The rain grew heavier and heavier, washing over the land beneath them just like the downpour on the first day.
On the highway, the Survival Rules Convoy did not dare stop for even a moment.
Inside the Buick leading the convoy, Liu Chuan sat motionless in the passenger seat, watching the pink mist pouring out of the Passive Gourd before him while sensing the aura of Aberrations around them.
The pink mist showed their convoy as a long black dragon speeding through the rainy night.
And beneath the cover of darkness, the auras of Aberrations were closing in.
Although things were much better than they had been at the service area, three auras still lingered behind their convoy.
Leaving the service area early had clearly done more good than harm.
Lin Yi kept following the lead car, not daring to turn off his headlights or windshield wipers.
If he had not advanced to a new Sequence earlier, exhaustion would probably have overwhelmed him by now.
Glancing at the Soul-Devouring Saw beside him, Lin Yi chose to enhance it once again.
While he was at it, he also enhanced some of the food on the passenger seat.
Enhancing his weapon and himself was the best choice. After that, he could turn his attention to food and basic daily necessities.
Enhancing his car still was not Lin Yi's first choice.
The reason remained the same.
Enhancing a car took too long, and he might have to switch vehicles somewhere down the road.
A vehicle was different from a weapon.
Lin Yi had enhanced the Soul-Devouring Saw step by step, and for its final enhancement, he had waited a whole month before it fully became an Anomalous Object.
But what about a car?
It would definitely change after a successful enhancement. The Soul-Devouring Saw was proof enough.
What would he say when the people in the convoy asked about it?
The worst-case solution would be to slaughter everyone in the convoy before the information leaked.
But Lin Yi knew his own nature very well.
He could be cold-blooded, but he could not be heartless.
Even in the apocalypse, he could never truly become a complete homicidal maniac. How would that make him any different from an Aberration?
The [Enhancement] Sequence was his trump card. He would never let anyone find out about it.
Lin Yi did not even want anyone to know he was a dual-Sequence Transcendent, not even Liu Chuan, who had faced life and death alongside him.
Why had he been so eager to kill Da Mei before?
Because Da Mei had learned something she should not have known, and had even used it as leverage to negotiate with him.
[Hey, hey, hey, everyone in the convoy, listen up. We'll keep driving for about another hour. Our next rest stop will be outside Grass Slope Village.]
The passenger-side window of the lead car slowly rolled down, and Liu Chuan's voice came from inside.
He announced their next move through the Amplifying Megaphone.
Everyone needed time to stop and recover. At the very least, they had to refuel their cars, right?
So even with Aberrations following them, the convoy had to find time for a stop.
Lin Yi glanced at the can of gasoline tossed onto the back seat and could not help worrying.
This damn car really guzzled fuel.
His old pickup had lacked power, but it had never consumed this much gas. At least one can had been enough to keep Lin Yi going for a good stretch.
And now?
He had barely covered any distance before a whole can of gas ran out.
He only had one last can left. Once he used it, he would have to worry about gasoline again.
There was another problem.
Once the convoy set off, they might sometimes have to flee day and night.
Even a Sequence Transcendent's body could not withstand that.
Lin Yi knew this very well. If they encountered an Aberration, their escape would inevitably leave them exhausted in both body and mind.
So...
He needed someone in his car to help.
Wang Gui, who rode in Liu Chuan's car, was a good choice. Even Lin Yi was tempted to bring that honest man into his own car.
After all, he had observed Wang Gui over the past two days. The man wanted nothing more than enough food and a chance to stay alive.
He had no grand goals or ambitions.
Someone like that was undoubtedly the most reassuring.
Unfortunately, as the convoy leader, Liu Chuan needed a driver like him most.
Lin Yi could only set the thought aside for now and see whether he could find someone trustworthy to ride with him later.
To be honest, Lin Yi wanted even more to reach Gansu Province as soon as possible. His home was there, and he desperately wanted to go back and check whether his family was safe.
Although that hope had already dwindled to almost nothing in his heart.
He still had to go back and see.
An hour later.
The convoy stopped at the junction outside Grass Slope Village.
It was still a little past three in the morning. Grass Slope Village was utterly silent, and when their headlights swept across it, they could even make out dark figures standing inside.
No one knew exactly what they were, but those dark figures were definitely nothing good.
Liu Chuan had checked. There were no auras of Aberrations inside Grass Slope Village, and of the three Aberrations that had been following them, only one remained.
He told Wang Gui to get out and refuel their vehicle, then walked over to Lin Yi's car with a flashlight.
"Lin, those people from the Hope Convoy are following us. Should we do anything about them?"
Watching Lin Yi refuel the BMW X7, Liu Chuan asked, "Our convoy has gotten pretty strong now. If we can, I think we should help more people survive."
"You're the leader. It's your call."
Lin Yi poured a can of gasoline into the tank, then turned and reminded him, "You make the big decisions. If they start causing trouble, I'll find a way to deal with it."
"All right!"
Liu Chuan nodded, then went to the back to explain the situation to Ji Qingcang, Wang Meng, Shen Qingqing, and Shen Chuchu.
None of the four objected. They agreed to let the people from the Hope Convoy follow them.
If people could survive, then the more survivors, the better.
The people from the Hope Convoy did not want to be abandoned either. They had no other options left, and following the Survival Rules Convoy, with Sequence Transcendents leading the way, was naturally their best choice.
But Liu Chuan came over and explained the situation to them.
They would only be taking them along. Whether they joined the Survival Rules Convoy was up to them.
Once they chose to join the Survival Rules Convoy, they would have to follow its rules. They could no longer run wild as they had in the Hope Convoy.
That made many of them hesitate.
The reason was simple: the people in the Survival Rules Convoy did not care whether they lived or died.
In the eyes of those Sequence Transcendents, it would not even matter if these ordinary people starved to death. No one would look after them.
The convoy was only responsible for leading the way and giving them a better chance of survival, but...
How they survived would depend on their own choices.
Self-reliance!
That was the principle everyone in the convoy had to follow.
Many of them had grown used to being looked after by Wang Xufei and the others. Now that they suddenly had to rely on themselves, they were reluctant, still taking it for granted that the strong ought to protect the weak...
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