CHAPTER 356: CHAPTER 335: GAZING AT THE VAST SEA

The sun was shining brightly and the weather was just right. Therefore, with nothing unusual on the way, Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei returned to Yangcai County in Coastal City in just one day.

When they got there, they were equally lucky; they saw the sea had just retreated, with the tides undulating, forming a moving line between heaven and earth, which was quite spectacular.

Thus, Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei managed to return to the peak of Caiyang Mountain before nightfall.

They drove the car to the top as before.

However, on the way to the top, they went very slowly, looking around everywhere, and even had Gou help them.

——The tide had just receded, and from mid-mountain downward on Caiyang Mountain, there were always some fish, shrimp, turtles, and crabs that couldn’t return to the sea, stranded in the mountains.

Seeing the scene of sea birds gathering inside and outside the mountains, it could be confirmed that at this time, not only Caiyang Mountain was rich in resources but also the land that the sea had once invaded during the tide.

Those sea birds would sometimes hover above the sky, sometimes dive down, and some would even linger on the ground, seizing the food trapped in the shallow waters, enjoying a hearty meal.

Thus, Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei caught quite a few sea birds.

In addition, they picked up a lot of seafood.

By the time they reached the top of the mountain, the car was already full, enough for the two Type A Neo-Humans to have a hearty feast.

They cooked all the food and stored all the energy in their bodies, then took a shower.

This way, the water tanks and barrels on the car were emptied, and they drove back down to the pond to fill the car with water, and the water buckets were also filled to the brim.

After returning to the mountain top, the two each drank a cup of water; the pond water was sweet and cool, with a wonderful taste.

"Ah! That’s the taste!"

After drinking the water, Lu Xi’an couldn’t help but exclaim.

No wonder the Hu family would travel all the way to Caiyang Mountain to fetch water and take it back to East Island as part of their business.

The water was indeed exquisite!

"Delicious!"

Yao Wei echoed.

After eating and drinking their fill, the two lay down to rest.

They found a movie to play, laid down in bed for a while, and Yao Wei suddenly sighed: "So nice!"

Lu Xi’an asked: "Do you like this movie?"

The movie was a romance film called "True Tears," somewhat melancholic and pure love, telling the story of adolescent boys and girls and their naive joys and sorrows.

If it were before, Yao Wei would not have liked this type, but now she was gradually accepting it, thinking that sometimes watching this kind of drama is nice.

Lu Xi’an always felt that when Yao Wei watched this type of film, she was learning some inexplicable knowledge.

Perhaps at this moment, Yao Wei had learned something she considered useful from this film, which was why she suddenly said "So nice."

Lu Xi’an thought it was fortunate that this was a pure love movie and not some melodramatic romance; otherwise, one day, Yao Wei might pick up a line like "If one day I and Gou both fall into the water, you should save the water first," and how troublesome that would be.

At that time, if he said, "You’re a Type A Neo-Human, I don’t need to worry about you, let’s save Gou first," who knows if Yao Wei would give him an uppercut and send him flying...

But luckily, when Yao Wei heard Lu Xi’an’s question, she shook her head and answered: "I just feel that not having to abandon the car and go out to sea is really nice."

Lu Xi’an was slightly taken aback, then smiled: "Yes, it is really nice."

The battle at the Guanhai River not only wiped out all the Neo-Humans from Northern County but also without any of them being lost. From then on, they could be a bit relieved, never needing to raise the issue of going out to sea again, and the RV did not need to be hidden and abandoned.

It truly was really nice!

Thanks to Luo Ping, if it weren’t for his insistence on coming to the rescue, he and Yao Wei might have already been in the vast ocean by now.

The vast sea was boundless, immense waves beyond human power; if there were any typhoons, they might have ended up buried at sea.

Thanks to everyone at Institute 923!

Lu Xi’an’s eyes were on the movie, but his focus was no longer on the screen.

The flickering light inside the RV had unknowingly become a hypnotic light source.

Lu Xi’an gradually fell asleep.

Seeing Lu Xi’an asleep, Yao Wei turned off the movie and told Gou: "Gou, lights out."

The RV went dark until dawn.

Awakening the next morning, both of them felt full of energy, as if all their strength was inexplicably abundant, ready for another fight with Boss Liang and Xu without any problem.

However, they stuck to their earlier plan of not practicing Yao Huo and Ye Wenxin’s training methods while the tide hadn’t arrived but trained according to their old ways.

This was no longer Healing Village; it was just the two of them without others around to keep watch. If both of them were exhausted and suddenly someone came looking for trouble, it would be disastrous.

Fungus Stone was useful for healing injuries and had some utility in restoring physical strength, but wasn’t potent enough.

But fortunately, following the battle with Boss Liang and Xu, the two had learned a lot. Now, even training by the book could validate practical experience, resulting in far surpassing usual improvements.

——So it’s always more beneficial to gain experience fighting strong opponents.

Lu Xi’an couldn’t help but think this.

For the next half month, Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei maintained this training state. Besides that, their time was spent on eating, drinking, answering nature’s calls, searching for food, finding some entertainment, and passing the time.

Their entertainment included but wasn’t limited to watching movies, binging TV series, moon and star-gazing at night, and waking early to watch the sunrise.

They would also go to the county town in search of treasures, but most items there had long been soaked and spoiled by the seawater and were basically unusable.

Perhaps something usable has already been picked out by the people with Xuan Xiaocao.

——After all, the people with Xuan Xiaocao used to come here regularly after the tides receded.

Half a month passed by in a flash. In the following days, Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei couldn’t determine when the tides would come, so they stayed on the mountaintop and didn’t go down.

On this day, a rumbling sound came from afar. Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei heard it early on, so they anticipated it in advance, got off the vehicle, and stood by the cliff looking east.

A gray-white line of water rose rapidly from afar, carrying towering waves from the horizon, slicing through the originally azure sky.

The waterline rose higher and higher, and drew nearer. In no time, it swept over the sea tide dam outside Yangcai County and then surged into the county town.

The seawater was disrupted by the buildings in the city, whether standing or toppled, then the waves surged and layered up high, and the pervasive moisture even reached the summit of Caiyang Mountain, dropping rain over Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei’s heads.

Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei had to retreat into the vehicle, watching outside through the car window for a while.

The rain stopped, and in the distance, a rainbow appeared, merging with the vast sea all around, magnificent and beautiful.

"It’s truly spectacular!"

Lu Xi’an couldn’t help but exclaim.

"Hmm."

Yao Wei nodded in agreement and replied.

The last time they saw the tide, they rushed up the mountain and didn’t have the chance to look closely. Now, having seen it from start to finish, they felt that the advent of the sea was an extremely beautiful sight.

It carries an earth-overwhelming awe, brimming with beauty.

The two got out of the vehicle again, smelling the salty sea breeze, gazing into the distance.

The sun was not visible on the horizon, and the sky was a misty gray, seemingly as though the previously invading waterline had diffused, filling the entire world with a misty vapor.

"Do you think we’ll see a mirage this time?"

Lu Xi’an asked.

"I don’t know."

Yao Wei shook her head and answered, then added, "Though I’d really like to see it again, even if not, having a rainbow to watch is also nice."

"True."

Lu Xi’an smiled slightly, saying, "Having such a beautiful rainbow to watch, what more could one ask for?"

Ultimately, they didn’t wait for the mirage. It seems that the mirage is not a guaranteed phenomenon after the tide’s arrival; being able to see it last time was their luck.

However, not having seen Hu Dong and Hu Xiaodong in the mirage, Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei could only keep watch here, waiting to see when the pair would arrive.

Lu Xi’an figured that the father and son would definitely come. They had already established a routine and scale in the pool water business on East Island, so how could they easily give it up?

"Let’s take turns keeping watch here."

Lu Xi’an suggested.

"Hmm."

Yao Wei nodded, having no objections to Lu Xi’an’s suggestion.

However, she requested, "Let me go first."

Lu Xi’an agreed, letting her go first. Meanwhile, he returned to the vehicle, tidied up inside, and hung up the clothes they had changed over the past two days to dry.

And as Lu Xi’an was about to switch with Yao Wei after hanging the clothes, he suddenly saw numerous red dots appear on the open map in the Resonant Gene Scanner.

One, two, three, four...

Lu Xi’an was silently counting the red dots when suddenly Gou’s voice reported through the camper’s speakers: "Ten Neo-Humans detected in the southwest direction, please be advised."

Lu Xi’an’s heart skipped a beat.

Ten...

Including Lu Shou and Blade, Luo Ping and their group should exactly be ten people.

Speaking of which, in the past half month, Luo Ping and his group indeed hadn’t been seen returning.

And the route those red dots were moving along was indeed on a road within Jiangbei City’s range outside the western edge of Yangcai County, heading north, located right at the edge of the Resonant Gene Scanner map.

Lu Xi’an got out of the vehicle again to the western cliff’s edge for a look. Though the distance was quite far, from such a height, one could still barely make out six tiny vehicles in a slithering line heading north.

Despite their tiny size, Lu Xi’an, being a Type A Neo-Human, could see clearly it was Luo Ping and his group’s vehicles.

How could it take half a month to return when they already have vehicles?

Lu Xi’an couldn’t understand but still got into the vehicle to honk, as a greeting to Luo Ping and his group.

Of course, Luo Ping couldn’t hear it, but among them, there was a Type A Neo-Human who could hear.

Lu Xi’an and Yao Wei then heard a honking sound, which was Luo Ping and his group’s response.

Yao Wei turned her head from the east to look west.

"It’s Luo Ping and the others."

Lu Xi’an smiled at Yao Wei, saying, "They came from Healing Village."

Yao Wei pointed to the sea in the east, saying, "It’s coming from this way too."