Standing in front of the mirror, Ye Zhou stretched his neck to look at his lips.

Since he got up, he felt a little pain in his mouth, but the corners of his mouth were not cracked, so it didn't seem like he had a sore throat.

Got a bug bite?

Ye Zhou was puzzled and could only think that he was bitten by a bug on the mouth when he was drinking and enjoying the fresh air outside last night.

He had been bitten before. It was when he was in junior high school. The whole class went on a spring outing and a mosquito bit him on the face, leaving two bumps.

They are very symmetrical, with one on each side of the face, both located near the upper cheekbones.

The mosquito's poison caused Ye Zhou's face to swell up quickly, and in the end it was so swollen that his eyes were squeezed into slits.

The whole class laughed at him, although it was not a malicious laugh, but during that period Ye Zhou wished he could skip school every day.

Maybe it’s a similar mosquito this time?

He did suspect Zou Ming, but he soon realized that he was judging others by his own standards. Zou Ming liked him, but he was not shameless.

Unless he took the initiative, he would not do that kind of thing even if he was drunk. After all, he has always been a good drinker, and drunken sex and forceful kisses have nothing to do with him.

In the past, he loved to sing when he was drunk. Whenever he went to KTV, he would be the microphone tyrant and no one could snatch the microphone from him.

He talks a lot. His close friends say that when he drinks, he likes to display his philosophy to others, but no one can understand what he is trying to say anyway.

Ye Zhou thought about it and felt that it must be a problem with mosquitoes.

So he didn't stay in front of the mirror anymore, but took a shower and washed his hair.

By the time he left the lounge, the employees were ready, the clotheslines next to the supermarket had been taken down, communicators had been installed in the branch stores, and no one had told the townspeople they were leaving.

I can't say that.

Employees are also reluctant to talk about leaving.

When separation becomes the norm, it becomes difficult to say it out loud.

Ye Zhou looked around but didn't see the familiar figure.

"Where is Zou Ming?" Ye Zhou looked at Chen Shu.

Chen Shu: "He went back."

Ye Zhou nodded. He had already chosen the target location for the next plane. It seemed that it was Zou Ming's plane.

276, these three cold numbers are Zou Ming’s dimension.

Ye Zhou did not walk out of the supermarket again. He nodded to the others: "Then let's go."

The employees already had experience, so Ye Zhou didn't say anything more. He turned on the computer, and after hesitating for a few seconds, Ye Zhou pressed the jump button according to the set destination.

Just like the previous times, the scenery outside the window began to change rapidly, but now, no one was curious about the scenery outside the window anymore. The employees began to organize things in the supermarket, even though there was nothing to organize.

Ye Zhou sat on the sofa, lowering his head and looking at his fingers.

He touched his lips again and they were still a little swollen.

He suddenly realized something and stood up instantly. The moment he stood up, the scenery outside the window stopped changing.

——They arrived at their destination.

Ye Zhou walked to the window, and he couldn't help but take a breath.

The scene outside the window was like hell, even more terrifying than the Daliang Dynasty and the environment around the Luoyang Base.

The scorching sun is burning the earth, and the increasingly thinning atmosphere cannot block the invasion of ultraviolet rays.

There were dead leaves that had fallen to the ground at some point and were blown away by the wind along with the yellow sand.

There is yellow sand everywhere, and there is no end in sight.

There was not a trace of green on the entire land, which was different from the drought in the Daliang Dynasty.

It's been so dry here that even the soil has turned into yellow sand.

Looking up, he could not see a single person or a living creature. Ye Zhou did not even dare to look up at the sky.

Even without looking at the sun, the sunlight seemed to burn his eyes.

Ye Zhou opened the window. The moment he opened the window, he almost suffocated. Ye Zhou immediately closed the window.

The heat wave outside was not just ordinary heat, it was stuffy, suffocating heat, as if even the oxygen had been burned out.

After Ye Zhou closed the window, he immediately moved away from it. After he took a few deep breaths to calm down, he looked out the window again in disbelief.

How do people live in a place like this?

How can people survive?

Is human vitality so tenacious?

Ye Zhou couldn't even imagine himself living in such a place.

That's not called life, it's just called being alive.

Ye Zhou rubbed his face. For the first time, he realized how bad Zou Ming's living conditions were. However, he was unable to take Zou Ming away from here. After he left, Zou Ming would still have to face the yellow sand alone.

For some reason, Ye Zhou felt a little breathless when he thought of this.

He was surprised to find that he actually felt sorry for Zou Ming.

I feel sorry for Zou Ming, who always seems to be omnipotent since the moment we met.

"Boss!" Chen Shu's voice came from the door.

Ye Zhou wiped his face and opened the door of the lounge.

Chen Shu looked at Ye Zhou in shock: "Boss, the drone can't be used!"

"I had just released the drone and it fell down."

Ye Zhou looked at Chen Shu, and they stared at each other, both seeing the words "helpless" in each other's eyes.

"We can only send people out." Chen Shu suggested, "Boss, can you see if you can buy some equipment that can adapt to the environment here in the system mall? Masks, clothes, etc."

Ye Zhou nodded: "I'll go find it, don't move, don't go out."

It is unlikely that their bodies can adapt to the environment here, and if they go out rashly, something bad may happen.

Chen Shu let out a breath. They had just tried to open the small door. As soon as the door was opened, the heat wave hit them, making everyone step back involuntarily. The heat wave alone was enough to cause such a problem. If they walked out, they would be exposed to such an environment. It was hard to say what the consequences would be.

Even a vampire as strong as Sarah doesn't dare to go out.

He would probably die of suffocation before being sunburned to death.

"What the hell is this place?" Chen Shu went to get a bottle of water and threw it to Zhou Yuanhe who was sitting on the side in a daze. "Did Zou Ming tell you about the situation here?"

Zhou Yuanhe shook his head: "I thought it was similar to Luoyang Base."

Zhou Yuanhe looked out the glass door and said, "Why don't they move underground? Even if it's damp, it's better than the surface."

Looking from this angle, the air outside was twisted and burning, and it was terrifying to look at it.

Chen Shu: "I guess it's because of the tools. It shouldn't be that simple to build a base underground. We have to consider air circulation and reinforcement. Human civilization is almost over, not to mention industry."

"That's right." Zhou Yuanhe whispered, "If I was born here, I would have died long ago."

Zhou Yuanhe looked disgusted: "Anyway, I don't want to live here."

He thanked and said, "Fortunately, my plane is normal."

There are no zombies, no extreme weather, just the work is a bit tiring. Comparing it this way, Zhou Yuanhe suddenly no longer feels disgusted with the world.

When Ye Zhou left the lounge, he saw a group of people sitting on small stools, sighing as they looked at the world outside the gate.

The employees were still discussing quietly: "Is it impossible to do business here?"

"I hadn't even gone out yet, I just opened the door and I felt like I was going to die."

"Our country's drought is not this severe."

"I have never seen such a hot sun in my life."

"There's not even a bird to be seen. What do people eat here?"

"There's no land to grow, right? No meat, no food, how can we survive?"

The employees soon began to wonder how the people here made a living. With no hunting to do and no land to farm, how did they survive?

"The immortal has come out!" someone shouted softly, and the others immediately looked at Ye Zhou and then quickly lowered their heads.

Ye Zhou smiled and said, "We bought some things. Anyone who wants to go out can go to the warehouse to get a set."

The warehouse is now full of equipment that Ye Zhou just bought. The system is very conscienceless this time. A set of constant temperature supply suit actually costs three million. Ye Zhou gritted his teeth and bought ten sets. He had to buy them. If he didn't buy them, he really wouldn't be able to leave the supermarket.

But it is future high-tech after all. The suit is very light and thin, and the clothes are tights. You can wear ordinary clothes on the outside, which will not affect the body temperature. You just need to wear a mask, which is used for nourishment. The fully transparent mask will not affect your vision and will not produce water mist due to breathing.

Although it is a bit troublesome, it is the best Ye Zhou can buy.

There are cheap ones, but the cheap suits are like Iron Man, wrapping the person completely inside, and are not as convenient for movement as Iron Man.

Not to mention communicating with people, even going out for a walk is tiring.

Necessary investment, necessary investment, Ye Zhou comforted himself in his heart.

Wu Yancao'er and the others stood up. They were usually the ones who went out to find the way.

Ye Zhou: "I'll go out with you this time."

Chen Shu: "Then I'll go too. Anyone who dares to come out here must be fully armed."

Chen Shu smiled and said, "Now that Brother Zou is gone, I will take the responsibility."

Ye Zhou learned shooting from Chen Shu. The more he learned, the more he realized how strong Chen Shu was. She was professionally trained. Unlike Ye Zhou who simply learned shooting, Chen Shu had strong physical fitness and extraordinary endurance. She could lie on the ground and look at the target for up to two days without moving, talking or drinking water.

This requires long-term training and needs to be practiced in extreme environments.

"I'll go too," Sarah said. "I'm not afraid of bullets."

She became more cheerful and said with a little pride: "As long as it's not a silver bullet, I'm not afraid."

The rest of the people stayed in the supermarket, and this time Ye Zhou opened the protective shield just in case.

Before leaving, Ye Zhou warned Li Gu and the others, "No matter how many people come outside or how miserable it looks, you can't go out."

The protective shield can prevent people outside from coming in, but it cannot prevent people inside from leaving.

Ye Zhou was afraid that their kindness would bring disaster upon themselves.

He looked at Li Gu and said, "If anyone wants to go out, tie them up."

Aunt Li nodded immediately: "Don't worry, Immortal, I will remember everything you said!"

Although Li Gu cannot go out, Ye Zhou is still at ease with her. She is a stubborn person and will not change her mind once she makes up her mind about a person or a thing. She believes that Ye Zhou is a god and a bodhisattva who saves people from suffering, so even if Ye Zhou asks her to die, she will think that it is for her own good.

Such a person cannot be placed in important positions, but she is definitely good at internal management and you never have to worry about her pretending to obey but actually disobeying.

After arranging everything in the supermarket, Ye Zhou and Chen Shu changed their clothes and walked out of the supermarket.

Wearing the suit, Ye Zhou could not feel the scorching heat outside. Under the unobstructed sun, he felt that everything in front of him was burning, whether it was the air or the yellow sand under his feet.

No wonder there is no concept of a country here, because no person or organization has the ability to keep the country running under such circumstances. Even water is a luxury among luxuries.

"Let's go." Ye Zhou turned and said to him.

Everyone carried a gun and held a telescope in their hands, and their backpacks were filled with dry food and water.

Water is the majority.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Ye Zhou was already so tired that he could hardly walk anymore, but he still did not see any trace of any buildings. This place was like a dead world, with yellow sand covering everything. Not to mention animals, even animal skeletons could not be seen.

The air was so dead silent that Ye Zhou could only hear his own heartbeat and breathing.

They walked for the entire day, and when it got dark they could only find a place on the back of a sand dune to set up their tent. They did not dare to take off their tights and masks for adjusting the temperature, and they only dared to open their masks halfway when eating.

As for going to the toilet... you can only try to adapt to the environment.

Anyway, after going to the toilet once, no one dares to drink water in large gulps, and would rather be thirsty.

"Boss, I'm dying." Chen Shu sat down next to Ye Zhou.

Ye Zhou handed her a bottle of water: "Persist."

Chen Shu raised his head and said, "I can't hold on any longer. What the hell is this place? I'm sweating all over even wearing this. I can't even undress to wipe it off. I'm so sticky all over now."

Ye Zhou felt the same way: "Same."

"Zou Ming grew up here." Chen Shu turned his head and glanced at Ye Zhou's profile. "He grew up without a protective suit or anything."

Ye Zhou didn't say anything.

Chen Shu: "He looks no different from a normal person. If I lived in a place like this, I would have become a pervert and would definitely develop an antisocial personality. If I don't have a good life, others won't have a good life either."

"But Zou Ming doesn't." Chen Shu said, "He is actually a very gentle person, but his gentleness is not obvious, and he is not gentle to everyone."

Ye Zhou was amused by Chen Shu's description, but he still replied: "Yes, he is indeed very gentle."

Zou Ming had never been tough in front of him, and he always did what he said.

Chen Shu stood up: "Boss, go to bed early."

Ye Zhou nodded: "Let's leave tomorrow morning before the sun comes out."

But lying in the tent, Ye Zhou couldn't fall asleep no matter what. He couldn't help but think of Zou Ming because of Chen Shu's words.

He reached out to touch his lips, but because of the mask he was wearing, his hand was empty.

Touching the cold mask, Ye Zhou suddenly sat up with a start.

The unclear picture gradually became clear in his mind, and he remembered what happened the day before he left.

He remembered kissing Zou Ming.

What was he thinking at that time?!

Ye Zhou hugged his head.

What on earth did he do?! He actually kissed Zou Ming forcefully!

Is he a beast?

He clearly knew that Zou Ming liked him, and he had clearly decided that since he didn't agree, he shouldn't give Zou Ming any illusions.

How is he any different from a scumbag now?

Ye Zhou was completely unable to sleep now. He held a struggle session with himself in his mind for several hours. In the end, he had to admit that he was a scumbag.

He had never treated anyone the same way he treated Zou Ming.

In the past, when someone showed interest in him, he would usually refuse politely. Once others noticed his intention, they would back off. It's not that one person is indispensable to another, and if this one is gone, he can find the next one.

So he can confidently say that he has never hooked anyone or hurt anyone emotionally.

Only Zou Ming...

Ye Zhou, who had not slept all night, got up early. He folded the tent and woke up the others at the right time.

They continued on their way.

In order not to attract attention, they didn't even use any means of transportation, for fear of being discovered by the people here. Although this is already the wasteland era, there is no shortage of weapons. After all, there are still weapons left over from previous wars.

After walking for eight days, they finally saw the "city" made of steel and iron through the telescope.

Although this city is not really a city.

Rusty steel bars form the skeleton of the building, and only a shaky-looking high-rise building stands in the center of the "city". Perhaps due to the lack of bricks, many floors of this high-rise building can be seen through at a glance, and only the top floor is tightly wrapped.

Countless buildings are built against the high-rise buildings, with varying heights, but they are all rusty and mottled.

The further you go outside, the more dilapidated the houses become, and at the outermost edge, there are only bungalows with broken roofs left.

Ye Zhou could see some people walking around the bungalow, but more of them stayed where the sun didn't shine. These people were dressed in rags, with greasy and messy hair. Both men and women exposed their private parts without a care in the world.

When Ye Zhou put down the telescope, he felt a little dazed. Those bungalows were the slums, which was where Zou Ming said he lived.

He had just seen some people fighting over a plastic water bottle which contained dark dirty water. However, they were fighting like wild beasts, using not only their fists but also their teeth, and were willing to die for a bottle of dirty water that no one in other planes would dare to drink.

The tallest man kept hitting the other man's temple with his fist until the other man lay on the ground twitching and motionless. Then he picked up the water bottle, unscrewed the lid and poured it into his mouth impatiently.

Not only Ye Zhou saw it, but others saw it too.

"What kind of place is this..." Cao'er shuddered. She had also escaped from the desert, but this place was more terrifying than the Daliang Dynasty.

She could see young boys and girls being stripped like shaved lambs and locked in cages, with nothing over their heads, just huddled in the sun.

Occasionally someone would pass by them, stop to look for a moment, and then leave.

Obviously, people passing by can't "buy" them.

Cao'er had seen street birds before, but even they looked more like humans than the lambs in the cage.

At least the prostitutes can stand.

The people here are no longer human.

Ye Zhou calmed down and said to Chen Shu, "Let's find a place to set up the tent and figure out how to get in."

It's too dangerous to go in now. With their current appearance and in this era, no one will negotiate with them, let alone do business. I guess the boss of this base will be like a wolf seeing its prey when he sees them.

They found a place that was barely hidden and set up their tents. After observing for several days, they discovered that the base was dead during the day but became active at night.

The most active place is the slum, which becomes extremely lively at night and is crowded with people.

It is clearly the worst place, and in broad daylight, all the upper-class people look down on the slums.

But at night, this dirty and messy place suddenly turned into a den of brothel. The upper-class people, who looked like decent people, condescended to go to the slums, then took off their human skins to reveal their hideous and bestial inner selves.

Ye Zhou even saw someone doing business directly on the street, while the people around him just took a look and walked away numbly.

This is where Zou Ming lives...

Ye Zhou suddenly felt angry - Zou Ming, who was seven or eight years old, lived in this kind of environment.

Why? Even someone like Hill could grow up well in a peaceful and stable place, but Zou Ming had to suffer like this.

"It's been two weeks, and no one has come out of this base." Chen Shu used a telescope to observe the base as usual. While observing, he said to Ye Zhou, "Boss, what if they don't come out?"

Ye Zhou: "Then don't wait, just go there directly."

Chen Shu was stunned, but quickly said, "Isn't it too dangerous? If we go in directly without taking off the mask, we will definitely be surrounded immediately."

They have guns, but so do the other sides, and they are all desperate criminals trying to survive in the wasteland. Their numbers are several times greater than theirs. They actually have no chance of winning, unless Ye Zhou uses heavy weapons to flatten the entire base with one shot.

But in this way, Zou Ming would also...

Having concerns will restrict your actions.

Ye Zhou: "They will come out."

As long as you make a little noise, they will come out naturally.

·

On the top floor of a high-rise building, a man sat on the sofa. Countless ice cubes were piled in the room, making the temperature inside the room many degrees lower than outside. On the table in front of him were enough food to drive people crazy, and even some wine. He hugged the woman in his arms and squinted his eyes to look out the floor-to-ceiling window.

There were many men and women lying on the ground. They were all drunk and looked like dead pigs.

After a night of revelry, the whole house was in a mess.

The man glanced around with a sinister expression, a smug smile on his face.

The woman sitting in his arms lit a cigarette, took a puff herself, and then passed it to the man.

The man held the cigarette butt in his mouth and laughed softly, "Look at these people. They are no different from dogs."

The woman also laughed, and the man finished his cigarette: "Let's go, go to bed."

They always play at night and sleep during the day.

The ice in the corner of the room had melted into water. Some of it flowed onto the ground and quickly dried up. The water that the lower-class people could exchange their lives for just disappeared silently.

The woman stood up and was about to go to the bedroom with the man, but after taking just two steps, they both stopped.

A red light flashed outside the floor-to-ceiling window, shining on the faces of the two people, making them subconsciously look out the window.

There was another red light, but this time they could see it clearly.

"Flare gun?" The man was dazed at first, but soon came to his senses and shouted outside, "Someone come!"

There was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside, and in less than half a minute, more than a dozen people stood in front of the man.

Even though the man was not tall and not in good shape, a group of strong men with arms thicker than ordinary people stood in front of him with their heads lowered, like little chicks facing an eagle.

The woman had quietly returned to the room. Without the man's call, she didn't even dare to leave the room.

"Go out and take a look. Bring your stuff with you." The man said, "See which side they are from."

"If you can bring them back, bring them back to me. If you can't, kill them all."

"Yes!" The strong men still didn't dare to look up until the man waved his hand and they retreated.

The man squinted his eyes. His eyesight was not very good and his last pair of glasses was broken. Now he would subconsciously squint when looking at anything.

The situation at the base is not that good. Although there is still no shortage of water, there are fewer and fewer things to buy water with.

There is only one well nearby that can still pump water, and it is occupied by another base. The combat power over there is many times stronger than his side. He cannot fight head-on, so he can only exchange.

But there are only so many things that can be exchanged: food and women.

Sometimes you can swap the child with a good-looking man.

But too many people were replaced, and some people in their base have started to complain that when they are looking for people now, they only find some bad ones.

Anyone who can make a sound is someone that men have to pay attention to.

He had no powerful martial arts, no strong body, and he had never even participated in any battle personally.

He relies on his brain, and with this brain he can manipulate those who are stronger than him.

He gave them whatever they wanted.

He let them know that without him, the base would not be as "peaceful" as it was now, and they would no longer be able to enjoy so many things.

The man returned to the room, and the woman who had just been shivering in the room immediately came to him, with a flattering, formal smile on her face. Her face was almost stiff from laughing, but she still stuck to the man and asked, "Boss, do you want some water? I heard that they got some tea leaves last time. I'll make you a cup?"

The man pinched the woman's chin and looked down at her condescendingly.

Who sent this woman?

He couldn't remember. He looked at the ingratiating smile on the woman's face and the fear in her eyes. He grabbed the woman's arm in boredom and threw her out heavily.

The woman hit the wall hard, and then fell to the ground. Blood flowed from her forehead, but she didn't dare to shout or cry. She could only crawl forward and hug the man's calves. She raised her face and begged him with the face that the man loved most: "Boss, I love you, I love you, please don't abandon me, please don't abandon me..."

The man squatted down and grabbed the woman's hair, causing her head to tilt back uncontrollably.

She wanted to cry because of the pain, but she couldn't cry or make a ferocious expression.

"Love me so much?" The man let go of her hand.

The woman immediately threw herself into the man's arms, sobbing softly, "Without the boss, I am nothing."

The man was satisfied, and he curled the corners of his mouth proudly.

Look, he has everything now, no matter what he does, no one dares to hate him, and everyone will love him.

He wants everyone to fear him, and he also wants everyone to love him.

Because of this, he could no longer send anyone out of the base.

But the ugly ones can’t be given away, and the beautiful ones can’t be given away, so what else can be given away?