Chapter 256 Bitter Days

While passing through Shuicheng, Yang Wen saw that iconic building, the one where they used to live.

It collapsed.

She didn't know if the people inside had escaped or survived.

None of this concerns her anymore.

They did nothing else along the way—no collecting supplies, no killing zombies—they were just constantly on the move.

It took about four or five days, working day and night, to reach the territory of Shangguan City.

Over the past few days, Ye Sangyu has given Meng Shiwan a detailed account of the situation in Shangguan City.

Shangguan City is a large city with a large population, so you can imagine how densely packed the zombies are.

The seed base in Shangguan City is located in the southern suburbs of the city. In addition, there are several small private bases, also located in the suburbs.

Meng Shiwan, driving her RV, asked Ye Sangyu on the other end of the voice call, "Where isn't there a base?"

Ye Sangyu replied, "There is no base in the north of the city for the time being."

"Then let's go to the north of the city."

Shangguan City is located in the Central Plains, a plain where, as far as the eye can see, there is only dark brown land and dilapidated houses.

The soil structure has been damaged by acid rain, and it is unknown how many years it will take for these large areas of land to recover and become arable again.

Meng Shiwan's RV stopped, and in front of her was an endless expanse of fields and the occasional dilapidated village.

Behind us lies the urban area of ​​Shangguan City.

This place is great; it's flat and spacious enough that we can make the most of any future expansion of the farm.

Meng Shiwan released the farm, and a vast, vibrant scene awaiting a bountiful harvest appeared on this barren land.

It's like a ray of spring sunshine falling into an abyss.

It was like injecting life into a dead land.

After traveling for several days, the people finally returned to the countryside, and everyone was beaming with joy and relief.

"It's wonderful that we have such a great base commander and such a large expanse of farmland, which allows us to live such a happy life."

"Looking at the dilapidated state of the place along the way, it really breaks my heart. What a beautiful home it used to be, how did it become such a horrible mess?"

"The best thing I ever did in my life was choosing to come to Dawn Base, which is why I have the life I have now."

They entered the base with smiles and continued their harvesting work.

Only Yang Wen's group sat in the car, watching with longing as those who could return to Dawn Base were filled with envy that made them want to cry.

They really want to stay at Dawn Base forever.

This is simply a paradise on earth; who wouldn't want to come here?

Unfortunately, they can't go to Dawn Base; they have to go to Yesheng Base instead.

If I missed such a great place, I'd be so angry I'd wake up in the middle of the night.

Ye Sangyu got out of the car and instructed Lin Jingsong, "You take the survivors back to Ye Sheng Base. I'll stay at Dawn Base. In a few days, when my cousin is less busy, the two of us will go back to see them together."

"Okay." Lin Jingsong carefully instructed her, "Don't leave the Dawn Base unless necessary, and don't wander around."

As long as there is a defense system within the Dawn Base and Meng Shiwan is in charge, it is safe.

Ye Sangyu waved her hand dismissively, "Alright, alright, I know, you don't need to worry about it."

She skipped and hopped over to Meng Shiwan, "Sister, give me a ride back to the base."

Meng Shiwan: "Sit on the roof of the car."

Ye Sangyu: ? ? ?

"Sit on the roof of the car?"

Okay, sitting on the roof offers a good view and allows you to enjoy the scenery.

At this moment, on a certain street in Shangguan City.

The withered zombies, looking like skeletons, wandered around the streets.

In a corner of the street, there was a small room covered by metal, with only a few holes for ventilation.

A small fire was burning in the room, and several people sat around it, roasting their dark, charred grain cakes over the fire.

A bearded man picked up a pancake, put it in his mouth, and took a bite, but couldn't bite it down; he almost broke his teeth.

Fang Cheng grumbled, "I've really had enough of this miserable life. Every day I risk my life fighting among hordes of zombies, barely managing to get a few crystal cores, only to exchange them for these inedible coarse grain cakes. They're hard enough to kill someone."

"This little shabby base of ours is really shady. I've been telling you all to go to the seed base for ages, but no one wants to go. The treatment there is so much better; they have meat and vegetables every meal."

Xu Ming, sitting next to him, bit and chewed until he finally managed to break off a small piece from the multigrain pancake, which he then slowly chewed while saliva dissolved in his mouth.

"No, I'm not going. I absolutely refuse to go to the seed base. Any good treatment always comes at a price."

I've heard that the superhumans at the seed base are constantly on missions, and it's quite dangerous; they might not come back anytime soon.

We're doing great here. We came out to find crystal cores to exchange for food. The food isn't great, but at least we're free. As long as we're careful, there's not much danger.

If I'm lucky enough to find a few more crystal cores, I can have a good meal. That would be great.

Life is tough these days; just being able to fill your stomach is a luxury.

In their small base, many people had nothing to exchange for food, many went hungry, and many starved to death.

Luo Lei, standing next to him, nodded. "We're lucky we're all superhumans, otherwise we wouldn't even be able to get this coarse grain pancake, and we might have died long ago."

The three of them sighed in unison and struggled to eat the hard, coarse grain cakes.

They looked like a few squeaking little mice.

Fang Cheng seemed to have thought of something. "It seems like the prices of supplies sold inside the base have all gone up, especially food. The price increase is quite significant. Has something happened?"

Luo Lei took a sip of water. "I heard there's a rumor online lately that a place called Dawn Base is selling ability-enhancing fluid, 999 crystal cores per vial."

I suspect the people at the base want to buy, so they raised food prices to force us to come out and find more crystal cores to exchange for food.

When the topic of the power-enhancing fluid came up, everyone's eyes lit up.

Jiang Ming looked on with longing, "That's a power-enhancing liquid! I heard that drinking one bottle can get you to level four power users. I don't know if I'll ever have the chance to drink one in my lifetime."

Nearly a thousand crystal cores—how many zombies would they have to kill to accumulate that many?

Fang Cheng looked miserable. "All these good things belong to other people. Let's pray that we find a few more crystal cores today so we can buy some meat when we get back. It's been a long time since we've had meat."

Jiang Ming chewed on a dry multigrain pancake. "I don't want to eat meat. I want to eat vegetables, crunchy vegetables, and fruit. I dream about it."

Luo Lei clicked his tongue, "Then you should keep dreaming. Dreams can hold anything. The soil outside is being damaged by acid rain, and there's either extreme heat or extreme cold coming. It seems like nothing will grow on this earth anymore."

Unless you buy from a wood-type ability user, and you know how expensive their produce is, who could afford it?

Let's just focus on killing zombies and try to get as many whole-grain pancakes as possible today.

It would have been better if they hadn't talked, but now that they were talking, they felt their lives were even more miserable.