About ten minutes later, a man in his thirties came out.

"Hello, my name is Feng Yuan, and I am Minister Sun's secretary. Please come with me."

The visitor led them to the 10th floor by elevator, indicating that Uncle Sun Wei held a high-ranking position.

After walking through the corridor, they came to the door of a room with the words "Minister of Security" written on it. Feng Yuan gestured for them to go in by themselves and then left.

Zhou Pin knocked on the door three times, and the door opened directly from the inside.

"Xiao Zhou, it really is you. When did you arrive? Just come in, no need to knock. Don't be so formal with me."

Uncle Sun Wei was still the same enthusiastic middle-aged man. After not seeing him for several months, he was even more enthusiastic and pulled Zhou Pin into his office.

Minister Sun's office was simply decorated, about 20 square meters, with a desk, a sofa, and three cabinets. It was as simple as it could be.

The three sat down on the sofa and began to chat. Minister Sun first inquired about their experiences along the way, and was very happy to hear that Sun Wei and his group might be arriving soon.

When asked about his address at the base, Minister Sun said that he would take care of it as soon as he arrived. He explained that he had been busy and had just had some free time to clean up the security situation when these people happened to run into him.

Zhou Pin then told him about the house-changing plan and handed Minister Sun a USB drive. Minister Sun accepted it with a smile and promised to go to the Ministry of Science and Technology to get it for Minister Yao in a little while.

The three chatted briefly for a while longer. Zhou Pin said that the two of them wanted to look around the base a bit more before leaving. Minister Sun told them to go ahead and look around, and that the group of people should be dealt with by the time they got back.

After leaving the government building, the two went to the service hall to redeem their points. They couldn't bring anything conspicuous that might cause trouble, nor could they bring something worthless that wouldn't earn them many points. Xu Lin took out the soap pods she had collected earlier. These could be collected along the way; they weren't necessities, but they were quite useful.

Sure enough, Xu Lin exchanged 50 catties of soap pods for 500 points. The two of them had enough to eat and drink, and a house was soon available. There was nothing to spend money on, and they only needed a few points for emergencies, which was not too conspicuous.

After exchanging points, Xu Lin's shopping instincts kicked in, and the two went to the mall first. There wasn't much there, just some furniture, appliances, clothes, shoes, and socks, but the variety was incomparable to what they had in her previous life, and much of it was secondhand. Xu Lin's space had a much wider variety of items than the mall, and they quickly left disappointed.

The farmers market is right next door, and since we're already here, we might as well go in and take a look.

The market has grains, vegetables, meat, and eggs. The grains are mainly rice and flour. The vegetables include easy-to-grow ones such as cabbage, radish, potato, sweet potato, tomato, and cucumber. The meats include pork and chicken, but no beef or mutton. The eggs are only chicken and duck eggs.

The goods sold in the market are all produced at the base, so the prices are relatively affordable, which can be considered as ensuring people's livelihood.

The two didn't buy anything at the market, but simply inquired about prices. After all, they were still "camping" in the West District, and buying things to take back would be too conspicuous.

It was already noon when we got back to the camp. Everyone around us had smiles on their faces, as if something happy had happened. I guess Minister Sun's anti-gang operation was going well.

The two parked their car in the same spot they had parked the day before, took necessary precautions, and then entered the container.

Xu Lin had a simple breakfast and was quite hungry after strolling around all morning. She took out her boxed lunch and ate with Zhou Pin.

Just after we finished eating, Feng Yuan, whom we had met with Minister Sun that morning, came over and said that the accommodations had been arranged, which was the place they had previously chosen.