Chapter 53: Reluctance and Action

Just as Chen Ye was preparing to disassemble the car, his eyes flickered slightly.

Rather than dismantling the car to use its parts for upgrading his tricycle, wouldn't it be better to tow that bull's head emblem off-road vehicle with a rope and slowly repair it during rest time at night?

This plan seemed more cost-effective than disassembling the car to upgrade his own broken tricycle.

Even if he didn't have enough Slaughter Points, he could just repair it slowly.

The only trouble was getting that bull's head emblem off-road vehicle out.

This car couldn't start at all, so it had to be pulled out of the sand by human strength.

Even with his enhanced body, he couldn't accomplish this.

Unless he had the Titan Sequence like Iron Lion.

They were about to depart soon, so he needed to act quickly.

But if it were the big guy with Titan Sequence, he might be able to do it.

If only he had a watch. The electronic watch he found earlier in Longevity Village still hadn't been charged yet.

Just as Chen Ye went to discuss with Big Fool about how to get that large vehicle out...

Not far away, the sand shifted slightly. A rotting desert lizard raised its head from the sand, its green eyes looking toward the convoy as if confirming something.

As if receiving some information, this rotting desert lizard turned and ran into the distance at extremely high speed.

Actually, there wasn't just one such rotting desert lizard.

When Chen Ye and the others got out of their vehicles, similar rotting lizards had been watching these survivors with their green eyes.

At the same time, Captain Chu Che's expression became rather unpleasant.

The car accident scene they encountered today was completely unexpected.

The Pathfinder Sequence could sense Anomalies, but its perception of vehicles or people wasn't as clear.

If they gave up searching for these supplies, not only would Chen Ye and the others refuse, even Captain Chu himself wouldn't agree.

Because this unexpected stop had disrupted their previous travel plans.

According to his senses, the nearest Anomaly to the convoy was twenty kilometers away, staying in one place without moving.

And then there was that Anomaly that had been following the convoy.

When the convoy set out this morning, they had already shaken it off beyond sensing range.

But when Captain Chu saw a rotting lizard quickly crawling into the distance...

Captain Chu's expression changed.

Captain Chu focused his attention, sensing that distant rotting lizard.

This is...

An Anomaly's aura.

These rotting lizards were actually Anomalies!

The Anomaly aura of these rotting lizards was extremely faint. If he hadn't deliberately sensed them, he wouldn't have noticed these rotting lizards' existence at all.

Captain Chu's expression changed slightly as he expanded his sensing range again.

Soon Captain Chu's expression underwent another change.

That Anomaly that was previously twenty kilometers away had moved.

It was now only eighteen kilometers from the convoy.

Cold sweat slid down Captain Chu's forehead.

"Dead, all dead! Not a single one can escape!"

The sudden voice from the Eavesdropping Radio made Captain Chu's anxiety even more severe.

Who knows what the Eavesdropping Radio had heard, but it now spoke with a Chongqing hotpot accent.

"A-Che!"

Old Bao had just loaded a barrel of gasoline into the trunk when he saw Chu Che's strange expression and heard that eerie sound coming from the strange radio.

"Old Bao, notify everyone, we need to leave now, immediately!"

"But wasn't there still half an hour?"

"No time left, immediately, leave now!"

Captain Chu's expression was extremely serious, with a trace of panic on his face.

Old Bao realized the seriousness of the situation and immediately jumped into the car.

"Attention! Attention! Attention!"

"All convoy members, now! Immediately! Depart at once!"

"All convoy members! Depart immediately! Depart immediately!!!"

The sudden, urgent horn sounds startled the survivors who were still excitedly gathering supplies. They all froze momentarily, then looked up toward the source.

"Don't worry, Yezi. You helped me back in Xinghua Town, and then again in Longevity Village. Your business is my business."

"I'll definitely help you."

Just as Iron Lion was pounding his chest with assurance, Old Bao's voice came through the loudspeaker.

Chen Ye's expression changed, and even Iron Lion's face didn't look good.

Seeing this, the other survivors showed panicked expressions and hurriedly ran toward their respective vehicles.

Captain Chu Che's modified off-road vehicle with the word "Fairness" painted on its body with paint had already started.

The engine roared as it charged toward the cars still on the road.

These vehicles that were originally on the road were pushed off it by this modified off-road vehicle.

The sudden change caught everyone off guard, and Chen Ye's expression turned very ugly.

He believed Chu Che must have a reason for doing this, definitely because he had detected danger and had no choice but to leave.

But he had finally found a suitable vehicle, and leaving now felt truly unwilling.

Could he really let the duck that had fallen into his hands fly away?

So unwilling, so unwilling!

"Yezi, we... what should we do?"

The newly acquired yellow school bus was already packed with people.

Old Li was waving at Iron Lion, signaling him to quickly return to the vehicle.

Chen Ye looked at Iron Lion, then at the distant bull's head emblem off-road vehicle.

Gritting his teeth, he said: "Iron Lion, help me this once! I don't want to give up."

When Chen Ye said these words, Iron Lion's eyes gradually became determined.

"Alright, but Yezi, time is probably..."

Chen Ye looked reluctantly at the distant bull's head emblem off-road vehicle again, gritted his teeth and said: "Change of plans!"

Just then, Chu Che's modified off-road vehicle seemed to be blocked.

Because there were too many cars on the road, the massive resistance blocked its path.

Just then, another modified off-road vehicle suddenly charged out, directly bumping into the rear of Captain Chu's vehicle.

It was the long-legged girl Nana...

The two off-road vehicles, with their powerful engines, slowly cleared a path through the center of the car crash site.

The other vehicles behind also started moving, following one after another.

At the same time, Chen Ye also took action.

Chen Ye led Iron Lion quickly rushing toward the Wrangler that had fallen by the roadside.

The main reason he chose this vehicle was because it was closest to the road.

Taking this vehicle away wouldn't be easy, but just removing some parts was quite simple.

Chen Ye quickly approached the vehicle with tools, his movements so fast they became a blur.

Four wheels along with their rims were removed.

Next was the engine.

"Yezi, let me!"

Then they saw Iron Lion expand into a three-meter-tall giant, reaching out to grab the engine in the front compartment and pulling hard.

The engine was plucked out directly from inside, just like a human heart.

Chen Ye was stunned.

This big fool.

"Iron Lion, Chen Ye, hurry up and leave!"

Captain Chu's voice came through the loudspeaker.

The urgent tone indicated the current situation was critical.

Chen Ye gritted his teeth: "Iron Lion, let's go!"

"Alright!"

Iron Lion responded in a muffled voice, holding the Wrangler's heart with one hand while throwing a wheel toward the road with the other.

The four wheels flew through the air with whooshing sounds, landing beside Chen Ye's tricycle and shaking it violently.

No time to think more!

Iron Lion rushed toward the yellow school bus while holding the engine.

As for Chen Ye, he quickly threw the four wheels into the tricycle's cargo bed, making the tricycle sway left and right from the weight.

Ignition!

Due to the excessive load, black smoke came out of the exhaust pipe before it started moving.

Chen Ye breathed a sigh of relief, taking one last look at the distant bull's head emblem off-road vehicle before reluctantly shifting his gaze away.

But just then, Chen Ye's eyes fell upon that chopped pepper fish head.