parentshiftbook Chapter 068 I'll do whatever you say
Chapter 068 I'll do whatever you say
The Jade pickup truck has a top speed of 40 kilometers per hour.
This 840-kilometer journey will take at least 21 hours just for the travel time.
This doesn't even include charging time.
—It's just past 6 a.m.
It gets light around 7 a.m.
If you start charging at 7 o'clock, it will not be fully charged until 11 o'clock.
Then, after driving at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour for about 8 hours, the car ran out of power again.
It will also be 19 PM, and it will be getting dark...
This means that Yu's pickup truck can only travel about 300 kilometers a day.
—Start charging at dawn, set off once fully charged, and drive until the battery runs out, then it gets dark.
From dawn to dusk, a day has passed.
This means that Lu Chen and Yu will need at least three days to travel this 840-kilometer route.
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"There's no rush to go back to the city."
"We have more than just 3 days."
Hesitating for a moment, Lu Chen added another sentence, which finally made Yu no longer hesitate.
He took a deep breath and looked at Lu Chen with a serious expression.
"The road is long."
"Two people, two cars, it's tiring if we can't take turns driving."
But Lu Chen just smiled and shrugged.
"Compared to the rewards, what is this little bit of hard work?"
"If I could earn more than 10 years' worth of income every time I went out of town, I would gladly work this hard every time."
"Aren't you one?"
Upon hearing this, Yu shook her head and smiled, saying no more.
The two immediately got to work.
Yu operated the tractor, pulling the small hibernation pod directly onto the rear cargo compartment.
Then, the two worked together to pull up two more hibernation pods from the bottom of the pit and painstakingly secured them to the wheel bridge.
The "hibernation compartment vehicle," consisting of a hibernation compartment and wheel axles, is chained to the trailer hitch on the back of the pickup truck.
Although it was the same as last time, still involving "dragging" the hibernation pod back to the city, the addition of wheels to the hibernation pod naturally saved a lot of effort.
With the hibernation pod sorted out, all that's left is to choose the 'loot' to take with you.
Yu's original plan was to choose the best one from the three unclaimed pickup trucks and take it with him.
However, as the total distance of the return route increased three times compared to the original plan, the plan to choose a car to drive away was ultimately rejected by Lu Chen.
—840 kilometers, 21 hours of driving time, a three-day journey.
One person and one car, spending all their time either sleeping or traveling, is hardly a safe choice.
More than a pickup truck worth 180 days, Lu Chen valued these three hibernation pods and whether they could be successfully brought back to the city.
Understanding that Lu Chen's concerns were not without merit, Yu did not insist further.
But they didn't completely give up.
Yu told Lu Chen that the most valuable part of the scavenger's vehicle is the solar panel.
As a result, Lu Chen and Yu took the solar panels from all three abandoned pickup trucks.
Three solar panels, plus various tools and weapons on the three vehicles...
After everything was packed up, the back of Yu's pickup truck was completely stuffed full.
Before leaving, Lu Chen and Yu paused at the edge of the deep pit and took one last look at the hibernation pod area.
Then Yu started the vehicle and, before dawn, drove the pickup truck away, disappearing into the vast scorched earth.
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boom!
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As they were leaving, at Yu's instruction, Lu Chen stuck the Glock out of the car window and fired a shot into the air.
This serves as a warning to the scavengers watching: if you're going to follow them, be prepared to eat purple eggs.
At the same time, it also served as an implicit reminder to all the scavengers: the real culprit should step aside.
The battle for the hibernation pods can begin...
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"I floored the gas pedal."
"It's only 30 kilometers, I can't go any faster."
More than an hour later, 50 kilometers north of the hibernation pod.
Yu sat in the driver's seat and tried to push the pickup truck to its maximum speed.
Then, with a helpless sigh, he slowly brought the car to a stop.
When the pickup truck arrived at the hibernation area last night, it only had 60 kilometers left on its odometer.
Before the operation, the two had already planned that after the operation, they would quickly leave the hibernation pod area and then stop to recharge.
Now, the two of them have stopped to charge their devices and take a break, just over 50 kilometers away from the hibernation pod area, as planned.
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After getting out of the car, without needing Yu's instructions, Lu Chen nimbly jumped onto the roof of the pickup truck.
I set up my binoculars and looked at the hibernation pods behind me to avoid being tracked.
Once Yu had climbed onto the roof of the car and set up another pair of binoculars, Lu Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"normal."
"That small hibernation pod, no matter how small or light, is still a hibernation pod."
"With those three solar panels installed in the back of the truck, it can still reach a speed of 30 kilometers per hour, which is much better than I expected."
As he spoke, Lu Chen remained calm and composed, showing no concern whatsoever about the pickup truck's reduced speed and diminished range.
Yu put down the binoculars, gave Lu Chen a disgruntled look, and then put the binoculars back up.
He muttered to himself, "At this speed and with this range, I can only travel a maximum of 200 kilometers a day."
"It will be at least five days before we return to the South Gate."
Sensing the slight dissatisfaction in Yu's tone, Lu Chen still smiled contentedly, raising his left arm in front of him to reveal his timer.
"We each have 6 days."
"If we get back to the rest area before nightfall five days later, nothing will go wrong."
After hearing this, Yu did not refute it again.
Lu Chen and Yu left the city yesterday morning, August 6.
It is now the morning of August 7th.
包括今天在内，8月7日、8日、9日、10日——总共四天时间，陆晨和玉，能走800公里。
If all goes well, Lu Chen and Yu will be able to reach the asphalt road section 40 kilometers south of the South Gate, on the edge of the sandstorm belt.
There are still 2 days left on the timer in my hand.
They stayed overnight, recharged their batteries on the morning of August 11th, and were able to return to the city that afternoon.
Even if something unexpected happens on the way and delays the trip, there is still a margin of error of more than 1 day and 12 hours.
However, the journey will inevitably be somewhat arduous.
"Phew~"
"After returning to the city this time, we should rest for a while."
"—I've left the city twice in a row. Last time I was rushing, and this time it was another long journey."
With binoculars mounted on the roof, Yu looked towards the hibernation pod area for a while, and after confirming that no "tails" were following, she muttered something and jumped off the roof.
He grabbed his backpack from inside the carriage and threw it onto the roof.
Lu Chen took it casually and saw Yu climb onto the roof of the car again and sit down casually on the back edge of the carriage.
He opened the newly bought can of pickled vegetables, took out a black bread, and started eating it by himself.
"The area outside the city will be very lively in the next few months."
"Especially in the western suburbs where the hibernation silos are located—there are more than forty hibernation silos, and at least thirty scavengers will die there."
"Even if it takes 20 days to cut in line and leave the city, you might still be stuck in line for more than ten days."
"Since we don't need the time urgently, we should just stay in the city and rest and recuperate."
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"Perfect timing, you can take this time to get to know the city better."
"—Didn't you say before that you wanted to take the bus and travel around the 18 wards?"
"This is a great opportunity."
"At other times, who would have the time to spend six or seven days sightseeing through all 18 wards?"
Chewing on her black bread, Yu muttered to herself, not forgetting to toss a piece of black bread to Lu Chen.
Lu Chen reached out and took it, then sat down next to Yu Shen without any hesitation.
He still held the binoculars in front of his eyes, and unconsciously brought the black bread in his hand to his mouth.
"I'll listen to you."
"I'll do whatever you say."