Where Did My Whole Huge Convoy Go?

"Thud, thud, thud-thud-thud."

Fierce pounding came from outside the cargo compartment, even making the whole truck shake a little.

Lin Yi was puzzled. "What's going on? Are there still horrors outside?"

He wasted no more time and stabbed the Blood Dagger hard into the cargo compartment.

Earlier, with the Butcher watching him like a hawk, he hadn't dared gamble on the Blood Dagger's sharpness.

The Butcher hadn't given him time to escape, either.

Cutting through the Butcher's neck had also given him a new understanding of just how sharp the Blood Dagger was.

"Rip, riiip..."

A piercing tearing sound rang through the noodle shop.

The Blood Dagger sliced open the cargo compartment with ease.

"Thud, thud-thud-thud."

The fierce pounding continued outside the cargo compartment.

Lin Yi cut a roughly adequate opening, then darted into the cargo compartment.

"Bang."

He kicked the cargo compartment door open, and sunlight spilled over his body.

It felt as if he had come back to life.

It seemed he really had come back to life.

He also saw the source of the noise.

Da Sha stood outside with a vacant expression, punching the cargo compartment over and over. Even when blood seeped from his fists, he didn't stop.

Lin Yi froze for a moment.

Then he jumped down. "Da Sha, let's go."

"Hehehe, Master..."

Seeing Lin Yi, Da Sha chuckled foolishly and rubbed the back of his head. Ignoring the blood dripping from his hands, he followed close behind Lin Yi.

Lin Yi's off-road vehicle was completely wrecked, and all the gasoline inside was gone. He didn't need to think to know those three animals had taken it.

Most of the time allotted for scavenging supplies had already passed. Lin Yi picked up a set of clothes from a nearby shop.

His gaze swept his surroundings, searching for a usable vehicle.

Da Sha stood blankly behind Lin Yi, but his eyes were fixed on the Rolling Pin held in Lin Yi's other hand...

Elsewhere.

Lu Sheng had originally been driving away with Huang Nana.

Huang Nana was lying across his lap.

But in the very next moment.

Inexplicably.

Without any warning, Huang Nana turned into a pile of minced flesh.

His lower body was almost entirely soaked in blood.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!!!"

Lu Sheng practically screamed, scrambling and tumbling out of the car with a cry.

The second time! This was the second time!

His eyes filled with terror as he looked at the red car.

Something was wrong with his car. There was definitely something wrong with it!

Not bothering to clear the scraps of flesh off his pants, Lu Sheng sprinted toward the edge of town, his face filled with fear.

Lin Yi soon found a new off-road vehicle.

The only real difference from his original one was that this one was army green.

He soon noticed Da Sha's gaze.

Lin Yi held up the Rolling Pin. "You like it?"

"Hehehe..." Da Sha said nothing, only grinning foolishly.

Lin Yi glanced at the Rolling Pin, and its information instantly appeared.

[Anomaly name: Rolling Pin.]

[An Anomaly stolen by a certain thief.]

[Anomaly sequence: 8097.]

[Trait: The Anomaly's strength is linked to its user's strength!]

[Cost of use: Mental derangement!]

"It actually suits you pretty well. You're already an idiot, so mental derangement is basically no cost at all."

Lin Yi casually tossed the Rolling Pin to Da Sha.

Da Sha beamed, hugging the Rolling Pin and chuckling foolishly like a child who had found a treasure.

"Vroom."

The off-road vehicle started up. No other survivors' vehicles were visible nearby anymore.

Before he had driven far, he spotted the red car by the roadside, its door wide open.

And the bloody scene inside.

"Heh."

Lin Yi sneered, got out, and opened the red car's trunk.

Besides the piled-up supplies, there was his missing gasoline.

"Just as I thought."

Lin Yi snorted, moved the supplies into his own vehicle, and sped toward the outskirts of the city with the engine roaring.

As he made his getaway, he also used the Divine Thief Sequence to swipe supplies from the surrounding shops.

Before long, the entire vehicle was packed to the brim.

At that moment, outside the city.

A large crowd stood in front of the convoy.

At their head, Elder Qi was looking at Lu Sheng with a grave expression.

"You're saying Huang Nana turned into a pile of minced flesh without any warning?"

"Y-yes. We... we should leave..." Lu Sheng's voice trembled as he spoke.

"That's impossible." Elder Qi looked at the scorching sunlight. His information should have been correct. Horrors couldn't walk in sunlight!

"Elder Qi, you said it yourself. If we keep judging horrors by experience, sooner or later we'll die without even leaving an intact corpse." Li Yong stepped forward, his voice low.

"Mm..." Elder Qi's face creased even further. "The horrors have probably evolved again. It's only been a few days. They're evolving far too quickly."

"S-sir, let's leave first." Lu Sheng's face was pale, his body trembling as he shuddered incessantly.

The sight of Lu Sheng left the other survivors on edge, too.

No one thought Lu Sheng could have chopped a person into minced flesh in such a short time.

"How many died?"

Elder Qi questioned Li Yong in a low voice.

"Mm... over a dozen people haven't come out, including Da Sha and Lin Yi," Li Yong replied.

"Ah, that boy, Da Sha." Elder Qi shook his head and sighed. He didn't think Da Sha and Lin Yi could survive. Although Da Sha had Sequence Transcendence, he had already lost his awareness...

As for Lin Yi, an ordinary person...

"We should hurry up and leave."

"Exactly! We can't stop a horror that can turn someone into minced flesh in an instant!"

"Elder Qi..."

The people around him urged him anxiously.

Elder Qi took a long look at the city before finally sighing. "Let's set off. As for you, Lu Sheng, ride with Xiao Chusheng and the others for now."

"O-okay."

No one went against Elder Qi's decision.

Lu Sheng scrambled into the jeep.

Lao San was a good-natured man to begin with and said little.

As a horror, Xiao Chusheng naturally had little aversion to flesh and blood.

The woman in the passenger seat, on the other hand, was deathly pale and looked as though she might vomit at any moment.

But under the circumstances, no one was going to pay much attention to his feelings.

The convoy's engines roared, raising billowing clouds of dust as it fled the city.

Lin Yi still had no idea that the trouble he had caused had made the convoy flee ahead of schedule.

He was happily helping himself to things.

"Hehe, cigarettes that cost a hundred. Too bad I don't smoke. Wonder if I can trade them for something good."

"Oh, Ninety-Five Supreme..."

"Oh, a carton of Huazi..."

Lin Yi cheerfully swept through the supplies.

But the moment he drove outside the city, he was completely dumbfounded.

Wait, where was my convoy?!

Where did my whole huge convoy go?!

He looked up.

Lin Yi's entire face darkened.

How had that whole bunch of Contribution gotten so far away...?