Sequence Highway Survival: I Upgrade Supplies in the Apocalypse-Chapter 64: The First Wonderful Item

Even someone as big as Iron Lion couldn't help but have his eyes light up when he saw Chen Ye's apocalyptic pickup truck, his gaze filled with envy.
The crowd dispersed, everyone returning to their own vehicles.
Except for some envious glances that still lingered on Chen Ye's vehicle.
There was no helping it - while this vehicle might not be particularly practical, it certainly looked impressive.
Especially its imposing and domineering body.
It perfectly embodied the post-apocalyptic aesthetic.
A steaming bowl of dried noodles was brought before Chen Ye by Xu Lina.
Seeing Xu Lina's somewhat shy yet expectant expression.
Chen Ye was genuinely a bit surprised.
This bowl of noodles was quite skillfully made, far better than what he could prepare himself, and it even contained a fried egg.
Plus two green vegetable leaves.
Green vegetable leaves?
Eggs?
"This egg..."
Chen Ye remembered that his supplies didn't include eggs.
Eggs were rare commodities these days - they could only last seven to ten days at summer room temperature, and even under optimal storage conditions, no more than a month or so.
In this apocalyptic world, the preciousness of a single egg was unimaginable.
He had no idea where this woman had gotten the egg.
And these green vegetable leaves.
This was the desert.
Where could she possibly find green vegetable leaves?
This was simply unbelievable!
Xu Lina lowered her head, her face reddening as she said: "You... you should eat first, I'm going back to have my meal!"
After saying this, the woman turned and walked away, like a young girl being stared at by her crush.
After turning around, the shyness on Xu Lina's face transformed into smug satisfaction.
From beginning to end, Xu Lina hadn't bothered about herself, only making a single bowl of noodles for Chen Ye.
She hadn't even thought of making any for herself.
Surely this would leave a deep impression on Chen Ye.
She had even saved him supplies.
He must certainly think she was considering him with her whole heart.
Men, they were so simple-minded.
Remembering the surprise on Chen Ye's face earlier, the smugness on the woman's face grew even stronger.
Xu Lina even felt that dealing with a man like Chen Ye offered no challenge at all.
Returning to the school bus group.
Breakfast was already prepared by this time.
Old Li greeted Xu Lina with a beaming smile.
"Lina, Yezi's vehicle is quite impressive!"
Xu Lina's expression remained unchanged, still maintaining her polite smile: "Yes, Chen Ye's vehicle is really nice, truly worthy of a Mechanic Sequence super! Very impressive!"
The thirty-year-old Old Li smiled even more amiably.
Simultaneously, Old Li's head seemed to have grown even balder.
The other survivors glanced at Xu Lina with complicated expressions, then lowered their heads to attend to their own matters.
Regarding Xu Lina coming to eat for free without having worked this morning.
No one voiced any objections.
Even Xu Jiaojiao didn't jump up to mock her.
She just silently turned her back, head bowed low, using her hair to conceal her facial expression and the small bowl in her hands.
During this period, this woman had lost considerable weight.
Presumably because the convoy's supplied resources were limited - even the fattest person could become thin under such circumstances.
"Sister Lina, this is yours!"
Xiao Fu brought over a large bowl of thin porridge.
"Xiao Fu, thank you!"
Xu Lina accepted the small bowl, her face showing neither disappointment nor gratitude, still maintaining her usual politeness that made people feel comfortable.
Xu Lina could clearly sense that the people around her had become much friendlier.
This was fair.
She had given something, so naturally she could receive something in return.
Even that sleazy old man hadn't come to harass her this morning.
Previously, that sleazy old man would appear punctually every morning.
Although he had never managed to take any real advantage, dealing with him was still quite troublesome.
The green vegetables and eggs she had given Chen Ye were all tricked out of that sleazy old man.
Even though the old man knew he had been duped, he didn't dare to approach.
When Xu Lina looked toward the sleazy old man, he even gave her a somewhat ingratiating smile.
...
Chen Ye rubbed his chin, watching Xu Lina's swaying waist with a contemplative gaze.
Without overthinking it, he took a taste and found it quite delicious, much better than his own cooking skills.
Holding the noodle bowl, he squatted to one side, put down the bowl, observed his surroundings and found nobody paying attention to him - everyone was eating breakfast.
Chen Ye took out the machete, the broken hand crossbow, the Binding Resentment Willow branch, and the Flayed Ghost's Scalp.
Picking up the noodle bowl again, he slurped the noodles while already planning upgrade strategies in his mind.
The most precious among these was naturally this red Flayed Ghost's Scalp.
If upgrading with this skin went smoothly, he might even obtain a Wonder with a serial number within the top two thousand.
This would be a top-two-thousand serial number Wonder!
Just look at how Captain Chu treasured that Eavesdropping Radio to understand how precious a top-two-thousand Wonder was.
And that pink-haired, long-legged high school alcoholic girl - he heard her sword's serial number was beyond three thousand, but Chen Ye had never seen her apart from that sword.
While slurping noodles, Chen Ye's gaze wandered among the four items before him.
"System, how many Slaughter Points are needed to fuse the Flayed Ghost's Scalp with the machete for upgrade?"
The spinning small circle soon appeared.
The answer made Chen Ye both excited and quite frustrated.
The system's response indicated a requirement of thirty thousand Slaughter Points and 86 hours, meaning three and a half days.
Thirty thousand Slaughter Points - Chen Ye simply didn't have that many.
He only had eight thousand Slaughter Points remaining.
He even still owed the system ten thousand Slaughter Points.
Chen Ye tried having the Flayed Ghost's Scalp fuse and upgrade with the hand crossbow, which also required thirty thousand Slaughter Points and 86 hours.
Similarly, a Wonder requiring thirty thousand Slaughter Points would certainly be extraordinarily powerful.
Chen Ye abandoned using the Flayed Ghost's Scalp as Wonder material and decided to first upgrade using the Binding Resentment Willow branch.
He didn't choose to fuse and upgrade the hand crossbow.
Instead, Chen Ye focused his attention on the machete.
The reason for upgrading the machete was to obtain a close-quarters defense method.
The system's response remained five thousand Slaughter Points.
Chen Ye had five thousand Slaughter Points!
Without hesitation, Chen Ye clicked agree.
An hourglass countdown appeared above the machete.
[11:59:59]
Suddenly Chen Ye thought of something else.
Black dog blood!
Black dog blood could affect Anomalies to some extent, so it should also count as a type of Wonder.
Why not take out the black dog blood and try it?
Thinking it, he acted on it.
Chen Ye put down his bowl again, climbed into the truck bed to search.
Soon a small bag of somewhat viscous black dog blood appeared in his hand.
It only cost one Slaughter Point to get the appraisal result.
[Item Name: Almost Dried Ordinary Black Dog Blood.]
[Type: Ordinary Wonder Material.]
[Origin: This is ordinary black dog blood collected from an ordinary black dog.]
[Comment: This item can have some effect on common Anomalies, but attempting to kill Anomalies with such ordinary black dog blood is undoubtedly fantasy.]
Chen Ye felt speechless - he knew this thing might not be that precious.
But he hadn't expected it to be this ordinary.
The appraisal results were filled throughout with words like "ordinary" and "common."
Chen Ye immediately canceled the ongoing upgrade task.
Since the system recognized it as Wonder material, even if it was ordinary Wonder material.
It should still be upgradeable and serve some function.
Having something was better than having nothing.
If it could retain the black dog blood's effect on Anomalies, that would be even better.
Then he wouldn't need to keep smearing black dog blood on the machete blade in the future.
Previously Chen Ye had soaked the machete in dog blood.
Later when black dog blood became insufficient, Chen Ye would just smear it on the blade edge.
Every so often when the black dog blood wore off, he had to reapply it, which was quite troublesome.
He hoped the fused new Wonder would retain the black dog blood's characteristics.
Chen Ye added the black dog blood to the new upgrade plan.
The system quickly provided a response.
The upgrade required five thousand five hundred Slaughter Points.
An increase of five hundred Slaughter Points.
Using five thousand five hundred from his eight thousand Slaughter Points left him with two thousand five hundred remaining.
These two thousand five hundred should be enough to handle unexpected needs.
The time also changed from the previous twelve hours to twelve and a half hours.
Meaning the upgrade would complete around 9:30 PM tonight.
The upgrade hourglass countdown reappeared above the machete.
[12:29:59]
[12:29:58]
"Attention! Attention! Departing in ten minutes!"
"Departing in ten minutes!"
Old Bao's loudspeaker sounded again.
Chen Ye had almost finished his bowl of noodles.
As for washing the bowl...
Chen Ye poured a little bottled water into the bowl.
Swirled it around, then drank the flavored bowl-washing water in one gulp.
This was the desert - every bit of water resource was incredibly precious.
After tidying up the repair tools and other items slightly, Chen Ye opened the door and climbed into the driver's cabin.
The brand new apocalyptic pickup truck's first post-apocalyptic migration was about to begin.
Tonight he would obtain his very first Wonder.
A new day filled with hope.