The convoy continued to struggle forward.

Not far around them were those indescribable Anomalies.

In front of the convoy, behind it, to the left and to the right, there were grave mounds rising and falling everywhere.

Even the ground beneath their feet was nothing but grave mounds.

The tires rolled over nothing but grave mounds as well.

Among these grave mounds were rotting figures covered in the stench of dirt everywhere.

Countless dark shadows stacked upon each other.

The convoy moved forward, weaving through this sea of chaotic graves and rotting figures.

A scream rang out.

The people nearby were all startled.

They saw a woman who had just passed a grave mound when a pale, rotting hand reached out from the grave and grabbed her ankle.

The people nearby quickly pulled the woman free from the rotting grip.

The woman was trembling all over from fright.

The pale, rotting hand was illuminated by the lights and froze in place.

Someone angrily charged up and stomped it to mush.

Chen Ye happened to see this but couldn't be bothered to intervene.

After all, they were already surrounded by Anomalies.

Even if they killed a few Anomalies now, the number converging on them wouldn't increase any further.

"Brother Hai, do you think these Anomalies are real or fake?"

At the very back of the convoy, a few men stared at the stomped rotting hand, their expressions uncertain.

An Anomaly that could be crushed underfoot—was that still an Anomaly?

"Cough... how should I know?"

Cheng Hai glared resentfully at the off-road pickup truck at the front of the convoy and lowered his voice.

"No, Brother Hai, I feel like this world is getting stranger and stranger!"

"Back at the woods, those Anomaly Tides came wave after wave!"

"And now there are grave mounds everywhere, Brother Hai..."

"Could it be..."

"Damn it, what exactly are you trying to say?"

Cheng Hai grew impatient.

"Brother Hai, what I mean is, why don't we start our own group and bring Gong Yong along?"

"He's a Superhuman too, and he's weak-willed!"

"As long as we bring him..."

The man's voice grew softer as he spoke, but his eyes grew brighter.

Cheng Hai's eyes also gleamed with a fierce light.

Back in the Doomsday Convoy, Cheng Hai had thrown his weight around thanks to having backing, acting high and mighty in the convoy.

He lived more comfortably than before the apocalypse.

But now...

Of course, they weren't stupid enough to go all out.

They still knew to bring Gong Yong—an easy-to-bully, weak-willed Superhuman—along with them.

Just then.

Everyone felt their vision go dark.

Immediately, commotion erupted in the convoy.

Cheng Hai's heart tightened, and he shouted loudly, "Don't panic, gather around me! Everyone, gather around me..."

It was around ten or eleven in the morning.

The sky was still murky and overcast.

But there was some daylight.

Enough to barely see what was in front of them.

The moment the light went out in the convoy.

The figures hidden in the darkness instantly broke free like hungry wolves.

Those figures rapidly closed in.

Cheng Hai stepped forward, facing the approaching figures, and surprisingly showed no fear at all.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here! Get behind me!"

In that split second, countless thoughts raced through Cheng Hai's mind.

He didn't know why, but he could kill these Anomalies.

If he could use this opportunity to expand his influence in the convoy.

Then when he decided to leave, many would surely support him.

As for going head-to-head with a Superhuman, Cheng Hai wasn't that delusional.

Several figures also appeared behind Cheng Hai.

These were Cheng Hai's old loyalists.

They were the same ones who had tried to mess with Iron Lion and had been taught a lesson by Chen Ye.

Back then, relying on Cheng Hai's connections, they had a comfortable life in the Doomsday Convoy.

With no laws to restrain them, they had done just about everything they could think of.

But now...

As the rotting figures approached, Cheng Hai could even smell the foul stench of earth in his nostrils.

Cheng Hai chuckled, let out a loud shout, and swung his long blade at a nearby Anomaly figure.

Based on the experience in the vehicle earlier.

This blow should kill the Anomaly.

But...

When Cheng Hai swung the blade down.

The weapon did hit something, but the feeling...

It was like chopping into a piece of cured meat that had been aged for over a decade.

Anyone who's eaten cured meat knows that the older the meat, the harder it is to cut or slice through.

Before Cheng Hai could see what was happening, he felt his hair being yanked tight.

Then an irresistible force pulled at his head.

By the time Cheng Hai realized he should scream, it was already too late.

This burly man, nearly six feet tall—almost six foot three—weighing around 180 or 190 pounds.

Was grabbed by the hair by the rotting Anomaly he had just despised and dragged off at high speed.

"Ah... save... save me!"

By the time the last "me" left his lips, Cheng Hai had already been dragged into the sea of graves.

"Ahhhh!"

"Help!!!---"

Cheng Hai wasn't the only one.

The moment the lights went out, cries for help rang out endlessly.

"Turn on the lights!"

Chu Che's voice, somewhat distorted, echoed through the darkness.

Instantly, countless car lights flared to life.

Every lamp that could be lit was turned on.

The crowd panicked like lambs to the slaughter, scattering in all directions.

At least a dozen people were being grabbed by the hair by those rotting figures, about to be dragged into the darkness.

Near the border between light and dark.

Several figures struggled as they were pulled into the darkness.

With just a quick glance, at least twenty people had been dragged into the darkness.

The whole process took less than five seconds.

"Damn it!!!"

Chu Che was furious.

Iron Lion and Sun Xixi immediately reacted.

Iron Lion was the fastest, charging straight into the darkness like a black bear.

The next second, roars and furious shouts erupted from the darkness.

Sun Xixi's expression was also grim. Just moments ago, she had seen that child grabbed by the hair and dragged away by a rotting figure right before her eyes.

Several rotting figures had also charged at her.

With a flash of sword light, Sun Xixi rushed into the darkness.

Ding Dong reacted too, shooting forward like a cannonball.

Dantai Bie was now a temporary team member, and he brandished his white iron fan. The fan carried a stream of air, like a gust of wind.

Despite his talkative nature, whenever there was a fight, he always gave it his all.

Even Xu Lina reacted. She was about to charge into the darkness as well.

Only Chen Ye lagged slightly behind. The willow branch of Hatred grew out and wrapped around the steering wheel of the Monster Pickup Truck.

Chen Ye pulled Xu Lina back: "You stay here!"

Then Chen Ye charged into the darkness.

There was no choice. In that instant of darkness, nearly twenty people had vanished.

It was utterly horrifying.

Too many people were lost.

No matter who they were, no matter what kind of convoy, they couldn't bear such a loss.

When Chen Ye charged into the darkness.

His vision flickered, and he found himself rooted to the spot.

Because...

What he saw was vastly different from what he had imagined.

There was still a sea of chaotic graves before him, but...

But the convoy behind him, and the people he had been chasing, were all gone.

Chen Ye was now at the center of the sea of chaotic graves.

There was nothing around him.

Nothing but endless grave mounds.

Nothing at all.