Xiao Ning wore a smug expression.

She can even take care of Lu Sheng's pets. Her thoughtfulness and attentiveness should be enough to impress Lu Sheng.

Even if a person can restrain their appetite due to self-restraint, a pet cannot.

This fat cat may look sturdy, but it probably only eats leftovers and never gets anything good. Now that he's taken out some food, won't the cat be drooling with envy?

But when he opened the cat food himself and grabbed a handful to scatter on the ground, Zhuangzhuang just sniffed it and lazily walked away.

"Meow, it's expired, and there's still no meat." Zhuangzhuang's wet little nose twitched, and it swished its fluffy big tail listlessly.

Tsk tsk, what kind of people are these, daring to make a move on Lu Sheng? They're not even as good as Teacher Xu!

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Xiao Ning was furious at Zhuang Zhuang's anger but couldn't retaliate.

With everyone around watching the spectacle, Xiao Ning could only suppress her temper and urge everyone to start eating.

Lu Sheng and the rest of the Allied Forces barely touched their food, barely dipping their chopsticks in the soup before putting them down, a stark contrast to the ravenous eating at the other tables.

The Allied forces couldn't help but shake their heads.

Life outside was indeed tough; even Blue Ocean Base, a dominant force in the central region, didn't have as lavish meals as the Allied Forces' boxed lunches.

I thought I could finally broaden my horizons, but it turns out that things outside are not as good as home.

After lunch, the remaining participants from the major bases urged Xiao Ning to start the auction as soon as possible.

Although everyone came for the power-enhancing agents, this auction also provided a platform for various bases to sell and exchange their surplus resources.

Therefore, all the bases brought a lot of stuff, eager to monetize it.

Xiao Ning had kept everyone in suspense for quite some time. After exchanging a few polite pleasantries, he led everyone to a heavily guarded, standalone building in the center of the base.

The first few items auctioned were all supplies unique to each base.

Lu Sheng showed little interest in these things, only slightly raising his eyelids when a basket of fruit and carrots was taken out on the stage.

It wasn't because he wanted to eat it, but because there was no such species as "fruit carrot" in the world. It was popular in China before the apocalypse, but when Lu Sheng went to work part-time, he found out that the so-called fruit carrots were actually just ordinary carrots peeled and cut into finger-sized pieces by machine.

She never expected that even three years after the apocalypse, there would still be people so idle that they would organize people to peel carrots in the base.

Xiao Ning noticed Lu Sheng's gaze and asked in a low voice, "Want to eat it? I'll buy it for you."

Upon hearing this, Lu Sheng paused for a moment, "If I want to eat it, I'll buy it myself."

"Use the money I earned from you."

It would have been better if Lu Sheng hadn't mentioned it, because as soon as he did, Xiao Ning remembered the 20,000 crystal cores that Lu Sheng had taken from him.

It hurts, it hurts so much, just thinking about it makes my heart ache.

But Xiao Ning just smiled and leaned back comfortably in her chair.

Soon, the highlight of the entire auction finally arrived.

When members of the Blue Ocean Base pushed an iron cage covered with a curtain onto the stage, everyone in the hall gasped.

The rotten, foul smell was like rotting meat that had been sitting under the sofa for a month; the pungent odor made everyone present gag.

Whoosh!

The host on stage deftly lifted a corner of the curtain.

"Hmm..."

A male zombie, its body rotting and infested with maggots, appeared before everyone.

The zombie's flesh was completely rotten all over.

There wasn't a single patch of intact skin on his entire body. Yellowish-white pus hung from the rotting flesh on his back and shoulders, and in some places, wormholes left by insects were clearly visible.

His mouth was tightly bound by a metal gag, and he could only make indistinct whimpering sounds.

As the male zombie continued to ram its body against the cage, bits and pieces of skin tissue scattered all over the ground with each impact.

Many people at the scene showed signs of severe discomfort.

The zombies still alive outside have mostly been upgraded. Although they are still incredibly ugly, at least they are not as disgusting as they used to be.

"Next up is the item everyone's been most excited about—a zombie virus inhibitor!"

The entire place erupted in excitement, everyone staring wide-eyed at the mangled zombie in the cage, anticipating what would happen next.

Seeing that everyone's attention was focused on the stage, the host deliberately dragged out his words, "Our Blue Ocean Base has successfully developed an inhibitor, which has a 90% success rate when injected within ten minutes of being bitten."

Everyone present stared in astonishment at the cage on the stage, even Lu Sheng glanced at it indifferently.

She hasn't even accumulated enough points to exchange for zombie virus inhibitors yet, so how come the Blue Ocean Base can already produce them? Is someone using a cheat code even better than her?

Moreover, Xiao Ning publicly claimed that he was auctioning off ability enhancement agents, so why is he now auctioning off virus inhibitors instead?

Soon, others raised the same question as Lu Sheng.

"We came for the ability enhancer. Nobody knows if a virus suppressant is effective unless you get bitten."

The host smiled and pulled down the curtain on the other side of the cage. "This is the magic of our Blue Ocean Base inhibitor. Once you are successfully immune to zombification after injection, your ability level can be rapidly increased by 30% to 50% in a short period of time!"

The previously noisy venue suddenly fell silent.

Zhao Mujia covered her mouth, "Look, there's another person inside the cage!"

In the far corner of the cage, a teenage girl, about 1.5 meters tall, was huddled in fear, using all her strength to try to distance herself from the zombie.

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