The whole nation is trying to survive on the cable car; I'm choosing one of three options at ea

After closing the chat window with Zhou Zhenguo, Su Mu hesitated for a moment before clicking on Lin Yuwei's profile picture.

"Were you attacked last night?"

"No," Lin Yuwei replied quickly, then asked, "Why are you suddenly concerned about me?"

Su Mu cursed under his breath, "Who the hell cares about you?"

He just wanted to figure out if that thing was coming for him... After all, according to what he said, since he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it shouldn't be too dangerous, which he must have judged from Lin Yuwei.

Surely we can't attract the other side by upgrading to the third-level cable car again, can we?

"Zhou Zhenguo is looking for you?" Lin Yuwei's message came again.

Su Mu did not reply.

"I advise you not to go hunting that thing with him unless you are absolutely certain."

Su Mu naturally wouldn't go.

But upon hearing this, she naturally retorted, "What, you're concerned about me?"

Lin Yuwei replied with a "hehe".

After a while, he continued, "I'm afraid that if you die, yesterday's deal won't be honored."

Su Mu replied with a "hehe".

The two remained silent for a while.

"Have you ever wondered," Lin Yuwei suddenly said, "why no other monsters attacked last night?"

Su Mu's fingers paused.

"You mean...?"

"I mean, there must be a reason why those things aren't attacking," Lin Yuwei said, slowing her pace. "Either they've found better prey, or... there's something that's keeping them away."

Su Mu understood what she meant.

That ghost is of a very high level; at least those things outside don't dare to come here.

"That's all I have to say. You can decide for yourself how to judge it." After saying this, Lin Yuwei stopped sending messages.

Su Mu closed the chat window, leaned against the wall, and stared at the sky outside the window as it gradually brightened.

The fog is still very thick.

But on the distant horizon, where the fog met the dawn, he could vaguely make out an extremely long, blurry outline.

Like a long snake.

It moved slowly through the fog.

Su Mu stared in that direction for a long time, but he couldn't see clearly.

This world is absolutely terrible.

He looked away, took a deep breath, and opened the daily news report.

[Current available uses: 1]

【use or not? 】

confirm.

[Intelligence: There is a Blood Ginseng on the mountainside of West Mountain, 32.7 kilometers from your cable car. L2-level mutated creatures are active in this area; please be cautious.]

Blood ginseng?

Su Mu raised an eyebrow slightly.

It wasn't a treasure chest, nor a spinning wheel, but something he'd never heard of before.

Judging from the name, it sounds like some kind of rare and precious treasure.

He remembered his [Gathering] skill, which he had never used before... and it would come in handy.

However, it's only about 30 kilometers away...

At a cable car speed of five kilometers per hour, it would take more than six hours to get there.

With only this one piece of information, my luck isn't too good today either.

shook his head.

Su Mu glanced at the sky and then at the time.

He didn't want to deliberately speed things up.

That would be too conspicuous, not just for people, but for everything else as well.

Moving along with the entire cable is the least conspicuous way.

Six hours isn't a long time anyway, so I can catch up on some sleep.

I didn't sleep well last night because of that knocking, and now I'm really sleepy.

Su Mu placed the pistol within easy reach, leaned against the pile of supplies, and closed his eyes.

This time, he slept more soundly than before.

But he remained vigilant... Every sound outside the window, every slight sway of the cable car, made his eyelids twitch.

Fortunately, those things weren't there during the day.

When Su Mu opened his eyes again, four hours had passed.

He glanced at the time... a little after nine in the morning.

Outside the window, sunlight had already pierced through the thin mist.

Su Mu stood up, stretched his limbs, and subconsciously looked into the distance.

Then he froze.

The fog has lifted.

It didn't completely dissipate, but rather became much thinner, like a light veil hanging between heaven and earth. Distant mountains, forests, and rivers could still be roughly discerned.

What truly stunned him was another cable about a kilometer ahead...

The long, seemingly endless queue of cable cars stretched parallel to their cableway, disappearing into the distant mist. The red and white cabins gleamed with the same metallic sheen in the morning light.

Each carriage was about ten meters apart, hanging neatly on the cable like beads strung on a line.

Su Mu stared at the cable for several seconds, then opened the chat channel.

Sure enough, the news has already caused a sensation.

"Holy crap! Did you guys see that? There's another cable over there!"

"I see it! It's about one kilometer to our left!"

"So there are other cable cars? Not just this one?"

"Nonsense, there are billions of people in the world, and each cable only serves a thousand people. How many cables do you think that would be?"

"So we have nearly two thousand people now? That feels much safer!"

"Many hands make light work; it'll be much easier to form teams in the future!"

Su Mu frowned slightly as he looked at the messages.

Most people cheered, thinking that more people was a good thing. After all, humans are social animals, and the more people there are, the stronger the sense of security.

But a message made him stop scrolling.

A person named Zhao Lei posted the following:

"Does having more people necessarily mean better things? Have you considered that there might be more monsters too? And... who said that everything on that cable is a person?"

The channel went silent instantly.

Several seconds passed before someone replied:

"Zhao Lei, shut up! Can't you speak properly if you can't even speak properly?"

"Exactly! Who are you trying to scare?"

"What the hell...?"

Although everyone was cursing, Su Mu noticed that the cheers had significantly decreased.

He understands this reaction.

Zhao Lei's words were indeed unsettling, but he was stating the truth. Whether the monsters would become stronger with increased population density was anyone's guess. More importantly... would the people on that cable truly be friendly?

So far, the overall atmosphere on their channel has been pretty good. Although there are five troublemakers blocking the entrance, at least there haven't been any large-scale malicious incidents. People are trading and forming teams as usual, so things are relatively normal.

But what about the other cable?

Do they have someone like Zhou Zhenguo who can organize everyone? Do they have scum like those five trash blocking the door? Are they cooperating to survive, or is it a survival-of-the-fittest mentality?

Su Mu shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

When soldiers come, we'll block them; when water comes, we'll dam it. Thinking too much is useless.

He turned his gaze downwards towards the cable car.

At this moment, the cable car wasn't very high, about two or three hundred meters above the ground. The jungle below was clearly visible... the dense canopy of trees formed a deep green ocean, with occasional exposed rocks and winding streams in sight.

He vaguely saw something darting around quickly under the tree canopy.

He couldn't see it clearly. It was too fast, flashing by in an instant, like the back of a large animal, or something he didn't want to delve into.

Su Mu withdrew his gaze.

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