Sequence Skill: Flame Jet

As Jiang He rounded a bend and the scene at the foot of the mountain came into view, he couldn't help feeling surprised.

Liu Lu was pacing back and forth around the buses that had sustained less damage.

Inside one of them, a ponytailed young woman was hammering away at the damaged sections, clearly repairing the vehicles.

Strange!

In his previous life, they hadn't even spared these buses a glance!

Why would they waste their energy repairing them?

Could it be that the survivors who unexpectedly lived changed the original course of events?

With that guess in mind,

Jiang He returned to camp and asked someone about the situation.

Sure enough!

It was much as he had thought.

According to the person,

Liu Lu wanted to repair the buses and bring all the survivors, including himself, into his group!

But that only applied to the few buses in better condition.

The Weird bus had been abandoned because it was too badly damaged.

That matched Jiang He's prediction.

Ignoring the people nearby who were pointing things out to the mechanic and offering suggestions, he quietly made his way to bus number three.

Everyone's attention was on Wang Qian, making this the perfect chance for him to repair the bus!

"System, how do I repair the bus?"

Jiang He couldn't help asking the system after noticing that a long time had passed since he dumped the scrap, yet the bus still hadn't reacted at all.

[Ding]

[The bus's repair function can only take effect at night. Please explore the details yourself, host.]

So that was it!

It looked like he would have to wait until night to try again!

After hearing the system's reply, Jiang He finally stopped dwelling on it.

He turned and found a random place to sit.

He sat quietly for a while, listening to the people talking in the distance. Before long, a remark caught his attention.

"Captain Liu sure is lucky. He picked up two Sequence Crystals in a row two weeks ago! When are we ever going to get that lucky?"

The two speakers were behind Jiang He. He turned to look and saw two young men in rally suits whispering beneath a large tree not far away.

His five senses had grown exceptionally sharp after being enhanced by the Sequence Potion. Although the two had deliberately lowered their voices, Jiang He heard every word.

"Yeah! Why couldn't my parents have made me a girl? If I had a pretty face like Sister Qian's, I reckon I'd have a chance to become a Superpower Sequence too!"

Looks like my rebirth really has changed quite a few things!

Jiang He naturally knew the "Sister Qian" they were talking about!

The woman's full name was Wang Qian, the goddess Liu Lu had been pursuing all along.

In his previous life, Wang Qian had accidentally met her end in a Weird's jaws.

After that, Liu Lu had seemed like a different person, taking pleasure in bullying weaker survivors all day long.

Jiang He had often been one of those bullied, so Wang Qian had left a deep impression on him.

"Heh! Er Biao, no offense, but with that goofy look of yours, even if you turned into a gorgeous woman, you'd still be cut out for the scam compounds..."

"But with that toothpick of yours, the operation really wouldn't be hard! Hahaha..."

Seeing that he couldn't overhear anything useful, Jiang He turned back around and looked at the figure busy working on the bus.

His rebirth hadn't changed the fact that Liu Lu became a Superpower Sequence. Instead, it had also turned Wang Qian, who had been an ordinary person in his previous life, into one!

There had to have been some turn of events he didn't know about!

"A sequence related to machinery?"

Jiang He murmured, his enhanced eyes inadvertently sweeping over the woman's neckline...

"No wonder Liu Lu's willing to be a simp! Who wouldn't want a bite of a fluffy steamed bun in the apocalypse... Mm! A fluffy flatbread would do too!"

His gaze moved upward to the woman's delicate profile, and even Jiang He couldn't help clicking his tongue.

But just as he was absorbed in watching her, a sudden argument interrupted his thoughts.

He looked more closely.

A survivor from the Sunshine Convoy and a member of the Rampage Group had gotten into a conflict.

Both were clutching a long loaf of bread, and neither would let go.

Seeing the two come to blows, Liu Lu frowned slightly and hurried over to pull them apart.

The sight piqued Jiang He's interest. He was curious how Liu Lu, as their captain, would resolve the matter.

"Captain, you came just in time! This hick..."

Before the young man from the Rampage Group could finish, he took a kick to the backside.

"Does our Rampage Group leave you short of food or drink? You'd fight someone over a piece of bread!"

Liu Lu drew back his right leg, snatched the bread from their hands, and broke it in two down the middle, giving one half to each of them...

The young man accepted the bread in a daze. Rather than getting angry over the kick, he lowered his head in shame.

Meanwhile, the survivor's eyes shone as he watched Liu Lu walk away.

He had thought that when the other man's boss arrived, he would take away the bread he had found first.

He hadn't expected Boss Liu to be so fair and impartial, splitting the bread in two without favoring either side! What a good leader!

Seeing this, Jiang He promptly lost interest.

Liu Lu was still the same Liu Lu!

A hypocritical petty man who liked to show off in front of others!

He found a comfortable spot and lay down, but just as he was about to continue admiring the scenery, a notification suddenly sounded in his mind, interrupting him.

[Ding]

[Congratulations, host. Ability awakening successful.]

Curious, Jiang He opened the system panel and saw a new entry beneath his Fire Control ability.

[Sequence Skill 2: Flame Jet]

[Description: Converts the user's superpower into high-temperature flames and compresses them in the palm. When used, the flames become a high-temperature pillar of fire that attacks targets at long range.]

[Time remaining until upgrade: 5 hours, 30 minutes, 45 seconds]

Looking at his two skills, Jiang He couldn't help falling into thought.

The bus was a level-three Weird, so it had three skills. He was a level-two Superpower Sequence, so he had two skills...

Could it be that I get another skill with every level?

Jiang He tried asking the system, but received no reply. Clearly, the system didn't want to answer him...

Before long, it was noon.

By then, the Rampage Group members had moved their camp over to the buses.

As the sizzling of food being stir-fried rang out,

waves of fragrance drifted from their camp, making the Sunshine Convoy's survivors glance over repeatedly.

They had fled in such a hurry the previous night that they had little in the way of supplies left to begin with, and dodging the Weird Driver's attacks had inevitably cost them more.

Now, even the lucky few had only a few squashed pieces of bread left, while most of the unlucky ones had nothing at all...

This Liu Lu really is willing to spend big to attract these people to join him!

Jiang He had been with the Rampage Group in his previous life, so he naturally knew what they had!

They probably couldn't afford many lunches as extravagant as this one.

After all, motorcycles had very limited carrying capacity, and tents and all sorts of miscellaneous tools already took up most of the space.

There was simply no way they could carry much food!

As Jiang He swept his gaze over them, he suddenly noticed an indicator box appear before his eyes.

[Superpower Sequence...]

The indicator pointed to a young man wearing Rampage Group clothing.

Jiang He knew him too. His name was Li Zhuang.

But the person before him was obviously not the real Li Zhuang.

It was a Superpower Sequence who had taken on the same appearance!

This woman saw they had food, so she changed her appearance and went over to mooch a meal. She really is...

But isn't she afraid of using up her superpower by staying transformed all the time?

After one last look at the young man licking his lips, Jiang He shook his head with a faint smile and closed the indicator box bobbing before his eyes.