"Alright, alright. I've been with your convoy for so long now, it's time for me to leave."

While everyone was surveying their surroundings.

Dantai Bie spoke with a hint of melancholy.

"You're leaving too?"

Chu Che asked, somewhat surprised.

Dantai Bie straightened his clothes, his eyes turning reproachful. "Back when I was alone, I never encountered so much danger. Ever since joining the Fair Convoy, I've run into the Forest Tide, the Sea of Chaotic Graves, and now this Cloud Bridge... I've experienced them all."

"If I keep going with you, I don't know how much longer I'll survive!"

"When I was in school, my teacher taught me an idiom: A wise man does not stand beneath a crumbling wall!"

"Just think about it yourselves - every single thing you've encountered, which one wasn't extremely perilous?"

"When I was on my own before, I never had so much trouble."

"I'm afraid that if I keep following your convoy, I'll end up dead somewhere without even knowing how!"

"My mom said, when you're out in the world, you have to keep your wits about you!"

"This convoy is so cursed, I still want to live!"

Chen Ye cursed, "Damn, you pathetic loser!"

"Hahaha... alright, alright. Peace and harmony, peace and harmony!"

"My mom said, the most important thing in life is to be happy!"

"I've lived on my own up until now. I'm used to freedom!"

"When I get tired someday, maybe I'll come back and become a permanent member of the convoy!"

"A man as free as the wind - you absolutely cannot tie me down!"

"Even if you could keep my body, you could never keep my heart!"

"Let go, Yezi. Our fate ends here..."

Blah blah blah...

Dantai Bie's chatterbox mode kicked in.

Chen Ye's brows and eyes twitched wildly. "Shut up! Don't make me slap you!"

Little Fish stood beside Sun Xixi, her voice carrying a strange note. "Are you really leaving? Isn't it good staying with the convoy? All of us together..."

Ever since Dantai Bie joined the convoy not long ago, Little Fish and Dantai Bie hadn't exactly gotten along well.

But unexpectedly, when Dantai Bie wanted to leave, Little Fish seemed reluctant.

After all, Dantai Bie was considered Little Fish's second-greatest enemy.

Dantai Bie smiled. "I have my own things to do too!"

"So, Little Fish, be nicer to me next time we meet!"

Little Fish pursed her lips and snorted coldly. "I don't want to see you anyway!"

"Are you going for the Return to the City Plan?"

Chu Che asked.

"Of course I am. How could such an exciting event happen without me, Dantai Bie!"

"Maybe by the next time we meet, I'll already be Sequence 4!"

"So, everyone, keep it up!"

"Especially you, Yezi. I don't know what Sequence you are, but your Sequence puts some pressure on me. I reckon that by Sequence 4, it'll be something really special."

Chen Ye smirked. "You think rising to Sequence 4 is that easy? Don't talk your head off!"

As long as the blood moon was there, rising to Sequence 4 would be fast.

But whether it would happen before the Return to the City Plan began...

Even Chen Ye wasn't sure.

"Hahaha... then let's see who reaches Sequence 4 first!"

"When that happens, maybe we really can take down a city. That would be interesting!"

"Alright, everyone, I know I talk a lot, but..."

"This is farewell!"

Dantai Bie laughed heartily, turned around, and walked toward the off-road sports car.

The guy climbed in with perfect flair.

Then waved at everyone.

The car arced away and disappeared from sight.

Dantai Bie's departure was as sudden as his arrival.

"That guy was always traveling alone before. He's got a free spirit. His leaving was always destined."

Chu Che said with some emotion.

"This guy - if he wanted to join the convoy, he wouldn't have been wandering around alone before."

"Yeah, with how talkative he is, he's probably been alone for too long."

"Mm-hmm... that's probably it."

"This guy's actually pretty decent, but he talks too much."

Chen Ye commented quietly.

When he first met the guy, it was during the Forest Tide.

When fighting those Anomalies, the guy gave it his all without holding anything back, treating Chen Ye's problems as his own.

Of course, the situation at the time meant he had no choice but to fight.

But later, at the Sea of Chaotic Graves.

The guy still acted like he was part of the convoy.

That kind of straightforward, no-nonsense personality that didn't treat himself as an outsider was very easy to appreciate.

In some ways, he was a lot like Iron Lion - the only difference was how much he talked.

"He's a good person..."

Iron Lion said, looking simple and honest.

"Just not very handsome."

Sun Xixi commented.

Xu Lina also crossed her arms and nodded. "I'd give him seventy points tops. Far inferior to Mr. Chen!"

Xu Lina was standing right behind Chen Ye.

Hearing Xu Lina's flattery, Chen Ye nodded with deep agreement.

Sun Xixi rolled her eyes helplessly.

Seriously, how could Chen Ye actually accept that?

Didn't he know how terrifying he looked?

"He's also pretty clean."

It was Gong Yong who spoke, the guy rarely saying a word.

Maybe because he was slowly getting familiar with everyone, his personality was starting to loosen up a bit.

Ding Dong also rarely nodded in agreement.

Compared to the grimy state of everyone else in the convoy.

Someone as clean as Dantai Bie was truly rare in this apocalypse.

Chen Ye turned his gaze and raised an eyebrow. "You want to leave too!"

Gong Yong's heart trembled. Even as a Sequence 4, he still couldn't get used to Chen Ye's blood-colored eyes!

Jeez, it was too terrifying.

Who had eyes like that, with one eye just completely gone?

Well, Chen Ye's terrifying appearance came first from that blood-red eye that didn't look like a normal person's eye at all.

And then there was his right eye - since he'd removed the eyeball, it was just a dark, hollow socket.

For normal people, looking at him was somewhat frightening.

Especially when Chen Ye wasn't wearing his sunglasses.

Gong Yong shook his head frantically. "No, no. Squad Leader Chu said I'm a member of the convoy now. I'm not leaving!"

After a moment's thought, as if afraid Chen Ye might not trust him, Gong Yong added quietly, "You can count on me."

"Hey! You adults, talking about someone behind their back isn't right!"

Little Fish wasn't afraid of anyone, not even the terrifying-looking Chen Ye.

The little girl put her hands on her hips, glaring at everyone with a look of righteous indignation.

...

"Currently, excluding the few Superhumans, the convoy has ninety-eight ordinary people left."

"Among them, thirty-two men and sixty-six women."

After Xue Nan had reorganized the convoy, he reported these numbers.

To think, when they first came out of the Forest Tide, the convoy had a total of one hundred and thirty-two people.

By now, the convoy had lost thirty-four people.

Thirty-four people.

And this was under the protection of the convoy's Superhumans - they still lost thirty-four people.

Chu Che felt his heart ache.

These weren't just numbers - they were living, breathing human lives.

Back at the Sea of Chaotic Graves, they lost twenty lives in just five seconds.

Then, all the way to the Cloud Bridge, they lost another dozen or so people on the bridge itself.

This number pressed down on Squad Leader Chu's heart like a mountain.

Although it was impossible to count the total number of humans right now.

It would definitely be a staggering figure.

Even in such circumstances, the convoy had lost more members.

Chu Che had once thought about building a thousand-person migration tribe.

Now, it seemed that wish was truly difficult to fulfill.