Chapter 41: Distribution of Supplies

The appearance of this low-speed electric vehicle instantly attracted the attention of many people.

The elderly and weak in this convoy had almost all died out.

Of the grandmother-grandson pair who previously had conflicts with Chen Ye, the grandmother died in Longevity Village, and that seven or eight-year-old bratty child hadn't been seen until now, likely also dying during last night's escape.

Given how detestable this grandmother-grandson pair was, probably no one wanted to save him.

In last night's situation, many adult males who appeared physically fit also died during the night.

Yet this old man driving the low-speed electric vehicle had actually survived.

This situation was simply unbelievable.

This old man had entered human forbidden zones twice - he hadn't missed either Xinghua Town or Longevity Village.

So many people died, yet he was still alive.

The vehicle's condition wasn't great either - aside from various scratches on the body surface, even the frame had become deformed.

There was plenty of mud stains on the vehicle body.

On the roof was a shaky luggage rack tied with several bags containing who-knows-what, looking like they might fall off at any moment.

Clearly, this low-speed electric vehicle hadn't had a peaceful night.

Many people cast surprised glances over.

The low-speed electric vehicle wobbled to a stop beside the camp.

A sleazy, scrawny old man jumped out of the vehicle.

His graying hair fluttered slightly, wearing only a white tank top on his upper body, black shorts on his lower body, and flip-flops on his feet.

The old man showed a hint of pleasant surprise when he saw everyone.

"Finally made it! This old man almost died!"

"Damn it!"

"You people show no respect for the elderly or care for the young, not even coming to help this old man!"

"Little Zhao, Little Zeng, Little Zhang, aren't you going to come help your Grandpa Zhang?"

The old man unabashedly called out several young people's names to come help.

These young people just glanced over and couldn't be bothered to respond.

The old man cursed and grumbled for quite a while.

In the end, he could only take out a canopy tent from the vehicle and set it up himself.

This actually surprised Chen Ye somewhat.

He hadn't expected the old man to have such abundant supplies, even having a canopy.

But the old man wasn't done yet - he took out several solar charging panels from that low-speed electric vehicle.

He laid out a large area directly on the sand.

This was simply outrageous!

Chen Ye had always wanted Captain Chu Che's solar charging panel, but he never expected this old man to have so many.

About two hours later, when the desert climate was gradually starting to cool down.

Two more figures actually appeared at the end of the path they came from.

This made Chen Ye cast his gaze over again.

These were two men riding bicycles.

But these two men were clearly in extremely poor condition, their bicycle speeds extremely slow, the men themselves looking like they had crawled out of hell, utterly wretched.

Chen Ye recognized one of them - it was that bespectacled college student who previously discovered the Village Chief's cellar in Longevity Village.

He didn't know the other person, but he was clearly also extremely disheveled.

These two had large packages on their bicycle rear seats, supplies collected from Longevity Village.

Aside from that low-speed electric vehicle driver, there were actually still living people from yesterday's situation.

This truly surprised Chen Ye.

As these two rode close to the camp, they suddenly went limp and collapsed to the ground.

"Little Li, Little Zeng, and you few others, come help!"

The speaker was Old Bao, directing several young survivors to go help.

Old Bao was like the manager of the entire convoy - many matters in the convoy were handled by Old Bao.

Therefore, Old Bao's authority was much stronger than that old man driving the low-speed electric vehicle.

The two survivors were quickly carried to a shady spot to rest.

Chen Ye looked back at the path they came from - these two were probably the last survivors to return to the entire convoy.

The convoy had lost a group in Xinghua Town before.

Then another group died in Longevity Village.

Two supply runs had caused hundreds to disappear, as if they had never existed in this world.

This was the cruelty of the apocalypse.

Chen Ye lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, the faint flame slightly illuminating the contours of his face.

He gently exhaled the smoke.

The exhaled smoke traveled far like a snake before dissipating.

Chen Ye paused slightly, took another drag of his cigarette wanting to repeat the trick.

But he couldn't succeed no matter what.

"Chen Ye! Captain Chu is awake! He's calling you over!"

"Old Li, since Iron Lion isn't awake, you represent Iron Lion and come too!"

After Old Bao finished dealing with those two survivors, he came to the front of the bus and called for Chen Ye.

Chen Ye saw Old Li have two survivors climb onto the roof and bring down that mountain-like package.

Chen Ye knew this was probably also the time for distributing supplies.

According to the previous agreement before entering Longevity Village, Chu Che and Nana would take thirty percent, while Chen Ye and Iron Lion would take twenty percent.

Chen Ye returned to his motorcycle tricycle, took out two backpacks from the motorcycle sidecar, and walked toward Chu Che's off-road vehicle.

When Chen Ye saw Chu Che, Chu Che was barefoot squatting on the ground, grabbing a handful of sand and chewing it.

Chu Che noticed Chen Ye's gaze, turned his head to look at Chen Ye and smiled, his pale face gaining a touch of warmth.

"The ability of the Pathfinder Sequence - by establishing connection with the earth, we can sense the presence of Anomalies."

"And this sand is the best medium!"

Because of the Longevity Village battle, Chu Che's attitude toward Chen Ye had become somewhat closer, hence he specifically explained.

"I can understand, just... what does sand actually taste like?"

Chen Ye was somewhat curious - when he saw Chu Che eating sand, there wasn't any expression of pain, instead it seemed like he was enjoying a delicacy.

"What else could sand taste like but the taste of sand? Even though I have the Pathfinder Sequence, I'm still human, no different from any of you."

Chu Che swallowed the sand in his mouth and guided Chen Ye to sit under the canopy tent.

A set of camping tables and chairs had already been arranged inside the tent.

"So what have you sensed?"

Chen Ye tossed his backpack aside, sat down, and casually picked up the tea, drinking it all in one gulp.

"We can stay here until nine o'clock tomorrow morning!"

Chu Che picked up the fairness cup and refilled Chen Ye's tea.

Although Chen Ye didn't understand exactly how the Pathfinder Sequence made these judgments, he was still amazed by Captain Chu Che's abilities.

At the same time, he felt even more anticipation for his own Sequence Superpowers.

Before the two could exchange more than a couple of sentences, they saw the long-legged girl arrive looking like she was deficient in qi and blood.

The two people following behind Nana each carried a large backpack.

In comparison, Chen Ye's two bags were actually the smallest.

Soon, Iron Lion's mountain-like backpack was also carried over and thrown on the ground.

Many survivors cast envious glances over.

Nana strode over on her enticing long legs, plopped down on the chair next to Chen Ye, and directly took the teapot from Captain Chu's hands and started guzzling.

Tea overflowed from the girl's mouth, flowing down her neck all the way to her collarbone, creating a kind of vibrant beauty.