Sequence Serum

Ever since entering Longevity Village, Chen Ye had been caught up in one problem after another.

In Longevity Village, all Chen Ye had done was cock his crossbow, fire a bolt, then cock it again and fire another.

At first, Chen Ye had still paid attention to the system notifications. Later, he hadn't even had time to read them, much less check how many slaughter points he had.

All he knew was that few of the bolts he had stockpiled and soaked in black dog blood remained.

Those bolts had taken him a long time to stockpile.

Whenever he found suitable branches, Chen Ye would take the Woodcutter's Knife and chop off a couple. Over time, he had amassed quite a few black dog blood bolts.

During the battle in Longevity Village, Chen Ye had even deliberately fired extra bolts to accumulate slaughter points.

He just hadn't expected to accumulate seven thousand slaughter points.

The number came as a delightful surprise.

Taking a deep drag on his cigarette, Chen Ye excitedly focused his attention on the system.

He had previously asked the system how to awaken as a sequence transcendent.

The system's answer had been that it required three thousand slaughter points.

He had never managed to save up enough before. This time, with over seven thousand slaughter points, he finally had enough.

He would still have over four thousand slaughter points left to give the Motor Tricycle a proper upgrade.

System, I want to redeem a way to awaken as a sequence transcendent!

[Confirm redemption of a method to awaken as a sequence transcendent?]

A notification appeared before his eyes.

Confirm!

Chen Ye excitedly made the decision in his mind.

Soon, a spinning circle appeared on the system interface, just like a phone screen refreshing.

Chen Ye waited eagerly.

Less than half a minute passed.

A message appeared before his eyes:

[Methods of awakening as a sequence transcendent:

1: Natural awakening. Sequence transcendents who awaken through this method are also known as innate sequence transcendents. These individuals are superior to other sequence transcendents.

2: Awakening through Sequence Serum. Sequence Serum is a type of sequence potion. Injecting Sequence Serum provides a chance of awakening as a sequence transcendent!]

Chen Ye stared blankly at the two entries for a long moment.

Seriously?

Three thousand slaughter points for this?

I already knew all of this.

Iron Lion had explained it to him during their earlier conversation.

Natural awakening was out of the question. If he could awaken that way, it would have happened already.

And something like Sequence Serum was even harder to come by.

According to Nana, even before the apocalypse, Sequence Serum had cost hundreds of millions.

And even then, money alone couldn't buy it!

Had he just spent three thousand slaughter points for these two pieces of common knowledge?

Just as Chen Ye was about to curse, he suddenly felt a weight settle into his hand.

Something cold touched his palm.

Without thinking, Chen Ye gripped the cold object tightly and glanced warily around.

Under the scorching sun, the survivors were all busy with their own affairs. No one was paying attention to him.

Chen Ye turned slightly and glanced at the object in his hand out of the corner of his eye.

A glass syringe had appeared in his hand. Blue liquid flowed inside it, looking mysterious and beautiful.

The instant he saw it, a term flashed through Chen Ye's mind: Sequence Serum!

It really was!!!

After asking the system, Chen Ye confirmed his suspicion.

It was Sequence Serum!

Suppressing his excitement, Chen Ye looked around again.

Nothing around him had changed.

The survivors were still going about their business.

Some were cooking, some were resting in tents, and others were whispering among themselves.

Pretending he needed to urinate, Chen Ye walked some distance away, turned his back to everyone, and took out the Sequence Serum.

The deep blue liquid looked incredibly mysterious beneath the scorching desert sun.

Without hesitation, Chen Ye raised his arm and plunged the needle in.

A faint sting followed.

Chen Ye slowly pushed the blue liquid into his body, feeling a cool sensation flow through him.

Soon, every last drop had entered his body.

Only then did Chen Ye pull out the needle and carefully put the syringe away.

After giving himself a shake, Chen Ye turned and returned to sit beside his Motor Tricycle.

He took out another cigarette, lit it, and took a deep drag while watching his surroundings.

At the same time, Chen Ye eagerly awaited the changes within his body.

There was none of the intense pain he had imagined. Instead, he felt very comfortable.

He had spent the night rushing about and getting drenched in the rain, only to suddenly arrive in this scorching environment.

Chen Ye had felt somewhat unwell and thought he might fall seriously ill.

But as the Sequence Serum entered his body, he felt that discomfort disappear completely.

He hadn't expected the Sequence Serum to have that effect, too.

He tried hard to sense the changes within his body, but he didn't feel as though he had gained any abilities.

Based on what he had previously drawn out of Iron Lion, there should have been signs.

After becoming a sequence transcendent, his body should have undergone obvious changes that he could sense.

Yet after an entire dose of Sequence Serum, he hadn't noticed anything.

What... was going on?

System, why can't I feel anything? Did the awakening fail?

Chen Ye questioned the system in his mind.

The system soon replied.

[Awakening in progress. Please wait patiently, host!]

How long will it take to awaken successfully?

[Awakening in progress. Please wait patiently, host!]

Chen Ye tried several different questions, but the system's answer remained, "Awakening in progress. Please wait patiently!"

There wasn't much Chen Ye could do about that.

He could only wait.

By now, he had figured out how the system worked.

If he asked a question or redeemed supplies, things were straightforward.

The system had no cooldown and would provide the answer or supplies immediately.

If he upgraded something, however, there would be a waiting period.

What if I spent slaughter points to redeem an Apocalypse Base Vehicle directly from the system?

The idea was very tempting.

But it would probably require a great many slaughter points.

Chen Ye quickly checked his idea with the system.

The system could indeed provide an Apocalypse Base Vehicle, but the slaughter points required were astronomical.

That long string of zeros made his head spin.

The blazing desert sun heated Chen Ye's scalp, and the chill that had lingered in his body had vanished without a trace.

The sun overhead was simply too fierce.

He reached out and felt the clothes he had hung beside the vehicle earlier.

They were already mostly dry.

Keeping large areas of skin exposed for long in an environment like this wasn't a wise decision.

Besides, there wasn't so much as a tree nearby, only a road sign.

Some survivors had found tents somewhere and set them up, taking shelter inside.

Others hid in the shade of the bus.

Those who had nowhere else to hide could only shelter behind sand dunes. It was still better than being completely exposed on the sand.

The convoy had lost quite a few people during this trip to Longevity Village. At a glance, more than half seemed to be gone.

Chen Ye rummaged through the cargo bed and finally found a hooded sun-protection jacket.

He had found it in Apricot Blossom Town, inside the backpack of the fitness trainer he had killed.

As for trousers, Chen Ye could only find a pair of baggy shorts.

The other trousers were either too thick or women's styles.

Besides the supplies collected from Longevity Village this time, Chen Ye's cargo bed held plenty of other things.

Among them were all kinds of clothes.

Most had been collected by the survivor named Jiajia.

When that stupid woman had been gathering supplies in Apricot Blossom Town, everyone else had gone looking for food, but she had visited the clothing market and brought back piles of clothes.

Now they belonged to him.

Some other survivors had traded for a few pieces when he was exchanging supplies in the convoy, but plenty remained.

Every supply was precious in the apocalypse. Even women's clothes he couldn't use himself had been kept.

Looking at those women's clothes, Chen Ye's eyes lit up.

Why not use these clothes to make a sunshade for my vehicle?

I have the system. It shouldn't be difficult.

He acted on the thought, and the system interface soon appeared before his eyes.

Soon, the system's upgraded design appeared before Chen Ye.

A beautiful black canopy appeared before his eyes.

It stretched from the cargo bed all the way to the driver's compartment at the front.

The black canopy could enclose the entire Motor Tricycle.

It even provided protection from rain.

With that feature, he wouldn't have to fear another downpour like last night's.

The canopy made the cargo bed a relatively enclosed space.

It also had zippers that allowed the cargo bed to be ventilated.

The design was excellent.

But when Chen Ye saw how many slaughter points it would take to make the canopy, his mood plummeted.

It actually required over seven hundred slaughter points.

After redeeming the Sequence Serum, he only had a little over four thousand slaughter points left.

He really couldn't bear to spend over seven hundred slaughter points now.

With no other choice, he would have to use his old method to save slaughter points.

Chen Ye began adjusting the design.

The black sunshade didn't need to be so complicated.

He had so many women's clothes on hand. He needed to use them as much as possible to save slaughter points.

Chen Ye remembered a design he had once seen online. A designer abroad had made a sofa out of discarded jeans.

The patchwork denim sofa had looked quite nice, and it hadn't been cheap, either.

Chen Ye planned to borrow that idea for his canopy.

Soon, a brand-new design was ready.

The new canopy was stitched together from individual pairs of trousers and pieces of clothing.

It even retained the trouser pockets.

Of course, it no longer provided rain protection.

That feature consumed far too many slaughter points.

Besides, he had now entered the Desert Map, and rain was unlikely in a desert.

Chen Ye changed the cargo bed into a semi-enclosed space.

Only when the curtains on both sides were lowered and zipped up would the cargo bed become fully enclosed.

With the curtains rolled up, the cargo bed would be open.

As for the driver's compartment, Chen Ye thought it over and kept only the overhead sunshade for now, omitting every other feature.

He would upgrade the driver's compartment later, once he found suitable materials.

Ideally, he would find an abandoned car. That would save him plenty of slaughter points.

Once the design was complete, the system calculated that it would require only a little over two hundred slaughter points. Chen Ye was quite satisfied.

[Confirm spending 252 slaughter points to upgrade the sunshade?]

Chen Ye looked around again. After making sure no one was paying attention to him, he confirmed in his mind.

More than half the women's clothes in the cargo bed vanished instantly.

An hourglass countdown also appeared above the Motor Tricycle.

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