In the end, the convoy did not enter Grass Slope Village.
The person who had ridden an Anomalous Object motorcycle out of Grass Slope Village had long since disappeared, too.
Once they were back on the road, fleeing for their lives, Lin Yi immediately chose to enhance his clothes, gloves, and shoes.
The clothes beneath his leather coat were things he had bought himself, and they were among the first pieces of equipment he had enhanced, just like the original Soul-Devouring Saw.
The Soul-Devouring Saw had started out as a small handsaw, then Lin Yi had enhanced it step by step into its current form.
Surely clothes wouldn't turn into something outrageous after being enhanced?
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The first enhancement only took ten minutes.
Lin Yi simply went ahead and enhanced everything he was wearing, including his clothes, pants, and shoes.
It was only ten minutes. For him, that was just a short stretch of the journey.
He also turned his attention to the supplies he had collected. Although he had not found the daggers or brass knuckles he wanted, he definitely needed to commit to that direction.
The [Criminal] Sequence clearly had an advantage in physical strength.
That meant he had to have weapons suited to close combat.
Ten minutes later.
The enhancements on his clothes and other equipment were complete. There were no major changes; everything still looked the same.
That was exactly the result Lin Yi wanted.
He had been worried they would change as dramatically as the Soul-Devouring Saw, leaving him struggling to explain them later.
Now that nothing looked different, he could enhance them without holding back.
He immediately started enhancing them again.
He wanted to see how long it would take to enhance everyday items like clothing to the level of Anomalous Objects.
Anyway, it had taken the Soul-Devouring Saw a month to reach the Anomalous Object level.
But the Soul-Devouring Saw was a Weird Object Weapon.
According to Ji Qingcang, there were very few Anomalous Objects-not even ten thousand-and Weird Object Weapons were rarer still.
If Lin Yi put his Soul-Devouring Saw up for sale, only a large convoy like the Seed Convoy would likely be able to afford it. Smaller convoys could forget about it.
As for Liu Chuan's Passive Gourd, it might seem absurd and hard to stomach, but Nanliang loved the thing.
Most importantly, its lifesaving capabilities were outstanding.
It even ranked in the top thousand, which made its value easy to imagine.
The farther the convoy drove, the more violent the rain became, until it was once again as fierce as the initial downpour.
With the rain completely obscuring their view, Liu Chuan had no choice but to tell everyone to slow down.
They did not know what was happening, but slowing down seemed to be their best option for now.
The moment the convoy crossed out of Guizhou Province, the raging rain vanished from sight, replaced by a blast of heat and Yellow Sands.
That was right!
It was heat and Yellow Sands.
It was as though the convoy had driven out of one world and into another.
The bizarre change in weather caught even Lin Yi off guard. With its windows still tightly shut against the rain, the BMW X7 instantly became a steam room.
Throughout the journey, Lin Yi and the others had felt constantly damp.
The sudden rise in temperature left everyone in the convoy struggling to adjust.
The vehicles behind them followed across and stopped along the roadside in this world of Yellow Sands, their occupants seemingly just as unprepared for the strange change in weather.
As soon as Lin Yi got out, a wave of heat struck his face. His leather coat had become a liability.
He immediately took it off and tossed it into the car, then turned to look back down the road they had come from.
Behind them, the dark clouds seemed to have met some obstruction, as though an enormous pane of glass stood across their field of vision.
On one side lay torrential rain and damp cold.
On the other side lay swirling Yellow Sands and scorching heat.
It was not quite a divide between ice and fire, but the abrupt change still made Lin Yi and the others gasp.
Were they really still in their own world?
No!
The highway signs were still written in Huaxia's language. They were still in their original world.
But this weather...
At the lead vehicle, Liu Chuan lowered his head to study what he was holding, then looked up at the road they were on and the nearby sign.
There was definitely nothing wrong with their route. They had now entered Hunan Province.
But how had Hunan Province turned into a desert?
Desert was not quite the right word.
In the distance, houses still stood amid the Yellow Sands. It looked like a village or town.
Pouring rain behind them, and Yellow Sands filling the sky ahead?
"Lin, what do you think?"
Holding the map, Liu Chuan called out, "We definitely haven't taken a wrong turn. This really is Hunan Province."
Hunan Province?
Are you sure you mean the Hunan Province famous for stinky tofu?
What kind of joke was this? How had Hunan Province become a place where cities had to survive in the desert?
Lin Yi drew a deep breath and said gravely, "It looks like, over these past two months or so, a lot of cities have been hit by Aberrations and these inexplicable climate disasters."
"Then... is the North still safe?"
Shen Qingqing's question silenced the entire convoy.
Lin Yi glanced sideways at Shen Qingqing and said irritably, "Safe or not, we still have to keep living, don't we?"
They had escaped the torrential rain. That was a very good thing.
This spot looked fairly safe, too. They could rest here and go back to the curtain of rain to collect some water for later.
If the road ahead led through a desert, water would be the supply they needed most.
"Stay alert, everyone. There are quite a few people in that town."
Ji Qingcang stepped forward and said quietly, "I suspect some of them might be from other convoys. Just keep an eye out for now and see what their situation is."
There were other people here?
Back at Grass Slope Village, Ji Qingcang had also said there were quite a few people in the village.
Yet only one person had come out, riding an Anomalous Object motorcycle.
Now there were plenty of people in the town ahead, and they were supposedly convoy members, too. Lin Yi could not help wondering how Ji Qingcang could tell them apart.
Noticing Lin Yi's gaze, Ji Qingcang explained, "There was no smell of gasoline in Grass Slope Village, only people. Here, there's the scent of people and a strong smell of gasoline. There must be quite a few convoys."
At that, everyone turned to their leader, Liu Chuan.
A major decision like whether to enter the town was Liu Chuan's to make.
Liu Chuan looked at everyone, exhausted from their long flight, and took a deep breath. "Let's go have a look at that town first. I reckon they've already noticed us, too. This road takes us through the town anyway, so let's head over and see if we can trade for gasoline and other supplies."
They had been on the move all night, for so long that they had not even realized dawn had come. The dark clouds behind them had been far too thick.
Now that they had reached this region of swirling Yellow Sands, everyone in the convoy could get some proper rest in the town and replenish their gasoline and other supplies...
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