the next day.

Before dawn, everyone was awakened by a thunderous roar.

"Who the hell is stealing food again?!"

The group immediately suspected the newly joined brother and sister, given their criminal records.

However, the brother and sister walked in from outside, rubbing their sleepy eyes.

Sun Muchen yawned, "What is it? You've been yelling nonstop since early morning."

Wang Lan's eyes were still closed. "We were sleeping soundly outside..."

Everyone was completely bewildered.

Aren't they these two unscrupulous people?

There were no footprints next to the food that matched the two people.

The cave was empty; the hunters searched the area but found no trace of food.

Because both of them disposed of the evidence after eating.

This led to the food being eaten becoming an unsolved mystery. Although they acted very calmly, this did not clear the brother and sister of suspicion. However, due to the lack of evidence, the matter had to be dropped.

By the time it was fully light, the sky had completely brightened.

The second day of the eternal night began.

At the suggestion of their leader Yu Bin, and after discussions among the hunters, they decided to go to the market during the day.

As the initial outbreak point of the infectious virus, going to the market at this time is undoubtedly an unwise choice, and the danger is self-evident.

The reason for going to the market was twofold. Firstly, during Yu Bin's conversation with Lao Zhang last night, they learned that the main component of the bomb was gunpowder, which required raw materials such as sulfur and saltpeter, which were available in the market shops. Secondly, in order to survive the eternal night or to prevent the frenzied attacks of animals, they needed the support of firearms.

On the other hand, there is the issue of supplies. As the only trading place in the safe zone, the market is second only to the final fortress in terms of the abundance of resources. The outbreak of the infectious virus will inevitably leave the shopkeepers with no time to care about these material possessions. In other words, a large amount of supplies are right there right now. Fortune favors the bold, and it all depends on whether you have the ability to get your hands on them.

At this moment, Yu Bin was distributing food to everyone, which was the python meat hunted last night, as well as various emergency medicines, matches and other necessities.

Wang Lan and Sun Muchen received a heavy, earthy-yellow backpack. Even before opening it, they could tell that it contained a considerable amount of food. However, upon opening it, they discovered that the python meat inside was only half the size of what the others had.

Sun Muchen was taken aback. "What's going on? Are you treating me differently?"

Yu Bin said in a serious tone, "I distribute the food equally. Considering that you ate too much last night, and it seems that you haven't pooped yet, right? Eating too much will damage your stomachs. You are still young, and it is not good for your normal growth and development."

That reason is far too weak...

At this moment, the fat man walked over and said, "Wang Lan, although we are now a team, we are still familiar with each other. Let's walk together for a while so that we can look out for each other."

“Of course,” Wang Lan nodded and asked, “What about Lao Zhang?”

The fat man said, "He's walking with Yu Bin. They're supposedly going to discuss how to make bombs."

"Oh." He found Old Zhang in the cave, where he discovered Old Zhang and Yu Bin talking animatedly and enthusiastically.

Wang Lan looked away and asked again, "How's your leg injury?"

"It's almost healed," the fat man said. "Yu Bin gave me a special medicine yesterday, and after applying it, I was about 70-80% better this morning."

"That's good." Wang Lan smiled at him.

Led by Yu Bin, the group finished organizing their equipment and checked it carefully. After confirming that everything was in order, they left the cave and headed to the market.

This group of over twenty people was quite a large team. They had just left the back mountain area and were now marching in a grand procession across the safe zone.

As a huge pit came into view, everyone knew that this was where the python had been hunted last night. The bloodstains on the ground were almost gone, replaced by many messy animal footprints. It seemed that the animals had smelled the snake blood and wanted a share, but unfortunately, they came up empty-handed.

Wang Lan relied on his memory to find the location of the wolf meat. When the hunters led the group away from the battlefield, they accidentally dropped the wolf meat on the ground. Wang Lan did not want the hunters to see the wolf meat, because the muscle tissue of different animals is different. In particular, a hunter like Yu Bin would definitely be able to tell at a glance that the texture of wolf meat is different from that of animals in the safe zone.

Wang Lan didn't want them to know that wolves had invaded the safe zone, because he felt that although the hunters had united into a group, the group was all show and no substance, and when a danger far exceeding what the group could withstand appeared, the group was likely to collapse on its own.

Judging from the current situation, he still needs the help of this group to survive.

Fatty and Old Zhang also did a good job this time; they tacitly kept quiet about the wolf.

After Wang Lan walked around and looked around, he realized that the wolf meat might have been eaten by the animals that came yesterday, or it might have been decomposed by bacteria, since the wolf meat had not undergone any processing and would hardly keep overnight.

A gentle breeze was blowing all around, and there was a faint smell of burning in the distance.

They passed by the spot where Sun Muchen and Fatty had burned the grass the night before. Although the ground was covered with charred ash, they could still clearly see specks of green peeking out from the ash.

After the mutation, both animals and plants showed extremely strong vitality, except for humans.

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