Lofty Ideals

Lu Xi'an was very surprised. A person on the verge of death had recovered just by eating a little food. It was practically like the Holy Healing Technique.

He wondered if he, as a New Human, possessed such an ability.

"I'm all better, thank you, thank you."

Luo Ping jumped up from the ground, full of life, no longer sluggish like before. He said, "How is it? How's my ability?"

"I've been relying on this skill to fight those bastards to the death all this time."

"They just couldn't kill me, no matter what. They must be going crazy now."

Lu Xi'an nodded repeatedly, saying, "Amazing, amazing."

Luo Ping said proudly, "How about it, envious? My Type B New Human ability is very rare. I've only met one other like me in all my life."

Lu Xi'an nodded again, "Envious, envious. It's just that it's a bit uncomfortable to be on the verge of death and injured. I wish I could just crush everyone, where no one can defeat me."

Yao Wei also nodded beside him, agreeing with Lu Xi'an's words.

"..."

Luo Ping was silent for a moment, "You really don't know how to talk."

Lu Xi'an didn't continue the topic and asked, "Didn't you say you were going to hide for a few days and run? How did you end up fighting with them?"

Luo Ping's face sank. "They stole my car and killed the companion I finally found. If I don't settle this score with them, it won't be over!"

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei were both a little surprised. When did this person get a companion?

Luo Ping glanced in the direction of the county town and took a deep breath. "Can you give me some food?"

"For a Type B New Human to fully recover, it all depends on food replenishment. I've eaten all the food I brought to avenge my companion."

"I don't have anything on me now, but I've killed all the people from Gao Family Village, and the people in the county town haven't dared to come out after being dealt with a few times."

"I didn't wait there to die just in case. Now it seems coming here to lie down was the right choice."

"Their stronghold still has some supplies, but unfortunately, no food. I can trade their supplies for food with you."

"If you trust me, give me a ride there to get the supplies. If you don't trust me, you can wait here. What do you want? Weapons or tools? I'll go get them for you."

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei exchanged a look and made up their minds.

Yao Wei said, "There's no room in the car, you'll have to hang on outside."

Luo Ping grinned, "Okay."

So Lu Xi'an started the car, and Yao Wei got into the passenger seat. Luo Ping stepped on the pedal outside, holding onto the window frame. With Yao Wei pointing a Pistol at him, they headed for Gao Family Village together.

This guy was still a chatterbox. Even though he was outside the car, being pointed at by a gun and buffeted by the wind, he still chattered incessantly. Without Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei asking, he explained what they wanted to know:

"I hid in a cave a while ago, and I didn't expect anyone to be living there. They weren't New Humans, but they were ambitious and willing to be my companion."

"His mind was sharp and he had a lot of ideas. He could probably do a lot of things."

"After hiding for two or three days, I figured those two groups of people wouldn't have the energy to bother with me anymore, so I wanted to take my new companion back to the base with me."

"But I didn't expect that when we stopped to get gas at the gas station outside the county town, we were ambushed by the people from the town."

"They stole my car and took my supplies. That's not important. Material possessions can always be obtained again."

"But what they shouldn't have done, what they absolutely shouldn't have done, was kill my new companion!"

Yao Wei could sense the endless grief and rage emanating from Sharp Brother at this moment, but she chose to ignore it, still pointing the Pistol at Luo Ping.

Lu Xi'an, holding the steering wheel and driving, said, "My condolences."

"Condolences for what? I just want to kill people now, I don't want condolences!"

Luo Ping said through gritted teeth, "This world is full of vermin. Those people live like beasts. Do you know how hard it is to find a companion like him?"

"I've gone out from the base again and again, traveled north, south, east, and west, met so many people, and found very few companions in total!"

"The people I've met are either occupying territory and ruling like kings, or wandering around looking for some oasis. They search for supplies, fight over supplies, and become insane and unreasonable over a little bit of supplies."

"Why don't they think, the old world ended so many years ago, and they've been searching for so many years, but have they found any oases? "

"Those supplies are relics of the old world, and they will run out one day. What will they do then?"

Yao Wei was momentarily stunned.

Lu Xi'an said, "So, you want to build an oasis yourself?"

Luo Ping's eyes lit up. He shook his head, flicking away the hair blown into his mouth by the wind, and looked at Lu Xi'an with bright eyes. "As expected, I wasn't mistaken. Brother, Sister, you are people like me!"

"The environment of this world is very different from the old world, and much harsher."

"But no one thinks about how, in this world of changing temperatures and geological differences, there are still animals and plants stubbornly living, growing so luxuriantly after the severe cold, unaffected."

"People in the old world studied plants and domesticated animals to produce food from the old world. We only focus on things from the old world, without considering whether these things can continuously provide us with new food in this new era?"

"Supplies are relics of the old world, and oases are just fantasies of the old world. We shouldn't just stare at the past. We must focus on the future and start from our feet!"

Lu Xi'an let out a soft breath. "You're a very powerful orator."

Luo Ping smiled.

But at this moment, Yao Wei suddenly spoke, "Someone has done this before, but they were wiped out."

Lu Xi'an glanced at Yao Wei, unsure if she was talking about his mother.

Luo Ping nodded and said, "I know. There's more than one group of people doing this kind of thing, and they've tried more than once. But they all failed. They focused too much on ideals and forgot that the people rampaging through the world have become beasts, how ferocious they've become.

"They were torn to shreds by the beasts before they could achieve much."

"So if I'm going to do this now, I can't be like them. I need to grow some fangs."

As he spoke, the car drove into Gao Family Village.

Bodies lay scattered everywhere, indicating a battle had indeed broken out, and everyone had been wiped out.

Luo Ping got out of the car and soon returned with two guns on his back, his pockets bulging, and two heavy machetes in his hands.

"One gun for you, one for me, and one knife for you, one for me. I'll need the bullets, so I can only give you a few, how about ten? In exchange for your three packs of instant noodles.

"If you don't finish the three packs, I'll return the rest to you when we meet again."

Lu Xi'an had Yao Wei take the guns, bullets, and knives, and took out the remaining three packs of instant noodles from his backpack, handing them to Luo Ping.

"Thanks."

Luo Ping said, immediately opening one pack and devouring it in a few bites.

He had only eaten a small piece of the noodle cake before and hadn't fully recovered. After eating another pack, he seemed to have come back to life and asked, "Can you give me another ride? Drop me off near the county town up ahead."

Yao Wei said, "You can just hold on."

"Thanks."

Luo Ping said thankfully again.

So Lu Xi'an drove out of Gao Family Village. Yao Wei still kept the pistol pointed at Luo Ping.

When they could see the white flag fluttering in the wind on the county town's statue, Luo Ping jumped out of the car.

"See you around."

He said, with his back to Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei, and strode towards the county town, carrying his gun.

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