Chapter 49: Encountering Other Teams

Chen Ye awakening a second sequence quickly drew exclamations of surprise from Chu Che and Nana.

However, the two didn't show expressions of envy.

The long-legged girl even looked at Chen Ye with a somewhat complicated expression.

"Having dual sequences is good, but you also have to pay double the price... can you handle it?"

The girl's pink hair shone in the morning sunlight, looking quite beautiful.

"Snap!"

Chen Ye lit a Huazi cigarette, exhaled a cloud of smoke, and said slowly: "Can't worry about that much, we'll deal with future matters when they come."

The long-legged girl gave Chen Ye a thumbs-up.

"Regardless, awakening dual sequences is ultimately a good thing!"

Captain Chu said with a gentle smile.

Iron Lion said in his deep, muffled voice: "Yezi, what's your second sequence?"

Chen Ye blew a smoke ring, and amid everyone's astonished expressions, the smoke churned and a small cat emerged from within.

The kitten circled around everyone's feet.

The smoke kitten was remarkably lifelike.

Everyone stared dumbfounded.

The kitten was one of Chen Ye's most practiced forms of mimicry.

"Smoke Apostle Sequence!"

Chen Ye had no intention of hiding it, directly stating the sequence name.

"Smoke Apostle? One of the supernatural pathways!"

Captain Chu, who possessed the Eavesdropping Radio, was well-traveled and knowledgeable, quickly giving his feedback.

"Supernatural pathways?"

Chen Ye was somewhat confused; from the information he'd obtained, there was no mention of supernatural pathways.

"There are over a hundred sequence superpowers, you can understand pathways as major categories!"

"For example, Iron Lion's Titan Sequence and Nana's Sword Immortal Sequence can both be classified as close-combat pathways."

"Human order has already collapsed, so this is the only classification we can use for now."

"You can control smoke, so it should be a supernatural pathway! Also called superpower pathway!"

Captain Chu casually educated the group.

This made Chen Ye curious about Captain Chu's extensive knowledge.

In the convoy, Iron Lion used to be a bus driver.

Nana used to be a top high school student who had just received an admission letter from a top domestic university when the apocalypse hit.

Only this Captain Chu never talked about his past, remaining quite mysterious.

After chatting for a few more sentences about Chen Ye's second sequence, the group prepared to return to their respective vehicles to get ready to depart.

"Captain, can we find water today? I'm filthy!"

The long-legged girl complained discontentedly.

"Water? I'd like that too, but it depends on fate!"

"Damn, aren't you Pathfinder Sequence? Can't you handle something this simple?"

The long-legged girl didn't hold back in her disdain for the captain.

Chen Ye blew a smoke ring and turned to return to his tricycle motorcycle.

Every sequence had side effects, and as sequence levels increased, the side effects would grow stronger.

Superhumans with two sequences represented bearing double the cost.

Like Chen Ye's currently albino left eye.

"Ah~~~"

A scream pierced the relatively quiet desert morning.

The pink-haired girl who had been walking away directly disappeared from sight.

Chen Ye, cigarette dangling from his mouth, turned to look in the direction the sound came from.

He saw a woman pointing in terror at a tent in front of her.

Chen Ye spat out his cigarette butt and quickly walked over.

"What happened?"

The long-legged girl placed her hand on the sword at her waist, asking with a serious expression.

"Dead... someone's dead!"

The terrified woman extended a trembling hand pointing at the tent before her.

The girl's expression changed as she used her sword to lift the tent's curtain.

Inside lay a man's corpse.

The man was covered with a thin blanket, his entire body curled into a ball.

Seeing this scene, Chen Ye roughly understood the man's cause of death.

Last night's temperature drop had been severe, and this man didn't have sufficient cold-weather clothing, freezing to death in the desert night.

Chen Ye had some impression of this man - he was one of the few in the convoy who owned a motorcycle, and also one of the handful who had escaped from Longevity Village.

Last night, this man hadn't chosen to join the bus, instead setting up a tent in the campsite.

Although entering the bus seemed comfortable, it required surrendering all one's supplies to the bus for unified management.

Therefore, many people were unwilling to do this.

Without supplies in the apocalypse, it meant losing one's freedom.

Possessing supplies in the apocalypse meant having everything, representing even more freedom in some ways than before the apocalypse.

Like that sleazy old man driving the low-speed electric vehicle.

Other survivors hung their heads dejectedly, filled with anxiety and fear.

Only this old man smiled all day long.

Captain Chu didn't interfere with these people's choices, letting them live according to their chosen ways.

Unexpectedly, someone had frozen to death last night.

"I told him long ago, go to the bus, go to the bus!"

"Wuwuwu..."

"He just wouldn't listen to me! Wuwuwu..."

"Bastard, scumbag..."

The woman cried while cursing, though it wasn't clear who she was cursing.

The survivors who gathered around felt a wave of sorrow!

It was as if they were seeing their own futures.

Chen Ye's emotions were somewhat affected too.

If he hadn't already awakened sequence superpowers, if he didn't have sufficient supplies, if he hadn't upgraded his vehicle canopy.

He might have frozen to death last night too.

In this kind of apocalypse, death was the most ordinary thing.

Familiar survivors dug a large pit in the desert and hastily buried the man's body in the sand.

The woman stood before the man's sandy grave, continuously shedding tears.

Meanwhile, Chen Ye's gaze fell upon that motorcycle.

The man was dead, but his motorcycle remained.

Perhaps he could use this motorcycle to upgrade his tricycle.

Currently, the tricycle was only supported by one engine, truly feeling like a small horse pulling a heavy cart.

The rainy night before last was the best proof.

His tricycle simply couldn't outrun those four-wheeled vehicles.

Couldn't even outrun two-wheeled motorcycles.

The tricycle's volume was simply too large, with too many supplies.

But given the woman's current state, discussing the motorcycle with her seemed somewhat inappropriate.

At least wait until evening.

Nine o'clock in the morning.

The convoy departed on schedule, destination unknown!

Compared to the liveliness of previous days, today's convoy seemed exceptionally quiet.

Captain Chu Che's modified vehicle now prominently displayed two large characters painted in red on its body - "Fairness."

The handwriting was crooked and messy, but at least one could still tell what was written.

Originally, Captain Chu had intended to write on the long-legged girl's off-road vehicle too, but the girl absolutely refused.

Captain Chu had no choice but to write on Big Fool Iron Lion's bus.

Even the Zhou Sisters and the small car that escaped from Deer City couldn't escape the fate of being written on.

By departure time, the desert temperature was already becoming hot.

Fortunately, yesterday's upgraded vehicle canopy played an important role.

Chen Ye gripped the handlebars, the sunshade canopy overhead casting a large shadow that made him much more comfortable.

Iron Lion had once invited Chen Ye to enter the bus.

But Chen Ye had politely refused.

If he really entered the bus, comfortable though it might be, the secret of his upgrade system would likely be hard to keep.

Plus having to surrender all his supplies - that was absolutely unthinkable.

After upgrading the vehicle canopy, the tricycle's weight had increased by at least several dozen pounds, plus the supplies distributed yesterday.

The tricycle had gained considerable weight.

Plus the wind resistance from the vehicle canopy.

Even with Chen Ye twisting the throttle to its limit, he still couldn't keep up with the convoy ahead.

Currently, the convoy had no bicycle riders, no pedestrians.

Chen Ye became the convoy's straggler.

Even that sleazy old man's low-speed electric vehicle was faster than Chen Ye's tricycle.

Fortunately, the desert road conditions were decent; even though many sections were covered with sand dust, there was still a road to follow, just slightly more troublesome.

If they were truly driving in the desert, Chen Ye's tricycle would likely be in trouble.

Meanwhile, whenever the vehicle passed over bumpy road sections, it felt loose and shaky, swaying left and right as if it might fall apart at any moment.

This made Chen Ye worry that his vehicle might break down on the road at any time.

Back when he was saving slaughter points, Chen Ye had barely reinforced this vehicle's frame, just making it usable.

As the vehicle underwent upgrades and modifications, the chassis frame problem became increasingly serious.

Another vehicle upgrade was urgently needed.

Just as Chen Ye was planning how to obtain that motorcycle.

He heard Captain Chu Che's off-road vehicle sound its horn.

"Attention! Attention! Situation ahead!"

"Situation ahead!"

"All personnel, be alert!"

Chen Ye narrowed his eyes looking forward, seeing over a dozen vehicles stopped on the road directly ahead of the convoy.

Had they encountered another convoy?

He'd long known there were other convoys in the world, just hadn't expected to encounter one so soon.