Chapter 240: No Answer

Chu Che down below kept shaking his head.

The guy talked as if he were delivering a rousing speech, but his oratory skills were really only so-so.

Still, as the convoy leader, Chu Che had to admit he agreed with what the Village Chief was doing.

Although he had no clue what that so-called contract actually was, or why it could impose such strict restraints on those eighteen Anomaly Symbiosis Sequence users.

As for these temporary superhumans.

What the hell were they?

Chu Che’s gaze swept over the eighteen Anomaly Symbiosis Sequence users.

He couldn’t judge their Sequence ranks.

The Symbiosis Sequence was the most unpredictable among all Sequence Superpowers.

Their abilities mostly stemmed from whatever they were bonded to.

So each person’s power was different.

Sequence ranks were hard to distinguish, even chaotic.

After all, since the apocalypse began, no one had specialized in studying that Sequence.

Chen Ye was listening to the Village Chief’s far-from-brilliant speech too, veins bulging on his forehead.

Damn it, I really can’t hold on much longer.

And you’re still giving a speech?

Are you an idiot?

If it’s really bad, retreat!

This isn’t my village anyway.

It’s Divine Elephant Village, if those villagers themselves don’t care, why should I?

He exhaled another plume of Smoke Breath.

He expanded the smoky mist again.

Countless Crawlers crawled up the fog wall, lunging at the wraiths.

More and more wraith superhumans appeared.

Meanwhile, Sequence 1 and Sequence 2 superhumans were becoming increasingly common.

A few bolts of lightning detonated right before his eyes.

In the blink of an eye, he saw the Slovenly Daoist looking pale as he rushed to Chen Ye with a smile.

Obviously he had seen how dire things were on Chen Ye’s side and came specifically to help.

A flying sword sliced through the air, instantly killing a Sequence 1 wraith superhuman on the spot.

Why Sequence 1?

Because the Pink-haired Girl’s sword strike was just that graceful.

Sequence 2 wraith superhumans weren’t so easy to kill.

Several superhumans with noticeably different auras charged into the mist.

Those were Sequence 3.

The Pink-haired Girl bit her lip, glanced back at Chen Ye, “Careful!”

Then she plunged into the fog.

The Human-Faced Scorpion flickered in and out of view, its stinger probing through the mist to strike a wraith superhuman.

Death God blocked a few black-gray human-faced wraiths.

As for the remaining two wraith superhumans, they were probably also Sequence 3. Chen Ye quickly simulated a human silhouette, luring those two Sequence 3 wraith superhumans toward the Big Monk.

The Big Monk had just finished dealing with the wraiths besieging him and was preparing to catch his breath for a few seconds before fighting again.

Instead he saw an incredibly obnoxious silhouette approach, trailed by two wraith superhumans with unusually strong auras.

The Big Monk couldn’t spit out his anger or swallow it down.

One had to admit the Big Monk was really tough.

That flashy entrance wasn’t for nothing.

He hadn’t died even after being pummeled by several wraiths.

Chen Ye glanced and saw a figure painted pure black, already as tall as a two-story building.

Not only that, but this giant had three heads and four arms!

Chen Ye’s eyes leaped!

This damned thing was... a Titan Sequence 4.

And a transformed wraith at that!

Why did he recognize it at a glance?

Mainly because the aura from this wraith was very similar to Iron Lion’s.

The oppressive aura it emitted clearly set it apart from other Sequence 3 wraiths.

Chen Ye felt ice run through his whole body!

A transformed Titan Sequence 4!!!

God, I’m only Sequence 2.

You want me to deal with a Sequence 4 Titan?

Just handling those Sequence 3 wraith superhumans earlier was already a stretch.

Now you want me to face a Sequence 4, and a transformed Titan at that?

Chen Ye had fought a Sequence 3 Titan before.

But that one hadn’t transformed, just looked stronger and tougher.

This three-headed, four-armed transformed Titan, even as an incomplete soul, filled Chen Ye with despair.

“Village Chief... are you done yet?”

Chen Ye inhaled an entire cigarette in one go, then blew out a thick stream of Smoke Breath, thickening the smoky fog a few degrees.

More Crawlers broke free from the fog and appeared.

Dense as swarming ants.

...

Chen Yonggu finished speaking, the scene falling into a hush. The villagers looked at one another, no one immediately agreeing.

Chen Yonggu’s gaze slowly dimmed.

Could Divine Elephant Village end today?

From now on...

There would be no Divine Elephant Village anymore!

Ha ha ha...

Ridiculous...

I did so much, and in the end, I’m the only one who truly cares about the village...

But at that moment.

A young man raised his hand and stood up.

“Village Chief, I’ll go!”

He was probably not even twenty. Calling him a youth would be more accurate than “boy.”

Chen Yonggu jerked his head up, his cloudy old eyes fixed hard on the young man.

“You’re going to die, and you’re willing!?”

“Village Chief, if it weren’t for you, if it weren’t for this village, I’d be dead already!”

“Rather than die in some nameless wilderness, I want to try for the village!”

“Even if I die, I’ll drag these ghosts to hell with me!”

Chen Yonggu felt a hot surge well up in his chest;

his previously freezing heart suddenly warmed a little.

“You... good...”

“What’s your name?”

“Yu Tao!”

Chen Yonggu remembered. This young man had been found on a previous trip to Fog City, picked up along the road.

He had thick brows and big eyes, an upright look about him.

At such a young age he appeared somewhat stiff.

If it weren’t for that slightly immature face, one might mistake him for a serious middle-aged man.

Chen Yonggu had once mentally labeled him as too mature for his years, probably never to find a wife.

He hadn’t expected the kid to stand up now.

The old man silently apologized to himself for that earlier label.

“Village Chief, count me in!”

“You brat, you didn’t even call me! Honest folks really do hide big things inside!”

A somewhat languid voice drifted out.

This time the one who stood up was a man in his late twenties with a small mustache.

He was skinny, wearing a slightly oversized T-shirt that made him look like he swayed inside his clothes.

But his eyes were bright!

“Yan Jiu, you...”

“Village Chief, some things need someone to do them. Let it be me alone!”

Yan Jiu patted Yu Tao’s shoulder.

Yu Tao shot Yan Jiu a serious look and stepped aside.

The two standing together gave the impression that their ages were swapped.

Chen Yonggu didn’t know what to say.

Yan Jiu had arrived at Divine Elephant Village a long time ago and was someone Chen Yonggu admired.

He loitered around the village often, but he was reliable and trustworthy.

After Xiao Zheng died, Chen Yonggu had intended to make Yan Jiu the convoy assistant.

But now...

The resolve in Yan Jiu’s eyes made it impossible for Chen Yonggu to say no.

“Temporary superhumans are still superhumans!”

“How about letting me, Zhang Longgang, have a good swing?”

“Village Chief, you haven’t forgotten me, have you?”

"Little Zhang, you..."

He was the head of the village security team, usually diligent in his work.

Actually, as the village security officer, his workload wasn’t heavy. Because they were rebuilding their home, everyone cherished the hard-won peace and there weren’t many security incidents.

So when idle, Zhang Longgang and a few officers helped repair houses and maintain roads.

But now the village’s homes had been reduced to ruins.

“Village Chief, I’m the security officer. Protecting the village is my job!”

“If I eat this bowl of rice and wear these clothes, I’ll do what I must!”

Zhang Longgang smiled, his voice calm, as if he were merely talking about having a drink together tonight.

This time Chen Yonggu’s eyes finally reddened.

Looking at these three before him, he didn’t know what to say.

...

Chen Ye had been watching to see what the old man would do.

Fortunately, that transformed Titan Sequence 4 stood there doing nothing.

But even standing still, it gave everyone present a strong sense of danger.

Not far away, someone was watching Chen Ye and multitasking, so they also saw this scene.

Silence held them speechless.

These three treated going to fight the Anomalies as if it were something casual.

This was a death sentence!!!

They didn’t seem to care at all.

Chen Ye asked himself inwardly.

For these villagers, could he risk his life?

He quickly answered himself: “Idiot, you’ve only known these villagers for a few days. You risking your life for them? Are you stupid?”

“Have you eaten too much? Is your brain sick?”

Then Chen Ye asked himself, if it was for Iron Lion, Sun Xixi, Chu Che?

Before, he would’ve immediately said “impossible.”

But now...

Last time, when Iron Lion saw him trapped by Fog Slaves, he didn’t hesitate to jump off the vehicle to help.

And Chu Che...

Sun Xixi...

Chen Ye couldn’t answer that question.

“Village Chief, count me in. I’m the security officer;

this is my responsibility!”

“Village Chief, me too...”

“Village Chief, I’m old, I don’t have many years left...”