Looking at this pot of miraculous cooking, Chen Ye fell silent.

Chen Ye remembered an internet meme: "The neighbor's kid is crying from hunger."

If he really took this pot of stuff to feed the neighbor's kid, he'd probably get beaten to death by the parents.

He stirred the pot with a spoon.

He discovered the rice wasn't actually cooked.

The top layer was cooked, but the bottom was still raw.

The lettuce was also half-raw and half-cooked.

The potato's surface was a bit soft, but the inside was actually still crunchy.

That sausage was cooked though.

For people who know how to cook, cooking is a very simple thing.

But for people who don't know how to cook, it's a very difficult thing.

Moreover, people who can't cook have another characteristic.

Perhaps today he can cook a decent meal.

Tomorrow he can ruin a meal.

For example, in the very beginning, Chen Ye often cooked rice with cured meat; it didn't taste good, but it was edible.

But now...

Having other survivors handle it for a long time nearly made Chen Ye forget this basic survival skill of cooking.

Because of this, Chen Ye had no choice but to recook it.

Another half hour later.

Chen Ye finally finished what could only be described as an unspeakable dinner.

Actually, it was already almost 2 AM.

Since he couldn't sleep at night anyway.

Chen Ye began preparing for those twelve minutes.

Given the Monster Pickup Truck's current condition, holding on for twelve minutes would be very difficult.

If he didn't do some preparation in advance, tonight would probably be tough.

But if he did nothing and just waited for time to pass, that wasn't Chen Ye's style either.

Furthermore, those Anomalies seemed to have their own specific rules.

Previously, they clearly had many ways to get inside the vehicle.

Like smashing the window glass...

But they stubbornly insisted on trying to open the car door.

This seemed to be the rule of the Door-Opening Anomalies.

This rule could be exploited.

Chen Ye's plan was to build a circle of fence around the Monster Pickup Truck as the center.

And leave a gate in the fence.

Of course, this kind of fence absolutely could not block those Anomalies.

Chen Ye wasn't a fool.

He didn't think some simple measures could stop those Anomalies.

Modern weapons in the city couldn't stop them.

These Anomalies definitely couldn't be stopped by some fences.

Their main purpose was to delay those Anomalies.

Use the Anomalies' rules to buy time.

Buying time was Chen Ye's main objective for dealing with the Anomalies next.

As long as he could hold out for twelve minutes.

Wait for the System to complete the Monster Pickup Truck's upgrade.

Only then would there be a path to survival.

Of course, that's if these Anomalies don't change their rules.

You have to understand, you can't deal with Anomalies completely based on past experience.

"Anomalies cannot be described, cannot be fathomed, cannot be categorized, have no fixed nature."

"If you already believe you have sufficient experience dealing with Anomalies, believe me, you are not far from death."

This was the first law about Anomalies that Captain Chu wrote in his ledger notes.

Chen Ye needed even more thorough preparation.

When dealing with Anomalies, no amount of caution is excessive.

Chen Ye looked at the towering trees surrounding him.

For a moment, he felt a bit stumped.

With so many huge trees, relying on just himself, even as a Superhuman, would probably be troublesome.

Fortunately, it wasn't completely hopeless.

Chen Ye lit a cigarette from his pocket.

He patted the car's backrest with his hand: "Hey, little guy, if you want to survive today, you have to help me!"

No sound responded.

Chen Ye only saw a tentacle slightly emerge a little from under the car seat.

Chen Ye smiled slightly: "Alright, time to start working."

He exhaled a puff of smoke.

Intense smoke quickly formed patches of smoke clouds around Chen Ye.

Then, from within the smoke clouds, a woman with long flowing hair, her entire body formed from smoke, walked out, holding a scythe also formed from smoke in her hand.

It was the Death God!

At the same time, a strong figure also walked out beside the Death God.

This person had two heads and four arms, but the face was blurry.

Smoke Breath simulation always had some shortcomings and defects when simulating people.

This simulated person was modeled by Chen Ye based on Iron Lion's image.

When it comes to manual labor, who could be more suitable than a Superhuman of the Flesh Titan Sequence?

Even specialized engineering machinery wasn't as useful as a Flesh Titan.

A full four simulated people, similar to Iron Lion, stood in a row.

Each looked a bit like Iron Lion, with a somewhat simple, honest feel.

Even though the facial features were unclear.

Not only that, but there were also seven or eight smoke-simulated human forms; these basically just had a human shape.

These were the laborers Chen Ye simulated.

Chen Ye's eyes scanned his surroundings.

He finally found a tree that looked the smallest and thinnest.

Even so, this tree was still too big for one person to wrap their arms around.

He drew Hatred...

When it came to sharpness, Hatred never backed down.

Hatred's Hidden Edge ability ensured it was constantly absorbing grudge energy from the air, and could also form a thin layer of "grudge-energy blade edge" on the blade.

The longer it stayed hidden in the Scabbard, the sharper Hatred became.

If it were an ordinary big tree, given Hatred's sharpness, one slash would probably solve the problem.

But the big trees in this sea of trees were all somewhat miraculous.

Hatred striking the tree trunk felt like striking stone.

Fortunately, it ultimately couldn't withstand Hatred's "grudge-energy blade edge."

If it were before the apocalypse, cutting down such a big tree would probably get you room and board.

The tree made creaking, groaning sounds.

Like a collapsing mountain, it slowly fell down.

It pressed down on many surrounding trees, making them creak and groan.

At the same time, Chen Ye could even faintly hear waves of crying sounds.

In the silent darkness of night, this kind of crying sound was simply the most terrifying background BGM.

But Chen Ye was long accustomed to all sorts of strange and bizarre horrors and Anomalies.

It was just crying sounds.

No big deal.

Many surrounding branches also broke and fell as the big tree collapsed.

With Hatred in hand, something that originally seemed nearly impossible now felt somewhat doable.

Chen Ye was now a ruthless lumberjack.

Smoke formed a platform on the ground, isolating Chen Ye from the leaf litter layer.

Lumberjack Chen Ye was online.