The wind began to blow~~~

The sound of the wind by the ears picked up a bit.

The wind pushed against the bridge's structure.

The entire bridge began to sway gently from side to side.

In truth, the wind's force wasn't all that strong right now.

But being in the middle of the bridge with no solid footing meant that even a gentle breeze made the whole thing sway left and right.

Gasps and shouts rang out endlessly.

"Ahhhh~~~"

"The wind is picking up..."

"The-the bridge is starting to shake..."

"Mommy, wuwuwu..."

Lai Baiwei was also among the crowd.

The swaying caused by the wind hitting the bridge made the woman lose her footing completely, landing flat on her butt.

Her long legs splayed out in an M shape on the ground as both hands dug desperately into the gaps between the wooden planks.

A sharp scream involuntarily escaped her lips, and her small face turned pale in an instant.

This feeling was like...

Like being on an unprotected roller coaster at an amusement park...

Lai Baiwei clung to the wooden planks of the bridge surface with all her might.

Her entire body began to tremble slightly.

"Cousin! Cousin..."

Lai Baiwei called out loudly, trying to get Xu Lina, who was up ahead, to notice her.

Unfortunately, the surrounding noise was too chaotic, and with the wind howling, Lai Baiwei's voice couldn't carry at all.

Xue Nan's voice came through the loudspeaker.

"Hold tight! Everyone, squat down and grab the railings on both sides of the bridge!"

"Crouch down, all of you crouch down, don't move..."

"Grab the railings..."

The railings on both sides of the bridge were also ragged and worn, looking like a light push could send them crashing down.

But there was no better option at the moment.

Even a single straw would be grasped tightly in people's hands at a time like this.

The red tail behind Xu Lina's head extended instantly, like a crimson rope, wrapping itself around the entire Bus Number Six before tying it to the bridge itself.

Seeing this, the survivors' hearts trembled even amidst their panic.

This woman... could she no longer be human?

Iron Lion thrust one hand directly into the body of Bus Number Five, gripping it tightly, while the other hand grabbed the bridge railing.

Ding Dong stood still on the bridge as if her feet had taken root.

As for Zhou Xiaoxiao, who was driving, she just looked pale-faced without screaming or shouting.

"Chen Ye..."

Chu Che's voice came over the radio.

Chen Ye didn't reply, but the willow branch at his waist grew rapidly.

The willow branch emerged from behind Chen Ye's waist, then stretched outward from the car window.

In just a brief moment, the slender branch extended several meters.

The handle of Hatred was wrapped in the willow branch from the Binding Resentment Willow. As his sequence rank increased, most of the willow branches now served merely as a means to control the blade.

But in this situation, the Binding Resentment Willow's branch was far more useful than the Little Monster hiding in the truck.

The willow branch grew wildly, quickly extending along the entire bridge.

The wind picked up again, and the bridge's swaying grew more intense.

With each tremor of the bridge, Lai Baiwei let out a continuous stream of screams. A sudden jolt sent the woman with the shockingly long legs bouncing into the air.

Even though her fingers were hooked into the gaps in the planks, she was still tossed up.

Then her entire body slammed heavily against the bridge planks, nearly knocking her unconscious.

"Wuwuwu..."

The woman finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears.

The moment she was tossed into the air by the bridge's jolt, she thought she'd be thrown into the bottomless abyss in the next second.

"Cousin, cousin... I don't want to die, I don't want to die..."

Tears had just flowed from her eyes when the wind swept them away into the air.

The wind grew stronger, and the bridge began to tilt slightly.

The people around her were in much the same state as Lai Baiwei.

Everyone desperately grabbed at anything they could hold on to.

Whether it was the gaps in the bridge planks, the railings that looked like a light push would knock them down, or even the bodies of others.

Just then, a trace of green appeared before everyone's eyes.

As it grew wildly, the faint green got closer and closer.

Almost without needing to be told, anyone near that green color grabbed the willow branch tightly.

The Binding Resentment Willow's branches coiled around the bridge, loop after loop.

Not only did they wrap around the bridge itself, but they also tied the others to it.

Even though some people had never seen Chen Ye wield his blade or use the willow branch's ability, everyone knew at that moment that a superhuman had stepped in.

Lai Baiwei wished she could wrap her entire body around that slender branch.

Of course, the woman wasn't stupid enough to place all her hope on that single branch. Her other hand still clung tightly to the planks.

"Gods and Buddhas everywhere, whoever can save me, I'll do anything you ask!"

"I... I don't want to die!"

Lai Baiwei squeezed her eyes shut tightly, praying endlessly in her heart...

At that moment, even if a demon had saved her, Lai Baiwei would have become its most loyal follower.

There were many others just like her.

At the same time.

The monster hiding in the truck also began to move.

Countless tentacles emerged from every unexpected part of the Monster Pickup Truck.

As soon as they appeared, the tiny suction cups on those tentacles latched onto the bridge planks, and the small fangs inside those cups bit into the wood.

Other tentacles also extended frantically forward.

The pink-haired girl's modified off-roader and Chu Che's modified off-roader were also wrapped by tentacles.

Little Fish sat in her car, gripping the steering wheel tightly. Seeing the terrifying tentacles outside the window, she clenched her teeth, afraid to make a sound.

Even though she knew these tentacles were Chen Ye's doing, the usually small-statured, smug-faced girl was now incredibly well-behaved.

The tentacles kept extending, covering Bus Number Five, Bus Number Six, and the Panel Van that supplied provisions.

Everything was within the tentacles' reach.

The reason for using tentacles to protect the vehicles and the Binding Resentment Willow's branches to protect the people was simple: the Binding Resentment Willow wasn't exactly a rare Wonder Material. Using the willow branches to bind the vehicles might not support their weight.

But the weight of a human body was much lighter.

This was the apocalypse, after all—there were no two-to-three-hundred-pound fat guys around.

Only Dantai Bie's vehicle wasn't protected.

Because that car was itself a Wonder.

A faint layer of "Qi" enveloped the entire body of the vehicle.

Though there was no obvious physical connection to the bridge, it felt like the car had grown right into it.

Dantai Bie's "Qi" merged the car and the bridge into a single entity.

His state was somewhat similar to Ding Dong's.

No matter how the bridge swayed or tilted, the two of them remained as steady as a mountain.

The screams continued without end.

The Binding Resentment Willow kept growing until it covered everyone completely.

The wind grew stronger.

The gasps and screams, however, began to subside.

The bridge's swaying intensified.

It was already tilting at an angle of forty to fifty degrees.

At this point, whether superhuman or ordinary survivor, no one could tell up from down.

No one knew when the wind would stop.

Nor did they know when they'd reach the other side.

When the wind began to die down,

Chen Ye glanced at the digital watch on his wrist—half an hour had passed.

He looked up, and the bridgehead was right before his eyes.