Suddenly hearing someone speak gave Chen Ye the feeling of hearing thunder echo through an empty valley.

Chen Ye transformed into green smoke and vanished from his spot.

This was no good place. Hearing human voices suddenly might not be a good thing at all.

There were far too many Anomalies capable of imitating human voices and forms.

"Sis, they... they're finally gone!"

This was a voice filled with immense relief.

Yet, the voice also betrayed boundless fear and a sense of having narrowly escaped.

"We... we survived..."

"Wuwuwu... we didn't die..."

"I'm not dead, hahahaha..."

For a moment, a cacophony of various voices flooded Chen Ye's ears.

Some of these voices sounded somewhat familiar.

The source of these voices was not far from the shelter Chen Ye had just built.

It was a battered and broken-down bus.

If Chen Ye hadn't been sufficiently familiar with this vehicle, he probably wouldn't have recognized it as the convoy's Bus Number Seven at all.

The current state of Bus Number Seven was utterly pitiful.

It looked as if someone had hammered the surface of the vehicle countless times with a small mallet.

Not only was the entire body riddled with dents and pits, but most of the windows were shattered. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Many of the window openings were blocked with makeshift replacements.

What's more, the bus door was the most tragic sight of all.

It was in even worse shape than the door of his Monster Pickup Truck before.

This bus was different from Chen Ye's Monster Pickup Truck.

The Monster Pickup Truck, including the cabin door, had a total of five doors.

This bus only had one door, located at the front.

But now...

The door had long since disappeared without a trace.

The doorway was blocked by a pile of miscellaneous junk.

Quite a few people were weeping, their faces buried in their hands.

Those faint sobbing sounds came from these weeping individuals.

Some people wore numb expressions, staring blankly into the depths of the darkness.

Others looked like they were still shaken by lingering fear.

It was a portrait of survivors after a catastrophe.

Someone was also holding a flashlight, directing others to move the junk blocking the doorway.

The junk at the entrance was quickly cleared away, but these people still didn't dare to get off the bus.

They only dared to shine their flashlights from inside the bus into the darkness.

Attempting to make out something within the gloom.

Chen Ye quickly recognized this group of people, and also spotted Xu Lina among them, who seemed to have undergone some kind of evolution.

But Chen Ye didn't rashly step forward to greet them.

Who knew if these were Anomalies impersonating them?

It wasn't until someone spotted the shelter on Chen Ye's side.

"Sister Lina, over there... there's a building over there!"

Suddenly, someone's flashlight beam swept over.

Immediately after, two more flashlight beams followed.

Within the light, Chen Ye's rugged shelter appeared distinctly.

Thick logs driven into the ground formed an unimaginably crude wooden hut.

Xu Lina followed the light and looked over.

What she saw, however, was a familiar figure.

A single crimson eye, an expressionless face that seemed cold and aloof.

Giving off an aura of being difficult to approach.

Chen Ye???

Xu Lina's heart gave a slight tremble.

For a moment, a whirlwind of emotions erupted within her.

Excitement, grievance, complaint, resentment, sweetness...

They exploded like fireworks.

This was the first time...

The first time Xu Lina was facing Chen Ye with the mindset of a Superhuman.

Before, Xu Lina had always longed for Chen Ye to spare her a second glance.

She had always deliberately tried to showcase her capabilities in front of Chen Ye.

Afraid that one day she'd be deemed useless and abandoned.

Back then, she was just an ordinary person.

When facing Chen Ye, she had always habitually looked up at him.

If she hadn't used his name and reputation, the position of managing Bus Number Seven would never have fallen to her.

She wouldn't have attained the status she had before either.

Xu Lina's eyes, which could drip with seduction, tried to look at the man with the crimson eye before her with a detached, faint emotion.

She wanted to retract the seductive glint in her eyes, to mimic the way Sun Xixi and Ding Dong looked at Chen Ye.

I'm different now!

This was the signal Xu Lina wanted to convey to Chen Ye!

But...

But for some reason.

The seductive gleam in her eyes simply wouldn't retract, only becoming increasingly alluring.

Ah...

Xu Lina let out a faint sigh in her heart.

Fine, in front of this man, I will always be Xu Lina...

"Mr. Chen..."

Xu Lina still bowed her head slightly.

Chen Ye had absolutely no idea about the internal monologue happening within Xu Lina at that moment.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

Chen Ye was simply admiring the beauty before him; this woman seemed like she had undergone a version upgrade.

Her entire being radiated a stunning charm.

This kind of charm was completely different from that of Sun Xixi and Zhou Xiaoxiao.

"You... are you sure you want to walk this path?"

Chen Ye's voice wasn't loud.

But Xu Lina instantly understood his meaning.

Being a Wonder Symbiont was not an easy path to walk.

Moreover, the Corroding Marrow Six Eyes only had a serial number in the six-thousands.

With such a low number, probably very few people would choose it!

Xu Lina still kept her head slightly bowed. Even though she had become a Wonder Symbiont, in front of Chen Ye, Xu Lina still felt she had no real capital.

"I had no choice!"

A strand of hair slipped down from her temple as Xu Lina lowered her head.

Chen Ye took a deep look at Xu Lina and didn't pursue the question further.

"How did you all survive?..."

From Xu Lina's account, Chen Ye understood that the scale of the Anomaly Tides they each encountered was completely different.

Xu Lina and her group hadn't encountered those Tall, Thin Figures at all, nor the creatures covered in festering sores.

Although the numbers were large, it wasn't completely hopeless.

And...

Chen Ye swept his gaze over the members of Bus Number Seven.

This bus originally had around thirty people.

Now only about twenty remained.

Perhaps even fewer than twenty.

Chen Ye even noticed that several somewhat familiar faces were missing.

Seeing Chen Ye's gaze sweep over, the people who had been chattering and whispering instantly fell silent.

Many of them stole glances towards Xu Lina.

Xu Lina, however, wasn't nervous in the slightest. She just stood straight, legs together, a bright smile on her face.

"I believe Mr. Chen, in that situation earlier, would have done the same!"

This statement seemed abrupt and out of context.

But Xu Lina believed Chen Ye would definitely understand.

Chen Ye gave Xu Lina a faint glance and didn't say a word.

Only the warning glint in his Blood Eye made Xu Lina tremble slightly.

Only now did Xu Lina finally understand the terror of the man before her.

Before, as an ordinary person, she didn't understand Sequence 3, didn't understand the oppressive aura of the Blood Moon Lord.

Now, as a Superhuman, facing that faint glance from Chen Ye just now, Xu Lina felt she had been seen through completely, from head to toe, inside and out.

"I'm sorry!"

Xu Lina bowed her head slightly.

"Ah... it's Mr. Chen! It's Mr. Chen..."

Surprised whispers came from inside the bus.

It seemed that seeing Chen Ye suddenly made these people feel an unprecedented sense of security.

Before, Chen Ye represented terror and isolation.

Now, Chen Ye's appearance was enough to bring these people a powerful sense of safety.

After all, Chen Ye was an established, veteran Superhuman, far better than Xu Lina who had just awakened.

"Mr. Chen is finally back. If he finds out what Xu Lina did..."

"Idiot, keep your voice down!"

"Hahaha... Xu Lina is Mr. Chen's person. If you dare go tattle, believe me, you'll be the next one thrown off the bus..."

"This..."

"No, stop talking, all of you. Look, what's that over there?"

"Where? Where?"

"Dumbass, over there... seems like there's something..."