Just as Chen Ye was considering whether to leave this place.

Soon Chen Ye saw another two or three Goats passing by this area. These Goats sniffed around the spot where the man had died earlier for a long time.

Then they tilted their heads and looked at the thick fog around Chen Ye, as if wondering where this fog came from.

They stared for a full half hour, and just when Chen Ye thought these Goats might have discovered him, the Goats finally leisurely left.

This made Chen Ye sense some danger.

When surviving in the wild, even the most powerful Superhumans must remember one principle: try to avoid conflicts with Anomalies.

No matter how weak an Anomaly might seem, you can never predict what abilities it might possess.

Once you engage with an Anomaly, it’s highly likely to attract a large group of Anomalies.

Even high-level Superhumans cannot withstand wave after wave of attacking Anomalies.

This is experience and lessons paid for with countless human lives.

Originally planning to wait here for Chu Che, it seemed this plan was no longer feasible.

This place was no longer safe;
those Goats had already noticed the appearance of the mist.

Chen Ye started the vehicle. To minimize noise that might attract other Anomalies’ attention, Chen Ye activated the Apocalyptic Pickup Truck’s electric mode.

He didn’t even turn on the headlights.

Before leaving, Chen Ye manipulated the smoke to simulate a human hand, picking up the marked stone he had thrown down earlier.

This was also to avoid Chu Che actually finding this place. If he encountered these strange Goats, it would likely be very dangerous.

His left eye’s night vision was actually quite good.

Though not as good as daytime, he could barely see the road ahead by the weak blood-red light.

As for his right eye, under such conditions, it was completely blind, with visibility not exceeding three meters.

Since the Anomalies broke into the Second Elementary School, the continuously falling heavy snow had stopped.

During the time at the Second Elementary School, the snow had almost never ceased.

The only difference was sometimes it was heavy snowfall like goose feathers, sometimes light flurries.

Chen Ye noticed the snow accumulation on the ground seemed to have thinned considerably.

Dispersing the smoke-simulated snow plow, the Apocalyptic Pickup Truck could now drive normally.

Only occasionally did the studded snow tires make crushing sounds against small stones on the ground.

Chen Ye looked around;
this place was about ten kilometers from where he encountered the Goats earlier.

“Chen Ye!”

Suddenly, a weak yet somewhat familiar voice sounded behind Chen Ye.

It sounded somewhat like Chu Che’s voice, yet also somewhat like Sun Xixi’s voice.

Chen Ye was overjoyed, damn!

Finally found you, good thing I~~~

Just as he was about to turn around, suddenly his whole body shuddered, Chen Ye’s left eye saw the hairs on the back of his hand standing up.

Chen Ye stopped his turning motion, stiffly slowly returning his body to face forward.

The Apocalyptic Pickup Truck resumed maintaining its previous speed.

“Chen Ye, wait for me! I haven’t gotten in the car yet!”

“Chen Ye, I’m exhausted, I finally found you!”

“Wait for me to get in the car!”

“You bastard, open the car door!”

The voice resembling Chu Che’s, yet also like Sun Xixi’s, seemed to be jogging closely behind his vehicle.

The sound of footsteps stepping on the shallow snow and dry branches reached Chen Ye’s ears.

Chen Ye acted as if he didn’t hear anything, the vehicle maintaining a steady straight course without hurry.

“Chen Ye… you… you’re so heartless, are you really going to abandon me here alone?”

Chen Ye didn’t answer!

The voice began to sound somewhat venomous!

“Chen Ye… you… have you forgotten the days we spent together before?”

“Chen Ye… I beg you… save me!”

“I don’t want to be alone here!”

“Chen Ye… it’s so cold here, I don’t even have anyone to talk to!”

“As long as you stop and wait for me, I’ll do anything you want!”

Chen Ye only felt a chill run through his entire body, wanting to press the Gas Pedal to leave, but he restrained himself.

As the vehicle maintained constant speed, the voice in his ears alternated between pleading, complaining, and venomous tones!

Chen Ye had a premonition that if he stopped the vehicle, some unknown Anomaly would get in.

The unknown Anomaly seemed to realize this method wasn’t effective against Chen Ye, gradually the voice faded away.

“Waa waa waa…”

Suddenly, bursts of loud crying sounds entered Chen Ye’s ears.

Chen Ye’s left eye pupil instantly contracted to needle-point size. By the roadside ahead stood a four or five-year-old little girl.

The little girl was dressed in rags, standing under a large tree, continuously crying loudly, her bright eyes just watching the slowly approaching Apocalyptic Pickup Truck.

“Waa waa… Uncle, I’m lost…”

“Waa waa… Uncle…”

“Uncle… I can’t find my mom, could you take me to find my mom…”

“Waa waa…”

Bean-sized tears slid down the child’s face, shimmering with faint red light under the blood moon’s glow.

Even someone like Chen Ye would feel his heart soften seeing this moment!

Chen Ye still didn’t stop the vehicle, not even changing the speed, completely not stopping when passing by the little girl.

Late at night, in such an environment, a little girl standing under a tree—only a ghost would believe there was no problem.

Having always followed behind Chu Che before, he had almost forgotten how dangerous nights in the wild could be.

Anomalies come in endless strange varieties!

Anomalies are indescribable, undefinable, and cannot be directly confronted.

Some Anomalies are like Rong City’s Crawlers, where just a slight gesture from the Snow Woman would send countless Crawlers swarming forward.

Or like the Eight-Limbed Human Face, twisted and venomous!

Or again like the Headless Sand Snake in the desert, massive and terrifying.

While some Anomalies require triggering certain conditions before they attack.

Like the Paper Crying Child encountered initially in Xinghua Town.

Back then the Paper Crying Child grabbed Chen Ye, Chen Ye gave the Paper Crying Child a candy, and although unwilling, the Paper Crying Child released Chen Ye and chose the candy.

Often these Anomalies are more difficult to deal with than previous ones, but also rarer.

Human civilization collapsed too quickly;
before more detailed research could be done on these Anomalies, civilization had already crumbled.

The Anomalies kept trying to lure Chen Ye into opening the car door, but never launched an attack against Chen Ye.

Clearly certain conditions were required.

Although Chen Ye wasn’t sure what trigger conditions prevented this unknown Anomaly from attacking him.

But the conditions for attack definitely hadn’t been fully met yet.

So Chen Ye maintained his current state, continuously driving forward.

Not even the vehicle speed changed.

“Little brother, could you please stop? I want to go to the village ahead, could you give me a ride?”

Another seductively figured woman wearing a bodycon dress stood by the roadside.

Under the blood moon’s light, this woman’s figure appeared extremely tempting, practically comparable to those AI-generated beauties.

If you ignored the environment and just looked at the woman’s figure.

Starting a live stream would instantly attract tens of thousands of thirsty viewers flooding into the broadcast room.

As the vehicle passed by the woman, Chen Ye even felt the woman place her hand on the car door, wanting to pull it open and get in.

But seemed to give up for some reason.

For a moment, Chen Ye was so frightened that cold sweat beaded on his forehead.

Like this, Chen Ye encountered countless people wanting rides along the way.

These people included elderly, children, women, and even familiar people.

And pairs of twisted, mad eyes staring at him.

Chen Ye remained nerve-wracked the entire journey, with thick Smoke Breath already filling the vehicle interior.

Fortunately, Chen Ye wasn’t attacked.

These Anomalies seemed to be waiting for an opportunity to strike.

Unfortunately, Chen Ye didn’t respond to any of their calls.

Until he found a place he considered relatively safe.

Chen Ye exhaled several mouthfuls of smoke, directly enveloping the several hundred meter radius area with Smoke Breath, only then did he heave a huge sigh of relief.

Glancing at the electronic watch on his wrist, it was already 5:40 in the morning.

The sky was beginning to brighten faintly at the horizon.

Chu Che said Anomalies would gradually become more accustomed to daytime.

But this was also a gradual process.

Daytime always gives people a sufficient sense of security.

Chen Ye finally breathed a huge sigh of relief, taking off his Down Jacket and throwing it on the back seat.

Huh!

Wait, the temperature seemed to have risen quite a bit.

Seemed, not as cold anymore.

Chen Ye looked at the surrounding environment, noticing the white snow was gone from both the treetops and ground.

Although the smoke could block others’ vision, it couldn’t block Chen Ye’s sight.

In the faintly brightening light at the horizon, a layer of mist seemed to be rising.

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