Cheng Zhen, however, thought Jiang Wan was doing very well. He was even surprised and secretly pleased that she could immediately understand his intentions.

Zhao Xiaojun had no idea that so many thoughts had been going through their minds in such a short time. He was racking his brains trying to figure out what he could do to repay them.

"I...I...as long as I can avenge Xiaoyu, I'll do whatever you say from now on!"

Cheng Zhen had one hand in his pocket, and with the other hand, he held up one index finger and slowly shook it at him: "That's not right."

"I don't care whether you can avenge your sister or not, from now on you have to listen to me."

"Also, you must promise never to hurt Jiang Wan again." He paused, then added, "And her twins."

Zhao Xiaojun hesitated for a moment, then nodded decisively: "Okay!"

After Yu Fen put him down, he was in excruciating pain all over his body. He then realized that the wounds on his two calves were so deep that the bone was visible. Fortunately, Cheng Zhen saved him in time!

Yu Fen helped him up: "Your name is Zhao Xiaojun, right? Think about what you should and shouldn't do in the future."

He took a bottle of wound medicine out of his pocket and handed it to him, then asked, "You're not one of the people who went out of town this time, are you?"

Zhao Xiaojun endured the excruciating pain, applied medicine to himself, and then used a light red crystal before he felt his strength return considerably.

He nodded: "Today I'm in charge of killing the mutated plants outside the city. I secretly followed you here."

Cheng Zhen then said, "You can leave now."

Zhao Xiaojun was taken aback for a moment, then understood, but still asked, "How exactly did Xiaoyu die?"

Cheng Zhen's expression was cold, and his tone was indifferent and hard: "If you want to know exactly what happened back then, just look at your own performance."

After saying that, she raised her chin at him, her intention to send him away was very clear.

Zhao Xiaojun understood that he had to find out who had tricked him into killing Jiang Wan. He hesitated, unwilling to give up, and the journey back alone was fraught with danger, filled with mutated plants. But he had no other choice.

He gritted his teeth, and finally plunged headfirst into the ground, disappearing without a trace.

Jiang Xiaoxin asked innocently, "Are we just going to let him go like that? Can he be trusted?"

Cheng Zhen squatted down in front of her and patiently explained, "Xin Xin, whether someone is trustworthy or not, don't listen to what they say, but look at what they do."

He smiled slightly, wanting to touch her round head and ruffle her soft, short hair that reached her ears.

The silly girl quickly buried herself in her mother's arms, protesting, "I don't want to!"

Biological father Cheng Zhen: ...

He remained silent, but his heart was bleeding. He subconsciously looked at Jiang Wan and saw that her expression was calm, but a doting smile flashed in her eyes. Then she reminded him, "Let's go quickly, hurry up."

Zhao Xiaojun's incident delayed them considerably, so much so that they hadn't gone very far before dark and had only found three metasequoia trees.

As darkness fell, the question arose: what to do at night?

Should we continue searching for dawn redwood trees?

Or should we find a suitable place to cook, set up camp, and make our own camp?

Jiang Wan must feel sorry for the two little ones. They need plenty of sleep to grow, how can they go a whole night without sleep?

So almost as soon as it got dark, she suggested, "Let's rest here."

Yu Fen went to see Cheng Zhen, filled with anxiety: How could they rest? They'd only found a few trees! They were still a long way from the 32 trees! If they rested here, his brothers might die!

Cheng Zhen's expression was also somber, caught in a dilemma. The mountain was very large, and finding all 32 metasequoia trees would take a long time, let alone wasting another night like this.

Jiang Wan ignored them and gave instructions: "Go and gather some firewood that can be burned, and find two stone slabs. If you don't have stone slabs, stones will do."

Then she put the twins down. She had been carrying them all the way and was really tired; her arms were shaking so badly they felt like they weren't her own anymore.

So she didn't force herself and continued to give orders: "Dig a hole, we'll light a fire and cook."

After she finished speaking, she saw two men standing motionless, staring at her with blank expressions.

Jiang Wan frowned: "What?"

Yu Fen couldn't hold back any longer: "Experts! We don't have any ingredients right now, what are you going to cook?"

Are we supposed to boil compressed biscuits?

He didn't know that Jiang Wan was also a superhuman with a tree hole space. After saying that, he started pleading with her, "Please, please, let's find the metasequoia tree quickly, okay? Xiao Yuanzi and the others are still hanging there, they can't wait!"

Even though the two of them have amazing physical strength, and the mutated metasequoia tree can keep its word and not harm them, they are running out of oxygen!

If this continues, what's the point of them working so hard to gather 32 dawn redwoods?!

Jiang Wan remained unmoved: "But we're hungry."

They are women and children, vulnerable groups in human society. How can he expect them to be like superhumans, never eating, drinking, or resting?

Yu Fen took out his own food and water and placed them in front of the twins: "Eat mine."

Jiang Xiaoxin looked disgusted: "I don't want to eat what you've already eaten!"

He took a bite of the compressed biscuit in his hand and drank half of the bottled water.

"Oh, oh!" He quickly put those away and then went to Cheng Zhen to take the supplies, since all their supplies were being carried on his back.

Jiang Xiaoxin still refused: "Compressed biscuits are too awful, I don't want them!"

Yu Fen was about to cry, so he went to see Jiang Wan and then Cheng Zhen, asking them for help.

Jiang Wan nodded in agreement: "It really doesn't taste good."

Yu Fen was about to vomit blood: "Big sister! Can't you stop just telling the truth at a time like this? You need to comfort your children! At a time like this, we need to unite and sacrifice our individual interests for the greater good!"

Jiang Wan glanced at him coldly, her eyes filled with disdain: What about self and others? What right does she have to demand that the twins sacrifice themselves for others?

Even if she were their biological mother, let alone just an adoptive mother, she has no right to make choices for them, deceive them, or demand that they disregard their own feelings.

Although they are still young, they are independent individuals. Especially in this cannibalistic, oxygen-deprived apocalypse, she would never raise the two children into saintly, selfless fools.

In teamwork, it's only natural to eat when you're hungry, rest when you're tired, and voice your grievances!

Cheng Zhen clicked his tongue, kicked Yu Fen away, and cursed, "Idiot!"

Then he looked at Jiang Wan, his expression and tone completely different from when he spoke to Yu Fen: "We can't start a fire here, there's no oxygen."

It is quite mild.

Jiang Wan suddenly realized, "Oh right! How could I have forgotten this most basic common sense!"

There's absolutely no oxygen in the air here, so a fire simply can't start!

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xiaoxin pouted and said, "Waaah, I'm hungry, so hungry!"

Jiang Wan looked at Cheng Zhen with a look in her eyes: Your two kids are hungry, you can figure it out yourself!