Love letters are not allowed in the exorcism notebook!-Chapter 1233 - 29: Instant Noodles in the Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland
They say it’s the year 2099, but in reality, this timeline is completely unreliable.
Just like the date on a mooncake package, it’s a Schrödinger’s number.
Li Mumu, before her battery ran out, quickly searched through the information stored in her system and discovered that the numbers in front of her eyes were jumping left and right before she could read two pages.
From 2077 to 2099, it was as up and down as a heartbeat monitor.
The history on this world line is entirely different from the history she was familiar with.
It’s not as simple as just having a different President.
The first President here was even a man, and he only served one term.
Fusang’s reformation succeeded, then they invaded, waged war for over a decade, and then followed a completely different historical path.
There were no superpowered mutants, no Dragon Maiden, nothing at all. All the mysterious elements only existed in films and literary works.
The technology tree, however, had advanced to an astonishing degree, directly implanting quantum computing chips into human brains, charged by solar energy, though pure bio-batteries could supply power in the absence of sunlight.
The three of them belonged to a new generation of bioengineered humans, no need for natural reproduction. Just click online, go through approval, and the embryo is printed and delivered home within 48 hours.
Because of this, the societal nickname for bioengineered humans was "Pokémon."
Within their own online circles, bioengineered humans also used Pokémon names to refer to their batch numbers.
These old-generation trio were part of the earliest models.
However, all networks were down now, leaving them only with the information they had stored in advance.
Wen Ya’s side, unsurprisingly, was full of study materials, while Li Yufei’s side was packed with various serious and unserious art pieces.
Li Mumu stored astronomical and geographical data, as well as various survival knowledge.
"We’re currently located in a satellite city outside the sixth ring of the Capital, preparing to search here for survival supplies and medical aid items. There aren’t many survivors left here."
"There are still some underground."
During the apocalypse, some people moved into the Underground City, surviving on geothermal energy, while others stayed on the surface, struggling to survive.
However, it was the same both underground and aboveground.
The shortage wasn’t energy, but time.
"So how are we supposed to find that... whatever it was?"
"The research base of the Reincarnation Project."
"Can you just find something like that if you want to?"
With the principal absent, Li Yufei got bold and started complaining loudly: "Why doesn’t she just ask us to fish a needle out from the ocean?"
You could guess with your heel that the research institute must be on the other side of Earth.
Never mind where to find it, but how are we supposed to get there?
It would have been fine if the internet was still up, but the network here had collapsed.
Find? Find my ass!
Relying on these few batteries in hand, it’s uncertain how long we can survive.
It’s practically Hell difficulty.
"Stop arguing, let me think..."
Li Mumu quickly browsed through the 3D map in front of her: "There should be a large research institution near us. Maybe we can find some clues if we go there."
"Are you trying to find McDonald’s burger at KFC?"
"You might not find a McDonald’s burger at KFC, but their French fries suppliers might just be the same."
Li Yufei stopped talking.
Li Mumu’s meaning was simple.
At the brink of the apocalypse, human civilization attempted various self-rescue plans, so major research institutions couldn’t have completely isolated information. You should think the other way around; at this time, everyone might be concerned about the progress of plans made by others, perhaps the plan over there was progressing smoothly while theirs was completely stuck?
Institutions large like these wouldn’t be easy to find on a civilian map, but the map Li Mumu had was very detailed, detailed to the point where she doubted whether the three of them were even civilians.
The nearest large research institution was located in Qingshan, 45 kilometers on foot.
The roads outside the sixth ring of the Imperial Capital weren’t particularly congested yet. Li Yufei found a car by the roadside, but just as she connected the ignition and was happy for less than three seconds, the car shattered with a crack.
Like a corpse trained under high temperatures overnight, it turned to ash upon touch, not leaving even a fragment behind.
She tried several more cars in a row, and even those that didn’t disintegrate wouldn’t start, finally killing that hope in her heart.
"Let’s walk, you two."
"Walking is fine too, it’s just 45 kilometers, provided nothing goes wrong on the way..."
"Don’t jinx it with those words!"
Wen Ya was an absolute Crow’s mouth.
Before they had traveled six or seven kilometers, the view in front of them changed. The highway suddenly became heavily trafficked, and cars whizzed by, nearly knocking Li Yufei over.
After walking a little further ahead, the bustling scene disappeared in a flash, along with the road beneath their feet.
The three stood silently in an abandoned large shopping mall.
"Where are we?"
Without the internet, there naturally was no navigation. Leaving the mall, they went onto the street, checking their map against surrounding landmarks and found they had veered off their original route.
They were at the North Sixth Ring just now and had already ran to the East Fifth Ring.
"Isn’t this just killing us?"
Li Yufei covered her face in despair: "At this rate, we’ll starve to death before reaching anywhere." 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
Li Mumu stood still in silence for a long time, then turned to say, "I have an idea."
