Chapter 504 The First Move is Always a Loss

Li Si really does thank you.

He didn't expect Fang Juefeng to use such a trump card as the state banquet. Although he had prepared many chefs, they were no match for the disciples of the state banquet chefs.

Depend on!

We lost!

Seeing that Ling Ran was in a good mood and agreed to go to Dawn Base the next day, Li Si, suppressing his hurt feelings, pleaded, "Sir, Dawn Base is also a lot of fun. The residents are all looking forward to your arrival. They have prepared many programs to perform for you."

"We'll see later."

"Please, sir, you must come! All 50,000 residents of Dawn Base are waiting for your arrival!"

Fang Juefeng was happy.

Ha, haven't you heard? The first move always loses!

This is truly a case of Qin Shi Huang touching a telephone pole – he's won so badly he's practically delirious!

Lu Fan was also a little heartbroken.

If the adult goes there tomorrow, many of the things he prepared will not be able to be shown.

Oh no, what should I do?

He already missed the adults even before they left.

On that day, when Lu Fan showed Ling Ran some of the local delicacies and their secret recipes, Fang Juefeng and Li Si followed along the whole time.

Seeing the culinary recipe book that Lu Fan handed to the adults, the two of them secretly wrote it down in their own notebooks.

It turns out that adults not only enjoy eating delicious food, but also like collecting food recipes.

This is very important.

Lu Fan was furious at their oblivious way of secretly learning, but he couldn't do anything about it.

Today is likely the last day that the adult will stay with the Guardians, and he can't let the adult have any more troubles.

The next morning.

Ling Ran got into the car and followed Fang Juefeng's car, intending to go to the Dawn Base.

At the entrance to the Guardian Base.

When people heard that Ling Ran was leaving the Guardians, many residents spontaneously came to see her off, and a dense crowd stood at the entrance of the base.

As Lu Fan looked at these people, he thought that if even one-tenth of them came to see him off when he was gone, he would consider himself a success.

"My lord, we part today, and we do not know when we will meet again. But no matter how far you go, the hearts of all of us guardians will always be with you!"

"Everyone else only cares about how high the adults fly, but I only care about how tired the adults are from flying. So one day, if the adults get tired from flying, please come back to protect us. We protectors will always be the adults' warm harbor."

Li Si and Fang Juefeng were unhappy to hear this.

What do you mean?

Does that mean they're the kind of people who care about how high adults fly, but not how tired they are from flying?

"Road management, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Who are you referring to as 'others'?"

"Yeah, what kind of people are they making fun of us?"

Lu Fan snorted coldly, "I was talking about other people, not Manager Fang or Manager Li. Don't be so sensitive and rush to take it personally."

"you!"

Fang Juefeng paused for a moment, then laughed and said, "Forget it, I won't say any more to Manager Lu. After all, the master will be arriving at our Dawn Base soon."

"..."

No matter how reluctant Lu Fan was, it was a fact that Ling Ran was going to the Dawn Base.

He could only console himself that Fang Juefeng had just gotten lucky; there just happened to be a disciple of a state banquet chef at the base, who might not be able to serve the adults well.

Once the adults settle down at the Dawn Base and find that Fang Juefeng isn't as well-treated or pampered as they are, they might even want to return to the Guardian Base.

"Let's go."

"Goodbye, sir!"

Lu Fan and the management team led the way in bowing, and the residents of the Guardian Base who had come to bid farewell behind them also bowed, their expressions respectful.

The way he looked made it clear that his bow was heartfelt.

Fang Juefeng was in the same car as Ling Ran. Watching this scene, he was somewhat shocked, and he was also thinking that when the adults were to leave the Dawn Base, he would also ask the residents of the base to see them off.

He thought this to himself, but said aloud, "Sir, you have saved all the survivors in the Western Province. Whether they are residents of the Guardians or residents of our Dawn and Dawn Base, they are all very grateful to you, sir."

Although these words may sound like sycophancy, they come from the bottom of my heart.

If the Western Province continues to be shrouded in perpetual night, then the three major bases will eventually fall apart or even perish.

Su Yimo glanced back and then said calmly, "There are plenty of people who thank you, sir. This isn't the first time we've seen this kind of scene."

The first time Su Yimo saw such a scene, she would have been shocked, but after seeing it many times, although she still thought the adults were very powerful, her heart was now calm and undisturbed.

Upon hearing this, Fang Juefeng couldn't help but inquire, "Where did you come from, sir?"

The information he could get was mostly about Shaanxi and Hubei provinces; it was difficult to get any information beyond those provinces.

However, even just two provinces were enough to shock him.

There's nothing wrong with saying that, so Su Yimo said directly, "We came from the Southern Province."

"Southern Province? That's so far away?"

"Um."

Fang Juefeng was shocked.

Even doing nothing, driving from the Southern Province to the Western Province is no easy task. It would be difficult even for someone with the ability to fly, let alone drive.

If this person solves a local or base problem wherever they go, like Yongye in Xi Province, then it's perfectly normal for them to receive genuine gratitude from the residents of each base.

Even if there wasn't any, the fact that she brought out so many supplies is enough for everyone to be grateful for.

It's important to understand that people at the bottom of society still live very difficult lives.

Many people suffer from survivorship bias; in reality, there are still many people living very hard lives now, even more than when the apocalypse first arrived.

There are still cases where someone can sell their entire family for a single cookie.

At any given time, some people will be doing well and some will be not; that's just how it is.

But Ling Ran's actions will definitely help those who are not doing well. Even if it's not a lot of help, just a little help would be very appreciated.

Of course, there are still ungrateful people or those who think this is something Ling Ran has to do, but such people are ultimately a small minority.

The Guardians and Dawn are both in the same city, and one of their routes has already been opened up, so there is basically no need to clear roadblocks along the way, and there are very few zombies.

Therefore, it took less than an hour to reach the Dawn Base.

To Ling Ran and the others' surprise, the construction of the Dawn Base, just like that of the Guardians, was centered around a farmhouse inn.

The construction at the entrance and the management of the base are basically similar.

Pei Yi couldn't help but ask, "If it weren't for the sign saying Dawn Base here, I would have thought the Guardians had returned."

"Ha ha."

Fang Juefeng smiled sheepishly, then said, "Our three bases are pretty much the same. When we first started building our bases, we learned from each other and made progress together."

"oh."

Pei Yi nodded knowingly.

What kind of mutual learning and progress is this? It's probably just copying each other's homework, right? You copy what's good in yours, and you copy what's good in his. It's all about copying, or rather, stealing.