Jiang Wan suddenly realized that she had been too excited and had indeed forgotten, so she asked, "What bad news?"

Jiang Xiaoxin: "Danger! It's extremely dangerous over there!"

"What danger? Zombies or mutated plants?"

Jiang Wan didn't know if it was because of lack of oxygen and being numb from fighting monsters in the apocalypse, but now she felt that neither zombies nor mutated plants were anything to fear.

Jiang Xiaoxin shook her head: "I don't know, they don't know either. They just said it's very dangerous, extremely dangerous! They told us not to go there, we absolutely must not go there!"

The emotions she sensed from the plants were far stronger than she described, but she didn't know what the specific danger was, so she could only keep repeating it.

After considering it for a moment, Jiang Wan fired a signal flare into the sky.

A black portal to another dimension opened quickly beside them, and Cheng Zhen brought the mother and her two children back—this was the signal they had agreed upon.

"Did you finish the mission so quickly?" He didn't look very well; he was visibly tired.

Jiang Wan handed him the gold and stone she had brought back: "You should rest first."

Cheng Zhen shook his head: "We can't let our guard down. I'm afraid they'll attack indiscriminately. In their eyes, we're all carriers of the mutated zombie virus."

Therefore, he has to activate his purification ability at all times, for fear that the leadership of Vermilion City will sacrifice a pawn to save the king.

"Let's put that aside for now. They can't deal with us in the short term."

He asked, "Why are you back so soon?"

Jiang Wan then recounted what Jiang Xiaoxin had sensed: "...I've decided to go, and I think I'll gain a lot."

It would be good if we could pay off this debt, but wouldn't it be even better if we could unexpectedly gain more gold coins and build up our military strength?

There are too many unknown dangers in the wild, and Cheng Zhen was worried about letting her go on an adventure alone.

However, if he leaves, the remaining citizens of the city will surely be devoured alive by the city guards of Zhusha City.

Just as he was caught in a dilemma, Jiang Xiaoshu suddenly stepped forward and volunteered, "I'll stay here to protect everyone's safety."

His words surprised everyone, who stared at him in disbelief.

Jiang Xiaoshu looked directly at Cheng Zhen and said very seriously, "What you can do here, I can do too."

He, like Cheng Zhen, possesses a level-two purification ability, so his role here is the same as Cheng Zhen's.

However, things are different in the wild; Cheng Zhen's combat prowess is far beyond Jiang Xiaoshu's reach.

Therefore, the best arrangement is for Jiang Xiaoshu to stay in the city and work with Long Wanzhi and other superhumans to protect everyone's safety, while Cheng Zhen leads a team to escort Jiang Wan to the wilderness to dig up level-two protected wild plants.

But the problem is that Jiang Xiaoshu is only a three-year-old child.

They felt it was too risky and naive to place everyone's safety on a three-year-old child.

Because the protection range of Level 2 superpowers is limited, everyone is currently crammed into a limited area, and their conversations and voices are inevitably overheard by others.

Therefore, while they had not yet decided whether to let Jiang Xiaoshu replace Cheng Zhen and stay here, others were the first to object.

"Captain Cheng! You can't entrust our safety to a three-year-old child! That's ridiculous!"

"Yes, yes! He's only three years old, what good is he? He can't get up in the morning, and he can't wake up at night. What if he just dozes off for a moment, and all of us are beaten to death!"

...

Everyone chimed in, getting more and more excited as they talked.

In short, they refused to let Cheng Zhen leave and were unwilling to accept Jiang Xiaoshu, a three-year-old child, as the responsibility of protecting everyone's safety.

Cheng Zhen himself disagreed. He knew very well how much energy it would take. Even as an adult, he felt exhausted, let alone a three-year-old child.

Long Wanzhi suggested, "How about we go back to the safe zone in the wild now?"

At least there are trenches they've already dug, as well as protective walls made of mutated roses and sisal. All they need to do is dispose of the zombie corpses.

Cheng Zhen shook his head and refused: "If we return to the safe zone in the wild at this time, they can take care of us more easily."

For example, dropping a few bombs into the safe zone is much easier than killing hordes of zombies.

This won't work, that won't work, and Jiang Wan's task must be completed within five days. What should we do? This is driving me crazy!

Just when everyone was in a state of panic, a commotion suddenly came from outside.

The sentry, who was observing the outside from a high vantage point, reported: "Someone's coming."

The visitor was Vice City Lord Jiang, who was at the same level as Vice City Lord Luo.

Cheng Zhen and the others walked outside the villa and met face to face, both sides were somewhat surprised.

Because this Deputy City Lord Jiang looks too much like Jiang Wan!

If they didn't know that Jiang Wan's mother was dead, they would all have thought that this woman was her mother.

Deputy City Lord Jiang was also surprised. He looked Jiang Wan up and down carefully and asked, "You came from Xiangcheng?"

"right."

Someone on Long Wanzhi's side tried to interrupt, but he stopped them in time. The situation was unclear, and it was not advisable to reveal their hand too early. Besides, even if they didn't say anything, did they think the other side wouldn't know that they came from Kowloon City?

Deputy City Lord Jiang nodded, then asked, "What is your relationship with Jiang Cheng?"

Jiang Wan's face remained expressionless, but her heart skipped a beat.

Could this be a relative from his father's side?

She remembered that Jiang Cheng's hometown accent was from Zhusha City.

After a moment's hesitation, she answered, "He is my father."

Jiang, the deputy city lord, raised an eyebrow in surprise at the title.

The fact that she didn't call him "Dad" according to the tradition of her hometown shows that this girl doesn't have a good relationship with Jiang Cheng.

She continued to scrutinize Jiang Wan for a long time, seemingly finally realizing the tense standoff between their camps. He raised his right hand and waved it behind him, signaling the city guards behind him to retreat—a gesture of reconciliation. Then, looking at Jiang Wan, he said, "Interested in having a chat?"

Cheng Zhen stood in front of him: "You can tell me what's on your mind."

Unexpectedly, Jiang Wan, who had been relatively polite and even amiable towards Jiang, suddenly changed his expression, raised his hand, and fired a shot at Jiang's feet, sneering:

"Who do you think you are? Do you have the right to speak to me? If any of you want to live, you have to listen to her."

When he said this, he looked directly at Jiang Wan, and his meaning was all too clear: he wanted Jiang Wan to be the leader of their two cities. This was putting Jiang Wan in a very difficult position!

Who is Cheng Zhen? Is he someone who can be threatened? He was about to roll up his sleeves and fight. How dare someone without any superpowers spout such nonsense in front of him? If he didn't teach the other person a lesson, he wouldn't be Cheng Zhen!

But Long Wanzhi quickly pulled him back, whispering, "Don't be impulsive, let's see what he's going to do first."