Two vehicles nervously made their way onto the bridge.

Chen Ye could even hear his own heart pounding wildly in his chest.

It felt like it might leap out at any moment, grow legs, and run away.

Due to the heavy fog, the apocalyptic pickup truck's electrical system had long stopped working, and the remaining power was simply insufficient.

Otherwise, Chen Ye would definitely have activated the electric drive mode.

After all, the electric drive mode produced much less noise.

Captain Chu Che's vehicle was right beside them, and with just a slight turn of his head, Chen Ye could see Captain Chu's pale face and the cold sweat at his temples.

As for Xiao Wang, he was lying in the passenger seat, his face already as pale as paper.

Their speed wasn't much faster than walking pace, with the two vehicle fronts gently pushing through the thick fog ahead, creating a foggy exhaust trail behind them.

Even with the headlights on, they couldn't illuminate very far.

Chen Ye glanced at the digital watch on his wrist - it was already past 5 PM.

Winter days typically got dark earlier.

He estimated that before long, it would be completely dark, and visibility would certainly be even more affected.

Chen Ye wanted to suggest stopping and waiting until daylight tomorrow to continue, but Chu Che clearly wouldn't agree, so Chen Ye couldn't be bothered to waste the effort.

"Squad Leader Chu, has that big guy arrived yet?"

Chen Ye whispered to Chu Che.

Chu Che immediately raised a finger to his lips, making a shushing gesture toward Chen Ye, his expression extremely tense.

Chen Ye quickly shut his mouth - Chu Che's gesture indicated that the "big guy" might already be nearby.

Chu Che then pointed downward toward Chen Ye.

Chen Ye understood and felt even more panicked.

The visibility in the thick fog was too poor to possibly see the "big guy" Captain Chu mentioned.

Chen Ye had no intention of getting out and leaning over the bridge railing to look down either!

His curiosity wasn't that strong.

But it was precisely this feeling of not being able to see anything that made people's nerves stretch to the breaking point.

As for the three ordinary survivors, they were also pale with fear.

The middle-aged man in the passenger seat had lips turning white, his body occasionally twitching nervously.

Chen Ye was quite worried the man might wet himself from fright.

As the vehicle slowly moved forward.

Chen Ye noticed the hairs on his hand gripping the steering wheel standing up one by one, a chill running from the soles of his feet up his calves, then to his thighs, buttocks, waist, back, all the way to the tips of his hair.

Chen Ye gripped the steering wheel with one hand and the machete's handle with the other.

Although he knew perfectly well the machete's upgrade wasn't finished yet, Chen Ye still glanced at its countdown timer.

Seeing there were still dozens of hours left, Chen Ye cursed angrily under his breath.

A Wonder numbered in the four thousands, nearly five thousand, definitely couldn't stand against such a "big guy."

But Chen Ye still wanted to hold onto it, if only for some psychological comfort.

Inside the vehicle, smoke breath churned and swirled - at the slightest sign of trouble, Chen Ye would summon the Death God.

As for the middle-aged uncle in the passenger seat, he was now trembling all over like a sieve.

The two people in the truck bed weren't much better off.

This was the oppressive feeling that high-level Anomalies exerted on humans, like an eagle looming over a little rabbit.

Even though it hadn't appeared yet, it already had people stretched to their limits.

As for Captain Chu Che, his expression wasn't much better either.

This kind of trembling fear before him was the most severe Chu Che had encountered since the apocalypse began.

What Chu Che didn't notice was that the two people in the passenger seat and back seat were already at death's door.

Old Bao in the back seat suddenly stopped trembling, his eyes wide open staring at the roof, his chest slowly sinking inward.

The light in Xiao Wang's eyes in the passenger seat also gradually lost focus.

These two had only been hanging on by a thread anyway.

Under such powerful Anomaly pressure, they would never wake up again.

As the thick fog churned, their bodies slowly disappeared, as if they had never been there at all.

And at this moment, Captain Chu Che hadn't even noticed their disappearance.

At the entrance of the Mist River bridge they had just passed, several blurry figures appeared, but these figures hesitated uneasily at the bridgehead, not daring to set foot on the bridge.

Chen Ye could hear the "splashing" water sounds beneath the bridge.

Chen Ye was certain this wasn't the sound of river water flowing normally - it sounded more like a huge fish swimming through water, creating currents.

Just from hearing the water sounds, one could imagine how massive the "big guy" under the bridge must be.

In that moment, Chen Ye desperately wanted to stomp on the gas pedal and get as far away as possible.

But he couldn't do that.

Never mind the roaring sound the engine would make - the various cars and trucks scattered haphazardly across the bridge would be enough to block their path.

The two continued driving forward.

Maintaining their previous speed.

"Clatter clatter clatter..."

Suddenly, teeth-chattering sounds rang in their ears.

Chen Ye frowned deeply - the middle-aged uncle in the passenger seat was so frightened his teeth were chattering uncontrollably, creating the sound.

Chen Ye felt a surge of anger - damn it, I'm being so careful here, what the hell are you doing?

As smoke breath churned, the car door slowly opened.

The middle-aged uncle was moved out of the vehicle, supported by the smoke breath - Chen Ye could already see a puddle of foul-smelling liquid on the seat.

Chen Ye wanted to curse, but didn't dare make a sound now.

The middle-aged uncle was thrown onto the middle of the bridge by the smoke breath.

Seeing the uncle being thrown out of the vehicle, the two people in the truck bed didn't dare say a word either.

The uncle clearly realized what was happening and tried to struggle back to the vehicle, but his body was no longer under his control, completely powerless.

Suddenly, Chen Ye felt the thick fog directly above them churning, as if something was about to descend.

Chen Ye quickly slammed on the brakes, directly turning off the engine and shutting down everything that could be turned off.

Captain Chu beside him did the same, and in an instant, the vehicles fell into complete silence.

Chen Ye exhaled a mouthful of smoke breath, which quickly churned and formed a small area of thick fog, directly covering both Chen Ye's and Chu Che's vehicles.

Chu Che wasn't idle either - with a flip of his hand, a transparent dome directly covered both their vehicles.

Chen Ye's Absolute Aura Concealment mist combined with Squad Leader Chu's Concealment Barrier.

At this point, the two had achieved the strongest evasion state possible, with not a trace of living aura leaking out.

Chu Che and the two survivors in the truck bed couldn't see or hear anything now, but neither said anything, obediently lying there motionless.

But Chen Ye could see through the two aura barriers.

As the thick fog churned, an enormous snake head descended from the sky.

It literally descended from the sky!

Due to visibility limitations, Chen Ye couldn't see the entire snake head, but just the portion he could see was enough to make him feel utterly powerless.

The giant snake's eyeball was comparable in size to a small car, and the entire snake head was as large as a four-bedroom, three-living-room luxury apartment.

In that moment, Chen Ye deeply understood his own insignificance.

The small bit of pride he had felt from reaching Sequence 2 completely vanished in that instant.

What Rule Anomalies, what Sequence Superpowers - before such a being that defied common sense, something that could be classified as a mythical creature from legends, they were all worthless!

Chen Ye even stopped breathing, gripping the knife handle, his body already beginning to show signs of turning into smoke. If the snake head attacked him, he would immediately transform into a wisp of blue smoke and escape.

What apocalyptic pickup truck, what Captain Chu Che.

He couldn't care about any of them!

Even in such a moment, Chen Ye hadn't abandoned his determination to survive.

Survive! Survive! Survive!!!

Chen Ye gripped the knife handle tightly, biting his lip until it bled, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth down his chin onto his body.

Chen Ye's entire body was tensed like a drawn bow.

As for Captain Chu Che...

Well, Chen Ye simply couldn't spare any attention to check on his condition.

Captain Chu had his vision blocked and couldn't see anything.

He could only feel the powerful pressure breaking through the blockade of Chen Ye's Absolute Aura Concealment barrier, descending upon him.

Captain Chu was pressed down against the steering wheel, his hand reaching into his chest.

The giant snake slowly lowered its head, its massive forked tongue constantly flicking in and out, as if sensing something.

Suddenly, the snake head tilted slightly and looked toward Chen Ye and Chu Che's direction, as if it had discovered something. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Before Chen Ye and Chu Che could react, the snake head stirred up countless fog currents and charged straight toward Chen Ye and Chu Che!

We're finished!