The person before her was none other than the convoy manager of Vehicle 6, Boss Gao.

How could this man, who had been openly and covertly competing with her all along, appear here?

Could it be…

Xu Lina took a slight step back, her expression wary.

Her hand unconsciously moved to the small of her back, where she always kept a fruit knife hidden.

In this apocalypse, anyone with sense carried some form of self-defense weapon.

This kind of weapon wasn’t for dealing with Anomalies, but for dealing with people.

Seeing Xu Lina like this, a trace of what he thought was amiability appeared on Boss Gao’s face.

He didn’t realize that this smile, which he considered amiable, looked utterly terrifying in Xu Lina’s eyes.

“Xu Lina, don’t be nervous! I’m looking for you because I want to cooperate!”

“Cooperate? What could I possibly cooperate with you on?”

Xu Lina remained on guard.

Boss Gao sighed, organizing his words slightly before speaking. “You and I have the same goal.”

“We both don’t want to remain just ordinary people!”

“What you want, I want too!”

Boss Gao’s tone was extremely sincere.

“Oh? Are you sure what I want is the same as what you want?”

The tension on Xu Lina’s face relaxed a little. She had already guessed Boss Gao’s purpose for seeking cooperation.

“Xu Lina, you’re a smart woman. Let’s not beat around the bush.”

“In this entire convoy, the only one who can help us get ‘that thing’ is Mr. Chen!”

Boss Gao’s eyes were inscrutable in the darkness.

“Boss Gao, you know what kind of person Mr. Chen is better than I do. Do you really think Mr. Chen would listen to us?”

Xu Lina’s eyes were mocking, her tone even more so.

It was unclear whether she was mocking Boss Gao or herself.

Boss Gao shook his head. “Not sure. But if we don’t try, how will we know?”

“You want to scheme against Mr. Chen?”

Xu Lina’s tone remained sarcastic, her gaze looking at Boss Gao as if he were a clown.

An ordinary person actually wanting to scheme against a Superhuman?

Don’t be fucking ridiculous.

Did this guy eat some weird mushrooms tonight?

Boss Gao remembered Chen Ye’s Blood Eye and couldn’t help but shudder.

This man was unpredictable and would stop at nothing to survive.

Boss Gao didn’t fear Iron Lion, he didn’t fear Chu Che, and he wasn’t afraid of Sun Xixi either. It was only Chen Ye he was deeply wary of.

But right now, Chen Ye was the only one he could turn to.

Hearing Xu Lina’s words, Boss Gao shook his head repeatedly. “No, no, no… How would I dare!”

“Xu Lina, don’t talk nonsense!”

Boss Gao shot Xu Lina a somewhat resentful glare.

Was this the kind of thing you could just say out loud?

If word got out, he wouldn’t even know how he died.

“Miss Sun has that Little Fish by her side, Miss Ding Dong has Zhou Xiaoxiao, and Squad Leader Chu Che has even more people around him!”

“If any of them get ‘that thing’, they’ll definitely think of the people closest to them first.”

“Only Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen has no one by his side!”

“If he gets the Sequence… ahem…”

As if afraid someone might be eavesdropping, Boss Gao forcibly swallowed the word “Serum”.

“If Mr. Chen gets ‘that thing’, I think your chances of obtaining it are very high!”

Hearing this last sentence, even with Xu Lina’s composure, she couldn’t help but let the corners of her mouth lift slightly.

After all, that was a Sequence Serum.

Looking at Boss Gao’s gloomy face, Xu Lina put away the little thoughts in her mind. The guy opposite was an old fox too; she had to be on her guard with twelve thousand percent focus.

“You said it yourself, if Mr. Chen gets a Sequence Serum, he’ll definitely give it to me. Now you come to me for cooperation, but I can’t possibly give you something Mr. Chen gives me!”

Boss Gao naturally saw the slight lift at the corner of Xu Lina’s mouth, but it lasted only an instant, not even a full second.

This woman had already adjusted her emotions.

Sure enough, a difficult woman to deal with.

Boss Gao sighed and slowly said, “I’m not that naive. I don’t expect you to give the thing to me. What I mean is, if there’s a chance…”

“If Mr. Chen has a chance to get two… then I hope you can put in a word for me.”

“I’ve heard that here in Oasis City, Sequence… has appeared several times. There probably isn’t only one.”

Xu Lina frowned slightly. “I’m not even confident about my own chances. Speaking for you would be very difficult!”

Xu Lina didn’t think she could influence Chen Ye’s decisions.

“I know. You are my only hope.”

“My appearing here today is still better than not appearing at all!”

“Even if there isn’t an extra one, if you become a Superhuman in the future, just remember the help I gave you today!”

“Help? What help have you given me?”

Xu Lina scrutinized Boss Gao standing at the boundary between light and shadow.

Boss Gao gave two light coughs, a trace of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, though he wiped it away instantly.

Only then did he take out a long, rectangular object from behind his back.

“This is… Huazi! A whole carton!!!”

“No way, where did you get this?!”

Xu Lina was genuinely shocked.

She knew she had also been diligently collecting cigarettes, precisely to get closer to Chen Ye.

But despite all her efforts, she had only managed to collect less than one pack so far.

She had originally planned to wait until she collected a full pack before giving it to Chen Ye.

She never expected Boss Gao to have a whole carton.

It had been a long time since they had gone out to scavenge supplies. Things like cigarettes and alcohol were becoming increasingly scarce.

Xu Lina hadn’t seen Chen Ye wandering around with a cigarette dangling from his mouth for a long time.

Clearly, his current stock wasn’t plentiful either.

“Ahem… Don’t worry about where I got it.”

“My help to you isn’t just this carton of cigarettes.”

“I can also find out some more useful information. Things you can’t conveniently do, I can do them!”

Xu Lina took a deep look at Boss Gao.

At this moment, Boss Gao looked somewhat disheveled.

Clearly, obtaining this carton of cigarettes couldn’t have been easy for him either.

Xu Lina took the Huazi and said flatly, “One carton of cigarettes probably isn’t enough!”

Boss Gao gave a bitter smile. “I know. As long as Mr. Chen can help me become a Superhuman, from today onward, I, Gao Jianqiang, will be Mr. Chen’s dog!”

Boss Gao knew that when Chen Ye killed that Mo Huairen back then, Xue Nan had said in front of everyone that he wanted to be Chen Ye’s dog.

Many people had laughed at Xue Nan then, even looked down on him.

Only he knew just how clever Xue Nan really was.

Now, the same words came from Boss Gao’s mouth.

Boss Gao didn’t feel the slightest bit humiliated.

He even eagerly anticipated Xu Lina conveying these words to Chen Ye’s ears.

Xu Lina let out a light laugh, though it was unclear whether it was mockery or sorrow. “Not enough. One carton of cigarettes and a promise won’t move Mr. Chen.”

“What kind of person he is, you know better than I do!”

Boss Gao was stunned for a long moment before finally saying dejectedly, “Xu Lina, I don’t have anything more to offer!”

Xu Lina didn’t speak either, pausing for a full ten seconds.

Only then did Xu Lina continue, “Fine, I agree to your deal. But I can’t guarantee one hundred percent that what I say will be useful, nor can I guarantee that I will definitely become a Superhuman!”

Boss Gao gave two bitter laughs. “I know. Don’t worry, even if Mr. Chen gives me nothing, even if you don’t become a Superhuman, I won’t blame you.”

“I’m just doing what I think I should do!”

“Even if I fail, I won’t resent anyone!”

“Alright, that’s it. I need to go back and rest. You should hurry. The Inner City gates close at night.”

With that, Boss Gao hobbled away towards the gathering point in the Outer City District.

The small single-story houses lining the street were still pitch black, but voices could be heard from inside from time to time.

Compared to outsiders like them, the local residents of Oasis City actually had houses to live in.

It was said these locals were survivors who had followed City Lord Cha Wu all the way here back then.

Although these houses still didn’t have electricity, far from reaching the living standards before the apocalypse, it was still much better than their current situation.

Boss Gao wasn’t an idiot.

He wasn’t unaware that coming to seek cooperation with Xu Lina was nine times out of ten a futile effort.

But he currently had no better options.

Go beg others?

That was probably even worse than begging Xu Lina.

At least he was familiar with Xu Lina.

Even if there was only a one-in-ten-thousand chance, he had to grasp it tightly.

Just like the vow he made when he first learned there was news of Sequence Serums in the Oasis.

He would exhaust his last ounce of strength to strive to become a Superhuman.

Even if that chance was infinitely close to zero.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by NovelKeep