Chaos began to stir

"Read fewer novels."

Lin Qi crouched in front of Yi Xue and checked her vital signs.

Yi Xue had only temporarily lost consciousness. Feeling her steady breathing and confirming that her life was not in danger, Lin Qi withdrew his hand.

Seeing that Lin Qi's attitude remained unchanged, Green Radish buried her thoughts and quickly boarded the bus with her subordinates.

Once she saw the wretched state of Teacher Gu and the other women in the back, she understood what had happened. Her gaze filled with even more disgust as she looked at the dozen or so corpses.

"Miss, should we expel the killer?"

One subordinate asked cautiously. The sight of the bodies horrified him as well. Just what kind of ability could let one person take down over a dozen grown male students?!

"Hm?" Green Radish tilted her head toward him. "Since when did self-defense warrant expulsion? You really shouldn't throw certain accusations around..."

"Understood, understood." The subordinate nodded hastily. Although Green Radish had no fighting ability whatsoever, he seemed particularly afraid of her.

"Take them away and look after them. Remember to charge them."

Green Radish looked away from Teacher Gu and the other two women. She waved her hand in disgust, trying to disperse the smell of photinia blossoms hanging in the air, but she could not get rid of it.

"Store all their bodies. We can throw them to the anomalies to buy time later."

Green Radish made her way between the corpses in utter disgust. She did not want to spend another moment on the bus.

Green Radish left with her subordinates. No one gave Lin Qi any trouble.

Lin Qi sat in the driver's seat while Yi Xue remained unconscious, leaning against the outside of the vehicle. He showed no intention of treating her tenderly.

"Now you owe me another thousand-plus in Ghost Cash."

Lin Qi lit a cigarette and leaned back in his seat, murmuring to himself as he watched Yi Xue through the newly installed rearview mirror.

One against ten, he had relied on his ability to carve a bloody path through the narrow aisle.

The expenditure had been frightening, too: a full thousand in Ghost Cash.

He had to admit, he had achieved his objective very successfully.

He was not afraid of trouble, but he hated it.

After he dealt with Li Xiang and his group.

Not one of the survivors who had newly joined the convoy dared come within a certain distance of him.

Even setting aside Lin Qi's terrifying ability to take down over a dozen people alone, he had killed people without being expelled from the convoy. Who would dare trouble someone protected by an Extraordinary?

Even Wang Hu would probably have to think twice.

Never mind the convoy's original survivors-even the newcomers had all heard about his deeds.

This was exactly the effect Lin Qi wanted.

Before long, Green Radish sent a doctor to check on Yi Xue.

"She only ingested some kind of drug that causes unconsciousness. It's nothing serious."

The doctor hurriedly delivered that one statement, then hurried away again.

Lin Qi paid Yi Xue little attention. Looking at his remaining two thousand-plus in Ghost Cash, he felt a little troubled. "When am I ever going to save up enough for the bride price..."

With over two hundred survivors joining, the entire convoy had grown considerably longer.

Scarface sought out Wang Hu immediately.

The two stayed in the bed of Scarface's other pickup truck.

A gleam shone in Scarface's eyes. "I heard you've killed an Extraordinary?"

Wang Hu smiled contemptuously. "An Extraordinary? Aren't they just ordinary people with a few special abilities?"

"Good, good, good." Scarface seemed to have finally found a kindred spirit, madness burning in his eyes. "Interested in taking control of the convoy?"

Wang Hu narrowed his eyes. "Tell me more..."

Afternoon arrived.

"Mm..."

A soft whimper sounded outside the off-road vehicle.

Lin Qi immediately noticed that Yi Xue had opened her eyes.

She first looked around blankly and saw unfamiliar surroundings. Fear crept into her gradually focusing eyes, but she soon gathered her wits and looked up. Sure enough, a familiar face appeared before her.

"Wah... Lin..."

As though she had finally found someone to lean on, Yi Xue burst into loud sobs.

"Shut up."

Lin Qi sounded irritated. Nothing annoyed him more in this life than women crying.

"Uh."

Yi Xue froze in fright. Lin Qi grabbed a set of bloodstained clothes and tossed them out the window. "Are you okay? If you are, go wash my clothes. Getting you out cost me a lot of Ghost Cash. You're not allowed to die until you've paid it all back."

"Ah."

Yi Xue stared blankly at the ferocious-looking Lin Qi. For some reason, warmth flowed through her heart. "Lin, were you the one who saved me? Where are Teacher Gu and the others?"

"They're with the Transcendent Squad. Don't worry about them." Lin Qi waved impatiently. He was now wearing the clothes Yi Xue had washed the night before. Compared with the clothes splattered with blood from his slaughter of Li Xiang's group, these were clearly much cleaner.

They had already dried over the course of the midday hours.

The clothes he had tossed to Yi Xue were naturally the ones he had just taken off.

"Thank you, Lin." Hugging the clothes, Yi Xue murmured softly, "I thought I was going to die. Thank you so much."

"You talk too much."

Lin Qi frowned, and Yi Xue hurriedly jogged away with the clothes in her arms, starting to search the surrounding vehicles for accumulated rainwater.

Her little face was still pale, but a trace of secret delight stirred in her heart.

Lin had said she was not allowed to die until she paid everything back. It did not feel like a threat to her, but rather a kind of protection. If she never finished paying off her debt, would he keep protecting her forever...?

Even now, Yi Xue's calves trembled when she thought of what had happened the night before.

If she had not been on her period, if she had not happened to stain her pants, perhaps she would have suffered the same humiliation as Teacher Gu and the others.

Teacher Gu, everyone, please be all right...

Holding the clothes, Yi Xue began searching the surrounding vehicles for accumulated water, but she noticed something very strange.

Yesterday, when she searched for water, other survivors had snatched it from her several times.

But today was strange.

Whenever she found some water she wanted, the survivors hurriedly let her have it. Not only did their faces show no impatience, they even seemed somewhat ingratiating???

Yi Xue did not understand why, but having things go so smoothly was a relief.

Only after she finished washing Lin Qi's clothes and hung them up to dry did she cautiously approach the bus door.

Green Radish's subordinates had cleared all the corpses out of the bus. Only the blood remained.

Yi Xue glanced at her blood-soaked pants and felt how uncomfortable they were. Finally, she gritted her teeth and stepped onto the bus with her little face deathly pale, searching for a replacement pair...

Yi Xue changed into clean clothes and finally felt much fresher.

He came to the passenger side of the off-road vehicle and was about to open the door and get into the passenger seat on his own.

But Lin Qi abruptly turned his head, his eyes full of confusion. "What are you doing?"

"Hm?" Startled into a momentary daze by Lin Qi's tone, Yi Xue spoke in a trembling voice. "Didn't you... didn't you say you wanted me to pay off my debt?"

Lin Qi raised his hand and pressed the passenger-door lock. "You're already in debt, and you still want to ride in my car for free?"

Yi Xue: ???

Why did she feel as though her understanding did not quite match what he had in mind?

Since I owe him money, shouldn't I stay by Lin's side and serve him? I spent so long mentally preparing myself. Rather than let those people...

What am I thinking...

Yi Xue's little face flushed bright red. She hurriedly shook off her jumbled thoughts and waited blankly for Lin Qi to continue.

Seeing her like this, Lin Qi could not understand what she was thinking either. "Go find your teacher. I'll call you when there's something for you to do."

"Oh, so that's how I'm paying it back..."

For some reason, a flicker of disappointment passed through Yi Xue's heart, but she soon put on a sweet smile again. "Got it, Lin!"