Hyperthermal Hell || Apocalypse Paradise #1 [Complete]

24: It's a Universal Law that the Main Character Must Die? (1)

Lin Sanjiu could feel something pressing uncomfortably against the back of her head. Half a day had already passed. She felt exhausted and did not feel like moving, so she just flipped sideways hazily. Then, she suddenly heard a line from a song, "You are my little, little apple". It broke the tranquility of the night and sounded rather irritating.

'Whose ringtone is so loud? It's too disturbing. I can even hear it from the 38th floor.'

Lin Sanjiu suppressed her sleepiness and opened her eyes. She saw a row of round orange circular grab handles. 'That's right, I'm not in that 38th floor penthouse—this is the apocalypse world...'

She sat upright and saw the rows of seats that were filled with cardboard cartons of supplies. On the side of the wall beside her, there was a green sign stating, "Priority Seat for the elderly, disabled, pregnant, and injured". The rare starlight from outside the windows illuminated the rim of the sign dimly.

At the top of the exit doors, there was a piece of route map of something similar to that. But the only thing she could discern was the numerical "3".

Suddenly, there were a few quick knocks on the door of their public bus. The volume of the "Little Apple" song grew louder and was followed by Voley's voice, "Hey, it's already ten, you should all wake up. Let's go!"

Lin Sanjiu rubbed her eyes as memories of the current reality flooded her mind.

That's right. This afternoon, they had agreed to bring Voley along on their journey. They even went into his car and ate, drank, and chatted for a long time. Even though Voley looked like a timid guy, they learned that he was quite an attentive person after interacting with him. To conserve their energy for the night, they all went to rest quickly. Voley, being the only person with a mobile phone, had volunteered to set an alarm so that they could set off at 10 pm. Lin Sanjiu jumped up and walked over to the driver's seat. She pressed a button that opened the door of the public bus, revealing Voley, who was still cladded in that oversized suit.

Lin Sanjiu eyed him a little moodily, "You should switch that alarm off quickly. What will we do if it attracts the duoluozhong here? And the volume of that thing is way too loud!"

Voley responded with an "oh, oh" and quickly switched his phone off. Once that "Little Apple" song faded, Lin Sanjiu felt that the world had become much more peaceful. Voley smiled and asked, "Where is Miss Marcie? What about Luther lad? Are they awake?"

"They're at the back..." Lin Sanjiu replied.

Meanwhile, Marcie yawned and walked over. She rinsed her mouth with mineral water and sat down in the driver's seat sleepily. Luther nodded his head at Voley, acknowledging his presence, and rubbed his eyes as he headed back to the truck. From behind, he also looked listless.

'Everyone looks so tired,' Lin Sanjiu thought, unable to help but yawn again.

On the contrary, Voley seemed to be in high spirits. He went back and forth, checking all the engines. Once he saw that there were no problems, he waved his arms enthusiastically, "That's great. We set off now!"

After she washed up and sat in the truck for a while, her drowsiness slowly abated. She was finally fully awake. She looked at the map in her hands, searching for the road towards the industrial park in Kosa, as she started up her vehicle, the first to.

Kosa was one of the famous industrial parks in the city; there were all sorts of factories and processing plants there. The factories there usually had their own dormitories and canteens—basically, they were pretty much small self-contained ecospheres. Once they reached there, finding backup electrical generators, supplies, and shelter shouldn't be a problem.