Sequence Highway Survival: I Upgrade Supplies in the Apocalypse-Chapter 166: There are living people in this city

Fog City was not a tourist destination, but its urban scale was no smaller than Rong City, and its permanent population far exceeded that of Rong City.
Because the city was perpetually shrouded in a layer of grayish haze, the name "Fog City" had become increasingly famous online.
But this name actually carried a somewhat ironic meaning.
In previous years, Fog City had been mocked by netizens nationwide due to its poor environmental governance.
However, after years of management efforts, they had achieved some modest success.
Yet the name Fog City still stuck to this city.
If you mentioned the city's original name, perhaps no one would know it.
But when you mentioned Fog City, everyone could crack a few jokes about it.
The entire city was traversed by the Mist River, which divided Fog City into the New City and Old City districts.
When Chen Ye and Chu Che reached the city outskirts, they immediately sensed something different about this place.
Within the thick fog, there was always a strange odor mixing rust and sour stench, and even wearing masks couldn't completely avoid it.
"Cough cough cough..."
Xiao Wang was coughing incessantly, and even with three layers of masks on his face, there was no relief whatsoever.
Clearly, this heavy fog contained certain harmful gases.
It would be best to find something like gas masks.
But the problem was...
This was the apocalypse now. Being able to find masks was already pretty good.
Chu Che glanced worriedly at Xiao Wang.
Old Bao likely didn't have many days left, and if Old Bao was gone, Xiao Wang would be gone too.
Then his small group would probably be left with just him alone.
In such an environment, even a young person like Xiao Wang was struggling to endure, yet Old Bao was stubbornly holding on without breathing his last smoke - one had to admit it was something of a miracle.
The two off-road vehicles stopped on the national highway, with gray haze stretching both ahead and behind, making it impossible to see the situation in either direction.
The entire national highway was terrifyingly quiet, without even the sound of wind.
Faintly visible was a billboard, with blurred large red characters reading: "Welcome to Fog City!"
Even though he couldn't see the city ahead, Chen Ye could still sense great terror lying before them.
"Zzz... Squad Leader Chu, what about... ahead?"
Chen Ye swallowed hard and picked up the walkie-talkie to speak.
Chu Che was in his own off-road vehicle, studying a map spread out before him.
Pathfinders had special perception regarding basic directions.
It was like when a southerner asks a northerner for directions on the road, the northerner would say "Go east... then south... and you'll arrive."
Then the southerner would be completely confused - what east, west, south, north? I can't tell them apart!
But northerners would be astonished - you can't even distinguish the cardinal directions?
Pathfinders had this kind of innate intuition, and it was an enhanced version.
It couldn't really be considered an ability, just a kind of intuition.
Even without a compass, Chu Che could clearly know the directions of east, west, south, and north.
Although heavy fog permeated everything, Chu Che could still roughly navigate using the map in his hand and his directional perception.
It's just that in such an environment, even pathfinders couldn't freely go wherever they wanted - mostly they were driven by anomalies to safer places.
"Zzz... Ahead is Fog City, Yezi, be careful!"
"I'll notify you in advance if there's danger!"
"Everyone get ready! Cough cough cough..."
Xiao Wang's coughing came through the walkie-talkie.
Chen Ye swallowed hard, then gently pressed the gas pedal, the Apocalyptic Pickup Truck breaking through the fog as it slowly moved forward.
Chu Che's vehicle followed behind, occasionally faintly hearing several bouts of urgent coughing.
Chen Ye felt like he was driving through a silent land, with no sound whatsoever around him.
Due to the very low visibility, the vehicle occasionally hit some unknown objects, which further slowed the convoy's progress.
This would create some noise that echoed throughout the unknown misty space.
Every time this happened, Chen Ye would nervously grip the handle of his machete.
Only when the sounds disappeared and no abnormalities appeared would Chen Ye restart the vehicle.
But Chen Ye definitely didn't think this place had no anomalies.
After the apocalypse, the anomalies in this world were everywhere.
Places without anomalies were almost impossible.
"Wait, Chen Ye, stop..."
Chu Che's voice suddenly came through the walkie-talkie.
Chen Ye immediately slammed on the brakes, the off-road vehicle behind nearly rear-ending him.
"Squad Leader Chu, anomalies?"
"Yes..."
Chu Che's expression was somewhat strange at the moment.
Before approaching Fog City, Chu Che could still sense the presence of very powerful and terrifying anomalies in the city.
But as they got closer, the city seemed to have fallen silent, and the previously sensed presences...
Although not completely gone, they kept fading in and out.
This made Chu Che quite worried.
This was the first time he had encountered such a situation.
According to the First Law of Anomalies: indescribable, unfathomable, unclassifiable, without fixed nature.
Chu Che clearly knew that one day, he would encounter anomalies that even pathfinders couldn't perceive.
But...
Was it happening now?
Chu Che carefully sensed for a full three minutes.
Only then did he transmit his hesitant voice through the walkie-talkie: "It's fine, keep going!"
Although Chu Che said it was fine, Chen Ye wasn't having it: "Squad Leader Chu, at a time like this, you're still hiding things?"
Chu Che hesitated before saying: "I sense some presences fading in and out, sometimes appearing, sometimes disappearing. I've never encountered this situation before."
Chen Ye broke out in a cold sweat: "Squad Leader Chu, maybe we should detour! Iron Lion should be able to hold on a bit longer, he is a Sequence 2 Titan after all!"
Unexpectedly, a voice came through the walkie-talkie: "Impossible. I can clearly sense that behind us, there are at least three powerful anomalies! Each one's presence rivals the Eight-Limbed Human Face!"
"You sure?"
Chen Ye wisely chose to shut up.
Now without even a tail, going back would simply be suicide.
The vehicles continued forward.
Chen Ye drove even slower.
Even Chu Che couldn't stand it anymore, his dissatisfied voice coming through the walkie-talkie: "Chen Ye, are you out for a stroll?"
Chen Ye directly retorted: "If you're so good, you take the lead!"
"You..."
Chu Che was out of options.
Chen Ye was the most cautious person in the entire convoy, and when danger appeared, he was always the first to flee.
Getting him to take point was already like the sun rising from the west.
Asking for more was clearly impossible.
Who would have thought this guy would become a Sequence Superpower, and a Sequence 2 at that.
It simply defied all reason.
No matter how slow they went, the vehicles eventually entered Fog City.
Although they couldn't clearly see the street scenes outside, the crosswalks on the road and the occasional outlines of buildings on both sides clearly indicated this was Fog City.
Sometimes when driving into narrower alleys, Chen Ye could even see signs on both sides of the street reading "Fog City Beef Noodles."
It's just that most such shops were already empty of people.
Some shops with open doors were pitch black inside, with nothing visible except fog.
"Save... save me..."
An extremely faint voice suddenly reached his ears.
Chen Ye shuddered upon hearing it, but his speed didn't change at all, still maintaining a steady pace.
This wasn't the first time he'd encountered this situation.
Only an idiot would stop.
"Zzz... Chen Ye, wait..."
Chu Che's voice suddenly came through the walkie-talkie.
"Squad Leader Chu, what's the situation?"
"Did you hear that? A cry for help!"
"Squad Leader Chu, does a cry for help in this place seem reasonable to you?"
"No, this isn't an anomaly. I don't sense any anomalous presence. This is a person... There are actually living people in this city, my god!"
Chu Che's utterly astonished voice came through the walkie-talkie.