44: Chapter 44 Lin Wan's Comfort

"We all believe in you, every survivor in The Convoy believes in you. As long as you are given time, we will definitely be able to catch up to those major powers, and perhaps even surpass them!"

Lin Wan's voice was gentle yet firm, smoothing away the restlessness in Zhou Che's heart little by little.

Zhou Che looked down at Lin Wan, whose eyes were filled only with him, and felt much more cheerful.

That was true!

How long had it been since the apocalypse started?

He had risen to prominence in less than a month and already possessed his current strength and power; he was undoubtedly a cut above the rest, having already left 99% of the people in the apocalypse behind!

Haste makes waste. As long as he proceeded steadily step by step, sooner or later, he would be able to build a Dawn Sanctuary even more impressive than the Mechanical City!

He had indeed been too restless lately.

With his mind cleared, Zhou Che's lips curled into a smile. His hand tightened unconsciously, wrapping around Lin Wan's waist, responding to her gentle comfort.

After a night of rest, The Convoy set off again.

Over the next two days, The Convoy moved in fits and starts, avoiding anomalies and steadily advancing towards the direction of the mountain city.

All the Transcendent were seizing the time to familiarize themselves with their own powers, and the overall combat strength of The Convoy was a few notches stronger than before.

Zhou Che kept an eye on the surroundings the whole way, full of expectation to see the Mechanical City again near the mountain city.

Two days later, Captain Liu Ruyan suddenly activated her Sequence, walking up to Zhou Che with a solemn expression to report.

"Mr. Zhou, we have already entered the territory of the mountain city."

"I can feel that the number of anomalies around us is increasing, and their auras are getting stronger. Do we really still want to continue deeper into the mountain city?"

Zhou Che's gaze was firm, without the slightest hesitation:

"Go! Why wouldn't we? I want to see the hustle and bustle of the mountain city for myself, and even more so, I want to see the scenery of the Mechanical City with my own eyes."

Captain Liu Ruyan nodded and stopped trying to persuade him. Just as she was about to turn back, she seemed to have sensed something and spoke again.

"Mr. Zhou, there is a convoy ahead, migrating out from the direction of the mountain city. It won't be long before we cross paths. Should we avoid them?"

Hearing this, Zhou Che immediately activated his Pathfinder Sequence, sensing the movement ahead with full force.

Soon, he captured the signal of the other party's Pathfinder Sequence and could determine that they were a convoy fleeing from the mountain city.

Zhou Che pondered for a moment and immediately made up his mind.

"No need to avoid them, we'll meet them directly."

"We know nothing about the current situation in the mountain city, and we would definitely suffer if we went in rashly. Just as the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated. It's a good opportunity to gather intelligence about the mountain city from them."

Meanwhile, on the other side, the Circus Convoy.

Zhu the Second also sensed the Dawn Convoy and immediately turned to report to the leader, Boss Ma.

Boss Ma sat in a jeep, holding a woman with a pretty face and a fearful expression in his arms. Upon hearing this, his eyes sharpened, and a greedy smile curled at the corners of his lips.

"Second, when we meet, immediately use your Sequence ability to sense the other party's overall strength. Get a clear idea of their power levels and numbers."

Zhu the Second's expression turned troubled, and he said with a bitter face:

"Boss, when I escaped from the mountain city, I had already used my ability three times. My Sequence power is basically exhausted now. This time I can only get a rough sense, it won't be very accurate. Wouldn't it be too risky to do this?"

Boss Ma's face darkened immediately, and he cursed at Zhu the Second:

"With that shitty Sequence of yours, you can only use it three or four times a week, and your sensing is hit-or-miss as it is. What use do I have for you?"

Zhu the Second was full of helplessness and dared not retort:

"Boss, I'm only Sequence 1. It's not bad that I have this ability at all. It's better than those trash who can't even awaken a Sequence!"

Boss Ma waved his hand impatiently, not bothering to argue with him:

"Alright, alright. Just sense as much as you can. It's enough to roughly figure out how many Sequence 1s and Sequence 2s they have, and whether there are any Sequence 3 experts!"

"Don't worry, Boss, this should be no problem!" Zhu the Second patted his chest and guaranteed.

Other Transcendent in The Convoy heard the conversation between the two, and their eyes instantly lit up, rubbing their hands together with excitement.

They hadn't done this kind of thing once or twice; they specialized in intercepting passing small convoys. If the weak ones, they would just rob them—rob supplies, rob women, rob everything that could be used!

"Hehe, if this job succeeds, we'll have new goods!"

"Exactly! The women on the comfort vehicle have all been toyed with until they're crazy and half-dead. It's no fun playing with them anymore; it's high time we changed for some new ones!"

The few of them whispered, their words full of filth and completely devoid of a bottom line.

This Circus Convoy was not a proper convoy at all.

The entire membership was mostly young and middle-aged men, ruthless and capable of any evil.

The so-called comfort vehicle was their mobile den of iniquity.

Inside were imprisoned women they had captured, each one barely clothed, some missing limbs, their eyes unfocused, having long been tortured into non-human forms.

They only fed these women a little bit of slop every day, just enough to keep them alive. If they were slightly displeased, they would torture them wantonly.

Those with a strong will who dared to resist would either have their tongues pulled out, their fingernails ripped off, or even have their eyes gouged out.

In their eyes, these women were not humans at all, but private property to be played with at will.

Boss Ma listened to the foul language of his subordinates and scolded them sharply:

"Shut your mouths, all of you! Every day you only know how to play with women. In the apocalypse, strength is the foundation! Have you forgotten how we were driven out of the mountain city? It was because you didn't know when to stop playing with women, and other convoys seized upon our weakness, which led to our hasty escape!"

"Once your strength is up, what kind of woman can't you get? Is there any need to be this impatient now?"

The subordinates immediately fell silent and nodded repeatedly.

But inwardly, they all secretly disparaged him:

He lectures us, but keeps the prettiest and most alluring woman for himself—what is he pretending to be righteous for!

Isn't it just because he's strong that he gets to hog the best ones! When I'm strong enough, I'll play with the best ones too!

Boss Ma knew this, and his discipline of his subordinates was just talk.

As long as that comfort vehicle, which was like a den of iniquity, was hidden well and not discovered by others, they would not repeat the mistake of being driven out of the mountain city.

Two convoys traveled towards each other until late at night, finally meeting head-on under the blood moon.

Boss Ma curled his lips into a hypocritical smile and spoke to Zhu the Second in a pretentious, sarcastic manner:

"Second, what a joy it is to have friends come from afar!"

Zhu the Second felt disdain in his heart. This Boss Ma used to be a zebra keeper at a zoo and had no culture at all.

Yet he insisted on acting like an intellectual. If it weren't for his awakened Pugilist Sequence and Prophet dual Sequences, who would submit to him?

But on his face, he still accompanied him with a smile, following his words:

"Boss is right. What a joy it is to have friends come from afar; of course, we must welcome them properly!"

As soon as the words fell, the two convoys came to a complete stop, facing each other.

Boss Ma was the first to push open the car door and step out of the jeep, his face piled with an enthusiastic smile.

He saw a woman with an extremely cold and alluring charm step down from the opposite convoy—no, not a woman, but a succubus.

Because two things similar to sheep horns had begun to grow on Captain Liu Ruyan's head.

Captain Liu Ruyan had initially been a bit resistant to the two horns on her head, but after deep exchanges with Mr. Zhou, she discovered that Mr. Zhou particularly liked these two horns.

So she stopped resisting these two horns.

Boss Ma took the initiative to walk towards Captain Liu Ruyan, reaching out to shake hands.