The Reconstruction Faction's Broadcast

There was nothing else on the computer. Lu Xi'an checked, then shut it down.

He felt a little wistful and asked Yao Wei, "Do you think Fang Shuxin found the Reconstruction Faction?"

"I don't know."

Yao Wei shook her head again. She wasn't really interested in the question.

She'd never heard of the Reconstruction Faction growing up. She'd traveled all over, east, west, north, and south, and never found them anywhere.

This so-called Reconstruction Faction had probably long since vanished into the dust of history. What was the point of wondering about them now?

Lu Xi'an said, "Actually, if you think about it, Luo Ping seems a lot like a member of the Reconstruction Faction. He even has a secret base. Do you think he might be descended from the same line?"

"I don't know."

Yao Wei shook her head again. "Whether he is or not, he's part of the Reconstruction Faction now, isn't he?"

Lu Xi'an looked at Yao Wei, slightly surprised. He hadn't expected this woman to offer such an opinion.

Under his gaze, Yao Wei felt a little awkward. She looked away and said, "What are you looking at?!"

She was usually so indifferent and expressionless, but now she seemed flustered. Suddenly, she had the air of a young girl. It was rather cute.

"Nothing."

Lu Xi'an smiled. Not wanting to make Yao Wei uncomfortable, he stopped staring at her.

He said, "If Luo Ping is part of the Reconstruction Faction, then we've taken on the job of finding him teammates. That makes us the Reconstruction Faction's broadcast."

"Mm."

Yao Wei agreed with that. When she saw that Lu Xi'an wasn't looking at her anymore, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's go. There's nothing here, so there's no reason to stay."

Lu Xi'an said.

Yao Wei answered again. "Mm."

Neither of them took the ladder in the corner. They climbed into the passageway, crouched as they made their way through, then straightened up and leaped out of the opening.

That was probably how the person who'd left last time had gotten out, too.

He'd left the ladder behind, probably because he didn't want anyone to get down there too easily.

He'd also disguised the iron door before leaving, which was why no one had discovered this place for so long.

Lu Xi'an looked back down and thought, I wonder if Fang Shuxin was a New Human. Could he jump straight up here like Yao Wei and I can? If not, he must have had a hard time climbing out.

Speaking of New Humans...

"Yao Wei, what type of New Humans do you think we are?"

He asked.

According to Luo Ping, there was more than one type of New Human.

Type B New Humans could make a full recovery by eating. What could the other types do?

How many types of New Humans were there in this world?

And how had New Humans come into being? Before or after the disaster? Had ordinary humans mutated into them naturally, or had there been some kind of artificial intervention?

Lu Xi'an regretted not stopping Luo Ping earlier to ask him more about it.

That guy probably knew a lot.

"I don't know."

Yao Wei shook her head again. Her three-word answer came as no surprise to Lu Xi'an.

She went inside and took the "Power Bank" down from the stairs. Lu Xi'an went in, too, and had a look around. Once he was sure there was nothing else worth exploring, he said, "Let's go."

"Mm."

Yao Wei answered, but her eyes were on the dog.

She glanced at the dog, then at the "Power Bank" in her hand. Lu Xi'an didn't need to ask what she was thinking.

"Once we get in the car, we'll have the dog charge this Power Bank."

Lu Xi'an said.

"Mm."

Yao Wei nodded and said to Lu Xi'an, "Thanks."

Lu Xi'an smiled. "There's no need to thank me! Why are you being so formal?"

"Mm. I won't be."

Yao Wei replied, the corners of her lips lifting into a smile.

They got into the car and put away their things. Lu Xi'an took the "Power Bank" from Yao Wei and had the dog open its power socket so he could connect it.

Lu Xi'an started the car and asked, "Should we look for Fang Shuxin's other shelter? I'm curious whether anyone in the world is still broadcasting after all this time."

"I'll check."

Yao Wei took out World Atlas Volume One and opened it to the page for Mengxin City. She marked the location of Changshengtian Petrochemical Gas Station with her pen.

Watching Yao Wei, Lu Xi'an suddenly thought of something. "Actually, the dog can mark locations, too.

"It doesn't have a map, but it can record the locations of explored areas. Once it marks one, it can guide me there whenever we need it.

"I had it mark Wanhu Village in Dongmen County, up north, once.

"But after that, we kept heading south. I figured we wouldn't be going back, so I never used that feature again.

"I'd almost forgotten about it."

Yao Wei glanced back at the dog. It was charging her "Power Bank" and was temporarily shut down.

Lu Xi'an said, "Once it's done charging, I'll have it mark this place, too."

"Mm."

Yao Wei bent her head over World Atlas Volume One again.

She flipped back a page in the atlas before finding Qiuming Road. "Qiuming Road isn't in Mengxin City. It's in Yu Bei City, and it's a mountain road.

"There's Hongni Village at the entrance. We can't go around it, so we'll have to pass through the village."

Lu Xi'an thought for a moment and said, "Let's take a look. A few decades have passed, and everything has changed. Who knows if the 'Decadent Faction' that used to occupy the area is still there?"

"Mm."

Yao Wei agreed. She held a map in one hand and a gun in the other, guiding Lu Xi'an while keeping watch.

When they reached the outskirts of Hongni Village, Lu Xi'an had the dog stop charging the "Power Bank" and sent a drone to scout the area.

The village was completely deserted. The houses had collapsed in clumps, and not one was intact. As expected, everything had changed. The "Decadent Faction" that had once occupied the place was completely gone.

"What do you think Fang Shuxin and the Reconstruction Faction meant by the Decadent Faction?"

Lu Xi'an asked as they drove through Hongni Village.

Yao Wei thought for a while before answering, "They probably meant people like the ones around now."

Lu Xi'an nodded. "That's what I thought, too. The people Luo Ping cursed at earlier were all Decadent Faction. Do you think we count as Decadent Faction, too? We don't produce anything; we just travel around looking for oases."

Yao Wei shook her head again. "No. You already said it—we're the Reconstruction Faction's broadcast."

Lu Xi'an laughed. "Right, right. We're the Reconstruction Faction's broadcast."

The car passed through Hongni Village and continued along another mountain road in Yu Bei City.

Lu Xi'an sent the dog's drone out again and steered it alongside the car, flying beyond the cliff to help them look for Fang Shuxin's old shelter.