[{"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-289":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},560942,811,"Chapter 289: At Long Last, It Appeared","sequence-highway-survival-i-upgrade-supplies-in--chapter-289",289,"\u003Cp>That night passed relatively quietly, except for some unease among the survivors from the Apocalyptic Fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All night, Chen Ye could hear their whispered conversations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Xue Nan went to warn them, they quieted down a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The convoy had taken in too many people at once, which led to some disorder in management.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But under the terrifying pressure of Iron Lion, nothing major happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only that fat guy and his chief steward were assigned to a tent by Xue Nan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, they were superhumans—at least they deserved some dignity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, the convoy had taken so many supplies from them; contributing the use of a tent was the least they could do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faint yellow lights had started to come on around the camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the hazy light, silhouettes were projected onto the tent fabric, their movements clearly visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of these lights were items survivors had grabbed while scavenging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some had been traded from others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the day, they used the camp’s few solar panels to recharge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weather was decent today, calm and sunny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the solar panels served some purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared with the past few days of constant drizzle, when solar panels were useless, today they helped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye had no lamp, so he opened one side of the vehicle canopy and sat cross-legged, using the blood-red moonlight to begin practicing the Moon Devouring Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tonight’s blood moon was unusually clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The survivors were completely numb to the blood moon by now; except that no one dared stare directly at it and that the moonlight was red, it didn’t affect daily life much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right after he started cultivating, Chen Ye felt the night was completely different from the rainy ones before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A magnificent energy was swallowed into his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Supernatural power surged inside him, assimilated by the power already within, transforming into his own energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His supernatural power grew rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye felt himself getting closer and closer to Sequence 3.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The convoy’s campsite was on a stretch of grassland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scenery was pleasant; during the day green spread to the horizon, dotted with many small flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the wind blew, the little flowers swayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these flowers looked somewhat strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some had rainbow-like colors, vivid and gorgeous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others were pitch-black, emitting a faint dark aura even in daylight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up close, their petals revealed something startling: the stamens were actually serene, beautiful human faces with closed eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those survivors who first found these flowers were terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after getting used to them, people found the black flowers strangely beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many even planned to cultivate them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Xue Nan scolded them, they snapped to attention and fled in a panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By nightfall, not a single one of those black little flowers could be found.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this place had existed before the apocalypse, it surely would have been fenced off and ticketed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving aside whatever danger they might harbor, the scenery alone would make people linger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hundred yuan per person at least for admission, back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, everything was free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier, some convoy survivors had seen rabbit-like creatures watching them from a distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one foolishly believed those rabbit-like creatures were easy prey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the flowers had never been seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those cute-looking rabbits might well devour a grown adult with one bite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world grew stranger and stranger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most survivors who had made it this far were vigilant enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The convoy’s wheels left deep ruts in the grassland, like scars on that beautiful landscape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the middle of the camp a small bonfire burned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The firewood came from a nearby grove that survivors had cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iron Lion had helped a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy could crush a modest tree barehanded without issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was nearly two point two meters tall now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did that even mean!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Chen Ye himself was over 1.8 meters tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing next to Iron Lion, he almost felt diminutive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Fish, that tiny girl, standing beside Iron Lion, looked like she belonged to a different species.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In no time at all, Iron Lion carried several trees back from the woods with ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without him, a few survivors without proper tools could not have gotten so much firewood in such a short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trees were a grayish-green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When burned, the bonfire emitted a faint, peculiar fragrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first everyone was tense for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, Huang Di wasn’t completely useless; after he explained the smell was harmless, people relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Che grew curious that Huang Di knew this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Chu Che learned Huang Di had been hiding a copy of the captain’s notebook, Chu Che became friendlier toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I suppose the two of them were now sipping tea in a tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few survivors sat by the bonfire, occasionally tossing in another branch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire crackled softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Low conversations were mixed into the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people from the Apocalyptic Fortress and the convoy survivors had formed two small cliques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who had their own tents formed another small group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With more people, relationships became subtle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those without tents simply threw their quilts on the ground and lay down on them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many were sore and stiff; life inside the Apocalyptic Fortress had not been comfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the night passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone strained their eyes, but the car still hadn’t shown up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Che grew anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his sense, this place wasn’t entirely safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had chosen to camp here out of necessity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By his standards for selecting campsites, he would never have picked a place like this under normal circumstances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his perception, that fast-moving anomaly was the greatest source of threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When will Chen Hao get the vehicle back?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hao shook his head blankly, \"I… I don’t know… I don’t know!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the car still doesn’t come back today,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"we’ll have to leave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Che frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He already understood much about the features of the Quotation Sequence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t entirely his fault that this happened, but he was still anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I… I’ll hurry!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hao stammered; he felt Chu Che’s anxiety but could only promise that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fat Guy, when will you recover?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Di’s Apocalyptic Fortress had been turned into scrap by Resentment Dragon’s breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That had damaged Huang Di greatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t use Delusion Sequence power in the short term.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise he could have materialized another Apocalyptic Fortress to get these survivors away first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I… cough… not that fast, at least five more days!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had originally spoken in the royal \"We,\" but facing Chu Che’s strange expression, he hastily corrected himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, his chief steward Little Dezi shot a fierce glare at Chu Che.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the two of them looked rather pitiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their faces were bruised and swollen, even their eyes pressed into narrow slits by the black-and-blue bruises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some survivors had already guessed Fat Guy might be the so-called emperor from before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why those \"commoners\" in the Apocalyptic Fortress had looked at this side with ill intentions before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Chen Ye, nothing really troubled him; he kept watching the countdown on the Monster Pickup Truck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It should finish upgrading by the afternoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After lunch, after chatting idly with everyone for a while, Chu Che handed Chen Ye the page he’d found earlier about the Supernatural Pathway, Smoke Apostle entry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye read it and grew slightly alarmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smoke Apostle was a damaged sequence; after Sequence 4, it might already be the apex of this pathway…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had the System and could probably infer later sequences, the prospect still sounded astronomical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others now learned the concept of a damaged sequence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They realized sequences were a path toward godhood, and complex expressions crossed everyone’s faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some didn’t care, like Ding Dong and Iron Lion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Dong hardly cared about sequence superpowers; she was mild-tempered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she had the chance to switch to the Botanist Sequence, she likely would agree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iron Lion was simple-minded and didn’t care what others said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were confident, like Sun Xixi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, the Sword Immortal Sequence seemed the most likely path to divinity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others were worried, like Chen Hao and Huang Di.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they may have known this knowledge for a long time, worry still nagged them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sequence determined every superhuman at their core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some looked relieved, like Chen Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that after reaching Sequence 3, switching to another sequence would be inevitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They just didn’t know what that third sequence would be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief exchange, Chen Ye went back into his Apocalyptic Pickup Truck to rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lit a cigarette and lay on the bed in the back, staring out at the scenery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of the intense focus during the frantic escape earlier and the high tension when encountering Resentment Dragon, a single night of rest couldn’t fully recover him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he knew it, Chen Ye drifted off to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t even hear the System’s upgrade complete chime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the cabin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small, cautious little tentacle nudged the air vent on the dashboard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air conditioner hadn’t been installed; the vent was just a decoration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tiny tentacle looked timid; after sensing no danger outside, it slowly reached for Chen Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The suckers on the tentacle expanded slightly, and each sucker had many tiny sharp teeth that sent shivers down the spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One tentacle had many suckers; they slowly opened, revealing row upon row of jagged teeth, inching closer to Chen Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>",1565,"2026-05-30T15:16:55.251Z","2026-06-01T04:31:34.172Z",1,"novelbin.me","a3b1b665f740a0f63cba6d3110f3b4c3b6c8b3c45a2a61affb0a5b3148cfbd7d","sequence-highway-survival-i-upgrade-supplies-in--chapter-290","sequence-highway-survival-i-upgrade-supplies-in--chapter-288",465,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsequence-highway-survival-i-upgrade-supplies-in--cover.jpg"]