Sequence Highway Survival: I Upgrade Supplies in the Apocalypse-Chapter 351: "Evidence"

Although the race was scheduled for the afternoon.

The morning was still very lively.

Almost ninety percent of Oasis City's population had climbed onto the city wall.

The Oasis City authorities intended to use this opportunity to create a grand spectacle.

Various activities had been arranged for the entire morning.

Many artistic performances that could only be seen on television before the apocalypse were now witnessed firsthand.

Some acts made everyone roar with laughter.

While others left the crowd silent and in tears.

For this occasion, the Oasis City authorities had truly pulled out all the stops, seemingly aiming to sweep away the city's despondent atmosphere.

It was said that the person in charge of organizing this event was a somewhat famous director.

Many superhumans also went to watch the performances and were quite satisfied with the Oasis City authorities' arrangements for today.

Though what each person truly thought in their hearts was probably known only to themselves.

This seemingly calm event was actually already shrouded in swirling clouds of schemes and intrigue.

Chen Ye, however, had little interest in today's program. He spent almost the entire morning walking through the entire Oasis City.

He was searching for an exit route out of Oasis City.

In case something truly unexpected happened in Oasis City, he could escape at the first moment.

The sense of unease Oasis City gave him was growing stronger and stronger.

Today's Oasis City felt strange. The ordinary people were all on the city walls watching the shows.

It was clearly supposed to be a joyous festival.

Yet the entire city wall of Oasis City was lined with fully armed personnel in uniform.

They claimed it was to maintain order, but Chen Ye didn't buy it.

Happy times always pass quickly.

The morning flashed by in the blink of an eye.

Three o'clock in the afternoon was the start time for the Unlimited Racing Competition.

Countless people watched the temporarily erected stage with anticipation.

The stage was quite crude.

It didn't even have proper lighting or sound systems.

There was only a stage built from concrete.

Probably the handiwork of Architect Sequence superhumans.

Some people murmured under their breath.

"It's here, it's finally here!"

"Lin Qingge, it's her, it's really her!"

"..."

Regardless of whether they liked her before.

At least now, everyone eagerly anticipated her appearance.

Countless pairs of eyes followed the movement of a woman dressed in an evening gown.

That exquisitely beautiful evening gown formed a stark contrast with the disheveled state of the people around her.

She was a dazzling, radiant woman.

The woman, holding up the hem of her white dress, slowly, step by step, walked towards that somewhat crude temporary stage.

The woman held a microphone in her hand, a faint smile on her face.

It seemed as if today wasn't a racing competition, but her personal concert.

Just before the afternoon race, Chen Ye returned to the race venue, right in time for Lin Qingge's appearance.

The moment he saw Lin Qingge, Chen Ye knew—this woman was also a superhuman.

The microphone in that woman's hand was at least a Wonder.

No wonder there were no speakers around the stage.

Zhou Xiaoxiao hid within the crowd, her gaze complex as she looked at this woman.

She knew her.

If not for the apocalypse, the two might have met on a different occasion.

In those days, under her sister's protection, she had somewhat disregarded this woman.

Even if she was the champion of 'Heavenly Melody'.

To obtain the resources she herself possessed back then would have required many years of effort.

There was a significant gap between the two of them.

But now...

Xu Lina's expression was equally complicated.

She had been present at Lin Qingge's final championship match back then.

At the time, she had loved her voice.

She just never imagined that when they met again, it would be here.

"A song titled 'Evidence' for everyone."

This woman named Lin Qingge didn't waste words.

She got straight to the point, announcing the song's title to everyone present.

This was very much in line with the persona of the Lin Qingge everyone knew.

While Chen Ye was still thinking about how there wasn't even a decent speaker on site, the woman had already raised the microphone.

An ethereal voice spread out through that microphone.

The volume wasn't loud, yet every single person could hear it clearly.

This effect confirmed Chen Ye's suspicion—the microphone was indeed a Wonder, no doubt about it.

Faint, indistinct accompaniment music drifted in from all directions.

It accentuated the woman's singing, making it sound even more ethereal and beautiful.

"Bells fell silent, crumbling at a dusk's call, the sky torn asunder, bleeding a crimson rain's thrall."

The first line instantly made many recall the day the apocalypse arrived.

Many people's expressions began to change.

Some gritted their teeth in anger.

Some had reddened eyes.

"Steel forests wailed as they began to fall, civilization's ember into eternal night's thrall."

In those days, those Anomalies that came from who-knows-where.

Brought endless wailing to the cities.

The ember of civilization, from that day forward, was never truly lit again.

Some remembered life before the apocalypse.

Some had once had perfect families.

Others had promising careers. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

There were those who had sweet love.

But after that day, everything was destroyed.

"No warning came, no divine decree, only twisted screams in the debris!"

Lin Qingge's voice continued.

That apocalyptic disaster came without warning.

No one could have imagined their lives would be shattered on such an utterly ordinary day.

Images from that day surfaced before everyone's eyes.

Some faces flushed red, fists clenched tight, lips trembling.

As if wanting to roar in fury, yet unable to make a sound.

"They can scent the frantic beat of a fleeing heart! Ruins are their hunting ground, migration our destined part!"

Even Chen Ye's vision now filled with scenes from those days of migration.

Anomalies could track the scent of the living, forever trailing far behind the convoy.

As if migration was a destined fate.

A flight with no destination.

"Hearts still beat in the smoke, the sole proof that remains, that they once walked this earth, breathed beneath these skies' domains."

Those still alive were the only evidence.

Proof that those who had died had once come to this world.

People began to shed tears.

Uncontrollably.

Tears traced down cheeks, carving two dark streaks through faces unwashed for days.

Those trembling lips seemed to want to sing along.

But not knowing the lyrics, they could only hum softly along with the melody.

"Backpacks stuffed with photos, faded and worn, each smiling face a ruin, forever to be mourned."

Many people's phones were gone, left only with memories to recall the faces of loved ones and friends.

They didn't know if they'd forgotten their loved ones' appearances or voices first.

In any case, those memories had already grown blurry.

Some of the luckier ones, when leaving home, managed to find a family portrait.

Those family portraits became the most important treasures of those fortunate people.

"Migrating footsteps tread on barren, desolate ground."

"Wounds etched with pain, eyes where a flame is found."

"We won't drown in despair's profound!"

"Even if planting dawn in dust is our bound."

"We'll make the flag wave over our hometown!"

"..."

As the final word burst forth from those lips.

Everyone's faces flushed red, singing the chorus along with her, over and over.

What was supposed to be an Unlimited Racing Competition nearly turned into a concert.

As the song ended.

The Unlimited Racing Competition officially began.