Qiao An'an wanted to say that they would definitely not like this place.

But Ya Ya had already started yawning in her arms, and her big eyes were misty, clearly she was sleepy.

It took them more than half an hour to drive there.

It's at least thirty or forty kilometers away.

If they had to walk, it would take them at least six or seven hours. Even adults couldn't handle that, let alone tired children.

Thinking that since I'm already here, I might as well make the best of it.

Qiao An'an and her friends decided to stay overnight and wait for the bus the next morning. In order not to worry Li Jianguo and Ye Jing, they decided to ask Lu Feihang to help deliver a message: "Could you help contact the staff at the gate and ask them to tell our friends that we will meet up with them first thing tomorrow morning?"

Lu Feihang immediately contacted his colleague at the door using his local network phone.

He then relayed Qiao An'an's words to his colleagues.

After doing all this, Lu Feihang smiled and said to everyone, "I'll take you to your rooms to rest for a bit before I take you out for a big meal. I just got paid!"

Paying wages... The few people who hadn't seen money for a long time since the apocalypse were somewhat surprised.

But she still walked into the residential building with Lu Feihang.

The front desk is located inside the main entrance on the first floor, responsible for managing the residents here.

To the right of the reception desk is a clothing and daily necessities store, and to the left is a restaurant. The restaurant sells various foods and only supports mobile payment. According to Lu Feihang, their salaries are also deposited into their mobile phones.

You can choose to buy daily necessities and three meals a day based on your salary income.

Qiao An'an asked, "How do people who don't work eat?"

Lu Feihang: "Dr. Yu will arrange for staff to deliver food to them every day."

As they were talking, the group arrived at the front desk.

The building's management gave Qiao An'an and Chi Xiaoyu rooms on the second floor, but gave Chen Zhou a room on the fifth floor. According to Lu Feihang, the rooms here are allocated based on the value of one's contribution to the safe zone. The higher the value of one's contribution, the higher the floor one stays on, and the higher the floor, the more complete the facilities in the rooms.

Because Shen Zhou accepted the job here, he was assigned to the fifth floor.

Lu Feihang's room was on the tenth floor.

Qiao An'an didn't care; it was just for one night. As long as she had a place to sleep, it wasn't a big problem.

Lu Feihang said that the second floor was for those who could not work, because the second floor was inhabited by the elderly, the weak, the sick and disabled, who were in danger of dying and turning into zombies at any time. So, as long as they could move, they would not let themselves be idle: "You must lock the doors and windows at night and stay vigilant."

Chi Xiaoyu snorted coldly: "I thought it would be so wonderful, but isn't it just a dog-eat-dog world?"

No one has ever questioned the safe zone like this before.

Upon hearing this, Lu Feihang's face turned pale, and he said indignantly, "People turn into zombies after they die. Dr. Yu's arrangement is only to reduce accidental casualties."

Qiao An'an felt there was no need to argue with Lu Feihang since they were only staying one night, so she simply dragged Chi Xiaoyu down the elevator.

After getting off the elevator, Qiao An'an and Chi Xiaoyu realized that the second floor was really dilapidated. This building should be an apartment building with about 20 units per floor. There were doors on the north and south sides of the second floor, and there was a lot of garbage and water stains scattered in the corridor. It looked like no one had cleaned it for a long time.

The soundproofing on the second floor wasn't very good. Even though all the doors to the rooms were closed, when Qiao An'an and the others passed by, they could still hear coughing sounds that sounded like they were coughing up their lungs, and groans of extreme pain coming from inside, as if those people were about to die at any moment.

The two quickened their pace and arrived at their room at the end of the corridor.

After swiping the card to enter, the door was locked from the inside.

This is a standard double room, but the sheets and duvet cover on the bed don't look very clean, and there's a layer of dust on the floor, so it must have been unoccupied for a long time.

Even though Ya Ya was very sleepy, Qiao An'an didn't dare let Ya Ya take off her clothes to sleep. Instead, she took off her own coat and put it on the bed before putting Ya Ya on it.

It was already very hot in May and June.

Even if you just drape her stomach with the sleeve of her clothes, it won't be too cold.

After Qiao An'an and the others had just finished washing up in the bathroom in their room, Lu Feihang and Shen Zhou knocked on their door: "Come downstairs for dinner."

Ya Ya is asleep, and Qiao An'an doesn't really want to go out: "We brought our own food, so it's not necessary."

However, Lu Feihang insisted: "Dr. Yu has heard about you and is determined to treat you to a meal."

Qiao An'an: "No need to trouble yourself."

Lu Feihang: "It's no trouble at all. Dr. Yu will meet and chat with everyone who enters the safe zone. He was originally planning to meet you tomorrow, but when he heard that you were leaving tomorrow, he invited you to dinner tonight."

Chi Xiaoyu muttered to Qiao An'an, "Is it just to chat or brainwash her?"

Qiao An'an also felt that the people here were excessively worshipping this so-called Dr. Yu.

But then I realized the purpose of my visit.

Given that Dr. Yu had previously reminded people on Douyin and Weibo about ways to prevent zombies, and had a good reputation among the general public, Qiao An'an finally decided to meet him. It would be even better if he could lend a helping hand to help them get to the capital.

They were afraid that Ya Ya would be scared if she woke up and couldn't find them.

Qiao An'an carried the sleeping Ya Ya out of the room: "I don't dare leave the child alone in the room. Will Dr. Yu mind?"

Lu Feihang waved his hands repeatedly: "No, Dr. Yu loves children the most. He said that children are hope, and we work hard for the future of children."

The group followed Lu Feihang downstairs.

Instead of going to the restaurant on the first floor, they walked towards the innermost building.

As they arrived at the reception hall on the first floor, well-dressed staff immediately led them to the sofas and made each of them a cup of coffee: "Dr. Yu is still in a meeting. Please have a cup of coffee first, and then go up to the restaurant on the second floor."

The staff provided excellent service; seeing that Qiao An'an was holding her child, they even prepared a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice for the child.

Qiao An'an placed Ya Ya on the soft, comfortable sofa, and Ya Ya immediately woke up, but was still in a daze. Seeing this, Qiao An'an handed Ya Ya orange juice, and the foodie finally came to her senses: "It's so delicious."

"If it tastes good, drink more."

Qiao An'an affectionately patted Ya Ya's head, then took a sip of the coffee the staff brought over—an authentic cappuccino. It seems Dr. Yu has quite a high standard of living.

It's nothing like the equality people here claim.

While they were pondering this, a staff member came over and told them that Dr. Yu had finished his meeting and was on his way to the restaurant on the second floor. They could go up to the second floor now: "You can go directly to the second floor from these stairs."