Chapter 47: Hypocritical Captain Chu

"Nana and Chen Ye reached a deal, trading four 500ml cans of beer for one pack of Lotus and one pack of Ta cigarettes."

"Nana felt she had been scammed by Chen Ye and was quite dissatisfied with him."

"The young woman thought Chen Ye was a black-hearted profiteer."

"Iron Lion was still sleeping and recovering inside the bus!"

"The bus welcomed new members!"

"Xu Jiaojiao was still connecting with other survivors, attempting to overthrow the dark rule, but it wasn't having much effect. After the Longevity Village incident, Xu Jiaojiao's authority had taken a hit. Trying to overthrow the rule of the Fair Convoy was proving difficult!"

Inside the tent, Captain Chu Che was mixing a bucket of red paint while listening to the messages intercepted by the Eavesdropping Radio.

When Captain Chu heard that Chen Ye and Nana had reached a deal, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Hearing that Iron Lion was still sleeping, Captain Chu did a quick mental calculation, estimating that Iron Lion should wake up tomorrow.

As for that Xu Jiaojiao...

That woman who escaped from Deer City, she kept advocating for gender equality, but with little effect.

Among the convoy's four Sequence Superpower users, three were male, which made Xu Jiaojiao feel it was very unfair. She had even once planned to overthrow Captain Chu's rule.

However, Captain Chu only needed to employ a small trick to make this feminist activist utterly embarrassed.

Unexpectedly, this woman never gave up and was still secretly active.

But she didn't know that all her actions were being clearly heard by the Eavesdropping Radio.

The former Chu Che, Captain Chu, used to be an upright, sunny young man.

But ever since obtaining Wonder 01257, the Eavesdropping Radio, Captain Chu's eavesdropping habit had become increasingly severe.

Being able to hear secrets unknown to others every day was Captain Chu's happiest time.

Who would have thought that the righteous-looking Captain Chu actually had such an unspeakable habit - he actually enjoyed listening through walls.

In the entire convoy, only Captain Chu knew the most secrets.

This was perhaps the side effect of possessing the Eavesdropping Radio.

Captain Chu hummed a tune as he carried the paint bucket out of the tent.

Soon after, two hastily written red characters appeared on the off-road vehicle's body: "Fair!"

Three hundred Slaughter Points?

So expensive?

Previously, upgrading the vehicle canopy with discarded clothing only cost a little over two hundred Slaughter Points.

But now, just modifying some components required over three hundred Slaughter Points.

And this was only the Slaughter Points needed for modifying the vehicle canopy reinforcement components.

It didn't even include the components for modifying the trailer compartment.

If he added his previous plan to use bicycle wheels to modify the trailer compartment, the Slaughter Points would directly skyrocket to one thousand points.

Mainly because the materials were insufficient, requiring the system to provide some materials.

Materials were the major consumer of Slaughter Points.

Because of this, Chen Ye could only temporarily set aside the trailer compartment modification plan and first upgrade and reinforce the vehicle canopy.

Chen Ye only hesitated for a moment before choosing to confirm.

A slaughter countdown appeared above the pile of bicycle components.

It would only take one hour to complete the upgrade.

This timeframe was still acceptable.

Chen Ye leaned against the side of the vehicle, lit a cigarette, and waited slowly.

Using his newly acquired ability, he transformed the surrounding smoke into a tiger one moment, then into a giant python the next.

Smoke Breath Mimicry should be his strongest attack method currently.

When encountering enemies in the future, he could first use smoke to conceal his figure, then use mimicry to launch attacks.

However, Chen Ye still hadn't grasped the essentials of practicing the Mimicry skill.

Whether it was tigers or pythons, Chen Ye had only seen them on phones and television.

What he was most proficient with was mimicking small cats and dogs.

A sudden thought occurred to Chen Ye - if mimicking living creatures didn't work well, why not simply mimic inanimate objects?

Chen Ye attempted to use the Mimicry ability to simulate the hand crossbow and found it exceptionally smooth.

However, it didn't possess the hand crossbow's shooting function - it was just for show.

Even so, Chen Ye played with it delightedly.

Time passed imperceptibly as Chen Ye tried to simulate other objects he could use around him, only stopping the mimicry when a needle-like pain sensation struck his mind.

He rested for a long time before the headache sensation eased.

The desert at night was tranquil, with only the soft talking sounds from the surrounding vehicles and tents, plus the wind.

Um...

Occasionally, he could also hear some indescribable sounds.

No need to elaborate on those.

The temperature kept dropping, but fortunately, Chen Ye's enhanced physical constitution could still withstand it.

If it were just one day earlier, forget about modifying the vehicle canopy - even just staying inside the canopy would make one shiver from the cold.

One hour quickly passed in a flash.

Upon receiving the system prompt, Chen Ye quickly stood up and walked over.

By the faint light of the blood moon, Chen Ye saw that where the bicycle components had been placed earlier, there were now many steel pipes and various clasps.

These components looked like they were specially made for constructing vehicle canopies, showing no trace of being modified from the previous bicycle parts.

Delighted, Chen Ye picked up these components to examine them - they were a perfect match for his tricycle.

He took out his previous toolbox, grabbed the tools, and began installing them on the vehicle compartment.

First, he installed bases on the compartment using clasps, then fixed steel pipes one by one onto the clasps.

He bound the heavily patched vehicle canopy to the frame.

The previous vehicle canopy was considered a soft canopy, only serving to provide shade and create private space.

Even a slightly stronger wind would make the canopy sway back and forth.

If encountering harsh weather like sandstorms, it would probably be torn apart in minutes.

Now, with the fixed frame added, the entire vehicle canopy looked much more secure.

There was even a small luggage rack on the roof.

According to the system's design plan, the roof luggage rack could carry supplies weighing up to 40 kilograms.

Although it couldn't compare to Captain Chu's or Nana's modified off-road vehicles, Chen Ye was quite satisfied.

It had to be said that system-produced items had excellent quality.

Chen Ye reached out and shook the canopy frame, not feeling any significant wobbling.

Chen Ye moved all the temporarily unused supplies onto the roof rack, instantly freeing up considerable space inside the compartment.

After a bit of tidying up, he obtained a relatively spacious resting area, which greatly satisfied Chen Ye.

Chen Ye lay down in the middle of the prepared temporary bed with his clothes on, feeling thoroughly comfortable all over.

This was much more comfortable than resting directly in the vehicle compartment as before.

In this apocalypse where supplies were extremely scarce, having such an independent resting space was undoubtedly a kind of luck.

If, one day earlier, a small car and this tricycle were placed side by side,

Chen Ye would have unhesitatingly abandoned his tricycle and chosen the small car for upgrading and modification.

But at this moment, looking at the tricycle he had gradually modified himself, Chen Ye would hesitate.

After all, this tricycle was something he had upgraded and transformed bit by bit.

The motorized tricycle with the added canopy had improved loading capacity, not inferior even to the Zhou Sisters' small car.

Although it couldn't compare to four-wheeled cars,

its fuel consumption was much lower than four-wheeled cars.

Chen Ye turned over contentedly in the vehicle compartment, planning to sleep right away.

Suddenly, his hand touched something resembling a twig.

Chen Ye brought it before his eyes and saw it was a willow branch.

This is... a willow branch from the great willow of Longevity Village?

How did it get here?