The next morning, there was a knock on the door.

Jiang Wan opened the door and asked Mi Mang, who had knocked, somewhat puzzled, "So early today?"

With more than half an hour to go before departure, the twins had just finished washing up and were having breakfast.

Mi Mang came alone. When she saw her, she gave her a bright smile that made people feel good: "I added you on WeChat last night, but you didn't accept? I just came to tell you that we have to leave early today. We're going to the north of the city, which is a bit far."

Jiang Wan nodded to indicate that she understood. In fact, they changed locations to mine crystals every day, not because one place had run out of crystals.

On the contrary, there are plenty of crystals in every place, and you can keep digging down until you find more. I don't know where these crystals came from after the apocalypse.

But she wasn't curious; she only asked, "What time do we leave?"

"Ten minutes left," Mi Mang said with a smile.

"Okay, we're coming right away."

Jiang Wan closed the door and then called to the twins, "We're leaving now. Eat the milk and bread first, and put the eggs in your bag so you can eat them if you get hungry."

The two little ones obediently agreed, chewed vigorously with their little mouths, and then drank the milk in their cups in one gulp.

Jiang Wan finished eating in a few bites, put the dishes in the sink, and would wash them when she came back.

Then take the backpacks of the two little ones and put the oxygen masks that had been prepared in advance on them.

She only took out her phone after closing the door and taking the elevator downstairs, and sure enough, she saw a message from a newly added WeChat friend.

It's Mi Mang; her profile picture is a misty sky, which doesn't match her cheerful appearance.

The oxygen content in the air is even thinner in the north of the city, so talking takes a lot of oxygen and energy, so the whole car arrived at their destination in silence.

This place is desolate and chaotic. The area where crystals can be mined is small. Outside the protective shield, there are ferocious mutated plants that visibly stretch out their mutated branches and frantically probe the protective shield.

The north of the city was a notorious slum even before the apocalypse.

Unexpectedly, after the apocalypse, the mutated plants here are more numerous and ferocious than in other places.

Jiang Wan looked around and found a spot near the car to lead the twins to start digging, without going any further.

The old lady on the 18th floor glanced at them, winked at her friends, and walked away with a pout.

In everyone's understanding, the further away from the city, the more crystals there are.

However, those people in the distance, while digging with trepidation and fear of the mutated plant, hadn't found many crystals after an hour.

Jiang Wan and her two children, who were closest to the city gate, were playing and digging, and they had already dug up seven or eight crystals!

She was incredibly lucky, so those who noticed the commotion around her moved back and started digging right next to her.

But no matter how hard they dug, they weren't as lucky as Jiang Wan. After digging for a long time, all they found was mud and gravel; there were no crystals to be found.

It's okay if you don't compare, but once you do, many people feel unbalanced!

Suddenly, several young men around eighteen or nineteen years old appeared around Jiang Wan, exuding a roguish air and with unfriendly expressions.

"Hey! This is our spot, get out of my way!"

One of them spoke, while the other reached out to grab the twins.

Jiang Wan deftly slashed out with her spatula, forcing the man to take two steps back.

She shielded the twins behind her before looking up at the newcomer and saying coldly, "I was here first."

These people are unfamiliar; they are not from Yincheng Residential Area.

She looked around and found that all the other owners of Yincheng Yazu who had come with her were squeezed on the outside and couldn't get close.

Mi Mang stood outside the crowd, looking anxious.

Her gaze darkened as she looked at the two young men who had started the trouble: "Are you deliberately looking for trouble?"

"I heard you're very rich?" The young man who spoke earlier circled around her, casually swinging the shovel in his hand. "You live in a high-class oxygen storage room, carry an oxygen tank with you whenever you go out, and you're good-looking too. You don't look like you're starving at all."

"That's so unfair!"

He suddenly winked at the people next to him and said, "Beat her! Beat her to death, let her know what happens when you try to eat alone!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Wan's brow twitched.

There were many people surrounding her, and each of them was armed with an iron shovel, so they were obviously prepared!

She gritted her teeth and could only pick up the two children and back away.

"Haha, you think you can escape today?"

When Jiang Wan turned around, she saw a group of refugees behind her. Their eyes were shining with hunger as they stared at her and the twins like vicious dogs eyeing a bone, which was quite creepy!

"Mommy, I'm scared!" Jiang Xiaoxin hugged her mother's neck, her face pale with fright.

Jiang Xiaoshu was also afraid, but he just kept a straight face and stared intently at his surroundings.

"careful!"

Suddenly, Mi Mang shouted from outside the crowd.

A gust of wind blew beside her, and Jiang Wan instantly dodged to the side, then kicked away the refugee who was attacking her from behind.

She let go of the twins and quickly said to Jiang Xiaoshu, "Take good care of your little sister!"

Then he picked up a shovel and chopped it down on the calves of the two people in front of him!

At the same time, people all around attacked together, and countless shovels were thrust down towards Jiang Wan.

Time or space, it seemed, froze for a second.

All the shovels that were about to fall on her seemed to have lost their force.

However, it was this moment of hesitation that made her raise the shovel horizontally and bring it down fiercely on everyone around her.

She slashed a bloody gash in everyone's calf!

The air was immediately filled with the scent of fresh blood!

However, no one doubted what had happened in just a second or two; everyone was shocked by the result they had witnessed.

This woman seems more formidable than they imagined!

They hesitated, while Jiang Wan was panting. That last move had truly exhausted all her strength. It seemed she would have to work out more in the future!

Mi Mang shouted, "Jiang Wan, hang in there! I've already called the police!"

Thank goodness, emergency numbers still work even in the post-apocalyptic world!

Jiang Wan then realized that this area for mining crystals was not guarded by the city's guards.

This is... such a coincidence!

With a stern face, she stood protectively in front of the twins. Jiang Xiaoshu whispered, "Mom, we're alright."

Jiang Xiaoxin nodded vigorously, bravely holding back her tears: "Mommy, Xinxin isn't afraid!"

"Good children." Jiang Wan reached out and gave them a light hug. Only she knew what had just happened; it was Xiao Shu who had used his purification ability to help her.

"What are you chickening out for? Let's go! She's just a woman with a child. There are so many of us. If we kill her, we can live in her house and take her supplies!"

Suddenly someone in the crowd shouted, and those who had been stunned by her earlier outburst began to waver.

The man continued to incite: "There are no city guards here! And the city guards wouldn't care anyway! Think about how many robberies and killings happen in the city every day, and the city guards have ever intervened in any of them?"