As a Superhuman, just a brief glance earlier was enough to understand the rules of this bridge.

It was the simplest rule—what you see is what you get.

Even if you guessed wrong...

Well, you guessed wrong.

In this apocalypse, no one is omniscient or omnipotent.

Of course, simple rules didn't mean they weren't deadly.

The vanishing bridge surface meant this bridge didn't allow turning back.

It also stirred panic in people.

Just now, if the Superhumans hadn't intervened, the entire convoy would have plummeted into the bottomless Abyss because of this rule.

To be more precise, if Chen Ye hadn't acted, even with just Iron Lion, chaos would have been inevitable.

After all, Iron Lion's appearance was terrifying, but the rest of the convoy had long known his personality.

With Iron Lion's authority alone, he couldn't keep those guys in line.

Even if the Pink-haired Girl or Ding Dong had shown up, it probably would've been a tough fight.

Sometimes, ten words from a good person don't carry as much weight as one word from a villain.

That's why Chen Ye had made the decision to act without hesitation.

He used sufficiently forceful means to suppress the panicking crowd.

To be honest, the first guy—the one Chen Ye punished so harshly—was a bit unfairly treated.

After all, any normal person standing on a broken, shoddy wooden bridge with a bottomless abyss below—

Turn around, and the bridge surface behind you has all vanished!

Any human would be scared pale as a ghost.

As for whether the punishment was reasonable or not—

Chen Ye simply didn't care whether that guy was innocent.

He had caused a commotion, and in Chen Ye's eyes, that made him the culprit.

Chen Ye didn't care about the reasons. What he wanted was just to cross this bridge safely.

With Chen Ye's iron-fisted suppression, the surrounding chaos quickly settled.

Only the designated straggler had a look on his face that couldn't have been uglier.

There was almost no blood left in his face.

Chen Ye coldly swept his gaze over everyone, then his form once again vanished into green smoke.

"Everyone, no commotion, no whispering among yourselves. Otherwise, face the consequences..."

Xue Nan held a loudspeaker, his voice carrying a hint of cold menace.

"Everyone, keep moving forward!"

Bus Number Five started up and began to slowly move forward.

The other vehicles followed in sequence.

This time, the convoy crawled forward at a slow pace.

Wheels grinding against the bridge surface produced a continuous, creaking noise.

Those creaks hinted that the bridge was overloaded, on the verge of breaking at any moment.

It put immense psychological pressure on everyone.

But somehow, every single wooden plank steadily held the weight of the bridge.

There was no more talking like before.

Except for occasional startled cries.

And the sound of the cold wind sweeping across the bridge.

The guy hanging beneath the bridge had already passed out.

Just seeing that man made the other survivors wisely shut their mouths.

Only the last straggler remained.

He was the one Chen Ye had specifically chosen to slow down the bridge's vanishing rate.

This guy's legs were shaking like a sieve.

Right behind him, less than half a meter away, the bridge surface was vanishing at a steady pace.

This kid was the craftiest one in the convoy.

Usually, by relying on that little cleverness, he managed to get by pretty well in the group.

The moment he realized something was wrong, his first move wasn't to save others—it was to cut the rope.

But his little action had been seen crystal clear by Chen Ye.

A smart guy like this was the most suitable for this job.

Of course, Chen Ye and the others were also observing whether the rules of the bridge's disappearance matched Chen Ye's guess.

After watching for a while, everyone gradually relaxed.

The weight of the convoy bent the entire bridge surface into a V-shape.

Since Bus Number Five was the heaviest, the other vehicles felt like they were going slightly downhill.

As for those long, endless wooden support pillars beneath the bridge—

They were already bent under the strain.

Chen Ye had no idea what purpose those pillars served, and he couldn't be bothered to care. He just wanted to get off this bridge as fast as possible.

After the convoy had been on the bridge for about half an hour,

Iron Lion, under Chu Che's orders, hauled up the guy who'd been hanging.

Being suspended for that long—even if he didn't die, he'd go insane.

The punishment was already enough.

When the man was pulled up, he had only half a life left, unable to utter a single coherent sentence.

Half an hour...

The convoy had been moving for half an hour.

Still couldn't see the other side of the bridge.

Couldn't even see the starting point behind them.

Other than the bridge beneath their feet, above and below, left and right—there was nothing but faint, hazy mist.

And the occasional gentle breeze blowing by.

"Squad Leader Chu, how much longer?"

Chen Ye finally couldn't take it anymore and grabbed the radio to ask.

The sudden sound eased some of the tension in everyone's nerves.

"No idea. But probably a few more hours!!!"

Chu Che's answer was just as vague.

He didn't have a map.

He could sense that the mountaintop they'd just left had taken on some ominous Anomaly energy.

But he couldn't sense any ominous energy on the other side.

He could only rely on the vague instincts of a pathfinder to make a rough judgment.

If they were on solid ground, the pathfinder's sixth sense would be far more accurate.

But right now, the convoy was high in the air.

Even relying on his pathfinder instincts, he couldn't get a precise reading.

"Damn, you don't know this, you don't know that—Squad Leader Chu, with skills like this, what the hell are you even good for?"

That remark instantly lit a fire under Chu Che's temper.

Chen Ye was just venting his frustration.

We're floating ten thousand meters up in the air, life hanging by a thread, we trust you so much, and this is how unreliable you are?

Whatever was on Chen Ye's mind, he just said it.

"Ahem... Squad Leader Chu, Yezi, what do you guys think—who built this bridge?"

Hearing that Chen Ye and Chu Che were about to start sniping at each other again,

the Pink-haired Girl's voice quickly cut in to shift everyone's attention.

Chu Che took a deep breath, silently repeating to himself: I won't stoop to his level, I won't stoop to his level...

He picked up the radio: "No idea. Based on our observations, we're in an entirely new land. By all logic, there shouldn't be any people here..."

"Then that means—did someone from our side come over here?"

"Something like this bridge shouldn't have been built by someone from our side... The style doesn't look like it at all!~~~"

"Squad Leader Chu, I just looked at the wooden planks on this bridge. At most, they're about an inch thick. It's completely unreasonable that they can support so many people and vehicles..."

"Unreasonable? There are plenty of unreasonable things out there!"

"..."

Everyone chimed in, one after another...

The very existence of this bridge completely defied common sense.

Of course, this wasn't the only thing that broke their logical understanding.

This was a completely mad world.

Chen Ye stared blankly ahead. Other than this lonely bridge, there was nothing else.

He couldn't see the sky above, couldn't see the ground below, couldn't see what lay ahead.

He reached into his pocket, wanting to pull out a cigarette.

Only to find the pack was already empty.

Lately, Chen Ye had been smoking a lot less.

Just then, more startled cries rang out in his ear.

The wind seemed to be getting stronger!