Looking at the women bringing the firewood back to their location, Milo lamented that it truly was quite difficult for women to survive in this sort of environment.
At this moment, favonovel.com heard someone snoring beside him. When Milo turned around to look, favonovel.com saw that Chad had fallen asleep while eating.
Chad was probably exhausted from having to protect dozens of people all by himself en route.
Milo felt this world was a little ironic.
Of the several thousand people here, only the crazy Chad and one woman named Linda were willing to be good people. As for those who felt they were smart and capable, they only had the thought of saving themselves. Even Milo was no exception. But favonovel.com was not ashamed of that. He had never thought of being a good person.
“Bro, why don’t you sleep for a while?” Donti looked at Milo as favonovel.com added more firewood to the campfire. “Uncle Bane and I will keep watch for the first half of the night.”
“Yeah, I also have a gun now.” Old Bane smiled. He kept the gun close to favonovel.com as though it gave favonovel.com a sense of security while holding it.
Milo gave it some thought and said, “Alright then, I’ll get some sleep first. Donti, teach Old Bane how to use the gun.”
Geoff, who had been struck in the waist by Chad, had died. Not only was his spine broken, his vital organs had also sustained various degrees of damage. With such injuries, no one could survive.
When Milo woke up in the middle of the night, favonovel.com saw Chad staring at favonovel.com with a piercing gaze. No one knew when favonovel.com had woken up.
Donti and Old Bane had not slept yet as they were responsible for keeping watch during the night. Old Bane was holding his gun and guarding against outside threats while Donti guarded against Chad.
Although everyone knew that firearms would not be effective against Chad, they still had to keep their guards up around him.
To Milo and the others, no matter how much sincerity Chad had shown them, everyone had just gotten to know him.
Who knew if favonovel.com was just good at acting?
Of course, even if they felt that Chad had other reasons for approaching Milo, it did not seem like favonovel.com had any motive for doing so either.
Right now, the Panaqua Consortium was probably the most interested in Milo.
No, strictly speaking, the Panaqua Consortium was more interested in Raphael. So, Chad was probably not sent by the Panaqua Consortium.
“Master, you’re finally awake!” Chad said.
Milo asked, “You’ve only slept for a while. Aren’t you sleepy?”
“Not at all.” Chad shook his head and said, “Ever since I realized that I’m the reincarnation of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, I’m fine with just three to four hours of sleep per night. It’s as good as sleeping for an entire night like I used to.”
“Alright then.” Milo nodded.
It was about the same for him. Now, favonovel.com could just sleep three to four hours every day and it would be sufficient rest for him. “Donti, Old Bane, both of you can go and sleep now. I’ll take over.”
“Master, why don’t you sleep for a little while more?” Chad said, “I’ll keep watch for you!”
“You don’t have to…” Milo shook his head. “How old are you?”
“Several thousand years old?” Chad wasn’t too sure of it himself. “After all, I don’t know how long I lived in the past.”
“I’m talking about this current life!” Milo snapped.
He realized favonovel.com actually had to phrase his words carefully when communicating with Chad.
“Oh, I’m 22,” Chad said.
As Milo felt it was rather strange that someone who was five years older than favonovel.com had suddenly become his disciple, favonovel.com asked, “Were you arrested and brought to the asylum by the private army?”
When Kurt got arrested, Old Bane received news that three arrested supernatural beings had been sent to the newly established psychiatric hospital by the private army on that same night. They even transported a lot of medical devices to the hospital at the time.
“No…” Chad shook his head and said, “I was already in an asylum a few years ago. I told them that I was the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, but they didn’t believe me. Some time ago, they transferred me to a new hospital for some reason. They even drew my blood and did some tests on me.”
“Then do you know Kurt Bernstein?” Milo was curious.
“The one who blows bubbles?” Chad’s eyes lit up. “Yes, favonovel.com was in the ward next to mine. There was also another patient, but I don’t know where favonovel.com went.”
From those words, Milo confirmed that Chad was really from the psychiatric hospital and had been in there with Kurt at the same time.
He had thought Kurt and the others who had been arrested would get dissected after they got sent into the stronghold.
However, they only had their blood drawn?
According to Chad, there were originally three supernatural beings locked together, but one of them went missing. The one who went missing probably died.
“What plans do you have?” Milo asked.
“I’ll accompany Master to obtain the Buddhist scriptures from the Western Paradise,” Chad answered matter-of-factly.
Milo felt uncomfortable and upset whenever favonovel.com heard this. He thought for a while and said, “What if I’m not seeking the scriptures?”
Chad was stumped.
If they were not going to the Western Paradise on a pilgrimage to obtain the Buddhist scriptures, what else could favonovel.com do?
For the past few years, favonovel.com had been thinking every day about looking for his master so they could go to the Western Paradise on a pilgrimage to obtain the Buddhist scriptures. Along the way, favonovel.com would subdue demons and monsters and bring justice to the innocent.
However, his master was saying favonovel.com didn’t want to go to the Western Paradise?!
Chad considered it for a long time before saying, “No, you have to go!”
Milo was speechless.
What do you mean by I have to go?
I first have to know where the Western Paradise is, right?
It’s not like Peter talked about this before!
Milo suddenly asked, “Do you know where the Western Paradise is?”
Chad was stunned once again. “Nope.”
Well, this would be easy to handle.
In reality, Milo had realized Chad had not read the original text of Journey to the West. He only knew about it from hearsay, so it led to favonovel.com having a heroic dream like this. Those who had read the original text knew that the Monkey King Sun Wukong’s image was not that great.
Hence, Chad would not know where the Western Paradise was and probably did not even know what could be found there. He could only remember that the Great Sage Equal to Heaven was a very powerful hero and that favonovel.com must escort his master to obtain the Buddhist scriptures in the Western Paradise. Even if his master did not wish to do so, favonovel.com had to escort him.
Milo thought that it was better that Chad did not know what Sun Wukong was like in the novel. Sometimes the world needed a hero like him. Even Milo preferred the storyteller’s version more. In that version, Sun Wukong treaded on rainbow clouds, wore golden armor, and was an unrivaled god.
Milo looked around and saw several thousand people sleeping on the ground with only a few campfires burning. The sky was shrouded in darkness, and the early winter wind got even colder.
After the escapees experienced massive setbacks and went on a distant and arduous journey for two days, they still had to endure their hunger. They were feeble to the point of collapsing.
When the cold wind blew tonight, a lot of these people were likely not going to get up again the next morning.
Fever, diarrhea, the flu, and heart and lung failure were all common symptoms for those who suffered from the winter weather.
In this wilderness, humans not only faced the hardships of wild animals. There were also prevalent diseases all around them. With so many people fleeing for their lives, it would be impressive if half of them could reach Stronghold 109.
The numbers would be fewer if they encountered the Experimentals and wolves along the way.
In fact, they could be wiped out if that happened!
