“Xixi, turn left ahead, then right at the second intersection and go straight – you’ll see the gas station!”

Chu Che’s voice came through the walkie-talkie.

“Received!”

This time, it was Little Fish’s voice that responded through the walkie-talkie, sounding somewhat resigned.

More than ten minutes later.

The convoy stopped in front of a gas station.

The roadside billboard at the gas station read “So-and-so Petrochemical”.

The first two characters were already missing.

The roadside billboard at the gas station read “So-and-so Petrochemical”.

Seven wild wolves broke free from the smoke, circling around to stand guard.

No one laughed at Chen Ye’s caution.

This gas station was already at the edge of Changwang District.

The sky remained gray and overcast, with not a single ray of sunlight breaking through.

Snowflakes drifted down, landing on everyone’s heads and clothes.

“Everyone, move quickly!”

With Old Bao absent, the convoy assistant Xiao Wang became the temporary commander.

Of course, his authority only extended to ordinary survivors like Zhou Xiaoxiao and Xue Nan.

The differences between their vehicles soon became apparent.

Chen Ye’s vehicle filled up quickly.

There was no helping it – the Apocalyptic Pickup Truck’s fuel tank only held sixty liters, and that was after the System upgraded it using those two fuel cans.

“Damn it, when we get back to the school, I’m definitely going to remove a few fuel tanks and install them!”

Chen Ye gritted his teeth and swore inwardly.

Meanwhile, Chu Che and the Pink-haired Girl’s vehicles were terrifyingly fuel-thirsty.

Chen Ye had already finished refueling, while they seemed to have just started.

Fortunately, Old Bao had borrowed quite a few fuel cans from the Death God Church members for this trip.

Combined with the fuel cans the convoy already possessed, if they could fill all these cans, the entire convoy wouldn’t have to worry about fuel shortages for a long time to come.

Everyone had their clear division of labor.

Some were specifically responsible for filling the fuel, while others transported the filled fuel cans back to the vehicles.

Even Zhou Xiaoxiao was being used like a man at this point.

The girl carried a thirty-liter fuel can in each hand, her face flushed red with effort, yet she still moved with surprising speed.

Boss Gao and Xue Nan were responsible for pumping fuel into the cans.

As soon as one fuel can was filled, the other would immediately grab the next one to continue.

Then they would tightly seal the fuel can lids, not wasting a single second.

Meanwhile, as they worked, their eyes constantly scanned the surroundings, afraid of seeing what they least wanted to see.

Everyone was busy, no one willing to waste a single word.

This gasoline would be collected uniformly and then distributed equally.

Chen Ye and his group naturally got the largest share.

But even divided among the ordinary survivors, each person would receive a considerable amount.

Under normal circumstances, Chu Che, being barefoot, was quite reluctant to leave the warmth of his vehicle.

But now, Chu Che stood barefoot in the snow, his feet turning bright red from the cold, yet he paid it no mind.

Captain Chu kept nervously looking westward.

Ding Dong, Iron Lion, Sun Xixi, and Chen Ye each stood guard in one direction.

Behind them were the survivors working nervously.

Beside Chen Ye were several wild wolves simulated by smoke, looking quite imposing.

Only Chen Ye knew that these smoke-simulated wolves, due to his unfamiliarity with the creatures being simulated, weren’t particularly powerful in combat.

But their advantage was that they could be immediately replaced when killed.

At this moment, Chen Ye thought of the Death God again.

The opportunities for contact were too few, and his plan to simulate the Death God had been stalled.

After returning this time, he definitely needed to have a good talk with Wu Jianshan to see if he could get close to the Death God.

Even possessing just one percent of the Death God’s power would be beneficial.

He just didn’t know if she would be willing.

The Pink-haired Girl’s pink hair was already covered with snowflakes, and her black down jacket had collected quite a few as well.

The Pink-haired Girl remained unmoved, gripping her long sword, her beautiful eyes showing unusual seriousness as she constantly scanned every shadowy area ahead.

Her feet moved continuously, stirring up the snow that had fallen behind her and letting it settle again.

Ding Dong stood silently in the heavy snow like a statue.

This woman was increasingly taking on an otherworldly aura.

Though her appearance was ordinary, she had a certain compelling quality about her.

Iron Lion, that simpleton, seemed completely unaware of what cold meant.

Even now, he was still wearing that short-sleeved shirt.

Any snowflakes that landed on him quickly turned to water, some sliding down his arms, some evaporated by his body heat.

Thus, a swirling steam barrier formed around him, looking quite intimidating.

Like some super-powered boss from anime whose strength visibly radiates outward.

“Squad Leader Chu, we’re done!”

Finally, when they heard this voice, everyone visibly relaxed.

“Let’s go quickly!”

Chu Che was the first to return to his vehicle, his expression quite grim.

No one asked Chu Che what had happened at this moment.

But everyone moved with astonishing speed, taking less than half a minute.

The smoke-simulated wolves beside Chen Ye dissipated into nothingness.

The vehicles started up and headed back the way they came.

Fortunately, the path they had left earlier hadn’t been completely covered by the heavy snow, so this time they didn’t need to use Supernatural Power to clear the way, making their speed much faster than before.

This eased the heavy burden in everyone’s hearts somewhat.

The convoy cut through the snow curtain, churning up waves of snow as they charged toward the school’s direction.

Chu Che’s expression remained serious, not relaxing in the slightest.

The convoy assistant Xiao Wang, who was driving, saw the captain’s poor complexion and grew somewhat pale with fear.

Every time the captain’s expression turned bad.

Something bad would happen.

This was the convoy’s fourth iron law.

Within the convoy, the survivors had summarized a series of iron laws.

And they would tell every newcomer who just joined the convoy.

For example, the first rule was: Don’t fall behind! Don’t fall behind! Don’t fall behind!!!

You could even go without supplies, but don’t fall behind!

If you had no supplies, other convoy members did – you could trade everything you had, even your dignity and…!

But if you fell behind, there was only death!

Second: While ensuring you don’t fall behind, collect supplies as much as possible.

Third: Fairness, fairness is the foundation of the convoy.

Fourth: When Captain Chu’s expression turns bad, it often means something bad is about to happen.

And right now, Squad Leader Chu’s expression was quite grim.

“Captain, captain, I heard from Manman that there’s a large supermarket if we turn right on this road – they haven’t searched this place yet, should we go?”

The Pink-haired Girl’s voice came through the walkie-talkie.

Chu Che picked up the walkie-talkie without hesitation and said directly: “Return to the school at maximum speed!”

The walkie-talkie fell silent for a moment before the Pink-haired Girl’s voice responded: “Received!”

“Who’s Manman?”

Chen Ye’s voice came through the walkie-talkie.

“Manman is a member of the Death God Church!”

The girl’s voice answered.

“Wow, you actually learned how to fish for information!”

“Of course, you think I’m like you, doing nothing every day?”

The girl’s sarcasm came through.

“Damn, what do you know, little girl? I’m very busy every day! The only one doing nothing is Iron Lion!”

“I… I’m very busy too!”

Iron Lion’s simple voice came through the walkie-talkie.

“Hey, are you guys even being polite?”

Ding Dong also rarely spoke up, defending Iron Lion.

Perhaps because the atmosphere was too oppressive, the walkie-talkie chatter went back and forth.

But everyone actually realized that this trip might not be peaceful.

They were just using banter to relieve pressure.

Their cheerfulness was forced.

But there was genuine cheer in the bus at the back of the convoy.

Ignorance is bliss, as the saying goes, perhaps describing them.

Or perhaps because they hadn’t seen Captain Chu’s grim expression.

This trip could be considered quite fruitful.

Even though it was just gasoline.

But gasoline could be exchanged for many good things.

Those Death God Church members had plenty of supplies.

“Boss Gao, we’ll get quite a bit of gasoline from this distribution!”

“Yeah, Chu Che, Boss Chu is the fairest – whatever he promises, he always delivers in the end.”

“Xue Nan, what are you planning to exchange for this time?”

“I’m planning to exchange for some chocolate!”

“That stuff isn’t cheap, you want to exchange for that?”

Hearing Xue Nan’s answer, some people expressed lack of understanding.

Chocolate was good, but the price to exchange for it would be high.

“Yeah, my little sister likes it, I’m planning to exchange for some and save it – this stuff will become increasingly rare in the future.”

“You still haven’t found your sister?”

“No…”

“Don’t worry too much, maybe you’ll find your sister tomorrow.”

Xue Nan’s search for his sister wasn’t a secret in the convoy.

In fact, Xue Nan had deliberately spread this news, hoping someone might suddenly have some information.

Everyone started discussing other topics again.

But the conversation gradually drifted off course, even starting to include some risqué elements.

The convoy was a small society in itself.

As long as you could pay with supplies, in certain aspects it was even more open than before the apocalypse.

Old Bao didn’t enforce strict control over this situation.

Moreover, this was also a way to distribute supplies.

Zhou Xiaoxiao was quite relaxed at this moment too, turning on the vehicle’s sound system and playing music.

According to Captain Chu’s previous distribution plan, she would receive a lot of gasoline.

With this gasoline, she wouldn’t have to worry for a long time.

Only Captain Chu’s expression grew increasingly dark.

In his perception, it felt like all the Anomalies in Rong City had been stirred up.

Countless Anomalies were densely gathering and rushing toward the convoy.

At this moment, Captain Chu Che felt very much like he had poked a hornet’s nest.

Meanwhile, Boss Gao and the others were still chatting happily, with only a little over one kilometer left to the school.

They just needed to turn one more corner to reach the road where the Second Elementary School was located.

“Xue Nan, you… look over there… is that someone lying face down in the snow?”

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