After leaving the garage, the group did not have a smooth journey. Tianhun Tong cleared out at least ten mid-to-high-level monsters in the vicinity before they finally left Refugee Camp No. 9.
However, after leaving, we never encountered any more awakened monsters along the way. It seems that all the monsters, except for those that lingered in human settlements, followed the beast tide to the safe zone, which is the South City.
Even with three outsiders joining, Jiang Yuan and Ning Yanlan didn't do anything ambiguous, and the three newcomers were also quite reserved, so the atmosphere inside the car was rather quiet.
"It's so quiet!" Qin Yangshu said, trying to break the silence. Seeing that no one responded, he chuckled awkwardly, "Big brother, could you play some music?"
Jiang Yuan glanced at the rearview mirror, then randomly picked a soothing song to play.
Seeing that he had successfully struck up a conversation with Qin Yangshu, his expression brightened considerably. He leaned forward slightly and said with a grin, "Big brother, have a Huazhi cigarette!"
He offered her a cigarette and said with a faint smile, "I didn't realize you were so knowledgeable about social etiquette at such a young age!"
"However, kids should smoke less!"
Jiang Yuan simply took the cigarette but didn't smoke it before tossing it into the storage box.
"There's no other way. Everyone's on edge after the cataclysm, and everyone wants to release the pressure. So the cigarettes left over from before the cataclysm are the best way to relieve stress!" Qin Yangshu skillfully smoked a cigarette. "Let me tell you, cigarettes are a luxury now. If we hadn't scavenged the food left behind by Legion Nine, we might not have been able to find even a few packs of cigarettes!"
Just as Qin Yangshu was about to light the cigarette, Leng Yue snatched it from his mouth with a dagger. "Go outside if you want to smoke. Don't pollute the air here!"
Jiang Yuan shrugged as he saw this in the rearview mirror, indicating that he was powerless to do anything about it. Although he was the strongest in the car, his authority was clearly inferior to that of the two beauties.
"Beautiful lady, your swordsmanship is so fast!"
Qin Yangshu's eyes flickered, but he didn't get angry because he was interrupted from smoking. Instead, he fawned over Leng Yue.
Leng Yue remained silent, but Ning Yanlan asked, "How old are you all? You should be in high school by now!"
"Han Nian and I are both sixteen, and Lin Siyin is fifteen. We just started high school!" Qin Yangshu has a lively personality, and once she started talking, she became more and more talkative.
“You should have been carefree children, but you were born at the wrong time and encountered this apocalypse. You are really unlucky!” Ning Yanlan said half-jokingly.
"No way! I think this kind of life suits me better! I can take what I want and beat up people I don't like. Isn't it wonderful to live a life of pleasure and revenge?" Qin Yangshu had no sense of misfortune at all. On the contrary, he was smug about being born into such an era.
"It's about 20 kilometers to Refugee Camp No. 3!" Ning Yanlan glanced at the map and reported the distance.
"Strange, we're so close and we haven't seen any beast tide. Could it be that Refugee Camp No. 3 has also been breached and all the monsters have rushed to the South City?" Jiang Yuan wondered. The number of monsters within the range of his Stone Breath was very small, which was completely different from the beast tide they had seen when they left the city.
"Brothers and sisters, you're from out of town, right?" Qin Yangshu asked, seizing the opportunity.
"Why do you ask that?" Jiang Yuan asked.
"After the beast tide, who would go to the South City? Everyone was running outwards. Who knows when the South City would be breached and become a living hell!" Qin Yangshu said maturely. "So, only people from other places would think of entering the safe zone to save their lives!"
"If we don't go into the safe zone, is it safer outside?" Jiang Yuan retorted.
Qin Yangshu nodded, "Of course! It's safer to find a stronger legion to stay with than to go to the South City! You know, the South City is surrounded by enemies on all sides right now. Most of the beast tide has rushed there. Although the legion has fewer people, it bears less pressure and is more likely to survive."
"Just now you were wondering why there were so few monsters on the road, right? A big reason for that is because of the South City!"
"At the beginning, the beast tide was a full-scale assault, but after the South City was defended on the second day, the beast tide became a nocturnal state. During the day, the monsters would hide, and at night, the Holy Spirit Beast would lead the most fierce attack!"
After explaining, Qin Yangshu continued, "Like our Ninth Legion, don't be fooled by the calm surface. All sorts of monsters swarm in at night! And as you've seen during the day, those earthworm monsters underground are omnivorous. If you make even the slightest sound while walking, they'll come running and swallow you whole!"
"The South City hasn't been breached?" Jiang Yuan felt much relieved. The fact that the South City hadn't fallen meant that Xiao Xin and the others were still safe.
"etc!"
Jiang Yuan paused, sensing something was amiss.
Refugee Camp No. 9 only held out for half a day before retreating to Refugee Camp No. 3. But how did this boy know that Nancheng had been defended for two days? How did he get this information?
"Only ten kilometers left! Hang in there, little ones, you'll be home soon!" Ning Yanlan said with a smile to the group, showing her genuine concern for these young children.
"Brothers and sisters, aren't you hungry? I have some snacks here, you can share them!" Qin Yangshu took out an opened bag of snacks from her backpack and handed it to the people in front of her. "Brothers and sisters, have some Maltesers to fill your stomachs! I'll treat you to a big meal when we get to Camp Three!"
"Thank you, little brother!" Ning Yanlan, unsuspecting, took out two Maltesers and didn't take any more.
Jiang Yuan smiled knowingly when he saw Ning Yanlan like this. He knew that Ning Yanlan liked to eat snacks. She had wanted to fill a storage ring with snacks in the underground supermarket, but she left all the snacks to Xiao Xin and hadn't eaten any snacks for several days.
"Big brother, have some too, to replenish your energy!" Qin Yangshu handed some to Jiang Yuan.
"It's alright, it's alright, I'll feed him!" Ning Yanlan took a piece and was about to put it into Jiang Yuan's mouth.
At that moment, Jiang Yuantian's expression subtly changed when his eyes swept over the Maltesers, but he didn't hesitate and started eating them with a smile.
"Pretty sister, I apologize for my rudeness earlier, I hope you won't mind!" After seeing Jiang Yuan eat the Maltesers, Qin Yangshu placed the bag in front of Leng Yue again.
Leng Yue initially wanted to refuse, but a voice that suddenly appeared in her mind made her change her mind.
"No need to apologize, I treat everyone the same way!" Leng Yue's expression remained icy, but she still casually picked up a Maltesers and put it in her mouth.
"It tastes pretty good, you should try it!"
Jiang Yuan said as he chewed.
"We just ate a lot, so let's save some food if we can, otherwise we won't have anything to eat later!" Qin Yangshu smiled awkwardly and then put away the bag.
Ning Yanlan was the only one left in the car who hadn't eaten, but since she was sitting in the passenger seat, Qin Yangshu and the other person couldn't see all her actions.
"It really does! It tastes so nostalgic!"
Ning Yanlan raised her hand to her mouth, praising the taste of the Maltesers, but the two people behind her didn't even notice that one of her Maltesers had rolled into her clothes.
Jiang Yuan was itching to see this.
"Brother and sister, how much further is it to Camp No. 3?"
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