Yu Qingxian and the Tyrannosaurus lingered in this small town for some time.
After consuming that Crystal Core, Yu Qingxian found that the Tyrannosaurus seemed to have grown even larger in size.
It must have leveled up.
She checked the time on her phone and saw that August was just around the corner.
Yu Qingxian could no longer wait.
After wandering aimlessly for the past few days, Yu Qingxian had adapted to the outside temperature.
So she packed her things and prepared to leave.
She was now fully armed, even packing several rolls of thermal insulation foil in her luggage.
Over the past two days, the Tyrannosaurus had also adapted to the low temperature.
Being a husky breed, it was quite cold-resistant.
The reason it had been frozen stiff before was that its fur had gotten wet, making it susceptible to losing body heat.
But now, with its fluffy appearance, it looked very warm.
Yu Qingxian pondered for a moment and decided to go out and see if the town had any sleds or small carts that she could hitch to the Tyrannosaurus.
That way, her journey could be faster.
Yu Qingxian wandered around the town with the Tyrannosaurus and found that this town actually had a sled ride activity.
But upon reflection, she felt it would be more suitable to have wheels when they reached other places.
After much thought, Yu Qingxian figured that sleds could still slide on the ground.
So she chose a beautiful sled to use.
However, the dogs used for pulling sleds weren't as big as the Tyrannosaurus, so Yu Qingxian had to assemble one herself.
It took her the entire morning to get it done.
This sled not only had space for passengers, but also a cargo rack at the back.
Of course, Yu Qingxian didn't hesitate to ransack all the dog food in the town and load it onto the cargo rack.
Then there was the water.
But the water had already frozen, so the Tyrannosaurus would have to eat it as ice cubes later.
After preparing these supplies, Yu Qingxian finally sat on the sled.
After more than ten minutes, Yu Qingxian was back on that highway.
With the Tyrannosaurus, her speed was much faster.
In just two days, Yu Qingxian's phone entered the signal range of the West Base.
Her phone kept beeping, and ignoring it was impossible.
So she had the Tyrannosaurus slow down, and then she took out her phone to look.
She found that the base had pushed several messages.
Yu Qingxian checked them one by one.
The earliest one instructed survivors at various bases to take measures to stay warm, and not to leave their rooms unless absolutely necessary.
As for the three daily meals, the authorities would distribute them uniformly, and the cold air was predicted to last for at least three months.
After reading the first message, Yu Qingxian looked at the second one.
These two messages talked about the superhuman team, stating that the superhuman team was temporarily not allowed to leave the base at will. If they wanted to leave the base, then they would need to have at least one Fire Type Superhuman in the team, only then would they be permitted to go out.
After all, Fire Type Superhumans could generate heat for their teammates in a timely manner, and the superhuman teams were now considered the main force in fighting against the zombies.
The authorities gave them some leeway in management but also needed to take responsibility for their lives.
As for the third message, Yu Qingxian was quite shocked.
It said that more than twenty days ago, a certain country had used chemical agents to poison the zombies, and even deployed weapons banned worldwide.
As a result, the zombies in that country had mutated and became much stronger in combat; no one in our country had ever faced them directly.
An attached blurry photo only showed a dark silhouette from a distance.
Yu Qingxian stared at that photo and instantly realized that it was the same zombie she had burned to death a few days ago.
The time this message was released was half a month ago.
Which was the day Yu Qingxian had just encountered the RV.
In half a month, this zombie had traveled thousands of miles to get here. Yu Qingxian felt that this zombie moved extremely fast.
With that speed, it could have roamed the entire country several times over in half a year.
Yu Qingxian quickly swiped away the three messages, and the last one was sent four days ago.
It was the second day after she had arrived in this small town.
The content made Yu Qingxian's body shudder.
She never would have thought that the authorities had actually monitored this zombie.
And even after it was killed, the authorities were quite clear about it.
They just didn't know whether the zombie was killed by a person or by an advanced zombie.
So this message was released to inform people across the country that if anyone had killed this zombie, they could find the authorities to confirm it.
Of course, the authorities didn't mention where the zombie was killed, which was to prevent impostors from claiming credit.
If no one claimed responsibility, then it was highly likely that the zombie was killed by another zombie.
Yu Qingxian stared at her phone. This was a message from four days ago.
But the person who killed this zombie wouldn't go claim responsibility.
Because this zombie wasn't killed by a person.
And it couldn't even be considered killed by Yu Qingxian.
She was just acting in self-defense.
She had simply shoved a burning chair leg at it.
If she said that she burned that zombie to death, would anyone believe her?
After reading the messages, Yu Qingxian stared at her phone for a while before turning it off.
The signal on this phone wasn't the same as before.
If the superhuman teams had been barred from leaving their bases half a month ago, then it was possible that a superhuman team that had left their base had killed this zombie.
But the authorities wouldn't need to release this message, since they should know which superhuman teams had left their bases.
But what if there were other superhumans who had directly taken over territories?
After all, in end-of-the-world stories, those who could become protagonists were definitely unwilling to be under someone else's control.
Yu Qingxian had already encountered so many protagonists in this apocalypse, so she felt it wouldn't be strange to encounter some more.
But the authorities might not necessarily know about such cases.
So would the authorities try to lock down her phone's signal during this period?
After all, her current phone was the one someone from the black market had helped her get.
She wasn't very clear about what kind of signal source it was using.
With tens of billions of people before, the authorities wouldn't bother to lock down such signal sources.
But now, with the unknown number of survivors left in the country, the authorities would definitely lock down signals wandering outside the bases.
Anyone brave enough to roam around during the apocalypse was likely someone the authorities wanted to recruit.
Yu Qingxian turned off the phone and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Whether they would or wouldn't, it was better to be cautious.
Just as she stuffed the phone back into her backpack, Yu Qingxian heard a sound like a train moving on rails.
This made her feel a bit puzzled.
Could it be her imagination?
But she definitely heard it.
The sound was still some distance away.
When the Tyrannosaurus pulled her onto a large bridge, she discovered that there were railway tracks underneath the bridge.
She looked up towards the source of the sound and saw an old, somewhat dilapidated green train.
This train was coal-powered.
Yu Qingxian had only heard about these antiques from her parents' conversations, but this was the first time she had actually seen one.
The old locomotive's front had been deformed from a collision, but reinforcements had been made to the rear.
The windshield was covered in a layer of frost, making it difficult to see the situation inside.
But since the train was moving, there must be people inside.
Actually, trains were quite suitable for the apocalypse.
After all, a train could be completely remodeled into a mobile house, much better than an RV.
Yu Qingxian watched as this train passed under the bridge.
She counted a total of eight carriages.
She just didn't know how many people were on the train.
She couldn't smell any scent, so the sealing on this train must have been done quite well.
It had probably been remodeled during this half-year period.
