Doomsday Sequence Caravan: I Have a Mechanical Heart

Two days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Their journey was smooth, without encountering any more severe weather, but they also didn't come across any villages or towns where they could collect supplies.

They didn't encounter Cheng Jun and the others.

Around noon, Su Mu parked his car on the side of the road, eating something while restoring the energy of his mechanical heart.

Although the energy required to drive this car is not large, it cannot be stopped from being consumed continuously.

An Xin took the backpack and looked at it, a hint of worry flashing across her face. "We only have one day's worth of food left."

"If we can't find any supplies soon, we'll go hungry."

"We'll definitely find it," Su Mu comforted softly. "Don't worry too much."

The peanuts and wheat in his personal storage space were seeds, but they were still edible. The only problem was the lack of water.

An Xin nodded, about to speak again, when she suddenly noticed something. She glanced at the rearview mirror, a serious look flashing in her eyes.

"Su Mu, a convoy is coming from behind."

Upon hearing the sound, Su Mu looked over and saw a convoy of more than a dozen vehicles speeding toward them.

On the car at the very front of the convoy, a red flag was flying, swaying wildly in the wind, and there seemed to be something written on it.

"Should we get off?" An Xin asked Su Mu.

"Let's wait until they stop," Su Mu said, then, as if remembering something, he drew the Flowing Light sword from his waist.

Immediately, the stream of light rapidly transformed, turning into a submachine gun in just a moment!

"Your dagger is really multifunctional," An Xin couldn't help but tease with a smile. "It can become whatever you want."

"That's about all the advantages," Su Mu said modestly with a slight smile. "It's okay for dealing with low-level wandering monsters, but it's not powerful enough against stronger ones."

"But it can still scare people."

Even if you don't know what kind of person the other party is, it's always good to take precautions in advance. If the other party has malicious intentions, he can take action immediately.

An Xin thought for a moment, then took out her hairpin, which she had just prepared to transform into a magic staff, but Su Mu stopped her, saying, "You don't need to."

"I'm just being cautious."

"If we're both prepared for a fight, then we might just start fighting."

"I understand," An Xin nodded in response.

After a few minutes

The convoy stopped a few dozen meters behind their car. Three people got out of the first car, the leader of whom was a middle-aged man whose demeanor was somewhat similar to Cheng Jun's.

The man and woman following behind him were both older, around twenty years old, and they looked somewhat like him.

They were all extraordinary individuals, and their auras were not weak. In particular, the middle-aged man was already close to becoming a Xuan-level extraordinary individual.

Su Mu and An Xin got out of the car. He was carrying a submachine gun, the muzzle pointed at the ground. He watched the three of them approach from a distance.

"Did you fall behind?" The middle-aged man, Zhao Liang, came up to a dozen meters away and asked loudly.

"What do you want?" Su Mu nodded, his expression rather indifferent.

"Why don't you come with us?" Zhao Liang didn't beat around the bush and invited directly, "Traveling together will allow us to look out for each other!"

"We have our own convoy," Su Mu said calmly. "We just got separated temporarily."

"Well then." Zhao Liang didn't seem to care about Su Mu's attitude. Instead, he seemed to understand Su Mu somewhat and said with a smile, "You guys follow behind our convoy."

"If we encounter your convoy, it's not too late to leave."

"Okay." Su Mu thought for a moment and agreed. "You go first, we'll follow behind."

He agreed mainly because he wanted to trade some food and water with them.

"If we encounter anything strange, you must also intervene." The young man to Zhao Liang's left spoke coldly, stating his conditions.

"Otherwise, why should we let you follow us?"

"That's natural." Su Mu nodded slightly, offering no objection.

"Let's go then." The middle-aged man nodded, then led the two men back to the car.

A moment later, their convoy drove by, and Su Mu could clearly see the words on the flag: "Riding Out the Storm Together Convoy"

Su Mu and his companion returned to their car and drove behind the rest of the convoy.

"Why should we follow them?" An Xin looked at Su Mu with some confusion.

"What if they're not going to Falling Moon Valley?"

"We're not going to be following them the whole time," Su Mu said, offering his perspective. "When we go camping tonight, you stay in the car and don't come out."

"I'll go find them and exchange them for some food and drink."

"Let's also sound them out."

"I'll go with you," An Xin said quickly upon hearing this, seemingly worried about leaving him alone.

"No need." Su Mu smiled and joked, "What, are you afraid they'll kill me?"

"Pah, pah, pah." An Xin frowned, a hint of displeasure flashing in her eyes. "Don't say such unlucky things."

"I won't say, I won't say." Su Mu nodded, then added, "The reason I don't want you to come with me is..."

"It's mainly because you're so beautiful. I'm worried that people in their team might say bad things about you."

"I'd be tempted to fight them!"

"Okay." An Xin smiled wryly upon hearing this, but her heart was filled with sweetness.

A crossroads about ten kilometers north of here

Ling Hao and the others stopped there to rest. Cheng Jun scratched his head, looking frustrated and exasperated. "They weren't in the convoy that just passed by."

"Where could those two have run off to?"

"Sigh." Yu Yao was also frustrated. "When I see An Xin, I have to make her apologize to me a hundred times, otherwise it would be a waste of all the worry I've had these past few days."

"You two shouldn't be upset." Ling Hao appeared quite calm. "With Su Mu's abilities, he's invincible when he encounters metal."

Don't worry.

"Besides, this place is so vast, with countless roads, how could we possibly meet someone so quickly?"

"Maybe they got a new car and just drove off."

"That's true." Cheng Jun felt a little relieved upon hearing this. "Then let's continue on our way."

"I hope to see them as soon as possible."

"Should we go south or east?" Yuyao asked.

"Eastward," Ling Hao thought for a moment, "If we go further south, we'll stray even further from the route to Falling Moon Valley."

"But I suddenly have a feeling," Yu Yao frowned, looking at the road heading south, "An Xin is just to the south."

"Stop having these feelings." Cheng Jun put his hands behind his head. "Last time you said I would become rich."

"And then, I met someone named Fa Cai (meaning 'get rich')."

"Isn't that enough?" Yu Yao scoffed. "At least the characters are correct now."

"Alright, stop arguing," Ling Hao called out. "Let's get going!"