Apocalyptic Extraordinary Convoy, I'm really not weird!

"Xu Xin?"

Su Ye asked.

"right."

Wu Feng said,

He said that before the end of the world came, he and Xu Xin made an appointment to meet in her hometown village in the countryside if something happened.

We searched all the way there, and luckily, the village was in a remote location, and initially there weren't any particularly strange or dangerous things. Xu Xin survived and waited for us.

Su Ye's mind flashed back to Xu Xin's dying moments, the woman consumed by blood flames.

"And then?"

Wu Feng sighed:

"After that, the team gradually developed."

Zhou Lie... has a fiery temper, but he's incredibly good to his teammates.

Several times when danger was involved, he was the one who rushed to the front.

He deserves a lot of credit for the team's survival until now.

Su Ye noticed the hesitation in his words.

"but?"

Wu Feng remained silent for a few seconds, seemingly considering his words.

"His temper...wasn't this bad at first."

He spoke slowly,

"Later, on one occasion, he accidentally killed an ordinary person."

It wasn't intentional. The situation was chaotic; the other person struck first, and he hit too hard...

By the time they realized what was happening, the person was already dead.

Wang Kui said in a deep voice from the side:

"I remember that time."

Afterwards, Brother Lie was stunned for a long time, without saying a word.

Wu Feng nodded:

"From then on, his temper became more and more explosive."

The more people you kill, the less control you have.

At first, we thought it was a side effect of the sequence; his 'Bloodflame' sequence was inherently a bit strange.

Su Ye's pupils contracted slightly.

"Did he kill many people?"

Wu Feng smiled wryly:

"In the apocalypse, who doesn't have blood on their hands?"

But Zhou Lie is different...

After he killed someone, he would sometimes stare at the corpse for a long time, his eyes looking strange.

I asked him, and he said it was a sequence backlash, and that I just needed to rest.

Su Ye fell silent, and Zhou Lie's eyes, pulsating with blood flames, reappeared in his mind.

"Didn't you have any doubts?"

Wu Feng looked at him, his gaze complex: "Suspicion about what?"

"I suspect he may have already been corrupted."

Wu Feng did not answer immediately.

After a long while, he finally spoke, his voice low and deep:

"I've thought about it. But I have no evidence. And..."

He paused:

"He is our teammate."

"We've been through so many life-and-death situations together, I can't let a little doubt lead me to..."

He didn't continue.

Wang Kui whispered to himself:

"Brother Feng, I feel the same way."

Later, the way Brother Lie sometimes looked at people gave me the creeps.

Chen Shou frowned:

"How could Zhou Lie, who loves her so much, not have noticed that Xu Xin was being corrupted?"

Wu Feng remained silent.

Su Ye said slowly:

"The first game is over, and the maximum level is three."

The second game has a maximum level of six.

If Zhou Lie participated in the first event, then his reaching the third rank in just over a month during the apocalypse would make sense.

Wu Feng clenched his fist.

"You mean... he was already an Awakener when he met us?"

Su Ye nodded:

"Maybe even earlier."

Wu Feng remained silent for a long time before finally speaking, his voice hoarse:

"Then he'll look for Xu Xin..."

"Perhaps it's true."

Su Ye said,

"Maybe he just wants to find someone like him."

After all, Xu Xin was later corrupted as well.

Chen Shou cursed under his breath:

"What the hell is going on?"

Su Ye raised his head, his gaze piercing through the darkness, looking towards the second floor.

Zhou Lie said that humans are too weak and can only survive by becoming monsters.

The overlap of the two worlds is inevitable; this is only the initial stage.

When the bizarre world truly descends, humanity will be powerless to resist.

Everyone fell silent.

After a long while, Chen Shou asked:

"What are you planning to do?"

Su Ye didn't answer immediately. He looked down at his wristband, where he had given over a hundred stars to his teammates, leaving him with over three hundred stars.

Enough, yet not enough.

After all, they need more.

He looked up at the group.

"Next, I'll work with you guys on creating stars."

Otherwise, given your current situation, you might not be able to sustain this."

Chen Shouyi was taken aback:

"Aren't you going back upstairs?"

Su Ye shook his head:

"We want to go back, but not now."

"In your current state, if you encounter another group of people, you'll all be wiped out here."

Wu Feng opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but found that he couldn't refute it.

They really suffered a lot.

They were all wounded, and their fighting strength was reduced by more than half. If Su Ye hadn't arrived in time, they would already be six corpses.

Old Zhao was panting heavily, looking at Su Ye:

"You brat...aren't you going to find Zhou Lie?"

Su Ye's gaze remained calm:

"He can't escape. Let's focus on the present."

He stood up and glanced at the group.

"Take a ten-minute break, then continue."

There's not much time left on the first floor; you need to collect enough stars before the second round starts.

Ten minutes later.

The seven people stood up from the corner and checked each other's injuries.

Chen Shou's shoulder was simply bandaged, Wu Feng's left arm was repositioned by Wang Kui and then secured with a strip of cloth, Lin Wei's abdominal wound was treated again, and Li Xiaowei changed into the coat Su Ye gave her. Her face was still pale, but her eyes were much more steady than before.

"What's the next step?"

Chen Shou asked Su Ye,

"Most of us are wounded; we can't fight head-on."

Su Ye's gaze swept over the group, and he slowly revealed his plan.

"You will be the bait."

Old Zhao was taken aback:

"What?"

"Bait".

Su Ye repeated it.

"You guys walking in front look like a group of wounded soldiers."

Well, they're a bunch of wounded people anyway, so someone will definitely try to take advantage of them.

Once the others catch up, lead them to a secluded spot, and I'll clean up the mess.

Wu Feng frowned:

"What if they outnumber us and we can't hold out until you get there?"

Su Ye shook his head:

I will always follow you.

All you have to do is lead them into the restroom or the meeting room, and I'll take care of the rest.

Chen Shou thought for a moment and nodded:

"You can give it a try."

Old Zhao grinned:

"Even my old bones can be used as bait."

Lin Wei and Li Xiaowei exchanged a glance, said nothing, but clearly breathed a sigh of relief. With Su Ye backing them up, their safety was assured.

"Let's go."

Su Ye waved his hand.

"Time is running out."

The first wave of targets appeared faster than expected.

Chen Shou led a few people and deliberately walked in a conspicuous position in the hall.

The six men were all injured and staggered as they walked, looking like defeated soldiers who had just escaped from a battle.

Old Zhao's performance was the most convincing. He was already old, and with his injuries, he had to lean against the wall to catch his breath after walking just a few steps. Anyone who saw him would think he was an easy target.

Within five minutes, someone had their eyes on them.

A group of five people followed from the opposite corner, trailing behind at a distance that was neither too close nor too far.

Chen Shou caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of his eye, and lowered his voice to the person next to him:

"They're here."

Wu Feng nodded:

Keep walking, don't look back.

The six pretended not to notice and continued moving forward toward the designated toilet.