Chen Ye checked the System's Slaughter Points balance.

Previously, upgrading the vehicle body shell's rigidity had cost over thirty thousand, causing the Slaughter Points to drop below three hundred thousand.

Later, during the second Anomaly Tide, the Slaughter Points received some replenishment.

The current Slaughter Points balance was three hundred and twenty thousand.

Chen Ye asked the System, and repairing the solar charging panel actually required seven thousand Slaughter Points.

This price still made Chen Ye feel it was a bit hard to bear.

Seven thousand...

And this was because this solar charging panel hadn't undergone any major upgrades.

If he upgraded the solar charging panel on the vehicle roof this time, would the repair price be even higher if it got damaged in the future?

If he didn't repair it, there was no way to upgrade it either.

Moreover, there was no room for bargaining on this, he couldn't even optimize some unnecessary items.

Chen Ye gritted his teeth, fine, repair it then.

He asked the System for the price to improve the solar energy efficiency conversion on the vehicle roof.

The System directly quoted thirty-five thousand.

Damn...

And this was just for upgrading part of the solar panels on the roof of the cab.

Added together, that was forty-two thousand Slaughter Points.

Forty-two thousand.

If he included the solar charging panel on the carriage roof, it would probably require close to a hundred thousand Slaughter Points.

Damn...

Chen Ye wanted to curse out loud.

But facing the System's calm, almost deathly silent attitude, Chen Ye knew that cursing wouldn't solve any problems.

"How long will the upgrade take?"

Chen Ye finally asked this most critical question.

The upgraded solar charging panel needed to be put into use immediately.

If it required several days of upgrade time, then forget it.

Fortunately, the time given by the System, including repairing the solar panels, totaled twelve hours.

Chen Ye calculated, it was currently one in the morning.

Twelve hours would end at one in the afternoon.

The daylight at that time would be at its brightest.

According to the parameters given by the System.

After the upgrade, under the level of weak daylight at noon, it would take twelve hours to fully charge twelve kilowatt-hours of electricity.

Twelve hours, by then the third Anomaly Tide would have already erupted.

Twelve hours...

Chen Ye scratched his head, looking very conflicted.

To upgrade or not?

If he didn't upgrade...

Then the third wave of the Anomaly Tide would have to be endured head-on.

If he upgraded, even if it couldn't fully charge, at least it would be somewhat usable.

At least it could charge about half.

As the saying goes, something is better than nothing.

Of course, this was only for that small patch of solar charging panel on the cab roof.

If he also installed solar charging panels on the carriage roof position.

The price quoted by the System was ninety thousand Slaughter Points, and twenty-five hours.

The reason given by the System was that installing solar charging panels on the carriage roof had a larger area, a bit more than double that of the cab roof.

Moreover, the solar charging panel on the cab roof was an upgrade.

The solar charging panel on the carriage roof was from scratch.

The processes involved were different.

Regarding this, Chen Ye could only remain silent.

If he upgraded everything, it would require at least over one hundred and thirty thousand.

By then, his current Slaughter Points probably wouldn't even be enough.

He still hadn't upgraded his cultivation technique.

After thinking about it, he could only give up on this tempting upgrade idea.

He could only upgrade the cab roof solar charging panel first.

At least when the third wave of the Anomaly Tide arrived, he wouldn't be completely without means.

After upgrading the solar charging panel, if there was still time, he would repair the vehicle body.

As for the second wave of solar upgrades...

He'd think about it later.

After finalizing the upgrade direction.

A large upgrade countdown appeared on the roof of the cab.

"Mr. Chen, dinner's ready!"

Just as he finalized the upgrade plan, he heard Xu Lina's voice, sweet to the point of being cloying.

Chen Ye silently complained in his heart: this fake sweet voice is truly unbeatable.

Finally, he didn't have to cook himself.

Chen Ye also breathed a slight sigh of relief.

When he came out of the vehicle.

He found the area around the camp had also been cleaned up.

Those fallen leaves had been swept to the surroundings and piled into a high circle, looking like a wall made of fallen leaves.

A bonfire had also been lit.

The wood used to light the bonfire was all the discarded wood from Chen Ye's shelter that had been destroyed by the Door-Opening Anomalies.

The faint fragrance of burning wood lingered around the camp.

It was a scent similar to sandalwood mixed with an unknown fragrance.

Smelling it made people feel very relaxed and comfortable.

It seemed that because of the existence of this fragrance, the survivors around the camp had many more smiles on their faces, and their expressions were much more relaxed.

If it were before the apocalypse, this kind of wood would probably be hyped to sky-high prices.

Probably someone would even make it into bracelets to carry around.

Unfortunately, now it could only be used as fuel for the bonfire.

Next to the camp, a thick tree lay haphazardly on its side.

This was the result of Xu Lina's work with the knife Chen Ye had given her earlier.

This result was something Chen Ye hadn't expected.

You should know, Hatred had the "Hidden Edge" ability, plus Chen Ye was also the acknowledged wielder of Hatred, that's why he could seemingly chop down these big trees without much effort.

Yet Xu Lina, holding this knife, even though she hadn't gained the knife's acknowledgment.

Could still use this knife to chop down those big trees.

You should know, previously other survivors using their own tools almost couldn't achieve this level.

It seemed this knife was more powerful than he had imagined.

Perhaps its number was within one thousand five hundred.

Xu Lina was also now looking at this big knife Chen Ye had casually tossed to her with newfound respect.

To achieve this level without being an acknowledged wielder.

Then if she were acknowledged...

She had also used bullets to blast through some big trees before, and precisely because she had done that before.

She knew exactly how difficult it was.

That was a Wonder she was symbiotic with.

If she were symbiotic with this knife...

Just thinking about it, Xu Lina felt regretful...

However, such a good thing, Mr. Chen definitely wouldn't give it to me.

Xu Lina just thought about it, then gave up on this unrealistic idea.

Everything had already happened.

What was the use of regretting now.

Corroding Marrow Six Eyes was also very strong.

Even though it was very imperfect.

Tonight's dinner, no, it should be said the dinner looked much better than the messy stew Chen Ye made himself.

Since everyone had quite a bit of harvest earlier, the atmosphere in the camp looked very lively.

There was even someone who brought out a can of beer to share, this can of beer was found earlier in the leaf pile.

There was only this one can.

One can of beer, each person could only get a very small sip.

But it still made many people's faces show satisfied smiles.

Xu Lina was now a Superhuman, therefore, according to the convoy's rules, she was also qualified to enjoy the special meals.

Xu Lina held a bowl, enjoying the rare Superhuman delicacies while staring blankly at the bonfire in a daze.

A strand of hair slipped down from her temple, perfectly framing Xu Lina's face.

"Mr. Chen... tell me, how much longer can we live? Or just a few more hours?"

Xu Lina's sudden emotional surge made her look heartbreakingly melancholic.

Chen Ye thought for a moment, then said, "If things go smoothly, we probably won't live for twenty-four hours!"

Xu Lina was stunned, then gave Chen Ye a reproachful yet charming sideways glance, "Mr. Chen, are you always such a killjoy?"