Chapter 252 - 247 What’s Going On?
Gao Yuan and his companions had traveled a long and tortuous road.
The first two days were easy going, but afterwards they were faced with high mountainous terrain, with many stretches of snow-blocked roads and most of the journey at altitudes exceeding four thousand meters.
The journey was perilous and supplies were scarce. To save fuel, they had to abandon one vehicle very early on, leaving only one military truck. This allowed them to save at least a third of their fuel.
A cross-country vehicle could neither carry supplies nor fit fourteen people, so they had no choice but to squeeze into the truck.
Of course, the ride was uncomfortable – jolting, cold, and with altitude sickness, the journey was truly arduous.
However, traveling this highland route, they hadn’t encountered anyone along the way. Although slow, the journey was safe.
The road later followed along the border with Ta’A. The condition of this stretch of road was actually not bad, but it became even more difficult to travel.
Because the viral hazard seemed much reduced in the highland areas, the number of survivors had surged dramatically.
An increase in the number of survivors meant that this stretch of road was not only unsafe but had become extremely dangerous. Gao Yuan and his companions, in the short span of about sixty kilometers, had suffered two attacks.
The once sparsely populated lands now seemed to have become refuges for human survival. However, Afghan was a place with year-round conflicts, and the scarcity of resources couldn’t simply be described by the word "shortage," as these survivors would attempt to rob anything they saw.