Chapter 161 The Storm Doesn't Clear Up

The comments about the murderer on the leaderboard...

Didn't last long...

Instead, the Film Academy's regional chat...

Exploded—

[Liu Zhenhua: Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap! Our district made the list!]

[Song Jiayi: Baby Bus??? That's the murderer's car???]

[Tian Zhiliang: Tenth place! The rewards have arrived!]

[Fang Pingliang: Thank you, murderer! Thank you, Baby Bus!]

[Wang Wei: The murderer is awesome! The Baby Bus is awesome!]

[Shen Xuefeng: The murderer is awesome! The Baby Bus is awesome!]

[Zhu Yunfeng: The murderer is awesome!!!]

The regional chat was filled with "The murderer is awesome" and "The Baby Bus is awesome."

Line after line, it simply wouldn't stop.

Wang Mengmeng stared at those comments, her eyes wide.

"Brother Yu..."

"It seems like your reputation has completely flipped in an instant!"

Zhang Wanyue shook her head helplessly. "Don't forget, our Vehicle is ranked tenth, so they've made a profit too!"

Shen Qingci also nodded. "Yeah, getting 300 units of building materials every day is quite a comfortable life..."

Li Mengyao snorted coldly. "So now the whole Film Academy is hoping for our success? No more of that sarcastic attitude from the Living Area?"

Chen Yu didn't join their lively discussion...

Instead, he looked at the top-ranked comment in the section for the 7th Military Region Haicheng Reserve Training Camp, which held first place.

[Zhou Zhenguo: Hello everyone, I am Zhou Zhenguo, the Executive Officer of the Haicheng Military District Special Training Unit. Seeing so much attention, I want to say a few words from the heart. The apocalypse is indeed difficult, but the military district will not forget the trust of the people. Starting today, we will take all the rewards we receive daily, after setting aside what's needed for basic survival, and use the rest to establish a Mutual Aid Fund to give away freely to those in need. No matter which district you are in or what your status is, as long as you need help, we are here. Please believe that the apocalypse will surely end, and light will surely come.]

[Wang Zixuan: Now these are the people's soldiers!!!]

[Chen Jiahao: Giving it away for free??? You guys don't want it for yourselves???]

[Sun Wei: I'm crying, I'm really crying...]

[Wu Jianguo: It's not just their strength that's number one, it's their character!!!]

Chen Yu stared at that comment for a long time.

Wang Mengmeng leaned over. "Brother Yu, we're on the leaderboard! Why aren't you happy?"

Chen Yu silently closed the chat box and looked out the window.

"It's nothing."

Outside, the rain was pouring down in torrents.

Chen Yu knew that the apocalypse ending was just a beautiful dream.

But Zhou Zhenguo wasn't Zhang Zixuan.

The things he said...

...were indeed carried out in his previous life.

By sharing their daily rewards, they truly saved many people and provided a spiritual pillar for the passengers in Haicheng for a long time.

But no matter how much a single fleet sacrificed, they couldn't save all three hundred and seventy thousand passengers in Haicheng.

[Vehicle Management System Updated]

[Detected that Vehicle No. E923 has entered the top 100,000]

[car owner permissions upgraded]

[New Features:]

[1. Public Backpack Lock: The car owner can lock the Public Backpack. Without the car owner's consent, no passenger can take out supplies.]

[2. Vehicle Authority Enhancement: The car owner can lock the number of people in the Vehicle at any time. The Vehicle will no longer add more passengers.]

[Special Note—]

[The above permissions are visible only to the car owner.]

[Please use your management rights wisely.]

[Good Vehicle order is the foundation of long-term survival. More car owner functions will be opened in the future.]

Chen Yu had expected this and simply closed the chat box.

On this bus, Chen Yu didn't really need to lock the Public Backpack. After all, everyone knew each other well.

"Whoosh—whoosh—!"

"Whoosh—whoosh—!"

The rain got heavier and heavier.

The wipers were adjusted from intermittent to slow.

"Swish, swish—"

Yang Kexin leaned forward slightly. "The rain seems to be getting heavier."

As she spoke, she turned the wipers up another notch.

Deng Yuxin and Zhang Wanyue put down their chess pieces and also looked out the window...

"What's going on?"

"There are more and more puddles on the wasteland..."

More girls crowded around the windows—

Shallow puddles began to appear in the wilderness on both sides of the road.

At first, they were just small patches.

But soon they merged into large sheets...

...covering almost the entire wilderness.

On Yang Kexin's side, the wipers were already at their fastest setting, yet they still couldn't keep up.

"Swish, swish—"

Yang Kexin slowed the Vehicle down a bit. "The rain is too heavy; I can't see the road clearly."

Zhang Wanyue stood up and walked to the driver's seat. "I'll help you keep an eye on the road. Be careful."

"Okay."

As a novice driver, Yang Kexin never expected...

...that one day she would have to drive through such an insane stretch of road.

The rain showed no signs of letting up.

Zhang Wanyue bent over, her face almost pressed against the windshield, helping Yang Kexin identify the blurry road ahead.

"A bit more to the right!"

"Steady, steady..."

Just like that, an hour passed.

Two hours.

Three hours.

Yang Kexin's hands began to feel numb, but she didn't dare loosen her grip.

No one else in the bus could sleep either.

Wang Mengmeng leaned against the window, watching the sky get darker and darker. "It doesn't look like it's going to clear up at all..."

Even in the regional chat, the messages changed from "The Baby Bus is awesome" to "When will the rain stop?"

The rain hammered on the roof with a thunderous roar, like someone beating a drum in the sky.

By evening...

Zhang Wanyue and Yang Kexin performed a tricky seat swap.

Otherwise, Yang Kexin really wouldn't have had any strength left; her face had gone pale.

Night fell.

It was pitch black outside, with only the headlights illuminating the curtain of rain a few meters ahead.

Despairingly, the rain was still heavy.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—"

On both sides of the road, those puddles were no longer puddles.

They were a flow of water.

A boundless current.

Grayish-white, stretching all the way to the horizon.

Deng Yuxin swallowed hard. "What... what's going on? Why is the wilderness on both sides completely covered in flowing water?"

No one could answer her.

"The water level seems to have risen again."

"Yeah, the land is completely invisible now."

"The rain is so heavy, it looks like mist..."

Yang Kexin's grip on the steering wheel tightened. "Chen Yu, what do we do now?"

Before Chen Yu could answer, the Vehicle's body jolted violently.

"What was that sound?!"

Wang Mengmeng's voice turned shrill.

Another sound.

"Slap!"

This time, it was clear.

It was water.

Water surging up from the left side of the road.

Like a wave, it slammed into the Vehicle.

Yang Kexin stared intently ahead.

The rain was so heavy she couldn't see the road at all; she had to drive by feel.

Another wave washed over the road, flowing under the wheels and pouring off the other side.

The Vehicle swayed.

Wang Mengmeng's voice trembled. "Oh my god! How can there be such big waves on the road? What's going on?!"