[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-sequence-highway-survival-i-upgrade-supplies-in-":3,"chapter-sequence-highway-survival-i-upgrade-supplies-in--sequence-highway-survival-i-upgrade-supplies-in--chapter-13":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Sequence Highway Survival: I Upgrade Supplies in the Apocalypse",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},560816,811,"Chapter 13: Such Shamelessness","sequence-highway-survival-i-upgrade-supplies-in--chapter-13",13,"\u003Cp>Chen Ye frowned slightly; the price this person quoted was a bit steep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the apocalypse, food was the hardest currency—worth more than almost anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially unpackaged staples like rice. Many people had been living on instant noodles and packaged foods for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among those who had escaped from Xinghua Town, not many had brought rice with them. Most of them had foolishly gone for chips, biscuits, and instant noodles; flour and rice were scarce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Chen Ye frown, the person in front of him spoke very cautiously, “If Mr. Chen really wants it, five catties—five catties of rice will do!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Or if Mr. Chen can repair the bus twice for free, I can give this set of repair tools to you for free!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While saying this, the man kept studying Chen Ye’s facial expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The convoy had fewer than a hundred people, so news that Chen Ye was a Mechanic Sequence superhuman had quickly spread to everyone in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye hesitated for a moment. “Deal!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye then traded for some seasonings—salt, oil, things like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those only cost a few packs of instant noodles to exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two hours of trading time remained with half an hour left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye still hadn’t exchanged for gasoline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made him a little worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gasoline was only available with Chu Che, Nana, and the Iron Lion who hadn’t shown up yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But all three of them had similar asking prices—very high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he really going to have to trade rice for it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t eaten rice in many days himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He genuinely felt some reluctance to give it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe he could use that secret to trade for gasoline and Nana’s knife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted gasoline for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted Nana’s knife too!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gaze kept watching Chen Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The owner of that gaze was the pre-apocalypse celebrity and current small-car owner, Zhou Lan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This woman didn’t have many supplies compared to others—only a few items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet many people lingered in front of her stall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Chen Ye hesitate, she bit her lip, suddenly stood up, opened the rear door of her car, and took out a square metal can from the backseat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister, what are you planning to do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a youth suddenly rushed over and grabbed Zhou Lan’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was handsome, bearing a five- or six-point resemblance to Zhou Lan—if he were a girl, he would probably be a great beauty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiao Xiao, let go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I won’t. Sister, are you planning to give this can of gasoline away?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youth said stubbornly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Silly kid, this gasoline was hard for our siblings to get. Do you think I’m that stupid?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youth said half in doubt, half in hope: “Really?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Lan patted the youth’s head and smiled, “Of course it’s true.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the youth let go, Zhou Lan carried the oil can toward Chen Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Chen, I have a can of gasoline. If you don’t mind, I can trade it to you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Chen Ye was hesitating about whether to trade rice for gasoline, Zhou Lan suddenly appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s your price?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ten catties of rice. If Mr. Chen finds that inconvenient, eight catties of rice will do!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye’s brow tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously Chu Che and Nana also had gasoline, but both of them asked for twenty catties of rice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This pre-apocalypse celebrity in front of him only wanted eight?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That price was almost unbelievably cheap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps seeing through Chen Ye’s hesitation, Zhou Lan explained quietly, “I still have one can of gasoline, enough to reach the next supply point.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The reason I’m offering it so cheaply to Mr. Chen is just hoping that in the future, when I encounter trouble, Mr. Chen might look after me a bit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Chen Ye looked up and appraised the pre-apocalypse celebrity before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately understood her intentions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being a celebrity before the apocalypse, in this environment she was like a firefly in the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lecherous men lingering in front of her stall made that clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was a celebrity. If this convoy didn’t maintain some order, other convoys might have already—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the apocalypse dragged on, the old social order and civility were slowly collapsing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe one day it would fully revert to a savage era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then her celebrity aura wouldn’t protect her; it would make her a target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Che and Nana already had fixed circles around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Lan, however, wandered outside those circles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What she was doing now was likely trying to find protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she at least counted as a newly awakened Sequence superhuman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye hesitated a moment and said, “Not enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Lan’s face blanched slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Chen… what else would you want?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Lan didn’t have many supplies. In her small group, it was only her and her younger brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they were in Xinghua Town, the siblings had failed to gather many supplies either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were only slightly better off than the average survivors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Giving up this can of gasoline was already her greatest show of sincerity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had nearly died facing Anomalies to obtain that gasoline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now the other party opened his mouth as if he wanted something for nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Lan’s face flushed with anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her previously gentle eyes emitted a sharpness as she stared intently at the man before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to know why he could be so shameless and say such things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You… Mr. Chen, don’t you think what you’re saying is excessive?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Lan grit her teeth to say this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye showed no hint of guilt on his face. “Maybe you can pick some clothes you like from my stuff.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, Miss Zhou, if you truly had other choices, you wouldn’t be standing here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If this were before the apocalypse, I might not even qualify to know you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But now—this is the apocalypse.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m a Sequence superhuman, and you’re just an ordinary person.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You decide!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Lan’s chest heaved with anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this had been before the apocalypse, someone like Chen Ye—handsome as he was—wouldn’t have warranted a second glance; the two of them wouldn’t have even had the most basic interaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Lan’s face flushed deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sense of humiliation swept over the celebrity’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her beautiful eyes grew a little misty—an emotion she had never felt before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a full thirty seconds of silence, the pre-apocalypse celebrity finally ground out, “Fine! Deal!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1072,"2026-05-30T15:16:54.972Z","2026-06-01T04:31:34.172Z",1,"novelbin.me","a85e21129fd243196577170d8899507c24026b7f08c378e8a1ac1caa78be232d","sequence-highway-survival-i-upgrade-supplies-in--chapter-14","sequence-highway-survival-i-upgrade-supplies-in--chapter-12",465,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsequence-highway-survival-i-upgrade-supplies-in--cover.jpg"]