Sequence Highway Survival: I Upgrade Supplies in the Apocalypse-Chapter 134: Practical Application of Extraordinary Power

The news that the convoy was going to gather supplies quickly spread.
By the next morning, only five people were actually willing to follow the convoy to collect supplies.
Zhou Xiaoxiao, Xue Nan, Boss Gao, and two other survivors.
Zhou Xiaoxiao and Xue Nan weren't surprising choices.
Zhou Xiaoxiao had participated in several collection missions since joining the convoy, making her quite an experienced survivor.
After Xue Nan disfigured himself, he had shown considerable courage and ferocity.
Now Xue Nan was somewhat famous within the convoy and stood out among the survivors.
As for Boss Gao, nobody had expected this.
After the four brothers who originally came from Deer City had two members crippled by Chen Ye, Boss Gao and Fourth Brother He had become much more obedient.
Now, Fourth Brother He was doing quite well among the survivors thanks to his car theft skills.
Boss Gao had kept a much lower profile.
Nobody had expected that Boss Gao would now join the supply collection team.
As for the remaining two people, they were clearly a pair of brothers.
They looked familiar, but Chen Ye didn't know their names.
When they noticed Chen Ye looking at them, the brothers quickly put on ingratiating expressions.
When Boss Gao saw Chen Ye watching him, his face showed a flicker of discomfort as he avoided Chen Ye's gaze.
Old Bao sighed and said, "When people get too comfortable with easy living, some forget the dangers outside."
"It's fine, if they don't want to come then they don't have to. Everyone has their own path to walk."
"Besides, with food and drink available at the school, who would willingly go out looking for death!"
Chu Che didn't seem to care much about this.
Fewer people dying was also a good thing.
As the captain, he was speaking the truth - everyone knew about the supernatural threats outside by now.
But it was still relatively safe for the moment, and while the meals provided by the Death God Church weren't great, at least nobody was starving.
Therefore, nobody was willing to take risks outside.
The convoy's rule was that whatever supplies someone collected belonged to them.
Even Sequence Superpower users wouldn't seize supplies from ordinary people.
This rule ensured basic fairness within the convoy so far, and many survivors therefore strongly supported Chu Che.
Of course, this was mainly because ordinary people had limited capabilities, and most of what they collected wasn't much.
Even now in the apocalypse, humanity still hadn't restored production capacity.
So up to this point, everyone's supplies still mainly came from scavenging.
Today's main task was to search for fuel, with searching for other supplies being secondary.
For Chen Ye, fuel was naturally the first choice.
If it really came to that point, he had alternative plans.
So far, Chen Ye always had a reason for killing people.
Even if the reason seemed absurd, domineering, or even unreasonable, it was at least a reason.
This was Chen Ye's bottom line.
Though this bottom line was rather low.
But at least he was someone with principles.
Otherwise he would have started killing people to accumulate Slaughter Points long ago.
Many people's first step into debt began when they got their first credit card.
The Pink-haired Girl appeared yawning together with Ding Dong, followed by the tiny Little Fish.
And Iron Lion was there too!
This time, Iron Lion didn't have Old Li follow in the school bus, instead choosing to go with Ding Dong.
Her panel van was sufficient for collecting supplies.
As for Zhou Xiaoxiao, this woman was still driving her luxury sedan.
Though now, the car didn't look luxurious at all.
Metal anti-slip chains were wrapped around the wheels.
The bus belonging to Fourth Brother He had also been borrowed by Boss Gao.
Metal anti-slip chains were wrapped around its wheels too.
As for snow tires, those were completely unavailable.
Fourth Brother He and Boss Gao had reached an agreement - the supplies collected this time would be split fifty-fifty between them.
It had to be said that Fourth Brother He was getting ahead of himself.
As for the remaining two brothers, they also got into Boss Gao's vehicle.
They would have to give Boss Gao a portion of whatever supplies they collected, serving as payment for the ride.
As for Xue Nan, he never even considered riding in Chen Ye's vehicle.
After spending so much time together, Xue Nan understood what kind of person Chen Ye was.
Xue Nan squeezed in with Boss Gao and the others, and similarly, he would have to share a portion of his collected supplies with Boss Gao.
But since Xue Nan was now somewhat famous in the convoy and everyone knew he was close to Chen Ye, Boss Gao didn't exploit Xue Nan, merely indicating he would take a symbolic amount. Xue Nan didn't say anything, tacitly agreeing.
Old Bao stood at the very front with a loudspeaker.
"Everyone, this supply collection mission is extremely dangerous. I believe everyone knows what the situation is like outside now."
"Even though it's daytime, absolutely nobody should let their guard down!"
"According to information provided by our friends from the Death God Church, there aren't many supplies left near the Second Elementary School, so this time we'll be going further out."
"This time's main objective is to collect fuel. If circumstances permit, collect as many other useful supplies as possible."
"And also... please, I beg you, absolutely do not get separated from the group!"
"Alright, let's move out..."
"Wishing everyone success on this mission!"
After speaking, Old Bao moved away from the school gate position.
This time Old Bao wasn't participating in the mission operations.
Old Bao was getting on in years, and surviving in such cold conditions was already difficult enough for him.
There was no need for him to participate in this kind of thing.
According to yesterday's plan, they would take turns being the lead vehicle today.
Chen Ye would go first, his battered vehicle body sporting four tires, very much fitting the apocalyptic aesthetic.
After the System upgrade and modification, the truck bed wasn't sagging loosely under the weight of the four tires!
Indeed, products from the System were worthy of trust.
Only the vehicle's air conditioning still couldn't be used.
Yesterday they had forcibly installed this non-original air conditioning unit into the vehicle, thinking it would at least work passably.
Now it seemed this solution indeed wouldn't work.
They would have to wait until they had enough Slaughter Points for the System to perform compatibility adjustments.
Following the pickup truck was Captain Chu Che, then the Pink-haired Girl's driverless vehicle, and Ding Dong's panel van.
Bringing up the rear were the vehicles of the ordinary survivors.
The snow inside the school was at least cleared by Death God Church followers and ordinary convoy members.
But the snow outside the school was even thicker than yesterday.
Up to now, the snow had never stopped, sometimes heavier, sometimes lighter.
Chen Ye felt the vehicle slow slightly as the pickup truck's chassis pressed against the thick snow, making a "shhh shhh shhh" friction sound.
The bullbar at the front pushed through the accumulating snow, and before long a large snowdrift had built up in front of the vehicle.
If they continued driving like this, Chen Ye believed the vehicle would soon stall and become unable to move!
If they insisted on driving, it wasn't completely impossible.
After all, the Apocalyptic Pickup Truck's second ability was impact resistance, so this level of resistance really wasn't much.
But using an ability for this would be rather wasteful.
Abilities should be used at critical moments to achieve maximum value.
The off-road vehicles following behind Chen Ye were actually in better condition.
They could just follow in the tracks left by Chen Ye's vehicle.
Fortunately, Chen Ye had installed studded snow tires yesterday, so at least the vehicle wasn't skidding.
They were just moving rather slowly.
The temperature inside the vehicle was also quite low.
"Shhh shhh..."
The walkie-talkie emitted static.
"Chen Ye, how's the situation!"
Captain Chu Che's voice came through the walkie-talkie.
"The situation isn't optimistic! But it's not completely hopeless either!"
"Alright then, we'll count on you. Iron Lion and Ding Dong will take over in half an hour! Then Xixi after that!"
"No problem!"
The Pink-haired Girl's energetic voice came through the radio.
"By the way, Captain, Chen Ye, I feel like you two have been acting strange these past few days!"
The Pink-haired Girl's voice continued.
"Chen Ye, especially you, I'm warning you - that's my uncle! Don't try anything funny, or I won't let you off!"
The Pink-haired Girl still vividly remembered when Chen Ye had pulled that shady deal and swallowed up the Camel Train's resources.
"Hey, Chen Ye, did you hear me? I'm not joking with you!"
The Pink-haired Girl spoke bluntly, her tone mixing concern with warning.
Since everyone with walkie-talkies were allies, she wasn't worried about her words being overheard.
"Come on, Sun Xixi, do I look like that kind of person to you?"
"He's your uncle, but he's also my brother. Do you really think I'm the kind of unscrupulous, capricious scoundrel who doesn't care about anyone? What do you take me for?"
"Besides, by any calculation I'm your uncle too! Is that any way to talk to your uncle?"
Without even thinking, Chen Ye picked up the walkie-talkie and fired back.
"Hmph, it better not be true!"
The Pink-haired Girl's snort came through the walkie-talkie.
Then it went quiet.
Chen Ye pulled a Huazi cigarette from his pocket with one hand, took a deep drag, and exhaled a cloud of smoke.
The smoke drifted out the window and quickly formed a pointed snowplow shape in front of the vehicle.
As the pickup truck moved forward, the smoke-formed snowplow pushed the snow in front of the vehicle to both sides, and Chen Ye immediately felt the vehicle moving much more easily.
Chu Che's voice occasionally came through the walkie-talkie as Chen Ye navigated the streets of Rong City according to Iron Lion's directions.
But the speed was still very slow.
Beneath much of the snow on the ground was a thick layer of ice, and even with studded snow tires, the vehicles had to proceed very carefully.
What would normally take one press of the gas pedal now required several times longer to cover.
Fortunately, it was still morning, so they had enough time for the mission.
Captain Chu Che continuously sensed the supernatural threats within this city.
Last night, the area around the school had been practically swarming with supernatural entities.
That was one of the times Chu Che had sensed the highest concentration of supernatural threats.
This mission would definitely not go smoothly - the only question was when these supernatural threats would appear.
The entire city had only these few vehicles moving about.
The whole world was a blanket of white.
The disappearance of humanity seemed to only affect humanity itself.
The world showed no sorrow over humanity's disappearance - instead, the trees along the roadside grew more luxuriantly, and the air became fresher.
All the places around the school where supplies could be found - shopping malls, supermarkets, everything - had been thoroughly scavenged by Death God Church followers.
Even the several gas stations nearby had been visited countless times by Death God Church followers.
Therefore, to find gas stations, the convoy would have to venture further out.
Half an hour later.
It was Iron Lion's turn to take the lead.
The panel van overtook Chen Ye and stopped right at the front of the convoy.
Chen Ye saw the big fool Iron Lion get out of the vehicle and walk to the very front of the convoy.
Just as Chen Ye was wondering if the big fool was going to take a piss.
Iron Lion's hands twisted and fused together, forming a flesh cannon turret.
The cannon's belly swelled up like a pufferfish.
"Boom!"
A transparent air cannon blasted forth.
The air cannon blasted a long channel through the accumulated snow along the entire street.
Snow flew chaotically all over the street.
Every time they reached a new road, this big fool would do this again, leaving Chen Ye at a loss for words.
This idiot... what if you encounter supernatural threats, then what will you do?
This was Iron Lion - whenever teammates asked him to do something, this fool never stopped to ask why.
Meanwhile, Chen Ye stopped the moment his half-hour shift ended, not working a single second overtime.
Iron Lion even did Ding Dong's share.
When it was the Pink-haired Girl's turn to lead.
The girl directly deployed her Flying Sword Technique.
That Wonder longsword numbered in the three-thousands hovered in front of the vehicle, with a pale red glow wrapped around the blade like fireworks.
The accumulated snow melted away rapidly.
Though not as thoroughly cleaned as with Iron Lion's method, it was perfectly adequate for vehicle passage.
This was the first time Chen Ye had seen this ability of the longsword.
It seemed this girl also had some trump cards she'd been keeping up her sleeve.