Chapter 21: There is no one alive in this village

When leaving the large tent, Captain Chu had a black eye on each of his left and right eyes.

The young Sword Immortal Nana pushed Chen Ye and Iron Lion aside, stomping away from the tent in a huff.

Chen Ye threw Captain Chu a "you deserved it" look before directly leaving the tent.

The convoy quickly started moving.

Captain Chu's modified off-road vehicle was at the very front of the convoy.

Right behind it was the young Sword Immortal's modified off-road vehicle.

After that came Chen Ye's motor tricycle.

Iron Lion's bus was at the very back.

Following behind were the other survivors.

The convoy soon stretched into a long snake-like line.

At the very end of the convoy were survivors on foot without any transportation.

Some of these people carried backpacks, while others had nothing and simply followed behind the group.

Chen Ye kept feeling like a pair of venomous eyes were watching him.

But every time he turned to look, he found nothing.

After several times, Chen Ye couldn't be bothered to care anymore.

He lit an HTS cigarette, the rich tobacco aroma filling his nostrils.

Chen Ye exhaled a long stream of smoke.

Earlier in the large tent, when the Eavesdropping Radio played Captain Chu's complaints, it said the price of the Titan Sequence was decreased intelligence.

If that was true...

Did every sequence require paying its own price?

What price did Nana of the Sword Immortal Sequence pay?

What price did Captain Chu pay?

Was Captain Chu's price just having a foul mouth?

If that were the case, it actually seemed quite possible.

Also, that Eavesdropping Radio was really useful—it could analyze information about Longevity Village so clearly.

This saved a lot of effort.

It would also be much safer when gathering supplies.

But earlier, the radio publicly humiliated Captain Chu in front of so many people.

Clearly, the Eavesdropping Radio also had side effects.

Did every Wonder have side effects?

While mentally calculating the information he'd collected, Chen Ye secretly noted it down.

His understanding of Sequence Superpowers was entirely from these past two days.

Every piece of information about Sequence Superpowers was crucial.

Steering the motorcycle handlebars with one hand, Chen Ye tossed away the HTS cigarette that was down to its filter and lit another one.

Chen Ye was a heavy smoker, and he still had plenty of cigarettes left from what he gathered in Xinghua Town.

Therefore, Chen Ye had no concept of conserving them.

Seeing the motorcycle's dashboard show the fuel tank was nearly empty.

Just then, sudden loud exclamations came from within the group.

"A village! There's a village ahead!"

"Oh heavens, it's a village! After so many days, we've finally seen a village!"

The noisy voices in his ears felt somewhat familiar to Chen Ye.

When they discovered Xinghua Town before, they encountered the exact same situation.

Captain Chu's modified off-road vehicle suddenly accelerated.

Nana's vehicle closely followed behind.

Chen Ye twisted the throttle, but the motor tricycle continued puttering forward at its leisurely pace.

Chen Ye realized there really was no gas left in the tank.

The bus behind him accelerated, leaving Chen Ye behind—he could even see Iron Lion's simple smiling face through the bus window.

Then the other two vehicles quickly followed.

After these days of travel, everyone's supplies had completely run out.

Chen Ye actually ended up arriving at the village entrance after everyone else.

Looking at this village, Chen Ye felt chills running down his spine.

All the survivors, regardless of gender or age, stood at the village entrance, their eyes filled with fear while also seeming eager to try.

Even though it was high noon with bright sunshine.

The village before them gave off a gloomy feeling.

As if sunlight simply couldn't penetrate into Longevity Village.

Even though it was the same world, Chen Ye felt like Longevity Village existed in another dimension.

Looking at this village, a trace of seriousness appeared on Chen Ye's face.

Why did Longevity Village feel even more terrifying and dangerous than Xinghua Town?

"Sis, I feel like... I feel like..."

Zhou Xiaoxiao looked at Longevity Village ahead, feeling cold air continuously rising from within her heart.

Looking down, she discovered a layer of densely packed goosebumps had appeared on the back of her hand.

"This village... Xiaoxiao, maybe we shouldn't go in."

Zhou Lan felt the same as her younger sister—just looking at Longevity Village made her feel uncomfortable.

"Sis, we're out of supplies too. This morning we shared one pack of instant noodles, and we don't have much gasoline left either."

"Longevity Village is our only chance!"

"If we don't gather supplies..."

Before Zhou Xiaoxiao could finish speaking.

Zhou Lan wasn't lying either—everything her younger sister said was true.

If they couldn't find gasoline soon, only death awaited the two siblings.

Even though the village ahead didn't look like it had a gas station.

Even so, they had to try searching for it.

Zhou Lan unconsciously glanced toward Chen Ye standing not far away.

After all, Chen Ye was a Sequence Superpower user.

If he could look after the two siblings, their chances of safely escaping Longevity Village might be higher.

But the two siblings had already thoroughly offended Chen Ye.

"The current time is 11 AM!"

"Everyone must leave Longevity Village before 4 PM."

"No exceptions!"

Captain Chu, wearing sunglasses and holding a megaphone, announced loudly.

Everyone who heard these words had different expressions on their faces.

Some showed terrified expressions!

Others showed hesitation!

Some even kept puffing their cheeks, staring fiercely toward Longevity Village.

From where Chen Ye stood, he could clearly see an extremely tall willow tree in the center of Longevity Village.

This willow tree was huge—so big it seemed abnormal.

The drooping willow branches hung down messily like a woman's disheveled hair.

Suddenly, Chen Ye narrowed his eyes slightly.

He saw that at Longevity Village's entrance, a figure had somehow suddenly appeared.

It was a hunchbacked person, bent over with a hunched back, holding a cane, struggling to face the direction of Chen Ye and the others.

Perhaps because of the hunchback, this person seemed to be making great effort to see the survivors' direction clearly.

The hunchback grinned at everyone with a sinister, terrifying smile!

"That's... a person!"

"There's someone at the village entrance!"

"Oh god, could there actually be living people in the village?"

Because of this suddenly appearing figure, all the survivors became restless.

A place that shouldn't have any living people actually had a living person.

And an old person at that.

The scene looked utterly bizarre no matter how you viewed it.

Chen Ye turned to look at Nana beside him.

The young Sword Immortal's face showed increased seriousness: "The Eavesdropping Radio said this village has no living people."