Chapter 375 Deserted City
The wilderness travelers hurriedly gathered up the pots and pans they had brought with them, and hastily loaded their instruments, makeshift beds, and various small items back into their vehicles.

Domestic waste is thrown away at random and allowed to blend into the yellow sand.

Apparently this is not the first or second time they have done this.

Zuo Chen took a look at the debris and shot out flames from his fingertips, burning them all.

After putting the things in the car, the leading old man Qian Hong looked back at Zuo Chen and Zi Yi, thought about it, and walked to the front of the car.

He found two young men getting on the bus:

“Please squeeze in and make room for these two.”

The two young men who were named looked as bitter as gourds and could not stop complaining:

“Mr. Qian, our carriage is already crowded enough. There are four people crammed into a seat that can only accommodate three people. Now we have to squeeze in two more. Isn’t it a bit…”

“Then you two can go up on top of the car.”

The two boys looked even uglier.

“It’s okay,” Zuo Chen waved his hand: “Just point the direction.”

Although Zuo Chen was indeed curious about this iron shell that looked like a car but was actually powered by spiritual energy, if he had to choose to squeeze together with a group of young men covered in black oil and dust, he decided to ride in something more spacious.

It’s not because Zuo Chen is a germaphobe, but mainly because he doesn’t want to go through the same squeezing experience as the world’s largest population migration during the Spring Festival in his previous life.

That’s a bit uncomfortable.

Zi Yi looked regretful.

Zuo Chen glanced at her.

“If I could sit in the back seat, Taoist priest, and I would be together, then we wouldn’t be able to go anywhere…”

“It’s a long journey and the car is too bumpy. I have something better. It’s faster and more stable.”

Zuo Chen walked to the open space as if he was running away, and waved his sleeves towards the sky.

A small shadow first emerged from his sleeve. At first, the shadow was just a palm-sized boat. After leaving Zuo Chen’s sleeve, the boat rapidly enlarged at a speed visible to the naked eye.

One times, five times, dozens of times, it broke through the clouds in the sky and turned into a black shadow that covered the sky and the sun.

The huge floating ship blocked out the sky, its huge body tearing through the wind in the wilderness, making a loud buzzing sound.

The wilderness visitors screamed. The sudden appearance of the huge ship created a huge wind. Some of those who were close to it lost their balance and were blown to the ground by the strong wind.

“Ship, ship!”

Qian Hong had been traveling outside for so many years and had seen many treasures left behind by immortals in the wilderness, but where had he ever seen a fairy boat like this one?

The huge spaceship slowly fell from the sky and hovered beside a high mountain. Two wooden boards protruded from both sides of the deck. With a creaking sound, they slammed down onto the rocky ground, raising a cloud of dust.

Zuo Chen himself climbed onto the deck as if escaping, and called out to the people below:

“This boat is big enough, please drive your car aboard.”

Qian Hong and his group of wilderness travelers finally came to their senses.

They looked at each other, not knowing whether what was waiting for them on the heavy wooden board was a trap or a pie.

Qian Hong didn’t believe that pie would fall from the sky, so he thought it was more likely to be a trap.

But now, even if it was a trap, he had no choice but to move forward.

“Get in the car, let’s get on the boat.”

The wilderness travelers boarded the iron boxes and stepped on the accelerator to start moving towards the top of the big ship.

Zi Yi stared at the vehicles boarding the ship, sighed sadly, and then looked at Zuo Chen with deep eyes.

Zuo Chen shuddered.

It’s heavy. Why is it so heavy?

He jumped up and leaped directly onto the deck.

The vehicle was parked on the deck, which was wide and spacious. The young men and women could hardly hide the excitement on their faces, but they did not dare to act too rashly in front of Zuo Chen. The middle-aged and the elderly were more silent. They drove the car quietly to a corner of the ship and then sat in the car.

Zuo Chen put his hands together and pretended to lift something. It seemed that he was holding something in his empty palms, which was invisible but quite heavy.

As his arms exerted force, the boat began to vibrate slightly.

Zuo Chen lifted it up, then pushed forward with his right hand.

The wooden boat broke through the clouds and moved slowly in the air.

Then, it accelerated suddenly.

It cuts through the clouds and the blue sky, leaving deep ravines and rippling waves all around.

……

Qian Hong moved closer to the boat. He glanced at the ever-changing wilderness below the ship and calculated the speed.

At the current flying speed, it probably won’t take too long to reach the city.

I became more and more flustered and didn’t know whether what I was doing was right or not.

He collected his thoughts and walked to the center of the deck, where he suddenly discovered that the wilderness travelers he brought with him were sitting together.

The crackling sound of wood being roasted by flames and the faint smell of barbecue in the air made Qian Hong frown.

“What are you doing?”

Qian Hong quickly walked over to the group of red-eyed passengers and found that they had actually taken out a temporary stove on the deck.

At their feet and in their hands, there are plates of white porcelain plates, filled with fat-marbled red meat. Just one look at them tells you that they are of extraordinary quality.

Qian Hong was dumbfounded:

“You went to someone else’s boat to have a barbecue?” These kids are too unvigilant!

Although the Taoist looked gentle and refined, far from being as crazy as the false emperor, but this kind of rudeness…

No, no!

The wilderness visitors looked at each other and were about to explain when they suddenly saw Zuo Chen appear from behind Qian Hong and patted him on the shoulder.

Qian Hong’s face suddenly became as colorful as an overturned soy sauce shop.

“I gave them the meat.” Zuo Chen comforted the old man, “Don’t be so nervous.”

He raised his hand and pointed at the barbecue:

“These are all good things I found. Come and have a taste. They are definitely better than what you eat in the wilderness.”

Qian Hong’s mouth twitched slightly.

Is this a sugar-coated attempt to corrupt me?

Don’t think that all this barbecue can bend my strong will!

After a while.

“Hey, this meat is so delicious!”

Qian Hong picked up a piece of barbecued meat that was already slightly burnt with chopsticks.

The young man next to him muttered: “Mr. Qian, you’ve eaten almost a pound of meat…”

“What’s wrong with a pound of meat? We work outside and have to spend a lot of energy. How can we do without meat? Another piece, another piece.”

“Don’t get indigestion…”

After eating this barbecue, the wild visitors’ attitude towards Zuo Chen became much softer than before.

As the saying goes, “one should be grateful to the reward you receive”. The number of wilderness visitors who talk about Zuo Chen behind his back has decreased a lot.

after all……

If he really was a fake emperor, after getting the exact address, he would simply hang all the wild travelers in the palace and dry them into jerky.

While these wilderness visitors were having a lively party, Zuo Chen moved to the side of the boat, leaned out half of his body and looked at the wilderness in the distance.

Suddenly, Zuo Chen saw some human figures.

The boat was flying very high, and when we looked down, we could see some shades of light green and blue in this vast wilderness. The trees were growing vigorously, the rivers were flowing and converging, and the strong winds and spiritual energy were gradually turning into gentle and peaceful ones.

Farmers, carpenters, and herdsmen.

A wave of people is advancing across this wilderness, and wherever they pass, the brown and yellow fade away and become dyed with the colors of life.

Where they walked, the paved stone road was wide and broad, spreading in all directions like a spider’s web, connecting to lakes, connecting to mountains, connecting to the distant horizon, and connecting to some nearby towns used for farming.

There is a huge main city here, connected to several satellite towns. These towns are responsible for food and daily necessities, maintaining the operation of the entire city.

And in the direction of the top of Wangwu Mountain facing the main city, there are several wide roads.

Directly in front of those roads, towering city walls rose from the ground, running through on both sides.

That was obviously the city’s defense line, protecting this big city in the wilderness.

Behind them, the outline of the city was vaguely visible in the wind and sand.

The wall is tall but slightly dilapidated, and the gray-brown stones seem to have a different kind of vitality in the wind.

In the center of the city, there is a very conspicuous tall tower that seems to be made of metal. However, this once magnificent iron tower is now only half left, and the rusty iron block groans softly in the breeze.

“That was our memorial tower, which was destroyed by a violent storm just as it was about to be completed.”

Qian Hong, who was full and satisfied, walked over, leaned against the side of the boat, pointed at the tall tower in the distance, and said.

“Not repaired?”

“Not yet. The city is short of resources and urgently needs manpower. The general will put this matter aside for now.”

After a pause, he said:
“A spaceship of your size will definitely attract attention if it gets close. Should we find a more secluded place to stop? Also… is there a way for you and that girl to change their appearance?”

“We’ll find a place to land nearby. As for its appearance, don’t worry about it.”

Qian Hong looked at Zuo Chen in confusion, not knowing what he meant.

……

Half a day later, several wilderness vehicles moved along the stone road and soon arrived at the checkpoint responsible for inspection.

There are two three-story buildings on both sides of the entire checkpoint. Many staff members can be seen busying around in the buildings. The checkpoint on the stone road is marked with white and red bars. A staff member is sitting in a high pavilion with slightly faded glass. Next to him is a black box, which looks like a communication sachet, and is emitting the sound of a woman reporting news.

When the vehicle arrived at the checkpoint, the staff opened the window and took a look at the people in the car.

“You have a pass?”

Qian Hong immediately took out a yellowed certificate from his pocket.

The staff member took it and took a look at it.

“go in.”

Pull the mechanism, steam will spray out, and the fence blocking the way will slowly rise, opening a path.

The wilderness travelers entered the stone road in a convoy, and Qian Hong breathed a sigh of relief.

He placed his eyes on the rear window of the vehicle.

Zuo Chen and Zi Yi were sitting on the roof of the car, looking at the scenery around them.

(End of this chapter)