Chapter 45: Sequence Extraordinary Awakening

Chen Ye had previously been allocated four 500ml cans of beer.

He never expected Nana would come looking for him so quickly.

The girl waved a full carton of Lotus cigarettes in her hand and said, "Yezi, four beers for a whole carton of Lotus? You're making out like a bandit this time."

Previously, the girl had taken more cigarettes from Chen Ye's share than he got himself.

She had taken away a full thirty percent of the supplies.

"Nana, you're really pushing it with that offer. You think one carton of Lotus is enough for all my beer?"

Chen Ye lit a cigarette and looked at the girl with a condescending gaze.

It was only then that Chen Ye noticed the girl's hair had actually turned pink.

It seemed this woman must have used that bottle of hair dye.

A strong smell of hair dye drifted through the air into Chen Ye's nostrils, making him feel slightly uncomfortable.

Wait, it's late at night right now, the lighting is so dim, how could I possibly see the color of the girl's hair clearly?

And she's so far away from me, how can I smell the scent from her hair?

This is...

Could it be that I'm about to awaken my Sequence Superpowers?

"Chen Ye, you black-hearted scoundrel! This carton of Lotus would have cost three to five hundred yuan before. How much were your four cans of beer worth?"

Hearing that Chen Ye actually refused, the girl immediately complained loudly.

Suppressing the wild excitement in his heart, Chen Ye began haggling with the girl: "Sister Na, you can't look at it that way. This is the apocalypse now, both alcohol and cigarettes are rare commodities!"

In the end, Chen Ye exchanged four 500ml cans of beer for a full carton of Lotus cigarettes from the girl, plus an additional carton of Ta cigarettes.

With this, the total number of cigarette cartons in Chen Ye's possession had reached more than seven.

With so many cigarette reserves, this heavy smoker Chen Ye didn't have to worry about running out of cigarettes for quite some time.

The girl grumbled and cursed as she left Chen Ye's motor tricycle.

Chen Ye smiled and stuffed one carton of Huazi and one carton of Ta cigarettes into his backpack.

The faint glow of the cigarette butt illuminated Chen Ye's smiling face.

It had to be said that Captain Chu's method of distributing supplies was quite fair.

Regardless of whether you needed the supplies or not, everything was distributed according to the previously established allocation method.

If you wanted more of a certain type of supply, you had to trade for it privately among yourselves.

This greatly reduced the chance of team members directing their anger at the captain due to unfair distribution.

For example, now, Nana liked to drink but didn't care for smoking, so she used the cigarettes she received to trade with Chen Ye for alcohol.

Even if Nana got somewhat short-changed in the deal, she wouldn't resent Captain Chu for it.

At most, there would just be some minor grievances between Chen Ye and Nana themselves.

After the girl had gone some distance away, Chen Ye finally began to check his physical condition.

Chen Ye discovered that his eyesight was now much better than before.

Even in such dark night conditions, he could see very far.

Not far away, a voluptuous young woman followed a sleazy old man into that low-speed electric vehicle.

Chen Ye saw it clearly, and could even make out the sleazy smile on the old man's face.

Chen Ye had some impression of this young woman - her husband had previously entered Xinghua Town and never came out.

Later, this young woman found a new boyfriend.

But that new boyfriend ended up staying permanently in Longevity Village.

He never expected she would now hook up with that old man from the low-speed electric vehicle.

Such things were commonplace within the convoy.

Those survivors who didn't dare to go out gathering supplies could only trade certain personal resources to obtain survival resources.

Within the convoy, everything was fair.

The bloody light shed by the blood moon actually had little effect on him now.

Although it wasn't as bright as daytime, it was still much better than before.

Chen Ye found that his hearing had also improved significantly - he could vaguely make out the sleazy laughter coming from the low-speed electric vehicle.

That sleazy old man had managed to make the deal with just one bucket of instant noodles.

This old man...

Damn it...

Isn't my eyesight and hearing just too exaggerated?

Chen Ye quickly asked the system, but the answer he got was still that it was awakening in progress!

However, the system also gave a hint that his current condition was a side effect brought by the Sequence Superpowers, which enhanced the five senses of superhumans.

Many sequences had similar side effects.

A few minutes later, Chen Ye finally suppressed the excitement in his heart and began to cook.

During this supply distribution, Chen Ye had received some solid alcohol blocks, totaling more than a hundred pieces.

Iron Lion had gathered them from a small supermarket - almost all the solid alcohol blocks from that small supermarket had been taken by Iron Lion.

The gas canisters for the portable gas stove had already been used up, but fortunately there were these solid alcohol blocks, otherwise he would have had to eat cold food again today.

Chen Ye was too lazy to cook rice today, so he took some dried noodles and put them in the pot, pouring in half a bottle of bottled water to make a simple bowl of noodles.

Even simple dried noodles were considered a rare delicacy in the apocalypse.

"Um... Mr... Chen!"

Just then, Chen Ye heard a somewhat cautious voice.

Chen Ye looked up and saw a sickly-looking face.

It was the bespectacled university student, Xiao Fu.

Back in Longevity Village, when no one else was willing to pay attention to that old woman, only this university student was willing to engage with her.

This university student was also one of the last two people to return to the convoy.

But he looked like he was sick now.

After a night of heavy rain, plus the daytime exposure to sun, and now the temperature drop, it was already quite an achievement for an ordinary person to withstand all that.

"What is it?"

"Mr. Chen, could you trade me some alcohol blocks?"

The university student said while carefully watching Chen Ye's expression.

"What are you offering in exchange?"

Chen Ye wouldn't generously give away his supplies just because someone looked pitiful.

The university student hesitated for a moment, then finally gritted his teeth and said: "My bicycle, I wonder if that would be acceptable?"

Chen Ye was surprised: "If you give me your bicycle, what will you do yourself?"

"We've already made arrangements with Brother Li - we're going into the bus, so the bicycle will be useless!"

"Not only can I give you my bicycle, but my friend's bicycle too!"

"I know Mr. Chen is of the Mechanic Sequence, so these two bicycles should be useful to you!"

The young man said somewhat anxiously.

Chen Ye thought about it and finally agreed to the exchange, trading twenty alcohol blocks for two bicycles.

At this price before the apocalypse, it would have been considered fraud!

The young man happily left with the twenty alcohol blocks.

But those two weren't really at a disadvantage either.

There were many empty seats on Iron Lion's bus now, so these two had no need to keep their bicycles and would have had to discard them anyway.

Chen Ye giving them twenty alcohol blocks was essentially making use of what would otherwise be waste.

With the system, any supplies in Chen Ye's hands could be useful.

For example, he could dismantle these bicycles for parts to reinforce the vehicle canopy.

Because he needed to conserve Slaughter Points, the canopy looked decent but was actually quite fragile - a strong wind could make it tilt.

The bicycle wheels could also be used to add another container at the back of the vehicle, allowing him to carry more supplies.

Chen Ye thought about how to maximize the use of these two bicycles while waiting for his dinner.

During this time, other survivors also went to Chu Che, Nana, and Iron Lion's vehicles to exchange supplies.

The supplies of other survivors in the convoy were limited - when these people gathered supplies, most focused their targets on food.

But the supplies of the four of them with Sequence Superpowers were clearly much more abundant than the others.

To live better, having only food wasn't enough.

The dried noodles cooked quickly, and Chen Ye added a sausage to them.

He ate everything clean, noodles and soup included, then lay contentedly on the sandy ground.

After resting for a while, he began modifying the tricycle.

A very round smoke ring drifted waveringly up toward the sky.

There were more stars in the sky than grains of sand in the desert.

Before the apocalypse, it was almost impossible to see nights with so many stars.

Except for the sinister and terrifying blood-red moon, everything else could be gradually accepted.

Another very round smoke ring floated up to the sky.

And another...

Suddenly, Chen Ye froze.

Having smoked for so many years, Chen Ye had always been able to blow smoke rings.

But blowing several such perfectly round smoke rings in succession was quite rare.

How could a person blow such perfectly round smoke rings?

Chen Ye guessed one possibility.

There were hundreds of types of Sequence Superpowers, among which many sequences were not well understood by people.

This was what Chu Che had told him.

Could it be...

Chen Ye was ecstatic and quickly asked the system.

"System, has the awakening been completed?"

The system quickly replied.