Sequence Highway Survival: I Upgrade Supplies in the Apocalypse-Chapter 252: You Think I’m Just Sitting Here Doing Nothing?

Just one person bursting into the camp like that instantly put everyone on edge.

Chen Ye’s figure flashed, and he stepped directly behind the pink-haired girl, gripping the handle of Hatred, and exhaled a cloud of Smoke Breath.

The pink-haired girl also held the Fire Dragon Sword, her expression wary as she watched Chen Ye hiding behind her.

She wanted to snark, but this was not the time.

As for Chu Che, Captain Chu already had his hand inside his jacket, ready to react at any moment.

He had shrunk back behind Ding Dong.

Ding Dong wore a helpless but vigilant expression.

The other survivors were panicked as well;some hurried toward the superhumans.

Others gripped their weapons and stayed alert.

Xu Lina, for some reason, had slipped close to Chen Ye and clutched his sleeve with both hands, eyes wide with terror.

Chen Ye paid her no mind the whole time;his gaze stayed fixed, suspicious, on the old man.

“Everyone, don’t misunderstand, don’t misunderstand, I’m human, I’m human!”

“Someone is chasing me. I beg you, help me!”

“Please, help me!”

Seeing everyone’s reaction, the old man—after getting a bit stunned by Chen Ye’s and Chu Che’s sudden moves—hurried to explain.

Without another word, Chen Ye first blanketed the old man in a plume of Smoke Breath;the Death God also appeared within the fog.

Whether the old man was telling the truth or not didn’t matter for now.

Treat him like a malicious threat!

Being cautious couldn’t hurt!

After Chen Ye’s move, the others, clearly already schooled in Chen Ye’s paranoia, all tightened up. They watched the surroundings and the old man shrouded in smoke with wary eyes.

Ding Dong’s figure flashed and she vanished from the ground.

The next second she reappeared atop a high tree branch, scanning warily.

The Fire Dragon Sword flashed and materialized beneath the girl’s feet;she rose with the sword and shot into the sky.

Pink hair whipped in the light rain as her bright eyes swept like blades to the other side.

Only Chen Ye remained focused on the strange old man.

After so long together, the teammates were in perfect sync.

They didn’t even exchange words—each silently did their part.

Captain Chu snapped back into leader mode, moving a little closer behind Chen Ye.

Xue Nan had a machete in hand, positioning himself to protect Chen Ye.

Most other survivors did the same, male and female alike.

Of course, except for Xu Lina and a few other obviously fragile-looking girls and boys…

Survivors dared not attack Anomalies, or even if they wanted to, they had no way to.

Ordinary weapons were useless against Anomalies.

But against an old man, they weren’t afraid.

The old man was enveloped by the Smoke Breath fog;he couldn’t hear or see well, and even his perception was greatly dulled.

Still, the old man seemed sensible and obedient—he did nothing.

About ten minutes passed.

Ding Dong and the pink-haired girl descended and shook their heads at Chen Ye and Chu Che.

The gesture meant they had found nothing unusual nearby.

Chu Che also shook his head, indicating he hadn’t sensed any Anomaly.

Only then did Chen Ye withdraw the fog.

However, the Death God did not dissipate—the scythe’s blade remained at the old man’s throat. With a single thought from Chen Ye, the simulated Death God could slice the old man’s head off.

Chen Ye, heavy on suspicion, wasn’t about to trust so easily, not even if the person before him was an old man.

“Old man, you said someone was chasing you? Where are they?”

As the leader, Chu Che naturally asked first.

The old man looked around, his eyes confused and frightened at first, then slowly calmed.

He breathed a huge sigh of relief and said, “My heavens, those living devils still didn’t catch up, thank the gods!”

“I didn’t lie to you. They were really chasing me—so many of them, all vicious-looking, but they didn’t catch up!”

“Thank you all. But… could you take that a little farther away?”

The old man pointed at the simulated scythe resting on his neck.

Chen Ye remained unmoved and sneered, “Old man, you suddenly appear before us and want us not to suspect you? You’d better give us proof we have no reason to doubt you!”

A single person, out in the open…

Before the apocalypse, that might still possibly be acceptable.

But now, in the apocalypse, the outdoors were full of Anomalies—ordinary people didn’t survive an hour out there.

The old man shook his head, chittering, “No no no, young brother, you’re wrong—I’m not a man! You keep calling me an old man, that’s inaccurate!”

Chen Ye appraised him from head to toe;outwardly he did look like an elderly human male.

But the pale hair had a pink hair clip, and there was bright red on his lips—no matter how you looked at it, it felt off.

Could it be…

Chen Ye had no particular prejudice about such groups.

People could live however they wanted;Chen Ye never cared to interfere.

Chu Che spoke up, “Old granny?”

The pink-haired girl, Ding Dong, and the other survivors all looked at the old man strangely.

The old man shook his head, “That’s not accurate either!”

Chen Ye said, “Old immortal?”

The old man almost choked on Chen Ye’s rude “old immortal,” his face flushing red as he glared at Chen Ye.

After calming himself a bit, he spoke, “For those of us Contract Sequence superhumans, we belong to a third gender;we are not divided into male or female!”

“My name is Zhu Zizai. Contract Sequence 2, Promise Keeper. You can call me Old Zhu—call me whatever you like.”

After saying this, the old man gave everyone a friendly smile.

“Contract Sequence?”

It was unexpected—just after they had been talking about Contract Sequence superhumans, one showed up here.

“Have you been to Divine Elephant Village before?” 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Chu Che suddenly asked.

“You mean that old bastard Chen Yonggu? Seems you’ve been to Divine Elephant Village too. Yes, I’ve been there. I traded with that old fool!”

“No, this brother—everyone’s human here. Could you have your… your… weapon lowered?”

Chen Ye’s paranoia wasn’t a one-day thing.

Until his doubts were fully resolved, he refused to drop his guard.

The old man shifted his body aside.

The simulated Death God’s scythe shifted too, still in position to cut the old man’s head with one stroke.

The old man could only sigh helplessly at Chen Ye’s stubbornness, but his eyes showed little fear.

Even while talking with everyone, the old man never took off his backpack.

That backpack seemed to contain something important.

According to the old man, he had traded with a convoy previously, but because his supplies looked plentiful, the others planned to betray him and steal.

“You people don’t know how rotten they are. We were trading normally and then they suddenly decided to act. They didn’t even give me time to react.”

“Bastards, how can there be such terrible people in this world!!!”

“I curse him to the eighteenth layer of hell!”

The old man cursed angrily and kept ranting.

He clearly hated the people who had tried to rob him.

The others glanced at Chen Ye without showing emotion.

Chen Ye seethed internally: No, what the hell do you lot think I’m doing?!