Seeing the charging indicator appear inside the vehicle, Chen Ye felt slightly more at ease.

The sky was still a hazy gray.

However, today's gray haze still improved Chen Ye's mood quite a bit.

At least, in this future situation of Eternal Night, he had gained a little more of a trump card.

His next task was originally to continue repairing the vehicle body.

The System's given plan required five thousand Slaughter Points and five hours of repair time.

Just as Chen Ye was about to click confirm, he hesitated again.

Chen Ye did a quick mental calculation, thinking the timing was about right. The repair would finish around six or seven in the afternoon.

The last vehicle body rigidity upgrade had managed to withstand the Door-Opening Anomalies' attack.

But the vehicle's surface had also suffered quite a bit of damage.

Of course, tonight's Anomaly Tide would definitely be even more troublesome. He estimated there would be more of those tall, thin, shadowy anomalies.

There might even be the appearance of something even more terrifying.

Actually, the safest approach would be to perform another upgrade on the vehicle's rigidity.

The Slaughter Points were sufficient, but the time simply wasn't enough.

Bus Number Seven was also in a rather pitiful state right now.

Someone had used timber to patch up Bus Number Seven. Xu Lina used that knife to split some wood into shapes resembling planks. Then, using methods like tying and binding, they fixed these wooden poles onto Bus Number Seven.

Simply put, they had used this hard timber to build an extremely crude shell for the bus.

Of course, some people had also released the meatworms from the bus's undercarriage luggage compartment.

After all, since entering this Sea of Trees, these meatworms hadn't come out at all.

Although the meatworms' vitality was quite vigorous.

Not receiving proper care for a long time was still a troublesome matter.

Some survivors took those fallen leaves and fed them to the meatworms.

Unexpectedly, when the meatworms got these leaves, they actually behaved very excitedly.

This was indeed beyond everyone's expectations.

Feeding the meatworms wasn't the most important task at the moment, but they were still very important assets for the convoy.

Moreover, it wasn't a very troublesome matter either.

As long as there was food, these meatworms simply wouldn't run away.

The camp was still bustling with activity.

Actually, it was mainly the Little Monster inside the Monster Pickup Truck who was busy, along with the Flesh Titan Sequence Chen Ye had simulated.

Ordinary people basically didn't have much use in this kind of engineering project.

Of course, ordinary people weren't completely useless either.

This time, the leftover scraps from the felled trees were collected by the other survivors and arranged in a circle around the perimeter of the camp.

When the Anomaly Tide arrived, lighting these wood chips might serve some purpose.

Some people collected the fallen leaves as well.

They wanted to use these leaves as kindling.

If feasible, the fallen leaves in this Sea of Trees would be an inexhaustible supply.

Seeing people doing this, Chen Ye didn't stop them.

Some things were more efficient for them to realize on their own than for him to tell them.

Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, when these fallen leaves were thrown into the fire, they didn't burn.

In no time, even the fire itself seemed to be affected, showing signs of possibly going out.

This left many survivors puzzled.

They had no choice but to abandon the idea of using fallen leaves as kindling.

Others were urgently making weapons.

They tied their knives to branches using rope or other materials.

Some made simple bows.

Even though they clearly knew these things might not be of any use against anomalies.

People still felt it was more appropriate to at least have something in their hands.

Regarding this, Chen Ye also did not stop them.

The main labor force of the convoy wasn't these ordinary people.

In fact, in Chen Ye's eyes, much of their work was just futile effort.

Their greatest usefulness wasn't reflected here.

Time passed quickly.

It seemed like in the blink of an eye, it was already seven in the afternoon.

The survivors began setting up pots and cooking again.

Originally, the convoy maintained a rule of two meals a day.

One in the morning and one in the evening.

But today's high-intensity work led the superhumans to decide to let everyone eat three meals.

Furthermore, today wasn't without any harvest at all.

Those who didn't need to cook were already so tired they lay on the ground, not wanting to move.

In fact, more than half of the people had already fallen asleep while waiting for the meal.

The Monster Pickup Truck's repair work was finished.

Chen Ye hesitated slightly. Between upgrading the vehicle's rigidity and the power system, he still chose to continue upgrading the Monster Pickup Truck's power system.

The main reason for choosing the power system upgrade was the time issue.

Upgrading the power system could at least guarantee it would be usable by the time the fourth Anomaly Tide arrived.

If he upgraded the vehicle body rigidity, he was afraid it wouldn't be ready by the fifth or even sixth Anomaly Tide.

By then, perhaps they would have already reunited with Chu Che and the others.

Perhaps they would have already left the Sea of Trees.

This upgrade project included covering the top of the vehicle compartment with solar charging panels as well.

This would ensure charging efficiency.

It would also be of great use when the fourth Anomaly Tide arrived.

The fourth Anomaly Tide should be the final Anomaly Tide.

But it would also be the most terrifying Anomaly Tide.

After a decent dinner.

One could feel the atmosphere in the camp becoming even more tense.

Previously, due to the joy of gathering supplies, everyone had been chatting and laughing during work breaks.

But now...

Tension hung on everyone's face.

Even if someone wanted to lighten the mood.

No one would pick up the thread.

There were only occasional sounds of heavy panting and intermittent grunts.

Everyone kept their heads down, focused on their own tasks.

Time quickly arrived at 11:30 PM.

Chen Ye drove the Monster Pickup Truck into the Shelter.

Bus Number Seven also dragged that heavy, crude wooden shell into the Shelter.

The circle of kindling wood surrounding the camp had been lit by the survivors.

The fire had just started; it hadn't yet formed a raging blaze.

While lighting these materials, the survivors' eyes also looked fearfully into the depths of the darkness.

They always felt something was watching them from there.

It wasn't just them who had this feeling.

Chen Ye did too...

This feeling had never stopped.

Checking the time, it was now 11:55.

Over at the Shelter, someone used wood to heavily strike a vehicle door, creating a loud noise.

The survivors responsible for lighting, upon hearing the sound, immediately threw their fire-starting sticks into the fire and turned to run.

It was as if some anomalous thing was chasing them from behind.

At this moment, a blazing fire had already erupted around the Shelter.

These blazing fires encircled the Shelter, protecting it tightly.

No matter from which direction, there were fire-formed barriers.

Everyone's hearts pounded.

No one knew if these flames would be useful against the Door-Opening Anomalies.

But doing nothing wasn't human nature.

The Blood Eye in Chen Ye's left eye also flickered slightly, staring intently beyond the flames.

For some reason.

He had just felt that the Blood Eye seemed to be resonating with something.

It wasn't very obvious during the first two Anomaly Tides.

Only during the third Anomaly Tide did this feeling become strong.

It seemed like something in the depths of the darkness was calling to him.

To be precise, it was calling to his eye.

This feeling made the inherently suspicious Chen Ye's mind swarm with chaotic thoughts.

Forcing down the jumble of thoughts in his heart.

Chen Ye tightened his grip on Hatred at his waist, his expression becoming unprecedentedly grave.

Those things... were here.