[{"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-347":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},560900,811,"Chapter 348: I never thought I did anything wrong","sequence-highway-survival-i-upgrade-supplies-in--chapter-347",347,"\u003Cp>\"Five hundred people, are you insane?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this number, even Deputy City Lord Ding Shen, known for his composure, changed his expression at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five hundred people—this number was simply appalling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the 'Tails' behind Deputy City Lord Ding were now stretched taut, standing rigidly straight like venomous snakes, vigilantly watching the unknown spherical creature in the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless chaotic sounds echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spherical creature in the darkness emitted a chilling, sinister laugh as it slowly moved to the center of the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What came into Deputy City Lord Ding's view was a massive sphere formed from countless people entangled together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people were knotted together; some were only visible as a head poking out, their expressions vacant, eyes hollow, making it impossible to tell if they were dead or alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also those with only an arm or a leg visible, the remaining parts similarly engulfed by others' limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Chen Ye, Chu Che, and the others were here, they would recognize it at a glance—this was the same spherical anomalous creature they had encountered previously in Xining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Chu Che's captain's notebook, this spherical anomalous creature was referred to as the \"Tangled Crowd.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This phenomenon was somewhat similar to the \"Rat King\" phenomenon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was rumored that regions where the \"Rat King\" phenomenon appeared would experience disasters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, just a single glance at the \"Tangled Crowd\" before them was enough to make one's hair stand on end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless \"Concealment Talismans\" were affixed to the bodies of the \"Tangled Crowd.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On each human arm, shoulder, and thigh, there was a \"Concealment Talisman.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Deputy City Lord Ding Shen had made a deal with the Anomalies and had seen the \"Tangled Crowd\" countless times, every sighting still filled him with despair and a bone-deep chill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back when the deal was struck with the Anomalies, the terms were that the Anomalies would not harass the Oasis, at least not openly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in return, the Oasis had to sacrifice a portion of its people to the Anomalies every month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each month, Ding Shen would lead people away from the Oasis to various human forbidden zones to gather supplies, and each time, some of those who went never returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, the very group that initially built the Oasis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those people had witnessed the Anomalies invading the Oasis and were fully aware of the agreement Ding Shen had made with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final outcome was that not a single one of those people survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gradually, no one was willing to follow Deputy City Lord Ding Shen on supply-gathering expeditions anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, this time, they came up with the \"No-Rules Race.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the No-Rules Race, even deaths were permitted within the rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who died became the price Oasis City paid to the Anomalies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All to ensure the Anomalies would not harass Oasis City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, such a rule could never be openly stated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of this was to use human lives to sustain the operation of Oasis City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Shen had never regretted the decision he made today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cha Wu was quite opposed to making a deal with the Anomalies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since he had no better alternative, he could only turn a blind eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this time, the Anomalies were demanding five hundred people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was important to know that the entire Oasis City had only a little over six thousand people, many of whom were actually Anomalies mixed in among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calculated this way, five hundred people was almost ten percent of Oasis City's population.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This demand was utterly outrageous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Shen could not possibly agree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehehe... Deputy City Lord Ding, don't refuse so quickly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your city has welcomed many newcomers recently. Five hundred people shouldn't be too difficult!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover, the atmosphere in the city is quite tense lately. Tomorrow's competition will likely claim many lives. Just don't interfere, that's all!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whether they are alive or dead is acceptable!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Five hundred people... really isn't that many!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From within the Tangled Crowd, a person with only their head exposed opened their mouth to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't even think about it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Shen decisively refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five hundred people—just thinking about the number was terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving aside whether it was even possible, even if it were, Ding Shen could not possibly agree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others only knew Deputy City Lord Ding Shen as cold, arrogant, and difficult to deal with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who would have guessed that even he was being bullied to this extent in front of the Anomalies?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was the number one expert in all of Oasis City!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Anomalies, he could only resort to pretense and evasion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Deputy City Lord Ding, won't you reconsider?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are many other Anomalies that have infiltrated the city. If you make up your mind, you can tell me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the speaker was a man with half his body exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The anomalous entity known as the Tangled Crowd spoke through a different person each time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person who spoke each time had a certain randomness to it, which only added to the fear it instilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As these words were spoken, the man whose lower body was submerged by others' limbs cast a subtle glance at Ding Shen's chest, where there seemed to be something quite interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing this sentence, the Tangled Crowd slowly rolled back into the dark shadows until it vanished completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no path in that dark shadow at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Tangled Crowd\" seemed to have entered another space entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, everything returned to silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Shen sat in his chair, unmoving for at least half an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze was vacant as he stared straight ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew what he was truly feeling at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason Oasis City could exist until now was entirely due to that one deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Shen had never felt that he had done anything wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Cha Wu had a better solution, he would definitely listen to his advice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Cha Wu only knew how to oppose, only told him not to get so close to the Anomalies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like how some people would always say what you're doing is wrong, that your approach will surely fail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can't do it this way, and you can't do it that way either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They only knew what couldn't be done, but they didn't know what *could* be done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When you asked them to come up with a reliable plan, these people would always be left speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he hadn't made that deal with the Anomalies, Oasis City would absolutely not exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had heard the legend of the \"legendary Oasis\" long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was just a legend; he had never seen it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since that was the case, he would simply build a \"legendary Oasis\" himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Shen's face flushed red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five hundred people—this number had exceeded the limit of what he could psychologically bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't a one-time transaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time it was five hundred, next time it would be a thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time after that, two thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the survival of Oasis City, he had already given everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The companions who once stood by his side... only he remembered them now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no evidence left to prove they had ever been in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The resolute Deputy City Lord Ding, for the first time, began to doubt whether what he had done was right or wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a pitch-black, unknown place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sinister voice, utterly eerie, spoke: \"I told you long ago, he wouldn't agree. Five hundred is too many.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another equally sinister female voice emitted a sharp, thin tone: \"He will agree. For the sake of the Oasis, he is willing to do anything!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the voice of a young child: \"I'm asking for so many because I want to eat as much as I can before the Oasis collapses!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A third voice, that of an old woman: \"The current Oasis already has many of our kind mixed in! These things won't listen to us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hoarse, elderly male voice: \"Damnable bastards. These Anomalies possess great power but lack strong intellect. Humans actually lump us together with them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was also the voice of a young man: \"Some of them even we find somewhat intimidating!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young girl's voice: \"In a few days, this human city will become a new human forbidden zone, just like all the others.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1391,"2026-05-30T15:16:55.251Z","2026-06-01T04:31:34.172Z",1,"novelbin.me","8a7eae6b3c19c804181162d27512c4892fdfc65c36b68825487f914081becf2b","sequence-highway-survival-i-upgrade-supplies-in--chapter-348","sequence-highway-survival-i-upgrade-supplies-in--chapter-346",465,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsequence-highway-survival-i-upgrade-supplies-in--cover.jpg"]