Gathering supplies along the way, Lin Yi headed toward the gas station.
About ten minutes later, the outline of a gas station came into view.
But the moment he approached, his expression changed.
[Authentic Shijiazhuang Anhui Beef Noodle Soup!]
"What the hell! Are you kidding me?"
Lin Yi's face darkened.
What lunatic had turned a gas station into a beef noodle shop?!
"Whatever. I'm already here."
Lin Yi sighed. The beef noodles were definitely off the menu; he only wanted to check for stored food such as rice and flour.
It was summer, and the blazing sunlight fell on him, warming his whole body.
Sunlight streamed through the enormous floor-to-ceiling windows into the noodle shop, lighting up the entire dining area.
Lin Yi stood in the dining area.
The kitchen was hidden in darkness, and he stayed where he was.
Sequence: Thief.
Lin Yi murmured inwardly, setting food as his target.
Before long, a fifty-jin bag of flour and another half-full bag appeared out of thin air before him, along with quite a few rotten fruits and vegetables.
He ignored the fruits and vegetables, shouldered the flour, and returned to the SUV.
"That's the nice thing about Sequence: Thief."
Humming a tune, Lin Yi drove away.
What he failed to notice was a pair of eyes gleaming blood-red in the kitchen shadows, staring fixedly in the direction he had left.
There even seemed to be a trace of anger in that bloody glow?
About ten minutes later, Lin Yi returned to the supermarket entrance.
The moment he arrived, he sensed that something was wrong.
Inside the large supermarket, heavy objects crashed to the ground from time to time, while the panicked crowd charged outside like headless flies.
Behind them, a three-meter-tall Weird resembling a mantis mercilessly harvested the survivors' lives.
"Ah! Help! Save me!"
"Honey..."
Screams rang out without end, and the evil in human nature was unleashed at the same time.
Once-intimate relationships now became resources for escaping alive.
He watched with his own eyes as a man shoved his wife into the darkness to buy himself a little time to escape.
Of course, Lin Yi saw nothing wrong with it.
In the apocalypse, everyone wanted to live. What was wrong with that?
Soon, he saw a familiar figure dart out of the supermarket.
"Oh, it's Huang Nana."
A smile curled Lin Yi's lips. She was the woman who had pushed her best friend out of the car.
He stepped into Huang Nana's path and slowly stuck out a leg.
"Ow, fuck!"
Too busy looking behind her, Huang Nana fell flat on her face.
"You fucking..."
She was just about to get up and curse when she heard a voice that made her heart tremble.
"Say thank you..."
Huang Nana: ...
Bastard. What an absolute bastard!
Huang Nana wanted to cry but had no tears.
Still, she forced herself to say, "Thank you."
"Hehe." Watching his contribution rise, Lin Yi's lips curved into a smile.
He took off the backpack behind him and handed it to Huang Nana. "Supplies for you."
"Huh? Me?" Huang Nana was clearly bewildered by this move, but she still accepted the supplies in a daze.
Yet the very next moment, Lin Yi snatched the supplies back.
"Are you out of your mind?!" Huang Nana roared in fury, but regretted it as soon as the words left her mouth.
Everyone was busy fleeing for their lives. Who would bother with her?
Lin Yi, however, merely offered the backpack again with a smile. "Say thank you."
Huang Nana: ...
One backpack of supplies earned thirty contribution points each time.
Just three times, added to the contribution from earlier.
Another person had reached max contribution!
"Hehe, I'm so kind."
Lin Yi put his backpack on and watched Huang Nana scramble away, unable to resist praising himself.
More and more people fled the large supermarket.
No one paid attention to what was happening over by Lin Yi.
The first thing they did upon getting out was sprint for their vehicles.
They started their engines and fled toward the edge of town.
Among the crowd, he even spotted Lu Sheng and Liu Ruyan.
Each carried a sack, scurrying about like rats in the street.
The Mantis Weird reaped lives extremely quickly. Almost every second, another unlucky soul died beneath its scythes.
"Ah!"
Another scream rang out.
With the mantis almost upon him, Lu Sheng tripped a man fleeing beside him, then ran like mad.
Finally, I'm going to survive.
Some color returned to Lu Sheng's pale face.
Unfortunately, the mantis was extremely fast, and the next moment, the fleeing Lu Sheng was next.
Is he going to die?
Lin Yi thought it was a bit of a shame. That death would be too easy on him.
But just then.
An ethereal song suddenly rang out inside the supermarket.
The previously swift Mantis Weird now moved stiffly and slowly.
Seizing this opening, the survivors finally escaped the supermarket.
From the darkness, a dozen or so figures carrying bags of all sizes also darted out of the supermarket.
Lin Yi also got a clear look at the source of the singing. It was Bai Xiaoyu.
Her clear voice lingered in the air, and all the Weirds became incredibly slow.
However, her little face had already turned deathly pale.
Clearly, this was the aftereffect of overusing her sequence ability.
"The Songstress Ability is pretty strong."
Lin Yi marveled inwardly. Without lingering, he started the SUV and followed the convoy out of town.
The convoy's haul this time was quite substantial.
Everyone had a great pile of bags, large and small.
The price was the loss of twenty-odd unlucky souls.
None of this had anything to do with Lin Yi. He had already picked up Big Dummy and settled him in the passenger seat, while the back seat was packed full of supplies.
The convoy began moving slowly forward. They needed to find a suitable campsite before nightfall.
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