Emerging from the quarantine area, Li Feng stretched and shielded his eyes from the glaring sunlight.
"This quarantine zone is the best I've ever been in; I don't even want to leave."
Zhang Xun, who had just joined Li Yiyuan's team, nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, I also want to stay in there forever."
Finding food outside is risking your life, while staying inside provides a bed, food, and security. How wonderful!
As the two were talking, He Chengji—the oldest member of the group, in his forties, carrying a child in his arms and leading a little boy by the hand—came out from inside.
He looked at the sun with worry and said anxiously:
"You're all just thinking good things. It's so hot today, and the children are sweating buckets standing here so early in the morning. We need to find a place to settle down quickly. Has everyone else come out yet?"
Li Feng turned around, and naturally reached out to take the child from his hand.
"Brother He, the captain and Lin Xing have already gone to inquire."
Zhang Xun looked around the quarantine area. They had been divided into several rooms for quarantine yesterday, and there were still some procedures to complete upon exiting.
"Why haven't Lin Le and the others come out yet?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Lin Le, a short young man in his early twenties, came out with four children.
"They're here!"
These children were older than the two who were with He Chengji; the oldest was eleven or twelve years old, and the youngest was about seven or eight.
One by one, they greeted the group politely, and Li Feng explained to them again.
"The captain and Lin Xing went to gather information. We'll wait here."
A few minutes later, Li Yiyuan returned with Lin Xing.
"The S City base mainly deals with crystal core transactions. Rentals are handled by the base's rental office. I just checked, and there are still plenty of rooms available. We can just go there, pay the fees, and move in."
He Chengji is a space-type ability user and is in charge of logistics within the team.
"Crystal cores can be used to buy things? Then all those we've saved up can finally come in handy!"
Previously, the captain insisted on keeping the crystal core, but he felt that it was something that couldn't be eaten or drunk and took up too much space.
I didn't expect it to be the captain.
Li Feng was happy, and also a little proud.
"I knew it would work. Sister Xin specifically asked me to, so it must work."
"Yes, yes, yes, your sister Xin is the best."
Lin Le was tired of hearing it. This kid always talked about his missing sister Xin in the most wonderful way.
Li Yiyuan, standing to the side, his brown eyes slightly darkened, gestured to the others, "Let's go."
The group headed towards the rental location.
Just by observing the demeanor of the people coming and going, you can tell that this place is worlds apart from the Haishi base – one is like heaven, the other like earth.
The groups of people leaving the base did not look sorrowful as if they were going to their deaths. On the contrary, they were all full of energy, as if there was gold waiting for them to pick up outside.
This strange phenomenon aroused their curiosity.
With so many of them, the entrance fee they had to pay to enter the base amounted to a considerable sum of supplies.
On the way from Haishi, the only time Li Feng stopped at the base was at the entrance registration desk to check if any family members were registered; no one else went inside.
They missed the opening of other base supermarkets, and similarly, they didn't know that a base could be like the one in S City.
The reason they left the Haishi base was that it was too chaotic and oppressive, and the supplies they found each day were not enough for the base to plunder.
Just then, Li Feng was looking for his family, so they headed in this direction together.
Their original destination was Wutong County, Li Feng's hometown. They went there first before coming here, but unfortunately there was no base there, only zombies.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and even adults can't stand it, let alone children. This situation is no longer suitable for living outside.
They decided to try their luck in S City to see if they could find Li Feng's family. In addition, if the base in S City was suitable, they could settle down temporarily.
After renting the house, the group also learned a lot of information from others.
I had guessed that S City had good conditions, but I never imagined it would be this good!
As He Chengji took things out of his spatial storage and placed them in the slightly empty room, he sighed.
"The base actually has three supermarkets? You can buy things as long as you have crystal cores. Under what conditions can supermarkets still be opened!"
Zhang Xun sat on a small stool, fanning the child.
"It's good that we can buy things. After all, crystal cores are used as currency here, so it's normal for people to sell some supplies. I guess they're not much."
"What's scary is that you can actually buy superpowers here? Aren't superpowers supposed to awaken on their own?"
"Yeah, how are superpowers bought and sold? Is the safety of this base just a facade? Could they be conducting human experiments behind the scenes...?"
Lin Xing spoke in a lower and lower voice, and even shrank his neck in fear.
The people inside fell silent for a moment, worried that they had just escaped one danger only to fall into another.
Li Yiyuan finally spoke up, "You guys stay home and tidy up, I'll go check on the situation again."
If all else fails, we'll try to find a way to leave this place.
Li Feng, somewhat nervous yet expectant, said to Li Yiyuan:
"Brother Li, I want to go to the registration office first to check if my parents are at the base in S City."
"Okay, be careful."
S City is much more luxurious than other bases. They are willing to use electricity and computers here. If you need to find someone, just tell the staff their name, year, ID card number, and address, and they will help you enter the search.
At other registration offices, there are stacks of paper registration forms. If you want to find someone, you have to bribe the registrar and flip through each one yourself.
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