Chapter 64: Careful Contact.

When Xiao Fen struggled to move his body out of the narrow passage, what suddenly appeared before him was a magnificent scene.

The passage from the nuclear bunker to the outside world was located on a high cliff. Looking down roughly, this exit was at least 200 meters above the ground, or rather, it felt like standing on the 60th floor of a building looking at the ground.

The gate of the passage was now incomplete. The soil layer piled outside the gate was very high, almost blocking the entire passage.

Outside the gate, there used to be a small platform square, and now, this square had also become incomplete. At least half of the area had collapsed, and another part had subsided.

Below the part of the square that had subsided, broken stones were constantly falling down with a rustling sound. They might detach from this square at any time. By then, the largest exit of this nuclear bunker and the traffic to the outside might be completely cut off.

Outside that precarious small square, a once very wide and solid road was connected. Looking at those concrete barriers and fences on the roadside, one could know that this road should have been a very important life channel before.

And now, many parts of this road leading down the mountain were already covered by rubble from the mountain. This might be the only evidence of the nuclear war.

The shockwaves of large yield back then loosened the soil on the cliff. Over a few years or decades, washed by rain, a large amount of rubble turned into mudslides and rushed down the slope, covering the road.

Besides this, Xiao Fen could not tell that the world before his eyes was a post-nuclear war world.

There was no lightning and thunder overhead, or rather, no nuclear winter. The outside was not a dismal gray either, but lush green.

From the foot of the mountain to the top of the cliff, everywhere there were green trees growing vigorously. Although these trees were not thick and did not seem to have grown for a long time, one could still feel their abundant vitality.

A gentle breeze swept past. Xiao Fen could clearly hear the sound of birds singing, coming from the cliff above his head. It was a very crisp call, showing no sign of being affected by radiation.

If he hadn’t just come out of that cold and dark bunker, Xiao Fen would never have believed that the world before his eyes had ever experienced a nuclear war.

Where were the radioactive substances scattered in the air? Where were the intense thunder and terrible lightning in the sky from time to time? Where was the high-concentration acid rain corroding everything? Where were the black crows croaking hoarsely? Where were the fierce monsters affected by radiation that might appear at any time in the gray space?

Xiao Fen really wanted to ask the World Tree if it had made a mistake in the setting. This post-nuclear war world was completely different from what he had seen in movies or games before. It was not decadent at all, nor did it have the scene of doomsday.

On the contrary, the nuclear bunker behind him, which was supposed to ensure human survival in the nuclear war, looked more like a world in doomsday.

After thinking for a bit, he shook his head. He hurriedly ran from the ruined square to the road. As he ran, the concrete blocks under his feet trembled slightly and made stone rolling sounds that made people feel terrified from time to time.

Xiao Fen stood on the road, looked back at the direction of the exit, then shook his head, turned and walked down the mountain along the road. Just when this winding mountain road turned and the nuclear bunker exit could no longer be seen, a huge noise came over.

Xiao Fen suddenly looked back. Behind him, that remaining small square finally could not hold on and collapsed down the mountain.

Now the connection between that exit and the road under Xiao Fen’s feet was completely cut off. The distance between the gaps on both sides was at least 30 meters. In other directions of the exit, there were steep cliffs with a height difference of at least 60 meters. It could be said that from now on, people at the exit of the nuclear bunker in this direction would lose the opportunity to enter the surface world.

Xiao Fen glanced at that huge broken surface and curled his lips. With the disappearance of the bunker’s exit, this nuclear bunker had nothing to do with him from now on.

What he needed to do was to go down the mountain, find traces of other nuclear bunkers in the city ruins at the foot of the mountain, and then find a way to enter those nuclear bunkers that should still be safe.

Regarding this Main Quest, he suddenly had some doubts. The so-called nuclear bunker leak problem now seemed not to be that the external nuclear radiation could not be resisted, but that problems occurred inside the bunker.

If that was the case, finding a problem-free nuclear bunker might be more difficult than imagined.

The road down the mountain was very rugged. The road covered by rubble was interrupted from time to time. Some mudslide soil looked normal but was actually very soft below. A careless step might cause him to rush down the mountain along the direction of the mudslide. Crossing these obstacles was not only dangerous but also consumed a lot of Xiao Fen’s time.

Fortunately, Xiao Fen had rested enough before leaving the nuclear bunker, which made crossing these obstacles not very difficult for him.

However, the large amount of Energy consumption along the way made Xiao Fen’s stomach start to growl. If he could not find a place to rest before dark and obtain enough food, he would fall into a very dangerous situation.

After walking continuously for about 5 hours, Xiao Fen could vaguely see an artificial structure not far away. This structure built with wood looked like some kind of watchtower. In that tower, someone could be vaguely seen walking.

Xiao Fen’s Sharp Vision talent allowed him to spot the other side earlier than the people on the tower. He thought for a moment and hid in the Jungle beside the road. From a blind spot of the tower’s view, he quickly passed by.

“Goodwill, or malice, depends on careful observation. Blind action will only put oneself in a dangerous situation.”

This was a record in Lux’s notes, which was very suitable for Xiao Fen now.

Xiao Fen walked to a place less than 100 meters from the tower. With the cover of trees, the other side never discovered Xiao Fen. At this distance, with the help of Sharp Vision, Xiao Fen could already clearly observe every move of the other side.

There were two people standing on the tower, both wearing pale green clothes. Their weapon combination was very strange. One person should have an AK in his hand, while the other person actually had a longbow slanted over his shoulder.

Xiao Fen was not clear whether this crossover mix and match was a characteristic of this Trial World. Just as he wanted to look a bit longer, a cold voice suddenly came from behind him.

“Stand up, put your hands behind your head. If you want to play tricks, watch your head.”