Doomsday Sequence Convoy: I can upgrade supplies

Chapter 179 Those who speak lightly of righteousness will surely betray their cause in the face of battle!
Upon hearing the voice from the other side, everyone's expressions were somewhat strange, yet they also understood.

Strangely, the other party actually took the initiative to remind them to take a detour and informed them of the dangers ahead.

If it were Chu Sheng or Hui, they would have set a trap for the other side.

Especially Chu Sheng, putting himself in the other person's shoes, found that he would most likely disregard everything and even try to lead the strange phenomenon towards the other person's location.

What was clear was that the other party was an official.

While it was unexpected, it was also understandable that they would do such a thing.

Even in the apocalypse, even when the bizarre has divided humanity and made it impossible to communicate with each other, the official foundation is still stronger than that of most caravans.

"Can you hear me? Please respond if you can!"

"I can hear you, I can hear you!" Hui said after a brief silence.

"If you can hear me, then please leave now, as this place is far too dangerous."

"No need, we're heading straight for you!" Captain Hui said.

Chu Sheng chimed in from the side, "For the glory of humanity, for the survival of civilization! It's nothing more than death!"

"If we didn't know you were being attacked by something strange, that would be fine, but if we knew and pretended not to know, are we even human?!"

"Don't try to persuade us to leave! We will definitely head in your direction! All for the sake of civilization!"

"I, Chu Ci, am willing to sacrifice myself!!"

Chu Sheng's words made Hui and the others standing to the side feel uneasy.

Although you, Chu Sheng, possess the Eternal Flame, your actions are truly unimaginable to people who would say the things you've said.

And isn't your name Chu Sheng?

Why is it called Chu Ci now?

Chu Sheng ignored everyone's gaze. Ever since he realized that there might be sacrificial animals that could be cursed and killed if their names were known, he decided that he would no longer use his real name.

Leaving aside those already known to Hui, he will not reveal the real names of other teams and individuals he encounters later.

In the city of machines, there is a steel building over 300 meters tall in the very center, and at the top of the building is a small room surrounded by transparent glass.

A man with a buzz cut, whose legs were missing and whose left hand had turned into a tentacle, fell silent as he listened to the voice coming from a loudspeaker offering on the table.

"civilization."

"I cannot control your thoughts, but please be careful, I can guide you to the least strange route next."

Chu Sheng's voice came through the loudspeaker, "Okay! Thank you for your hard work, comrade!"

The crippled man looked out the window, his eyes flashing with the image of mountains and rivers, while his voice reached Wang Jianguo and Xiao Zhan on the city wall.

After the conversation between the two sides was fully recounted, Wang Jianguo frowned slightly, but quickly said, "Wolf King, guide them into the Mechanical City."

"Okay." The voice of the crippled man, the Wolf King, entered his ears again, and then fell silent.

Then Wang Jianguo looked at Xiao Zhan beside him and asked, "Xiao Zhan, what do you think?"

"Something's not right."

Hearing her words, Wang Jianguo smiled. "Yes. Something's not right!"

There's a saying that goes like this.

“In ancient times, people constantly talked about loyalty to the emperor, patriotism, and sacrificing for the country.”

"It might be wrong to kill all those people who jump out and say how much they love their country, but if you kill nine out of ten, there will definitely be some who escape!"

"In other words, they were basically all traitors!"

"Hehehe." Wang Jianguo chuckled twice.

Xiao Zhan nodded upon hearing this, his tone remaining calm and indifferent.

"Those who speak lightly of righteousness will surely betray their cause in battle."

Upon hearing this, Wang Jianguo nodded in agreement, saying, "Yes, that's exactly right!"

"Then why did you let them in?"

"Because I want to see what kind of people they are," Wang Jianguo said. "Although those who readily preach righteousness will surely betray their cause in battle, at least they are willing to use this fig leaf to cover their tracks."

"As you've seen in the world now, we've encountered convoys before, but apart from a few that managed to maintain basic order."

"Most sequence transcendents treat ordinary survivors as cargo."

“Even as slaves.”

As he spoke, he suddenly sighed, looking as if he had aged several years. "This apocalypse came too suddenly. If we had known a month or even half a month earlier, we wouldn't be in this situation."

"At the very least, the ranking of the offerings from this mechanical city you transformed can reach the top 500, instead of the 900s."

"Not necessarily." Xiao Zhan shook his head. "With that extra time, those people can also use it to improve their rankings."

"All I can say is that more time will make our situation a little better."

"That's true. After all, I'm not a sequence transcendent, so I don't just overthink things. I make assumptions."

Wang Jianguo chuckled self-deprecatingly, his gaze towards Xiao Zhan filled with affection.

But he didn't say anything, only sighed deeply.

The price of extraordinary achievements should not be underestimated.

While the cost to some users of Sequence Abilities isn't severe, it's mostly a pure weakening, a death sentence.

Take, for example, the leader of their city, the Wolf King at the top with his legs crippled. He was originally a top soldier, but after awakening his sequence, both his legs were completely useless, severed at the root, and he even lost one of his hands.

Later, another sequence ability user used their own ability to activate a tentacle and install it on him, which allowed him to barely move on his own.

Besides the wolf king, there's also Xiao Zhan right in front of us.

Although the awakening process transformed the city into a mechanical city, the cost was also very high.

Half of his body, including his internal organs, had been transformed into mechanical structures, and half of his brain had also become mechanical. Although it was unclear why flesh and machine could be fused together, the price was still extremely terrifying.

Half of his brain was transformed into a machine, and Xiao Zhan's emotions were erased along with it.

That is to say, she still has her memories and knows her duties and mission; otherwise, she would be no different from a living dead.

Meanwhile, in the Netherworld Light, the connection between the two sides was severed.

When the other party said they would provide guidance, Chu Sheng thought they would tell them the way verbally.

After the other party finished speaking, the connection was terminated, and at the same time, a pure white arrow appeared in front of the Nether Light, guiding them.

“Young Chu,” Old Man Li frowned, “you’re being a bit too presumptuous.”

"After all, the other party is an official. They can't possibly believe what you're saying, and they might even suspect you have ulterior motives."

"Chu Sheng did the right thing." Team Leader Hui shook his head from the side. "It's certain that the other side won't believe it."

"But we're just sending out an attitude."

"Whether the other party believes it or not doesn't matter; we just need to make our stance clear."

Chu Sheng's lips curled up slightly, and the Chaohui team gave him a thumbs up.

"As expected of you."

“If we just say we’re good people, they definitely won’t believe us, since it’s the end of the world.”

"But it wouldn't be right to say we're bad people, since the other party is an official and warned us to leave the danger zone, so they're most likely doing something positive."

"So in this situation, I try my best to express that I am righteous and willing to go through fire and water for civilization."

"The other party will most likely not believe it, but it will have a slightly better impact on us."

"After all, in the apocalypse, we're willing to tear off a fig leaf."

"Yes." Captain Hui nodded. "If they can at least cover up their true colors, they're probably not that bad."

"They might do some bad things, but under this fig leaf, it can be forgiven."

"There's such a trick to it?" Zhu Qing looked completely bewildered.

An Xi seemed thoughtful. "So, you mean there's a fig leaf covering our faces, which means we have a problem, but it's not a big problem, right?"

“That’s one way to put it,” Chu Sheng said, looking at the pure white arrow in front of him. “True villains don’t bother with pretense.”

"Those who want to occupy the moral high ground are moral in themselves, even if not much."

"But this also means that the other party is willing to abide by the rules."

Anzu poked her head out and said, "If you can follow the rules in the apocalypse, you're actually being very kind."

An Xi glanced at Xingzi, and was about to speak when Chu Sheng's somewhat serious voice reached their ears.

"Watch out! It's about to transform!"

As Chu Sheng spoke, the mechanical voice of Youming echoed inside the car.

"Anomaly detected ahead. Combat mode to be activated: Netherworld Mech!"

[Youming requests to transform into the Youming Mech. Activate?]

Looking at the data and prompts that appeared in front of him, Chu Sheng decisively agreed to Youming's application.

As soon as he agreed, the appearance of the Hundred-Ton King of the Nether Light began to disintegrate, and parts and mechanical hands and feet began to emerge from the inside.

Within a second or two, the ghostly light vanished.

Meanwhile, in place stood a mecha over twenty meters tall.

"Activate auto-battle mode and head in the direction indicated by the arrow!"

"Received! Netherworld Mech ready!" Netherworld's voice echoed in the space.

"Charge!" Chu Sheng gave the order, and the Netherworld Mech began to charge towards the strange creature ahead. The oversized rifle in its left hand was activated, and streams of eerie green bullets flew towards the creature.

Despite the distance and the fact that they were still on the move, under the control of the Netherworld, every bullet accurately hit the two strange creatures in the distance.

In his left hand was an oversized rifle, and in his right hand was a crowbar with spikes.

The Netherworld Mech was not slow at all; it covered nearly a thousand meters in just two seconds. The oversized machine gun on its left hand had now been replaced by two smaller guns on the Netherworld Mech's shoulders.

His right hand held a crowbar with spikes high, which, while swirling through the air, slammed down with a strange, heavy thud.

The moment it struck, a semi-circular winch covered with barbs and sharp teeth appeared beneath the crowbar.

Almost instantly, the bizarre creature was shredded by the winch, and the extraordinary materials were also swallowed up.

It killed one of the Sequence 9 monsters with a single shot, while the two machine guns on its shoulders began firing at another monster.

Under the control of the Netherworld, the Netherworld Armor did not advance directly, but instead used the crowbar in its hand to rush towards the strange creature.

Almost instantly, the strange creature was pierced through by the crowbar and pinned to the ground.

At the same time, the spikes on the crowbar begin to rotate and strangle.

(End of this chapter)