I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 103 - 101: The Desire to Revive Civilization_1

Chapter 103: Chapter 101: The Desire to Revive Civilization_1

In the seven days, the Alien Phenomenon Remnant Zone had become more and more bustling, and the number of people here had surpassed five hundred. These people didn’t appear thin or weak, just as Liu Haipeng said, civilization in this world may be difficult to revive, but the human race had already passed through the more challenging phases.

However, the transmigrators were still in a state of constant anxiety, opting for packaged foods like instant noodles when eating, as much as possible. But with the integration of resources underway, they could no longer eat whatever they wanted like before.

As the population here grew, it became necessary to plan for resources, and the temporary warehouse storing supplies was guarded at all times.

"The transmigrators seem stable; they should be able to get through the adaptation period," Liu Haipeng said to Zheng Yichen as he packed up and prepared to leave. He had pulled together a convoy of more than two hundred people.

In these days, they had considered various plans. It was unrealistic to connect all cars into a single train, but it was easier to divide them into units of ten; after all, road conditions didn’t matter, as long as the cars didn’t overturn.

"You guys... really..." Zheng Yichen’s mouth twitched involuntarily as he looked at the ten prepared land ’mini-trains.’ The overall length of these vehicles exceeded sixty meters for the longest and over forty meters for the shortest, with large, rough weld marks and rebar firmly fixed across each ’carriage.’

Although the whole assembly looked as though it would fall apart upon the slightest touch, it could indeed move.

"Scared of poverty," was the very realistic reason Liu Haipeng gave.

"Aren’t you afraid of encountering unexpected events on the way?"

"That’s not a big problem. If we encounter enemies, these cars will become our fortresses. We won’t be lacking in weapons," Liu Haipeng said confidently. The convoy of more than two hundred people, mostly combat personnel, was very well-armed.

They had scavenged too many resources from this remnant zone, including weapons and ammunition.

"Actually, the likelihood of encountering other people is very low. At most, we might come across some roaming mutants or Zombie Evolvers, but seeing that we have many people, they shouldn’t dare to attack us."

Li Yun explained on the side, admitting that the convoy was an eyecatcher, but the thing is, it was meant to catch the eyes of his own people. Too many had died in the apocalypse; one might not find another human settlement within a hundred miles.

Even if they made noise all the way, what they attracted would not be other humans but other creatures.

Therefore, stealth did not need to be considered for the operation; the primary focus was on maximizing load capacity and going all out.

"Let’s go, then." Zheng Yichen mounted his motorcycle, which had been refueled. He had also acquired plenty of valuable items—loads of jewelry in a big bag, and even more gold, heavy and bulging in another bag. Since it was all being transported by vehicle, Zheng Yichen didn’t hold back when taking it.

"Let’s move out; no screw-ups at this critical moment!!" Liu Haipeng hollered at the prepared people in the convoy.

The post-apocalyptic natives at the temporary camp crowded around to watch the convoy, reminiscent of centipedes, leave. They didn’t know much about the Alien Phenomenon; they only knew that the convoy was leaving to gather more resources.

Among these natives, many were around twenty years old. They were born in the apocalypse and had hardly experienced normal civilization.

Some even younger ones were filled with curiosity about electronic devices.

However, these items had all been consolidated and were temporarily inaccessible. After the town had fully relocated here, there would be some distribution of these items... distributed according to contributions.

After the convoy left, more people arrived at the remnant zone, townsfolk who hadn’t come before. This group exceeded one hundred people and included two Evolvers that Liu Haipeng had mentioned.

With the addition of these people, and the presence of two Evolvers, there was practically no possibility of an accident happening here.

"Get to work, get to work, this will be our new home from now on, no slacking off!" After the convoy was out of sight, a man with an armband shouted through an electronic megaphone. Once the spectators were busy at work, he clipped the megaphone to his waist and started to tidy up the surroundings himself.

On the road to the next Alien Phenomenon, Liu Haipeng, looking ahead at Zheng Yichen riding his bike without any issues, felt a bit of relief. Personally, he didn’t think there was any issue with Zheng Yichen, but he needed to consider the group as a whole. The way the monster had died was just too... bizarre.

All of its blood had been drained, its brain and marrow withered away. Such a death did not occur from normal killing; it was Zheng Yichen’s personal secret. Liu Haipeng had no intention, and indeed no courage, to delve into it.

We must always guard against others; in that Remnant Zone, Liu Haipeng and Li Yun had always been preparing for some bad situations that might occur. Now, seeing that Zheng Yichen was really fine, they could finally rest assured.

"How’s the convoy?" Liu Haipeng, who was driving a vehicle, asked through the walkie-talkie, a device they had found in the Remnant Zone and started using on the spot, which immediately solved the problem of most communications in the apocalypse being reliant on shouting.

"Cough, all is well. We can speed up if necessary, but it’d be best to do so on good roads," a voice came from the other end of the walkie-talkie, the user still somewhat unaccustomed to the device.

"Then let’s wait a bit longer, we’ll talk about speeding up when we hit the highway," Liu Haipeng responded. These ’trains’ that resembled centipedes were, after all, hastily made, and their quality was worrying. Though there were technicians in the team who could solve not-so-serious problems, it was still better to be cautious on the road.

After they ran the route once and memorized it, they could quickly reach their target destination based on the known road conditions. When the time came, they planned to make two trips in one day, ideally emptying it before others discovered another Alien Phenomenon Remnant Zone!

As for what the people who came later might think, what did that have to do with them? Wasn’t everyone just trying to survive the apocalypse? Without those things, people felt as if they couldn’t continue living, so there was no reason for them to be generous.

Soon, they encountered the first highway. Looking at the road, partially covered by dust and sand, Liu Haipeng felt quite emotional, "There are traces of civilization everywhere, but there are not many people left to uphold it... Old Li, do you think there are any places that have developed into big cities, where they’ve revived the past civilization in a small scope?"

Li Yun, who was gripping the steering wheel, tossed away his cigarette butt that had burned down to the filter, "Maybe there are. Even with the success of this mission, we could also attempt to revive the past civilization."

"But first, we need to replenish the population; I doubt our generation will live to see it," Liu Haipeng said with a helpless smile. Both he and Li Yun were over fifty years old—a difficult milestone to reach in the harsh living conditions of the apocalypse, let alone living to seventy or eighty.

"Hey, take it slow. We started as a bunch of scattered soldiers and gathered together. Other places? After the outbreak of the apocalypse, there definitely were more talented leaders who gathered enough people," Li Yun said with a smile. Some things exist even if we haven’t seen them.

There are too many capable people in the world. Even if the apocalypse resulted in the death of most of the human race, as long as there are people, there is a spark of life.

"Maybe in another ten or eighteen years, we might receive messages from other big cities."

"Let’s hope so," Liu Haipeng nodded. They were indeed ordinary people. In these thirty years, they had tried to explore many places. However, an ordinary person from before the apocalypse knew too little, and their searches for military bases had yielded something several times.

But those places had already been claimed by others or had been moved at the onset of the apocalypse. They found very little, and the places they did discover were due to luck. After that, they never found any military bases again.

"Captain, several big guys are charging at us from a distance!!"

"Pfft..." Liu Haipeng, who was drinking water, couldn’t help but spit it out when he saw what his subordinate was pointing at. Indeed, he saw several big guys, "Prepare for battle!"

They were highly mutated wasteland wolves, infamous beings in the apocalypse that mutated to be ubiquitous, roaming in groups, large and small. A small group didn’t mean they were easy to deal with; on the contrary, it usually meant those wasteland wolves were even more dangerous.

If there were more than ten mutated wasteland wolves, their size would at most be close to that of lions. If there were fewer than ten, they were either a combination of the old, weak, sick, and disabled, or they were terrifying monster combos.

This time there were four wasteland wolves, each as big and strong as a grown cow—a worse situation than encountering a group of more than ten wolves!

Since they had encountered them, Liu Haipeng wanted to kill them; their hides, meat, and bones could be utilized, precious resources in the apocalypse. Moreover, eliminating them would make this route safer to travel in the future.

Simply shaking them off meant they would be attacked again when passing by this area; these beasts were very smart.

As Liu Haipeng gave the orders, Zheng Yichen, in the front, had already turned the vehicle around. Liu Haipeng watched as Zheng Yichen accelerated towards the wolves with the fishing rod that he had always wanted to complain about, which stretched to over two meters and pierced through a wolf’s head in a clash.

The huge impact force sent the charging wasteland wolf flying a distance, hurled away by Zheng Yichen with one hand.

"I think our power Evolvers back home must have been slacking off in their training!" Li Yun couldn’t help but say after witnessing this scene.

Liu Haipeng glanced at his old friend, "I think it’s just the difference between people... Quick, move! Don’t let those beasts get away!"

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