"You know there's construction going on over on South 7th Street, and they'll give you two meals if you help out? Is that true? Anyone want to come along?"
"Where can we get food these days? If you say you're providing meals, then you're providing meals, but don't try to trick others into working. I won't go."
"Are you really not going? Then I'll go by myself."
"What's the point of going there? People can't even afford to eat. Why would anyone want to build a road? If this isn't a scam, what is it?"
“…”
When Tong Yangnian got outside, he heard someone discussing the construction. He went over to ask and felt more and more that it was Xu Bai and his group. "I'll go with you."
Tong Yangnian had a handsome appearance, with only a little dust on his face and a long scar on his eyebrow. He was also well-built, unlike the other skinny guys. This made the man feel more secure, and he quickly greeted Tong Yangnian. "My last name is Zhuang, everyone calls me Xiao Zhuang. What's your name, brother? Let's go over there now. Maybe we can get some food after working for a while."
Xiaozhuang touched his flat stomach. He hadn't found any food to eat for a day. Some people in his team started to chew on tree bark, which he couldn't eat. He still wanted to try to find it. Even if it was a lie, he wanted to go and see what was going on.
"Tong Yangnian, let's go. You lead the way."
Xiaozhuang was an extremely thin man. Seeing Xiaozhuang limping in front and leading the way, Tong Yangnian was afraid that he would suddenly fall down.
"Brother Tong, let's go together. I'm a little scared." Xiaozhuang still had a stick in his hand. He swallowed and looked around vigilantly.
"The zombies are much higher level than before recently, so it's hard for us to go out."
In fact, most of the food they can find when they go out are expired snacks. People with strong abilities can even hunt for meat, but people like them can only get some soup occasionally.
The entire Nanyang base was filled with despair, and no one saw any hope of survival.
The most hateful thing is that many people in Nancheng used to trick them into working, but later failed to keep their promises, and no one stood up for them when they caused trouble. This is why everyone is unwilling to go to work when they hear about the food delivery job. Since there is not much food to be found, everyone would rather lie at home and not move to reduce hunger.
"Is there no base commander at Nanyang Base?"
Xiao Zhuang glanced at Tong Yangnian in surprise. He hadn't expected him to ask this question. "Nanyang Base has a base commander, but he's only responsible for maintaining the base's internal logistics. He has no control over these things. The various mercenary groups in Nanyang Base are fighting over things, but the base commander doesn't care. As long as no one is killed within the base."
Although there were few people around, Xiaozhuang still spoke in a low voice, fearing that others would hear him.
"Brother Tong, weren't you from the Nanyang base before?"
Xiaozhuang did see Tong Yangnian walking out from the direction of the Nanyang base. Things like these are well known to everyone in the Nanyang base.
"no."
"We're almost there. We're lucky today and haven't encountered any zombies."
Just as Xiaozhuang finished speaking, two or three zombies rushed out from the alley, scaring Xiaozhuang. In panic, he hit the zombies on the head with a stick, but Tong Yangnian took care of them in two or three hits.
Looking at the zombie that had fallen to the ground and had its crystal core taken out, Xiaozhuang looked at Tong Yangnian with admiration. He had tried using a knife before, but he couldn't kill the zombie with one blow like Tong Yangnian. Later, he changed to using a stick, but the disadvantage of using a stick was that he needed a helper and couldn't kill the zombie alone.
"A real man!"
South Street 7th Road is the road leading to the highway. When Tong Yangnian arrived, he saw Xu Bai and Ji Heng squatting on the ground, hitting the ground with tools. There were several women he didn't recognize not far away, and his former teammates were not seen among these faces.
"Xu Bai, Ji Heng, how are you and the rest of our teammates these days?"
Xu Bai and Ji Heng stood up at the same time. Seeing that Tong Yangnian was not injured, they felt relieved. "I'm glad you're okay. We can't find you, so we can only repair the road first. We don't know where the others are yet. Once the news spreads, if they are still alive, they will rush to join us."
"Brother Tong, do you two know each other? Then can I work here? Are meals really provided?"
"Yes, I'll teach you how to do it first."
When Tong Yangnian came over again after finishing teaching, he saw Xu Bai staring at him. Tong Yangnian subconsciously looked at Ji Heng and found that Ji Heng was also staring at him, which made his scalp tingle.
"Is there something about me that makes you stare at me like that?"
"Yes, I have. I haven't eaten the food made by Tong Da these past few days. I can't sleep well and I can't eat well. Haven't you noticed that we have both lost weight?"
Tong Yangnian: “…”
He almost forgot that Xu Bai was a person who could eat but not cook. He had the honor of eating meals cooked by Xu Bai, but the meals were either too old or too bland.
"So what are you doing these days?"
“He made it, but it tasted just average.”
Xu Bai could dislike Ji Heng to his face, but he couldn't respond to Tong Yangnian's words.
Xu Bai nodded in the direction of Ye Hong and the others, "Those girls are so picky. They don't even bother adding salt or oil when cooking, and they don't even bother adding more water when making soup. It gives me a headache after eating it. I'll leave dinner to you."
Tong Yangnian nodded helplessly and took on the job.
Some time ago, when they had not yet dispersed, it was another team member with good cooking skills who cooked. Tong Yangnian learned a few tricks from him. Perhaps he was talented, and his cooking skills were second only to this person, making him the second person in their group who could cook delicious food.
After Ye Hong and the others tasted the food prepared by Tong Yangnian, they finally understood where Xu Bai's dislike for them came from.
Build railways and have food to eat.
This news leaked out from Xiaozhuang's mouth, and brought in many people from their team the next day. At first, everyone was skeptical, suspecting that Xiaozhuang was just given a taste of the food to promote it and bring in more people. But when everyone worked from morning to noon, they got their lunch and ate it with relish.
Even if they can only have this one meal, they are willing to do so.
Everyone's meals remained the same for several days, and as they kept seeing Xu Bai taking things out of thin air, everyone's expressions changed and they worked with greater peace of mind.
The news spread quickly, and a large number of people rushed to build the road.
Tong Yangnian's team members also found three or four people, but the rest had not returned yet, and they probably met with an accident.
At the same time, the news that Xu Bai was a person with spatial abilities spread like wildfire.
Everyone knows that after killing a space-powered person, one can obtain the things in the space.
That very evening, some people started to think about this.
"Have you noticed these days?"
"That woman took out a lot of food from her space. With so many people coming every day, she must still have a lot. We need to act quickly to prevent her from eating all the food."
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