The Survival Rules Convoy Is Founded!

Below the highway.

The people who had escaped from Zhenning County no longer dared approach the highway entrance.

Everyone knew there was a madman up there who had killed someone with a chainsaw, and he looked like he had no intention of leaving.

Under those circumstances, who would dare provoke him?

"You have no idea. That madman killed Director Li from First High School with a chainsaw. He was vicious."

"If I hadn't run fast enough, that lunatic probably would've killed me too."

"Heh, I say Director Li deserved it. He just had to go and provoke the guy, spouting all that nonsense about murder being illegal. Now he's dead, isn't he? What can the law do to that guy?"

"What do we do now? I'm not going up there to flag down cars again. You can go if you want."

"..."

People gathered in groups of three or five, discussing what to do next.

Meanwhile, Lin Yi happily settled down to rest.

He would get some proper sleep now, then stay sharp at night. After all, many of the dangers at night came from the people around him.

Liu Chuan's sequence made him the ideal choice for convoy leader.

But whether to form a convoy was up to Liu Chuan himself. After all, the Safe Passage Convoy would almost certainly struggle to make it out alive.

Xu Xiaohan had led so many people to their deaths that she had effectively brought the Safe Passage Convoy crashing down.

Lin Yi erected the oilcloth in the bed of his pickup and secured it with a wooden frame, creating a simple, spacious tent.

He even laid down three thick down quilts. Inside, he would not have to worry about freezing at all.

Lin Yi had originally planned to enhance the pickup.

But enhancing it would take too long, so he abandoned the idea outright.

Enhancing the pickup required over two thousand hours.

In other words, it would take at least three months to complete.

Under those circumstances, Lin Yi naturally would not consider enhancing it. Too many things could go wrong along the way, and he might end up having to abandon the pickup.

Instead, he chose to enhance his own body and selected a weapon as well.

To get anything done, he first had to be strong himself!

Only one day remained.

Lin Yi was full of anticipation for his enhanced body.

After another day, he would truly have what it took to eke out a survival in this apocalypse.

Inside the sedan.

Liu Chuan looked enviously at the oilcloth tent on the pickup, then turned his gaze toward the other vehicles parked by the entrance.

Should I get a different vehicle too?

But at the moment, the convoy occupied more of Liu Chuan's thoughts.

He certainly would not stay with the Safe Passage Convoy.

Now that he had Lin Yi's support, he could easily put together a convoy of his own.

Just as Lin Yi had said, having him lead the way as convoy leader would spare them plenty of unnecessary trouble.

There were still plenty of people gathered around Zhenning County. If they were willing to follow him, he could easily assemble a convoy of over a thousand people.

But...

That was more people than he could manage.

The more people there were, the more they would attract the horrors.

A convoy of over a thousand people would be a fat, juicy prize in the eyes of those horrors.

Would he still be able to lead so many people to safety then?

As he pondered it, Liu Chuan drifted into a deep sleep himself. These past few days had been far more exhausting than anything he had experienced before.

Lin Yi, meanwhile, woke in the middle of the night.

He listened for movement outside. Once he was certain no one was around, he took the Soul-Devouring Saw and stepped out of the oilcloth tent.

Only after packing everything away did he stand alone by the roadside and smoke.

Tomorrow at noon!

Once that time came, Lin Yi would leave, whether Xu Xiaohan and the others were alive or dead.

The night passed without incident.

By morning, Liu Chuan seemed to have made his decision, and he immediately sought out Lin Yi.

"Brother Lin, I'm planning to form a convoy. Are you really willing to help me?"

Liu Chuan had no one else to help him right now, so he could only pin his hopes on Lin Yi.

Lin Yi nodded. "I can help you, but let me make this clear beforehand: I won't look after the other members of the convoy. If we run into unnecessary trouble, I'll make whatever decision I consider most rational."

"I'm helping you because you're useful. Don't hold it against me for being blunt. That's just how it is."

"I can follow your arrangements on the road ahead, but only when we're searching for supplies. After all, you're the leader. You have more things to consider."

Liu Chuan nodded solemnly at Lin Yi's words.

He knew Lin Yi was right.

Only by being useful could he earn Lin Yi's help.

Otherwise, why wasn't Lin Yi helping Xu Xiaohan and her people?

In fact, Liu Chuan felt that Da Mei's sequence, [Direction], was not even as good as his own sequence, [Watcher].

"Okay!"

Liu Chuan nodded and said earnestly, "Brother Lin, I'll be counting on you to look out for me from now on."

"You're the leader. You still need to make the big decisions. Just call me Lin Yi from now on, so the others don't find fault with you."

Lin Yi patted his shoulder and smiled. "You'll have a heavy burden from now on, so be ready. Have you thought of a name for the convoy?"

"No, I haven't gotten that far yet. Why don't you come up with one, Lin Yi?"

Liu Chuan laughed. "We're all in the same boat from now on. You could even be deputy leader. I'll go down and recruit people. You think up a name for our convoy!"

With that, Liu Chuan left the naming to Lin Yi and ran toward the highway entrance.

As he watched Liu Chuan leave, the smile faded from Lin Yi's lips.

With the apocalypse upon them, they faced only one overriding challenge.

Survival!

Convoys might be their main option for a long time to come. For many people, a convoy might even become their new home.

From now on, then, the convoy would be everyone's home, a place where they could survive.

If that was the case, this home needed its own rules to keep it running.

And those would be their survival rules!

Lin Yi took a can of spray paint from his pickup and cheerfully began spraying Liu Chuan's sedan.

Soon, four large characters appeared on its body:

Survival Rules!

From this day forward, they were the Survival Rules Convoy!

Below the highway entrance, Liu Chuan revealed that he and Lin Yi were both Sequence Transcendents, then told everyone about his plans to form a convoy.

When they heard that the convoy had two Sequence Transcendents, many people eagerly wanted to leave with them.

After all, with Sequence Transcendents protecting them, they would have a better chance of staying alive.

But just as Liu Chuan was about to explain further, two vehicles slowly approached from the direction of Zhenning County.

Their bodies were badly deformed. Even the Hummer in front had more than half its body crushed flat.

Liu Chuan immediately recognized them as Xu Xiaohan's and Da Mei's vehicles.

Had only the two of them made it out?

After a brief hesitation, Liu Chuan shouted toward the highway entrance, "Lin Yi, Xu Xiaohan and Da Mei are back..."