Chapter 747: A Protagonist, After All, Is a Protagonist

Sun Xixi was carefully carried onto the vehicle by members of the Fair Convoy.

Jiang Rou was likewise treated with care by the Shepherd Convoy people.

Only the members of the "Apocalypse Rhapsodists" Convoy stood there in a daze, staring blankly at the bodies of their two superhumans, and the flowers blooming so vividly upon them, frozen and unsure how to react.

Those helpless eyes darted around, as if searching for some figure they had hoped to see.

But they were disappointed.

The superhumans from the other convoys fell silent at the sight as well.

When they had cleared out the anomalies in Xi City before, they had suffered superhuman losses, but never this many in a single day.

And so many of them were Sequence 4s.

More than a few people felt a heavy weight pressing down on their hearts.

Whether it was the Shepherd Convoy or the Post-Apocalyptic Opera Troupe Convoy.

The injuries Wu Zehui and Jiang Rou sustained were anything but light.

Even Chen Ye, who had sacrificed Number Two and would certainly see Hundred-Ghost Eater's number ranking rise, felt his mood grow grim.

Hatred had been destroyed, and the Monster Pickup Truck could not be used normally.

The flowers blooming across Sun Xixi's body were spreading more and more, and Chu Che was completely helpless to stop them.

If things continued like this, Sun Xixi would inevitably face the danger of falling.

Iron Lion's head had already been carefully taken away by Bald Old Li.

Xue Nan was leading people to clean up the battlefield.

The Silent Council members silently loaded Song Wei's body onto a vehicle.

Today, Rest Eternal Garden would gain several more new graves.

Chu Che let out a sigh and walked toward the group from the Apocalypse Rhapsodists Convoy.

At the head of the group was a man around thirty years old, his face full of exhaustion, his clothes tattered and torn.

The man reached out a trembling hand, wanting to touch the flowers on Xu Linhao's body, but not daring to.

The man was keenly aware that with the convoy losing two more main superhumans, the Apocalypse Rhapsodists Convoy was finished.

Only two paths lay ahead now. One was being absorbed into another convoy, and the other was watching this convoy fade away into time, until no one remembered it existed.

Just like the Skeleton Convoy.

Being absorbed into another convoy? It sounded good on the surface.

But who could guarantee what the next convoy that took them in would be like?

After all, in some convoys, ordinary people lived pretty rough lives.

In some convoys, ordinary people were even treated as private property.

"Why don't you all join our convoy instead!"

Chu Che's voice jolted the panicking man awake.

The man looked up, staring at Chu Che with terrified eyes.

Chu Che calmly looked back at the man. "I'm the captain of the Fair Convoy. I'm sure these two mentioned me to you before!"

"If you really have nowhere to go, you can join our convoy!"

Chu Che repeated himself once more.

The man's eyes wavered with hesitation, as if weighing something in his mind.

"It's fine, you can take your time to think it over! Or go back and ask the others before giving me your answer!"

"Do you have any other superhumans in your convoy?"

The man shook his head. "We don't have many superhumans in our convoy. Right now... our convoy has no superhumans left!"

A convoy without superhumans, in this apocalypse, was like duckweed without roots.

Chu Che didn't know what to say for a moment, and finally turned and walked away.

Number One's funeral arrangements were handled by the Silent Council.

Several Silent Council workers arrived, lifting Number One's body onto a stretcher along with those yellow and white little flowers.

The aftermath work on the battlefield proceeded quietly and orderly.

But what came next was the trickiest part.

The flowers on Sun Xixi's body were still blooming.

At this rate, it probably wouldn't take two hours before Sun Xixi would fall as well.

The situation with Jiang Rou and the others was the same.

The members of the Post-Apocalyptic Opera Troupe were frantic, running around in circles.

Auntie Zhao from the Happy Family Convoy had come by several times already, desperately trying to find a way from Chu Che to cure Lin Qingge.

Because Lin Qingge's condition was even more severe than Sun Xixi's.

Just as everyone was so anxious that blisters were forming on their lips.

Elder Hou, Hou Junji, walked over to them, covered in flowers himself.

"Elder Hou, the flowers on you..."

No one had expected that Elder Hou's flowers were no fewer than anyone else's, yet he was already moving about normally now.

In that instant, something clicked in everyone's minds, and their eyes gleamed with excited light.

"Everyone, please calm down. Allow me to make an introduction!"

With that, Elder Hou stepped aside to reveal a clean-cut young man behind him, one whose expression carried a hint of pride.

"As I said before, someone would be coming from the Sky Whale. This is the person sent from the Sky Whale, Mr. Wei Butong!"

Hou Junji gestured toward the flashy young nobleman as he introduced him to everyone.

Wei Butong straightened his back appropriately, the proud look on his face like a declaration to all present of his arrival.

This guy had also been infected by Number Two's power earlier.

But looking at him now, he was completely clean, without a single trace of being affected.

Wei Butong took two steps forward, positioning himself squarely under everyone's gaze.

"Ahem... allow me to introduce myself!"

Everyone stared at Wei Butong, their eyes burning with intensity!

Wei Butong relished this feeling of being the center of attention. It gave him a sense of performing miracles before a crowd.

It was at this moment that Wei Butong subtly glanced in Chen Ye's direction.

Feeling immensely pleased with himself inside.

Finally, finally it was this young master's turn to shine!

Finally, it was this young master's script to play out.

A protagonist is a protagonist after all. How could someone like you, a mere supporting character, ever compare? Especially when you're just a one-eyed guy.

"Everyone, I come from the Sky Whale. Wei Butong, Great Physician Sequence 4, Life Extender."

After saying this, Wei Butong paused briefly. Sure enough, the looks everyone gave him grew even more fervent.

The Great Physician Sequence was rare to begin with. The Shepherd Convoy had a young girl of the Great Physician Sequence, but her presence was weak, and she was only Sequence 1.

The Silent Council also had a Great Physician Sequence superhuman, but that one was only Sequence 2 as well.

Word had it another convoy at the base had a Great Physician Sequence superhuman too, also a low-level Sequence 1.

No one had expected that this arrogant young man was actually a Great Physician Sequence 4.

If that was the case, then didn't it mean that Sequence 4s like Sun Xixi and Jiang Rou could all be saved?

Moreover, that kid Hou Junji could now walk on his own two feet. No one would believe it wasn't thanks to this Wei Butong.

After all, Elder Hou had been just barely hanging on to life moments ago.

No wonder, no wonder the Sky Whale had sent this young man over.

A Great Physician Sequence 4 superhuman was worth more than several ordinary superhumans put together.

If any superhuman got injured in the future, this kid would probably play a significant role.

It was well worth the anticipation everyone had felt before.

As if sensing the shock and awe in everyone's eyes.

Wei Butong continued, "I am also an Alchemist Sequence 3, a Transmutation Master!"

Not many people understood the Alchemist Sequence, but that didn't stop the amazement in everyone's eyes.

Throughout the entire base, fewer than three people had ever seen a dual Sequence superhuman.

Seeing the shock in everyone's eyes, Wei Butong felt so good he might as well have been about to take flight on the spot.

The frustration of being overshadowed by Chen Ye earlier, of not getting his moment in the spotlight, had long since been blown away to who knows where.

"Damn it, people are dying here, and you're still showing off!"

Before Wei Butong could bask in enough of everyone's adoring gazes, he felt himself being grabbed by the scruff of his neck and dragged along at a sprint.

Wei Butong was furious. He turned his head, and seeing it was Chen Ye, he got even angrier.

"One-eyed guy, you again, my lifelong rival! I, Wei Butong..."

"Cut the crap, saving lives comes first!"

Chen Ye hauled Wei Butong straight to Sun Xixi's tent.

Sun Xixi was lying on the bed at this moment, the flowers on her body even more vivid than before.

Little Fish was beside her, crying her heart out.

Seeing Chen Ye come in, Little Fish glared at him furiously.

Before Little Fish could speak, Chen Ye tossed Wei Butong directly to the side of Sun Xixi's bed.

Wei Butong was about to start cursing when he felt an ice-cold blade pressed against his neck.

Chen Ye's voice was icy cold. "I don't give a damn who you are. If you can't save her, I'll offer you up as a sacrifice!"

Wei Butong shuddered all over, instantly recalling how this one-eyed guy had single-handedly fought that terrifying anomaly earlier.

A ruthless man who could beat down even that kind of anomaly. Wei Butong couldn't help but feel a degree of fear toward him.

And this blade, this very blade, had just devoured that terrifying anomaly!

At that thought, cold chills ran through Wei Butong's entire body.

"Don't worry, this... this is just a small matter!"

Wei Butong quickly explained.

But he suddenly noticed that the little girl who had been crying her eyes out was now also gripping a fruit knife, its tip pressed firmly against his lower back.

Wei Butong wailed internally: Damn it, what kind of place is this? Even a little kid this young is this full of thuggish energy?

The one pressing the knife against Wei Butong's lower back was none other than Little Fish.

After hearing Chen Ye's words, Little Fish had instantly reacted.

What Chen Ye said was exactly what Little Fish would have said.

And so, Little Fish ended up doing what she was doing now.

Without realizing it, the little girl had been led astray by Chen Ye. The old Little Fish had been such a good kid.

Though Wei Butong was cursing both of them out in his mind, he still obediently did what he needed to do.

He pulled a small medicine bottle from his chest and carefully shook out a single white pill.

Sun Xixi hadn't completely lost consciousness. After swallowing the pill, she felt the warmth that had been fading from her body begin to hold steady.

And in Chen Ye and Little Fish's eyes, the flowers on Sun Xixi's body had stopped growing.

A single white flower was gradually withering, then falling away.

Reaching out to touch it, fair skin had appeared where the white flower had been.

Little Fish was overjoyed. "Cousin... waaaah..."

She barely managed to get out those two words before the little girl was sobbing like a tear-soaked mess.

Wei Butong pointed at the medicine bottle in his hand. "Take this medicine three times a day, one pill each time, for three days straight. I guarantee the cure!"

Chen Ye snatched the medicine bottle from Wei Butong's hand, then kicked Wei Butong's rear end. "Get lost, you're not needed anymore!"

Wei Butong was enraged and about to blow his top.

Damn it, at the very least I'm something of a protagonist here. How dare you, a mere supporting character, order me around like this?

I...

"Mr. Wei, Mr. Wei, please save us..."

Before Wei Butong could start angrily cursing at Chen Ye, he felt someone grabbing his arm and yanking him outside.

Chen Ye divided out nine white pills and tossed them to Xue Nan, who had just rushed over.

"Give these nine pills to Chen Hao. Tell her how to use them. She's a rare good person. It'd be a waste if she died!"

Xue Nan quickly took them, then dashed off without looking back.

Chen Ye divided out eight pills and tossed them to Little Fish. Little Fish fumbled to catch them, then carefully cradled them as if holding a golden ingot.

Then Chen Ye stuffed the remaining pills into his chest, walked out of the tent, leaving only Little Fish glaring angrily after him.

With Wei Butong's presence, the trouble Number Two had left behind would eventually be resolved.

This time, the entire base had weathered the greatest crisis since its founding.

But it wasn't entirely without its benefits.

For Chen Ye personally, he had risen to Sequence 4.

Although Hatred was gone, he had forcibly sacrificed Number Two to Hundred-Ghost Eater, bringing Hundred-Ghost Eater one step closer to reclaiming its rightful place.

But right now, Hundred-Ghost Eater's information read like this.

[Hundred-Ghost Eater, number ranking 4223, currently ascending...]

Before, there hadn't been those words "currently ascending..."

Clearly, Hundred-Ghost Eater's number ranking was too low, and it was having trouble suppressing Number Two's rhythm for the moment.

But since Number Two had already been taken into the Hundred-Ghost Prison, escape was impossible.

It would probably just take some time.

Right now, his supernatural power was completely depleted. Once it recovered, Chen Ye would go to the Hundred-Ghost Prison to check on exactly what state Number Two was in within that third cell.

After this great battle, he had also accumulated quite a lot of Slaughter Points.

These Slaughter Points needed to be converted into new combat power as soon as possible.

And the Monster Pickup Truck, its upgrade had been interrupted...

Letting go of the Monster Pickup Truck was clearly not an option for Chen Ye. The Monster Pickup Truck's recovery would also take time...

For the entire base, with the trouble of Number Two resolved.

Most of Xi City could be considered reclaimed.

Therefore, the Return to the City Plan could barely be considered complete.

As long as the remaining anomalies lurking in Xi City were cleaned out, the base could relocate.

When that time came, Elder Hou Junji would surely use his ability once again to attract more convoys over, building this place into humanity's first city of civilized rebirth.