At 6: 30 pm, the traffic started to move slowly.
Hundreds of armored vehicles were at the front, followed by a troop transport vehicle. There were also more than 10 military helicopters hovering at a low altitude, followed by more than 100 buses. Luo Yuan's private cars were arranged at the back.
Luo Yuan grabbed the steering wheel and threw Wang Shishi to Huang Jiahui before they left.
The little girl had grown up and started to develop. Plus, she was not a little girl who knew nothing. Sitting on his lap would be awkward, and it would be easy for something bad to happen. Thinking of the awkward situation earlier, Luo Yuan could not help but feel a headache coming on. He did not know what the little girl would think.
The traffic was vast and mighty, stretching for several kilometers, like a slender worm slowly crawling on the ground.
As soon as they got on the highway, the traffic sped up.
About half an hour later, they drove out of Donghu City, and the surroundings gradually became more remote.
Luo Yuan did not know when the construction had started, but the whole highway had been renovated. There were two 50-meter-wide concrete isolation belts on both sides. However, once they crossed the isolation belt, it was a completely different world. It was a world covered in green.
Luo Yuan looked at both sides of the road as he drove. He was terrified. The green was no longer the weeds from before, but a forest that had just begun to take shape. The traffic made people feel like they were heading into the depths of a deep forest.
If he had not seen it with his own eyes, Luo Yuan would have thought that he was dreaming.
He felt that the plants were growing faster and faster.
The isolation belt was full of potholes, and there were dried blood stains everywhere. Luo Yuan even saw an animal carcass that had been repeatedly run over by the vehicles on the highway.
Even without that, there was a reinforced concrete fortification every kilometer, and there were ferocious rapid-fire cannons and heavy machine guns on top of it. It was obvious how dangerous it was.
Huang Jiahui looked around and said worriedly, "I don't know what the higher-ups are thinking. Why do they keep this forest? Why don't they burn it down? I have a feeling that the green beetles came from here."
Luo Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "If they could, they would have burned it already. Maybe they don't have the ability to burn it now."
"Why? Didn't I have a fever several times in the past?" Huang Jiahui asked in confusion.
"You said it was in the past. At that time, the situation had not completely deteriorated. Through international trade, large amounts of oil could be continuously shipped in from several major oil-producing countries. But now, the oil trade has been completely cut off. It was simply not enough to rely on the supply from the few major oil fields in the country. And what are we going to use to burn these plants that grow again after we burn them? "
Huang Jiahui found it hard to accept for a moment. She said in a daze, "Is there no other way to deal with these plants?"
"If we don't have oil, we can use gasoline!" Wang Shishi couldn't help but interrupt.
"Pu!"
Luo Yuan and Huang Jiahui were both amused by the joke. Even the pressure in his heart was temporarily dispelled.
Wang Shishi looked confused until Huang Jiahui explained to her that she blushed.
"Of course, it's not that there's no other way. If we don't have petroleum, we can still rely on alcohol. These plants that are everywhere are the best raw materials for alcohol. It's not impossible for the production of alcohol to reach the level of petroleum or even replace it in the end. The key is how the country plans its industrial layout."
Suddenly, the cars in front of them stopped.
Luo Yuan quickly braked. He did not pay much attention to it at first. It was inevitable that there would be bumps in such a dense traffic. He thought he would be able to continue his journey soon, but there was a sudden commotion in front of him, followed by the sound of a tarpaulin being torn apart.
"Boom!"
He quickly stretched out his body and saw an armed helicopter tumbling down from the sky. A few seconds later, it crashed heavily on the isolation belt, bursting into a huge flame.
Dozens of rapid-fire cannons opened fire at the same time, forming long red chains in front of them. Their targets were the hundreds of huge black mutated birds that appeared in the sky. From time to time, some mutated birds would be hit by the concentrated fire of the anti-aircraft cannons and split into pieces.
Countless black feathers fell from the sky, and one of them landed on Luo Yuan's car.
He was stunned for a moment before he quickly got out of the car with his Zhanmadao. At the same time, he said hurriedly, "Everyone, get out of the car!"
Hiding in the car would not make it obvious. Instead, it would limit one's range of movement. Once danger approached, they would not be able to resist even if they wanted to.
Luo Yuan picked up the feather. It was almost a meter long and had a smooth and soft surface. However, it was extremely light. He could barely feel its weight in his hand.
"Black Owl's Tail Wing"
"Function: Material"
"Rarity: Blue"
"Weight: 10 grams"
"Remarks: This is the feather of a Black Owl. It is tough and light, and contains weak wind energy."
Blue again!
Luo Yuan looked at the feather, feeling pressured.
He had been staying in the city for a long time, so he had no way of knowing how much the creatures outside had evolved. He had thought that blue creatures would be rare, but he had not expected to encounter one after another in the past few days.
However, this was normal. After all, the city was the territory of humans. Mutated beasts would be killed as soon as they appeared. It was already rare for a light blue creature to grow into a blue level beast. The probability of evolving into a blue level beast was even lower than winning the lottery.
Suddenly, he noticed that there was a description of wind energy in the appraisal information.
If he remembered correctly, this should be the second time he had encountered such a description. The first time was when he had encountered the old yellow dog at Zhao Yali's house. It seemed to have fire energy, but this time it was wind energy.
Luo Yuan frowned. Mutated beasts with elemental energy were very rare. He had only found two cases so far. The others, whether it was the strong guard rank green beetle or the Cauliflower Snake that he had encountered for the first time, did not have elemental energy.
Could they be two types of mutated beasts?
Huang Jiahui came out. She looked up and asked worriedly, "Are you alright? Should I get a gun?"
Luo Yuan thought for a while and said, "No need. Your rifle won't be effective against these creatures. Besides, there's an army in front of us. If the rifle is exposed, no one knows what will happen. "
"How do you know?"
Huang Jiahui looked at him suspiciously. Luo Yuan passed the feather to her and said, "This is the feather of a mutated bird. With its high strength and flexibility, as long as a few layers are stacked together, even if it's right in front of you, bullets won't be able to penetrate it. It will only anger it."
Many people started to open their car doors and looked up anxiously. They were afraid that the terrifying giant bird would fly in their direction.
Obviously, their worries were unnecessary. The black owls in the sky had already been attracted by the anti-aircraft guns and a few armed helicopters. They had no time to care about the onlookers on the ground.
One after another, the Black Owls were blown up by the high-speed cannons. A few minutes later, the remaining Black Owls finally felt fear. After letting out a few shrill screams, they flapped their wings and quickly flew away from the area.
Luo Yuan was lucky enough to collect five feathers from the surroundings and sat in the driver's seat.
"What are you going to do with these feathers?" Huang Jiahui asked.
"Maybe I can exchange them for money?" Luo Yuan smiled perfunctorily. He had thought of synthesizing something, but he had not decided what exactly he wanted to synthesize. However, this kind of feather that contained wind energy was a rare material. It would be a waste to give it up.
"You can exchange them for money?" Huang Jiahui said in disbelief.
"That's not for sure. Didn't you see that many people picked them up? Plus, you can make a bulletproof vest with just a little sewing. People will definitely buy them. "
Huang Jiahui was full of regret. There had been a lot of feathers falling from the sky. If she had wanted to pick them up, she would have definitely picked up a few. She did not want to exchange them for money. Instead, she wanted to make a bulletproof vest like Luo Yuan had suggested. She had long noticed that Luo Yuan had been wearing a green bulletproof vest. He treated it like a treasure. She had been drooling over it for a long time. However, it was too late to pick them up now. The feathers had already been snatched up by others.
In less than a minute, the traffic resumed.
They encountered a few more attacks along the way. Because the attacks were not from the sky, most of the attacks from the small groups of beasts were easily defeated by the firepower of the fortifications before they could even get past the isolation belt. Even if a few managed to get onto the highway, they were unsurprisingly killed by the military.
Looking at the suicidal attacks, Luo Yuan began to suspect that there was a powerful creature behind all these attacks.
After four and a half hours, the traffic finally entered Hedong City.
The city that had once been a leisure city during the golden age was now heavily guarded. From the highway, the fortifications that surrounded the entire city, including the suburbs and villages, had already begun construction. Countless construction vehicles were in full swing.
The traffic finally stopped when they reached the intersection of Hedong City's highway. Other than the military, the rest of the vehicles were stopped by the armed policemen on the side of the road.
"Welcome to Hedong City! I am Fang Xiao, the captain of the West District Squadron of the Hedong Armed Police Force. Everyone, please get out of the car and undergo the necessary registration and inspection!" an armed policeman shouted with a loudspeaker.
Luo Yuan's expression changed. He exchanged a glance with Huang Jiahui. There was a rifle hidden in the car. If it was inspected, it would definitely be exposed.
However, it was obvious that he was not the only one with the contraband. There were definitely quite a few of them. Soon, someone stepped forward.
"Why do we have to register and inspect?" a car owner said angrily as he got out of the car.
"That's right! Who are we going to look for if we're missing something?" another car owner shouted.
"There are no good people in the government. The world is so f * cking evil!"
Since the law did not punish the masses, the public was outraged. Besides, these were not ordinary civilians. In this day and age, rich people would not be able to make a name for themselves if they did not befriend a few government officials.
"Comrades, please don't misunderstand. We are only doing a simple X-ray inspection to prevent the flow of contraband into Hedong City, which could affect the stability of the city. Guns, weapons, bows, and other weapons must all be handed in! " Fang Xiao comforted them loudly, but his forehead was sweating profusely. He would be done for if it became a mass incident.
It would have been better if he had not said it. Now that he had said it, everyone was furious. These people, who had experienced the collapse of order and the horde of insects, were completely disappointed in the power of the government. To them, weapons were the only thing that could keep them safe.
Some of them had even taken out their guns. The situation was getting out of hand.
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