Grandpa Song led Ye Zhi to Tang Xubai's car.

Tang Xu watched helplessly as Ye Zhi, this little baby, attacked the zombies with even more firepower than he did.

His face was filled with grief and indignation. What had happened to this world? Was he, at such a young age, already living a life worse than that of a child?

Ye Zhi only revealed her earth-based abilities to Wang Yao and Tang Xubai, using various earth-based techniques such as earth spikes, earth walls, and earth balls to attack the zombies.

The eight people drove while fighting zombies, and the time it took them to reach Victory Base was a full five hours less than the time it took Wang Yao and Tang Xubai to travel from Victory Base to Ye Family Villa.

Two armored vehicles belonging to Victory Base and Ye Zhi's family's RV arrived at the checkpoint of Victory Base.

There are three checkpoints in total. The middle checkpoint is for personnel returning from outside the base. They need to undergo a full-body check that takes one minute. After the check, one-third of the supplies they find will be taken by the base.

The checkpoint on the far left is for survivors who have sought refuge at the Victory Base. They not only have to undergo a full-body search, but also have to hand over three-quarters of the supplies they bring.

The Victory Base needs to feed so many people. Just the daily free distribution of one steamed bun would require two million buns for two million people. The supplies are far from enough. And since the benefits are ultimately borne by the people, in the apocalypse, if you want to survive with the support of a large base, you must hand over supplies and obey the base's allocation.

The checkpoint on the right is a privileged passage for base management personnel and soldiers. They are there to work for the base and only need to check for zombie bites; they do not need to hand over any supplies.

Ye Zhi and her group used the privileged passage. The guards saw Tang Xubai's base administrator badge and checked their bodies for any zombie bite wounds before letting them pass.

During her trip, Ye Zhi witnessed firsthand the brutal scenes of the apocalypse that could not be described in books.

The survivors queuing up to join the Victory Base were mostly wearing a cotton-padded coat and a sweater, their clothes stained with zombie blood. Some of their clothes were even torn by zombies, revealing yellowed cotton wadding that had been worn for months and hadn't been washed in a long time, stained with blackish-red blood.

The one who was dressed the least was only wearing a summer short-sleeved shirt and shorts, standing shivering in the cold wind, huddling together with the other survivors for warmth.

These people, who seemed to be fleeing famine—no, they were indeed fleeing famine—had endured countless hardships to reach the vicinity of the Victory Base, only to encounter extreme cold along the way. It's likely that a large portion of those fleeing famine perished in the blizzard, were devoured by passing zombies, and became part of the zombie army.

As the car got closer to these people, they could hear the sound of their teeth chattering. All the survivors looked on with envy at the three cars that entered the privileged passage.

Wang Yao, Tang Xubai, and Ye Yubai were all explaining the science to the people around them.

As Tang Xubai drove the car into the Victory Base, he said to Grandpa Song and Ye Zhi inside the car, "Don't feel sorry for those people. If you pity them now, they will take advantage of you."

“Previously, there were robberies outside our base. A man driving a car with his cargo clearly visible was robbed of his vehicle and supplies by the people around him. In fact, if the base guards hadn’t intervened, the man would have been trampled to death.”

Just then, the armored vehicle passed by a man working on the street, wearing a thin black down jacket. "That's him, the one wearing the black down jacket. He's the one who was robbed. The clothes he's wearing now are the down jackets that our Victory Base issued to protect him from the cold. See the scars on his face? He was beaten up."

Tang Xubai let out a deep sigh, a touch of vicissitude appearing on his youthful and energetic face. "Alas."

Ye Zhi looked at the man and uttered two words, "He's stupid."

It's been almost two months since the apocalypse, and that man still dares to drive alone in a vehicle full of supplies outside the Victory Base, which is full of refugees. He's either stupid or dumb; in short, he's not mentally sound.

The solemn atmosphere inside the car was broken by Ye Zhi's soft and cute remark, "He's stupid." Old Master Song laughed out loud, "Yes, Sweetie is right, he is stupid."

When Tang Xubai and Wang Yao arrived at the conference room of the Victory Base management building with Ye Zhi and her family, people from other bases had already arrived.

Xu Xin from the Liaoyuan base glanced at the three young men, an old man, a woman, and a child who followed Tang Xubai and Wang Yao in. He then turned to Chen Yunhao next to him and couldn't help but sneer, "Chen Yunhao, are these the people you made us wait for so long? Only those three young men are somewhat presentable." He pointed at Ye Jingyu, Ye Yubai, and Song Moshang without any politeness.

The three people mentioned are not known for their good tempers and are already plotting an attack.

Chen Yunhao, who was sitting next to Xu Xin, quietly moved away. He didn't want to sit with someone so stupid. He opened his mouth, wanting to stop this farce.

Xu Xin slammed his large hand down hard on the solid wood table in front of him, "Bang!"

Hearing the loud slam on the table, Ye Zhi's face showed her displeasure at being offended. [Does your hand hurt, you idiot?]

[What an idiot, daring to point a finger at my dad, grandpa, and Uncle Bai.]

Xu Xin pointed again at Song Yuanqing, Lu Ke, and Ye Zhi, "What's the rest? A frail woman? An old man on his deathbed? A baby who hasn't been weaned yet?"

[It also implies, "You don't want your fingers anymore, right?"]

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