After lunch, Banxia took Yinzi for a walk to digest their food.

As an energetic cat, Ginko prefers to run around on all fours, but every time I take a walk with her, I make a point of slowing down to accommodate her.

Banxia squatted down and made a snowball, preparing to build a snowman. Suddenly, Yinzi's ears twitched, and he looked warily behind her.

Banxia casually tossed the snowball away: "Is there something there?"

Silver nodded: "Meow meow meow!"

Someone's coming!

Following Yinzi's gaze, Banxia saw a group of staggering survivors walking towards them from two hundred meters away.

The other person seemed to have seen her too and waved at her.

Before long, the group of people walked to a spot about twenty meters away from her.

Perhaps out of fear that she would be scared, or perhaps because they had some concerns, they did not approach her.

Banxia glanced around casually; there were about fifteen people, all young and middle-aged men, not a single woman. They were all completely covered up, with only their slightly reddened eyes showing.

In addition, everyone carried bulging bags and bundles on their backs, and iron weapons wrapped in cloth hung from their waists. Most of the weapons were chipped, clearly indicating that they had seen much fighting and killing.

The leader glanced enviously at the hairy silver man before asking in a hoarse voice, "Hello, are you from S City?"

Banxia gently patted the restless silver and shook her head: "No."

"What?!"

The survivors' eyes gradually turned to despair. They had been walking for more than half a month, and they still hadn't reached S City?

Lin Zi took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down: "Excuse me, do you know how to get to S City?"

He carefully took out a level-three zombie crystal core from the satchel at his waist. "This is the reward."

Banxia didn't answer, but asked, "Why are you going to S City at this time?"

Going out for extended periods during periods of extreme cold is tantamount to deliberately courting death.

Lin Zi smiled bitterly: "Our hometown is Shahe City in the next province. The entire city has been taken over by mutated plants. With nowhere else to go, we had no choice but to go to the S City base to survive."

"Mutant plants?" Banxia couldn't help but ask curiously, "What about the troops stationed in your city?"

Even after the apocalypse, Guo Jia did not abandon the people. As far as she knew, in the past year or so, the government had established bases in all major cities across the country, and troops were stationed in each base.

Upon hearing this, the survivors' eyes turned even redder, but no one dared to shed a tear, because tears would instantly freeze and cause frostbite to their skin.

Lin Zi said sadly, "They've all sacrificed themselves."

Banxia was shocked. There were at least tens of thousands of soldiers stationed at the municipal-level official base. How could there be thousands of mutated plants in Shahe City?

Lin Zisheng cried out in anguish, "Have you heard of the famous Foyuan Temple in Shahe City? Inside the temple is a thousand-year-old banyan tree that evolved to level six two months ago. We thought that with it protecting us, we wouldn't have to worry about zombies or mutated beasts besieging the city anymore."

"Who would have thought that it would suddenly unite all the mutated plants in the city, drive the humans out of the city, and try to establish itself as king. The army and the superhumans were all ruthlessly killed by it in order to stop the mutated banyan tree."

Anyone else would have felt pity at this moment, but Banxia remained completely unmoved: "S City is over there—"

She pointed in the direction they came from, "If you follow the direction of the mountains, it will probably take you three days at your current pace."

Lin Zi hurriedly and excitedly thanked him, "Thank you! Please accept the payment."

He threw the crystal core at Banxia's feet.

"No need," Banxia kicked back, then patted Yinzi's head. "Let's go back."

Silver nuzzled her hand, then wagged its tail and walked away alongside her.

One of the starving survivors glanced greedily at Banxia's retreating figure, then clutched his emaciated stomach and looked at Linzi: "Linzi..."

Lin Zi shook her head, her eyes leaving no room for doubt in her refusal.

To have survived this brutal apocalypse to this day, and still own a perfectly healthy cat, is something even a fool could tell this person is no ordinary individual. If they dared to harbor any ill intentions, they wouldn't even know how they died!

Banxia, ​​standing some distance away, raised an eyebrow slightly; she was a pragmatic person.

As soon as she returned to the tent, Nanxing greeted her: "Wife, the bed is warm, want to take a nap?"

When he said "warm the bed," he meant turning on the electric blanket in advance.

With nothing to do in the afternoon, Banxia nodded without hesitation and said, "Sleep!"

She slept straight through until four in the afternoon, and when Banxia woke up, she was a little dazed.

She rolled around in the blanket twice before getting dressed and going out to find Nanxing.

Nan Xing was playing mahjong with Su Yao and a few others around a fire when he saw her. He waved and asked, "Wife, are you awake?"

"Hmm," Banxia glanced at his cards, not understanding, "What happened with Yan Ning? It sounds like they're arguing?"

“I know,” Su Xiao, who was roasting peanuts by the stove, raised her hand, “not long after you came back, a group of survivors came looking for us, and according to them…”

She recounted the news brought to her by the group of survivors she had met at noon, and added, "Yan Ning and the others are arguing about whether to send some of their people to Shahe City to check on the situation."

Banxia grabbed two peanuts from Su Xiao's hand, peeled them, and fed them into her mouth: "I want to go to Shahe City to take a look."

"Cough cough cough," Su Xiao choked abruptly, "You're not kidding?"

It's said that there are thousands of mutated plants in Shahe City. Isn't that just asking for trouble?

Fang Yunyun touched Banxia's forehead in confusion: "She doesn't have a fever!"

Ever since hearing about the mutated banyan tree, Banxia had this plan: "I want to see just how powerful the mutated banyan tree really is."

Compared to her previous life, the world seems to have progressed much faster in this life. After all, she had never heard of any beast king attacking a city or a mutated banyan tree declaring itself king in her previous life.

Upon hearing this, Nanxing, who was standing nearby, lost interest in playing mahjong. Why did his wife always seem to be heading to dangerous places?

He said worriedly, "Honey, aren't we going to the border to find the Zombie King? What if we're too late and the Zombie King gets beaten up by other superhumans?"

According to Yan Ning, in addition to S City, six other teams went to the border to provide support.

“Oh,” Banxia lowered her head in disappointment, “but I really want to go.”

Although Nanxing knew she was pretending, she couldn't help but soften and simply gave up and said, "I'll go with you."

Su Yao, Fang Yunyun, Su Xiao, Cai Yuan, and Zhao Xuan: ...

We were hoping you could persuade people, but you ended up getting yourself into trouble!

Su Yao couldn't help but shake his head: "Just keep spoiling me!"

Nanxing touched the tip of his nose sheepishly. If his wife really wanted to do something, she would find a way to do it even if a thousand people tried to dissuade her.

Rather than letting her take the risk alone, it's better for him to personally accompany her and help oversee the process.