Going back to before Squad Leader Chu issued the warning.

After this wave of Anomaly Tides.

Chen Ye checked his System balance.

His original Slaughter Points of one hundred ninety thousand had directly reached two hundred thirty thousand.

This meant the last Anomaly Tide had given Chen Ye forty thousand Slaughter Points.

Among the entities encountered in that last wave, the Matchstick Man had dealt the most damage to the Monster Pickup Truck.

That Matchstick Man had put considerable pressure on Chen Ye.

The System’s assessed repair cost was ten thousand Slaughter Points, with a repair time of ten hours.

Chen Ye didn’t hesitate for a second before clicking agree.

His past experiences had made him realize the importance of the Monster Pickup Truck.

In this kind of apocalyptic life, this vehicle was his safest shelter.

Of course, if he had the time and Slaughter Points.

Upgrading the Monster Pickup Truck’s body rigidity again would also be very necessary.

But Slaughter Points were just too precious.

Chen Ye still had many things to do right now.

He wished he could split every single Slaughter Point in half and use it twice.

He thought back to that creature with eyes covering its head that he had encountered in the last Anomaly Tide.

Chen Ye frowned…

For a moment, he felt a tangled mess of thoughts crowding his mind.

Since he couldn’t figure it out, he stopped trying.

The world had already become like this—so many mysteries that he simply couldn’t solve them all one by one.

He just needed to survive.

Feeling the cold night wind blowing directly into his face.

Chen Ye found it a bit chilly.

The wind was way too strong tonight.

If not for the Monster Pickup Truck’s sufficient weight, it would probably have been blown over by now.

There was no help for it—the vehicle’s windows had shattered again during the previous Anomaly Tide.

But this time, both the front windshield and the side windows had protective netting.

So it wasn’t like there was absolutely no protection.

The last upgrade to the vehicle’s body rigidity had mainly focused on the body itself.

Due to the Door-Opening Anomalies’ special rules, the windows weren’t their primary target.

At least, in the Anomaly Tides Chen Ye had encountered, those Door-Opening Anomalies hadn’t specifically attacked the windows.

Therefore, to save Slaughter Points and upgrade time, Chen Ye hadn’t performed any specific upgrades on the windows.

He had only added protective netting to them as an afterthought.

But still, wasn’t tonight’s wind a bit too strong?

The cool evening wind blew Chen Ye’s bangs wildly across his face.

It had been a long time since he last cut his hair, so it was already quite long now.

When they set up camp, he’d take care of it with Hatred.

Chen Ye thought this to himself.

Meanwhile.

Inside Bus Number Seven.

Jiang Hui was driving now.

Tiger Head had died earlier, and Lu Duoduo had died too.

Only Jiang Hui was left, lucky enough to still be clinging to life.

For Xu Lina, the petty scheming of ordinary people no longer mattered to her.

Ever since she had upgraded to become a Wonder Symbiont, the other convoy members had been filled with fear and awe of her.

The subtle, greedy gazes from before had never happened again.

Even though she was only the weakest Superhuman in the Symbiosis Sequence.

After all, the Corroding Marrow Six Eyes was ranked just over six thousand.

It simply couldn’t compare to Superhumans like Liu Li, who had bonded with Death God.

Moreover, the Corroding Marrow Six Eyes had a flaw that ordinary people didn’t know about.

But she hadn’t told anyone, not even Chu Che.

Even so, in the eyes of ordinary people, Xu Lina was an untouchable, terrifying existence.

After Lai Baiwei recognized Xu Lina, she had smoothly joined Bus Number Seven.

Now, she practically held the position of second-in-command on that bus.

Even Jiang Hui, that keen-eyed lackey, had to show some respect and try to please Lai Baiwei.

Although they had been traveling the whole time.

Lai Baiwei still used her status as Xu Lina’s cousin to receive many favors.

For example, her beggar-like face had now been washed clean with fresh water.

And her dirty, filthy clothes.

Xu Lina had also tossed a set of her own clothes over to her.

Lai Baiwei hadn’t expected her own cousin to also be a Superhuman.

She was pleasantly surprised for a moment.

After tidying herself up a bit, Lai Baiwei was actually quite pretty.

After all, with a cousin this good-looking, Lai Baiwei couldn’t be ugly.

Also, before the apocalypse, Lai Baiwei’s job had been a flight attendant. Being able to become a flight attendant was enough to show that Lai Baiwei had the right qualities.

And now, after tidying up a bit, Lai Baiwei revealed her delicate little face, briefly stunning everyone else in the bus.

Lai Baiwei was wearing a pair of tight jeans, and on top, a very simple black T-shirt.

On the chest of the T-shirt was a cartoon pattern.

On her feet were just a simple pair of canvas shoes.

Although she didn’t have Xu Lina’s naturally alluring charm, she was still very good-looking.

She was the type who, if walking down the streets of Shanghai, a photographer would stop to take a picture of.

Whether it was her temperament, her figure, or her face.

Lai Baiwei was only a little bit behind Xu Lina.

Especially that air of growing up in a well-off family, which gave Lai Baiwei and Xu Lina an additional, different kind of composure.

Xu Lina looked at this face she hadn’t seen for several years, her gaze complex.

Lai Baiwei’s family and Xu Lina’s own family formed a stark contrast.

Lai Baiwei’s mother was the older sister of Xu Lina’s father.

Back then, Lai Baiwei’s mother had desperately left that remote mountain village, and by relying on her good looks, had married out.

In a way, Lai Baiwei’s mother was somewhat similar to Xu Lina.

It was because of Lai Baiwei’s mother’s determination that her aunt’s family had lived a completely different life.

The last time Xu Lina had seen Lai Baiwei was when she herself had come out of the mountains to eat at her aunt’s house.

Back then, Xu Lina had been like an ugly duckling, covered in dust from head to toe.

In front of the dazzlingly radiant Lai Baiwei, Xu Lina had felt like a plain little bird.

Back then, Xu Lina had been very insecure in front of Lai Baiwei.

And back then, Lai Baiwei had only seen Xu Lina as a poor relative from the countryside.

Although she hadn’t been arrogantly contemptuous like in brainless novels, that subtle, head-raised pride had still been felt by Xu Lina.

She never expected that now, the tables had turned.

“Cousin, you…”

Lai Baiwei looked at the current Xu Lina, momentarily unable to believe it.

In fact, ever since she had recognized Xu Lina, the shock in her heart had never stopped.

“A Superhuman?”

Lai Baiwei tested the waters.

Xu Lina didn’t answer, just stared with deep, dark eyes.

A beam of headlight from outside the window cut across Xu Lina’s face.

It cast a breathtaking impression of Xu Lina in Lai Baiwei’s eyes.

Next came the obligatory scene of the cousins reuniting.

Lai Baiwei cried like a weeping pear blossom in the rain.

In her description, the day she had gotten off work and gone home, she saw the house in a complete mess and a stench of blood…

Her story’s plot was pretty much the same as any other survivor.

Lai Baiwei had managed to survive until now by sheer, desperate struggle.

To stay alive, Lai Baiwei had even deliberately disguised herself as a beggar.

Her previous appearance was also intentional.

Otherwise, with Lai Baiwei’s looks, she definitely wouldn’t have ended up looking like that.

Xu Lina responded half-heartedly.

She wasn’t interested in Lai Baiwei’s story.

She had heard stories like this many times.

Besides, her relationship with her aunt’s family was just so-so.

In her entire life, she had met her aunt fewer times than she could count on one hand.

So, they weren’t close.

“Cousin, are you in a relationship?”

Lai Baiwei wiped the tears from her face. She could tell that her cousin was very different now and didn’t seem to have much goodwill towards her.

So, being a clever woman, she quickly stopped her crying and started talking about the other person’s affairs.

People were always most concerned with their own matters.

Xu Lina saw through Lai Baiwei’s little scheme at a glance but didn’t give any feedback.

In a relationship?

With who?

Chen Ye?

Oh, my silly cousin, the relationship between me and Chen Ye is so complicated that even I don’t know how to describe it!

Just then.

Chu Che’s voice came through the radio.

“Crackle… Everyone, pay attention. There’s a small group of Anomalies ahead. No way to avoid, no way to avoid!”