Aberrations everywhere you looked!

Chapter 46

Fast.

Too fast.

From Ji Qingcang drawing their attention to Lin Yi snatching the gun and turning it on its owner, everything happened so quickly that even the other people from Peace Town looked stunned.

That was a gun! Was there really someone who wasn't afraid of guns?

Lin Yi looked at the fat man in front of him and frowned. "You're not a Sequence Transcendent?"

Liu Dashuai hurriedly shook his head. "No, no. We used to have a Sequence Transcendent in Peace Town, but he was killed not long ago."

A Sequence Transcendent was killed?

Was it an Aberration?

Lin Yi was about to ask for details when Liu Dashuai hastily explained, "A female Sequence Transcendent did it. That woman's motorcycle could fire lasers. Old Wang was sliced clean in half by one. His body's probably nothing but bones now. The Sandworms under the sand would've picked him clean ages ago."

A female Sequence Transcendent's motorcycle?

Could it be the person carrying all those Anomalous Objects they'd encountered near Grass Slope Village?

Liu Chuan walked over with a smile. "How many of you are there? How long have you been robbing people here?"

"There are over five thousand people in Peace Town altogether. Since I had a gun, everyone made me mayor."

Liu Dashuai didn't dare hide anything. The pistol pressed to his forehead was no joke. "We only rob people so everyone can get something to eat. There are so many people in town now, and we have far too few supplies. We really had no other choice. Please don't get the wrong idea, guys."

His gun had frightened plenty of convoys before.

Some had even taken a detour as soon as they saw the gun, smart enough to leave on their own.

Only this time, he had run into someone ruthless.

Who could have imagined that this white-haired guy, who looked so drained and sickly, would be so fierce?

He was far stronger than the Old Wang who used to live in Peace Town.

"Over five thousand?"

Even Lin Yi couldn't help widening his eyes at that number.

No one had expected so many people to be gathered in Peace Town. With that many people in one place, avoiding the attention of Aberrations would take extraordinary luck.

Liu Chuan and the others exchanged glances, then immediately asked, "You've gathered so many people here, and the Aberrations haven't discovered you?"

"They discovered us ages ago."

Liu Dashuai hurriedly explained, "There never used to be any sand here. It was all green hills and clear water. Then the apocalypse came, and now we get sandstorms every day. There are Sandworms hiding in those storms, too. Anywhere you can see, there are Sandworms hiding there."

"The Sandworms are the Aberrations here?" Liu Chuan quickly asked.

Liu Dashuai nodded. "Yes, the Sandworms are Aberrations. The kind that can strip a person down to bones in seconds. They're all hiding under the sand."

At those words, everyone looked at the yellow sand around them, suddenly feeling uneasy all over.

Did that mean Aberrations were hiding everywhere they looked?

If so, the situation in Hunan Province was far worse than in Guizhou Province. There hadn't been nearly this many Aberrations in Guizhou Province.

Liu Chuan hadn't advanced yet, so the convoy had no way to learn more.

None of them knew anything about Aberrations like these Sandworms.

"What should we do? Keep going, or rest here first?" Ji Qingcang looked up at Liu Chuan and asked.

Before Liu Chuan could speak, Liu Dashuai hastily said, "You guys should stay here for now. The road ahead is even tougher. Sandworms are only the most basic Aberrations. You can take some precautions against them by staying in your vehicles, but the closer you get to the cities, the more Aberrations there are. Lots of people in town were forced to turn back."

Having more Aberrations was understandable, but if they had forced people to turn back, they were probably blocking the way forward.

As everyone hesitated, Liu Dashuai continued, "And it gets even hotter farther down the road. Without water, you definitely won't make it. At least here, we can go next door and get some rainwater to drink."

That was true. Peace Town's location gave it a real advantage: they didn't have to worry about water.

Liu Chuan nodded. "Let's head into town and rest. We've been fleeing all this way; we need a breather. Before we leave, we'll go over there and collect some water. Hopefully, we won't have to worry about it for the rest of the trip."

Seeing that everyone was heading into Peace Town, Liu Dashuai rubbed his hands together and smiled. "Um... buddy, about my pistol..."

"We'll talk about it when we leave!"

Lin Yi snorted and tucked the pistol into the back of his waistband.

Liu Dashuai wanted to say more, but one look at the Soul-Devouring Saw on Lin Yi's back silenced him.

He couldn't afford to provoke them. The people in this convoy were simply beyond his ability to handle.

Besides, with their town's Sequence Transcendent gone, fighting these people would be nothing but a pipe dream. It was better to keep his cool.

The convoy entered Peace Town without incident. As they drove in, the houses on both sides of the street were filled with gaunt, sallow figures.

Some even stared at the convoy with eyes full of greed and envy, itching to rush over and rob them.

Lin Yi drove behind Liu Chuan's vehicle, following him all the way to the town's hospital before stopping.

Liu Dashuai had led the way. He explained, "Not many people are staying in the hospital right now, so you can rest here for the time being. We're staying in the bank next door. If you need anything, just give us a shout."

The hospital in front of them wasn't large. In fact, calling it a hospital was a stretch; a town clinic would have been more accurate.

Still, it was perfectly adequate for the convoy to rest in temporarily.

The people of the Hope Convoy had followed them all the way here. Seeing so many survivors, many began entertaining new ideas.

Clearly, some felt it would be safer to stay here than to follow Lin Yi and the others to the North.

But just as Liu Chuan and the others got out of their vehicles, a woman carrying a fire axe walked out of the hospital-and she was someone everyone recognized.

The film actress Wen Wan!

She had debuted as a child actress and shot to fame at fifteen with the television drama "Peerless and Unmatched." After that, she entered the film industry, releasing at least three films a year. At only twenty-eight, she was already a leading actress whose films had grossed ten billion. She was a major name in the entertainment industry.

Everyone was surprised to find an acclaimed actress like her here.

And the fire axe in her hand made the sight all the stranger.

"Liu Dashuai, what do you mean by bringing people here?"

Wen Wan walked out with a dark expression, several women following beside her. "Didn't we already agree to stay out of each other's business? Are you going back on your word?"

Liu Dashuai hurriedly waved his hands. "Don't talk nonsense, Superstar Wen. This convoy is just passing through. There's nowhere else in town big enough to accommodate them, so I put them here at the hospital. Don't provoke these guys. If you end up dead, don't say I didn't warn you..."