After saying that, he bounced around a few times, "See?"

Sun Muchen bit her lip and said, "Then...why don't you go hunting today?"

Wang Lan smiled indulgently and asked, "What's wrong? Want some meat?"

Sun Muchen stammered, "Well... it's not that, it's just that I... really don't want to study biology..."

Wang Lan: "..."

My dazed mind instantly cleared.

There's also a feeling of having misplaced trust.

So all that talk was just to avoid getting the book!

"Enough with the nonsense!"

Wang Lan said sternly, "Study hard. I'll check when I get back. If you don't pass, you can forget about having dinner tonight!"

After saying that, he slammed the door and left.

He strode away.

Old Zhang's family lived in the market, at the end of the market, in a dilapidated thatched hut.

To get to the market, Wang Lan had to pass through the final fortress.

Looking at the dark outer wall, Wang Lan suddenly wondered, since a virus had spread in the safe zone, why didn't the final fortress step in to manage it?

After all, the people in the fortress were selected from those in the safe zone.

Once the infectious virus spreads widely, eventually infecting everyone, it will be detrimental to the final stronghold.

But then I thought about it again, and the fortress seemed to be becoming increasingly indifferent to the situation outside.

Even on the other side of the border wall, the fortress seemed to be completely ignored.

Wang Lan stopped in her tracks as she thought of this.

A bold yet terrifying idea popped into my head.

For many consecutive years of eternal night, the fortress has absorbed most of the talented people in this safe zone, leaving only useless individuals. Consequently, the civilians in the safe zone have lost their value to the fortress.

Could it be...

Has the final fortress completely abandoned the outside world?