Chapter 36: The Lonely Shadow

Two minutes left until four thirty!

The convoy was ready to depart at any moment.

Although many people were still objecting, the decision for the convoy to leave remained unchanged.

Some survivors began throwing tantrums and making unreasonable demands, even planning to lie on the ground and refuse to move.

But they still couldn't change Chu Che's decision.

The expression on Chu Che's face showed no change, still maintaining that calm appearance.

To the other survivors, nothing seemed capable of altering Captain Chu's decision.

Many survivors even cursed Chu Che in their hearts for being cruel and merciless, with a heart of stone.

Actually, Chu Che was extremely anxious inside at this moment.

As a Sequence Superpower user of the Pathfinder Sequence, his sensing ability should be incredibly sensitive.

He wanted to try sensing what was happening inside Longevity Village.

But at this moment, he simply couldn't do it.

Ever since the survivors entered Longevity Village, most of his perception had been blocked by some kind of barrier.

He could only vaguely sense that there were countless Anomalies inside Longevity Village.

Chu Che could feel that even the Longevity Village they were seeing before their eyes was fake.

He had no idea what was happening inside Longevity Village.

Perhaps all the survivors had remained in Longevity Village.

Beneath the illusion before their eyes might lie the corpses of survivors.

Or perhaps intense fighting was currently happening in the village.

Chu Che tried hard to sense the situation in the village.

But at this moment, he simply couldn't do it.

Just then, something changed at the entrance of Longevity Village.

A small mountain broke through some kind of barrier and suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes.

It was as if it had burst into reality from another world.

The small mountain collapsed like a falling golden mountain or jade pillar.

As the small mountain fell.

Everyone finally saw clearly what this small mountain actually was.

A three-meter-tall giant, with an exaggerated backpack on his back.

The giant was shrinking at a visible rate.

In the blink of an eye, the giant's three-meter height had reduced to just over two meters.

Along with the giant's fall were a man and a woman.

The man and woman were also in sorry states.

The woman's face was pale as paper, her lips ash-gray, her long hair covered in dust and disheveled.

The man wasn't much better off, his clothes tattered and torn, his forehead glistening with sweat and dust.

A flicker of joy appeared in Chu Che's calm eyes.

Seeing these three people appear, the survivors erupted in excitement.

The convoy became even more chaotic.

"Old Bao, Old Li! They're back!"

"Husband, have you seen my husband!"

"Big brother, big brother, are you back?"

"Son, where are you?"

The scene descended into chaos.

Soon, more survivors came rushing out of the village.

Survivors emerged one after another following behind the few people.

"Husband!~~~"

A woman burst into tears like broken strings of beads falling to the ground when she saw a disheveled man, throwing herself into his arms and wailing loudly!

The man showed a relieved smile on his face, extending his blood-stained hand to hold his wife's shoulder, comforting her with a happy expression.

There was also an older brother patting his younger sister's head, smiling as he said he made it out, telling her not to cry!

Another survivor carried a fully loaded backpack of supplies, silently walking to a bicycle and lighting a cigarette.

Perhaps all his family members were already gone!

Many people stood on tiptoes, craning their necks to look into the village.

But they could only see a gray haze inside the village, with no human figures visible.

These people didn't see the figures they were hoping for.

Zhou Lan and Zhou Xiaoxiao, the two sisters, supporting each other, were also among the survivors who survived.

The sisters were in extremely sorry states.

Zhou Lan's previously tied ponytail was now disheveled and spread out, the sweat on her face wetting her hair and sticking to her face and neck.

One of her shoes had been lost at some point.

Zhou Xiaoxiao wasn't much better off than her sister.

Zhou Xiaoxiao had two deep wounds on her thigh and arm, blood flowing down her clothes and soaking half her body.

Inside the village earlier, the dim lighting made it hard to see, but now it was clearly visible.

Additionally, the clothes on Zhou Xiaoxiao's upper body were torn with a large gap, revealing extraordinary scenery inside.

Only then did many survivors realize that this straightforward young "fellow" was actually a girl.

Greed appeared in these survivors' eyes as they licked their lips, looking utterly covetous.

The sisters had faced extreme danger this time, but they also gained substantial rewards.

Not only were the backpacks they brought completely filled, but they also picked up an additional backpack along the way.

The sisters supported each other as they dragged their backpacks to their vehicle.

Time was running out.

Chu Che could even smell the approach of Anomalies.

They had stayed at the entrance of Longevity Village for too long.

In his perception, several Anomalies had already noticed the situation here and were beginning to approach.

The convoy operated in an orderly manner, with people carrying Iron Lion's massive body into the bus.

Several others stuffed Iron Lion's mountain-like large backpack into the bus's undercarriage cargo hold.

These supplies would have to wait until they found a safe place to be distributed.

No longer a novice, Chen Ye also knew time was pressing.

He walked to his motor tricycle and threw his backpack into the cargo bed.

Pulling a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, he was about to light one.

"Chen Ye, this is the gasoline A-Che sent for you!"

Old Bao came over carrying a can of gasoline and handed it to Chen Ye!

The last bit of gasoline in Chen Ye's tank had been used up, and he had originally planned to borrow some from Chu Che.

Chen Ye didn't believe Chu Che hadn't prepared any.

As one of the few Sequence Superpower users in the convoy, Captain Chu would definitely lend some!

He just didn't expect Chu Che to be so considerate, sending it over directly.

Chen Ye didn't stand on ceremony, reaching out to take it: "Thanks, I'll return it to him later!"

Old Bao nodded and turned to leave.

In the fair convoy, nothing was given for free.

This can of gasoline had to be returned.

This gasoline can probably held only about 15 liters.

Filling the motor tricycle's tank used only about half.

He hadn't specifically calculated the fuel tank capacity of this motor tricycle, but it was probably around seven liters.

When upgrading later, he needed to increase the fuel tank capacity; if it was too small, the range would be insufficient.

Insufficient range could sometimes be fatal in this apocalypse.

At the very least, it would be good to find several gasoline cans to keep in reserve during future supply runs.

At this moment, Chen Ye was busy following the convoy to escape, with no time to check how many Slaughter Points he had gained from this trip to Longevity Village.

But he imagined it wouldn't be few.

Of the black dog blood bolt arrows he brought this time, only a few remained.

After refueling, the convoy began moving slowly.

Chen Ye lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, blew out several smoke rings, and then started his motor tricycle.

At the village entrance, a few survivors still looked into the village with hopeful eyes.

As time passed, the hope in their eyes gradually dimmed.

Someone kept murmuring something, still hoping for figures to appear.

"Beep beep..."

The modified off-road vehicle at the front of the convoy emitted a sharp horn sound, and the convoy began to move.

Under the apocalyptic sunset, the dim yellow light stretched the few curved shadows at the entrance of Longevity Village very long.