Hand it over

Lin Yi stood nearby the entire time, watching Liu Ruyan get beaten without the slightest ripple of emotion.

Looking into the distance, he saw Lu Sheng also watching coldly from the crowd.

"Heh."

Only when Liu Ruyan had been beaten enough did Lin Yi step forward, his face full of concern. "Ruyan, Ruyan! Stop hitting her!"

Bai Xiaoyu waved her arm lightly, and the two burly men stepped aside.

"Ahem, ahem, Ruyan, you saw it yourself. I'm just a nobody..."

Looking at her swollen, piglike face, Lin Yi struggled not to laugh.

"Wuuu..."

Liu Ruyan could no longer speak clearly, but her eyes brimmed with venom. "Lin Yi, you bastard! This is all your fault, you useless piece of trash!"

"Ruyan, I'm powerless. Here, take this bag of supplies."

Lin Yi held the hiking backpack out to Liu Ruyan, his eyes full of sincerity.

"You useless piece of trash..."

With the hiking backpack on her back, Liu Ruyan limped away, stumbling and scrambling as she cursed.

Everyone around them gave Lin Yi strange looks.

How could anyone be such a simp?

Lin Yi ignored their stares, no longer able to suppress the smile on his lips.

[Liu Ruyan: Contribution 100!]

One big bag of supplies had maxed out her contribution!

"You're really... strange."

Bai Xiaoyu came over to Lin Yi and watched Liu Ruyan walk away, her little head full of question marks.

"Heh."

Lin Yi offered no further explanation and disappeared into the crowd under cover of night.

"Damn you, Lin Yi. Just you wait."

Liu Ruyan casually tossed the hiking backpack into the trunk, blaming Lin Yi for everything that had just happened.

What she did not know was that the hiking backpack in the trunk had already vanished without a trace, barely having spent a moment there.

When Lin Yi returned with the hiking backpack, he was met with another round of strange looks.

He paid them no mind and went over to sit beside Da Sha.

Is this kid not quite right in the head either?

Elder Qi frowned unconsciously as he watched Lin Yi.

Just what is going on with this team of mine?

The sky is falling...

"Elder Qi."

Li Yong climbed onto the roof of the heavy-duty truck, his tone respectful.

"How did it go?" Elder Qi did not even turn around.

"They're exactly like normal people. There's nothing eerie about them at all." Li Yong frowned. "Could Da Sha have suddenly gone mad...?"

"No." Elder Qi's expression grew solemn. "With such a severe price for his sequence, Da Sha's sequence must rank above ours in strength."

"Then that's really strange..." Li Yong could not help furrowing his brow as well.

"Have everyone rest in the vehicles for now, and have people keep a close watch on them. If anything unusual happens, flee immediately." Elder Qi's tone was stern.

"All right." Li Yong nodded. He did not let his kindness lead him to defy Elder Qi's decision.

That night.

Lin Yi and Da Sha sat in the back seat of the modified SUV, sleeping with their eyes closed.

Li Yong, in the driver's seat, stayed awake. If anything happened, he would start the vehicle immediately.

Da Hu, blind in both eyes, lay in the front passenger seat, already deep asleep.

Naturally, Lin Yi was only pretending to sleep. He was not as carefree as Da Sha.

There was definitely no chance of activating the Blood Dagger today.

Tomorrow, he had to hurry and get a vehicle of his own. Then he could activate the Blood Dagger.

The night passed without incident.

Nothing happened during the night, and the newly arrived refugees behaved themselves.

As the sun rose, the convoy had already begun another day's journey.

The modified vehicles slowly cleared a path ahead.

The survivors on foot followed behind.

Lin Yi sat in the SUV's back seat, his gaze moving with the scenery.

In just a few days, the roads had become desolate and dilapidated, and the sight of an apocalypse hit him head-on.

Whether it was because of the apocalypse or not, once-ordinary plants were growing at an astonishing rate. Some roads were already covered by tangled vines.

But the Apocalypse Heavy Truck easily crushed them all.

"Crackle..."

"We should reach the next Small Town at around three this afternoon."

"Remember, we'll have no more than three hours to search for supplies."

Elder Qi's voice came through the walkie-talkie.

The loudspeaker on the heavy-duty truck also broadcast the message repeatedly so the entire group could hear it.

The convoy now numbered more than two hundred people.

Lin Yi had also observed the newly joined refugees. They were just a group of utterly ordinary survivors.

He looked at the dopey Da Sha without giving it much thought.

Whether there was something wrong with those survivors or not, as long as he ran faster than everyone else...

Time passed.

Soon, the outline of another city appeared before them.

The newly joined survivors were the most excited.

Compared with the others in the convoy, they had almost no food on them.

Since Elder Qi had already given advance warning.

The convoy did not stop, driving straight toward the Small Town.

"Take Da Sha with you. I'm going to find a vehicle."

Lin Yi looked at Li Yong.

"All right." Without wasting words, Li Yong dropped Lin Yi off by the roadside and headed toward the largest supermarket in the Small Town.

Almost all the vehicles headed in the same direction.

Many survivors on foot tried their luck in the small shops nearby instead.

Quite a few vehicles were parked on both sides of the street.

As Lin Yi walked along, he helped himself to some cigarettes and shelf-stable food from the surrounding shops.

He did not smoke, but tobacco was undoubtedly a supply too, and it was easy to carry.

He had left the hiking backpack in the SUV, tucking only the Blood Dagger and the screw inside his clothes to carry with him.

He also carried a can of gasoline in his hand.

After helping himself to an extra-large schoolbag from a roadside shop, he began inspecting the vehicles parked along the road.

Many vehicles still had their keys in the ignition and their doors standing open.

Clearly, many people had fled in a panic when the apocalypse broke out.

Lin Yi examined them one by one until his eyes finally lit up.

An ordinary black SUV stood with its doors wide open, as though welcoming him.

Even an ordinary SUV was excellent as far as he was concerned.

The SUV was undamaged. It had simply run out of fuel.

Lin Yi poured in the gasoline, and the SUV started normally, without any surprises.

"Hehehe. I've got a vehicle now."

Lin Yi was very pleased with his ride.

There was still plenty of time, so he started the vehicle and sped toward the largest supermarket.

From a distance, he spotted that conspicuous red sedan.

Compared with when he had first seen it, the red sedan now looked considerably duller.

"Heh, she's going to die anyway."

"Hand it over."

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Yi used Sequence: Thief.

He did not even get out of the vehicle before his back seat was packed with supplies.

Meanwhile, Liu Ruyan's red sedan had been emptied completely.

How did that saying go again?

My neighbors stockpile, I awaken; my neighbors are my granary...

How could Lin Yi possibly feel guilty about Liu Ruyan?

As for everyone else?

He felt no guilt about them either!