A curse, a weather forecast?

"Holy shit!"

"There's an excavator!"

"This thing's really good, just slow."

"Still awesome!"

Everyone talked excitedly.

There were quite a few men among the survivors, and men found it hard to resist excavators.

Some time later.

They had cleared out all the usable vehicles nearby.

It was a small coal mine.

The number of vehicles was limited.

There were two excavators, two loaders, and three coal trucks in total.

Some had keys.

Others did not.

One loader had clearly been damaged in an attack.

So.

There were fewer usable vehicles than they had imagined.

Of course, fuel was a limitation.

They could not take so many vehicles.

These vehicles naturally belonged to the convoy as communal property.

Su Chen had thought there would be mining trucks.

The legendary behemoths with tires taller than a person.

Unfortunately, a small coal mine had nothing that big.

Besides.

Even if there had been one, its fuel consumption would have been a little more than they could handle right now.

Those huge vehicles were not very fast, either.

Only about sixty-five miles per hour.

Finding one without being able to take charge of it would only hurt more.

Better not to find one at all.

The vehicles before him were enough.

Su Chen searched around one last time.

He found a little diesel and some iron chains.

Iron chains were useful.

Wrapped around tires, they made traveling through snow easier.

Finally.

Su Chen had people load some coal onto a coal mine truck, then turned around and headed south.

They were ready to clear a path!

Su Chen knew they had thirty kilometers to cover, perhaps even more.

There was no time to stop.

But when they heard that Su Chen wanted to set off again, some people were unhappy.

They had only just reached the coal mine and found somewhere to keep warm, and now they had to leave again.

"Can't we rest a while?"

"Exactly!"

"We finally got here, and now we have to leave. Who can take that?"

"Officer Huang, we're human beings, you know."

"Why don't you just kill me!"

"Su Chen doesn't always lead us right, either. Didn't he bring us into this frozen wasteland this time?"

People in the convoy began protesting.

Su Chen was not angry.

He exchanged looks with Huang Wei and Yang Defa, then said, "This is one drawback of too much exposure to the snow."

Su Chen could do nothing about it.

After losing their memories, people tended to follow their instincts.

They wanted to enjoy the moment and did not want to leave.

They could not sense the danger.

They had even forgotten last night's Giant Bear and Snow Demon Servant.

Let alone that the real Snow Demon would arrive in three days.

Besides, there was a term for this: a mob.

In ancient times, they called it three men making a tiger.

In other words, people influenced one another according to the group's average intelligence.

As it happened, these people were losing their memories, and their brains would work less and less well.

That made the phenomenon even more pronounced.

The key was that only half a day had passed. Who knew what they would be like after three days?

If this bunch had not become less clearheaded because they were being affected, with some hope of recovery later.

He would have wanted to abandon them outright.

For now, he could only let it go.

Su Chen thought for a moment and felt he needed to give everyone a little sense of danger.

A savage beast?

A Snow Demon Servant?

At that moment, Huang Wei was still soothing the crowd.

Su Chen called Yang Defa over and whispered a few words into his ear.

"Awooo~"

The howling of wolves soon came from nearby.

"Woof, woof, woof~"

Blackie also began barking.

As the people around them heard the howling, their eyes immediately became much clearer.

Everyone stopped complaining.

Some even got straight into the vehicles.

The wolves' howls.

The effect was obvious.

Huang Wei also turned into a Werewolf, wanting to protect the convoy.

"There are a lot of wolves. We'd better just go!"

Su Chen patted Huang Wei and told him to leave now.

Then.

The loaders and excavators cleared the way up front, and the entire convoy began moving, inching forward.

Since Su Chen had woken up and had the Escape Map.

They were no longer driving along remote wilderness roads, but had returned to a national highway, making their progress noticeably smoother.

They encountered almost no obstacles.

Yet after traveling from morning until noon, the convoy had covered only five kilometers.

They still had two-thirds left.

After all, there could be strange roads among the normal ones.

There was snow on the road, and the journey was wearing people down a little.

The key was.

Everyone's memories were fading, and they would become less and less efficient at working.

Su Chen could feel it. After traveling all the way to noon, everyone's spirits were sinking lower and lower.

He could only stop and let everyone have something hot to eat.

At the same time.

Inside the Refrigerated Truck.

In her sleep, Xiao Zixia felt herself restrained.

She was suspended in the Thorn Forest.

Before her appeared a Woman Formed from Thorns.

"Hah, hah, hah~"

Breathing rapidly, Xiao Zixia jolted awake from her nightmare.

Where was this?

Xiao Zixia could see in the dark.

After looking around, she discovered that she was alone in the cargo compartment.

That gradually put her at ease.

Xiao Zixia had long known that using her ability would make her fall into a deep sleep.

So, after he used his ability, he would find somewhere to hide.

Now they were on the run.

That made hiding somewhat impractical.

Besides.

With Weird Entities actively seeking people out, where could she hide?

Of everyone, the person she trusted most was Su Chen.

At the time, when she was about to pass out, she had found Su Chen.

Xiao Zixia knocked on the cargo compartment.

In the cab, Su Xi sensed what was happening in the cargo compartment and knew Xiao Zixia had woken up.

"Brother, Zixia seems to be awake!"

Su Xi explained the situation to Su Chen.

Su Chen opened the cargo door.

Looking at the murky gray sky outside, Xiao Zixia asked in confusion, "Is it daytime?"

"It's daytime!"

"According to the rules, you get thirty percent of the Giant Bear we killed last night."

"You can choose bear hide, meat, or bones."

Su Chen pointed at the spoils stored in the cargo compartment, feeling that the timing was just right.

Xiao Zixia knew the rules, but since one person could not use up much in the way of supplies, she was still a little surprised.

"I'd like that hide, and a little meat?"

Xiao Zixia took a liking to the bear hide as soon as she saw it.

She thought it would certainly be warm draped over her.

"Then the black bear hide and fifty kilograms of meat."

"Some of the survivors from Xintang Town are following you. Why don't you all stay on the School Bus?"

Su Chen had also arranged a vehicle for Xiao Zixia.

Some people were planning to follow her, too?

On hearing the news, Xiao Zixia's first thought was that she did not really want to manage them.

But.

Since these people had chosen to follow her, it would not be easy to refuse.

Xiao Zixia planned to distribute some of the meat as a small gesture.

Su Chen also gave Xiao Zixia a raincoat and said, "Remember not to touch too much snow. Blue Snow is poisonous."

As Su Chen saw Xiao Zixia out of the Refrigerated Truck, he added another reminder.

"The snow isn't poisonous, is it?"

Xiao Zixia looked at Su Chen in confusion.

The Florist Sequence was also very sensitive to poison. If the snow were poisonous, she would have noticed long ago.

Su Chen said, "But it'll turn you into an idiot!"

At those words, Xiao Zixia immediately sucked in a cold breath.

That was a little more terrifying than poison.

After getting out of the Refrigerated Truck, Xiao Zixia planned to return to the School Bus.

On the way, Xiao Zixia lifted the clothing over her abdomen and discovered a new Thorn Tattoo.

A Thorn Tattoo?

Xiao Zixia did not remember ever getting a tattoo.

A curse?

Xiao Zixia stroked the tattoo and thought of that nightmare.

At once, she frowned.

After hesitating for a while, she decided to cover up the tattoo after all.

If the tattoo was exposed,

she might be kicked out of the convoy.

Xiao Zixia took another two steps, then suddenly stopped and turned around.

"Su Chen, a blizzard is coming!"

Xiao Zixia shouted to Su Chen.

For some reason, she had become sensitive to the weather.