"Sister Lina, starting today, no, starting right now, I am your person. If you tell me to go east, I absolutely dare not go west!"

The timeline rewinds to before the start of the second Anomaly Tide.

After Xu Lina demonstrated extraordinary combat power.

Many people clearly understood that Xu Lina was different.

Although they didn't know why Xu Lina was different.

But that didn't stop them from pledging their loyalty to Xu Lina.

Chen Ye and Chu Che wouldn't educate the ordinary people in the convoy about Superhuman knowledge.

They certainly wouldn't know anything about what a Wonder Symbiont is.

Their understanding of Superhumans was limited to the mix of true and false information passed around by word of mouth.

Or the occasional snippets overheard from conversations between Chu Che and Chen Ye.

In their eyes, what Xu Lina had just done was the work of a Superhuman.

And that blood-red tube behind Xu Lina's head, everything seemed somewhat unreal.

Even if they were unwilling to admit it, the fact remained that Xu Lina had become a Superhuman.

Jiang Hui quickly realized Xu Lina was a new powerful figure to latch onto, and immediately went before her to pledge his loyalty.

"Sister Lina, and me too, don't worry, I will absolutely not be a traitor like Li Juan!"

Jiang Hui wasn't the only clever one; a girl with a sharp chin named Lu Duoduo also jumped out to pledge her loyalty.

Both looked at Xu Lina with ingratiating expressions.

Actually, Lu Duoduo was originally the most resentful towards Xu Lina.

This woman was also a borderline Internet Celebrity before the apocalypse, relying on modern technology to have a somewhat decent-looking face.

But it was completely incomparable to Xu Lina's.

After the apocalypse, there was nowhere to maintain that face even if you had money.

Now it had warped quite severely, especially that sharp chin, which looked like it could stab someone to death.

Li Juan had targeted her quite a bit before.

When Li Daba and Li Juan launched their coup, these two were among those hiding in the back watching the show.

And now, seeing that Xu Lina was already a Superhuman.

These two immediately jumped out to pledge their loyalty.

Xu Lina looked down at these two sycophantic people.

Her two eyes, with their six black pupils, rotated within their sockets.

The two felt immense pressure, cold sweat beading on their foreheads.

It seemed like two or three minutes had passed, or maybe two or three hours.

Only then did Xu Lina let out a meaningful, coquettish laugh: "Good, you two, work diligently, and benefits won't be lacking for you."

"Thank you, Sister Lina! Thank you, Sister Lina!"

The two hurriedly kowtowed to Xu Lina.

Xu Lina smiled like a thorny rose.

With the help of these two, Xu Lina's subsequent work was made much easier.

...

Returning to the timeline of Chen Ye resisting the Door-Opening Anomalies.

As more and more Door-Opening Anomalies appeared within the Smoke Breath Mist.

Chen Ye's situation became increasingly dangerous.

Although these Door-Opening Anomalies couldn't detect Chen Ye's location.

Nor could they detect the location of Chen Ye's shelter.

They seemed bound by a strange rule.

They wandered aimlessly within the Smoke Breath Mist.

This blind exploration made Chen Ye's temporary shelter increasingly dangerous, with the possibility of being discovered by them at any moment.

Chen Ye's heart stirred slightly.

Within the Smoke Breath Mist, the ground began to become rugged and uneven, with low walls forming in many places.

These low walls were remarkably effective at blocking the Door-Opening Anomalies from getting close.

Chen Ye was stalling for time.

He glanced at the vehicle's countdown.

Six minutes remained until the upgrade would be complete.

That was enough.

The temporary shelter holding out for six minutes shouldn't be difficult.

But there were too many Door-Opening Anomalies.

So many that Chen Ye could hardly imagine.

Within the area covered by the Smoke Breath Mist, they were all these expressionless, eerily behaved Door-Opening Anomalies.

Time ticked by second by second.

Almost every ten seconds, Chen Ye would look up at the countdown on the Monster Pickup Truck.

The number of Door-Opening Anomalies was still increasing.

Moreover, Chen Ye noticed there were several exceptionally tall and thin figures among them.

Although these guys couldn't compare to Iron Lion's robust physique.

They were still considerably taller than normal people.

Each was at least around two and a half meters tall, looking very much like those tall, thin monsters from horror movies.

These tall, thin figures had appeared not long ago.

And these guys were clearly much more aggressive than the previous ordinary Door-Opening Anomalies.

Their movements were also noticeably faster than the previous ones.

These tall, thin figures walked into the mist, constantly tripping over the low walls Chen Ye created.

But their movements weren't much affected.

No matter how many low walls Chen Ye created, he still couldn't stop them from getting closer.

Finally...

When the first tall, thin figure made contact with the simple shelter Chen Ye had built.

This guy was like a Hungry Wolf that hadn't eaten for a month suddenly spotting a plump little rabbit.

The guy threw its head back and let out a piercing, mournful howl.

Unfortunately, Chen Ye's Smoke Breath Mist had a sound-isolating effect.

Only Chen Ye heard this howl.

It sounded like the despairing, shrill cry of a person breaking down, mouth wide open.

Then Chen Ye saw this guy quickly feeling its way around the simple shelter.

It seemed to be searching for the door to enter the shelter. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Chen Ye sneered.

The door to this shelter wasn't like the kind of door he had simulated and created with smoke before.

It could be said that the most solid part of this shelter was that door.

Soon, the tall, thin figure finally found the location of the door.

The tall, thin figure seemed like it had been injected with stimulants, grabbing the door and pushing with immense force.

Chen Ye only saw the wooden door he had reinforced tremble slightly.

What tremendous strength!!!

Chen Ye was slightly startled.

He patted the rear of the Monster Pickup Truck.

Simultaneously, he used the smoke to form a barricading structure around the wooden door.

Receiving Chen Ye's instruction, the Little Monster extended its thick tentacles from within the battered pickup truck.

Just like before, the Little Monster also began to block the door.

The tall, thin figure seemed unaware of the door's difficulty, excitedly roaring and beginning to ram the door.

Soon, the figure of a second Door-Opening Anomaly appeared.

This was a female Door-Opening Anomaly. Upon realizing there was a door in front of it.

This Door-Opening Anomaly also seemed very excited, imitating the tall, thin figure and starting to break down the door.

At the same time, the black miasma swirling around the Door-Opening Anomalies was also corroding the wooden door.

Then came the third... the fourth...

Although the Smoke Breath Mist had a sound-isolating effect.

More and more Door-Opening Anomalies still became aware of the door's existence.

They frantically grabbed the door, shaking it wildly.

Especially the newly appeared tall, thin figures.

Their strength was astonishingly great.

Often, a single forceful impact would cause the wooden door to shudder.

Shaking the entire wooden hut along with it.

Even though the materials for these construction huts were very hard wood.

They still couldn't withstand the impact of these tall, thin Anomalies.

Given their strength, Chen Ye believed that if it were a shelter built from ordinary wood, it probably wouldn't last ten seconds.

Chen Ye nervously checked the countdown.

One minute remained until the Monster Pickup Truck's upgrade was complete.

"CRACK..."

Right at this moment, the seemingly incredibly sturdy wooden door, finally under the Door-Opening Anomalies' all-out, relentless assault.

Emitted a groan of being unable to bear the load...

"Little Monster..."

Chen Ye acted decisively, reminding the Little Monster while simultaneously drawing Hatred from its sheath.

Just as the wooden door was about to be breached.

Hatred and the Little Monster both sprang into action simultaneously.

"CRACK..."

"BOOM BOOM BOOM! ~~"

They directly destroyed the original wooden door completely.

The wooden door, already nearly destroyed by them, under the combined efforts of the Little Monster and Hatred.

Was utterly ruined...

At the same time.

The Monster Pickup Truck's upgrade countdown had just reached zero.