Doomsday Sequence Convoy: I can upgrade supplies

Chapter 210 The official stance is good, but I still choose to leave!

Listening to Hui's words, Chu Sheng nodded. He had to admit that although what he said was somewhat cruel, it made sense.

There's no need to bother with people who can clearly survive by staying here.

It's best for such intelligent people to live on.

If there are no people who can survive by staying here, then following the convoy and acting as their trail is also a way to make use of waste.

In a room in the guesthouse building, Wu Meng and her friends gathered together.

Cheng Xue was also with them.

"Sister, let's stay." Wu Jie looked at Wu Meng, holding the sacrificial longsword in his hand, and said with some anticipation.

Cheng Xue remained silent.

Hui asked her to come down and inform the survivors to prepare to depart. Although she was told not to say that she could stay there, she still told Wu Meng and the others.

Among the survivors, she had the best relationship with Wu Meng.

Naturally, she told them both options. Although she felt that it would be better to follow the convoy, she did not help Wu Meng and the others make a choice.

After all, following a racing team might lead to a better future, but it also carries greater risks.

Staying in the Mechanical City, although these matters were not discussed with Wang Jianguo and the others beforehand, still guarantees safety; it just means that the future may be fixed.

But no matter what you choose, there are advantages and disadvantages.

Wu Meng listened to her younger brother's words, frowning in thought, while Zhou Dun and the two sisters were also pondering.

Only Wu Jie wanted to stay.

After thinking for a moment, Wu Meng looked at Cheng Xue and asked, "Xiao Xue, do you want us to stay?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Xue looked at Wu Meng and smiled.

Upon seeing Cheng Xue's appearance, Wu Meng smiled.

Neither of them spoke, but Wu Meng spoke up directly: "Xiao Jie and I will go with the convoy."

Zhou Dun, who was still pondering, narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the two of them and said, "The three of us will also follow the convoy."

"Alright, if you want to follow the convoy, you can go up now. Your car is up there too."

“Okay!” Wu Meng nodded decisively, then left with the still bewildered Wu Jie and Zhou Dun.

Seeing the three leave, Cheng Xue smiled and murmured, "Xiao Meng is so smart."

She was Hui's driver and caregiver. During this time, she naturally wouldn't stay in the reception building like ordinary survivors, but would stay on the rooftop like Hui and the others.

She witnessed the entire transaction between the caravan and the Mechanical City, and because of Hui, she knew quite a bit about it.

Although she didn't bring it up herself, she definitely knew which option was better.

The reason I gave Wu Meng and the others two choices before was simply because of our friendship, so they could choose.

Following the caravan might mean dying in dangerous situations, but the future is uncertain. Staying in the Mechanical City is certainly much safer than the caravan, but the future is predictable.

Moreover, while others might not know, she knew perfectly well that Chu Sheng could forge over two hundred sacrificial items in just two days, and Xingzi could easily obtain hundreds of extraordinary materials through a simple transaction with Old Man Li.

And
Hui didn't have much of a guard up against her, and even took the initiative to show her the logs that the team had kept before.

The logs copied during this transaction with the Mechanical City were even copied by her.

She knows more than many sequence ability users.

It's important to understand that what she was looking at wasn't some incomplete version copied for other teams, but a complete logbook.

Everything the convoy saw and experienced along the way.

Aside from lacking the abilities of the sequence ability users in the caravan, they are otherwise no different.

Aside from those with sequence abilities like Chu Sheng, no one knew more about the caravan than her.

Leaving the room, Wu Meng and the other four walked up the stairs, step by step, towards the top floor. Zhou Dun looked at Wu Meng with some doubt and asked, "Logically speaking, it would be safer to stay in the Mechanical City. Why did you go back to the convoy?"

"Have you forgotten that when the convoy was surrounded, only a dozen or so ordinary people like us died?"

“I haven’t forgotten,” Wu Meng shook her head, “but I believe in Xiaoxue.”

“She follows the captain and knows more than we do. The captain is our guide and also a user of the Eight Trigrams Sequence. It’s best for Xiaoxue to help us make decisions with him.”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Dun remained silent for a moment before continuing, "Aren't you afraid she'll deceive you?"

"What could she possibly be lying to me about?" Wu Meng retorted. "Our food? Or our sacrificial offerings?"

"She led us to our food."

She paused here, then continued, "As for the sacrificial offerings?"

"Do you think Xiaoxue would covet us as a sacrifice if she's with the captain?"

“You should know very well that neither the offerings you possess nor the offerings my brother possesses are worth anything now.”

"The ranking of the offerings has dropped to over ten thousand."

Would Xiaoxue covet these two sacrificial offerings from us?

"Grandpa Li has already given driver Xiao Chen two extraordinary materials, do you think the captain won't arrange one for Xiao Xue?"

Wu Meng's series of questions silenced Zhou Dun.

"Let's go," Wu Meng said, sighing. "At least the convoy is much safer now than before, isn't it?"

"Moreover, we have vehicles, food, and sacrificial offerings. Xiaoxue also has a good relationship with us. Surviving in the convoy shouldn't be a big problem."

“Hmm.” Zhou Dun nodded. He was convinced by Wu Meng. However, he then looked at the two sisters, Li Qian and Li Ling, thought for a moment, and said, “Xiao Qian, Xiao Ling, you two stay in the Mechanical City.”

"Huh?" Li Qian was not good with words. She opened her mouth slightly upon hearing his words, unsure of what to say. Li Ling, on the other hand, shook her head decisively. "Brother Zhou, I'll go with you!"

Hearing her younger sister Li Ling speak, Li Qian breathed a sigh of relief and then nodded in agreement, "Me too!" Wu Meng wasn't very interested in Zhou Dun's conversation with the two sisters.

Just as she said, Cheng Xue was following the captain, and the captain was the guide, so he must know more, which is why she asked Cheng Xue to help her make decisions.

This was a trust in Cheng Xue, and also a huge gamble.

Winning brings benefits, while losing means certain death.

She had previously hoped that Wu Jie could live a good life, but now she realized that without strength in the apocalypse, ordinary survivors could only be slaughtered at the mercy of others.

Even if you join the Mechanical City, who can guarantee that you'll have a good life there?

She hadn't forgotten the mother and child she'd seen when she entered the mechanical city; the pregnant woman, who had just given birth, looked pale and thin.

She knew then that even in the official ranks, the only guarantee was your survival.

Although the official response was good enough, she felt it was still not enough!
She wants to live a better life! She wants to live a new life in the apocalypse! She wants to take better care of her brainless younger brother!
She realized that if she died, her younger brother would most likely also die.

The same applies to the Zhou sisters, Dun and Qian.

If Zhou Dun dies, these two sisters will probably die too.

As Wu Meng and the others reached the rooftop, Captain Hui was taken aback at first, then he counted in his pocket with his right hand, smiled, and took the initiative to speak to them, "You're letting Cheng Xue make the decision for you?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Jie was startled, but Wu Meng and Zhou Dun seemed to have expected it. They exchanged a glance and then said, "Yes!"

"I believe Xiaoxue wouldn't do anything to us."

Upon hearing this, Hui smiled but didn't say anything more, only gesturing for them to return to the car.

After they got back to their car, Lu Guan, who was smoking and enjoying the thrill, watched them check the car's facilities and asked in confusion, "I know those guys, they should be pretty smart, why didn't they think of staying in the Mechanical City?"

Chu Sheng glanced at him, and Hui explained, "Actually, there are three layers of meaning."

"The first floor is where they came back directly; they didn't know they could stay in the Mechanical City for safety."

Upon hearing this, Lu Guan took a drag of his cigarette, feeling a blissful sensation that made his bones feel weak, and answered in a suppressed voice, "The second layer is that they know they can stay in the Mechanical City."

Hui nodded. "That's right, and the third reason is that they believe our team has a better future than the Mechanical City."

Chu Sheng chimed in from the side, "So they're using security to gamble on a future."

“I didn’t think anyone would have thought of this before.”

He didn't show much expression when he spoke.

Hui smiled but didn't say anything.

Normally, almost no one would comprehend the third level, but if a survivor witnessed their deal with the Mechanical City and knew part of their caravan's affairs, it would be easy.

Cheng Xue was one of them.

The path Cheng Xue chose for them was the third level.

However, it is also very dangerous.

Who knows when it might be mistaken for a tail and killed.

Therefore, there is not much difference between the third layer and the first layer.

As long as you stay with the convoy and don't die, you'll be on the third level.

As they talked, the survivors gradually made their way to the rooftop.

After Cheng Xue returned, Hui moved his right hand and chuckled, "One hundred and seventy-six survivors have arrived."

"It seems the other survivors aren't so stupid after all."

Chu Sheng had little interest in dealing with these survivors. In his view, having a tail was enough; he didn't care whether they lived or died.

"Alright, let's ignore them and go."

"Let's go then!"

The group nodded in agreement and then ran to Chu Sheng's car.

Although they could leave via the roads that wind around the city walls, they did not forget that the mechanical city could be controlled.

The city wall is two hundred meters high. Perhaps Zhu Qing, An Xi, and Chu Sheng will be fine, but the others may not be.

Therefore, it's safer to stick with Chu Sheng.

Chu Sheng remained silent as he watched the crowd pour into his car.

"I'll let it go this time, but I'll charge you next time."

"Hurry up, hurry up!" Hui and the others urged.

Hearing their words, Chu Sheng said to You Ming, "You Ming, let's go!"

"Roger that!"

The Nether Light instantly emitted a ghostly green glow, heading towards the road winding around the city wall.

Seeing the Nether Light move, the survivors who had already boarded the vehicle followed suit.

As they moved, Wang Jianguo and his group could see everything clearly through a camera in a secret room in the Mechanical City.

Although it's a bit blurry, you can still make out the general movements.

Someone had notified them when Chu Sheng moved out the sacrificial offerings.

"Sigh, even after the apocalypse, they still don't believe us." Wang Jianguo sighed helplessly.

"They moved the offerings out, and also brought out the four generators and put them on the roof, but left without saying a word. That's definitely a sign of distrust." Old Qin sighed.

“I actually hope they stay like this.” Little Li, who hadn’t spoken until now, held a ball of crimson flame floating in his hand. “That way, they can live longer.”

(End of this chapter)