Battlefield of Civilization: From the Bottom to the First Citizen

Chapter 5 Traveling in the Snow

"Since we're all going to the northern base, let's go together!" Brother Sun spoke first, then looked at the other two men.

"If Brother Sun has no objection, then we have no objection either."

But there are quite a few of you, so you'll have to get on the bus to keep up with us…”

Before one of the men could finish speaking, Grandpa Hu interrupted.

"This kid is from the same clan as me."

"When they were shouting just now, they said there was a car coming! Let these women and children get in my car!"

The man sitting next to him clearly wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Grandpa Hu and had to shut up.

"That's really kind of you, thank you so much, sir!" Hu Meng hurriedly stepped forward, almost kneeling down.

"Don't try that on me! You have a lot of manpower, and you look quite strong."

"The convoy will then follow the river. You'll have to put in more effort to catch fish and hunt!" Grandpa Hu reached out and grabbed his forearm.

Feeling the power emanating from above, Hu Meng was slightly surprised.

Because this old man, who looked to be over sixty, was just as strong as me!

Is he born with superhuman strength?

This is unlikely.

There's only one reason then: he's also an evolved being, and an evolved being whose strength is no less than yours!

Hu Meng guessed correctly. In the entire camp, the strongest person right now was not one of the men who seemed to be the pillars of strength, but this old man Hu.

Although he is a spiritual source energy user, he has reached the eighth level.

Unfortunately, due to his age, he can no longer match the physical strength of several strong men who have reached the seventh dan level.

However, with his ability to quickly assemble crossbows, he can catch enemies below level one off guard when he suddenly attacks.

Before his rebirth, when the leopard led his men to chase after him, he was killed by the old man.

With the agreement reached by both parties, the two sides were able to get to know each other better over the course of a meal.

Most importantly, the core topic—heading to the northern base.

"Brother Sun, even if you had given me this map before it changed, I still wouldn't have been able to understand it. I rely entirely on navigation when I drive."

Now, I understand it even less.

"You know, just point out a reliable road, and we brothers will protect you all the way!" Hu Meng looked at the hand-drawn map that had been altered quite a bit from the old one, and his eyes felt dizzy.

"We walk along this river for about three days, and here we will find what was once a food processing plant."

I just don't know how it is now.

But one thing is certain: there is a road across the river, and then a main road leads to the northern base! Sun said, marking a spot with his pen.

"I know this Pingqiaochang. They sell dried noodles and even instant noodles," Wu Ou said.

"But almost a year has passed, and even if there were any reserves, they would have been emptied long ago."

"If it gets completely taken over, I doubt there will be any flour left in the reserves." Grandpa Hu shook his head, thinking that people shouldn't have high expectations for these places when it comes to food.

At the height of the disaster, it wasn't too cold in the north; at least, wearing winter clothes made it easy to run around outside.

So when they discovered the mutations in plants and animals, they would think of every possible place in their memory when it came to looting supplies.

Even after some of the original office locations were reportedly breached by mutated beasts, some people risked their lives to enter and search for supplies.

Because in their view, these places must contain reserve supplies that they didn't have time to take away.

But the result was only repeated disappointment, and they still relied mainly on hunting.

Wu Ou did not comment further, but simply smiled.

There was indeed no food stored there, but because of the initial looting, the actual reserves were all gone, and it was not used as a survival base.

As a result, the factory's basic equipment was preserved.

It's not that those devices that had been abandoned for a year were particularly useful.

The only useful part is the generator inside.

More importantly, there were structural diagrams of various equipment, as well as a structural diagram of a semi-finished aircraft!

Yes, you heard it right!

A noodle factory that makes its own small airplanes!

This is something Wu Ou later confirmed, because Grandpa Hu, who successfully advanced to level one at the northern base, used his ability as a spiritual energy user to "create" a small airplane.

According to him, the blueprints there should be three different aircraft structures, corresponding to a small biplane pesticide sprayer, a small single-person helicopter, and a manned four-fan balancing aircraft.

But this is the most complete one, with remnants of the 'skeleton'; the rest of the blueprints are incomplete.

What he wanted to do was to see if he could take all the blueprints, the generator, and even some metal materials with him this time!

Because he knew that it wouldn't be long before the country would begin to discover relics of civilization, quickly restore the technological system, integrate it with the energy system, and gradually resume production.

Compared to those complex relics technologies, having some original blueprints of Earth's civilization technologies would allow for the rapid production of a batch of finished products, provided there are resources available.

Being able to fly in the sky means that some relics and resources can be reached ahead of time.

Before my rebirth, I was just a low-level superhuman who drifted along the crowd.

But this time, I'm going to stand on the platform too!

Wu Ou knew very well that it was impossible for him to subdue all the countries in the world by himself before the final flagship of the Blue Star civilization was established.

Once inside the universe, it becomes even more difficult to "ascend to the heavens in one step".

Therefore, he must seize this last chance to "make a contribution" so that he has at least a sliver of hope to continue moving up the ranks in the new alliance!

As the night passed, there was a noticeable increase in trust among the group.

The sunlight fell softly on the river, and the fish that occasionally leaped out of the water prevented it from freezing even in such low temperatures.

We will encounter many more situations like this in the future, even though they theoretically violate the laws of physics.

Don't ask, the answer is the influence of "source energy".

"Brother Mengzi, catch!" Wu Ou surfaced in the water and flung a large fish, more than two meters long, toward the shore.

Peng!

The large fish's body crashed onto the snow, but its tenacious vitality kept it thrashing about, trying to struggle back into the water.

But Hu Meng's shot ended its life.

After breakfast, the procession set off.

A trail was left along the river.

However, it will soon be buried under the wind and snow.

On the roof of the car, Hu Meng suddenly patted Wu Ou on the shoulder. "Brother Wu, I've had a question for a while now."

Just how strong are you?

Yesterday's battle was too fast, so he naturally couldn't see Wu Ou's strength level. He only knew that Wu Ou was not weak and was at the level of an evolved being.

But this morning, he came out of the icy water as if nothing had happened. The water on his body disappeared almost instantly, and there was no sign of it freezing. He doesn't look like a simple evolved being at all.

"Brother Mengzi, I'm a superhuman, as for my strength—"

Anyway, it's not weak!