Chapter 60: Strange Objects Numbered Under 2,000

"Confirm identification!"

As Chen Ye confirmed in his heart, the system quickly provided an identification response.

Captain Chu's Eavesdropping Radio is numbered 1257.

Although it might not compare to Captain Chu's Eavesdropping Radio.

Chen Ye was still quite satisfied.

You have to understand, this is a Wonder.

According to Captain Chu's explanation, Wonders are extremely rare. Even he only obtained that Eavesdropping Radio through sheer coincidence.

It's said Nana also has a Wonder, but its ranking is beyond three thousand, though no one knows what it is.

Chen Ye speculated it might be her sword.

Since meeting that woman, he'd never seen her apart from that sword.

As for Iron Lion, no one had heard of him possessing any Wonder.

This shows just how precious Wonders are.

"You want this?"

Although it was phrased as a question, Captain Chu's expression seemed to say: 'I knew this day would come eventually.'

Looking at that smug, self-satisfied face, Chen Ye really wanted to spit a thick glob of phlegm right at this show-off.

But for the sake of negotiating the price, he restrained himself.

Chen Ye suppressed the greed in his heart. Even though he definitely wanted this item, he couldn't show it.

"How do we exchange for this?"

Chu Che didn't answer Chen Ye's question directly. Instead, he took a pair of rubber gloves from nearby, put them on, and only then picked up that red skin.

Damn it, just now you casually threw it around like it was nothing.

Now that I want it, you start wearing gloves?

Your heart is truly dirty, Captain!

This time, looking at the red skin up close.

Chen Ye's feeling was completely different from last time.

The blood-red color of this skin was absolutely unbelievable, as if it had been soaked in a blood pool for countless years, so red it was terrifying.

For some reason, Chen Ye immediately knew this was human skin.

Because the texture of this skin was exactly identical to the skin on his own body.

"Since you've figured it out, I won't hide it from you."

"Actually, I don't know where this skin came from either!"

Chen Ye: "..."

"But I know this thing definitely isn't simple. To obtain this skin, the convoy lost one survivor!"

Chu Che began recounting what he knew.

This was before Chen Ye joined the convoy. A survivor had brought this thing out while gathering supplies.

Later, this survivor was found dead in his own tent one morning.

And all the skin had been completely stripped from his body.

Afterward, the skin ended up in Chu Che's possession.

Originally, Chu Che had planned to discard the thing, but fortunately Captain Chu hesitated, thinking this skin might prove useful later, so he kept it.

"Although I can't figure out this thing's origins, I know it's not ordinary."

"Originally I planned to trade it for good items when we encountered other convoys, but since you want it, I'll trade it to you!"

After hearing Captain Chu's long-winded explanation, Chen Ye understood the price wouldn't be cheap.

"Then... how do you plan to exchange it?"

Chu Che thought for a moment, then said: "I want your Chopped Pepper Fish Head!"

Chen Ye stood up and turned to leave.

"Wait, wait... don't be so hasty! Let's talk more, negotiate further!"

"Young people these days, why so impatient!"

Chen Ye ultimately paid two bags of rice, the ten-kilogram kind, so twenty kilograms total.

Plus ten kilograms of flour, one case of instant noodles, one case of bottled water, two bottles of Lao Gan Ma, ten sausages, ten packs of marinated eggs, and five jin of cured meat.

Only then did he obtain that red skin and the broken solar charging panel.

During this transaction, the solar charging panel had essentially become a freebie.

Chen Ye had basically hemorrhaged resources.

"Yezi, don't blame me for having a black heart. I'm a man who has to support an entire convoy! This little bit of supplies isn't nearly enough!"

You support an entire convoy?

Well, the survivors who escaped Deer City were indeed provided two days of free food by Captain Chu.

Chen Ye couldn't be bothered to respond and directly left Captain Chu's tent.

Now that he had obtained the item, he didn't bother hiding his excitement.

As he left the tent, he happened to encounter Old Bao walking two large black dogs.

These two large black dogs were obtained after Chen Ye told Chu Che that black dog blood could deal with Anomalies.

Chu Che had traded for them from survivors.

The black dogs' original owner had long since died in Longevity Village.

Now seeing these two large black dogs again, they had become so thin they were practically skin and bones, clearly not in good spirits.

It seemed Chu Che, that black-hearted devil, had drawn plenty of blood from them.

After walking just a few steps, he saw the long-legged girl staggering back from outside, one hand holding a can of beer, the other gripping the hilt of the sword at her waist.

When she saw Chen Ye, the long-legged girl even raised her beer can in greeting.

"Yezi, want a drink?"

"No, you enjoy it yourself!"

Somehow, everyone else had also started calling Chen Ye "Yezi."

When Chen Ye returned to his tricycle, he saw the countdown still had over nine hours remaining.

Just as he was about to return to the vehicle canopy to rest.

He saw a figure shivering from cold appear beside the tricycle.

"Who's there?"

Chen Ye was startled, his hand already gripping the machete hilt at his waist.

"It's... it's me!"

The shivering figure turned around, a face pale from cold appearing under the blood moon.

Even bathed in the blood moon's light, that charming face that could shift between pouting and smiling still allowed Chen Ye to recognize this person.

No helping it, the convoy only had so many people.

This girl was quite famous in the convoy due to her alluring figure and unique temperament.

Unless Chen Ye was like Captain Chu.

Otherwise it was impossible not to notice this woman.

"It's you..."

Xu Lina slightly raised her face, letting Chen Ye see her features more clearly.

Then she said in a somewhat unsteady voice: "I... I'm Xu Lina..."

Xu Lina seemed completely unaware of how famous she was in the convoy, defaulting to thinking she was just an unknown nobody.

This approach made men feel protective instincts.

The hunter who disguises herself as prey is the most skilled hunter.

"I... came here... to warn you."

"Someone... someone means you harm, you need... to be careful!"

As Xu Lina spoke, she stomped her feet, visible white breath puffing from her mouth, her small face flushed red from cold.

She looked utterly pitiful, enough to tug at heartstrings.

"You came just to tell me this?"

Chen Ye looked the woman up and down. Had to admit, even frozen like a miserable wretch, this woman was still beautiful and pleasing to the eye.

Even compared to the Zhou Sisters, she wasn't the slightest bit inferior.

She even had an extra touch of delicate femininity that made people want to bully her a little.

"Mhm, you're a... good person, I don't want good people to get hurt!"

Xu Lina's words implied that even if it were someone else, she would do the same - she was just that kind and virtuous!

"Who wants to harm me?"

"I... I can't say. If I say, others will target me. If you know the name, you'll definitely seek revenge."

"I... I don't want to see anyone get hurt. The world is already like this!"

Such strong green tea vibes!!!

Chen Ye mentally complained.

Xu Lina watched Chen Ye staring dumbly at her, thinking to herself: This dog man, I've gone to all this trouble, aren't you going to offer some food to thank me?

Just as Xu Lina grew so embarrassed she couldn't help but turn to leave.

Chen Ye finally pulled a Snickers bar from his chest pocket and offered it to her.

Xu Lina looked at the Snickers bar and swallowed hard.

Before the apocalypse, she wouldn't have touched such high-calorie food. She needed to maintain her figure, keep her attractiveness.

But now...

This is the apocalypse!

Xu Lina felt her mouth frantically producing saliva, but she still painfully averted her gaze: "I... told you this news because I don't want good people getting hurt, not because I want to get something from you."

"That's all, you... should rest early. Good night!"

After saying this, the woman turned and ran off with a sway of her hips.

She was afraid if she ran even one step slower, she wouldn't be able to stop herself from showing her desperate state in front of that man.

Chen Ye watched the woman's retreating figure, a slight curve forming at the corner of his mouth: "This woman's skill level isn't low. Wonder what she did before to be this capable!"

But Chen Ye quickly collected his thoughts and returned to the tricycle's cargo bed.

Groping in the dark, he found that willow branch.

Earlier Chen Ye had thought: since he could identify the "Flayed Ghost's Scalp," could he also identify this willow branch?

What exactly was that great willow in Longevity Village?

What function did this willow branch have?

If he used this willow branch together with the "Flayed Ghost's Scalp"?

Would he be able to create a Wonder with an even lower number?

"Confirm identification!"

As Chen Ye confirmed in his heart, the system quickly provided an identification response.

Within number two thousand?

Captain Chu's Eavesdropping Radio is numbered 1257.

Although it might not compare to Captain Chu's Eavesdropping Radio.

Chen Ye was still quite satisfied.

You have to understand, this is a Wonder.

According to Captain Chu's explanation, Wonders are extremely rare. Even he only obtained that Eavesdropping Radio through sheer coincidence.

It's said Nana also has a Wonder, but its ranking is beyond three thousand, though no one knows what it is.

Chen Ye speculated it might be her sword.

Since meeting that woman, he'd never seen her apart from that sword.

As for Iron Lion, no one had heard of him possessing any Wonder.

This shows just how precious Wonders are.

"You want this?"

Although it was phrased as a question, Captain Chu's expression seemed to say: 'I knew this day would come eventually.'

Looking at that smug, self-satisfied face, Chen Ye really wanted to spit a thick glob of phlegm right at this show-off.

But for the sake of negotiating the price, he restrained himself.

Chen Ye suppressed the greed in his heart. Even though he definitely wanted this item, he couldn't show it.

"How do we exchange for this?"

Chu Che didn't answer Chen Ye's question directly. Instead, he took a pair of rubber gloves from nearby, put them on, and only then picked up that red skin.

Damn it, just now you casually threw it around like it was nothing.

Now that I want it, you start wearing gloves?

Your heart is truly dirty, Captain!

This time, looking at the red skin up close.

Chen Ye's feeling was completely different from last time.

The blood-red color of this skin was absolutely unbelievable, as if it had been soaked in a blood pool for countless years, so red it was terrifying.

For some reason, Chen Ye immediately knew this was human skin.

Because the texture of this skin was exactly identical to the skin on his own body.

"Since you've figured it out, I won't hide it from you."

"Actually, I don't know where this skin came from either!"

Chen Ye: "..."

"But I know this thing definitely isn't simple. To obtain this skin, the convoy lost one survivor!"

Chu Che began recounting what he knew.

This was before Chen Ye joined the convoy. A survivor had brought this thing out while gathering supplies.

Later, this survivor was found dead in his own tent one morning.

And all the skin had been completely stripped from his body.

Afterward, the skin ended up in Chu Che's possession.

Originally, Chu Che had planned to discard the thing, but fortunately Captain Chu hesitated, thinking this skin might prove useful later, so he kept it.

"Although I can't figure out this thing's origins, I know it's not ordinary."

"Originally I planned to trade it for good items when we encountered other convoys, but since you want it, I'll trade it to you!"

After hearing Captain Chu's long-winded explanation, Chen Ye understood the price wouldn't be cheap.

"Then... how do you plan to exchange it?"

Chu Che thought for a moment, then said: "I want your Chopped Pepper Fish Head!"

Chen Ye stood up and turned to leave.

"Wait, wait... don't be so hasty! Let's talk more, negotiate further!"

"Young people these days, why so impatient!"

Chen Ye ultimately paid two bags of rice, the ten-kilogram kind, so twenty kilograms total.

Plus ten kilograms of flour, one case of instant noodles, one case of bottled water, two bottles of Lao Gan Ma, ten sausages, ten packs of marinated eggs, and five jin of cured meat.

Only then did he obtain that red skin and the broken solar charging panel.

During this transaction, the solar charging panel had essentially become a freebie.

Chen Ye had basically hemorrhaged resources.

"Yezi, don't blame me for having a black heart. I'm a man who has to support an entire convoy! This little bit of supplies isn't nearly enough!"

You support an entire convoy?

Well, the survivors who escaped Deer City were indeed provided two days of free food by Captain Chu.

Chen Ye couldn't be bothered to respond and directly left Captain Chu's tent.

Now that he had obtained the item, he didn't bother hiding his excitement.

As he left the tent, he happened to encounter Old Bao walking two large black dogs.

These two large black dogs were obtained after Chen Ye told Chu Che that black dog blood could deal with Anomalies.

Chu Che had traded for them from survivors.

The black dogs' original owner had long since died in Longevity Village.

Now seeing these two large black dogs again, they had become so thin they were practically skin and bones, clearly not in good spirits.

It seemed Chu Che, that black-hearted devil, had drawn plenty of blood from them.

After walking just a few steps, he saw the long-legged girl staggering back from outside, one hand holding a can of beer, the other gripping the hilt of the sword at her waist.

When she saw Chen Ye, the long-legged girl even raised her beer can in greeting.

"Yezi, want a drink?"

"No, you enjoy it yourself!"

Somehow, everyone else had also started calling Chen Ye "Yezi."

When Chen Ye returned to his tricycle, he saw the countdown still had over nine hours remaining.

Just as he was about to return to the vehicle canopy to rest.

He saw a figure shivering from cold appear beside the tricycle.

"Who's there?"

Chen Ye was startled, his hand already gripping the machete hilt at his waist.

"It's... it's me!"

The shivering figure turned around, a face pale from cold appearing under the blood moon.

Even bathed in the blood moon's light, that charming face that could shift between pouting and smiling still allowed Chen Ye to recognize this person.

No helping it, the convoy only had so many people.

This girl was quite famous in the convoy due to her alluring figure and unique temperament.

Unless Chen Ye was like Captain Chu.

Otherwise it was impossible not to notice this woman.

"It's you..."

Xu Lina slightly raised her face, letting Chen Ye see her features more clearly.

Then she said in a somewhat unsteady voice: "I... I'm Xu Lina..."

Xu Lina seemed completely unaware of how famous she was in the convoy, defaulting to thinking she was just an unknown nobody.

This approach made men feel protective instincts.

The hunter who disguises herself as prey is the most skilled hunter.

"I... came here... to warn you."

"Someone... someone means you harm, you need... to be careful!"

As Xu Lina spoke, she stomped her feet, visible white breath puffing from her mouth, her small face flushed red from cold.

She looked utterly pitiful, enough to tug at heartstrings.

"You came just to tell me this?"

Chen Ye looked the woman up and down. Had to admit, even frozen like a miserable wretch, this woman was still beautiful and pleasing to the eye.

Even compared to the Zhou Sisters, she wasn't the slightest bit inferior.

She even had an extra touch of delicate femininity that made people want to bully her a little.

"Mhm, you're a... good person, I don't want good people to get hurt!"

Xu Lina's words implied that even if it were someone else, she would do the same - she was just that kind and virtuous!

"Who wants to harm me?"

"I... I can't say. If I say, others will target me. If you know the name, you'll definitely seek revenge."

"I... I don't want to see anyone get hurt. The world is already like this!"

Such strong green tea vibes!!!

Chen Ye mentally complained.

Xu Lina watched Chen Ye staring dumbly at her, thinking to herself: This dog man, I've gone to all this trouble, aren't you going to offer some food to thank me?

Just as Xu Lina grew so embarrassed she couldn't help but turn to leave.

Chen Ye finally pulled a Snickers bar from his chest pocket and offered it to her.

Xu Lina looked at the Snickers bar and swallowed hard.

Before the apocalypse, she wouldn't have touched such high-calorie food. She needed to maintain her figure, keep her attractiveness.

But now...

This is the apocalypse!

Xu Lina felt her mouth frantically producing saliva, but she still painfully averted her gaze: "I... told you this news because I don't want good people getting hurt, not because I want to get something from you."

"That's all, you... should rest early. Good night!"

After saying this, the woman turned and ran off with a sway of her hips.

She was afraid if she ran even one step slower, she wouldn't be able to stop herself from showing her desperate state in front of that man.

Chen Ye watched the woman's retreating figure, a slight curve forming at the corner of his mouth: "This woman's skill level isn't low. Wonder what she did before to be this capable!"

But Chen Ye quickly collected his thoughts and returned to the tricycle's cargo bed.

Groping in the dark, he found that willow branch.

Earlier Chen Ye had thought: since he could identify the "Flayed Ghost's Scalp," could he also identify this willow branch?

What exactly was that great willow in Longevity Village?

What function did this willow branch have?

If he used this willow branch together with the "Flayed Ghost's Scalp"?

Would he be able to create a Wonder with an even lower number?