Liu Mingfei released the brake and started the vehicle.
As the team advanced towards the coast, a giant slope appeared before them, making the powerless vehicles increasingly strenuous to drive.
The land that had originally emerged from the sea stood a hundred meters high. Now, with extensive sea evaporation revealing the cracked seabed, the difference in elevation was a full two to three hundred meters, with slopes reaching forty to fifty degrees at their steepest.
Lin Feng’s team’s powerless vehicle was struggling, the gas pedal smoldering beneath their feet, creeping uphill by mere tens of meters after a long time.
With no other options, Lin Feng had to take Ding Yi, Liu Qian, and Ah Lian off the vehicle to the back.
He and Ah Lian took charge of directly pushing the car, their near-tonne strength as Level 9 Enhanced People making a noticeable impact.
Ding Yi and Liu Qian were responsible for pedaling two tricycles, which carried two hundred kilograms of water tanks and other supplies. The manpower significantly alleviated the vehicle’s burden.
Up ahead, Duncan Squad also began pushing their vehicle.
Co-driver Lisa led three others to the back of the car, where two pushed the power vehicle and two pulled the trailer.
Lin Feng noticed the male teammates next to her wearing standard desert camouflage combat suits, increasingly convinced of their old-world military status.
Lisa then noticed Lin Feng’s gaze and waved, specifically reminding:
"Ahead is the territory of the Rock-Horned Horse Herd. They should be gathered in the valley below, so everyone give it one last push—we’re almost at our destination!"
"Understood! Let’s go!"
Initially, pushing was fairly easy.
But as the vehicle climbed the slope, the terrain grew steeper, forcing them to zigzag upwards. What was originally a five hundred meter slope stretched to over a kilometer of travel.
Lin Feng started chanting in rhythm to synchronize the team’s pace, ensuring everyone’s strength was unified.
Finally, after half an hour of grueling ascent, both teams crossed the shore’s embankment and reached the peak of what was once the land’s summit simultaneously.
Standing atop the island’s high point, Lin Feng could feel the gentle breeze laden with a hint of salt and moisture.
Having surmounted this natural barrier, the mountaintop’s temperature was slightly cooler.
"The air’s humidity is high. Some nooks in the rocky walls, shadowy and deep, remain damp..."
At this moment, Ding Yi arrived, soaked in sweat yet unable to hide her excitement.
In her hand was a sprig of fresh wild grass, its root and her hand still stuck with dark, damp mud.
The wild grass swayed defiantly in the breeze...
A touch of green that could only be found in the Oasis.
Representing the wasteland’s most precious commodity,
Then, a deep and prolonged roar echoed from the bay valley beneath their feet.
Lin Feng looked back to see hundreds or even thousands of Rock-Horned Horses and other Mutated Desolate Beasts gathering from all directions in the distant Rift Valley.
All heading towards the depths of this bay’s basin.
The roar came from a massive Rock-Horned Horse, three meters in height and seven meters long, letting out a bellow.
It led the charge, pushing aside smaller Mutated Desolate Beasts and carving a path through the crowded Beast Tide into the depths of the rift for its herd.
This was a powerful Leader Level Rock-Horned Horse, likely evolved to Late Tier One, Level 16 and above!
The majestic migration spectacle invigorated the group who had pushed vehicles and climbed to the mountain summit.
Sweeping away their previous fatigue from the hard labor.
In their excitement, they marveled at the resilience of life.
Life will always find its path.
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