Chapter 41: The Alluring Bus No. 1

Chu Yunsheng was no fool. If he could both take care of Lin Shuiyao and learn about the professors' research, and most importantly, get more bugs, he wouldn't refuse. This was also the reason he joined the guard team.

Behind the truck, several buses followed. The most heavily guarded bus carried the relatives and friends of the guard team. Not only was a heavy machine gun mounted on the roof, but two team members also took turns standing guard. The exterior was reinforced with steel bars.

The bus had a normal capacity of over fifty people, and each person had 2-3 slots. The boundary was set at completely killing three bugs. Those with higher abilities had three slots, while those with slightly lower abilities had two. This was a strict rule set by their captain, and no one dared to defy it. If you wanted three slots, well, work hard to improve your abilities!

It was said that this strict rule was first established because of the extreme scarcity of protective forces, food, and fuel. Secondly, the guard team was mainly composed of students from other places, who didn't have many relatives, mostly boyfriends and girlfriends.

The military provided weapons support, and the school provided food support in exchange for the guard team's combat actions. Therefore, this bus, which was not only heavily protected but also had a stable food supply, became a paradise in the hearts of all students and teachers. This mobile fortress offered safety, warmth, and most importantly, a stable supply of food and water!

Before Chu Yunsheng and the others joined, the guard team had 14 members: 8 male and 6 female. Only 5 of them had three slots, including their captain, while the rest had two.

These few slots were coveted by everyone. There were dorm mates who tried to build relationships, girls who were willing to trade their bodies, and handsome boys who pursued female guard members. More specially, those who had already gained the right to ride this bus were flattered and fawned upon by others, simply because they received food twice a day.

Besides the bus known as Bus No. 1, there were several other buses following behind, which became the second choice for others. However, only those with connections to the school or the military could ride them.

Chu Yunsheng and Yu Xiaohai together could have 5 slots, but they had to pass the captain's strict examination to confirm their abilities before they could exercise this right. Lin Shuiyao could only temporarily stay with him.

At this moment, their captain was on duty on the roof of Bus No. 1. Zhang Zicheng took this opportunity to gather the new members for a brief introduction, mainly about the rights and obligations of the guard team members.

Topics included food and water supply, the order of deployment when a combat alert was received, and the rotation schedule. The most important point was to remind all awakened warriors that they didn't need to completely kill the red-armored bugs; they only needed to destroy the bugs' defensive layer, and the rest would be handled by the military's heavy weapons. This greatly increased the number of red-armored bugs the guard team could deal with.

Chu Yunsheng still leaned against the railing, smoking and listening to Qin Heng boast about how he had made their captain fall for his tricks, exposing himself as a complete fraud.

He didn't bother to argue with him. In a while, when their captain came and verified his strength, he would see what Qin Heng and the others had to say.

Chu Yunsheng turned his head to look outside. The cars mixed in with the crowd, moving very slowly, sometimes not even feeling like they were moving at all. The road out of the city was packed with refugees, completely ignoring the bodies on the road and the foul-smelling excrement left by those who had passed before.

There were shouts everywhere. Some were calling out names, some were crying foolishly, and some were even stealing others' backpacks, but most were frantically following the people in front of them.

If someone fell and didn't get up in time, they would be trampled to death. At this moment, no one seemed to care whether what was under their feet was a corpse or a living person.

Chu Yunsheng saw that a little further away, many people were climbing onto the roofs of private cars without weapons, some even smashing the windows and crawling inside, completely without order.

The guard team's situation was much better. No one dared to get too close to their vehicles with the black gun barrels and awakened warriors.

The sound of artillery attracted Chu Yunsheng to look far behind. There, the main force of the bugs was engaged in a fierce battle with the military.

The intense explosions of the howitzers illuminated the dark world, shooting in all directions, causing the earth to shake as if it were an earthquake.

The self-propelled rocket launchers fired, trailing streaks of death, like a rain of bullets, lighting up half the sky with flames.

The sounds of explosions and the whistling of shells were both majestic and fierce.

Chu Yunsheng was awed by the military's powerful firepower. This was the first time he had seen such a spectacular artillery attack, as if it could destroy everything in the world!

This was even before the military used missiles or nuclear weapons, which could create such a shocking scene. He suddenly remembered that humans themselves could destroy the Earth!

He couldn't imagine the country on the other side of the Earth, with countless nuclear weapons, and whether their president had already pressed the button to launch the nuclear weapons!

Since the Dark Age, Chu Yunsheng had always thought that he was always on the front line fighting the red-armored bugs. Now he realized that there was a slight deviation.

At this moment, it was clear that the intense artillery fire from the military indicated the scale of the bug swarm they were facing!

That was the true front line of the human-bug war!

However, even with such powerful military forces, the command ultimately made the reluctant decision to evacuate. Chu Yunsheng's heart trembled. How many terrifying monsters did the military see to be so afraid?

Was it really only in Jinling City that they could find true safety? Could Jinling City withstand the unimaginable scale of the bug swarm?

Chu Yunsheng couldn't answer himself. Besides cultivation, his thoughts were the same as those of the people below: escape to Jinling City, and perhaps they would be safe there.

The news of Jinling City was the only support for all the refugees, the last pillar of hope for everyone at this moment. He was sure that if there was an authoritative message saying Jinling City was destroyed, everyone, including himself, would fall into endless panic until they collapsed.

Or perhaps Jinling City was just a hope. Whether they could reach it or enter it, everyone had that hope: reaching there might mean survival!

Rumors had long been spreading that Jinling City had also fallen, but since it wasn't an authoritative message from the military, the refugees didn't want to believe it, as it was their last hope.

Chu Yunsheng looked at the endless sea of people and suddenly had a thought: if Jinling City fell, where would his hope be? Would he wander the world or submit to the bugs to be slaughtered?

"I still have my energy, and I can still cultivate!" Chu Yunsheng said to himself, "Even if I wander the world, I will persist."

His father had once warned him that even the darkest clouds would pass. Never give up, or you won't see the sun break through the clouds.

Chu Yunsheng's thoughts drifted further and further away, and the sound of someone boarding the bus brought him back to reality. The captain of the awakened guard team had arrived!