"Me, us?"
Surprise flashed in their eyes; they couldn't believe Jiang Nian'an had chosen them.
"Okay, you guys are the ones."
Jiang Nian'an turned around and led them to Shen Nanxing.
Fearing that Jiang Nian'an might change her mind, the two quickly stepped forward, lifted Shen Nanxing, and walked into the building.
Two little girls timidly tugged at the hems of the two men's clothes and cautiously made their way upstairs.
Jiang Nian'an followed at the back, took out a small flashlight from her waist bag, turned it on, and lit the way for them.
To prevent them from falling again because they can't see the road clearly.
The survivors outside the building watched the few people disappear down the stairs in a short while, sighed with disappointment, and then dispersed.
The rule in the base that forbids physical violence prevents them from harboring any evil thoughts.
Ten minutes later, the two men carried Shen Nan steadily to the doorway.
Jiang Nian'an readily gave them the payment.
The two, along with their daughter, thanked her profusely before leaving.
You can still hear the two little girls saying how delicious the bread is from afar.
Jiang Nian'an smiled, took out her key, and opened the door.
She has no intention of being a savior.
However, she is still willing to do mutually beneficial things like this, where she pays the other party and the other party does the work.
After entering the room, Jiang Nian'an helped Shen Nanxing sit down on the sofa.
"Did my second and third brothers go out to look for me too?"
She turned her head and scanned the living room, but didn't see Yunhua and Yunfan.
Shen Nanxing nodded. "Yes, the two of them drove to a place further away to look for you."
However, we agreed to meet again no later than midnight, just in case one of us found the other while the other was still searching desperately outside.
"I'm sorry, Brother Chen. I didn't think this through this time. It won't happen again."
Jiang Nian'an stretched out her slender arms and hugged him, pressing her cheek against his firm chest. Instead of acting coquettishly as before, she apologized softly.
In her previous life, no one cared about her life or death, so she subconsciously thought that as long as she left a note, she could put Shen Nanxing and the others at ease.
Unexpectedly, the three of them still went out to look for her out of concern.
Moreover, they were searching blindly without knowing where she had gone.
She is not alone now.
"What's there to apologize for..."
Shen Nanxing gently patted her head, his voice full of affection and tenderness: "However, after seeing the note you left today, I was really worried."
I don't know where you went, or what might happen to you. Besides silently praying and aimlessly searching for you, I have no other recourse.
Shen Nanxing gently cupped her face, gazing at her with tender eyes, "So next time, at least take me with you, okay?"
"Mmm!" Jiang Nian'an tightened her grip on his waist and nodded emphatically. "I'll definitely bring you next time."
Shen Nanxing's gaze softened even more, his tone gentle as if coaxing a child, "I trust An'an, An'an is the best girl~"
Jiang Nian'an was instantly captivated by this sea of tenderness.
If she hadn't been starving, she would have sworn an oath with three fingers.
She raised her wrist and checked the time; it was already 10 o'clock.
"Brother Chen, have you eaten breakfast?"
Shen Nanxing pressed his stomach, his voice suddenly weakening, "No, I just wanted to find you quickly, I didn't care about eating..."
Jiang Nian'an felt a pang of heartache and immediately got up and went into the kitchen, quickly cooking two bowls of wonton noodles.
Just as she was about to take it out, a pair of large hands took the noodles from her hands.
Watching Shen Nanxing walk towards the living room, Jiang Nian'an smiled, a smile that lingered for a long time.
"The base team came again this morning."
After sitting down to eat, Shen Nanxing brought up something that happened that morning.
"here we go again?"
Jiang Nian'an's smile faded, and her brows furrowed slightly. "What are they doing here again?"
"It's still about the mission points being stolen."
This time, the deputy captain explicitly told us that the item lost at the mission point was a crystal core.
Jiang Nian'an's eyes flashed with surprise, "Wasn't he being secretive and unwilling to talk about it in the middle of the night? How come he's willing to talk about it now?"
"Because they discovered a tunnel below the mission point, and the tunnel's final exit was outside the base."
"The four of us haven't left the base since last night until this morning, so there's no possibility of us stealing mission points, and he didn't bother to hide it from us."
"Did he say how many crystal cores they lost?" Jiang Nian'an asked curiously.
Shen Nanxing pondered for a moment, "It seems to be the result of three days' work by teams one through four of the base, around 50,000."
Upon hearing this number, Jiang Nian'an pursed her lips.
"Their base team is no good; they only managed to get around 50,000 crystal cores in three days."
With their current strength, the four of them could earn around four thousand by killing level one zombies for a day.
The base has four teams, each with at least a hundred people. It would take three whole days to reach 50,000, which is far too few.
"By the way, Brother Chen, I have something to show you."
Speaking of crystal cores, Jiang Nian'an thought of the two small sacks of crystal cores she had just obtained.
"What's this?"
Shen Nanxing looked at the two small burlap sacks piled at his feet, a look of confusion flashing in his eyes.
"Open it and take a look."
Jiang Nian'an deliberately kept everyone in suspense.
Shen Nanxing smiled and glanced at her, then picked up one of the burlap sacks and undid it.
"Crystal core!"
Shen Nanxing's breathing became heavier. He picked up another burlap sack, untied it, and found that it also contained crystal cores.
Including the crystal cores from the large sack Xiao Zi brought back earlier...
"About 100,000."
Jiang Nian'an saw through his thoughts and directly stated the number of crystal cores in the three sacks.
"So many?" Shen Nanxing asked in surprise.
"Um..."
Jiang Nian'an agreed verbally, but she didn't think so in her heart.
Nearly 100,000 first-level crystal cores may sound like a lot, but in reality, they are not that many.
After all, more than half of humanity has mutated into zombies, not to mention the sheer number of mutated creatures that fly, run, and swim...
What's so special about 100,000 first-level crystal nuclei?
Shen Nanxing's eyes flickered. "Did Xiao Zi find all of this?"
Jiang Nian'an nodded, "Not only the crystal core, we also discovered some other things."
She moved closer to Shen Nanxing and, in a low voice, told him what she had seen that morning.
"A mutated vine dripping with black slime? A mutated creature that looks like a groundhog but has the body of a piglet?"
Shen Nanxing put down his chopsticks and lowered his head to think about what Jiang Nian'an had told him.
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