The Newly Arrived Convoy

Now that the apocalypse had arrived, resources and supplies were the scarcest things around, while means of escape were everywhere.

Cars of every kind filled the streets as far as the eye could see.

Ever since the apocalyptic migration officially began, many people had willingly banded together.

Gathering together was one of humanity's basic instincts.

For convenience, many chose to live as a group, with several people sharing one vehicle.

They also searched for supplies together, then divided up what they found.

Under these circumstances, all kinds of convoys began setting out on the migration route.

The lucky ones had Sequence Transcendents protecting them.

Like the convoy Lin Yi had belonged to before.

For the unlucky ones, the road ahead was very likely a dead end.

Like the convoy that had just abandoned Lin Yi.

Xu Family Village had become a death zone right from the start because of that Tier One Aberration, the ghostly shadow.

The previous convoy had thoroughly scavenged the place after entering. While Lin Yi was caught up fighting the ghostly shadow, they had gathered plenty of everyday supplies and left.

Although Lin Yi had dealt with the ghostly shadow, there was little left for him to scavenge.

After more than half a day, he had found less than half a box of instant noodles in various flavors, along with some dried noodles and similar food.

He had also scavenged two cans of gasoline.

The people from the previous convoy had collected those two cans.

Unfortunately for them, the ghostly shadow had targeted them. After several of them died, the gasoline naturally fell into Lin Yi's hands.

The pickup parked by the roadside was Lin Yi's ride, the same one he had driven all the way from the coast.

Compared with a sedan, a pickup could naturally carry more.

He had just loaded everything into the truck when the roar of engines came from the village entrance.

Then he saw a convoy stop there.

The lead vehicle was a Hummer.

Its door opened, and a woman in black leather jumped out, a Tang Dao at her waist. Her long hair hung loose down her back, and her eyes held a cold, sharp edge.

One glance was enough for Lin Yi to sense what made this woman different.

She had definitely killed people!

There was no mistaking that contempt for human life.

Instinctively, Lin Yi reached into the truck and took out the Soul-Devouring Saw, watching the woman at the village entrance warily.

The convoy had around fifty people. Apart from that woman, a man and another woman got out of the two sedans behind her.

Both carried a distinctive air that set them apart from ordinary people.

Sequence Transcendents!

Lin Yi had never expected a single convoy to have three Sequence Transcendents.

No one knew the conditions for awakening as a Sequence Transcendent. Even Lin Yi himself did not know how he had awakened.

He had simply woken up on the second day of his escape and become a Sequence Transcendent.

Throughout his journey since then.

He had never met another Sequence Transcendent.

Not even anyone else in his own convoy had awakened as a Sequence Transcendent.

Now that three Sequence Transcendents had appeared in this convoy at once, Lin Yi knew he had to stay on guard.

In the apocalypse, the greatest danger never came from the environment, but from the people around you!

Humanity's worst flaw was its inability to bear seeing others do well.

Lin Yi understood that all too well.

From the moment his convoy abandoned him, he had known those people were beyond saving.

There was no savior.

From now on, he had to live for himself.

He had to find every possible way to survive.

To survive by any means necessary!

At the village entrance.

Xu Xiaohan, the leader of the Safe Passage Convoy, frowned as she surveyed the village. From a distance, she spotted Lin Yi standing beside his truck with a blood-red weapon in his hand.

Although she did not know what his weapon was, her instinctive sense of danger kept her from rashly entering.

First come, first served.

That was the rule during the great migration.

Until the other party left, the members of the Safe Passage Convoy could not enter without good reason.

"Xiaohan, it looks like your hometown's become a death zone too..."

Behind her, a brash young woman with yellow hair walked up, chewing bubble gum, her hands in her pockets and a cocky look on her face.

"I know!"

Xu Xiaohan had called home on the day the apocalypse began. Xu Family Village was her hometown, and her parents had lived here their entire lives.

But the moment she could not reach them by phone, she had already guessed what had happened.

Revenge?

For humans, staying alive came first.

Revenge would have to wait until they had the strength to match their enemy.

"What's that guy doing?"

The yellow-haired young woman noticed Lin Yi in the village too and said in surprise, "He actually dares to search the village for supplies alone?"

"Da Mei, don't underestimate him!"

The man beside her furrowed his brow and said gravely, "There are still traces of an anomaly's presence in Xu Family Village, but I can't sense where it is."

"What do you mean? There's no anomaly here anymore?" The yellow-haired young woman frowned slightly.

The man took a deep breath, his expression turning serious.

"There are two possibilities!"

He explained slowly, "Either the anomaly is stronger than we thought, at least level two, or the anomaly in Xu Family Village has been killed. And the person who did it was most likely that man!"

Hearing this, the yellow-haired young woman understood what he meant.

If a Tier Two Aberration really had appeared in Xu Family Village, no one in the village could still be alive.

So...

The anomaly in Xu Family Village had been level one, and it had been killed.

If the man standing beside the pickup could kill an anomaly, it was easy to imagine how powerful he was.

"Xiaohan, he seems to be alone. Should we ask him to join us?"

The yellow-haired young woman immediately continued, "Our convoy still can't compare with the big ones. We need to recruit more people, especially someone as strong as him!"

They were all Sequence Transcendents, but some Sequence Transcendents were stronger than others.

In their Safe Passage Convoy, for instance, their leader Xu Xiaohan was undoubtedly the strongest.

Yet even Xu Xiaohan could not kill an anomaly.

Or rather, she did not yet have the ability to kill one.

Someone capable of killing an anomaly had appeared in Xu Family Village. That alone showed just how strong he was.

If he joined their convoy, it would undoubtedly be a good thing for them!

"Let's wait and see."

Xu Xiaohan considered it and said, "If he comes out, I'll ask what he thinks. If the village is safe, we'll all spend the night here."

Inside the village, Lin Yi saw that they had no intention of barging in and realized they were a convoy that followed the rules.

First come, first served. That was the unspoken rule among convoys.

But that did not mean everyone had to obey it.

It was the apocalypse. Survival came first, and in some people's eyes, rules were for the dead!

Holding the Soul-Devouring Saw, Lin Yi climbed straight into his pickup, started the engine, and drove out of the village.

Watching the woman with the Tang Dao at her waist, Lin Yi kept one hand on the steering wheel and the other clamped tightly around the Soul-Devouring Saw.

If she made any suspicious move, the Soul-Devouring Saw would slash straight at her head...