Sequence Highway Survival: I Upgrade Supplies in the Apocalypse

"Then what do you think we should do?"

A trace of sorrow and bitterness flashed across Big Head Village Chief's face. He now roughly understood that this young-looking, seemingly harmless young man wasn't so easy to deal with.

His original plan to fleece them hard was probably going to fail.

Thinking of those emaciated people in the village, the Chief's expression grew even more pained.

Several of the newborn children in the village were already showing signs of malnutrition.

Before the apocalypse, Big Head Village Chief was just a small boss of a private factory. Back then, his factory mostly hired people with physical disabilities to work.

Although the company's profits weren't great, the Chief had worked hard to keep the factory running at that time.

His factory allowed those with physical disabilities to live with more dignity.

He just never expected that after the apocalypse arrived, a strange disaster befell the factory.

Under the desperate protection of those employees who had difficulty even walking, Big Head Village Chief survived.

By a stroke of fate, Big Head Village Chief established Divine Elephant Village.

The original intention of Divine Elephant Village was to allow more people to survive.

But this task was still too heavy.

So heavy it was crushing him, making it hard to breathe.

Every person in this village was struggling to survive.

Professor Liu at the planting base already had graying hair, yet he kept trying to cultivate the ideal seed variety that could truly feed everyone.

And during the last material gathering trip, the oldest people in the village stepped forward, volunteering to go collect supplies.

Big Head Village Chief knew what they were thinking.

They were already that old anyway, had lived enough. If they could come back and bring supplies to the village, that would be good.

If they couldn't come back, they would at least save resources for the village.

You have to understand, the oldest among them was only in their early fifties, what kind of elderly is that?

The reason for his exorbitant demands was just to let the people in the village survive better.

But...

The bald monk behind him kept his head bowed, silently reciting Buddhist chants.

Chu Che had no idea what Big Head Village Chief was thinking.

But as the convoy leader, his first thought was to fight for the convoy's interests.

The convoy was also struggling.

If they hadn't coincidentally found Fairy Lake some time ago and obtained a lot of fish meat, they would probably still have to enter those dangerous, uninhabited city restricted zones to gather supplies.

Every supply run was an adventure.

Every supply run meant many deaths in the convoy.

Even Sequence Superpowers could die during the gathering process.

Chu Che wasn't doing this for himself either;he just wanted fewer people in the convoy to die.

"Alright then, Village Chief, at most 10% of the supplies you mentioned earlier. As for Wonders and such, don't even think about it, we don't have many either."

"Also, for the seed varieties, we need at least three hundred jin each!"

"Of course, in exchange, one week from now, we'll help you deal with the upcoming danger."

Exorbitant demands? I can do that too.

Big Head Village Chief stared at Chu Che, dumbfounded: "You... you're crazy! Three hundred jin? All our qualified seed varieties combined don't even amount to one hundred jin!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Even the usually composed Great Monk opened his eyes at this point, looking at Chu Che with an expression one would give a greedy landlord.

A thought flashed through Great Monk Dashan's mind: This guy with the thick eyebrows and big eyes, it seems his heart is blackened too.

The Pink-haired Girl stared at Squad Leader Chu Che in shock, as if seeing him for the first time.

Ding Dong also shifted her attention away from the two pots of tender green seedlings, looking at Chu Che with a slightly surprised expression.

Iron Lion's face flushed slightly red, seemingly not wanting to be associated with Chu Che, as he turned his face away, his back facing Chu Che.

Only Chen Ye nodded with a slight smile, thinking to himself: "This is Squad Leader Chu Che's true face. A black-hearted squad leader. Are you guys only realizing this today?"

Naturally, there wasn't much to say about the subsequent negotiations.

Both sides argued fiercely, red-faced, for their own interests and the interests of those they represented.

However, this time, the Village Chief changed tactics. He no longer played tricks but instead resorted to various displays of hardship.

Seeing that Chu Che seemed somewhat skeptical,

Big Head Village Chief took Chu Che, Sun Xixi, Ding Dong, and Iron Lion on a tour around the village.

Chen Ye was also invited, but he declined the Village Chief's kind offer.

This tour lasted a full two hours.

The Village Chief even took them into villagers' homes to see.

The conditions in some villagers' homes could only be described as outrageous.

The entire home had just one bed, one chair. The family members all looked pale and malnourished, not to mention,

they only had one set of tattered clothes to wear.

For people who had experienced the developed modern society before the apocalypse, this was simply incomprehensible.

Thus, when the group returned, each of them fell silent.

Seeing this, Chen Ye could only let out a soft sigh.

In a situation like this, if he jumped out now, he would definitely become the target of public criticism, and might even be cursed as a heartless, twisted human being.

Finally, an agreement was reached. Chu Che would provide half of the supplies previously demanded by the Village Chief as an exchange condition.

As for Wonders and such, that was impossible.

On the Village Chief's side, they needed twenty jin each of qualified potato and lettuce seed varieties.

There was no other way. Even they themselves didn't have many qualified seeds. The qualification rate was just too low. This rate could only barely maintain a fragile positive cycle.

Otherwise, they would have solved the food crisis long ago.

There was also an additional condition: the convoy must stay and help resolve the Divine Elephant Village crisis one week later.

"Since things have come to this, I won't hide anything from you anymore!"

"A Pathfinder Sequence 3 is simply not enough to protect so many survivors!"

"If it weren't for the Divine Elephant, we would have died long ago!"

"It's precisely because the Divine Elephant's aura masks most of the living human aura that we appear to be living somewhat decently."

"But in reality, we've already suffered several Anomaly attacks."

"This time... we're counting on you!"

After saying this, Big Head Village Chief bowed deeply to Chen Ye and the others.

With the deal struck, Big Head Village Chief also revealed the truth about the attacks they had suffered.

Chen Ye wasn't too keen on getting involved in these matters.

He even thought about ending the transaction and leaving immediately.

After all, every encounter with Anomalies was like dancing on the tip of a needle.

But judging by the expressions on the other team members' faces, they were determined to participate in this matter.

Chen Ye could only keep his mouth shut.

Soon, survivors started bustling about.

Under Xue Nan's leadership, a considerable amount of the convoy's fish meat was unloaded.

After discussion and division, the Village Chief's assistant, Xiao Zheng, took away half of the fish meat.

Along with rice and flour.

Half of Chen Ye's and the others' supplies were also taken.

After all, the seed varieties obtained in this exchange also belonged to the convoy. What belonged to the convoy meant Chen Ye also had a share.

Since the deal was already made, Chen Ye didn't express any dissatisfaction.

Twenty jin each, a total of forty jin of ideal seed varieties were delivered.

The person delivering them this time was none other than the former beautiful host.

Su Mansheng carried a full basket of potatoes and lettuce in her hands, her expression showing nothing unusual.

When she looked at Chen Ye, it was as if she had never known him, not even a flicker in her eyes.

As the person most interested in planting within the convoy, these items naturally fell to Ding Dong to plant.

In fact, Ding Dong had already modified both sides of the vehicle into planting walls last night, making full use of the available space.

From today on, these seed varieties were Ding Dong's most precious treasures.

Right now, this woman radiated joy from the tips of her hair down to her toes.

According to Big Head Village Chief, these seed varieties weren't that delicate. As long as they were qualified seeds, planted in soil using their taught methods, they would quickly flower and bear fruit.

Ding Dong would later go to the planting base to ask Professor Liu about the precautions for planting these things.

Zhou Xiaoxiao had been busy helping Ding Dong all along.

This short-haired woman with exquisite features had shed all traces of her spoiled princess aura, resembling a rural girl who had done farm work for years.

Of course, apart from her facial skin, which upon closer inspection still showed some delicacy, she wasn't much different from other survivors in other aspects.

This deal was finalized by Big Head.

Only then did the group start wandering around separately, wanting to see if others had anything they needed.