woman immediately lost consciousness, her body collapsing to the ground.

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei scavenged the bow, arrows, and blades from the ground, and then searched the bodies, finding two flatbreads to take back to the vehicle.

Those two flatbreads were unlike any food they had seen before, entirely green and looking hardly edible.

Lu Xi'an felt like it was grass that had been boiled, then compressed into a cake shape, baked or sun-dried to look like this.

The people here, they really eat grass...

But from this food and the woman's words, Lu Xi'an felt that the residents of Mengxin City were much more civilized than those in Tongzhou County.

——Perhaps because as they moved further south, there were more people, and Lu Xi'an felt the supplies of dry food were increasingly scarce.

People in Mengxin City also couldn't find other food, so they made wild grass into dry food cakes to carry with them.

Because of this, the people in Tongzhou County would treat human corpses as too precious.

But he didn't know if people, already vastly different from those in the old world, could easily digest the fibers in these grasses when eaten.

"Gou!"

As they quickly walked towards the car, Lu Xi'an called out.

The mechanical dog quickly returned to the vehicle, and the drone patrolling the sky was also called back.

"Time to go?"

Back in the car, Yao Wei leaned over to place the newly acquired bow, arrows, and other weapons in the back, then sat on the passenger seat and asked.

Though Yao Wei already had the answer in her heart, she asked just to confirm with Lu Xi'an.

As she set down the bow and arrows, she glanced at the quiver that had returned to her hands and seemed to have thought of something.

But whatever it was, she didn't intend to say it, neither to distract herself nor to interrupt Lu Xi'an.

"Of course, we have to leave."

Lu Xi'an answered in that manner and continued, "Before, we only considered that there were people like Chai Xin in Mengxin City, and we were already weighing whether we should go."

"Now knowing there's a Neo-Human there, going would just be courting trouble."

"The Neo-Human in Mengxin City seems different from us, feels a bit strange, do you know how to deal with it?"

Yao Wei shook her head: "I don't know."

"Sigh, that's why..."

Lu Xi'an sighed, saying, "Let's go."

The Neo-Human the woman mentioned, they could apparently control emotions, making people suddenly euphoric or extremely violent.

Lu Xi'an couldn't imagine what dire consequences there would be if he was in a confrontation and suddenly lost control of his emotions.

This ability felt even more eerie than Luo Ping's.

Moreover, recalling the words of that woman, Lu Xi'an vaguely sensed something off.

The woman's words might have been deceitful, but even in deceit, there must be some truth.

Filtering the false from the true, concerning the tower, the Fungus Stone, the Neo-Human, and that instrument, could there be issues?

Thinking thoroughly, Lu Xi'an could at least confirm that the vibrating instrument was not a lie.

The woman matched up everything correctly; the Fungus Stone was indeed found in that area, and later they did take the Fungus Stone to Tongzhou County.

The vibrating instrument really could locate the Fungus Stone.

As for why Chai Xin claimed the Fungus Stone was in Tongzhou County, Lu Xi'an did not know, but he could speculate—

Maybe Chai Xin just wanted to incite conflict between the residents of Mengxin City and Tongzhou County.

Or perhaps not...

What Chai Xin thought now wasn't the point.

The key issue was whether the woman's information about the Neo-Human was true, and if false, how much was true?

If true, then after knowing the Fungus Stone was in Tongzhou County, why didn't the Neo-Human send someone there to search?

Clearly, there was something wrong here.

Lu Xi'an couldn't figure out the specific problem, but he didn't want to dwell on it either.

Both he and Yao Wei felt the best method was to withdraw, to leave this place.

The Neo-Human had the vibrating instrument to detect the Fungus Stone's location; Lu Xi'an wasn't sure if they would follow.

If they did pursue, if necessary, abandoning the Fungus Stone was possible.

As for Chai Xin—

Lu Xi'an sighed inwardly.

The danger level exceeded expectations; he could only wish her enough good luck to survive.

He started the car, shifted gears, and pressed the gas pedal. Lu Xi'an drove forward, intending to leave the city as quickly as possible.

And because Yao Wei had heard the mention of "Neo-Human" from the woman earlier, she stayed on guard, holding the gun, with a loaded bullet, and didn't even release the safety.

There was wind blowing past, not particularly cold. The rustling leaves in the jungle beside the highway disturbed the mind.

But this didn't affect Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei. Both maintained their composure and continued forward.

However, as the car moved along, both Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei suddenly furrowed their brows.

"Why does the wind have a smell of sweat?"

This question flashed through Lu Xi'an's mind, and just as he was about to ask Yao Wei, an intense rush of pleasure suddenly shot up his spine.

In an instant, he lost control of his mind, unable to grip the steering wheel properly, instinctively hitting the brakes.

But the car veered off the road under his involuntary movements, crashing into the jungle.

"It's that Neo-Human!"

The pleasure rapidly dissipated, Lu Xi'an now noticed the strong scent of sweat in the air, his heart pounding.

Glancing to the side, he saw Yao Wei's face was stormy, as she picked up the gun from the floor: "I was being controlled just now, felt like committing suicide..."

Her emotional change was different from his own...

A woman as steadfast as Yao Wei had just succumbed to the point of dropping her gun!

This Neo-Human, with such insidious abilities!