Ancient Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 37 Stealing a Car

Yao Rongrong left the dilapidated temple but did not rush to open the small green bottle.

She looked around first, then went around the mountain path and stopped at a place below the path before opening the small green bottle.

Firstly, this direction is opposite to the direction of the dilapidated temple, making it convenient for her to lure the living dead away so that Lin Xiu and Brother Donkey can move the donkey cart. Secondly, there is a tree and a large rock blocking the way, and it also avoids the donkey cart.

If the living dead were truly activated by the powder in the little green bottle and went berserk, they would only rush towards Yao Rongrong and wouldn't damage the donkey cart. Moreover, with a tree and a large rock in between, they could help reduce the impact on Yao Rongrong and make her safer.

Lin Xiu saw these things at the far gate of the dilapidated temple and thought to himself that this woman was quite clever and hoped that these preparations would be useful.

Yao Rongrong then opened the small green bottle.

Now that they were further away, Lin Xiu didn't hold his breath.

The wind was blowing this way, like the old woman in the temple who had lost her statue was calling for a gentle breeze, but Lin Xiu could neither smell nor feel anything coming out of the little green bottle.

He carefully observed Yao Rongrong's movements. When the small green bottle in the heroine's hand was opened this time, nothing came out, and no smoke or dust escaped.

But the living dead lying on the mountain road suddenly seemed to smell something and sprang up from the ground.

However, this time the living dead didn't act as violently as when it was run over by the donkey cart yesterday.

Lin Xiu saw it clearly: the living dead man pushed his arm back, straightening his body first, and then his head was pulled up as if it had been tugged.

The two men and the donkey couldn't help but tense up. Then they saw the living dead lean forward slightly, sticking its head out and twitching its nostrils.

It really looked like it had smelled something and was frantically sniffing around, trying to find its way.

The direction of the forward lean gradually shifted towards Yao Rongrong's location. The living dead sniffed around and took steps in that direction.

Lin Xiu and Yao Rongrong now understood why the living dead had only moved such a small distance earlier.

If only this living dead could keep moving like this...

Lin Xiu couldn't help but wonder if the powder in that little green bottle was a tool someone used to control the living dead.

Is it possible to control the undead by simply opening the bottle and using the powder inside, making the undead act according to the will of the owner of the little green bottle?

However, this idea was just a thought; Lin Xiu was certainly not so naive as to easily believe that such a good thing as a windfall would happen.

If that little green bottle is really such an important treasure, why would someone leave it here?

Such a life-or-death matter, if it were for myself, I would definitely carry it with me at all times.

He glanced at Yao Rongrong and saw that she looked tense and her face was tight, without the slightest sign of relaxation. Only then did he feel a little relieved.

As he expected, the undead slowly took two steps forward, seemingly having completely locked onto the location of the little green bottle. It then went berserk, its speed suddenly increasing from zero to one hundred, and charged wildly towards Yao Rongrong.

"boom!"

"Snap—"

The large tree blocking the road was snapped in two, but fortunately the rocks behind were hard enough to stop the undead.

The undead crashed into the rock with a dull thud.

Lin Xiu felt the mountain beneath his feet shake from the impact, not to mention the rocks over there.

Many of the pebbles next to the large rock were shaken into the air, raising clouds of dust.

Yao Rongrong retreated further away, creating distance, and waited for the living dead to climb over the large rock before quickly shoving the cork into the mouth of the small green bottle. She then turned onto the mountain path and ran downhill along it.

—This is the route they took on their way here. They didn't encounter any accidents before, so it's naturally safer and reassuring now.

"roar!"

The undead let out a roar, then turned around and charged up the mountain path, chasing after them downhill.

The powder in that little green bottle, I don't know what kind of attraction it had for it, that made it so crazy.

Lin Xiu felt that it wasn't that the living dead could still smell the contents of the small green bottle, but rather that it was because it was getting too close to Yao Rongrong that the living dead could sense her movements and thus changed its target and chased after her.

After all, they had only opened the small green bottle briefly inside the dilapidated temple, and the undead outside had only moved a short distance. Once the stopper was put back in, the undead shouldn't still be able to smell the lingering scent.

However, this time Yao Rongrong didn't need to rescue herself, and she was prepared in advance, so the distance she created was enough, and she wouldn't be caught up by the living dead and injured like before.

Lin Xiu breathed a slight sigh of relief. Not daring to waste this great opportunity created by Yao Rongrong, he quickly patted the donkey's back and told it to leave the dilapidated temple together and walk quickly to the donkey cart.

As they walked and observed, the living dead chased them for a while, but then stopped and stood motionless in place.

Yao Rongrong noticed this and stopped.

"Brother Donkey, hurry up!"

Lin Xiu was afraid that the living dead man would suddenly turn back after a moment of hesitation, so he quickly whispered something to Brother Donkey, told Brother Donkey to stand still, and hitched the donkey cart back to Brother Donkey. One of them pulled the cart and the other pushed it, and they walked quickly uphill until they reached the entrance of the dilapidated temple.

"Thump..."

A sound came from behind; it was the living dead who had finally collapsed on the mountain path again.

It seems that this model of the living dead is indeed different from the one on Wolong Mountain; it won't return to its original position, but will sleep wherever it goes.

Yao Rongrong once again bypassed the living dead and reached the top of the mountain. Together with Lin Xiu, they unloaded the donkey cart from the donkey's back and pushed it into the courtyard of the dilapidated temple.

As a result, the donkey cart took up half of the dilapidated yard, and if the donkey came in, it would have to stay put and wouldn't be able to move around.

Lin Xiu thought that this would make the donkey even less willing to stay in the yard and want to go outside to graze, but to his surprise, after they set up the donkey cart, the donkey followed them in and stayed obediently on the other side without moving.

Lin Xiu noticed something amiss and asked with a smile, "What's wrong, Brother Donkey? Are you scared?"

"Pfft pfft pfft..."

The donkey snorted, tossed its head, its mane swaying, and gave Lin Xiu a disdainful look.

Upon seeing this, Yao Rongrong couldn't help but laugh.

Lin Xiu glanced at Yao Rongrong and noticed that she was trembling slightly. He quickly asked, "What's wrong? Why are you shaking again?"

Yao Rongrong shook her head and said, "It's alright, sir. That living dead was chasing me too fiercely. I ran so fast that the internal injury in my leg flared up again."

I'll be fine after a while, but if I do, I'm afraid I'll have to stay here even longer.

Lin Xiu sighed, "Thank you for your hard work."

Yao Rongrong smiled and said, "If you think I'm working too hard, sir, then please tell me more stories and cook me some delicious food."