"Alright, we should get going too!"

After seeing Lin Shu Tong off, Auntie Zhao's convoy also began preparing to depart.

Many people were bidding reluctant farewells.

The Fair Convoy side was also packing up.

Auntie Zhao didn't plan to venture deep into this brand-new continent. What Cha Wu said earlier was correct; no one knew what would happen on this new land.

Therefore, their plan was to return to the original world.

Even though that place was full of dangers, at least there were cities where they could scavenge for supplies.

"When the time comes for the Return to the City Plan, will your convoy go?"

Auntie Zhao asked.

Chu Che nodded: "We'll go. Whether we succeed or not, we have to at least try..."

Auntie Zhao fished a cigarette from her pocket, lit it, took a drag, exhaled a puff of smoke, and then sighed: "Yeah, we have to try..."

"Constantly migrating like this isn't a long-term solution!"

"People, without roots, can't live long!"

"Alright then, see you during the Return to the City Plan!"

"Mmm... Zhao Hongmei, goodbye!"

"Chu Che, goodbye!"

Auntie Zhao turned and walked to her vehicle.

The engine started. Auntie Zhao glanced at Chu Che, and the convoy slowly drove away.

The distance between the two convoys grew larger and larger.

"Actually, Auntie Zhao is a pretty good person!"

Suddenly, a cheeky, teasing voice sounded right next to Chu Che's ear.

Chu Che didn't need to turn around to know who it was.

But the current Chu Che simply had no mind to respond to Chen Ye on this topic.

Chen Ye chuckled slyly and continued: "Actually, that day, I saw a photo of Auntie Zhao when she was young. Damn, she was a real beauty!"

"If Auntie Zhao were young, she definitely wouldn't have looked twice at you!"

"Actually, I think age isn't a problem. It's the apocalypse, so don't worry about what others think. Live a little more freely, there's nothing wrong with that."

"Get lost, get lost..."

It was only later that Chu Che, Chen Ye, and the others found out.

Auntie Zhao wasn't some love-struck old lady; she was just good at expressing her emotions.

It's just that this kind of passionate, love-and-hate personality appearing on an elderly woman felt somewhat incongruous to many.

If Auntie Zhao's personality appeared on a young girl.

People would definitely find her quite charismatic.

The only thing that felt abrupt was the age issue.

It was only later that Chu Che, Chen Ye, and the others found out.

The reason Auntie Zhao was so proactive was because Chu Che resembled Auntie Zhao's husband from her youth, both in looks and demeanor...

It was only later that Chu Che, Chen Ye, and the others found out.

Actually, Auntie Zhao's husband died young, and Auntie Zhao had remained a widow all these years.

It was only because Auntie Zhao missed her husband too much that such a misunderstanding occurred.

Although this experience was quite melodramatic.

But... there was no follow-up...

"Xue Nan, is the engine replaced?"

Chu Che called out loudly.

Xue Nan quickly ran over: "Squad Leader Chu, it's been replaced! We can depart anytime!"

"Good, get ready, we should get going too!"

"Oh, right, have all the headlights been checked?"

"All checked! No problems."

Back in the Oasis, Chu Che and Sun Xixi's off-road vehicles had been fitted with Heart Engines.

But the current situation was special. If they ran out of fuel, Iron Lion's school bus and the other two vehicles probably wouldn't be able to continue.

So, after a brief discussion, Chu Che and Sun Xixi decided to swap these two Heart Engines into Iron Lion's school bus and Bus Number Six.

Chu Che and Sun Xixi switched back to their previous engines.

This could save on fuel consumption.

After all, Heart Engines could use blood as a substitute for fuel.

Furthermore, these two vehicles had much more space than Chu Che and Sun Xixi's personal vehicles.

If something happened, they could also achieve optimal value utilization.

As for Chen Ye's Monster Pickup Truck, it was a Wonder.

So there was no need to swap its engine.

Thus, although Chen Ye's vehicle was shabby and tattered.

It was still the envy of many.

After leaving the hot spring hill, Chu Che had always wanted to return to the extension line of the boundary between the two worlds.

The convoy kept stopping and starting.

But the Eternal Night phenomenon didn't stop; instead, it seemed to be getting worse.

Previously, although there was no sun during the day, there was at least some daylight.

Even without headlights, relying on a Superhuman's eyesight, they could still continue driving.

On the first day after leaving the hot spring hill.

During daytime travel, the convoy already had to drive with headlights on.

Otherwise, they couldn't see the road conditions clearly at all.

But even so, the situation didn't improve.

Chen Ye's Monster Pickup Truck had a flat tire.

Originally, when parting with the Happy Family convoy, Chen Ye planned to find that Insect Breeder guy to trade for some Tire Worms.

But that guy's asking price was just too outrageously exploitative.

So he gave up on that idea.

Who would have thought he'd get a flat tire on the very first day after leaving the hot spring hill.

Fortunately, the convoy still had quite a few spare tires.

But there weren't any tires that perfectly matched the Monster Pickup Truck.

In the apocalypse, you couldn't have everything prepared perfectly.

Nor could you achieve one hundred percent perfection in everything.

Therefore, Chen Ye picked one that was barely suitable.

Having something to use was good enough; Chen Ye wasn't in a position to be picky.

Thus, the Monster Pickup Truck's body was a bit lopsided and wobbly all day.

Also, the Monster Pickup Truck's headlights weren't in great condition.

As night fell, the headlights were still somewhat usable during the day.

But by night, the headlight brightness was clearly insufficient.

More serious situations were still occurring.

Gasoline reserves were also running low.

Even though they had increased fuel tank capacity.

Gasoline would eventually run out one day.

For the Monster Pickup Truck, solving the gasoline reserve problem wasn't impossible.

All Chen Ye had to do was let the Monster Pickup Truck devour a person.

As long as it was done cleanly, no one would ever know.

But... this kind of situation was something Chen Ye still didn't want to encounter.

There were already very few people left in this world.

The Oasis lost several thousand people, pushing humanity, already teetering on the brink, another step closer to the abyss of extinction.

Chen Ye had thought about trying meatworms or chickens.

It wasn't that they couldn't be used.

It's just that the Monster Pickup Truck showed extremely strong resistance.

But fortunately, the Monster Pickup Truck itself still had some battery reserve.

The previous two kilowatt-hours, plus the fact that the Monster Pickup Truck was originally modified from the "chopped pepper fish head," which itself had ten kilowatt-hours.

That was enough to use as an emergency backup.

The Eternal Night situation was strange.

The blood moon, which used to appear punctually every night in the past.

Now rarely appeared.

Previously, they guessed the Eternal Night situation was caused by venturing too deep into this world.

Now it seemed that guess might be wrong.

The scope of the Eternal Night's influence might be larger than everyone imagined.

At night, the convoy found a relatively decent spot to camp.

Because the Eternal Night situation was getting worse, no one was in much mood for conversation.

During the evening rest, Chen Ye also checked the recovery status of his Supernatural Power.

Fortunately, the situation was still pretty good.

Currently recovered about seventy to eighty percent.

Chen Ye looked at the Slaughter Points balance on his System.

Over three hundred thousand Slaughter Points lay quietly there.

Previously, due to suspicions about transitioning to the Blood Moon Lord path, Chen Ye had been holding back on using his upgrade abilities.

The appearance of Eternal Night, plus his own strength having recovered somewhat.

Chen Ye planned to modify the Monster Pickup Truck a bit to adapt to the future Eternal Night phenomenon.

Thankfully, he now had over three hundred thousand Slaughter Points.

Enough to handle the Monster Pickup Truck's modification and upgrade.

The headlights needed modification, and the tires too.

It would be best if he could repair the solar power supply system.

If he could make the solar system charge even at night.

Perhaps he could completely break free from the fuel problem.

Also, the Monster Pickup Truck was currently still just a pickup truck.

After upgrading the cargo bed, at most it was a truck with a cargo box.

If dangerous situations were encountered, the Monster Pickup Truck would become his shelter.

Therefore, there were still many areas where the Monster Pickup Truck needed upgrading.