Shen Qianjiao, possessing the original host's skills and her own advantages, quickly led a group of people to repair the vehicles. After the repairs, she distributed gasoline evenly among all the cars.
Yang Lianyi was also busy. She found people to collect medicines from the hospital, and after some adjustments, created a waterproof cloth made of a high-polymer material that could resist a certain degree of acid corrosion. The material was limited, and this was the extent of what she could achieve.
It took them almost a week to complete these tasks. It was on the day the red sunset appeared again that they hurried north.
An average small car squeezed in over a dozen people, with four large trucks following behind, carrying all their belongings and a large number of people. Perhaps influenced by them, the small groups who had intended to leave earlier waited until the last moment.
They contributed their vehicles, helped find materials for defense, and even voluntarily offered some of their food so that those people wouldn't starve to death.
The north-south crossing was not actually long. Before the apocalypse, it didn't take much time to drive across the country.
But with so many people, there were accidents everywhere, and everyone could cause an accident. It started happening almost as soon as they set off.
A particularly troublesome family in one of the cars was dissatisfied with the space inside and refused to get in before departure. Even after finally getting in, they continued to make a fuss. As night approached, a girl crammed in the car couldn't help but vomit. The three family members immediately exploded.
The father went to grab the steering wheel, the mother wanted to hit the girl, and the son insisted on squeezing with others.
The cars behind them were forced to stop.
The convoy of hundreds of cars, on a two-lane highway, stretched out in a long line. Their stop turned the entire scene into a major car accident.
When others couldn't mediate, they had to inform those in front.
Zhou Shanshan volunteered to get out of the car.
In Xue Jingjing's novel, she repeatedly tolerated and helped this troublesome family. Now, after following Zhu Jin for only a few days, she got out of the car and directly dragged the family out, throwing them by the roadside and forbidding them from getting back in.
"If you don't want to go, then don't. Inform everyone behind that anyone who dares to cause trouble without reason will be kicked out and left to walk on their own!"
Although those people didn't know how the cars came to be, they knew that they were riding in others' cars and that it was others who supplied the gasoline and food, allowing them to leave that place safely.
Naturally, no one dared to object.
This move also deterred others, successfully keeping the restless individuals quiet on the road ahead.
Food was also distributed in the cars.
They had no choice but to eat while continuing to move forward. The cars drove for half a day and a night, and it was not until the next day that they stopped in an empty city.
Previously, they thought Qingfeng Town was an empty city because they couldn't see lights or hear sounds at night. Now, in broad daylight, the city was eerily quiet.
Considering that the people in the cars had been uncomfortable after being cooped up all day, the seven-person team applied to stop and rest.
Some people who were more familiar with the city pointed the way, and they drove the cars into a relatively spacious park.
Then, they saw the green they had not seen in a long time.
It was a vine-like plant, but its leaves were unusually large, and its stems were several times thicker. It snaked and occupied more than half of the park. They saw it before they even reached it.
Perhaps they had seen enough bare mountains and wastelands during this time, but upon seeing this plant, they didn't feel it was strange; instead, they were very excited.
"Is this a Pothos? How did it grow so big?"
"It's so beautiful!"
"After traveling for so long, I finally see something green."
Zhu Jin silently glanced at the plants outside and remained silent.
Xiao Chongyan couldn't help but warn, "Tell them not to touch it. It will kill people."
Before the notification could be given, someone excitedly reached out from the car window to pull its vines, and was then completely pulled away by the vines.
Song Qi quickly turned on the walkie-talkie and roared, "Don't touch it!"
The vines, having tasted blood after a long time, instantly awakened. It was too late.
"Ah!"