In the apocalypse, you start with two knives, and all your equipment depends on drops.

Chapter 68 Rest in the Safe Zone

Within a minute or two, Sang Yi ran out quickly with the young soldier.

Lin Fengmu and Chu Chenzhou were also with him.

"Little Fish, are you alright?"

Lin Fengmu rushed over, and as soon as he stepped out the door, he grabbed Yu Yao's arm and looked her over from all sides, as if afraid that something had happened to her.

Yu Yao dodged away without making a sound.

Ignoring Lin Fengmu's strange expression, he said, "I'm fine. If I were in trouble, how could the people at the gate have let me in?"

Lin Fengmu suppressed the strange feeling in her heart, but still asked with concern, "How did you manage to escape such a large-scale explosion in He'an?"

Yu Yao was taken aback: "You know that He'an exploded?"

“Of course we know!” Chu Chenzhou explained from the side, “Half of the eastern part of the city was blown up, so even if we’re far away, we can still sense it.”

"But are you really alright? We thought something had happened to you since you hadn't shown up for two days, so we even went back to He'an to look for you. But there was nothing there but ruins."

Lin Fengmu and Chu Chenzhou did indeed return to He'an.

However, after returning to the safe zone, they discovered that Yu Yao had not returned.

Still worried, Lin Fengmu eventually brought Chu Chenzhou back to He'an.

But there, apart from the unburnt fire, all that remained were charred and broken ruins.

Let alone humans, even zombies can't survive there.

The Immortal Binding Rope is no ordinary item. When it touched Yu Yao, it recorded her aura and could determine her well-being within a few days.

It repeatedly confirmed that Yu Yao was alright and still alive, and repeatedly told Lin Fengmu that she was fine, which finally persuaded Lin Fengmu to come back.

After all, they always have to return to the safe zone.

It's better to come back and wait than to search aimlessly outside and risk missing out.

Yu Yao paused for a moment, then smiled faintly and said, "I'm sorry to have worried you."

Sang Yi, who was standing to the side, was completely confused and quickly interrupted the group.

"Wait, wait, what did you say? Where did it explode? What happened to He'an? What about the research institute? What happened to the institute's equipment and research results?"

Sang Yi asked several questions, looking bewildered and anxious.

Dongfang Jin naturally picked up the conversation.

The reply was: "Commander Sang, I'm sorry to disappoint you. We failed to enter the research institute. The institute has a large number of mutated animals, and for some reason, a riot broke out, triggering the self-destruct system of the He'an Building. We sensed something was wrong and left the He'an Building ahead of time."

His expression was sincere and apologetic, leaving Sang Yi momentarily stunned by shock and disbelief.

After a long while, he slowly began to speak.

"He'an, it's blown up?"

Dongfang Jin said, "Yes, we still don't understand why there are so many animals in He'an. Most of those animals mutated after the apocalypse. When the explosion occurred in He'an, we were quite far away and couldn't see exactly what happened, but we guess that it must have been a mutated animal with intelligence that intentionally caused this riot in order to escape from He'an."

"Intentionally?" Chu Chenzhou asked, puzzled. "You mean, there are mutated animals that aren't afraid of explosions?"

Dongfang Jin shook his head: "We're not sure, it's just speculation. After all, the riot came too suddenly. If it wasn't intentionally provoked, it would be hard to trigger the self-destruct system."

Chu Chenzhou clicked his tongue. "I'm not saying this to be mean, but isn't He An going a bit too far? Self-destruction is one thing, but why drag the surrounding area into it? That's so domineering!"

After he finished complaining, everyone else fell silent, except for Lin Fengmu who said in a deep voice, "Because of a guilty conscience."

Sang Yi suddenly turned to look at Lin Fengmu, "Young Master Lin, what do you know?"

Lin Fengmu shook his head: "No, it's just that they dared to openly introduce so many animals into a building, so there must be someone vouching for them, and they must be conducting some kind of unknown research. The reason they're willing to destroy everything is probably because they're too afraid that their actions will be discovered."

Sang Yi pursed his lips, clearly unwilling to believe it.

Seeing this, Dongfang Jin continued, "However, our operation wasn't entirely fruitless. Because we evacuated quite late, we were injured by the aftershocks of the explosion and ended up in an air-raid shelter full of firearms. There aren't enough of us to handle so many weapons. If Commander Sang is willing, we can revise the terms of the deal."

This was the excuse they had prepared in advance.

"What? Weapons?"

Sang Yi immediately perked up.

To put it bluntly, although He'an's research institute is a leading biological research institute in China and has developed countless drugs.

But it is ultimately a research and development institution, not responsible for production.

The institute's drug reserves are already limited.

Furthermore, those so-called instruments and research results cannot bring much benefit to the base in the short term.

But weapons are a different story!

Those are real weapons!

Nobody knew that the weapons in the safe zone were already running out.

Often, several people would take turns sharing a single gun! This greatly increased the casualty rate of the army.

This reduced the success rate of the task.

If they have enough weapons, they can at least hold out until the first batch of awakened superhumans are able to stand on their own!

This is fantastic news!

Whether Dongfang Jin's words were true or false, he didn't care.

I don't care at all!

Sang Yi didn't put on airs and said to Dongfang Jin frankly and excitedly, "Of course, let's do it tomorrow, how about it?"

"no problem."

"Alright, alright, you can go and rest now. I've had a villa reserved for you; there should be enough rooms. Please make yourselves at home!"

After saying that, he glanced at the worried look in her eyes as she heard that Yu Yao and the others had been pushed away by the aftershocks of the explosion.

Chu Chenzhou and Lin Fengmu kept trying to confirm whether Yu Yao was really alright.

He said, "It's right next to where Young Master Lin and the others live. Since you live close by, it will be more convenient for you to communicate."

Chi Heng's brows twitched slightly.

But they did not refuse and allowed Sang Yi to personally lead them to their lodgings.

On the way, Sang Yi noticed that Luo Mei remained quiet in her arms.

But Mo Yu, whose bright green cat eyes were constantly darting around curiously, couldn't help but ask, "This is...?"

"Cat," Luo Mei replied casually, then gently patted Mo Yu's head and said softly, "Baby, say hello~"

"Meow~"

Moyu called out in a sweet, childlike voice that melted Luo Mei's heart. She couldn't help but lower her head and kiss Moyu's little head.

They completely ignored Sang Yi's reaction.

Sang Yi: "......"

Dongfang Jin knew that Luo Mei didn't have a good impression of Sang Yi because Sang Yi had once spoken up for Shi Ying.

Naturally, he wouldn't give him a friendly look.

He had no choice but to take over the conversation again and explain to Sang Yi, "We found the black jade in He'an."

"He'an?" Sang Yi was taken aback. "Is it also a mutated beast?"

"It's a positive speed mutation, very intelligent, and won't hurt anyone, don't worry."

Dongfang Jin naturally concealed Mo Yu's spatial abilities.

A mere speed variation wouldn't attract much attention.

After all, mutated beasts are quite common at this time of year.

To outsiders, Mo Yu is at most smarter, more spiritual, and more affectionate.

But it's not enough to arouse too much greed in many people.

After listening to Dongfang Jin's words, Sang Yi looked at Mo Yu intently for a while before nodding and saying, "Not bad, indeed very clever."

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As they chatted, they soon arrived at the accommodations that Sang Yi had prepared for them.

Located on the very edge of a three-story townhouse area, it is the quietest house.

There are no front or back yards, but there is a separate garage that is just big enough to fit the seven-seater van they brought back.

The place next door is where Lin Fengmu and the others are staying temporarily.

After seeing them off, Sang Yi said goodbye.

He still has a lot to prepare if the weapons deal is to be made tomorrow.

Chu Chenzhou and Lin Fengmu had a lot to say, but they decided to let Yu Yao rest first.

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When choosing rooms, Chi Heng and the others naturally assigned the two third-floor bedrooms with private bathrooms to Yu Yao and Luo Mei.

Then, Jiang Yi chose the attic, Chi Heng and Dongfang Jin chose the first-floor guest rooms, and Luo Pingjing and Qi Xian chose the second-floor guest rooms and study, respectively.

Of course, all the rooms that were usable have long since been converted into guest rooms, and there is absolutely no problem with people living there.

After a simple dinner and the distribution of the crystal cores, the group returned to their rooms to rest.

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After returning home, Yu Yao first went to the bathroom and took a proper hot shower.

Then, wearing a comfortable, loose white T-shirt and lounge shorts, with her wet hair down, she nestled into bed and opened the game panel.

Recently, she has been checking in every day, but the rewards are mostly experience points and coins, which are not very good.

But what's good is that she has accumulated 24 chances to win a prize through her spending in the mall.

Spend another 60,000 and you can have 30 more draws!

With that in mind, she decided to absorb the extraterrestrial meteorite she obtained from He'an and level up to level 20.

Then she'll check if there are any good items in the store that might tempt her to make an impulsive purchase.

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