Doomsday: Humanity shrinks 100 times

Chapter 14 Exploration Direction
The three people in the aluminum can shelter woke up one after another. After walking out of the shelter, they were shocked by the equipment placed in front of them.

Especially the mace, it looks quite destructive.

Zou Yunxin immediately walked forward, took the mace in his hand, weighed it, and found it was quite heavy.

The grip is rough to make it easier to hold. Apart from being a little ugly, I am quite satisfied with everything else.

He took it in his hand and waved it vigorously, looking very powerful.

Wu Xiao also picked up a spear and tried it out. It was much more convenient to use than before, mainly because the hardness of the spear shaft had increased a lot. It was no longer as soft as before.

The two of them picked up the shield and tried it out. It was also relatively light in their hands. This was mainly because their strength had increased exponentially, so it was naturally easy for them to lift small items made of this material.

Under Lu Yuning's guidance, the two put on their belts and hung their shields and weapons around their waists, which greatly improved their flexibility.

Both of them were quite satisfied with the equipment.

Now that the equipment is ready, the next step is to decide where to go, and this is where Zhang Xinyue has to take action.

Since there was no paper or pen, Zhang Xinyue could only use the small wooden sticks prepared by Lu Yuning to write and draw on the grass leaves, which was enough to make do.

"This park is very long, with entrances and exits in different directions," said Zhang Xinyue.

The three nodded and listened to her continue.

"This is where we are now. On this road, the river is on the right." Zhang Xinyue drew a simple diagram on the grass.

"This is the cobblestone road leading to the river." Zhang Xinyue thought for a moment and marked the road leading to the river.

"On the left is a plant area, mainly lawns, with a few scattered trees." Zhang Xinyue drew a circle beside the road to represent the plant area.

"People often camp here, so there might be something there, but we can't explore it for now. It's too dangerous." She drew a big cross on the circular area.

"Then this is the tree-lined path we walked on before." Zou Yunxin pointed.

"Well, but there's nothing over there, and there are a lot of plants around, so the risk factor is quite high, so it's better for us to explore forward." Zhang Xinyue suggested.

"Where is that grape vine approximately?" Wu Xiao interjected.

"At our current walking speed, it will take about 50 minutes to walk there, which is about meters from here." After saying that, Zhang Xinyue drew a small grape symbol on the map not far from their shelter.

"Hehe, Xinyue, your painting is so beautiful." Zou Yunxin was stupid again.

Lu Yuning and Wu Xiao rolled their eyes and ignored him.

"What about going further?" Lu Yuning asked.

"There is a fork in the road about 200 meters away. I haven't been there before. If you go forward, there is a bridge to the right that takes you to the other side of the river. However, our destination is at this fork in the road. There is a garbage sorting station here." Zhang Xinyue said and marked it again.

"If it's 200 meters... it will take about 2 hours? 4 hours to go back and forth. Judging from the current position of the sun, it should be around eight or nine o'clock. We will probably be back in the afternoon." Lu Yuning made a rough estimate.

"Only walked 4 meters in 400 hours?" Zou Yunxin was stunned.

"This is already very fast. At a normal walking speed, an adult would need more than 100 seconds to walk 70 meters.

If we calculate it proportionally, a shrunken human would need to walk for 120 minutes, or nearly two hours, and that's on a flat surface.

But based on our previous speed, we can actually walk 100 meters in just one hour, which is actually quite fast."

Zhang Xinyue had obviously calculated their walking speed in detail before, and then she explained it to Zou Yunxin.

The three of them nodded, having a general idea of the current movement speed.

After deciding on the destination, you need to prepare the supplies and then you can set off.

Lu Yuning set up a ladder next to the drying rack, and Wu Xiao climbed up. "They're all dried!" Wu Xiao said happily to Lu Yuning, standing on the ladder and looking at the dried mini grapes.

Wu Xiao threw all the dried food into the space.

His space is already big enough. After these mini grapes are dried, their volume shrinks, so it is no problem to put them in.

Lu Yuning processed the purified water that he had prepared yesterday and gave it all to Wu Xiao. It was almost enough for four people to drink for a day.

After the four of them had eaten and drunk their fill, they officially set off.

The scenery along the way was quite spectacular, and the trip was not very urgent. The four of them had a rare opportunity to appreciate the scenery, walk and chat, and soon arrived at the grape vines they had been to before.

The circular tube channel is still there, but it has been dried out.

But the bunch of grapes looked a little scattered, which surprised Lu Yuning.

Someone has picked those grapes!
He had climbed up there before, and the grapes were so tightly held at the roots that it took some effort to pick them off.

It is obviously impossible for so many to fall by themselves, it can only be that someone or an animal came and picked them up.

But the smaller grapes in that bunch were missing. If they were taken away by an animal, it would not be such a coincidence.

"What's wrong, Yuning?" Zou Yunxin noticed Lu Yuning's abnormality.

"Huh? Are there some missing grapes in that bunch?" Wu Xiao also discovered the problem.

"There should be other survivors nearby..." Lu Yuning touched his chin and said softly.

"Ah? Then should we recruit him?"

The three were a little surprised.

"It's hard to say right now, but it's possible... he's already seen us."

"You mean..." Zhang Xinyue said with a tense expression.

“This river is basically the first place that survivors explore, but the only road down to the river is the one next to us, which is very close to our shelter.

It seems that the other party may have known about us, but they haven't shown up, which means they have some ideas."

The three of them suddenly became nervous. Zou Yunxin and Wu Xiao touched the shields hanging around their waists and looked around from time to time.

"But it's just speculation. Anyway, we still need to be careful. It seems that our shelters need to consider some measures to prevent looting."

"Humanity is in this situation now, shouldn't we be more united?" Zou Yunxin was a little puzzled.

"Most people may think this way, but without the constraints of order, it is not certain what can be done. We have a lot of supplies now, and our abilities are also very strong, so it is inevitable that there will be people who covet them." Lu Yuning replied.

"But there shouldn't be too many people in this park, right?" Wu Xiao asked.

Zhang Xinyue shook her head. "This park is quite crowded on weekends. There are a lot of people camping on the lawn on the left."

"That's terrible. It would be hard to survive in the bushes."

"Not necessarily. There will always be people who awaken some strange superpowers, and maybe they can survive."

"Well...anyway, we still have to be vigilant." Lu Yuning nodded.

　I'm in a terrible state today. I have insomnia and a headache.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)