This time, they were out for a little longer; an hour later, the two sneaked back into the house.

Less than ten minutes later, the door opened again. This time, the group was different. A tall boy, also wearing a black stocking over his head, was holding a cat with a black stocking over its head and walking a dog with a black stocking over its head.

Tuan Tuan: It's so ugly, disgusting, I don't want to wear this, meow~

Big Black: This is so exciting! This is so exciting! It's really fun following my little master.

At 9 p.m., the last team returned to the villa.

Lin Yu pulled off the hood, his bangs soaked with sweat. He took a hot shower and lay on the bed thinking about what had just happened.

It seems like everything was so easy. How could they be lying in an alley waiting to be beaten?

Never mind, there must be people who can't stand it anymore.

In a daze, Lin Yu also fell asleep.

When Lin Anran returned, it was already one o'clock in the morning, and the streets were quiet and deserted.

"Snap!"

Hmm? Did I press down on something? Lin Anran turned around and saw only darkness. It should be fine; it was probably just a rock!

She steadied herself, shouting, "Demons and monsters, get out of here! Demons and monsters, get out of here!" Although she was used to seeing zombies, she was still afraid of ghosts!

As if someone was chasing her, she sped up until she arrived at the brightly lit villa.

Lin's father, wearing a coat, stood guard at the door. He was really worried about his precious daughter and paced back and forth in the yard.

Hearing the noise, Lin's father opened the door. "You're back? Come in quickly!"

Ignoring the glaring lights, Lin's father pushed his electric scooter into the villa. He looked his precious daughter up and down, wondering if she was hurt.

Lin Anran couldn't ignore her father's gaze, so she helplessly turned around and said, "I'm fine, Dad! Look, I'm really fine."

"Okay! Let's go inside!"

Only after confirming that Lin Anran was truly safe and sound did Lin's father return to his room.

"Is Ranran alright?" Lin's mother was very worried, but they had just done something secret, and she felt guilty and dared not go out, but she was still so worried that she couldn't sleep.

"It's alright, our daughter is capable! Go to sleep!"

It wasn't until she was lying in bed that Lin Anran had the mood to look at the agate pendant in her hand.

The agate pendant was left behind by Gu Chen's parents after their car accident. It had always been in Gu Qing's hands. With the arrival of the apocalypse, the siblings kept fleeing, but a rainstorm and mutated animals caused her to die on that high-rise building.

Lin Anran clearly remembers the scene when Gu Chen found the agate pendant; he cried for a very long time that night.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Anran looked at the man on the sofa with a puzzled expression. Something was off about him today; he hadn't taken the initiative to hold her hand.

I'm tired, time for bed!

In the early morning, the first rays of sunlight shone through the window onto Lin Anran's side. She felt a chill, reached out and pulled the blanket tighter, and turned over.

She groggily opened her eyes, and a handsome face loomed large before her.

"Ah! Jiang Qinian, you scared me to death!"

The man shrank back, looking aggrieved. She was the one who reached out and touched him first; he was just going along with her.

This morning the villa was unusually quiet, except for the unusually excited Big Black running back and forth inside.

After Lin's father finished exercising in the yard, he returned to the living room, where everyone had already gotten up one after another.

Lin Yu yawned widely. "Sis, what time did you get back yesterday?"

"A little past one o'clock."

He circled around Lin Anran, who was eating, to make sure she wasn't injured. "Did you get the stuff?"

"Got it!"

"So, can we go see him today?"

Lin Yu was a little excited. He really wanted to meet that man who was the same age as him and was also very capable.

"I'll go in a bit." Lin Anran sipped her hot black rice porridge, her eyes crinkling comfortably.

Once Gu Chen is found, everything needs to be expedited. Lin Anran's eyes deepened slightly; the riotous mutant animals from last night were definitely not accidental.

In her previous life, she spent the early stages of her life recuperating at the base and didn't have the opportunity to go out, so she only knew the general outline of many things.

After they finished breakfast and tidied up, it was already nine o'clock.

Mr. Lin drove the van out of the garage, and the family prepared to drive to District F.

"This road is such a mess!" Lin's father frowned, almost poking a hole in the map in his hand.

The villa area is far from the collective apartment. The villa area is located in the very center of the site, while the collective apartment is on the outermost edge of the site, which is roughly marked as area F on the map.

The layout of the Southern Survivor Base is very simple, with one floor surrounding another, and the villa area and points redemption center are all located in the very center.

In other words, to get to area F, you must pass through areas B, C, D, and E.

Lin Anran took the map from her father and studied it carefully. The layout of the base was intricate and complex. This was why she was able to be kidnapped silently in her previous life without anyone noticing. It was probably a masterpiece of the base.

"Sis, are you ready?" Lin Yu asked, carrying a large backpack as if he were fleeing a disaster.

Lin Yu and his mother each carried a backpack. Lin Anran chuckled helplessly. She had told them many times, but they just wouldn't listen.

Today I just went to Gu Chen to explain the situation and fill out a relocation form. It will take at least a week before I can move in.

She knew her mother and Xiaoyu were worried that he would get hurt from hunger, but there was no need to go to such extremes.

"Alright, let's go!" Lin Anran joined in, taking the backpack from her mother and putting it in the trunk.

Following the map, Lin Anran found the shortest route.

"Why does this place feel so eerie? There's nobody here during the day. Sis, have we gotten lost?"

The deserted streets were eerily quiet. The doors and windows of the small buildings were all tightly shut. The occasional sound of children crying indicated that someone lived there, but that only made it more unsettling.

Lin Yu shrank his neck, his body feeling terribly cold. He quickly rolled up the window; he would rather be carsick right now.

Lin Anran also sensed a chill, but the road was on the map, so there was no mistake.

"It's okay, let's drive faster!"

It took a full ten minutes to see a few scattered figures, but most of them were looking at them with fear.

Lin's mother frowned deeply. "Why do they look at us with a hint of fear? Is it just my imagination?"

Lin Anran had the same feeling. She had carefully recalled all the details of her past life, but she had no memory of this street. She would come back again if she had the chance.

Returning to the place where she lived in her previous life, Lin Anran felt a mix of emotions.

Familiar streets, familiar thatched cottages, familiar work...

Since the end times, the government has been rapidly constructing safe bases, doubling the size of the existing ones.

Due to a shortage of manpower, the collective apartments were built by people without special abilities. Lacking raw materials, people could only build them using readily available wood and thatch in order to survive.

Fortunately, the base erected a high wall around the area to prevent zombies from entering; otherwise, those at the lowest level would have been the first to suffer.

"We're here!" Lin Anran saw the familiar gatehouse and gestured for her father to stop the car.