Jiang Wan knew it was pointless to talk to a lowly soldier like him about this, so she went directly to Battalion Commander Chen.

On the way, she encountered Fang Zhaodong. The young soldier had originally thought of asking him for help to stop the experts, but Fang Zhaodong directly pointed out the way to her: "The battalion commander is in the East Camp. Go this way, it's closer."

Jiang Wan glanced at him, then followed the trail and soon found Old Chen.

When Old Chen heard her purpose, he resolutely refused. He was joking, saying that of all the botanists, she was the only one left who had died, and the fate of the other was unknown. She was a national treasure!

Having finally found her and safely brought her to his camp, how could he possibly let her go out and risk her life again?

He firmly waved his hand: "Expert, I can agree to anything else, but not this!"

Jiang Wan's attitude was also very firm: "Battalion Commander Chen, I thought you had a way to purchase this batch of equipment, so I wasn't worried. But now that we're going to the university town to borrow it, I have to go!"

"Many experimental instruments require special handling and storage, and some cannot be moved casually. Cheng Zhen doesn't understand these things. If they go there, they will only bring back a bunch of damaged instruments!"

She vividly remembers one time when a junior student, trying to impress his girlfriend, brought her into the lab. She casually moved a shelf, tripped over it, and knocked over an instrument attached to the shelf, which then broke.

The junior's girlfriend didn't believe it and cried, saying that they were deliberately trying to scam her. Laymen might not know, but they all know very well that the appearance of these precision instruments is not important; what matters is the chip data inside. Once damaged, the entire instrument is broken.

After she said that, Old Chen could no longer insist. He said bluntly, "After the end of the world, transportation between cities has been cut off by the wilderness. There are no such manufacturers in Xiangcheng."

But he was still worried about letting her go into the city like that, so he called Pingjiang over: "Send another squadron to escort the experts to pick up the equipment."

A hint of surprise flashed across Pingjiang's cold, hard face, then he said, "Then let Fang Zhaodong go..."

Jiang Wan frowned, instinctively disliking the man surnamed Fang. She pointed to the young soldier Cheng Zhen had left behind and looked at Pingjiang: "Either he comes with me, or you take some men to escort me."

Pingjiang was displeased, but upon hearing this, Old Chen immediately nodded in agreement: "Yes, apart from Cheng Zhen, I trust your abilities, Old Ping. I'm at ease letting you escort the experts into the city."

Despite his displeasure, Pingjiang had no choice but to personally lead a group of men to escort Jiang Wan on her journey.

Upon seeing that she had even brought her twins in a campervan, she became even angrier: "Comrade Jiang Wan, we're going to pick up equipment, not to go on a trip!"

"And then?" Jiang Wan looked at him calmly.

"They stayed."

"No." Jiang Wan rejected him without hesitation. She didn't trust them. In this camp, apart from Cheng Zhen, she had no one she could trust.

Then, with a "bang," he slammed the car door shut, floored the gas pedal, and sent the RV speeding away.

She knew the location of the university town. As she drove, she took out hamburgers, milk, boiled eggs, and snacks such as bread and cookies from her tree hole space for the twins.

"Mom is driving. If you're hungry, just eat by yourselves. I'll cook something delicious for you when I get home, okay?"

Jiang Xiaoshu remained silent as usual, flipping through her comic book.

Jiang Xiaoxin couldn't help but complain, "Mom, are you really not worried about that weird uncle?"

Jiang Wan felt that what she said seemed to be beyond the vocabulary of a three-year-old. She was focused on driving and it took her a while to understand what she meant.

"Mom is worried about those precious instruments. If they break down, we won't be able to do research to find out what's wrong with those plants. If we're trapped in Xiangcheng and run out of supplies, we'll only have one way out: death."

Jiang Xiaoxin still didn't believe it. She felt that her mother treated that strange uncle differently, which made her very uncomfortable.

She pouted, refusing to eat in protest against her mother.

But she was too small to resist the temptation for more than three minutes. Before long, her stomach started growling, and she picked up the hamburger with her chubby little hands and ate it with great relish.

Jiang Xiaoshu looked up from the comic book and sighed helplessly.

The university town in Xiangcheng is quite vast, encompassing dozens of universities of varying sizes and levels. Jiang Wan wasn't sure where Cheng Zhen was going, so she parked her car at the entrance and called him.

The Pingjiang convoy then provided her with comprehensive protection from all sides.

"Jiang Wan?"

Cheng Zhen was engrossed in the game when she was surprised to receive a call from her. Her first thought was that something must have happened to her, so despite the danger, she seized the opportunity to answer the phone immediately.

"Cheng Zhen? You're in a fight?"

Jiang Wan could clearly hear that he was breathing heavily and his breathing was unsteady. "You encountered mutated plants? Where are you? Is the equipment I asked for okay?"

While dodging the attacks of the mutated plants, Cheng Zhen replied, "I'm at Xiangcheng University. There are mutated plants here, but I haven't found the instrument you need yet."

His tone betrayed his own unconscious grievance; an expert is an expert after all, only interested in the instruments.

After saying that, she realized something was wrong, "Jiang Wan, you've gone to the city?"

She had previously guessed that he might have gone to Xiangcheng University, but she secretly refused to go to that university.

Upon hearing this, she gave a muffled "hmm": "What mutated plant? Hang in there, I've brought you some help."

"groove!"

Cheng Zhen was furious. "Are you out of your mind, woman? I went through all that trouble to get you out of the city yesterday, and you're back in less than a day?!"

"Don't you know how dangerous the city is right now? Don't you know there are mutated plants?"

Before Jiang Wan could speak, Jiang Xiaoxin, who had already heard it through the microphone, couldn't help but shout just as loudly, "Mom, he insulted you!"

The cute yet fierce voice immediately silenced Cheng Zhen's shouting.

Jiang Wan scoffed coldly: "Cheng Zhen, speak properly, and don't do it again."

After saying that, he hung up the phone decisively and sent Pingjiang his location: "Xiangcheng University, there are mutated plants."

"Damn it!" Cheng Zhen cursed in frustration. He hung up the phone, chopped off the yellow hair that was circling around him with his sword, ran wildly outside, grabbed the railing, and jumped off the fifth floor.

Behind him, Yu Fen exclaimed, "Boss! Where are you going!"

"Hold on, I'll be back!"

Cheng Zhen cut down mutated plants along the way as he headed towards the school gate. He and Jiang Wan's convoy arrived at the gate of Xiangcheng University almost at the same time.

However, the entire gate was completely blocked by a dense network of yellow filaments, making it impossible for vehicles to drive in.

Pingjiang stopped the car, carefully inspected the situation, and immediately ordered, "Quick! Reverse!"

He had barely finished speaking when he saw countless stems sprouting from the yellow ribbon above the gate, wrapping around their convoy.