Chapter 492: That Used to Be Humanity’s Home |
In the convoy’s last vehicle, as it rolled over the final grave mound.
Everyone let out a long, collective breath.
It felt as if a thousand-pound weight in their hearts had finally been lifted.
Not an exaggeration—everyone felt like they were crawling out of hell.
The faint light brightening on the horizon made everyone feel as if they were returning to the living.
Today’s daylight seemed noticeably brighter than the past few days.
At that instant, every vehicle couldn’t help but slow down.
They should have been speeding away from this place that made their skin crawl.
But instead, they reduced speed.
Originally Captain Chu said it would take three days to get out of the Sea of Chaotic Graves.
But after discovering the bloodwater.
The entire convoy had forced three days’ worth of travel into two days.
During those forty-eight hours.
The convoy basically ran nonstop; people rested but the vehicles didn’t.
When one driver grew weary, another would take over.
Except for Chu Che, no one took turns driving him.
Drivers in other vehicles had rotated through several shifts already.
Luckily Chen Ye was already a Superhuman.
Ordinary people simply couldn’t have survived that stretch.
Because they were too urgent, moving too fast.
Several vehicles in the convoy had even flipped over.
Fortunately, the convoy’s superhumans were not decorations; with quick reactions, overturned vehicles weren’t a major problem.
Even though Gong Yong had made targeted modifications to those vehicles.
High-speed driving still carried many uncertainties.
At the same time, the frantic shouting finally stopped.
Those who had been bound because they lost their minds seemed to wake from a nightmare.
“No, Xiao Wang, why the hell did you tie me up? Hurry and let me go.”
“Little Zhao, let sister go, hurry…”
“Old Zhang…”
Those who were bound woke as if from a deep sleep.
The crazed behavior from before no longer matched them.
Seeing themselves tightly bound with rope.
They panicked and struggled, calling the names of people they knew.
The news eventually reached Xue Nan’s ears.
Xue Nan told Chu Che about it.
Chu Che leaned his head out of the vehicle.
Those people had been tied outside Bus Number Five and Bus Number Six, looking like slabs of preserved meat waiting to dry.
Chu Che had a vivid memory of how insane they’d been earlier.
After studying them for a while, Chu Che waved his hand, signaling they could be untied.
Everyone finally exhaled in relief.
After the bindings were removed and the people set down.
They asked whether those people remembered what had happened before.
They thought for a long moment, then each of them began to look embarrassed.
“Uh, I didn’t mean to!”
“Captain Chu won’t be mad, will he?”
“I just couldn’t control myself back then, I’m not usually like that…”
It seemed these people remembered what they’d done.
Most said they couldn’t control their emotions at the time.
Chu Che didn’t know how to respond to that result.
In the apocalypse, unsolved mysteries were not limited to the Sea of Chaotic Graves.
The distant Sea of Chaotic Graves gradually faded from everyone’s rearview mirrors.
“Captain Chu, those people…”
The voice on the radio was Sun Xixi.
“Should be the bloodwater…”
A witness had previously found the bloodwater spreading through the Sea of Chaotic Graves, which prompted Captain Chu to hurry them out.
Although he couldn’t see their expressions.
Chu Che still sensed their confusion.
Sometimes, what seems like a tedious explanation is necessary.
If Chu Che acted like a Riddle-Master all the time, after a while people with lively minds would grow suspicious.
Take Chen Ye — he trusted no one but himself.
He carried enough secrets already; revealing some things wouldn’t matter much.
“You know, I have an ability that can randomly foresee danger, though it rarely triggers!”
“But at that moment, I had a feeling: if we didn’t get out fast, we might never leave!”
“As for what danger you want me to name!”
“I don’t know!”
“My ability can only foresee partial information.”
“The more known conditions, the more accurate and clear the information!”
“Obviously, our understanding of the Sea of Chaotic Graves is insufficient to support my ability in producing a clear picture!”
Even with many limitations, Captain Chu’s ability was enough to bend the rules.
Foreknowledge—this was the realm of gods!
“Captain Chu, what do you think those grave mounds in the Sea of Chaotic Graves contain? Why so many?”
“They seem endless at a glance!”
“I feel like our understanding of the Sea of Chaotic Graves may be only one percent of the truth.”
“Good thing we got out…”
“First rule when encountering Anomalies, run if you can…”
“When I watched those horror movies before, I always thought the protagonists were stupid, they see the danger but still go in to meet death…”
“By the way, what do you think is in those mounds?”
“We saw those things crawling out of the mounds, but surely not every mound contains those things…”
“If that were true, would everyone in the world be buried there?”
“Oh my god…”
Blathering on and on…
Dantai Bie had started up again.
But this time, no one changed channels.
Because what Dantai Bie said was what everyone was thinking.
So many mounds—what could be inside?
Could they all be corpses?
If that were the case…
Oh my…
The possibility made everyone shiver.
“Heh heh… you fools, what else could be in a mound? Corpses, obviously!”
Iron Lion’s simple voice came through.
Everyone was stunned at first.
No, that remark actually had… a point.
Besides corpses, what else could those mounds hold?
That comment was like...
Great wisdom disguised as foolishness—perhaps Iron Lion fit that description.
But…
If that were true, it was unbearably chilling.
“You, big oaf, I didn’t expect you to be so clumsy but to hit the nail on the head in one line!”
“Tsk tsk… impressive!”
Dantai Bie sincerely admired him.
“You’re the fool; Iron Lion’s the smart one!”
Little Fish’s voice crackled through the radio.
Within the convoy, Chen Ye was Little Fish’s number one mortal enemy, and Dantai Bie was close behind.
When asked who Little Fish’s good friends were.
Iron Lion definitely counted.
So when an enemy bullied a friend, Little Fish immediately objected.
Seeing the two about to start fighting again.
Everyone tacitly switched channels.
The Sea of Chaotic Graves held too many secrets.
Their knowledge of it, as Dantai Bie said, was only about one percent, perhaps even less.
Things they dared not discuss inside the Sea of Chaotic Graves, they now felt freer to talk about.
The radio chatter drifted in small, scattered bursts.
Chen Ye had a cigarette dangling from his mouth, letting the Smoke Breath swirl around as chaotic thoughts raced through his mind.
Earlier, Iron Lion and Sun Xixi mentioned seeing their own tombstones in the Sea of Chaotic Graves.
Does that mean they will eventually die?
He hadn’t seen his own tombstone—does that mean he would be the only survivor?
If everyone in the world had died, what meaning would surviving alone hold?
In the past he pursued being the last one alive.
But if everyone else died, would being the last one still matter?
By then, the pink-haired girl would be gone, Iron Lion gone, Chu Che gone, Little Fish gone, Xu Lina gone…
Would this world still be worth it?
He shook his head, throwing the messy thoughts from his mind.
Forget it.
Worries for another day.
Who could predict the future?
This damned apocalypse!
Live one day at a time!
The radio chatter gradually quieted.
Only Little Fish and Dantai Bie’s back-and-forth could be heard beyond the vehicle’s protective netting.
One must admit, youth had incredible energy.
They could still trade barbs under these conditions.
Really…
Interesting…
After coming out of the Sea of Chaotic Graves, the terrain changed quickly.
Although the Sea of Chaotic Graves looked like an expanse of graves as far as the eye could see.
At least the ground had been flat.
But after leaving it for a while.
The convoy’s route started getting rough.
Vegetation on both sides thinned.
In some spots large swathes of bare yellow earth appeared.
The landscape looked desolate.
“Captain Chu, this road of yours…”
Chen Ye began to suspect Chu Che had taken the wrong way.
“As long as we keep following this road forward, we can quickly return to our original world.”
Hearing Chu Che say that, a flicker of hope crossed the others’ eyes.
Although their original world had already collapsed.
It was still far better than this danger-filled place.
After all, that used to be humanity’s home!