On the abandoned highway outside the Lin City Weird Domain, the convoy of three off-road vehicles finally stopped.
The engines shut off, doors opened and closed, and a dozen or so people filed out.
Their movements were somewhat stiff, and they looked at the empty Lin City before them with varying degrees of apprehension.
This was Lin City, where the legendary "Weird Queen," the Weird Bride, had made her lair.
Their leader was a man in his early thirties with dark skin, an old scar slanting from the corner of his brow to his jaw, and a badly worn tactical vest.
His name was Zhou Qiang, and he was one of the convoy's only two First Tier Sequence Users, at Level 18.
He stood there staring at the Weird Domain for a long time before slowly speaking. "This is the place."
A younger member beside him swallowed and lowered his voice. "Brother Qiang, are we... really going to live here? That's a Rule-level Weird, the Weird Queen."
"What else can we do?"
Zhou Qiang did not turn around. His voice was calm but weary. "Keep wandering out there, getting chased by wolf packs and Weirds and robbed by other convoys every few days? Have you forgotten how Old Zhao died last time?"
The young man fell silent.
Zhou Qiang took a deep breath and turned to look at the dozen or so elderly people, women, and children behind him. Their fighters consisted of just two First Tiers and a few Basic Sequence users who had barely become Ranked. The rest were ordinary people with no fighting ability.
In this apocalypse, a group like theirs was easy prey on legs.
"The Weird Bride has occupied Lin City for so long. Have you ever heard of her actively hunting humans?"
Zhou Qiang