Rebirth: The Doomsday Solitary Favorite Chapter 64

Chapter 64 Approaching the Desert

On a dull afternoon, a station wagon was driving on an empty road. The ground was scorched hot by the scorching sun, and the long road became distorted and blurred in the hot mist.

"Why is it so hot? It's already November." Yan Xiao lifted the hem of his T-shirt to fan himself, complaining in a low voice.

The person driving now was Bai Kairui. When he heard Yan Xiao say this, he asked, "Do you want to lower the air conditioning temperature a bit?"

Yan Xiao waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it's not the air conditioner's problem, it's just that my seat is too sunny." Yan Xiao and Bai Kairui were sitting in the front row. There was no sun visor on the front window, and the sunlight poured in directly.

Lu Changyuan raised his eyelids and said lazily, "Thirty-six degrees Celsius, four degrees higher than yesterday."

"Oh my god..." Yan Xiao sighed, slumped in his chair weakly, "It reminds me of the title of an essay I wrote in elementary school."

"What's the essay topic?"

“Our planet is sick.”

“…………”

Lu Changyuan was speechless for a while, then he coughed and said, "It's not just the greenhouse effect caused by the meteorite. The temperature rise actually has geographical reasons. Wusu Province is far away from the ocean and has a low altitude. It has a typical temperate continental climate. There are large areas of dry and desertified land in this area, which has exacerbated the dryness and heat of the environment."

He paused for a moment, and seeing that Yan Xiao didn't react, he thought that this guy didn't understand, so he simply said: "You will feel better if you endure it until night. The temperature difference between day and night is huge over there."

Bai Kairui, who was driving, suddenly became excited. "I remember, Brother Lu, is there a Takiyi Desert in Wusu Province?"

Lu Changyuan smiled, "Have you been there?"

"No, another friend of mine who loves self-driving tours has been there and even rode a camel!"

Yan Xiao said sarcastically, "... riding camels, who knows what those camels have become now."

Bai Kairui couldn't help swallowing his saliva and asked hesitantly, "Are we really going to the desert?" No way? Going to the desert in peacetime can easily lead to death, let alone the end of the world!

Seeing him like that, Yan Xiao grinned and said, "Are you scared? — We are still far from the desert, just drive your car according to the route!"

"Let's find a place to stop for a while." Lu Changyuan sat up straight, stretched his shoulders, and said helplessly, "I'm craving a cigarette."

There was Han Jiaojiao in the car, and we couldn't let the child be exposed to secondhand smoke in front of their parents.

Everyone had an expression of understanding.

The further they drove towards Wusu, the less populated the area became. Bai Kairui drove for a long time before he saw a service area. He found a shady spot to park the car, and everyone got out of the car to rest.

As soon as the car stopped, Han Jiaojiao woke up. She opened her eyes hazily and looked at the scenery around her.

Han Yi unscrewed a bottle of water and handed it to her. Han Jiaojiao took it blankly and drank two sips.

"Do you want to eat something?" Han Yi's fingers gently lifted a few strands of her bangs, the roots of her hair were sweaty.

Han Jiaojiao shook her head. It was too hot and she had no appetite.

"Brother, where are we?"

"We are about to enter Wusu Province. Once we get off the highway, the road will be difficult to travel on. We won't reach our destination until tomorrow afternoon." Han Yi said to her slowly, taking out a tissue to wipe her sweat, and said, "Sleep a little longer."

"I don't want to sleep anymore. It's uncomfortable to sleep too much." Han Jiaojiao leaned on him unhappily. She had been sleeping since she got on the car in the morning. Although she slept on and off, it had been almost five or six hours in total.

Although the heat was unbearable for her, it also gave her a sense of security, because alien species do not like hot and dry places.

Han Jiaojiao asked Han Yi: "Brother, have you searched with your mind? Are there fewer and fewer alien species?"

"Yeah. The number of nests is indeed decreasing." Han Yi stroked her hair lovingly and said in a low voice, "Don't keep watch tonight."

"...This is not appropriate." Han Jiaojiao was very embarrassed and discussed with him in a low voice, "I'm fine, I just didn't sleep at night, I can make up for it the next day. Besides, I used to stay up late to read comics and cartoons, and I was still full of energy the next day!"

Han Jiaojiao is young and recovers quickly. She is in good health. Even though she didn't sleep the whole night, her eyes are only slightly blue and she doesn't even have dark circles. But Han Yi still disagrees.

He smiled bitterly and said, "You're not listening to your brother so soon? Huh?"

Han Jiaojiao lay on him and twisted around, acting like a spoiled child: "I'm just worried that you'll be tired."

Han Yi sighed softly, pressed his cool lips on her forehead, and said, "But if you're not by my side, I can't sleep."

Upon hearing this, Han Jiaojiao couldn't help but cover her cheeks with her hands. She bit her pink lips with her pearly teeth and looked at Han Yi with watery eyes.

Han Yi laughed, "Why are you blushing again? Let your brother see." He reached out to hold her hand.

"...I don't want you to look at me." Han Jiaojiao covered her face and burrowed into his arms.

Yes, she blushed again, she just loved to blush, he only needed to tease her slightly, even if it was just the most ordinary love words between lovers, she would blush and her heart would beat fast. She said that she couldn't sleep when she was not around, in fact, she was the same... As long as you were around, she would feel at ease even in the end of the world.

Lu Changyuan came back from smoking, knocked on the car window, looked at the two people in the car with amusement, and asked in a slightly ruffian tone: "How about I go and smoke another one?"

Han Jiaojiao thought to herself, "Alas! It's ok to be teased by Yan Xiao, but why didn't even Brother Lu let me go!"

Han Yi actually looked calm and said, "Well, go ahead."

Then Lu Changyuan really turned around and left! He really left! To smoke!

Han Jiaojiao felt as if she was struck by lightning. She buried herself in Han Yi's arms, her cheeks flushed. She felt that she had no face to see anyone. She secretly said in her heart: Brother, brother, what is propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame...

If Lu Changyuan could hear Han Jiaojiao's inner voice, he would definitely sneer and reply to her: "If he knew about propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame, he would not have attacked his own sister." In Lu Changyuan's view, Han Jiaojiao is just a little girl who has not grown up. She cannot be called a woman at all. Even Yan Xiao would subconsciously use a childish tone when talking to her. Among this group of men, only Han Yi likes her so much.

After a short stop at the service area, the van returned to the highway. As the sun set, the temperature gradually dropped. Yan Xiao turned off the air conditioner, opened the car window, and let the dry wind whistle into the car, taking away the sticky moisture on everyone's body.

The scenery on both sides kept receding, and gradually it became difficult to see any green. Everywhere was a chaotic earthy yellow.

Han Jiaojiao leaned on Han Yi's shoulder, looking at the scenery outside the window, silent.

At this moment, the person sitting in the driver's seat was Yan Xiao. He couldn't stand the loneliness and insisted that Bai Kairui talk to him. Bai Kairui scratched his hair, unable to think of a topic to talk about, so he pointed out the window and shouted: "Look at that mountain, does it look like a sheep's head?"

Yan Xiao squinted his eyes and took a look. "It does look a bit like it. The raised part looks just like a goat's horn. I didn't notice it the last time I drove over here."

Han Jiaojiao in the back row said softly, "Yangjiaoling."

"Is it called Yangjiaoling?" Yan Xiao retracted his gaze and continued driving, chatting casually, "The name fits it. How did you know? Did Brother Han take you here for a tour? What's fun about this place? There's sand everywhere, and it's hot..."

Han Jiaojiao was slightly stunned, and after a pause she replied: "...maybe...I remembered it accidentally when I was watching a TV show. I have never been here."

I don’t know if Han Jiaojiao was being overly suspicious, but Lu Changyuan next to her seemed to glance at her.

- Extracting MTL from raw by Du Xian'er (Poison❀Fairy) -

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