The post-apocalyptic world has a space full of supplies.

Chapter 221 Desert

After cleaning up the crystals on the ground, the group gathered again in front of the closed door.

Last time, when this door opened, it led to an endless desert. When Zhong Qiang stepped in, he was almost buried by the sand. So they guessed that this door and some life form inside might have developed some special ability, which is why opening it leads to the desert.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Seeing Lu Yuan's outstretched hand, Yang Xiao immediately rushed up and grabbed it. This Lu Yuan was even more impulsive than him. He had been startled when the fire door was opened before, and this time he couldn't let Lu Yuan be the first to approach the door.

"Haha, don't be nervous, I'm not planning to open the door now." Lu Yuan laughed and withdrew his outstretched hand, but judging from the expressions of the others present, they didn't quite believe his statement.

Seeing Lu Yuan retreat, Gu Nanfeng beckoned Ji Lang to join him at the door. He placed his left hand on the doorknob. Actually, Lu Yuan had already broken the lock on this door last time, but due to the strong sandstorm behind it, the door had remained tightly closed. Now, he could feel a tremendous force pressing down from behind the door.

"How is it?" Ji Lang asked, looking at Gu Nanfeng's slightly strained hand.

“There should still be desert sandstorms behind it.” Gu Nanfeng released his left hand and placed his right hand on the door. “But I didn’t sense any energy fluctuations. It feels like there’s nothing behind this door.”

"Are you sure there's nothing there?" Lin Yun also came over. Actually, last time he and Ji Lang didn't sense any powerful superhumans or high-level zombies behind the door. Now that Gu Nanfeng's investigation has yielded the same result, it has given him a bad feeling.

“I remember you said that you can’t detect beings above your level, right?” Pei Sihao suddenly remembered something Gu Nanfeng had said before.

“Yes, if what’s behind me is now at level nine or higher, I probably won’t be able to detect it.” Gu Nanfeng concentrated again and released his mental energy, but still couldn’t detect anything, so he could only shake his head helplessly.

"Then it seems we can only go in first and see what happens?" Yang Xiao looked at Gu Nanfeng, then at Ji Lang.

“By the way, don’t you have the authorization code? Let us all board your starship, and we won’t be afraid even if we enter the desert.” Zhong Qiang turned to look at Lu Yuan, who seemed to be watching a show. Actually, when he heard Lu Yuan mention that the starship’s authorization code was an abbreviation of some TV series, he had been reminding himself of it, since he really wanted to go and see a starship from the interstellar era.

"You wish," Lu Yuan said with a smile. "My main system isn't here, so having the authorization password is useless."

"Dr. Lu, am I really that useless?" The starship system's complaint rang out inside everyone's protective masks.

"I couldn't help it. Who knew Wei Guo would end up with Lu Xiaoyuan?" Lu Yuan shrugged and continued, "But we still have to go into the desert, don't we?"

“But this is quicksand, you can’t stand here,” Zhong Qiang, who had experience with it before, immediately said.

"Then let's use the helicopter first. Lu Yuan, take us to the helicopter and fly around to see what's going on." After Ji Lang finished speaking, he looked back at Lu Yuan. After all, this Lu Yuan was not the Lu Xiao Yuan they knew. If he was unwilling to refuse, they would have to think of other ways.

"Okay." With that, Lu Yuan appeared in the helicopter with six people in an instant. Before them was a vast expanse of sand and dust, and beneath their feet was a large golden desert.

"Holy crap, this place really is just desert." Lu Yuan was quite surprised himself; the scenery in front of him was no different from being in a desert.

"In that case, how are we going to find that box?" On the way here, Ji Lang had already told Yang Xiao about Jiang Xing's situation. Although Yang Xiao still couldn't accept it, at least now everyone was indeed looking for the box that contained the virus.

"The space behind this door has turned into a desert. Now we have no idea whether the desert has submerged the laboratory or whether the desert and the laboratory have switched places." Gu Nanfeng said while carefully observing the terrain of the desert, hoping to use this to pinpoint which desert it was.

“If their positions have been switched, there’s still a chance to find them,” Pei Sihao said, helping Gu Nanfeng observe. “But what if they’re submerged?”

"Then we'll just have to be embarrassed together." Lu Yuan had already experienced a zombie outbreak, so he was quite calm now. In any case, in the end, humanity would just end up like he did back then, leaving Earth and entering the interstellar age.

"Do you have any high-tech equipment that can travel through the sand?" Zhong Qiang looked at Lu Yuan again, feeling that Lu Yuan must have a solution.

“Young man, you have some good ideas.” Lu Yuan patted Zhong Qiang on the shoulder, shook his head, and then said, “In our interstellar era, there are no deserts.”

"There must be a spaceship, not a starship that requires authorization, so it can fly close to the ground," Zhong Qiang continued to ask.

“That’s true.” Lu Yuan nodded, then added, “But with so many of us, my spaceship will be overloaded.”

"Does anyone on Earth care about your spaceship being overloaded?" Yang Xiao rolled his eyes at Lu Yuan. For some reason, he just couldn't stand Lu Yuan and really hoped that the Lu Xiaoyuan he knew would come back soon.

"No, that won't happen, but the spaceship's cabin just can't fit all of us." Lu Yuan smiled, indicating that he wasn't worried about being checked for overloading, but rather that the spaceship was really small.

“Then how many people can it carry? We’ll go with just that many people,” Ji Lang said.

“Four. I’m so glad I bought a four-seater car.” Lu Yuan laughed as he held up four fingers.

“Then the four of us will go,” Ji Lang said, pointing to himself, Lin Yun, Pei Sihao, and Gu Nanfeng.

“That might not work. I’ll have to be your driver.” Lu Yuan shook his index finger and then pointed to the helicopter they were sitting in. “After I get off, this thing will need someone to fly it.”

"Then I'll go down." Ji Lang originally wanted to say he would go himself, but Lin Yun beat him to it. Of the seven people now, only Lin Yun, besides Ji Lang, could pilot the helicopter, so one of them had to stay behind.

"Then the four of us?" Pei Sihao looked at Lu Yuan. Originally there were four people, but now Lu Yuan and Ji Lang had switched places.

"Alright, then I'll stay with you guys." Ji Lang looked at Yang Xiao, then at Gu Nanfeng and the others, and could only accept this arrangement.

"There's something strange about Lu Yuan. Be careful when you're with him," Gu Nanfeng whispered to Ji Lang as he appeared behind him.

"Yes, I know. I was just about to tell you that you should keep an eye on him after you go down." Ji Lang also whispered to Gu Nanfeng. After all, he also found Lu Yuan's series of actions very strange.

"Is it really appropriate for you to whisper in front of others like this?" Lu Yuan, the person being discussed, didn't hear what they were saying, but he didn't seem to care much. He just stood there waiting for their next move.