Doomsday Highway: I can be infinitely enhanced

A short while later, Chen Li returned, looking excited:

"Jia-jie! Crabs! There are so many crabs in the fields on both sides!"

"Someone went to the field and caught some; they filled half a bucket, which I estimate to be more than ten pounds!"

Upon hearing this, the other two girls became excited, and even Guan Jiajia looked thrilled.

In this day and age, all food is precious, let alone plump crabs.

Crabs are not complicated to cook; you can just steam them in a pot. Even without seasoning, they just won't taste as good.

But it's the end of the world, who cares if it tastes good or not? As long as it fills you up!

Su Xing listened silently, looking at the road sign a few dozen meters away.

Qingxi Town – a national demonstration town for rice-crab farming.

The Jiangnan water towns are famous for their crabs, and November is the season when crabs are plump and delicious. It's normal to see crabs in the rice paddies on both sides of the road.

"Sister Jiajia, let's hurry up and catch some too! If we're too late, they'll be gone!" said the girl named Yang Yi.

Guan Jiajia hesitated slightly, and after a few seconds of silence, gritted her teeth and said:

"Those who live by the law must have a code of honor!"

"I promised Brother Yan I would protect Brother Su! I can't break my promise!"

Su Xing glanced at Guan Jiajia with slight surprise, not expecting that this girl was actually quite righteous.

Just as he was about to speak, Yang Yi shouted indignantly:

"Sister Jiajia, how much do we get paid for protecting him? Just two packs of instant noodles!"

"How many pounds of crabs are in that field? We can catch at least dozens of pounds! Enough to eat for many days!"

"Even if we give up this job, can't we just leave those two packs of instant noodles behind? If we get there late, there won't be any crabs left in the fields!"

These words made Guan Jiajia's face turn ugly, but she couldn't refuse.

She was the leader of this group of spirited young women, but she couldn't stop them from finding food or cut off their livelihood!

While still struggling with the decision, he finally woke up and spoke:

"Everyone in the car went to catch crabs, so I figured I wasn't in any danger."

"If you're really worried, Guan Jiajia, you can stay. The rest of you can do whatever you want."

"Brother, you're such a good person!" Guan Jiajia said, her face full of emotion.

Guan Jiajia's positive emotional points +80

[Chen Li's positive emotional points +29]

【Wu Youyou…】

Another wave of positive emotions was gained, and Su Xing was in a great mood.

Through the car window, he looked at the lush green rice paddies on both sides of the road.

Dozens of people rolled up their trousers and headed into the field.

They would either carry buckets or snakeskin bags, grabbing crabs covered in mud and throwing them into containers.

Many people had smiles on their faces, like farmers who had just had a good harvest.

It's been a long time since the apocalypse that I've seen such a joyful moment in the convoy.

Su Xing couldn't help but sigh:

"Thank you for nature's bounty..."

"Look at these rice paddies, taller than a person, so green and lush, how delightful..."

As he was talking, Su Xing realized something was wrong, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

What season is it now?

It's late November, almost winter!

How could the rice paddies still be green at this time?

And it's so eerie, taller than a person?!

You've discovered a blind spot in the rice paddies. A large, eerie rice paddy grows in Qingxi Town; what horrors lurk within, no one knows…

The sudden narration sent chills down Su Xing's spine.

The convoy stopped on a country road, with rice paddies on both sides of the road only a few meters away from him, and there was something unusual about the fields.

Now he is seriously injured and unable to move, and his younger brother Su Yan has not returned, so he has no way to escape.

"No, no way..."

Su Xing swallowed hard. Guan Jiajia in the front seat stuck her head out of the window to cheer on her friends in the field.

Those in the convoy who were quick had already run to the fields twice.

The large buckets of plump rice and crabs were poured into snakeskin bags, and then the empty buckets were carried back to the fields.

Through the car window, Su Xing saw that the crabs were unusually large, almost all of them weighing more than a pound.

Something's not right.

Su Xing couldn't help but say to Guan Jiajia:

"Guan Jiajia, stop calling. How long have the people in town been gone?"

"Shouldn't they be back by now?"

Guan Jiajia turned her head, held up a large gold Rolex on her wrist that she had somehow gotten her hands on, and said:

"It'll be two o'clock in half an hour, they should be back soon, right?"

Su Xing nodded slightly, forcing himself to calm down, and murmured:

"I hope so."

Just then, a superhuman named Hu Dong emerged from the car. He lit a cigarette, looked at the rice paddies on both sides, and his expression grew increasingly serious.

"Something's not right about this rice paddy..."

Hu Dong stubbed out his cigarette, then pulled out a megaphone from somewhere and shouted:

"Come back! Everyone, come back immediately!"

"Don't go near the rice paddies!"

After being urged several times, most people ran back from the fields.

However, a few people, reluctant to leave the plump crabs in the paddy field, lingered there.

Hu Dong didn't care about anything else at this point. He took out a firecracker, lit it, and aimed it at the sky.

With a whoosh, the rocket shot dozens of meters into the air, exploding into a cloud of fireworks in the bright sunlight.

This is a pre-arranged signal.

Anyone who enters the restricted area must evacuate and return to the convoy as soon as possible, regardless of what they are doing, upon receiving the signal.

After doing all this, Hu Dong raised the megaphone and shouted:

"Come back, everyone come back right now!"

Soon, the field was deserted, and dozens of people were crowded around the bus.

"Everyone, hand over all the crabs you just caught! No hiding any!"

"This crab might be contaminated; you shouldn't eat it!"

Hu Dong shouted a few times, ordering people to pack all the crabs into snakeskin bags and pile them up by the roadside.

Upon seeing this, many people's eyes immediately reddened, and they shouted:

"Why should we get to these?! These are crabs we worked so hard to catch!"

"Exactly! These crabs look so good; two of them could keep you full for a whole day!"

Faced with these questions, Hu Dong ignored them and simply instructed two of his men:

"Let's count the number of people first, then wait in the car for the people from town to return!"

As soon as the inventory was taken, some people sensed that something was wrong.

"How come there are only 67 people?"

"Excluding those who entered the town, there should be 72 people!"

"Niu Zi! Has anyone seen my baby Niu Zi?" A woman dressed as a peasant asked anxiously as she searched around the convoy.

Niu Zi is her son, only twelve years old, and he didn't go into town to collect supplies.

"I... I think I saw Niu Zi go into the wheat field to catch crabs... Strange, he was just here a moment ago, where did he go?"

Not only the boy named Niu Zi, but Guan Jiajia also turned pale, grabbing her two friends' hands and asking:

"Where's Yiyi? Have you two seen her?"

"She...she said all the crabs outside the fields had been caught, and she was going to go deeper into the fields to catch more...Hasn't she come back?" The other two young women's lips were also trembling.

The lush green rice paddies are so tall that they don't even reach a person's height when the wind blows; it's impossible not to see people working in the fields.

Now, apart from the rice paddies, there isn't a soul in sight.

The inexplicable disappearance of five people threw the convoy into chaos.

Some people were clamoring to go into the fields to find their children and relatives, while many others were urging the convoy to leave the eerie town as soon as possible.

Hu Dong remained silent under pressure, staring blankly in the direction of the town, waiting for the others to return.

Within minutes, people began to return from the direction of the town.

Groups of two or three, totaling more than twenty people, some carrying bulging bags, others with snakeskin bags on their shoulders.

Clearly, their search for supplies in the town was quite fruitful.

Seeing someone return, Su Xing breathed a slight sigh of relief.

More than 30 people went, and more than 20 came back. This casualty rate is considered normal.

But after staring at it for a while, he realized something was wrong.

His younger brother, Su Yan, was not among those who returned.

Su Xing's breath hitched, and she pursed her lips.

Guan Jiajia noticed his odd behavior and forced a smile:

"Brother, don't worry. Brother Yan always brings back the most supplies, so he might be a little slow."

"I'll go ask for you!"

With that, Guan Jiajia got off the car and walked towards the bus.