When Yan Kuan woke up, his head felt heavy.
He shook his head, then suddenly remembered the scene before he fainted, so he quickly scrambled to his feet, only to find that only Old Liu and Wang Bin were lying on the ground beside him.
As for the Scarlet Hound, it had long since disappeared.
“Are you alright?”
Lin Lin walked over from the Horizontal Cave entrance, holding a household medical kit.
“Is the battle over?”
“It’s over, we won.”
Lin Lin said, taking out gauze.
“Can you help me get Wang Bin up?”
“Oh, oh, okay.”
“How did he get so badly injured? He won’t die, will he?”
Only then did Yan Kuan notice the large bloody gash on Wang Bin’s chest.
He remembered, Wang Bin was swept away by the Scarlet Hound’s tail!
“No, he won’t, but he still needs to be bandaged, otherwise he’ll be very weak from excessive blood loss even if he recovers later.”
This was what Chen Bugu said.
He told Lin Lin it would be best to bandage Wang Bin first, otherwise, if she waited until her mental strength recovered to treat him, Wang Bin would be very weak even after recovering.
Yan Kuan helped Lin Lin slowly assist Wang Bin to a sitting position.
The large bloody gash was still oozing blood, and Yan Kuan found it shocking.
“Was I unconscious for a long time this time?”
“Not really, just seven or eight minutes.”
“Where are the others?”
“They went to find food, they’re all dismantling other people’s cars in the tunnel.”
Lin Lin didn’t mention that the household medical kit in her hand also came from someone else’s car.
After the simple bandaging of the wound was complete, Yan Kuan walked out towards the tunnel.
Although only a short hour had passed since his awakening, Yan Kuan felt as if an entire century had gone by.
After coming out of the Horizontal Cave, the first thing Yan Kuan saw was Chen Bugu’s back.
Chen Bugu opened the door of a white sedan and quietly slipped inside.
When fleeing, most people didn’t think to lock their doors, which saved Chen Bugu a lot of effort.
Although he had prepared himself mentally, the horrific scene in the tunnel and the pervasive smell of blood in the air still made Yan Kuan feel sick.
Chen Bugu crawled out of the car again and immediately saw Yan Kuan not far away.
He waved his hand, as if saying something.
Yan Kuan couldn’t hear clearly, so he walked closer.
“Fatty, you’re awake! Here’s a chocolate, replenish your energy first!”
Chen Bugu threw the spoils he had just plundered from someone else’s car to Yan Kuan.
Yan Kuan heard Chen Bugu call him “Fatty” again and was about to retort when he suddenly received a piece of chocolate, and his stomach uncooperatively rumbled.
He had worked overtime last night and had meetings today, keeping him busy until now.
He had planned to drive home, take a hot shower, drink a cold cola, and get a good night’s sleep…
He never expected fate to play such a cruel joke on him, leading him into this tunnel.
Yan Kuan took the chocolate, tore open the wrapper, and bit into it piece by piece.
He hadn’t eaten properly in over a dozen hours.
“Eating so fast, are you a hungry ghost? Here.”
Chen Bugu threw Yan Kuan another bottle of iced cola.
Yan Kuan’s eyes lit up.
“Gulp, gulp, gulp~”
“Burp~”
Yan Kuan felt refreshed.
“Where did you get this happy water, and it’s even cold?”
Chen Bugu smiled and pointed not far away.
Yan Kuan followed the direction and saw a small RV with its door wide open, clearly already ransacked by Chen Bugu.
“There’s only one bottle left. Bai Ting asked me for it, and I didn’t give it to him.”
Chen Bugu spoke casually; since Bai Ting wasn’t there, whatever he said was true.
“Alright, I won’t hold it against you for calling me Fatty. Do you have any more chocolate?”
“……”
Bai Ting found his car and silently took out another identical suit jacket from the trunk to change into.
Lin Ye used the Sheep Attribute, riding the Snow Mystic Antelope and running along the tunnel exit.
Chen Bugu said the tunnel had reopened, and he decided to verify it.
Lin Xiaoxiao, on the other hand, transformed into Bandit Leader Number Two, frantically plundering supplies from other vehicles.
“Won’t this be bad for us? After all, the owners of these cars are still unburied…”
Yan Kuan, gnawing on chocolate, suddenly stopped, remembering the people torn apart by the Scarlet Hound right before his eyes.
“Just eat it. Chocolate is something that, if you don’t eat it now, you don’t know when you’ll be able to eat it again.”
Chen Bugu tore open another piece of chocolate. He really hadn’t eaten such snacks in a long time, as after the apocalypse, these things were consumables, one less with each one eaten.
“What do you mean by that? Where can’t you buy chocolate once we get out?”
“Do you know something else about this incident?”
Seeing Chen Bugu acting mysterious, Yan Kuan suddenly remembered how he had told him to press his hands to the ground during the previous battle.
“I know some things, but not much, and it’s complicated to explain.”
Seeing that Chen Bugu wouldn’t say, Yan Kuan didn’t press further. Anyway, after escaping, they probably wouldn’t have any further interactions, so let the police deal with the aftermath in the tunnel.
After finishing the chocolate, disregarding Yan Kuan’s objections, Chen Bugu dragged him to continue plundering the remaining cars.
Walking to the 64 road bus, Chen Bugu stopped.
The 64 road bus, whether in his previous life or this one, was where everything began.
It was at this moment that Chen Bugu suddenly made up his mind.
Having lived again, he wanted to become stronger, protect his friends, his family, and have no more regrets.
If possible, he wanted to uncover the truth of the apocalypse!
What Yan Kuan and the others didn’t know was that the disaster they were currently experiencing would later be called the “Great Disaster” by people.
The “Great Disaster” occurred randomly, and the trial each person experienced might be different.
Some, like them, suddenly entered after driving into a tunnel;
There were also some students who, halfway through class, suddenly found the classroom door couldn’t be opened, and when it was opened again, monsters poured out of the teaching building’s corridor;
And some office buildings suddenly collapsed entirely into a “sinkhole,” and when everyone woke up again, the inexplicable slaughter had already begun.
The “Great Disaster” didn’t start appearing on this day, but it suddenly increased on this day.
Chen Bugu knew without a doubt that the outside world must currently be flooded with reports of strange occurrences appearing frequently in various places.
And within a year, everyone would inevitably experience their own “Great Disaster” through various means and awaken their own abilities.
Later, people speculated that the purpose of all “Great Disasters” was merely to filter.
To filter out those qualified to enter the apocalypse.
This was like a new recruit trial.
Those who passed entered the next stage, while those who couldn’t pass faced only death.
The Yu Tan Tunnel was their “Great Disaster,” but the completion of the “Great Disaster” at this moment was not the end, but rather the beginning of all nightmares.
Yan Kuan got off the 64 road bus, just about to complain that the passengers on this bus hadn’t left anything behind.
Then he saw Lin Xiaoxiao slowly walking over, carrying two large bags of snacks.
“Xiao Xiao, I suggest you and Lin Lin change into more comfortable clothing for movement.”
“What do you mean?”
Lin Xiaoxiao truly didn’t understand.
Ever since Chen Bugu told her to collect food, she hadn’t understood.
Didn’t he say they could leave soon?
“What you’re wearing isn’t suitable for combat; you’re prone to injury.”
“Combat?”
“What do you mean!”
“There’s more combat?”
Yan Kuan immediately reacted after hearing this.
Chen Bugu smiled bitterly and nodded.
And at this moment, Lin Ye stood dazedly at the tunnel entrance, riding the Snow Mystic Antelope.
He had walked out of the tunnel.
But the road outside the tunnel had disappeared.
Or rather, the world outside the tunnel had changed.
Lin Ye rubbed his eyes, confirming he hadn’t misseen.
Looking out, there was no road, no city, no sign of human habitation…
Only a vast, boundless primeval forest.