Thunk!
His left foot, supported by the Exoskeleton Armor, stepped on a dark-red brick with a dull metallic thud.
Chen Xu stopped, gazed into the distance for a while, then turned back to Xia Jinse, who was walking somewhat unsteadily. "Only a few kilometers left. Let's rest here first."
As he spoke, he pulled a section of concrete beam from the rubble and turned its flat side upward. He sat on one end, took out a water bottle, poured some into the cap, and drank a few mouthfuls. Then he placed the bottle in the middle of the beam.
The backpack exchanged with Points was multifunctional and came with quite a few small tools, including a water bottle. There was only one, so the two of them had to share it.
Xia Jinse was breathing a little heavily, sweat constantly beading on her forehead. Not caring about the dust, she plopped down on the other end of the concrete beam, panting as she leaned over and took the water bottle.
She tilted her head back, held the bottle a few centimeters from her mouth, and poured the water in bit by bit.
Though Chen Xu was sitting, his eyes never stopped scanning their surroundings. He had deliberately chosen a spot with a relatively clear field of view to rest.
They had been walking for nearly three hours and had covered roughly ten kilometers.
The main reason was that they had rested too often. Xia Jinse clearly did not exercise much and had poor stamina. After walking for just over half an hour, she had been too tired to continue and had no choice but to stop and rest.
Other than that, the journey had been relatively uneventful.
Along the way, he had encountered traces of a monster once. When he