Chapter 167 A pincer attack

This cry of surprise actually came from Lu Xiaoyu.

She remembered before... in order to scrape together a few hundred units of Wood, Liu Lei's leg was broken, Sister Lin traded everywhere, and several people lived frugally for half a month, yet in the end, they couldn't even afford a decent upgrade.

As a result...

Chen Yu consumed tens of thousands in one go???

Zuo Shi was also stunned.

She didn't know if it was accurate to describe it this way, but at this moment, she could only think of two phrases:

The wine and meat of the rich rot behind vermilion gates.

While some die of drought, others die of flood.

Even if it wasn't perfectly apt, she still felt it was too exaggerated.

It wasn't just them.

Even Zhang Wanyue, Shen Qingci, Li Mengyao, and the others, who had seen big scenes, were shocked to the core.

Shen Qingci was silent for a few seconds before speaking, "Chen Yu, I think we should save some building materials, just in case there's an emergency..."

Chen Yu waved his hand. "Don't worry, there's still plenty."

He paused and gave a faint smile. "The bus ranked tenth on the highway has to have a reason for its rank."

Wang Mengmeng muttered softly beside him, "It's the Baby Bus."

Chen Yu: "..."

The carriage went silent for a second.

Then everyone burst into laughter.

Similar to the extreme cold disaster, from the first moment the apocalypse broke out...

Chen Yu's Vehicle was already performing like it had cheats enabled.

Not only was the driving stable and completely waterproof, but even the temperature was maintained by the previous Constant Temperature System.

Chen Yu looked at the remaining building materials:

【Available Building Materials: Wood x18810, Iron Blocks x3040, Parts x4260, Fabric x4675, Glass x880, Electronic Components x107, Low-grade Energy Core x570】

【Special Materials: Rule Seaweed Remains x1810 meters】

"What exactly are these seaweed remains..."

Chen Yu narrowed his eyes; he hadn't had time to look earlier.

Now he had to see what he got after multiplying it by 180 times...

Chen Yu took one out from his backpack.

It was about a meter long, dark green, and soft to the touch, like ordinary dried kelp.

【Rule Seaweed Remains】

Description: A piece of dark green seaweed about one meter long, soft to the touch yet exceptionally tough. Originating from a special deep-sea plant, it gained toughness far exceeding ordinary materials after being eroded by the power of rules.

Effect: Extremely difficult to cut by physical means. Can be used as a high-strength binding material for fixing, restraining, load-bearing, etc. It can also be woven into nets or ropes to make simple tools.

Chen Yu weighed the seaweed in his hand.

"Exceptionally tough?"

He gripped both ends with his hands and pulled hard.

It didn't break.

It didn't even deform.

He raised an eyebrow and added more strength.

The seaweed pulled taut, but it still didn't budge.

"Interesting."

Chen Yu wrapped it around his wrist, the muscles in his arms bulging slightly.

The seaweed was pulled straight like elastic rubber, but it still didn't snap.

"Hmm?"

Chen Yu was somewhat surprised; this amount of strength could tear apart almost any adult male.

However, when Chen Yu applied force again...

Snap—!

The seaweed broke into two pieces, the cross-section jagged as if it had been torn apart by brute force.

Chen Yu was silent for two seconds. "Didn't it say exceptionally tough..."

Despite saying that, Chen Yu understood how formidable these seaweed remains were.

For an ordinary person, let alone tearing it, they couldn't even pull it apart. It was definitely a hundred times more useful than most ropes.

After understanding this, Chen Yu was also a bit tired.

He looked up and glanced out the window.

The color of the horizon had gradually turned from grayish-white to blue-white.

Yes, after all that tossing and turning, dawn had broken.

The long night was finally over.

The heavy rain was still falling, but the intensity had clearly weakened.

The distant sea was still a murky gray, and those rolling white waves were now only gently lapping against the edge of the highway, no longer leaping onto the road.

Chen Yu withdrew his gaze and yawned.

He stood up and walked toward the Safety Compartment.

As soon as he opened the door,

Chen Yu found that the Safety Compartment had also become larger. The original two-square-meter space was now about three square meters.

Wang Mengmeng trotted over. "Brother Chen Yu, are you tired? I'll give you a massage!"

Chen Yu waved his hand. "No need, today Yuxin will..."

"Ah?"

The smile on Wang Mengmeng's face froze for a moment.

Deng Yuxin also hurriedly stood up and trotted after him.

"Oh... okay."

The two figures walked into the Safety Compartment one after the other.

Bang!

The door closed.

Wang Mengmeng stood there. "Rejected again..."

Then she slowly shrank back into her seat, hugging her knees and huddling into a corner.

Li Mengyao glanced at her.

"What's wrong?"

Wang Mengmeng just buried her face in her knees, her muffled voice coming out.

"Nothing."

Zuo Shi added leisurely from the side, "Is someone unhappy?"

Wang Mengmeng huffed, "I am not!"

Li Mengyao saw that her best friend was in a bad mood. "Hey!"

The two were sitting close together, but Wang Mengmeng didn't move.

Li Mengyao called out again.

"Hey!"

"Wang Mengmeng!"

Only then did Wang Mengmeng lift her head slightly from her knees, revealing one eye.

"What?"

"What are you thinking about?"

"Nothing."

"Who are you kidding? With our relationship, as if I don't know you! It's because Chen Yu ignored you!"

I... I'm just really anxious. You're all useful, but I'm useless! I only know how to massage, but for some reason, Brother Chen Yu doesn't even want my massages anymore..."

"Sigh, it's not your fault, Mengmeng."

"Mengyao, you're Brother Chen Yu's ex-girlfriend, you can't keep letting yourself sink like this!"

"?"

"Join me and take back everything that belongs to you!"

...

...

Time passed, and most of the day had gone by.

Outside the window, it was always the same scenery.

Zhang Wanyue drove for the morning, and Yang Kexin drove for the afternoon. With the two of them rotating, it wasn't too tiring.

Under their guidance, Li Mengyao also learned how to drive.

But on this kind of road, everyone wasn't comfortable handing the Vehicle over to a novice driver like Li Mengyao.

Until—

At dusk.

The setting sun dyed the sea surface golden-red, and even the heavy rain became a bit gentler. The raindrops fell diagonally, shimmering with faint light in the afterglow of the sunset.

Lu Xiaoyu leaned against the window, staring blankly.

"So pretty..."

Zuo Shi rubbed her head.

"It is quite pretty."

Yang Kexin was driving when she suddenly froze.

"Wait."

She pointed ahead.

"What is that?"

Everyone looked in the direction she was pointing.

On the water to the right side of the highway, a black dot was floating.

It wasn't ordinary seaweed, nor was it floating debris.

It was a chest.

A building material treasure chest.

"A Treasure Chest!"

Wang Mengmeng suddenly bounced up from her seat, "There really is a Treasure Chest!"

Deng Yuxin also leaned toward the window. "There it is, there it is! Drive over!"

Yang Kexin was about to turn the steering wheel when Zhang Wanyue suddenly spoke.

"Wait."

She looked ahead, then at the rearview mirror.

"We have cars both in front and behind us."

Everyone was stunned and followed her gaze.

Ahead, about five hundred meters away, a grayish-white medium-sized bus was parked.

Clearly, they had also discovered that Treasure Chest.

Behind, at a further distance, a small black truck was accelerating, heading this way.

"Their target is the same as ours?!"

"This time... we might have to fight for it?!"