Doomsday Sequence Caravan: I Have a Mechanical Heart

Su Mu instinctively leaned back and took a few steps back, narrowly avoiding the sharp claws.

At this moment, he also clearly saw what the strange creature that attacked him looked like.

It was a man with disheveled hair, grayish-white skin, and eerie, net-like bloodshot eyes. His teeth were covered in bloody mucus, emitting a foul stench.

The eerie creature stood in the shadows, not daring to take a step forward, waving its claws and hissing at him incessantly.

Su Mu raised his pistol and fired a shot at it.

boom---

A streak of blue fire shot out, piercing directly through the strange body.

To his surprise, although a blue flame appeared, it did not ignite immediately. It only burned for a moment in the hole before automatically extinguishing itself.

Su Mu was stunned; the strangeness here was actually able to suppress the energy of his mechanical flames.

In that case, using firearms wouldn't be enough. Right now, the only way to deal with this monster is to use a cold weapon like the Tang sword.

He put the pistol back on his waist, reached for the Tang sword, and without hesitation, rushed forward and slashed fiercely at the strange creature.

call---

A blue flame flared up, like a bright blue crescent moon, and cleaved the strange creature in two.

The eerie creature let out a scream and collapsed to the ground. Then, blue flames erupted, instantly reducing it to ashes.

Su Mu put away the strange source that had appeared, and walked into the grain store with a Tang sword in one hand.

The interior was dimly lit and the temperature was even lower, like the cool breeze of late autumn evenings, giving people a sense of oppressive chill.

His gaze swept over the shelves inside, which held rows of vegetable seeds. There were quite a few, a couple hundred packets, but only a dozen or so varieties.

There were piles of seeds for various grain crops, such as peanuts, corn, soybeans, and sorghum, stacked against the wall. There were more than a dozen bags of each type.

There were also dozens of bags of fertilizer piled up in the corner, covered in dust.

In the corner were some rusty shovels, rakes and other farm tools.

Although there weren't many items, they were quite complete.

Without much hesitation, he raised his hand and waved it, storing everything here, including the shelf, into his personal space.

He plans to plant the vegetable seeds when he has time in the evening.

As he left the grocery store, preparing to continue gathering supplies, he suddenly thought of An Xin. She only had a pistol to kill the monsters, but now the pistol wasn't very effective against them, so he needed to remind her as soon as possible.

He then quickly searched for An Xin's figure on the street.

They hadn't run far when they heard gunshots coming from a shop ahead, followed by An Xin's scream.

His expression tightened, and he quickly sped up, rushing towards that direction.

Soon, he arrived at the shop and saw An Xin desperately dodging a gray-haired monster while firing a pistol incessantly.

He also had several bloody wounds on his body.

The bullets that struck the strange creature only left holes in its body, causing little damage and having no effect on its strange movements.

Su Mu stepped into the shop, raised his Tang sword, and slashed fiercely at the strange creature.

puff---

A flash of light appeared, and the eerie creature was killed with a single strike.

He looked at An Xin, who was still in shock, and asked, "Are you alright?"

"It's nothing." An Xin shook her head. She was really scared just now, feeling like she was really going to die.

Her heart is still pounding rapidly.

Just then, Yu Yao's figure flashed in from outside the door, looking at An Xin with a worried expression. "What's wrong, An Xin?"

"It's alright now." An Xin shook her head at her. "A strange thing suddenly appeared just now."

"Then where's your pistol?" Yu Yao asked, puzzled.

"I don't know why," said Su Mu, "but pistols aren't very effective against the strange things here."

"It seems like some force is suppressing that flame."

"Then," Yu Yao paused for a moment, then quickly said, "An Xin, let's not split up."

"You'll stay by my side."

"Okay," An Xin replied.

"It's best to avoid going into shops that are shaded from the sun," Su Mu said, "just in case something unexpected happens."

"Okay." An Xin looked at Su Mu. "Thank you for earlier."

"Don't mention it, I'm just glad you're alright." Su Mu said, glancing at the shelves before realizing that this was a store selling toiletries and hygiene products.

They also understood An Xin's purpose in coming here.

Yuyao and Anxin picked out some items from the shelves, put them in their backpacks, and headed outside.

Su Mu felt it was a real waste to leave these things here. While putting away a pack of tissues, he secretly put several rolls of toilet paper next to it into his spatial storage.

The reason they didn't hide everything was to avoid attracting attention.

Also, put away some shampoo and other similar products. Even if we don't need them now, it doesn't mean we won't need them in the future.

If you find a place with plenty of water, you can wash your hair and take a bath.

The three walked out of the shop and saw Cheng Jun and Ling Hao pulling a flatbed cart with two large metal barrels on it.

"How was it?" the three of them asked as they went up to him.

"There are still more than a dozen barrels there..." Cheng Jun said excitedly, "enough for us to use for a month without any problem."

"That's great." Su Mu breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. "But wouldn't it be too much trouble to pull it back and forth like this?"

"Why don't you bring that dump truck over here?"

"Ling Hao and I think so too." Cheng Jun nodded. "After these two buckets are hauled over, we'll drive the wheelbarrow over there."

"How's your supplies gathering going?" Ling Hao asked.

"I just collected some toilet paper," Yuyao pointed, "and I'm about to continue looking."

"If we come across any warm clothes, we should collect some too," Ling Hao said, as if struck by a thought.

"Okay." Su Mu and the other two responded and then split up again to search for supplies.

Ten minutes later

Su Mu visited several shops, his backpack filled with food and drinks, and he also carried a travel bag, which was also full of food and drinks.

He also kept some in his space.

Just then, a scream suddenly came from the alley ahead, as if someone was in danger.

Immediately following were screams of help and eerie cries, seemingly from quite a few people.

He quickened his pace and arrived at the alley entrance. There, he saw a dozen tentacles, thicker than a person and dozens of meters long, emerging from a stone well deep inside. They quickly coiled around the ordinary people who were trying to escape.

The person who was entangled was dragged directly into the stone well, and then there was no more sound.

"Hurry up and go." Ling Hao's anxious voice came from behind him. "That's not just strange."

"We are no match for it!"