Chapter 212: What to prepare for the wilderness
“Chensheng, you’re really too smart!”
Huaiyu looked at her happily, her eyes sparkling. Chensheng raised her eyebrows proudly: “What’s the big deal? You’ve just been living alone for too long and forgotten how good people in our country are at making money!”
That’s true!
Huaiyu remembered the tricycle owner from last time, who had been riding for four or five hours! She decided she’d go to the highway entrance later to find someone!
She wasn’t sure if the person would be there during the day, though.
After the excitement, she asked again, “Then… Chensheng, if I wanted to go to the wilderness myself, what should I prepare?”
Chensheng sighed, “Why can’t you just give up already?”
But she still answered truthfully, “You need some strength to go, or it’ll be a free trip.”
“First, from our Huacheng to the wilderness, because we can’t cross through Sanqing Mountain, we’ll need to take a detour to the next city. Do you have transportation?”
“And now the outskirts of the wilderness have been explored almost completely, and there isn’t much left. There are roads further inside, but if you walk alone, it’s too difficult, climbing mountains and crossing rivers.”
“But the vehicles nowadays aren’t like the ones back when the disaster struck, where you could just pick one off the street. They’ve all been specially modified. Whether they use new alloys or new biological materials, they’re made to be safer and more stable in the wilderness. Otherwise, even if the car is fast, if a mutated plant pierces the tire, you won’t be able to run away…”
Huaiyu listened with a serious face.
Just the transportation alone had so many requirements, and it sounded quite expensive.
She had originally thought about going directly from Rose Corridor to Sanqing Mountain, thinking maybe she could save on some of these costs, but the wilderness was so vast…
She let her face drop, feeling dejected.
But she was still young, stubborn, and not one to give up easily. She asked again, “So how many points would a vehicle like that cost?”
Chensheng sighed, “The price depends on the quality of the car. Let me put it this way: my car was mine from the disaster, but over the years, it’s been modified in stages, and the total cost has been around 40,000 points.”
40,000?!
Huaiyu instinctively covered her transaction ring.
She had saved up to about 20,000 points by now.
And the modification of just the car cost over 40,000?!
Why was Lin Xuefeng so expensive?!
After a moment, she weakly asked, “Then… what else do I need to prepare besides the car?”
Chensheng looked at her as if seeing a fool who wouldn’t listen to reason.
But because of that, she wanted to be clear with her.
So she spoke sharply, “You can’t go to the wilderness alone in a car, you at least need a reliable companion or driver.”
“Plants are really good at hiding, and if you don’t have a companion, and you’re alone, you could end up being silently swallowed in your sleep.”
Chen He, although a scumbag, was still reliable when they were in a relationship.
From the first time they tested the outskirts of the wilderness, they had always been a team. Plus, he was good at driving and knew the route, which is why they always took him with them when they entered the wilderness.
Although Chen He had betrayed them, honestly, Chensheng didn’t find it surprising. “Fortune favors the bold, and there are always good things in the wilderness. Even brothers can turn against each other. Without a trusted companion, you can’t go into the wilderness.”
She hadn’t expected the way he betrayed them to be so stupid and arrogant.
Coincidentally, Huaiyu didn’t have a trustworthy companion either.
As for Zhou Qian…
Don’t joke! If she were to go into the wilderness, it would be her choice. Dragging Zhou Qian into life-and-death situations was out of the question!
Would that mean shifting the danger to him?
She let her slender shoulders sag again.
Seeing this, Chensheng also felt reluctant: “Everyone who goes to the wilderness has their reasons, but Xiao Yu, we’ve barely made it through six years.”
“Nothing is more important than our own lives right now.”
“Think about it carefully.”
Huaiyu thought seriously—she hadn’t yet experienced the full extent of the dangers posed by the plants. But… Lin Xuefeng was also very important.
Anyone who had shown kindness to her was important.
What he gave was particularly great, especially close to her heart.
“I’ve made up my mind,” she said seriously.
Chensheng sighed in relief: “If you’ve made up your mind, that’s fine.”
She smiled again: “I heard from Zaozi that you have two very capable brothers, and you can get so many good things yourself. You must have some background.”
“I don’t know why you’re living in such a dangerous place alone, but if you go to the wilderness, I’m really afraid your family will come here and beat me half to death.”
She joked, “I can’t bear that responsibility.”
Huaiyu shook her head seriously: “Don’t worry, Chensheng, I won’t let Zhou Qiange come and look for you!”
Chensheng: “Pfft, cough, cough, cough!!!”
Before she could say anything, she had already choked on her words, and by the time her face turned red from coughing, she suddenly saw a tall, strong, and fierce-looking man glance at the bed number, then march into the room.
Chensheng instinctively tightened her grip on Huaiyu’s arm.
Huaiyu heard the sound, looked up, and quickly smiled: “Zhou Qiange, did you finish your checkup?”
“Mm.” Zhou Qiange responded, just as he had felt—his new biological material had fused quite well with his body, even more active than usual.
The downside was that it was too active, but that wasn’t a big problem, just made the doctors responsible for the biological materials even more excited, and they invited him to come back for free check-ups every month.
As a gesture of thanks—
Zhou Qiange handed over a bag: “The doctor sent a lot of donkey-hide gelatin, saffron, and some other supplements. You should take some when you get back.”
Thinking about Huaiyu’s current complex state, he added:
“I asked, and it’s suitable for both teenagers and adults.”
After giving these instructions, he turned his attention to Chensheng: “How are you?”
Chensheng: “… Thanks, I’m fine now.”
But she quickly began to complain again: “Well, Xiao Yu kept asking me about going to the wilderness. Do you guys have any plans to go to the wilderness?”
It wasn’t that she couldn’t hide secrets; it was just that Xiao Yu seemed so fierce and imposing, her whole aura so upright, that hiding a secret from her seemed like a crime.
Chensheng thought, it’s better to just admit it!
After all, Huaiyu looked so young, and many young people who didn’t know any better went out to cause trouble, and every year there were teenagers who died in the wilderness.
Even with heavy guards outside, for inexperienced young people, just the outskirts of the wilderness could be deadly.
Now, she was really afraid that Huaiyu, relying on her ability to live in Rose Corridor, would want to learn from others and go out adventuring.
