Doomsday Sequence Caravan: I Have a Mechanical Heart

After a few minutes

Su Mu ate a little something, climbed into the passenger seat and sat down. "Go ahead and say it."

"What is Ling Hao thinking?"

"I recounted what we talked about yesterday, about the centralized management of food for ordinary people," An Xin said, "and told him about it."

"He thinks that's fine, but not starting now."

"What does he mean?" Su Mu asked casually as he fastened his seatbelt.

"He meant that we should wait until we encountered the next village or town and started collecting supplies, then we would put them under centralized management." An Xin continued, "

"As for the supplies they currently possess, they should remain in their own hands."

"Oh, and the car."

"He has already given up some resources to save on fuel consumption as much as possible."

"There are indeed too many cars." Su Mu nodded, peeked outside, and found that the convoy now had more than half fewer vehicles than yesterday.

There was only one SUV leading the way, followed by three RVs. Then came his assembled SUV.

Then came his modified dump truck, followed by three buses.

"We currently have about two hundred ordinary people in our team," An Xin said slowly.

"Each bus carried fifty or sixty people, and the remaining twenty or so people all sat in the sidecars."

"There's still a lot of space in that wheelbarrow, and Ling Hao plans to use it as a supply truck."

"But even so, without enough fuel," Su Mu frowned, "it still doesn't solve the fundamental problem."

"The fuel consumption of those buses is terrifying."

"There's nothing we can do about it," An Xin sighed softly. "We can only take it one step at a time."

"When we really run out of fuel, we'll have to walk."

Su Mu didn't say anything, his gaze turned to the window, staring blankly at the vast wilderness outside.

The arrival of this apocalypse not only destroyed human habitation sites but also ravaged the entire natural world. It caused the deaths of countless animals, and even once fertile fields have been transformed into barren wastelands.

Almost nothing grows there.

Although it's only a little past seven in the morning, the temperature has already started to rise, and the cool breeze brought by driving at 40 miles per hour is just right.

The reason we're driving so slowly isn't to save fuel. It's because the sidecar is a converted bread truck, so it lacks power and is too big to go very fast.

Once the speed is increased, black smoke will be emitted.

"There's one more thing." After a moment of silence in the carriage, An Xin's voice rang out again.

"What's wrong?" Su Mu snapped out of his thoughts and glanced back at her.

"By noon, I reckon some people will be hitting on your ride," An Xin chuckled, teasingly adding, "And they'll be beautiful girls!"

"No way." Su Mu refused decisively. "If they come, you'll have to chase them away for me."

"Okay." An Xin was a little surprised, but she didn't ask any more questions and agreed with a smile.

Three days have passed in the blink of an eye.

A deserted town appeared ahead, and it looked quite large.

At the western end of the town, there is an archway with three faded characters that read "Fengling Town".

Su Mu and the others parked their car at the entrance of town. The loudspeaker in Ling Hao's car blared as usual, "You have one hour to collect supplies here."

"Remember to be careful of the eerie things lurking in the shadows."

"We will set off immediately when the time comes, without waiting for anyone."

"Please keep track of the time."

"Don't fall behind."

As his voice fell, the people on the bus swarmed off and rushed quickly toward the town.

Su Mu and An Xin also got out of the car and walked towards the town.

Although the apocalypse had only been going on for three months, the town looked like it had been abandoned for a long time. The shops on both sides of the road were dilapidated, and the glass in the doors and windows was mostly broken and scattered all over the ground.

Even the cars parked on the roadside were peeling and rusting, as if they had been abandoned for a long time.

The moment Su Mu stepped into the town, he felt a chilling aura wash over him, as if the sun in the sky was not the sun, but merely a decoration.

Only light and shadow remain here.

"Something seems off here," An Xin said, her brows furrowing slightly.

"Something's definitely not right." It was Ling Hao who spoke, his expression somewhat grave. "This place is unlike other places; there's a very strong eerie atmosphere here."

"We need to gather the supplies and leave as soon as possible!"

"Let's find a gas station first." Cheng Jun looked around. "We can collect less food, but we can't do without fuel."

"There seems to be a gas station up ahead," Su Mu said, pointing to a spot about 500 or 600 meters away.

Seemingly influenced by the mechanical heart, his resource sensing range has increased considerably. Previously, he could only sense a range of two or three hundred meters, but now he can sense a distance of six or seven hundred meters.

"Really?" Cheng Jun turned to the side and looked in the direction Su Mu was pointing. He could vaguely see a red sign. "It really does seem to be."

"You guys collect the other supplies first, I'll go check on things."

After saying that, he strode off in that direction.

"I'll go with them." Ling Hao also saw the red sign and confirmed that it was indeed a gas station.

"Let's hope that guy doesn't cause any more trouble."

"Go ahead, we need to keep an eye on him," An Xin said with a smile.

After Ling Hao left, Yu Yao looked at An Xin and asked, "Are you coming with me, or going with him?"

"With you." An Xin sensed the jealousy in Yu Yao's tone and couldn't help but laugh as she said it.

"Hmph, that's more like it." Yu Yao rolled her eyes at Su Mu triumphantly, then took An Xin's arm and jogged toward the depths of the town.

In just a short while, only Su Mu remained.

Su Mu was naturally more willing to do so, as this way he could collect more resources without even realizing it.

He then used his resource sensing ability again to search for usable supplies nearby. He quickly found a farm store, which seemed to have a good amount of seeds inside.

His eyes lit up, and he hurried over there. He was currently in dire need of seeds, and now that he had made a discovery, he couldn't let it slip by.

The grain store is not far away, just over 200 meters away on the roadside.

A minute or two later, he arrived at the grain store and found that it was a roller shutter door, locked from the ground.

The only way to open it is by brute force.

However, there is a high possibility that something strange might happen inside.

While thinking, he drew a pistol from his waist, held it in one hand, and gripped the handle of the roller shutter door with the other. Then, with a sudden pull, he bent and deformed the lock.

With a whoosh, he pulled the door open.

Immediately following was a sharp roar, and a gray figure pounced on Su Mu like a ghost.

Its sharp claws gleamed with a cold, metallic light that was captivating!