Doomsday Sequence Convoy: I can upgrade supplies

Chapter 160: Condemnation from Chu, the Civilized Warrior! (A long chapter of 5,000 words)
The next day.

The convoy remained stationary.

Ah Xin added another boost to the barrier that was about to expire.

The convoy can stay here until around 4 p.m.

Since Ah Xin's sequence ability improved, she has been able to continuously release barriers to eliminate life force.

She would perform a twelve-hour ritual, during which she could fully rest. As the time was about to end, she would perform another twelve-hour ritual, and then repeat the cycle.

With Ah Xin around, the team has already found a place to settle down, but everyone tacitly refrained from mentioning it.

Since learning of the existence of the City of Dawn, everyone has harbored a hope in their hearts.

Even Chu Sheng, who was not very confident about the City of Dawn, felt a glimmer of hope.

From Anxi's description, Dawn City is a safe, peaceful place, free from any strange threats.

As for whether An Xi was lying to them, the group didn't have much doubt.

It's pointless to deceive people with the City of Dawn.

Moreover, Anxi's previous performance has fully demonstrated that she is indeed pursuing the City of Dawn.

Even after Xingzi learned of the existence of the City of Dawn, she never thought about the walled building again.

Compared to the City of Dawn, the walled building seems rather small and cramped.

Moreover, in Xingzi's opinion, even if they couldn't find the City of Dawn, Ah Xin was still there, and at worst they could settle down in a place like the walled village.

These past few days, she has thoroughly investigated the situation of the team and knows that Ah Xin is still in Sequence 9.

Sequence 9 allows her to avoid strange occurrences without interruption; she can't believe what kind of effect it will have after Ah Xin's sequence level increases.

It is estimated that this barrier that eliminates life force will last for several days, months, or even years.

The convoy remained stationary, while Chu Sheng and the other sequence ability users had arrived at the dock much earlier.

Hui confidently stated that if they were to encounter the fleet this morning, there was a high probability that they would.

Chu Sheng found a place to sit, with the Eternal Flame floating around him and the black flames flowing faster within his body. A burst of heat continuously emanated from the Eternal Flame and his body, evaporating the surrounding water vapor and keeping it dry.

"Brother Chu Sheng, what is this?" Xingzi moved closer to Chu Sheng and looked curiously at the orange-red Eternal Flame floating next to him.

Yesterday, she noticed that her brother Chu Sheng had developed a unique aura.

However, she sensed a contradictory beauty in Chu Sheng, so she didn't ask.

But seeing a flame appear between Chu Sheng's brows and hover beside him today, I became quite curious.

After glancing at Xingzi, Chu Sheng didn't hide anything and answered directly, "This is the Eternal Flame."

As he spoke, he explained the power and cost of the Eternal Flame.

Upon hearing this, Kyoko's eyes lit up immediately. "So, I can have this flame too?"

"Consuming mental energy can dispel confusion and fear, and can give rise to a hymn of courage, with flames burning eternally."

"This flame is incredibly powerful!"

Xingzi looked at Chu Sheng with bright, sparkling eyes, her longing evident.

Seeing this, Chu Sheng remained silent for a moment, then took out a lighter, thought for a moment, and said, "This thing is indeed useful to you, but the caravan operates on an exchange principle. Even if you want the Eternal Flame, I will still charge you."

“A piece of extraordinary material can give you an Eternal Flame, and the price isn’t high.” Chu Sheng said, looking at Xingzi, and continued, “However, I must remind you that if you are not prepared to sacrifice for civilization, the Eternal Flame will turn against you.”

"At that time, everything you have will be burned to ashes."

The Eternal Flame is different from other offerings; it is somewhat similar to the Iron Hoop Contract and should be considered a special type of offering.

The Iron Hoop Contract binds everyone with its power. Although it also recognizes a master like other sacrificial offerings, it is essentially universal, and whether or not it is its master is irrelevant.

The Eternal Flame is also special; it also recognizes a master, but it is itself that recognizes the master. However, the power of this offering is manifested in the flame.

Therefore, by consuming one-tenth of one's spiritual power to obtain a spark of the Eternal Flame, one gains access to all of its abilities.

Similarly, while gaining all the abilities, they also paid the price they were supposed to pay.

In other words, while the Eternal Flame may appear to be a single entity, there are actually countless instances of it.

There is as much eternal fire as there are sparks of eternal fire.

A lighter is more like a mother, an object that continuously produces an eternal flame.

This is also why Chu Sheng felt that he had exceeded the limit after fusing with the Eternal Flame.

Is it reasonable that such offerings are only ranked in the top five thousand?

Upon hearing the price Chu Sheng mentioned, Xingzi hesitated.

She never thought about civilization, nor did she ever consider whether she would sacrifice herself for it.

She didn't know if she would ever realize this.

She hesitated, but An Xi, who had been eavesdropping on their conversation, suddenly brightened up. She walked over to them casually and coughed lightly, "What sacrifices itself for civilization?"

“Your flame?” An Xi pointed to the Eternal Flame floating around Chu Sheng and asked, “If that’s the case, I might give it a try.”

Listening to her pretentious words, Chu Sheng looked at her speechlessly.

He had long sensed that An Xi had been eavesdropping on his conversation with Xingzi, and now she was actually coming over to pretend to be listening.

However, he did not expose her, but instead called over Hui and Old Man Li, and repeated the power and cost of the Eternal Flame.

They also emphasized their fees.

They were given all the choices.

Chu Sheng hadn't actually intended to make money from this thing, but if he could, it wouldn't be a bad idea.

After hearing Chu Sheng's words, Captain Hui, Old Man Li, and Zhu Qing all looked at him with strange expressions.

It seems to be saying that someone like you has the awareness to sacrifice for civilization?
Chu Sheng pretended not to see it, but he knew perfectly well what was going on in his mind.

If he hadn't created the offering himself, he would have had immunity from the cost, and he would never have been able to obtain something like the Eternal Flame in his lifetime.

"I'll give it a try." Xingzi glanced at Anxi, made up her mind, and took out the last extraordinary material she carried with her.

A small roly-poly toy.

Seeing this, Chu Sheng took the tumbler and handed it over.

Xingzi held the lighter, glanced at Anxi, and took a deep breath. She knew that Anxi was likely to obtain the Eternal Flame, and she didn't want to see Anxi possess the Eternal Flame like Chu Sheng!

"Click~"

A lighter clicked, and one-tenth of Xingzi's mental energy flowed into the lighter.

A bluish-red flame emerged from the top of the lighter and slowly drifted toward the apricot.

It then merged into her brow, where a blue flame pattern appeared.

The moment the crimson and blue flames appeared, Kyoko felt all the confusion she had felt about the future vanish, her determination to keep going was strengthened, and her fear of the future disappeared.

It turns out she was also prepared to sacrifice for civilization!

A determined look appeared in Xingzi's eyes, and then her gaze toward Chusheng was filled with courage.

With the blessing of the Eternal Flame, the love-struck mind is ready to launch an attack.

"Brother Chusheng, it's me..."

"Alright, it's my turn." Seeing that things were going badly, An Xi interrupted her and snatched the lighter from her hand.

"Don't speak, let me experience it properly."

She added a separate comment to Anzu's statement.

Xingzi glanced at her, then at Chu Sheng. Although she didn't say anything, her eyes showed her resentment.

Chu Sheng should be hers!
An Xi merely used evil and unorthodox methods to steal Chu Sheng away before he met her!

She could take Chu Sheng's body, but she couldn't take his heart!
She could feel that Brother Chu Sheng loved her!
An Xi glanced at Chu Sheng without showing any emotion, then looked at Xingzi out of the corner of her eye, inwardly thinking how close she had come to disaster; she had almost been hit with a straight shot by Xingzi.

She had no doubt that if Xingzi were to offer herself up, Chu Sheng would take advantage of her completely.

An Xi was about to press the lighter, but Chu Sheng reached out and stopped her.

"What's wrong?" An Xi looked at Chu Sheng, puzzled.

Chu Sheng stretched out his hand expressionlessly, "You didn't pay."

An Xi: "."

"You troublemaker! You're a troublemaker!"

"I didn't bring it with me, I'll give it to you later!"

An Xi's face turned bright red with anger, and she looked at Chu Sheng with a gaze that seemed to want to devour him.

"Alright then." Chu Sheng clicked his tongue. "Let's make this clear first, if you don't give it to me later, you'll owe me two extraordinary materials."

"Even loan sharks aren't this greedy!" An Xi complained, then immediately pressed the button on the lighter.

A golden flame emerged, its sharpness immediately apparent.

Cheng Xue and the other drivers, standing behind Hui and his group, felt a stinging sensation in their eyes just watching.

Although they came to the dock to wait for the fleet, leaving the convoy at their previous resting place, they still drove their own cars. Even behind Zhu Qing stood a tall but somewhat thin girl who seemed hungry, and a middle-aged woman.

According to Zhu Qing, the girl was his girlfriend, and the middle-aged woman was his driver.

I don't know if being his driver is a good thing or a bad thing.

The cost of unlocking the key is to use a random eraser to remove one-tenth of your memories.

A complete gambler.

Cheng Xue and the other ordinary people either closed their eyes or looked away when they saw the golden eternal flame.

Chu Sheng looked at An Xi's Eternal Flame, stroking his chin thoughtfully.

He only now realized that the Eternal Flame could produce flames with different attributes depending on the owner.

He had suspected something when the apricot-green flame first appeared, but he was completely certain when An Xi obtained this golden flame.

But why is his flame a normal orange-red color?

It has absolutely no unique characteristics.

Just as he was thinking this, Anxi's golden eternal fire merged into her brow, and a golden flame pattern appeared there.

As the flame pattern appeared, the 'King' character that was originally hidden on An Xi's forehead also emerged.

Two different golden lines began to shimmer.

An Xi's gaze shifted between sharp and calm in an instant.

Everyone just watched without disturbing her, except for Ah Xin, who looked at her with some concern.

Xingzi's feelings were somewhat complicated. Although she didn't want Anxi to compete with her for a man, she also didn't want anything to happen to Anxi.

Under everyone's gaze, the character '王' and the flame pattern seemed to have reached some kind of agreement. The flame pattern rapidly shrank, and a wave of flame-like patterns appeared around the edge of the character '王'.

At that moment, An Xi slowly exhaled, and a flame appeared burning fiercely in her pale golden eyes.

The uncertainty about whether or not I could find the City of Dawn vanished, as did the fear that I would not find it.

He was determined to find the City of Dawn.

She glanced at everyone, then her gaze settled on Chu Sheng. "Chu Sheng, it's me."

"Sister Anxi, are you tired?" Xingzi interrupted her from the side. "Sister has changed so much, you must be tired."

An Xi never expected that her previous words to Xingzi would hit her right between the eyebrows like a boomerang.

Xingzi stepped forward, took her hand, pulled her aside, found her a spot, and helped her wipe the water droplets off her body. Then the two sat together like best friends.

Ah Xin's initial worry for An Xi vanished, replaced by a gossipy desire to watch the drama unfold.

Xingzi's feelings for Chusheng are as obvious as Sima Zhao's, and everyone present knows about Anxi's relationship with Chusheng.

As An Xi's best friend, she knew more about An Xi and Chu Sheng's relationship than anyone else. Now that the two of them were together, fighting over each other, it was like a real-life drama about love.

Ah Xin was delighted to see this, as it perfectly satisfied her gossipy nature.

Chu Sheng glanced at the two of them, then, like an emotionless killer, looked at Ah Xin and Hui's group and said, "Do you want to give it a try?"

"The Eternal Flame is still very useful."

Chu Sheng earned two extraordinary materials in a short period of time and vigorously promoted the Eternal Flame.

Although it was related to his desire to obtain extraordinary materials, he also genuinely wanted everyone in the team to possess the Eternal Flame.

He didn't care about the power of the Eternal Flame.

But he was satisfied with the price of the Eternal Flame.

This is the awareness to sacrifice oneself for civilization!

While this doesn't necessarily mean that someone who possesses the eternal flame is a good person, it at least indicates that they have a bottom line.

Even he, he hopes that the people around him are good people.

Upon hearing his words, Captain Hui and Old Man Li exchanged a glance and silently turned their heads away.

Lu Guan silently stepped aside, and Ah Xin thought for a moment before shaking her head in refusal.

Although she has a kind heart and will search for the City of Dawn with Anxi, she is really not sure if she will sacrifice herself for civilization.

She didn't feel that noble.

Zhu Qing, however, hesitated.

But in the end, he shook his head and said, "Forget it, I don't have any more extraordinary materials."

"I already owe you materials, and if I owe you any more, I feel like I'll never be able to pay you back."

Zhu Qing looked at the lighter in Chu Sheng's hand with some regret.

He felt that he was worthy of the price of the Eternal Flame. Although he, Zhu Qing, had dyed his hair red, he was still a passionate young man!

He was willing to sacrifice himself for his country and for civilization.

If our predecessors could make self-sacrifice, so can Zhu Qing!

"I'm only afraid of pain in this life, I'm not afraid of anything else!" Zhu Qing said with righteous indignation.

Anxi, who was sitting not far away with Xingzi, looked at him silently upon hearing this.

Zhu Qing sensed a deadly danger. Following his senses, he looked up and saw An Xi's pale golden eyes. He swallowed hard and added, "In this life, I'm only afraid of pain and An Xi. I'm not afraid of anything else!"

Pain is a feeling, and he no longer feels it when he grows to gigantic size. But Anxi is different; Anxi can make him feel pain when he grows to gigantic size.

Seeing that none of them had any interest in the Eternal Flame, Chu Sheng sighed.

"A swarm of insects!"

Chu Sheng sighed heavily, "Alas, if there were more people like me in the apocalypse, humanity would have more hope."

"Although I may seem cold, I am willing to sacrifice myself for the survival of civilization!"

"you."

Chu Sheng pointed at them, sighed again, put away the lighter, and walked to the side with his hands behind his back.

Watching Chu Sheng's retreating figure, the crowd fell silent.

This is an undeniable episode.

After Chu Sheng had walked a little further away, Hui touched his hair, still unable to understand.

"It shouldn't be!"

"He's Chu Sheng!"

"How could he possibly be a match for the Eternal Flame?!"

"He's not that kind of person!"

Hui kept muttering to himself, while Old Man Li stood by, equally puzzled.

Do they really have a lot of stereotypes about Chu Sheng?

Are their misunderstandings about Chu Sheng really that deep?

Zhu Qing didn't think that much about it. He just felt that Chu Sheng's ability to obtain the Eternal Flame must mean that it wasn't what it seemed.

Lu Guan had only been in the team for a short time, so he couldn't quite understand the confusion and bewilderment of Hui and the others.

In his view, although Chu Sheng was somewhat cold, he was still a good person.

After all, they wouldn't kill indiscriminately; everything was done according to the rules.

Not only them, but An Xi was also puzzled.

Hui and the others only saw some of Chu Sheng's bad behavior, but she had actually seen Chu Sheng break two people's legs and throw them to the strange creature in order to escape.

In her opinion, Chu Sheng's actions were simply those of a beast.

The car could have easily passed the two survivors.

Chu Sheng could escape even without breaking their legs.

But he still broke the legs of those two men.

Such a person could actually sacrifice himself for civilization?

She doesn't understand.

The confusion and bewilderment of Hui and Anxi, and Lu Guan's doubts about Hui and the others, were nothing compared to Xingzi's understanding of Chu Sheng.

Unlike them, in her eyes, Brother Chusheng was the best in the world. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and in Xingzi's eyes, Chusheng was a savior.

Let alone an eternal flame, even if Chu Sheng told her one day that he could end the apocalypse, she might not believe it, but she would definitely support him.

On the other side, Chu Sheng suppressed his smugness, his back to everyone, and a wild grin spread across his face.

It's finally my turn to condemn you!
He's been waiting for this for so long!

The boost that the Eternal Flame brought him wasn't particularly large, but the very existence of the Eternal Flame itself brought about a significant change in him.

Possessing the eternal flame signifies that Chu Sheng is a person who fights for civilization.

(End of this chapter)