The Return of Cambrian Period Volume 1 Chapter 15 10 Jan 23, 2020

Their hope was smashed after traveling for more than ten kilometers.

The foundation of the highway was arched by wildly growing vegetation. Several cracks of various different widths appeared on the originally smooth and leveled road surface. Some cracks were as deep as four or five meters. Cars couldn't get through, let alone people.

Cong Xia stood in front of the big cracks and sighed heavily.

"Should we take a detour?"

Cheng Tianbi shook his head.

"It's useless. Even if we assume that the roads in other places have not become like this, I'm afraid that we still won't be able to find that airport if we take a detour. My navigation map is updated when there are satellite signals. We cannot change the route."

Cong Xia was clutching his hair in distressed.

"Mr. Soldier, we're not going to last long. We, everyone else, it's all the same."

Cheng Tianbi slowly clenched his fists. On the fourth day of the apocalypse, most of the communication systems and infrastructure had been out of service. At present, the only one that still worked normally was drinking water system, which probably was because the automation of the water supply system was relatively advanced. Furthermore, the entire Kunming city was not completely without governmental control, people could live without electricity and internet. Even without food, they could still eat wild grasses to make do for a few days, but without water, the riots of hundreds of people in such a large city would have unimaginable consequences.

He was afraid that currently the government and the army were probably risking their lives to maintain the water supply system.

But until when it could last?

In another two or three days, due to nutritional deficiency and unpredictable weather, the weaker like elderly people, women and children would die in large numbers. At the same time, panic and epidemic would spread the entire city. Cong Xia could predict that within a week, the city's population would reduce by at least 30%, excluding his fellow citizens who had become food for the mutated animals and plants.

Cong Xia knew that he shouldn't concern about other people. He couldn't even escape this place, but when imagining about facing so many deaths like that, he was uncertain if he could bear it.

Cheng Tianbi pulled Cong Xia up from the ground.

"Let's go back."

Where to go back was obvious. Except for returning to Kunming, they had no other way. Compared to sleeping in the wilderness, the city could at least provide warm clothing and shelter from the wind and the rain. Cong Xia asked.

"Are we just giving up?"

Cheng Tianbi started the car and went backwards the same way they had taken.

"No, we have to find a way to contact the army. Maybe they can help us."

Cong Xia nodded.

"This is indeed a solution. By the way, which Beijing's military region do you belong to? What mission that you come to Yunnan to execute?"

Cheng Tianbi nonchalantly said.

"Ask less."

Cong Xia did not back off because of his attitude at all. Instead, he became interested.

"Why can't I ask? Which one I can't ask, the prior or the latter? If it's the latter, I can understand, but if even the prior can't be discussed... Wow! You wouldn't be the legendary super secret special force dedicated to special tasks, would you?"

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Cheng Tianbi glanced at him.

"You can't be allowed to have a full stomach."

"Hm?"

Cong Xia was stunned.

"What?"

"You talk too much."

Cong Xia cackled, there was a bit of sadness in his eyes.

"I want to be like you. In the past few days, I felt so bored. Shouldn't we complement each other? Although you don't particularly like talking, I like chatting with you. Otherwise, who can I talk to? Who knows how many more days I can live to talk."

Cheng Tianbi glanced at him again. His gentle and sincere smile could make people feel relaxed. Although Cong Xia was weak, he was not stupid and never sought trouble for himself. He was very self-aware and quite obedient. As a travel companion, Cheng Tianbi was generally satisfied with him. Cong Xia said again.

"It looks like it's going to be dark soon. Where shall we sleep tonight? How about we go back to my house?"

"No, your home is too close to that pine tree. Just find a house outside of the city and return to the city at dawn."

Cong Xia unhurriedly took a map out of Cheng Tianbi's bag.

"I'm familiar with the roads in the city. Let's discuss the itinerary for tomorrow and then I will draw a route to avoid the pine tree."

He drew a circle on the map with a pen. In the center of the circle was the office complex of his former company.

"Let's assume its current attack range is one kilometer, this distance should be safe enough."

"Mark the big supermarkets in the city as well."

Based on his memory, Cong Xia circled all three big supermarkets.

"I'm afraid there is nothing left in these places."

"Yes, these are the places we want to avoid."

Cong Xia immediately understood what he meant. There were always people who hadn't given up gathered near the supermarkets. Too many people could easily cause riots.

"Then the gas stations, they are indicated on the map, circle them too."

Cong Xia also marked the gas stations one by one. The two men discussed the schedule for tomorrow while also putting circles and dots on the map. Before the night fell, they finally returned to where they left a few hours ago.

It was only about half an hour before sunset. There was no one in the street. In such a dangerous environment, perhaps no one wanted to be on the street in the darkness. The lights of the city seemed very far away from them.

"We stay here."

Cheng Tianbi drove the car into a neighborhood. The two of them carried important things with them and ascended a building nearby. Just like last time, in order to avoid the sudden temperature drop, they found an empty house and broke into it.

Cheng Tianbi turned on the flashlight and looked around the house. It was an ordinary house, which was more than fifty square meters in size. It had one bedroom and one living room. The choice of such a small house was to prevent blind spots. The monkey from last time almost took their lives. Cong Xia said.

"Save the flashlight battery. We searched so many shops today and could only pick up the batteries that people left behind. Even the candles were taken. I don't know if this house has any. I'll look for it."

Cheng Tianbi turned off his flashlight.

"Don't look for it, go to sleep."

Cong Xia was tiredly sitting on the ground.

"I want to take a shower. I have to make use of the fact that there is still water. I haven't showered for three or four days. How about you taking a shower first?

The weather was hot and the two men didn't stop moving for even a single second. They were already stink because of sweat all over their bodies. Their clothes were also so dirty as if they had rolled out of the mud. Cong Xia had never experienced the feeling of not taking a shower for three or four days in his life.

"You go first, I'll look for clothes."

When Cong Xia was taking a shower, Cheng Tianbi entered the master bedroom and looked for clothes in the wardrobe. Cong Xia wore medium size. He was about 170 or 180 cm. Clothes that fitted him were all over the wardrobe. He, on the other hand, was in trouble. After searching for a long time, he barely found a T-shirt that was rather tight when he put on.

Just as he took the clothes, Cong Xia suddenly shouted.

"Tianbi, when you've done, come and take a shower. The water flow has become weaker. I'm worried that the water will be restricted!"

Cheng Tianbi unloaded his weapons, put them into the bag, then undressed and directly entered the bathroom.

Cong Xia was scrubbing his body, he didn't expect Cheng Tianbi to not even knock on the door. He did not know what to do and said.

"I... I'll clean first..."

The sun had not completely gone down. There was still dim light in the bathroom. The two of them suddenly faced each other without any warning. Cong Xia felt a little silly, but Cheng Tianbi did not respond at all. Ever since he entered the army, he had never showered alone. The only thing he was not accustomed to was that he had seen enough muscular, rough, tanned and naked bodies, but a man with a fair skin, thin arms and thin legs like Cong Xia was not much different from a woman in his eyes. Cheng Tianbi frowned.

"Step aside."

The water flow indeed became smaller, he needed to seize this timet to finish showering. Cheng Tianbi closed his eyes and rinsed his body from head to toe. Cong Xia pulled back to one side and scrubbed his body stiffly. He knew it was not a big deal, but when he saw Cheng Tianbi's naked body, he was still so nervous that his tongue straight up twisted.

His gaze couldn't help going down and glancing at the thing between Cheng Tianbi's legs.

This... This is... So big...

We are both men, but this is too much different.

"What are you looking at?"

He didn't know when but Cheng Tianbi had already opened his eyes and looked at him coldly.

Cong Xia lifted his head sharply, his face burned instantly, his cheeks and ears were all red.

"I, I am not ..."

Cheng Tianbi glanced at Cong Xia's "little brother", he slightly raised his eyebrows and turned his head away. Cong Xia was so embarrassed and angry, he grabbed the towel and ran out of the bathroom as he was wiping himself. After Cheng Tianbi finished showering, the water also stopped.

As soon as Cong Xia changed into clean clothes, Cheng Tianbi walked out with a towel around him.

"You stored water?"

"Yes, I stored two basins. I was afraid there wouldn't be enough water for tomorrow."

He picked up his trousers and handed them to Cong Xia.

"Help me wash this."

There were no suitable trousers for him in this house, so he could only wear the original ones. The weather was hot, they should be dry after a night of sleep. Cong Xia received the clothes from him while trying to avoid looking at his water-dripping chest muscles.

"Oh, where's your coat? I'll help you wash them all together."

Cheng Tianbi casually gave him the coat as well. Cong Xia's parents died unexpectedly when he was in junior high school. Since then he had lived on his own. He could take care of himself and was also willing to take care of those around him when he could.

After finished washing the clothes, he saw Cheng Tianbi sitting on the sofa studying the map. Cong Xia also sat down.

A whiff of refreshing body wash rushed into his nose. Cheng Tianbi's nose wings slightly twitched a few times. In the past few days, he had smelled the smell of rotten food, rotten corpses and various disgusting or horrible odors, all except for the scent on Cong Xia's body right now. It was really nice. Perhaps it was the nostalgia for modern life. In short, for the first time, he felt that the scent of a man could be described as good smell. Cong Xia moved his dripping wet head closer.

"Isn't our route decided? What are you looking at?"

Cheng Tianbi pushed his head away.

"You're dripping water."

Cong Xia smiled embarrassedly.

"What additional things do you need to discuss?"

"The route is basically decided. Before going to bed, let's study the ancient jade a little bit."

Cong Xia nodded and took out the piece of jade that was as big as a hand from his pocket. He had always considered this jade as a treasure and carried it with him. In fact, he had already been wanting to find time to study it carefully.

He found a stack of A4 copy papers and a few pens from the room.

"The information preserved in the ancient jade is tremendous. The information I currently skim through is roughly divided into the following categories."

Cong Xia divided the photocopy papers into several copies. On each photocopy paper, he noted down a piece of information that he skimmed through.

"The first category is the energy of the five elements that I have discussed with you before. The energy referred to in the ancient jade is the energy of evolution. We have basically confirmed this through you. The second category is the enhancing of the energy and the purification of the energy core. The purer the energy core is, the greater the density of the energy and the stronger the energy will be. Your evolutionary ability can be enhanced in many ways. This is a very, very important piece of information. The third category is also interesting. It refers to the use of media to manufacture tools, but there are two necessary conditions for manufacturing tools. One is sufficient non elemental energy and the other is a suitable medium. Non elemental energy may refer to a different type of energy other than Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, but I don't know what it is. The medium also needs to be related to the manufactured tools. I think this is a bit like alchemy, such as using titanium alloy to make armors or something, but it's also very different from alchemy, because it does not require certain amount of medium, it requires certain amount of non elemental energy. Honestly, the information stored in the ancient jade is all about energy, as long as we can learn how to use the energy of evolution, we can strengthen and protect ourselves."

Cheng Tianbi looked at the photocopy papers that Cong Xia had sketched and pondered for a moment.

"The non elemental energy seems to be a very critical thing. Didn't the ancient jade ask you to practice the non elemental energy?"

Cong Xia nodded.

"Yeah, but there is no change in my body. I have not evolved. How can I get the evolutionary energy?"

"What if the non elemental energy is not the evolutionary energy?"

"Then what would it be? I can't feel any difference in my body."

"It took me a long time to feel the energy core in my body. You should try it too."

Cong Xia sighed.

"I have tried. I don't feel anything. Is the energy core virtual or does it actually exist?"

"I don't know, but if it does then it's at this spot."

Cheng Tianbi placed his hand on the area below Cong Xia's belly button.

"The location of Qi Hai point, which is also what the Taoists call Dantian."

[Note: 氣海 (Qi Hai) is an acupuncture point which sits in front of the lower Dantian.]

Cong Xia's heart suddenly jumped for no reason. He subconsciously leaned back and awkwardly said.

"Err... That place, I can't feel it."

"I can feel it, and after I can do so, its existence in my consciousness is getting stronger and stronger. I can even 'see' that it is absorbing the green Wood energy in the earth and the sky, but only very slowly."

"You use the method in the ancient jade to train?"

"In my free time."

Cheng Tianbi looked at the ancient jade.

"This jade still contains a lot valuables that need to be explored."

Cong Xia stroked the warm and smooth jade in his hand.

"Yes, I want to record as much valuable things as possible. Only when you become stronger that we can increase our chance of survival."

He spread the photocopy papers on the coffee table and intended to enter the void in the ancient jade again to record even more things. Cheng Tianbi took his pen and tossed it aside.

"Now, sleep."