Captain Chu was feeling quite troubled, ever since obtaining that Silent Disappearance.

His hair was also silently disappearing.

Although he had anticipated this, the rate of hair loss was simply too fast.

Captain Chu estimated that, at the slowest, he'd become a bald egghead like that Old Li within half a month.

He originally thought they would encounter that convoy this morning.

But now, there still wasn't even a hint of news.

It seemed nothing this morning was going to go smoothly.

Suddenly, Chu Che sensed a somewhat familiar aura, along with an intense feeling of dread.

This is...

Chu Che jerked his head up, just in time to hear a survivor's exclamation beside him.

"Captain, Captain, look... what's that over there!"

The scene that entered Chu Che's pupils made them quake violently, his body trembling slightly.

Chen Ye also seemed to sense something. When he looked up, his entire body tensed like a drawn bow, his hand pressed against the hilt of the knife at his waist, even forgetting about his spilled lunch.

The machete was clearly very excited, a few blood vessels growing out from the scabbard to gently stroke Chen Ye's large hand.

Hatred thirsted for battle!

It thirsted most to battle Sun Xixi's longsword.

Sun Xixi had already gripped her longsword, a faint white glow emanating from the blade, as if competing with Chen Ye's machete.

But both Chen Ye and Sun Xixi were now staring fixedly into the distance, paying no mind to the two Wonders.

Ding Dong watched the distance with a calm expression, her left arm clenched in a fist, ready for defense.

All the survivors looked pale, their calves trembling as they gazed at the distant scene.

The survivors who had made it this far had already witnessed countless terrifying sights.

Few things could truly frighten them now.

In the distance, a small hill was moving step by step towards them.

And beneath that small hill was an unimaginably huge elephant!

Yes, an elephant.

With each step the elephant took, the ground trembled faintly.

From Chen Ye and the others' position, the exact height of the elephant was impossible to estimate.

From this far away, the elephant didn't look like a creature that should exist in this world.

A word instantly flashed into Chen Ye's mind.

"Divine Elephant!"

He had heard this term several times already.

First from Mo Huairen's mouth.

Later from that girl called Xiao Hua from Fog City.

And now...

Chen Ye was seeing it with his own eyes.

Thinking of a possibility, Chen Ye licked his dry lips and asked, "Squad Leader Chu, the 'large convoy' you mentioned... it couldn't be referring to the Divine Elephant, could it?"

Chu Che also licked his lips, his voice equally dry. "The information I received... didn't say it was the Divine Elephant!"

Their conversation caught the attention of the Pink-haired Girl and the others.

Tension flickered in their eyes.

Because they all sensed from the Divine Elephant... the aura of an Anomaly.

That's right, the aura of an Anomaly.

This Divine Elephant before them was an Anomaly!!!

But it lacked that twisted, maddening Anomaly feeling.

This was also why they hadn't turned and fled immediately.

The elephant approached the convoy step by step.

The panicked survivors scrambled to get back into their vehicles.

But Chu Che remained motionless. He had already determined that this elephant before him was the "convoy" that had contacted him.

Chu Che had never dreamed that the other side of the information exchange would be this situation.

After a Pathfinder reached Sequence 2, they could sense information from other Pathfinders.

They could even perform some simple information exchanges.

This was one of the Pathfinder's abilities.

Chu Che hadn't even explained this ability in detail to his teammates.

Of course, this information exchange was only possible within a certain distance.

Beyond that range, sensing became impossible.

Previously, when contacting the Camel Train, it was Mo Huairen who had contacted him alone.

Now, even though he was Sequence 2, the other side had initiated the contact.

That left only one possibility: on this Divine Elephant, there was a Pathfinder with a higher sequence level than his.

Perhaps Sequence 3.

Or possibly Sequence 4.

Chen Ye could now see some of the scenery on the Divine Elephant's back.

And it was seeing this that filled him with immense astonishment.

It seemed this elephant was carrying a small continent on its back.

This was very similar to the Sky Whale he had seen in the desert.

Chen Ye could even vaguely make out buildings on this small continent.

Of course, being closer now, due to the angle, he could only see a little of the edge.

But he could clearly see that the edge of the continent seemed to be surrounded by a wooden railing, with several people standing at the railing, looking down.

The Divine Elephant came to a stop nearby, step by step.

The ground trembled slightly.

Chen Ye and the others exchanged glances, each seeing shock reflected in the others' eyes.

Chen Ye now confirmed that Chu Che, Captain Chu, had contacted this elephant, or rather, the people on the elephant's back.

The elephant before them was simply too large.

Chen Ye kept looking up, but could only see a portion of the elephant.

The elephant's trunk alone was much thicker than Chen Ye's Apocalyptic Pickup Truck.

A thought occurred to Chen Ye: perhaps his vehicle could even drive up this elephant's trunk.

The Anomaly aura that occasionally emanated from the elephant...

Wait, that Anomaly aura was actually gone now.

This...

Chen Ye thought of a person, that old man driving the low-speed electric vehicle who was previously in the convoy.

Later, Chen Ye had tricked him, using the old man to feed the Headless Sand Snake.

This was exactly that feeling.

Sensing Chu Che's gaze upon him.

The two locked eyes, each seeing the same thought mirrored in the other.

As for the other survivors, they had long since returned to their vehicles, trembling.

Even the most composed Xue Nan now had a ghastly pale look on his ugly face.

In contrast, that girl Zhou Xiaoxiao stood firmly beside Ding Dong, biting her lip hard, even though her legs were shaking.

Just as Chen Ye was pondering how to communicate with the people on the elephant's back.

He saw the elephant's trunk suddenly lift, reaching directly towards its own back.

Under the sunlight, Chen Ye had a feeling that the trunk had reached into the clouds.

Chen Ye took two steps back, standing behind Chu Che.

Chu Che was already standing behind Iron Lion.

A moment later, the elephant's trunk slowly descended from the sky.

Now, there were two figures standing on the trunk.

A man of short stature, small build, but with a large head stood at the front. He was barefoot, his smile radiating warmth and friendliness, appearing to be in his forties or fifties.

Behind this man stood a lean young man, around twenty-five years old, wearing a loose, oversized Daoist robe, but with a pair of small white sneakers on his feet, looking somewhat like an incongruous, unorthodox Daoist priest.

This young Daoist had shifty eyes that constantly scanned the crowd. His gaze first fell on Sun Xixi, his eyes lighting up instantly, but then he made a face of disdain.

Then those shifty eyes spotted the seductress Xu Lina. Xu Lina shrank back into the crowd.

The young man again showed disdain, finally landing on Zhou Xiaoxiao. He paused, then sighed and shook his head, as if regretting something.

His gaze swept over Chen Ye, Iron Lion, and Ding Dong in turn, pausing only briefly on Chen Ye before moving on as if nothing had happened.

Finally, the young man stared fixedly at one spot, his shifty eyes practically glowing with brilliance, like a wild wolf that had starved for months suddenly spotting a juicy piece of meat.

He even seemed on the verge of drooling.

Chen Ye looked back and realized the young man was staring at the super-mature woman, Zhang Yanping.

Zhang Yanping was in her forties, but maintained herself well. Aside from crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, little trace of age showed.

When that old man with the low-speed electric vehicle was in the convoy, this woman had been somewhat involved with him.

Perhaps this woman had figured life out, embracing the idea of seizing pleasure in the moment.

Thus, her survival until now in the convoy was due to some capability of her own.

To survive, this woman possessed a certain spirit that even young people couldn't match.

Like a few days ago, when she volunteered for the job of cooking auntie—that proactive attitude wasn't something just anyone could muster.

Zhang Yanping also noticed the young man's gaze. Instead of shrinking back, she boldly threw him a flirtatious glance.

A glistening strand of drool actually trickled from the corner of this fake Daoist's mouth.

Chen Ye: "..."

It must be said, this fake Daoist's gaze was quite distinctive. In just a few seconds, he had made everyone remember him vividly.

Chen Ye looked behind the Daoist.

He found it even more interesting.

Because standing behind this Daoist was another young man, but a young monk.

This monk looked ordinary, but carried an ascetic, austere air about him.

Simple and pure.

Interesting. This was the trio Chen Ye saw.

Just this first meeting had made Chen Ye and the others remember them with absolute clarity.

The elephant's trunk touched the ground, and the three men stepped off.

The short, large-headed middle-aged man in the lead stepped forward, smiling. "Greetings. We are people from Divine Elephant Village. I am the Village Chief, Pathfinder Sequence 3 Blood Path Sacrificer. Everyone calls me Big Head Village Chief. You may call me that too!"

Big Head Village Chief smiled and extended his hand towards Iron Lion.

Iron Lion looked utterly bewildered.

Huh? Why is he greeting me?

Where's the Captain?