"Let's move out, move out, move out!"

Xue Nan held Old Bao's big loudspeaker, walking around each vehicle while shouting.

Previously, this kind of work was done by Old Bao.

That little old man would always tirelessly urge everyone not to fall behind.

Now it was taken over by this ugly man.

Perhaps because Xue Nan's face was too ferocious, it made the people in the convoy feel a bit more fear towards him.

Therefore, while Xue Nan was holding the loudspeaker, no one dared to be cheeky and say anything disrespectful to Supervisor Xue Nan.

"Remember, the first iron rule in the convoy is to never, ever fall behind!"

"Old Li, are all your people accounted for?"

"All thirty-four people are present!"

Bald Old Li had even less hair on his head now. The few sparse strands on his scalp were still stubbornly trying to cover the shiny bald spot, attempting to preserve his last shred of dignity.

"Good, let's move out!"

The thirty-minute break passed in a flash.

Chen Ye sat back in the driver's seat of the Apocalyptic Pickup Truck. The interior was clearly completely refreshed;Xue Nan was quite meticulous when it came to work.

He hadn't shown any change in attitude just because he became the convoy supervisor.

That slash Chen Ye gave him back then could be considered the start of Xue Nan's third life.

It must be said, the quality of the Apocalyptic Pickup Truck was truly excellent.

Throughout this entire journey, the Apocalyptic Pickup Truck had never once broken down mid-route, leaving him stranded on the road.

Even when it crashed into a flower bed and flipped over.

Now, after some simple repairs, it was still perfectly usable.

The cassette player salvaged from that minivan, after a simple installation, actually still worked.

It just hadn't been properly adapted by the System, so it looked quite crude.

Chen Ye had taped this player onto the dashboard, giving it a very post-apocalyptic style.

This made Chen Ye quite happy.

He took out his previously treasured cassette tapes and carefully inserted them into the player.

Before the apocalypse, these tapes only cost a few bucks each.

But in this world now, these things were all valuable goods.

If he could find the right buyers, these items could still be traded for quite a lot of supplies.

Melodious music filled the cabin. Since the apocalypse began, this was the first time Chen Ye had heard music.

The music playing now was from an old singer who was only moderately popular before the apocalypse.

But listening to it now, it sounded simply heavenly.

Just as Chen Ye was tapping along to the beat and enjoying the song.

"Boom!"

A loud bang directly jolted Chen Ye out of his reverie.

The pickup also began tilting left and right.

Chen Ye slammed on the brakes.

"Zzzz... Mr. Chen, what happened?"

Xue Nan's voice came through the walkie-talkie.

The school bus and modified off-road vehicle ahead both slammed on their brakes.

Chen Ye stuck his head out to look at the rear tire. Although the thick fog made it hard to see clearly, Chen Ye could still feel the vehicle tilting towards the left rear wheel.

"Blown tire!"

Chen Ye replied helplessly.

The studded snow tires had long been swapped out and stored on both sides of the cargo bed. The vehicle was now using all-terrain tires.

From the desert until now, these all-terrain tires had been put through intense use for quite a while.

For them to only blow out now was already giving him face.

Changing the tire was easy to solve.

There were vehicles everywhere on the roadside. Chen Ye randomly picked an SUV, used Smoke Breath to shape tools in his hand, and within just a few minutes, he had removed four tires.

He swapped out the remaining three all-terrain tires as well, replacing them with highway tires more suitable for the city.

As for the four all-terrain tires, they could only be placed in the cargo bed. Once the System repaired them a bit later, they'd still be usable.

Who knew what kind of road conditions they'd encounter in the future.

Once they left the city, finding spare tires would be very difficult.

The tire-changing process was quick.

A few survivors came down to help. The entire process took less than five minutes to complete.

As for the tire issues with the school bus and the off-road vehicle.

Survivors had long been assigned to conduct daily inspections. Such matters didn't require Iron Lion and Captain Chu Che to worry about at all.

The school bus was much emptier now.

Iron Lion returned to the school bus. His massive body lay on the specially modified bed at the very back of the bus, snoring loudly.

Mad Lion only had half a head left, which looked genuinely terrifying.

As for that severed arm, a fleshy lump had already grown out. It probably wouldn't be long before it fully regenerated.

Sleep was the best recovery method for the Titan Sequence.

If you looked closely, you could even see the tiny, wriggling flesh buds at Iron Lion's wound site.

It must be said, the regenerative ability of the Titan Sequence was truly terrifying.

According to what Chu Che said, at higher stages of the Titan Sequence, even if only a piece of muscle tissue remained, it could restore itself to its original state.

That sounded almost like a myth, and it made Chen Ye quite envious for a while.

"Zzzz... Squad Leader Chu, how far are Sun Xixi and Ding Dong from us?"

Chen Ye picked up the walkie-talkie and asked.

Squad Leader Chu's voice soon came through the walkie-talkie.

"Not far, roughly about... thirty kilometers!"

"If things go smoothly, we should encounter them in about two hours."

Thirty kilometers, two hours?

If this were before the apocalypse, those veteran drivers would definitely mock this.

You're driving thirty kilometers in two hours?

Do you even know how to drive?

But this was the apocalypse. Thirty kilometers—forget two hours, arriving within five hours would already be considered good.

Chen Ye glanced at the countdown on the machete.

Only single-digit hours left!

How exciting!

What exactly would a Wonder ranked within the top two thousand look like?

Even if it were exactly number two thousand, that would still be an incredibly rare item.

As long as the machete upgrade succeeded!

Then the machete would instantly become the most powerful combat asset in his current arsenal.

Of course, that's excluding the Blood Eye.

The System estimated the Blood Eye's rank to be within the top one thousand, but currently, the Blood Eye hadn't been fully nurtured into a Wonder by Chen Ye using Supernatural Power.

Its current abilities were only Abyss Control and Crimson Scorching Gaze, which he had used before when dealing with that small team in Fog City.

Especially Abyss Control, which could inflict immense psychological pressure on people.

It could make people fall victim to it without even realizing, extremely bizarre and difficult to guard against.

Even Chen Ye himself would find such an ability troublesome to face.

It's just that currently, this ability still had a considerable gap compared to when the Abyssal Blood Pupil fought against the Death God.

Fortunately, this gap wasn't insurmountable.

Just as Chen Ye had imagined.

The thirty-kilometer distance—they drove until dark and still hadn't caught sight of the Pink-haired Girl.

Just on this road alone, Captain Chu Che had made the convoy go back and forth five times.

Sometimes, just as they were about to turn into the next intersection, they'd hear Captain Chu's voice over the walkie-talkie, telling the convoy to turn back.

At one point, the convoy was almost forced onto the Mist River Bridge.

Coupled with the obstructed visibility, the convoy's speed simply couldn't be increased.

During this time, Chen Ye used Absolute Aura Concealment once to evade the Anomalies wandering in Fog City.

When this ability was first activated, the survivors panicked.

Suddenly, they couldn't hear any sound, see any color, not even their own heartbeat.

Fortunately, this state didn't last very long.

However, after this ability was used, the survivors in the convoy became even more fearful of Chen Ye.

Trying to reach a specific location within a city was much more troublesome than advancing through the wilderness.

Forget the intricate and complex road network within the city.

Just the number of Anomalies in the city was far greater than in the wild.

Chu Che was also tense the entire time.

This was Xiao Fu's first time being Captain Chu's driver, and he was so nervous his palms were sweating. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

The convoy kept moving until night.

Even through the heavy fog, Chen Ye could sense the surrounding light dimming.

"No choice, there are too many Anomalies in Fog City. Let's stop here for today! Supervisor Xue, remember to arrange the campsite."

Captain Chu Che's somewhat weary voice came through the walkie-talkie.

Chen Ye glanced at the machete's countdown.

"00:00:02"

"00:00:01"

"00:00:00"

[Upgrade Complete!]