Chapter 680: Things Both Deaf and Blind

Chen Ye watched all of this happen in silence.

Even as the Blood Moon Lord, he couldn't change anything that was unfolding right now.

This kind of situation would continue for many more days.

How were they supposed to get through these days?

The sea anomalies in the Fair Convoy's camp were growing more numerous by the hour.

The originally dry ground had become cold and damp, and along with that cold dampness came a rather unpleasant odor.

Chen Ye sat in the driver's seat of the Monster Pickup Truck, originally prepared to flee at any moment.

But as things stood now, even if he wanted to escape, it probably wasn't possible anymore.

There were just too many of these things.

Right beside the Monster Pickup Truck, less than half a meter from Chen Ye.

A figure with an ashen-gray complexion appeared step by step in front of the window, as if moving in slow motion.

The Monster Pickup Truck's window still had the protective netting, and still no glass installed.

Chen Ye could clearly feel the chill radiating from this thing.

Facing a big living person like Chen Ye, this creature seemed not to see him at all.

Shuffling step by step, slowly...

Chen Ye carefully examined every characteristic of this creature.

Its clothing was about the same as a normal person's, except it had no head visible, only a long, long neck.

Just then.

Chen Ye saw a head descending from the sky.

This head was different from the other numb, lifeless ones. It seemed to possess a bit more capacity for independent thought.

This head was connected by a long neck, slithering like a snake.

The two eyes on the head stared fixedly at Chen Ye.

For a moment, four eyes met. No, three eyes met.

Blood-red eyes looked at those two pupil-less gray eyes on the head.

Yes, upon closer inspection, he realized these eyes had no pupils.

Chen Ye wasn't sure whether these eyes had vision, whether they still functioned as eyes at all.

But he still didn't move, only stared at those gray eyes with his blood-red ones.

His left and right hands each gripped the handles of the Hundred-Ghost Eater and Hatred.

Ready to unleash a killing strike at any moment.

Even knowing full well that facing so many Anomalies, his odds of winning were nowhere near favorable.

But if anyone thought they could make him sit there waiting to die, that wasn't happening.

Three eyes stared at each other like that.

To say he wasn't nervous would be an absolute lie.

Chen Ye's palms were slightly sweating.

Not far away, Sun Xixi had also tensed up.

She wasn't sure how Chen Ye had drawn that creature's attention.

From her current angle.

In front of the Monster Pickup Truck, there was a creature with an extremely long neck, coiling its neck around to poke its head in front of the truck.

Just like a snake suddenly raising its head to stare at an enemy.

And Chen Ye... that idiot was locking eyes with it!

The pink-haired girl really wanted to slap Chen Ye right now. This idiot...

But if a conflict really did break out.

Complain as she might, the pink-haired girl would still be the first to lend a hand.

Chu Che also saw what was happening.

Beads of sweat the size of soybeans formed on his forehead, nearly soaking his entire collar.

At this moment, Chu Che had already cursed Chen Ye out countless times in his mind.

This idiot... dumbass... bastard...

Anything he could think of, Squad Leader Chu was applying to Chen Ye right now.

Iron Lion's two heads also turned to look.

That creature with the coiling neck staring at Chen Ye, its neck was at least four meters long.

Iron Lion licked his lips.

If Chen Ye were attacked, he'd charge over in an instant and rip that long neck clean off.

Even more people were watching Chen Ye's situation.

Some even felt schadenfreude in their hearts.

Of course, the one feeling that schadenfreude was Jiang Rou from the nearby Shepherd Convoy.

As long as Chen Ye died, she felt she would become the next owner of that blade, the true owner.

Chen Ye actually had no idea why this creature had locked onto him.

He was clearly wearing the Concealment Talisman.

He shouldn't be drawing these creatures' attention at all.

Suddenly, the head with the gray eyes shifted slightly.

The head tilted a little to one side, as if it still hadn't seen the big living person right in front of it.

The head tilted again, bringing its ear closer first, as if trying to listen for any other sounds inside the truck.

Chen Ye even softened his breathing, and softened it a great deal.

The whole process lasted maybe just over a minute.

But Chen Ye felt like it had been a full ten minutes.

Only when the coiling neck finally moved its head away from Chen Ye's window.

Did Chen Ye let out a slight breath of relief.

He also made some judgments about these sea anomalies in his mind.

These things seemed to be both deaf and blind.

Their vision was poor, and their hearing seemed poor too.

Although this one looked a bit more animated than the others, seemingly a bit smarter as well.

But that degree was quite limited.

Unless it was an especially loud noise, they couldn't hear it.

Thinking about it, since this kind of time would last a long while, Chen Ye simply stood up from the driver's seat.

Planning to head back into the living space in the truck bed.

Ready to tough out these few days.

After a moment's thought, Chen Ye grabbed his Bluetooth earbuds and shook them by the window.

The others hadn't shifted their attention away yet. Seeing Chen Ye shaking his Bluetooth earbuds.

They were briefly startled, but each went back to find their own Bluetooth earbuds.

Chen Ye took out the right earbud and stuffed it into his ear.

Then he lowered his voice and said, "Hello, hello..."

The moment those two words left his mouth.

Everyone wearing Bluetooth earbuds jolted simultaneously.

Then they all made the same move, hurriedly covering their ears and looking toward the long-necked creatures outside Chen Ye's truck.

And then...

Nothing happened at all.

Those long-necked sea anomalies still shuffled slowly through the convoy camp.

Like a group of walking corpses, utterly devoid of any vitality.

Aside from that "old flame" of Chen Ye's with the four-meter neck, the other Anomalies didn't seem to differ much from one another.

Chen Ye lowered his voice and said, "Don't worry, these things are both deaf and blind. As long as we don't make too much noise, everything will be fine!"

"Holy shit, Yezi, you scared the hell out of me just now!"

Sure enough, the first to reply to Chen Ye was Dantai Bie.

"Yezi, you have no idea, I thought you were done for back then. I already wrote your funeral eulogy in my head!"

"He was a good man, a pure and genuine good man!~~~~"

"Get lost, get the hell lost!"

Hearing Dantai Bie's incessant chatter, Chen Ye lashed out directly.

How was this guy's mouth built? Why was everything that came out of it so inauspicious?

Maybe it was because that vehicle of his had decent soundproofing, so he felt much more free to speak than everyone else.

Actually, Sun Xixi and Chu Che had also relaxed a lot after learning that these things were "both deaf and blind."

Their vehicles weren't Wonders, but they had been soundproofed during the earlier modifications.

"Yezi, how did that thing lock onto you just now?"

"How would I know? I didn't do anything!"

"Maybe it was curious?"

Chen Ye was telling the truth. He didn't know how he'd been targeted either.

This kind of thing naturally wasn't something to hide from his teammates. Maybe with everyone pooling their thoughts, they could analyze more.

Everyone was quietly conversing through the Bluetooth earbuds.

"Yezi, when you had that close encounter with the thing just now, what did it feel like?"

"Cold. It felt like these things only have human shape, but they're not human at all, they're completely different creatures!"

"What else?"

"It felt like they'd been soaking in the deep sea for a few hundred years. There's nothing human about them!"

"The one that stared at me just now seemed to have some spark of thought, but that difference isn't extreme. At its core, it should still be an Anomaly. It doesn't have normal human intelligence, and it's even far worse than an average cat or dog."

Hearing Chen Ye's description, everyone breathed a slight sigh of relief.

If such a massive population had creatures with human-level intelligence, then everyone at the base would be completely doomed.

But just at that moment...

A scream pierced through the night sky!

"Ahhh~~~"