Chapter 347 A Different World
Jiang Wan also realized that Cheng Zhen and his group had improved their strength by more than one level.
Once everything had settled down, she found an opportunity to ask him alone, "What happened to you while you were out?"
Cheng Zhen's face showed a pleasant expression, clearly enjoying her concern for him. His eyes were bright and piercing, staring at her as if they were filled with thick ink.
"It's similar to where you are, but Cheng Wenshan thinks highly of me and has sent a lot of mutated plants, zombies and monsters, um... probably two or three times as many as here."
Jiang Wan gasped in shock. Two or three times that amount!
The zombies and monsters they encountered were already difficult to deal with, so how many people did Cheng Zhen and his group have?
"So how did you manage to escape later?"
She noticed that Cheng Zhen and the others had not only escaped, but must have eliminated all the zombies and monsters, otherwise they would have returned without a tail behind them.
Cheng Zhen laughed: "So we should thank Cheng Wenshan today. He probably never expected that he wanted to kill us, but instead he gave us an opportunity."
Seeing her raise an eyebrow, looking puzzled, he leaned close to her ear and whispered, "All of us have upgraded our abilities, all thanks to those zombies, mutated plants, and monsters."
Jiang Wan was pleasantly surprised: "I didn't expect you to have such an opportunity!"
I'm incredibly lucky!
But if Cheng Wenshan knew the truth, he would probably be furious!
Congratulations!
"Hahaha! Congratulations are indeed well-deserved." Cheng Zhen showed no modesty whatsoever and seemed to have no concept of humility, making no attempt to hide his true feelings in front of Jiang Wan.
He laughed and relaxed for a moment, then told Jiang Wan, "The outside world has really changed. We saw at least five kinds of creatures in the forest, and they can walk freely in nature without needing to breathe oxygen."
"Are they those strange-looking wild beasts? They should all be creatures from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, but I don't know how they suddenly appeared in this world," Jiang Wan said.
“Not only that.” Cheng Zhen recalled what he saw outside and said, “There seemed to be some other ordinary creatures as well. I saw rabbits and wolves.”
Jiang Wan made no attempt to hide her shock: "What on earth is wrong with this world?"
Cheng Zhen: "It's hard to say. In short, we need to be fully prepared."
"It's late, you should take the children to rest first."
After saying that, he walked out.
Jiang Wan suddenly called out to him, "Hey, where are you going?" She was simply asking him if he wanted something to eat.
Cheng Zhen's eyes lit up instantly. He turned around abruptly and stared intently at her. Perhaps she didn't even realize that she was concerned about him!
That's progress! She actually asked about his whereabouts!
He was overjoyed, feeling like a serf who had finally been liberated and was singing a song of triumph.
But he still didn't dare to sing this song too loudly.
So he walked back, bent down slightly, brought his face close to hers, looked her in the eye, and whispered, "The situation is very changeable. I need to get the military factory's production back on track as soon as possible."
Jiang Wan felt a chill run down her spine from his gaze. If you're going, then go. If you're going to talk, then talk. Why are you getting so close?
Cheng Zhen didn't miss any expression on his face. Seeing her bewildered and helpless, with the tips of her ears turning red and her eyes darting around, she couldn't help but sigh dramatically: "Comrade Jiang Wan, how can you be so cute?"
cute?
Jiang Wan's inner monologue: Hehehehe.
She turned around, took the twins, and got into the RV, ignoring him completely.
Cheng Zhen went to the neighboring Zhusha City to have a "good" discussion with Zhang Hao about starting production at the military factory.
I don't know how he negotiated, but in the end, Zhang Hao unconditionally agreed to provide manpower and resources to produce weapons and ammunition.
Jiang Wan felt that as long as Zhang Hao wasn't mentally unstable, he wouldn't refuse.
However, Cheng Zhen's brows furrowed even more, and he was absent-minded during dinner. He couldn't even get the meat on the table to his liking, and even the twins noticed his unusual behavior.
Jiang Wan couldn't help but tap the table in front of him with her chopsticks: "What's wrong with you? Are you used to eating whole grains and don't want to eat meat anymore?"
Although Jiang Wan would cook special meals for the twins in the RV every day, the food was not bad. To be precise, it was only slightly worse than before the apocalypse due to lack of oxygen. Anyway, there was white rice or white flour buns every day, and vegetables, meat, and fruit were not lacking.
But Cheng Zhen doesn't eat with them every meal. Most of the time, he eats mixed grain porridge and cornbread with everyone outside.
He swallowed the meat in his mouth: "The meat is delicious. Come on, you all eat too. Eat more. If it's not enough, I'll go hunting in the wild again tomorrow."
He was surprised by his own words, as if he had already accepted the idea that there were wild animals in the oxygen-deprived, post-apocalyptic wilderness.
Jiang Wan frowned and looked at him for a while, then asked, "What exactly happened? Is there anything we can do to help?"
"Sigh." Cheng Zhen sighed heavily and said, "We don't have enough raw materials in stock. Also, we need to fetch water from the river across from the woods and get some oxygen-storing building materials, but we don't know where the factory is."
Jiang Wan listened without saying a word. This was indeed a problem, and there was nothing she could do to help.
But thinking about the oxygen storage materials, she couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you living in enough houses? Are you going to build more?"
She was usually busy with things at the forest farm and didn't really pay much attention to the housing conditions of people in the city. She always thought that everyone had enough houses to live in.
Although the living conditions are not as spacious as before the apocalypse, it seems that there are no cases of people sleeping outdoors in the wind.
Cheng Zhen said, "I want to build you a separate oxygen storage room. Isn't it inconvenient for you to always sleep in the RV? Besides, there aren't enough oxygen storage rooms in the city, and many people are crammed together."
This quality of life is too low. If conditions permit, more houses should be built.
Building an oxygen storage room is easy; the key issue is the oxygen storage material.
"I plan to go out for a walk tomorrow and look around." Going out to look around gives me a 50% chance of finding it, while staying trapped in the city gives me a 100% chance of not finding it.
There's no better way, so this is the only option for now.
The more they talked, the more serious it became, but the twins seemed to be having a great time, the brother and sister happily fighting over the meat.
Cheng Zhen couldn't help but sigh, thinking to herself how happy they were, and couldn't help but remark, "They're probably the most carefree people at their age."
"Hmm~ That's because there's no problem that can stump us!" Jiang Xiaoxin boasted while eating meat, which made Cheng Zhen burst into laughter.
"Yes, yes, yes! Our Xinxin is invincible! So tell me, how can you solve these problems of mine?"
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