N-A-A Chapter 22 Avoidance!
Chapter 22 Avoidance!
After trekking through mountains and rivers, overcoming numerous obstacles, the group finally began to approach the urban area of Jinlin City.
Aside from their tunnel experience, they haven't encountered any more hordes of demons, which is quite lucky.
What stands in their way is still a mountain range, and there are still tunnels passing through it.
However, this time they did not choose to go through the tunnel, but instead climbed over the mountain.
Once you climb to the top of the mountain, you'll immediately see a vast plain basin.
To the west lies an endless plain and low hills, while to the north flows a winding river through the city, heading back the way people came.
"Jinlin City is just ahead. Has it become like this in just fifteen years?" Zheng Bingxiao couldn't help but ask as she looked at the dilapidated Jinlin City.
"Where demons once dwell, things will inevitably turn out like this. The houses, streets, and highways are all destroyed beyond recognition, and the plants, nourished by the demons' excrement, grow extremely fast!" Jingjing said.
"Let's go, let's survey the area first and count how many demons are roaming around," Song Xia said.
The outskirts of Jinlin City are a wide, flat area surrounded by a forest.
This forest is one of the locations that need to be surveyed. Whether Jinlin City can be rebuilt depends first on knowing the number of demons remaining here, and then taking into account other data before a decision can be made.
After surveying the forest, the group was surprised to find only a few wandering demons foraging for food, and no groups of demons were seen.
Draw a green circle around the outer forest on the map to indicate that there are not many demons there.
"Let's just go in. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can go back. Staying outside for too long makes me feel uneasy," Luo Song couldn't help but complain.
Luo Song has lost a lot of weight these past few days.
Actually, he just missed city life.
In the wild, you can't eat or sleep well, and you have to live in constant fear.
"The survey won't end so quickly. We have many points to survey, unless we split up," Lu Zhenghe said.
"We absolutely cannot split up." Song Xia immediately shook her head. "If we stay together as a group of a dozen or so people, we can still handle it if we encounter a large group of demons. But if we split up, it's hard to say what will happen."
"Then let's step on them one by one."
The group began to enter the abandoned city of Jinlin. The roads were full of abandoned and dilapidated cars, the streets were cracked by plants, and the houses were in ruins and covered with ivy.
The green belts and trees on both sides of the road have grown very lushly because no one has taken care of them.
The occasional low growls coming from not far away, along with the skeletons and dried excrement they saw, made everyone's expressions somewhat solemn.
"I can't even imagine what happened here," Bai Tingting sighed.
Desolate, barren, and dilapidated—these words perfectly describe the city at this moment.
"We need to find a safe place to stay first," Shen Ming said with a smile.
"It has to be a high-rise building," Lu Zhenghe said. "Ideally, it should have a rooftop that connects to other buildings, so we can easily evacuate in case of an emergency."
"I think that building is nice," Mo Fan said, pointing to a gray building in the distance.
As everyone looked up, they saw a well-preserved building standing in the middle of a deserted street, and it looked magnificent and imposing from a distance.
Song Xia compared the map with the map and said, "That's the municipal building of Jinlin City, which is indeed suitable as a campsite for rest."
"Even demons think it's suitable," Yang Guang blurted out unexpectedly.
As soon as he said this, everyone stared at him with strange expressions.
"Yang Guang, maybe you shouldn't say anything more. You have such a jinxed mouth..." Zhao Manyan said, somewhat amused and exasperated.
"Once is just a coincidence, twice is absolutely impossible," Yang Guang said confidently.
I don't believe you!
The group then walked through several dilapidated blocks and slowly approached the municipal building.
The entire municipal building has a three-tiered structure, with each tier having its own specific function.
"This is also an area to be surveyed, but something feels a bit strange to me," Jingjing said. "Have you noticed those plants? Instead of growing towards the sunlight, they're pushing their way into the building. It's really baffling."
Mu Nujiao also studied botany. She carefully observed the black vines that were neither vines nor trees. These vines were extremely thick, some even reaching the size of an adult's torso. They crisscrossed throughout the lobby at the bottom of the municipal building.
"Should we go in now?" Luo Song asked timidly. "I feel like this place is creepy."
"Look at this." Zhao Manyan picked up a bag of dried meat from somewhere.
The dried meat inside was only slightly moldy, not completely spoiled, unlike something that had been here for fifteen years.
"The packaging isn't too old..."
Suddenly, everyone felt goosebumps all over their bodies.
"Let's go, let's go, we absolutely can't stay here!"
"There's no need to be that scared... right?"
"Damn, this place is fraught with danger. If you don't want to die, you'd better not risk your life!"
"How about we send a few people in to take a look?"
"Anyone who wants to go can go, but I'm not going," Luo Song quickly waved his hand.
There are many people who share the same opinion as Luo Song.
Although Lu Zhenghe wanted to go in and investigate, most people disagreed with going in, and he couldn't force others to go in with him.
"As for my suggestion, everyone should stay home," Yang Guang said.
"Why?" Lu Zhenghe asked, his tone strange.
"If I'm not mistaken, those strange plants should be the roots of a demon called the False Demon. This demon likes to lurk in dark places, waiting for its prey to walk into its trap," Yang Guang said casually.
"Ah, now that you mention it, I remember." Jingjing suddenly realized, "False Terror Demons do indeed have such habits. I read about it in a book before."
"Shall we leave here now?" Mingcong asked.
"Isn't that obvious? Since demons have already set a trap here, why should we just walk right into it?"
Ultimately, thanks to Yang Guang's casual remark, the group avoided the trap set by the fake demon in the city hall.
Of course, since the fake demon didn't cause any big commotion, the giant lizard fake dragon didn't fly over and crunch it up in one bite.
They then found a relatively well-preserved church as a temporary resting place.
Although conducting surveys together is slower, it is safer.
In particular, there were a few exceptionally skilled fighters in the team who dealt with most of the demons that were attracted by the instruments during the survey.
However, seeing Mo Fan and Yang Guang showing off their skills, Shen Mingxiao and the others were naturally unhappy.