Chapter 701: Outer Zone Cleaned Up

The one asking this wasn't Chen Ye, nor Chu Che, but Dantai Bie.

Sun Xixi shot a glance at Dantai Bie and sneered coldly, "Not pay it back? Don't forget, our convoy used to have territory!"

"As long as they have fixed assets, the Silent Council won't worry about those two not repaying!"

"Worst case scenario, they can use the land to settle the debt!"

Dantai Bie suddenly had an epiphany: "Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Sure enough, there isn't a single fool in this world!"

"No wonder the Silent Council insisted on allocating territory to every convoy!"

"These territories are just the strings holding down the kites."

"You two... are really..."

Dantai Bie looked at Chu Che and Chen Ye with an expression of utter disappointment at their failure to live up to expectations.

The two of them just chuckled, neither refuting nor responding.

The pink-haired girl shot the two a glance and scoffed, "You think the two of them are fools?"

"What do you mean?"

Dantai Bie asked curiously.

Sun Xixi crossed her legs and continued:

"They're making a bet with the Silent Council, betting that even if Xi City is taken down, it won't last long!"

"As long as Xi City ends up breached like Oasis did, that debt becomes a dead account!"

"Then the convoy starts migrating again, and who could possibly find those two?"

Dantai Bie looked at Chu Che and Chen Ye once more, and this time there was something different in his eyes.

Chen Ye and Chu Che didn't say anything either, just kept their heads down eating.

Almost as if... they were feeling a bit guilty!

"The two of them might call it a loan, but really, they're gambling against the Silent Council!"

"The Silent Council is betting that Xi City can be held for the long term!"

"They're betting that Xi City can't last!"

"Both sides have their own chances of winning!"

"There are no real fools in this world!"

"Hey hey hey, you... you're not thinking of borrowing too, are you?"

The pink-haired girl was mid-sentence when she noticed Dantai Bie's eyes starting to gleam as well.

Dantai Bie slowly turned his head toward the pink-haired girl, an expression that was hard to describe on his face: "Hehe... Miss Sun, would you say... this counts as a dividend of the times?"

"You..."

Sun Xixi was momentarily at a loss for words.

Ding Dong let out a sigh, thinking to herself: Just as expected, one rotten apple spoils the whole barrel. Dantai Bie used to be such a good kid, just look at him now...

...

The loan storm continued to rage on.

But news about Xi City's situation did come back from the Silent Council.

Earlier, when the sea anomalies came ashore, everyone had been worried there might be some impact on Xi City.

So while everyone was resting and recuperating today, the Silent Council hadn't been idle either.

Elder Hou Junji, while issuing loans, had also dispatched a team of observers to Xi City to scout the situation.

The result was that there was nothing unusual happening in Xi City.

Tomorrow, they could continue advancing the plan.

"There's no way the sea anomalies didn't go to Xi City, yet the Silent Council found nothing at all. That's a bit strange, isn't it?"

"Forget about it, in an apocalypse like this, there are plenty of strange things. Let's just push forward according to the Silent Council's plan. At least for now, we don't have a better option!"

On the morning of the third day, something new did happen at the base.

A convoy arrived at the base, travel-worn and weary.

Before the sea anomalies came ashore, convoys had been trickling into the base one after another.

After the sea anomalies came ashore, almost no convoys had come.

So this newly arrived convoy made Elder Hou Junji very happy.

This convoy had just entered Xi City's territory when the sea anomalies happened to retreat, so they had no idea about the sea anomalies coming ashore.

Otherwise, there was no way they would have come here.

This convoy had roughly over a hundred people.

It was a much-needed injection of fresh blood into the Return to the City Plan.

For this reason, in the morning, just as everyone was about to leave the base for Xi City.

Elder Hou Junji gave a speech.

"Everyone, I'm sure you've all guessed something about my abilities!"

"That's right, I can use birds to relay messages, and they're unaffected by anomalies!"

"As long as we can take Xi City, I will send word to convoys across the nation, even the entire world, and have them all come here."

"When that happens, Xi City will be humanity's first city in the return to civilization!"

"So, humanity's return to civilization is by no means an unattainable dream!"

"Everyone, let's do this!"

Just a few short sentences had some people's faces flushing red.

Those four words, return to civilization, were usually just a slogan.

But now, they had become the ideal that everyone dreamed of.

The convoys set out...

This time around, the superhumans in some convoys were already carrying debts.

Their strength had increased, but so had the new pressure weighing on them.

That was why there were especially many convoys heading to Xi City today.

On the Fair Convoy's side, Chen Ye was still driving the Monster Pickup Truck...

It was just that the Monster Pickup Truck still had over six days left before its upgrade finished.

On the road, the Fair Convoy also ran into the Shepherd Convoy.

Compared to the losses other convoys had suffered, the Shepherd Convoy's losses were quite acceptable.

Before the sea anomalies came ashore, the Shepherd Convoy had driven all their sheep, cattle, and other livestock into the woods.

By paying a certain price and getting the Silent Council to help, they'd built a temporary shelter for their livestock.

After all, those animals were the Shepherd Convoy's most precious wealth.

Fortunately, these livestock had all been improved by that feeder, and their vitality was so robust that even ordinary humans couldn't compare.

So this time, the Shepherd Convoy managed to dodge that bullet.

It had to be said, when it came to wealth, the Shepherd Convoy was still at the top of the list.

Just those herds of cattle and sheep alone weren't something an ordinary convoy could produce.

Following the Fair Convoy this time was also Old Wang, the Formation Master Sequence.

Once they reached Sunset Avenue, the Fair Convoy began clearing out the anomalies hiding inside the buildings.

Old Wang, meanwhile, continued reinforcing the formation at Haosheng Hotel.

Old Wang still had that harmless look about him, smiling at everyone he met, as if he'd chugged two pounds of honey before coming.

It wasn't until four in the afternoon.

Everyone regrouped, then returned to the base.

The fourth day passed the same way.

So did the fifth.

Every day at dawn, they went to Xi City to clear out anomalies.

At nightfall, they returned to the base to rest.

It was almost like clocking in for work every day.

With two days left until the Monster Pickup Truck's upgrade was complete.

The anomalies in Xi City's outer zone were finally all cleaned up.

Next up were the anomalies in the city center.

Those anomalies were far more terrifying than the ones in the outer areas.

Old Wang had also finished reinforcing the sealing formation at Haosheng Hotel and left the Fair Convoy.

Before leaving, the old man seemed a bit reluctant to part with everyone.

At the same time.

Over the past few days, new convoys had arrived at the base.

But there was still no sign of the Peace Convoy.

Little Fish still held onto a tiny shred of hope, but as time went by, that tiny flame of hope seemed to have died out as well.