It wasn't that the Sequence 3 Blood Moon Lord was incapable of dealing with the door-opening anomalies before him.

These anomalies were obsessively trying to open Chen Ye's car door.

Calling them door-opening anomalies was quite fitting.

Although he didn't know what these door-opening anomalies would do once they opened the door.

It definitely wouldn't be anything good.

The survival rules passed down by word of mouth in the apocalypse constrained Chen Ye's actions.

When encountering anomalies, the first choice was always to avoid the battlefield.

If fighting was truly effective, humans wouldn't have been driven out of the cities.

Chen Ye didn't think the Sequence 3 Blood Moon Lord could compare to the combined strength of the entire Shanghai.

As long as you couldn't quickly resolve the battle, you would always attract more anomalies.

Human strength had its limits, and besides, Chen Ye was only Sequence 3.

Even if he was the Blood Moon Lord, he was still only Sequence 3.

Moreover, there was another conviction anchored like an immovable pillar in Chen Ye's mind.

That was Chu Che...

Chu Che had told him not to open the door, not to get out of the car, to hold on.

The pathfinder's Blood Path ability pointed directly to this grove of trees.

Then...

The way out must be here.

Chen Ye gritted his teeth fiercely. Smoke filled the car interior, already obscuring his form.

The Smoke Breath Mist could shield the aura of living people.

But... the anomalies outside the car still hadn't given up.

It seemed even if there was no one inside the car, these door-opening anomalies were determined to open the door.

Smoke seeped through the door gaps towards the outside of the vehicle.

Soon, a gray-white mist of smoke formed around the car's exterior.

The Smoke Breath Mist had an absolute isolation effect and was useful against anomalies.

But when Chen Ye expanded his Smoke Breath Mist, he discovered his vehicle was surrounded by dense, countless door-opening anomalies.

It was almost impossible to see the edge.

At least within the range covered by the smoke, there was no end in sight.

They were packed densely into every available space.

Even though the anomalies were shielded from all perception, relying on a tactic of sheer numbers pressing in.

They could still accurately locate Chen Ye's position.

The shielding effect of the smoke mist lost its effectiveness in the face of absolute numbers.

Anomalies pressed against anomalies.

One layer piled upon another.

The anomalies standing at the very front were frantically trying to get Chen Ye to open the car door.

The anomalies standing behind them waited quietly.

Waiting for the "person" in front to open the door.

The vacant, dull gazes of all the "anomalies" were fixed on the direction of the Monster Pickup Truck.

At this moment, Chen Ye was like a star on a concert stage.

Attracting all the attention.

Even though the Smoke Breath Mist was there, and they couldn't see clearly.

They just stubbornly stared in that direction.

Wait...

Where was Chu Che?

Where was Sun Xixi?

Where was Iron Lion?

Why were they all gone...

Also, Doctor Luo and Xu Lina's two airport shuttle buses had vanished too.

As if they had never appeared.

There were no traces of their presence in the surrounding leaf litter either.

If not for the Monster Pickup Truck being violently rocked back and forth, Chen Ye might have suspected he was in a dream.

Chen Ye gritted his teeth, a strong sense of unease rising in his heart.

But now wasn't the time to find out why they disappeared.

He was currently facing trouble.

The Monster Pickup Truck was being pushed and rocked side to side.

Several times it nearly tipped over from being pushed by these door-opening anomalies.

But fortunately, the monster extended tentacles to support it.

The monster hidden in the car was somewhat angry, but Chen Ye hadn't issued an attack command.

The Monster Pickup Truck could only grudgingly pull the doors shut tight, not letting the door-opening anomalies outside pull them open.

And not letting them tip the vehicle over.

The left door was being pulled fiercely by three or four door-opening anomalies.

The door creaked and groaned.

The door was deforming...

If not for the previous upgrades, even though the main focus wasn't on enhancing the vehicle shell's rigidity, there was still some improvement.

Otherwise, the door would have been torn off long ago.

The Little Monster's tentacles were tightly wrapped around the door handle, the thick tentacles trembling slightly, clearly bearing immense pulling force.

The hinges connecting the door to the vehicle body were already deformed from being pulled.

Chen Ye wasn't idle either. The smoke inside the car transformed into countless ropes, directly forming an anti-tension structure across all four doors.

Even the cargo compartment door was incorporated into this anti-tension structure.

Yet despite this, the vehicle body still emitted sharp, grating screeches that made one's ears ache.

All the doors were completely deformed.

Through the large gaps formed by the door deformation, one could see those cold faces that didn't seem human.

At that moment, Hatred finally left its scabbard.

A flash of blade light, and Chen Ye only felt the vehicle relax slightly.

Wherever Hatred passed, the hands of those door-opening anomalies were cleanly severed.

Finally... he couldn't hold back any longer and attacked.

Since he decided to attack.

Chen Ye didn't plan to hold back.

Continuous roars came from within the Smoke Breath Mist.

This was the simulated appearance of Crawlers.

After receiving the Blood Moon Blessing, the Crawlers' combat power was already far beyond what it used to be.

The Crawlers simulated from smoke roared as they charged towards a blank-faced "young man".

The blank-faced "young man" didn't even have time to react before being pounced on by a Crawler.

The young man seemed too vacant, completely unaware of how to resist.

In an instant, he was torn apart by the Crawler.

Not only that, the surrounding Crawlers also roared as they broke free from the smoke mist.

One Crawler after another showed no fear, they were more fearless of life and death than the bravest warriors.

Regardless of whether the opponent was human or not, they unhesitatingly followed Chen Ye's command and charged forward.

Tearing everything apart.

The young man instantly turned into black smoke and dissipated into the air.

Then the next moment, all the surrounding door-opening anomalies simultaneously pounced on this Crawler...

The Crawler also turned into smoke and dissipated.

Even more Crawlers broke free from the smoke.

The Monster Pickup Truck, with Chen Ye's permission, extended countless tentacles from all directions of the vehicle.

Some extended from inside the car, reaching out through the deformed doors.

Some extended from beneath the vehicle's chassis...

Others simply emerged from gaps in the wheel arches.

Those tentacles covered in tiny suckers that made one's scalp tingle.

Like monsters crawling out from hell.

They swept up all the nearby door-opening anomalies in one go.

Compared to Hatred's killing power.

The Monster Pickup Truck, numbered within the top thousand, was clearly more formidable and terrifying in combat strength.

The suckers on those tentacles opened small mouths, dense sharp teeth piercing into the bodies of these door-opening anomalies.

Soon these door-opening anomalies quickly withered like punctured balloons.

Finally turning into black smoke and vanishing.

The brief upper hand didn't make Chen Ye let down his guard.

Anomalies couldn't be that simple.

Sure enough, in Chen Ye's perception, the black smoke formed from the killed anomalies merged into the distant darkness.

"Cough, cough..."

A door-opening anomaly beside him suddenly coughed lightly twice.

Chen Ye felt a slight surge of joy.

This was...

Following this door-opening anomaly's cough.

This anomaly that had moved in to try grabbing the door and continue pulling had its strength significantly weakened.

Two or three other door-opening anomalies nearby also started coughing.

Their strength in pulling the door weakened, their movements slowed.

Although their faces didn't show the pained expressions a human should have.

The coughing was real.

This was the additional effect of the Smoke Breath Mist after receiving the Blood Moon Blessing.

Originally, Chen Ye thought it only worked on humans.

He hadn't expected the smoke mist's toxin to be effective on these creatures that were no longer human.

Unexpectedly... it could work like this?

In just an instant, Chen Ye understood.

The Smoke Breath Mist was essentially his supernatural power.

The toxin of the Smoke Breath Mist was also essentially supernatural power, not a traditional virus or toxin.

Unless these door-opening anomalies were powerful enough, they couldn't avoid being affected by this supernatural power.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

More and more coughing sounds.

Within the area covered by the Smoke Breath Mist, more and more coughing sounds arose.

Although the coughing didn't cause the door-opening anomalies to feel pain.

It still weakened their mobility.

Every cough sounded like celestial music to Chen Ye's ears.

Within mere seconds, the coughing sounds around him became a continuous chorus.

Every cough was accompanied by reduced mobility.

Hatred's blade emitted a cold, chilling light, directly shredding the nearest seven or eight door-opening anomalies into black smoke.

Wisps of black smoke fled towards the distant darkness.

At the same time, the scabbard at Chen Ye's waist suddenly grew dense red filaments, entangling one wisp of black smoke.

Accompanied by a series of inhuman screams.

The red filaments directly pulled the black smoke into the scabbard.

Chen Ye was momentarily stunned, then understood.

The red filaments in the scabbard often showed great interest in specific targets.

If these red filaments could actively appear to capture certain targets they approved of, it meant Hatred was likely to improve its sequence ranking in the near future.

Like back in the Divine Elephant Village.

Those wraiths floating in the air were great nourishment for the scabbard.

And now, these door-opening anomalies also held a super strong attraction for the scabbard.

But in the Oasis, the red filaments hadn't reacted much.

It seemed the anomalies in the Oasis weren't to their liking.

But even though the red filaments were frantically capturing the escaping black smoke.

There were still more wisps of black smoke disappearing into the distant darkness.

"Ah~!~~"

As the black smoke merged, terrifying, piercing screams came from the distant darkness.

These screams filled with resentment made Chen Ye's heart shiver with fear.

Although he didn't know what it was.

Chen Ye could feel a strong sense of crisis rising from the depths of his heart.

It seemed something truly terrifying was awakening.

Was coming...

Sure enough...

No wonder so many people said when encountering anomalies, fighting was the last resort.

Even without seeing the source of those piercing screams, Chen Ye realized, trouble had gotten big.

Just these screams alone made the sense of crisis in Chen Ye's heart countless times heavier than before.

These screams became more frequent and shrill.

Not only did Chen Ye become more alert.

Even the swarming door-opening anomalies around him became sluggish upon hearing the sharp screams.

Some door-opening anomalies were so frightened they prostrated on the ground.

Like slaves meeting their king.

A powerful, irresistible pressure instantly descended from above.

The Monster Pickup Truck retracted all its tentacles.

It seemed the screams made the Monster Pickup Truck revert to its timid monster persona.

Hatred was also withdrawn, held in Chen Ye's hand.

The blade transmitted a faint feeling of excitement...

But, right at this moment...

The previously expressionless "people" who had been frantically charging towards him all stopped in their tracks.

Those kneeling door-opening anomalies also trembled slightly, then acted as if nothing had happened.

All the door-opening anomalies...

All of them...

As far as the eye could see...

The door-opening anomalies seemed to be off duty, like obedient cattle and horses following commands.

Slowly, they began facing Chen Ye, stepping backwards one step at a time.

In less than ten seconds.

The previously crowded area was completely empty.

Everything returned to normal.

Chen Ye raised his wrist and glanced at his wristwatch.

"00:30"

Chen Ye let out a long sigh of relief.

He turned to look around.

Suddenly, he saw several glowing characters appear on the empty ground not far away.

Was this Chu Che's marking ability?

Chen Ye's heart jumped with surprise, and he started the Monster Pickup Truck to drive over.