Gao Yue and Fan Hui were surrounded and did not dare get out of the car.
They stayed inside and tried to keep driving forward.
Afraid of being hit, the others did not dare block them too aggressively.
"You and him, guard this car. Everyone else, go fill up."
"Hurry!"
"There's a diesel generator in the gas station's storeroom. Remember to use it."
After approaching the group, Su Chen pointed at Lord Eight and the skinny woman, telling them to stop the car while the others went to refuel.
He did not approach the crowd, only directing them from a distance.
Of course, the Pig-Killing Knife in Su Chen's hand made the others even more reluctant to approach him.
Su Chen was testing whether the Tree People could understand what he said.
They probably could!
Since the Tree People could follow them to the gas station, they must have retained some human memories.
"Su Chen, are you trying to target us?!"
Fan Hui lowered the car window partway and screamed at Su Chen.
"Gao Yue, run him over!"
Fan Hui even tried to goad Gao Yue into running Su Chen over.
"Do what Su Chen says!"
Huang Wei appeared as well and shouted along.
Su Chen had just said that he wanted Gao Yue and Fan Hui to draw the two Tree People's attention.
The people around them left one after another.
The two Tree People blocked the front of the car and exchanged a glance.
Perhaps the Tree People could sense one another.
Perhaps their brains did not work very well, either, as they made no further moves.
Everyone else left.
Only Lord Eight and the skinny woman remained in front of Gao Yue's car.
Along with Su Chen and Huang Wei.
And Yang Defa, who had just arrived.
"Run them over!"
"There are no decent people left in this world!"
Fan Hui kept ordering Gao Yue around.
Watching everyone else go to refuel while two people blocked her way filled her with fury.
"I..."
Thinking she would threaten the two people, Gao Yue pressed lightly on the accelerator.
Fan Hui reacted quickly, slamming her hand down on Gao Yue's right foot.
The car shot forward and struck them.
Gao Yue hurriedly hit the brakes.
Of course, it was already too late.
The car hit Lord Eight and the skinny woman.
Both were stunned.
Neither had expected to be attacked so suddenly and run straight over.
As a result, both Tree People immediately began to change.
This was also Su Chen's first time seeing Tree People at such close range.
Su Chen saw their fingernails fall off at once as roots sprouted from their fingers.
Their bones really were wood!
Their flesh and blood were still those of normal humans, but somehow, at some point, their bones had turned into roots.
No wonder they looked just like ordinary people.
The two Tree People did not attack Su Chen and the others, instead attacking Gao Yue's car.
Bang!
A window shattered at once.
Roots also reached through the opening into the car, threatening to strike Gao Yue and Fan Hui at any moment.
"Aaah!"
The two women screamed inside the car.
They had never imagined that those two were not humans, but Tree People.
One press of the accelerator had enraged them both.
Su Chen and the others prepared to attack.
Yang Defa hurled the incense ash and black dog blood straight at them.
It did have some effect.
The Tree People visibly slowed a little.
Holding the Pig-Killing Knife, Su Chen had no intention of getting close.
He simply threw the Pig-Killing Knife at the skinny woman.
Pig-Killing Knife, go suck their blood yourself!
Su Chen had absolutely no intention of fighting in person with the knife.
Under these circumstances, Huang Wei's muscles swelled, and his fingernails turned into beastly claws.
He transformed!
Huang Wei grabbed the two Tree People and smashed them together.
Was this the werewolf sequence?
Watching Huang Wei's transformation, Su Chen suddenly realized.
Who knew.
Could he deal with the Tree People?
Inside the car.
Gao Yue watched Huang Wei, now a werewolf, grapple with the Tree People.
At once, it felt as though she had found her savior.
However, a Tree Person slammed onto the hood, making Gao Yue's heart ache a little.
She began reversing.
She did not dare move forward at all.
As Huang Wei pummeled them, the Pig-Killing Knife slipped off the Tree Person's corpse.
The Pig-Killing Knife was very slippery.
It even slid right to Su Chen's feet.
Su Chen smiled at the sight of the Pig-Killing Knife.
The Pig-Killing Knife was very effective against flesh and blood.
But,
Against the Tree People's roots, it did not cut quite right, either.
It had actually become a deserter?
Still, anomalous objects really were different. It could actually seek out its owner on its own.
Su Chen picked up the Pig-Killing Knife, no longer intending to throw it.
Su Chen also glanced at Yang Defa and suggested, "Give Huang Wei an axe."
A werewolf's claws really were not particularly effective against wood.
An axe looked more useful.
"I'll get some gasoline, too."
Yang Defa nodded and soon brought back an axe and some petroleum.
"Huang Wei!"
Yang Defa threw the axe over.
After catching the axe, Huang Wei quickly broke free of his restraints.
However, the two Tree People actually embraced each other.
They were going to merge into an even taller Tree Person.
Once again, Huang Wei barely managed to hold them off.
Yang Defa seized the chance to throw the petroleum, drenching the Tree People.
He lit a kerosene lighter and threw it onto them.
Whoosh!
Flames immediately erupted over the Tree People.
The Tree People still tried to flee in every direction.
Unfortunately.
Axe in hand, Huang Wei kept a close watch on the two Tree People.
Burning, the Tree People were knocked to the ground with a swing of the axe, unable to escape at all.
After some time, the Tree People were burned to nothing.
Su Chen glanced at the ashes on the ground.
He had gotten carried away!
If they had been defeated some other way instead of being burned.
Perhaps they could have yielded some materials.
Of course, with their current strength, burning them was the easiest approach.
After defeating the Tree People, Huang Wei returned to his original appearance.
His clothes were somewhat tattered.
He still held the axe.
His hair, however, had suddenly become disheveled.
It made him look rather wild.
"What happened to me?"
Huang Wei was still a little bewildered.
He did not know why he had become a werewolf.
"You awakened the werewolf sequence."
Su Chen explained, "The price should be increased hair growth and a tendency to lose control."
"Sequence?"
Huang Wei raised his right hand, finding it a little hard to believe.
"What sequence do you have?"
After awakening his sequence, Huang Wei immediately realized that Su Chen had one too.
"The prophet sequence."
Su Chen did not say anything more.
He had seen the name of the prophet sequence in the Intelligence System.
He did not know any further details, either.
"A person's sequence is their secret. Don't reveal it lightly."
To make himself more convincing, Su Chen deliberately offered that reminder.
Huang Wei nodded, seemingly still digesting this information.
Su Chen also noticed Gao Yue's car nearby.
What had been a perfectly good car was now battered.
The windshield was gone.
The hood and doors had quite a few dents.
Gao Yue wanted to cry but had no tears.
"Go fill up!"
Su Chen waved at Gao Yue, signaling for her to go refuel.
Watching Su Chen's retreating figure, Gao Yue did not dare act rashly.
She had just been set up.
Once bitten, twice shy.
After that reminder, Su Chen returned to the convoy and drove the refrigerated truck to the gas station.
By then, the diesel engine had already been found.
The entire gas station.
Was brightly lit.
That meant they could refuel again.
Su Chen began filling the refrigerated truck and also took the fuel cans out of the trunk.
Those followers helped fill the fuel cans and carried them into the refrigerated truck's cargo compartment.
The Tree People monsters.
And Huang Wei, who had transformed into a werewolf to fight.
Everyone saw it.
They learned of the Sequence's existence and felt a sense of awe.
Su Chen seemed even more mysterious.
At that moment, no one would resist his orders.
Su Chen checked the time.
8:00.
They had spent ten minutes fighting. There were still twenty minutes left.
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