The child couldn't bear it any longer and grabbed a piece of fried meat and stuffed it into his mouth.

As soon as he took a bite, the rich meaty aroma exploded in his mouth, as if igniting his entire sense of taste in an instant.

"Delicious! So delicious!"

The child widened his eyes and shouted incoherently,

"Mom, this is meat! Real meat!"

The mother covered her mouth and tears fell uncontrollably.

She carefully picked up a mouthful of rice with chopsticks and put it into her mouth. The soft rice grains with the sweet taste seemed to awaken her whole soul.

"This is... the taste of the golden age..."

She murmured softly, tears dripping into the lunch box, and she sobbed uncontrollably.

The old man at the side took his lunch box tremblingly and gently touched the edge of the lunch box with his skinny hands.

His eyes were complicated, filled with disbelief and vague longing for past memories.

He picked up a piece of vegetable and put it in his mouth. The crisp texture and sweet fragrance of the plant left him stunned.

His eyes became moist, and his lips trembled as he spoke:

"It's food...it's really food...so this is what food tastes like!"

Zhang Shun sat aside, watching all this gloomily.

But when the lunch box was handed to him, he couldn't help but look down.

The moment he opened the lid of the box, the fragrance came like a tide and enveloped him instantly.

His Adam's apple rolled, his fingers tightened slightly, and finally he couldn't help but pick up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth.

The aroma of meat exploded in his mouth, and the delicate taste of saltiness and fat surged on his taste buds.

His breathing became rapid and he took another mouthful of rice. The soft texture of the rice almost made him forget where he was.

Immediately afterwards, abundant and rich energy flowed through his body.

"This... this is the food at the Xuanwu base?"

He murmured softly, his hands trembling slightly, and then he gritted his teeth and swallowed the food in his mouth.

The shocking taste experience brought a brief pause, but then his eyes turned cold and crazy.

"With this much rice and this much meat... those people out there will definitely go crazy for it."

Countless images flashed through his mind: crystal cores, nutrients, resources, and even the possibility of him becoming the leader of those shelters again.

Zhang Shun clenched his fists and stared at the supplies on the transport vehicle.

He murmured:

"If they can steal these things...if they can take these foods out...then the wealth of the Xuanwu base will definitely not be monopolized by these people."

As more and more survivors tasted the food, the originally tense atmosphere gradually eased.

A man looked up and murmured:

"We risked our lives to exchange crystal cores for nutrient solution, but in the end, a meal cost us ten years of hard work."

A woman next to him whispered:

"Here we have a room, water, and food like this... I would rather work hard as long as I can stay here."

More and more people began to talk, their voices filled with hope and excitement.

"Here, we don't have to desperately change the nutrient solution, nor do we have to worry about being eaten by monsters."

"Yeah... I want to stay. As long as I can survive, that's enough."

Zhang Shun looked at these discussions, with a flash of anger in his eyes.

He stood up suddenly and shouted:

"Are you crazy? They buy you off by giving you some food? The resources here should belong to all of us!"

The crowd suddenly quieted down, but more people just looked down at their lunch boxes. No one responded to him.

A middle-aged man raised his head and said coldly: "Zhang Shun, we just want to survive. Xuanwu Base saved us and gave us food, but you only want to plunder."

"Yeah, have you forgotten what it's like outside? I don't want to go back and snatch a tube of nutrient solution from those monsters."

Zhang Shun's face turned pale. Looking at the increasingly indifferent gazes of the people around him, he felt an unprecedented sense of isolation.

He clenched his teeth, anger burning in his heart, and his eyes became even colder.

"These idiots... don't want to come with me? Then I'll do it myself!"

He gritted his teeth and whispered, then quietly left the crowd and began to plan his actions secretly.

The lunch boxes gradually became empty, and people's faces showed a long-lost sense of satisfaction and hope.

The children danced around their mothers, laughing, while the elderly sat by with tears in their eyes.

However, in this calm, a new storm is brewing in the dark.

Zhang Shun stood in the shadows with a gloomy look.

In the monitoring room, Song Lufeng stared coldly at Zhang Shun on the screen, with a barely perceptible cold light flashing in his eyes.

"Wolves... can never become human."

He spoke softly, but the air around them became even colder.

Zhang Shun took advantage of the night to quietly gather a few trusted men.

They hid in a corner of the survivor area and discussed how to destroy the base's defense system.

"We can't let these people be fooled by them."

"As long as we destroy their defense system, we can gather people from other shelters and capture this place together!"

Several confidants nodded, their eyes showing hesitation, but more of a desire for the base's resources.

However, just as they were about to act, a strong hand suddenly grabbed Zhang Shun's shoulder and pushed him to the ground.

"What do you want to do?"

Zhang Shun struggled and shouted, but when he looked up he saw a young but stern face.

Shu Weng stood in front of him, his eyes as cold as a knife:

"Making trouble? What do you want to do? Do you want to say it yourself or do I force you to say it?"

Zhang Shun glared at him fiercely, gritting his teeth and saying nothing.

Shu Weng sneered, and his eyes turned to his trusted aides:

"Why don't you guys come? It'll be easier for me to speak up."

Shu Weng's S-level supernatural power suppressed one of them and he collapsed instantly:

"Zhang Shun asked us to do this! He also said that there are people from other shelters who can unite with us!"

Shu Weng narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice:

"Other shelters? Great."

Zhang Shun was escorted to the base's control room. His roars and curses echoed in the empty corridor:

"You will be killed by your own stupidity sooner or later! What's the point of pretending to be kind and righteous in the end times? You all must die!"

Shi Hai stood beside the monitoring desk and said coldly:

"People like this should just be thrown out."

Song Lufeng was not angry. He looked deep in his eyes and said in a low voice:

"He mentioned other shelters. If there are still survivors there, we need to know what their situation is."

Cheng Fang interrupted:

"Is it a rescue or a hidden danger?"

Song Lufeng was silent for a moment, then slowly said:

"Hidden dangers must be eliminated, but ordinary people who want to survive must be rescued. But no matter what, people like Zhang Shun will not have a second chance."

Zhang Shun on the surveillance screen has been taken away, but the lights at the Xuanwu base are still bright, illuminating a future that these survivors never dared to imagine.