Fast Travel: I Don't Want to Save the World

Chapter 292 Dried Persimmons
Due to the unique conditions in ancient times, the rich aura nourished all things, which made some conventional creatures break through their own constraints and evolve stronger. In modern times, the source of nourishment is scarce. Excluding the early extinct species, most of the remaining creatures are common and visible.

Even in the late Qing Dynasty in modern times, there were occasional terrifying monsters, which were finally proved to be unreal.

The four of them came to a certain time and space, the bustling ancient city, the main road connecting east and west, the dark brown plants on the side of the road, and the four-winged vultures across the sky...

Ye Qing believes that what they came to was not a certain time and space in the past, but a parallel time and space.

She stopped suddenly, and said to several people: "There is a problem with the ancient city, and the creatures here have mutated."

"Mutation?!" In an instant, Xie Lai and Qi Huaimei's faces turned pale.

Variation means danger.

"No matter where we are teleported to, our starting point is Lop Nur, which was used as a nuclear test base many years ago."

From 1964 to 1996, a total of 45 nuclear tests were carried out in Lop Nur. Once, this place was designated as a military restricted zone.

Qi Huaimei asked: "Are these mutations caused by nuclear tests?"

"Have you heard of the disappearance of Peng Jiamu?"

Peng Jiamu graduated from the Agricultural College of Central University in 1947 and served as the vice president of XJ Academy of Sciences in 1979.

他先后15次到XJ进行科学考察，3次进入BYGLMG治州罗布泊进行探险，但在1980年6月17日不幸在罗布泊失踪。

Entering Lop Nur for the first time, Peng Jiamu and several scientific workers circled Lop Nur, collected water samples and mineral samples, and did a preliminary study on the potassium content in the three rivers that flowed into Lop Nur at that time. resources such as heavy water.

Heavy water is an indispensable substance for producing nuclear energy. In the 60s, my country needed to spend a lot of foreign exchange to purchase it.

Regardless of his body suffering from cancer, he volunteered to find natural heavy water for the country, but unfortunately time was short and he found nothing.

Entering Lop Nur for the third time, he crossed the 450-kilometer Lop Nur lake basin for the first time. Because before 1972, it was the water town of Zeguo, no one could cross it. He collected many biological and soil samples in the lake basin, collected many mineral fossils, collected A large number of first-hand scientific research materials have been collected, and forward-looking preparations have been made for the comprehensive development of Lop Nur in my country.

However, he disappeared during this expedition.

The country has sent more than a dozen planes, dozens of cars, and thousands of people to search for it four times. Facing the sandbags, sand beams, and sand mountains blown by the black storm, there is no clue.

"For a long time, many people have been speculating about the reason for his disappearance, and few people have noticed why so many forces were dispatched to find him."

"why?"

"He stayed in this area all year round, and he carried notes with him about the effects of nuclear radiation on living things. Nuclear tests were first conducted in the air, then underground, and in modern times they were converted to computer simulation experiments."

Shelley scratched his head, wondering: "What does this have to do with where we came from?"

"We have come to a parallel time and space. The low wall has teleportation, and the influence of nuclear radiation has been brought here."

When they walked into the ancient city, they really saw some deformed people.

According to Ye Qing's previous warning, none of them said anything, they just looked around.

At the gate of the city, several seven or eight-year-old boys put their feet up, stretched their necks, and looked at the business group that was about to enter the city.

Inside the city gate, an old woman was holding a dustpan with persimmons in it, and the woman next to her was holding fresh grapes.

The ancient city is quite prosperous, with carriages, restaurants, hotels, trading markets, etc., and there are a lot of business travelers in the ancient city. Others didn't show any surprise when they saw them, and they didn't even give them a straight look. busy with their own work.

"That's Jinxi... Jinxi!"

Suddenly, Qi Huaimei shouted in one direction: "Jinxi, Jinxi!"

Of the four of them, Ye Qing walked in front, Qi Huaimei and Xie Lai were in the middle, and Shi Yin was at the end.

Ye Qing only heard Qi Huaimei yell, and when she turned around, she saw her run away, and in the blink of an eye, Qi Huaimei turned into a small road and disappeared.

At the same time, Shelley leaned over: "Professor...what are you dragging me for?"

Ye Qing subconsciously reached out to grab Xie Lai, and Shi Yin also reached out, but they both didn't catch anything, and Xie Lai was dragged away by one hand.

They only saw one hand, and Shelley seemed to be spliced ​​into another world.

Ye Qing used his spiritual sense to send a sound transmission to Shi Yin: "Have you seen Jin Xi or Professor Gu?"

"No."

Ye Qing stood where she was, and looked around, only to find a problem.

All the way they came in, they were looking at the interior of the ancient city, including the buildings, and the pedestrians, but they didn't notice that those people couldn't see them at all.

They are not in a parallel time and space, but in an illusion.

Nothing in it is real.

"It's just a folded shadow." Ye Qing said.

Shi Yin said, "No."

As he said that, Shi Yin had an extra piece of persimmon in his hand: "At the gate of the city, I left a grain of gold for that old lady."

Immediately, Ye Qing walked to a small shop nearby to buy Persian rugs, and she went to touch a pair of rugs hanging on the door.

She really touched the rug.

Carpets are real.

She went into the store: "Shopkeeper, how do you sell this blanket?"

No one paid her any attention.

Because the people inside couldn't see her.

"You are buying persimmons ahead, did the old lady see you?"

Shiyin shook his head: "I just picked up a handful of persimmon cakes."

Shi Yin collects things very quickly, at most half a second, and he leaves immediately after collecting, not paying attention to the other party's reaction.

When the two returned to the city gate, the old woman was still sitting at the gate, with only half of the persimmon in her hand.

"Grandma?" Ye Qing went to pat her on the shoulder, she was able to pat her, but the other party didn't seem to feel it.

The scene in front of me is too weird!

The ancient city is real, the people are real, and the things are real, but the two of them are just shadows?
If they are virtual shadows, why can they touch people and objects, and why can Shiyin put away dried persimmons?
Ye Qing couldn't figure it out.

What made her even more troubled was that Xie Lai and Qi Huaimei disappeared inexplicably.

The problems that the two of them urgently need to solve now are, first, how to find Xie Lai, Qi Huaimei, Professor Gu, Jin Xi and others, and second, how do they leave this place?

Where is the other teleportation point?
Ye Qing didn't know.

Shi Yin has no clue.

However, Shi Yin noticed one thing: "In front, the hand that grabbed Xie Lai seems to be Zheng Hongmei's hand."

"Zheng Hongmei's hand?" Ye Qing couldn't help repeating.

Isn't Zheng Hongmei in Lop Nur Town?
How could she appear here?

"Are you sure it was Zheng Hongmei's hand?"

"The night when I came to Lop Nur Town, Qi Huaimei poured her a cup of hot water, but she didn't hold it firmly in her hand. I was there, and I saw an inch-long scar on the back of her right hand."

(End of this chapter)