1 Month To Doomsday But I Awakened Before That - Chapter 31

Chapter 31: Take a Bus to the Airport and Getting Robbed

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Ding dong! This is an automatic check-in. You have obtained a portable space compression bag!”

It was early the next morning.

Su Chen was woken up by the system’s notification.

He opened his eyes in a daze.

There was a backpack in front of him. 

The size was smaller than the one he had bought from the store yesterday.

At the outer layer of the backpack, there were a few small compartments.

It looked no different from an ordinary backpack.

Moreover, the color was a little disappointing.

A man carrying a red backpack. 

Su Chen was not fond of that idea.

On the other hand, he still did not know the backpack’s functions.

If it was extremely good, then he would just endure it.

“System, how does this backpack work?”

Su Chen asked in a puzzled tone.

“Host, this bag is a portable space compression bag. In other words, you can store an unlimited amount of things in it. No matter how many items are in there, the weight will not increase. Furthermore, you can take out something by just thinking about it.”

“Ding dong!”

The system’s voice faded.

Su Chen was very pleased with the backpack.

Since he was going to the desert, he had to bring a lot of equipment.

They would not be easy to carry. 

This was exactly what he needed.

Su Chen quickly got up.

He put the tents, shovels, and bottles of water that he had bought yesterday into the backpack. 

It was as if the items were sucked into a black hole.

They disappeared without a trace.

However, as soon as Su Chen thought about them using his mind, they immediately appeared in his hands.

After he had loaded the rest of his equipment, Su Chen picked up the backpack and carried it on his back to test its weight. 

Just as the system said, the weight stayed the same.

It was not much heavier than carrying an ordinary empty backpack.

Su Chen was extremely pleased.

He looked at the time. 

There was still some time before his meetup with Professor Qin at ten o’clock. 

Besides, the hotel he was staying in was not too far from the north-south airport.

If he took the bus, he would reach in half an hour.

Su Chen had no plans to drive to the airport himself.

If he left his car unattended at the airport, it would certainly be stolen.

Leaving the car in the hotel parking lot would be much safer.

Su Chen did not care about the cost of the car. 

He just needed its functions and convenience.

If his car was stolen, he would need to waste time buying another.

For Su Chen, time was irreplaceable.

Anyway, Su Chen turned on his phone to check the bus’s schedule. 

There was a bus right in front of the hotel that was heading to the north-south airport.

Su Chen looked at the time. It was eight-thirty.

If he took the bus now, he would reach the airport at around nine.

‘I can familiarize myself with the environment and make some preparations in advance if I arrive early.’

Upon thinking that, Su Chen took his backpack and exited his room.

The hotel receptionist looked in surprise as Su Chen walked out the front door with his red backpack.

It was the morning rush hour.

Most people were darting to their workplace.

There were a lot of cars on the road.

The place was bustling.

Su Chen was going to take the bus on “Route 355”.

It was just across the street from the hotel where Su Chen was staying.

There were already a few people waiting anxiously for the bus.

Without thinking about it, Su Chen joined the queue.

“Young man, how long have you been waiting here? Did you see the bus pass by?” asked an old man.

“No, I just got here myself.”

Su Chen answered faintly.

The white-haired old man looked about fifty years old.

He seemed to be very nervous.

Su Chen looked in the direction where the bus was supposedly coming from.

In less than two minutes, the bus arrived.

“Everyone, line up before getting on.”

The conductor greeted the passengers and organized for them to get on the bus.

Su Chen looked at the red bus.

The big sign in front of it was particularly eye-catching.

Again, this bus’s destination was the north-south airport.

The airport was in the suburbs. 

Very few people went there.

Besides the anxious old man, there was another young man.

The old man was standing behind Su Chen.

However, when the bus arrived, he immediately squeezed through even though the bus’s door was not fully opened yet.

Then, he sat on the first seat in the front row.

The young man was standing in front of Su Chen.

When he got on, there were still plenty of empty seats.

He walked to the last row and sat down.

Finally, it was Su Chen’s turn to get on. 

He looked around the bus.

Other than the young man, there was no one else in the last row.

The young man was wearing a cap. Its brim was very low so his face could not be seen clearly. 

He was dressed in black and was also holding a big black bag in his arms.

Most of the people sitting in front were the elderly.

They were carrying a lot of things in big and small bags.

Perhaps they were going to sell the goods they had bought from the city in the suburbs.

Su Chen sat somewhere in the middle.

The bus began its journey to the north-south airport.

Since it would take about thirty minutes, there should be seven or eight stops in between.

The first couple of stops were in the more prosperous urban areas.

After that, the scenery outside the bus gradually became desolate. 

Su Chen closed his eyes to rest.

He began thinking about what he would encounter in the desert and how he would deal with them. 

In case he needed more food and water, he could buy them from the airport and store them in his backpack.

This really made his life easier.

Su Chen could feel the bus passing through three stops. 

Since it would be another four or five stops until they reached the airport, he decided to take a nap. 

“Don’t move! I have a bomb in my hand!”

As Su Chen was about to fall asleep, he was awoken by a man’s voice.

‘What now? 

‘Don’t waste my time..’