The two held their breath and crouched down, thinking the newcomer was a zombie.

But not long after, two men with guns appeared, followed by four or five men, each carrying a large sack on their back.

Are they also a scavenging clan?

But what aspect are they from?

Is it the Second Battalion? Or the inner city?

They were all wearing military uniforms and looked the same, so Jiang Wan couldn't tell them apart.

Seven people walked past them, and one of them spoke, his accent thick with local dialect: "Look, something's not right here."

Cheng Zhen felt a chill and immediately led Jiang Wan over the wall to escape.

The seven men were all stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening. Two of them tried to give chase, but were stopped by the two men with guns.

Outside the wall, Cheng Zhen and Jiang Wan hid inside a bookstore. They held their breath until they were sure no one was following them, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiang Wan was puzzled: "They are from Zhusha City, why should we hide?"

In this oxygen-deprived apocalypse, humans are banding together for warmth. Even if there are conflicts, there's no need to turn around and run away as if facing a formidable enemy when you meet in this abandoned town, right?

Moreover, this doesn't fit Cheng Zhen's persona of always confronting things head-on!

Is he the kind of person who runs away from things?

Obviously not!

She could tell that these people were from Zhusha City. Cheng Zhen was quite surprised, and then said, "Zhusha City and Xiang City have always been at odds, but this time Zhusha City provided us with a batch of Omega. Old Chen and I have never been able to figure out what they were after, but now everything is clear."

The inner city voluntarily relinquished the resources of the towns under its jurisdiction, allowing the people of Vermilion City to come in and plunder, in exchange for a small amount of Ω, and perhaps the elixirs that Lord Bi relied on.

How could Cheng Zhen not run? Now is not the time to expose Lord Bi's great secret; their strength in the outer city is not enough.

Jiang Wan was utterly astonished: "Lord Bi wouldn't do this..."

She didn't say the word "stupid".

Cheng Zhen spoke up for her, saying, "Utterly stupid!"

Jiang Wan didn't say anything. Isn't that stupid? Now that the apocalypse is suffocating and winter is here, everything has become a limited resource. People are too busy hoarding and hiding things for themselves, yet they still want to share a piece of the pie with others.

The key point is that even if the supplies were distributed to others, I haven't seen anyone from the inner city come out to loot the supplies, have I?

Cheng Zhen sneered: "Isn't everything depending on our outer city camp?"

However, that was before. Since the split between the inner and outer cities, they would never have given the inner city a single bit of supplies.

Even before the break, all the supplies that Song Hui had gathered outside the city were confiscated by Lao Chen, and those bastards in the inner city had no idea about it.

This was the first time Cheng Zhen and his team had come to the town to scavenge supplies. The Second Battalion wanted to come, but they didn't have enough superhumans. Maintaining the safety of Xiangcheng's protective shield was already a struggle, let alone going so far to get supplies.

Forget about it in the inner city; they have even fewer superhumans there, and they're all much more timid.

This comparison makes Zhusha City seem even more powerful, considering that there are hundreds of kilometers between Zhusha City and Xiashan Town!

Have they already looted all the supplies along the way?

The two fell silent at the same time, sensing that something was wrong.

Cheng Zhen had previously suggested that Song Hui and his team slow down their search for supplies, but now it seems they have no choice but to speed it up!

He wanted to immediately notify Lao Chen so that he could send people to collect supplies from other places, hoping to salvage as much as possible. But when he took out his phone, he realized that there was no signal at all!

groove!

Jiang Wan noticed that this was a bookstore, so she found some paper and pen and asked him to write down what he wanted to say, and then slapped it directly in front of Lao Chen.

Tsk, the internet age has instantly turned into an outdated era of letter writing.

After Cheng Zhen finished writing, he discovered that all the books here had been taken away by Jiang Wan.

This is...

Is it necessary?

Jiang Wan nodded seriously: "Of course it's necessary. If we don't want our society to become a barbaric world, we must pay attention to the education of the next generation."

Cheng Zhen acknowledged that what she said made sense, so he didn't say anything more.

While dodging the people from Vermilion City, the two searched for supplies in the remaining shops, but it was clear that there were more than just seven people from Vermilion City.

They met briefly at the hospital and quickly notified their brothers scattered throughout Xiangcheng, who then began to surround and intercept Cheng Zhen and his group.

Cheng Zhen felt aggrieved. He didn't want to cause trouble, but it was the other party who wouldn't let it go.

They eventually met face-to-face at a fresh food supermarket. Cheng Zhen's temper flared up completely, and he drew his gun and demanded, "Who are you? What are you doing in our Xiangcheng jurisdiction?"

The visitor was an acquaintance named Dai Shiyu. Although he was the battalion commander of a military region stationed in Zhusha City in the Southwest Army, he had suffered many defeats at the hands of Cheng Zhen during previous training exercises. Now that he could provoke Cheng Zhen into jumping up and down, Dai Shiyu was unsurprisingly very happy.

"Oh, it's Lao Cheng! I never expected to run into you here! It's been so long since we've kept in touch during this oxygen-deficient apocalypse. How have you guys been doing?"

Cheng Zhen: "Don't give me that crap. This is Xiangcheng's territory. It's not your place, Zhushacheng's, to run wild here!"

He gestured with his chin toward the people behind them, saying, "Put all these things down and leave immediately!"

They were carrying so much stuff, which clearly meant they weren't superhumans with abilities like time portals or spatial manipulation, so the convoy had to carry it back.

Cheng Zhen narrowed his eyes dangerously. With so many things, it was clear that quite a few people had come!

Dai Shiyu laughed: "Cheng Zhen, you're just a lowly squad leader. Do you think you have the right to be so presumptuous in front of us?"

"Let me tell you the truth, we came to take over the supplies in the mountain town with special permission from your Lord Bi!"

“We just delivered a batch of supplies that your Lord Bi needs. All the supplies in Xiashan Town are his way of giving us back.”

"So Cheng Zhen, it's time for you to let go."

He paused for a moment after speaking, then noticed that Cheng Zhen was accompanied only by a woman, with nothing behind them. The supplies in the supermarket were gone, yet they were completely empty-handed and relaxed.

His eyes suddenly flashed, then he laughed: "Haha, I see! You have spatial abilities?"

As he said this, his gaze landed precisely on Jiang Wan: "It's you, isn't it?"

His eyes were filled with excitement. "I never expected that there really are space-type superpowers! What's your name? How about coming to Vermilion City with us? Our city's protective shield is bigger than yours, and we have more forests. Most importantly, we have the most powerful superpowered army in the country. With us, you don't need to worry about any danger at all!"

Without waiting for Jiang Wan's consent, he directly signaled his men to arrest the person.

They were able to take away the supplies of a small town and gain a space-type ability user, while only paying a tiny bit of Ω, enough to build a forest farm of only a few dozen acres. This trip was really worth it!