The moment the faint self-illumination lit up along with all the vehicles.

All the surrounding Anomalies immediately stopped moving.

Only those shadowy figures in the darkness were still approaching with stiff steps.

At the outer edge of the light, they halted.

Those standing figures stood in the middle of the Sea of Chaotic Graves.

Like gravestones marking these tombs.

The men and women whose hair had been grabbed by the Anomalies seized this opportunity, quickly breaking free from those monstrous grips, struggling and crawling back into the crowd.

Even if it meant losing a chunk of scalp in the process, they didn't care.

No one mocked the wet patches left on the ground.

In the face of Anomalies, ordinary people were nothing but lambs to the slaughter.

Those seven or eight Anomaly figures seemed as if they had been hit by a freezing spell, even their eyes frozen still.

A few bold men, shaken and unhinged by fear, grew enraged.

As if they felt their earlier performance had been too disgraceful.

They pulled knives and axes from under the vehicle.

Even though these weapons had limited effect against Anomalies and Superhumans.

Many people still carried personal weapons.

For instance, Xu Lina always carried a fruit knife for self-defense even before she became a Superhuman.

These weapons weren't primarily meant for dealing with Anomalies.

But now...

The appearance of these terrifying beings brought extreme fear to everyone.

"Damn it, you think I'm easy to mess with?"

"Kill them!"

"Kill!"

Several men grabbed their knives, clubs, and axes and charged forward.

One man raised his weapon and brought it down, aiming at the Anomaly that couldn't move at all, its face stitched into a smile with needle and thread.

Since there was no Superhuman on this bus.

Only a temporary convoy manager.

The new manager lacked authority and couldn't stop their actions at all.

Under the angry, terrified, and hopeful gazes of the crowd.

The Anomaly was decapitated by the man's blade.

Decapitated...

Head...

In that instant, everyone was stunned.

This...

How could this be...

How could an Anomaly be decapitated by a man with a knife?

The Anomalies they'd encountered before were impervious not just to knives, but even to guns, cannons, and missiles.

Only Superhumans could deal with Anomalies!

But now...

Even the man who had swung the blade hadn't expected this outcome.

Looking at the head on the ground.

The man bent down and grabbed the Anomaly's head in his hands.

The Anomaly's head was undoubtedly terrifying.

But since the apocalypse, what hadn't they seen?

Just an Anomaly head.

Then, the entire bus erupted in thunderous cheers.

"Oh...~~~"

"We..."

"It's dead, it's dead..."

"They can die too!"

"Wahhh..."

It wasn't that no ordinary person had ever killed an Anomaly.

But that required immense coincidence and incredible luck.

It was an astronomically small probability.

Even if it had happened, the ordinary people in the convoy had never witnessed it.

When ordinary people encountered Anomalies, it was like facing natural predators—there was almost no room for resistance.

But now...

Cheers echoed through the entire bus.

Even people in the surrounding vehicles cast curious glances.

When they saw that someone had actually killed an Anomaly, they erupted.

Chen Ye was still studying the Monster Pickup Truck's self-illumination state.

For some reason, although the self-illumination spread through the convoy.

There were differences in intensity.

For example, the few beat-up buses carrying the most people were actually the brightest.

Meanwhile, his Monster Pickup Truck only had a thin layer of faint white light.

This light wasn't even as bright as the truck's headlight system.

Quite a few Anomalies were also lingering not far from the Monster Pickup Truck.

Just as Chen Ye was comparing his vehicle to the others.

Cheers reached his ears.

Chen Ye turned his head and saw a man on one of the buses holding an Anomaly head high above the crowd.

He was basking in the crowd's cheers, looking smug.

As if he had just done something praiseworthy.

Chen Ye's face immediately darkened.

The first rule when encountering Anomalies was to run.

Fighting was always the last resort.

Because once you fought an Anomaly, it would attract others.

Endlessly.

Unless you were confident you could wipe out every Anomaly in the world.

That was also why so many cities had become human exclusion zones.

As their Sequences rose, Chen Ye and the others' combat power had skyrocketed.

Some low-level Anomalies could be dealt with easily.

But as soon as one Anomaly was killed, others nearby would quickly notice and come swarming.

Like waves, endless and inexhaustible.

There was still a mysterious connection between Anomalies that humans couldn't understand.

Kill one Anomaly, and the others would sense it immediately.

That was one of the fundamental reasons humans had to live a migratory existence.

Ordinary people weren't unaware of this rule.

But before today, none of them had ever witnessed anyone killing an Anomaly right before their eyes.

Now, in this moment... it brought an immense shock to every ordinary person.

"Damn it, that idiot!"

A curse came through the radio from Chu Che.

"That moron will get us all killed!"

"Iron Lion, go handle it! We need to get out of here as fast as possible!"

The moment he finished speaking.

Chen Ye saw the back door of the school bus swing open.

The school bus was badly damaged, its entire rear door nearly torn off.

God knows what Iron Lion had gone through during the Anomaly Tide.

Iron Lion's massive figure jumped directly out of the bus.

He strode straight to that bus.

In just that short time.

The seven or eight Anomalies on that bus had all been hacked to pieces by the survivors wielding their weapons.

Not even a complete arm remained.

For the first time, for the first time, human weapons had proven effective against Anomalies.

With the first person taking the lead, the rest naturally had no more fear.

Those who survived the apocalypse might have bad judgment.

But they definitely weren't cowards.

Even if some were timid, after experiencing so many terrifying things, their courage had been forcibly tempered.

After Iron Lion got on the bus, there was a brief commotion, then silence.

Presumably, with Iron Lion's terrifying appearance, calming things down wasn't a problem.

That was what Chen Ye thought too. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"Squad Leader Chu, what do we do now?"

A somewhat unfamiliar and hesitant voice came through the radio.

Hearing this voice, Chen Ye paused slightly.

It was Gong Yong's voice.

He was probably worried that the earlier incident would stir up the Anomalies, hence the question.

As a Superhuman, he thought about problems the same way as other Superhumans.

So, he also understood what Chu Che's earlier words meant.

Previously, Dr. Zhou's vehicle didn't have a radio.

After all, the entire convoy only had a few radios.

They were all assigned to vehicles with Superhumans.

Ordinary people's vehicles didn't have them.

Now that Gong Yong was chiming in, he obviously had some means to do so.

Such things shouldn't be too troublesome for someone in the Mechanic Sequence.

"What else can we do? We need to get out of here as fast as possible!"

"By the way, Gong Yong, what exactly is that thing of yours?"

Chu Che voiced the question everyone was wondering.

"Squad Leader Chu, this is a Wonder, called the 'Meddling Kerosene Lamp!'"

"Number 7982, it only has one effect: it makes all designated objects within a certain range emit light!"

"The more people there are, the brighter the light!"

So it was a kerosene lamp.

Chen Ye silently grumbled to himself—this guy's kerosene lamp and the other's lantern both looked pretty retro.

Chen Ye glanced at the faint glow around his Monster Pickup Truck and understood.

There was only himself on the Monster Pickup Truck.

That's why the self-illumination was so weak.

After a moment's thought, Chen Ye turned off all the truck's lights.

Save a bit of power if he could.

Just as Chen Ye turned off the lights.

The surrounding area suddenly became crowded with more shadowy figures.

But they were all kept at bay by the truck's faint glow.

However, Chen Ye also noticed something.

Whenever he got close to Bus Number Six or Bus Number Seven, the solar charging efficiency increased slightly.

Since the solar charging panels were installed on the roof, the self-illumination from other vehicles couldn't be perfectly absorbed by the roof panels.

But a slight increase was still good.

On the side near Bus Number Six and Bus Number Seven, there were no shadowy figures.

On the other side, though, those shadowy figures were quite numerous.

And they were increasing.

Still, Gong Yong was honest—he answered whatever was asked without holding back.

"How long can this thing of yours last?"

That was what Chu Che really cared about.

With such a low ranking, it couldn't possibly be without restrictions.

"No more than two hours per use, and it must be used at least ten hours apart!"

"Uncle Wriggly, what's the side effect?"

This time, it was Dantai Bie who asked.

Gong Yong paused, clearly unhappy about being called "Uncle Wriggly."

But he still stammered out the answer: "It's... it's... growing a full beard!"

"Hahaha..."

"Pfft-pfft-pfft..."

"Hehehe..."

Instantly, laughter exploded from the surrounding vehicles.

So that's how Gong Yong got his beard.

Even though the convoy's situation wasn't great.

Their psychological pressure wasn't that heavy, still able to joke and laugh in the face of danger.

After all, since the apocalypse began, they'd experienced all kinds of dangers.

This current trouble, though troublesome, wasn't something they took too seriously.

"Squad Leader Chu, so what do we do now?"

Gong Yong could obviously hear the laughter, and Chen Ye's was particularly piercing.

But he didn't dare open the window to yell at them.

So he just sullenly changed the subject.

"Alright, alright, everyone stop laughing. It's not like we just found out today that Wonders have side effects."

"Those idiots killed the Anomalies, which will definitely attract a horde!"

"We need to get through this Sea of Chaotic Graves as fast as possible, as fast as possible!"

Get through the Sea of Chaotic Graves?

Chen Ye used the truck's lights to look at the dense graveyard stretching before him, endless.

They had to get through this Sea of Chaotic Graves!!!???

Here, grave mounds pressed against each other, row after row.

There was hardly any flat ground.

This was undoubtedly a huge challenge for the vehicles.

Just then.

Chen Ye heard noisy commotion coming from that bus in the distance.

Hadn't Iron Lion's intervention even solved the problem?

Was it even escalating?