Chapter 695: Aftermath

The Happy Family convoy wasn't even the worst off.

One convoy, after drawing the attention of those sea anomalies, had their fellow superhuman teammates rush to help.

Convoys that had been migrating together for so long tended to build good relationships with one another.

Some convoys even came to see their teammates as new family.

Under such circumstances.

There weren't many people who had to watch their loved ones get torn apart by those sea anomalies with their own eyes.

That was exactly the situation for this convoy. When one of their teammates was surrounded by the sea anomalies, the remaining superhumans hurried to help.

But in the end, there was no miracle.

The entire convoy... every last one of them died.

What's more, that convoy even had a Sequence 4 Fist Master Sequence user and a Sequence 3 Gunner Sequence user.

Because this convoy was fairly far from Chen Ye's convoy.

When the commotion broke out, the whole ordeal only lasted a few extra minutes.

And that was it.

The entire convoy was wiped out. Aside from a few broken vehicle shells at the convoy's campsite, there was no trace of any living aura.

The Silent Council sent people to help handle the funeral arrangements.

The dead didn't even have bodies left behind.

The Silent Council could only erect cenotaphs, burying some of the convoy members' clothes in these new graves.

Song Wei had someone find the earlier registration forms and put up a tombstone for each cenotaph.

Their names were engraved on the tombstones.

Only then did everyone understand why the Silent Council had registered everyone's information.

Perhaps it was simply so that after people died, they could have a tombstone erected for them.

This time, among those who died when the sea anomalies came ashore.

Many of their bodies were never found.

No one knew whether those corpses had been devoured by the sea anomalies or dragged into the ocean.

As a result, over ninety percent of the new graves were cenotaphs.

Too many people had died.

Grave after grave appeared in the Rest Eternal Garden cemetery.

By the time the sun set, the number of new graves had exceeded three hundred, stretching into one massive expanse.

The sound of sobbing became the most important background music for today's sunset.

Some people looked coldly at the vast stretch of new graves in Rest Eternal Garden, not saying a word.

Because, in their eyes, their final resting place might very well be the Rest Eternal Garden too.

And some people turned hateful gazes toward the Silent Council!

Others gathered a large crowd and charged toward the Silent Council.

They wanted to settle scores with the Silent Council.

The Fair Convoy sent someone too.

And that someone was none other than Captain Chu.

When it came to arguing and haggling, Chu Che, as the captain, was quite skilled.

The Silent Council was also pretty straightforward about it. Led by Elder Hou Junji, they bickered and argued right back.

The shouting match didn't quiet down until nine o'clock at night.

The convoys blamed the Silent Council for not giving advance notice, saying that something as important as the sea anomalies coming ashore couldn't be prevented, costing them so many people.

The Return to the City Plan was organized by them, yet so many people had died before Xi City was even taken.

Some conspiracy theorists even suspected the Silent Council of having some hidden agenda.

Others felt that the sea anomalies coming ashore was something the Silent Council had orchestrated behind the scenes.

The Silent Council, for their part, said they had no idea the sea anomalies would come ashore either.

Being able to notify everyone a few hours in advance was already the best they could do.

Moreover, they hadn't just sat on their hands. At the very least, they'd handed out all those Concealment Talismans.

You had to understand, even the Silent Council didn't have many Concealment Talismans of their own.

If they were put up for sale at the Silent Council Shop, each one would probably cost several gold coins.

But all of these were provided free of charge by the Silent Council.

Besides, the Silent Council had no reason to do such a thing.

After all, if everyone's strength took a hit, attacking Xi City would only become more difficult.

They had no reason to do this...

And they had tried their best to get everyone prepared beforehand.

Blah blah blah...

Anyway, each side had their own arguments...

In the end, the Silent Council still made concessions.

Each convoy would be compensated with fifty Silent Gold Coins...

Fifty Silent Gold Coins, at the base's current gold-to-food exchange rate, would be roughly six to seven hundred catties of food.

Of course, with so many Silent Gold Coins flooding the market, food prices were bound to skyrocket, and the value of Silent Gold Coins would definitely drop too.

There was no way anyone could still exchange one coin for twelve catties of food anymore.

Although fifty coins wasn't much, it showed the Silent Council's sincerity.

Though some people were still dissatisfied, there was nothing they could do.

If they kept making a fuss, it wouldn't do anyone any good.

Besides, this was the apocalypse. Did they really expect no one to die?

"The Silent Council... impressive..."

After hearing Chu Che recount what had happened that night.

Chen Ye couldn't help but nod inwardly, giving the Silent Council a "impressive" rating.

At this point, the convoy seemed to have returned to normal.

The massive tent had been set up once again.

The dead had been buried over at Rest Eternal Garden.

The living continued to live.

The Pink-haired Girl was nowhere to be seen, probably off practicing her sword.

Iron Lion was in the camp, huffing and puffing under the weight of a boulder the size of a small hill on his back.

Gong Yong had returned to his workshop, tirelessly improving his Sunlight Capsule.

Xu Lina sat on top of Bus Number Six drinking.

Ding Dong was tending to the Ideal Grain Seeds.

Only Chen Ye, Chu Che, Dantai Bie, and Chen Hao were sitting in the big tent.

Hearing Chen Ye's assessment of the Silent Council.

Chen Hao looked a bit puzzled but didn't say anything.

This time, when the sea anomalies came ashore, the Great Shun Dynasty Convoy had actually suffered the least losses.

According to Chen Hao, that Little Fatty's "Mobile Palace" had excellent soundproofing and defensive capabilities.

Moreover, the Great Shun Dynasty Convoy's survivors had long been brainwashed by Little Fatty, so they executed his "imperial edicts" quite thoroughly.

That was why, after the sea anomalies came ashore, they didn't cause any trouble.

Dantai Bie narrowed his eyes slightly: "Actually, the Silent Council could've just refused to compensate, because no one can prove they caused the sea anomalies to come ashore, and no one can prove they were connected to it either!"

"Besides... the Silent Council's strength should be the strongest in this entire base!"

"Even if they refused to acknowledge it, there's nothing we could do about it!"

"But now, they admitted it!"

"I bet right now, many convoys don't blame them at all, and might even think the Silent Council is pretty decent!"

Dantai Bie looked like a reincarnated Zhuge Liang.

Chu Che nodded, then shook his head: "Not just that. The Silent Council has always wanted to promote the Silent Gold Coin as the standard supernatural currency. This compensation is also going with the flow!"

"I'd say the promotion of the Silent Gold Coin is going to speed up quite a bit!"

Chen Ye narrowed his blood-red eyes: "Killing three birds with one stone. They defused the conflict, gained a good reputation, and advanced their plan all at once. Turning a bad thing into a good thing. Hou Junji's got some real skill!"

"Oh, right, about moving the base. How did you all discuss that?"

At the mention of moving, Dantai Bie and Chen Hao both became attentive.

With something this major happening at the base, many people no longer felt safe staying here.

Quite a few were even thinking about abandoning the Return to the City Plan.