Apocalypse: After Being Reborn, I Stocked Up on All Supplies-Chapter 264 - 262 Aftereffects of Gene Evolution and
Chapter 264: Chapter 262: Aftereffects of Gene Evolution and Mutation
Chapter 264: Chapter 262: Aftereffects of Gene Evolution and Mutation
Jiang Yan had just returned to the shelter when Qin Lang and Ye Qing also happened to come back.
They were holding some water and dried food in their hands, along with a first-aid kit marked with a red cross and three paper maps in waterproof bags.
The maps were spread out, showing a dense network of lines, like a combination of a beehive and a labyrinth.
The starting point was Flame Base, the destination Yaoben Base.
The main tunnel for the operation of the train had the widest lines, marked in red.
Beyond Yaoben Base, there were a few short red lines leading to unknown locations, unmarked.
Jiang Yan glanced at it and couldn’t help but marvel inwardly.
The construction project must have consumed a lot of special metallic materials; it would have been extremely difficult to build, fire-resistant, waterproof, ventilated, and with the highest level of earthquake resistance—the cost must have been astronomical.
Had the pre-apocalypse world known of it, it would have surely broken a Guinness World Record.
But was such a massive investment really just to facilitate travel between the two bases?
Jiang Yan was highly doubtful.
“This thick red line represents the main tunnel route. The rest of these are interconnected; if there’s a collapse in a temporary route, we just need to detour to reach East Mountain. The parts marked with triangles in the middle of the lines are the exits to the main tunnel,” Qin Lang explained, pointing at the lines.
Su Dai furrowed her brows in confusion, “Strange, why is it that the tunnel has collapsed, but this place is fine?”
“Because these spaces are smaller, the supports are stronger and the seismic resistance is higher. That’s why it’s relatively safer to stay in narrow spaces during an earthquake,” Sun Jingtao glanced at his wife, explaining to her.
“In these arc-shaped corridors, there are also sections of equilateral hexagonal pipes, which are designed after real bee hive cells and have the highest strength and stability. If anyone gets separated and encounters three collapses, try to find your way to the hexagonal pipes.”
As Qin Lang spoke, he pointed to a section of the map marked with blue lines.
“Alright, that’s all I have to say. Does anyone have questions?”
The other five shook their heads, “No.”
“Then shall we rest for a bit and set off in five minutes?”
“Okay.”
They sat and closed their eyes to rest.
After a while, Jiang Yan opened her eyes and said,
“These shelter passages are extensive; by all logic, the people in the carriages should also have been able to get in. But there has been no sound—isn’t that strange?”
Her senses had been enhanced by Space, naturally making her hearing much stronger than the others.
While resting with her eyes closed just then, she had listened intently for a good while but didn’t hear a thing.
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Moreover, when she had gone to check if the tunnel was blocked earlier, she saw no sign of anyone around the front of the train.
Could everyone have been crushed under the rocks?
Upon hearing Jiang Yan’s words, Kong Wu and the others suddenly stiffened, “Could it be that everyone perished…”
He quickly spat out the words as if to ward off some ill fate.
“That’s impossible,” Qin Lang flatly denied, “unless the shelter itself also collapsed.”
The civilians are one thing, but the warriors were all well-trained; it was impossible there were no survivors.
“Maybe everyone is too exhausted to speak up,” Su Dai analyzed.
“Let’s hope so,” Jiang Yan’s brow furrowed slightly.
They say that when something is out of the ordinary, there must be demons at play.
She had a strange feeling but couldn’t quite put her finger on it.
“Let’s go, time to set off. Everyone follow me, we’ll try to stay close to the edge of the tunnel,” said Qin Lang as he picked up the supplies and stood up.
Ye Qing followed closely and got up, but at that moment, his figure suddenly swayed.
The swaying was significant, not like the kind of unsteadiness caused by not standing firm.
Kong Wu, who was behind him, froze for a moment, “Ye Qing, what’s wrong with you? Did you get an internal injury just now?”
Earlier, when the rocks fell, they had all suffered scrapes and shallow cuts.
Some of them had muscle damage, which wasn’t bleeding and wasn’t obvious.
“I’m fine,” Ye Qing said with a smile after he finished speaking, voluntarily shouldering the supplies they had found.
Jiang Yan turned around and gave him a silent glance, immediately noticing something wrong. Her flashlight suddenly swept over his arm:
“What’s that?”
The other five quickly followed her gaze in response to her question, their breath catching, “This!!!”
Red swellings the size of a thumb had appeared on Ye Qing’s arm.
Dark red, as if about to burst but not yet open.
They vividly remembered that when he had rolled up his sleeves to move rocks before coming out of the carriage, there were none of these swellings.
That seemed a bit too rapid.
“Did some poisonous insect bite you?” Jiang Yan took a deep breath before continuing, “Do you feel uncomfortable? I’ll see if there’s anything in my backpack that might help with inflammation.”
Ye Qing gave her a reassuring look and said, “I’m fine, they just look scary. Let’s keep moving normally.”
Su Dai, looking at the swellings with some trepidation, said, “Xiao Ye, no, we need to check this out. If Jiang Yan has suitable medicine, you should be treated. If it gets worse later, it will be even more painful for you. Maybe it’s contagious too…”
Upon hearing this, Ye Qing assured her decisively, “Sister Dai, don’t worry, it’s not contagious.”
Everyone looked at him sharply, “Why not?”
“Yeah, why? Do you know what toxin you’ve been exposed to?”
Ye Qing’s eyes darkened, and he took a deep breath before saying, “Because this is a side effect of SNP laboratory test subjects, after undergoing genetic evolution and mutation…”
