Zhu Penghai smiled faintly, saying that this kind of thing was perfectly normal.
"Why give us Holy Spirit Stones?" Yang Wenlin, sitting in the back row, asked, puzzled.
"Won't you try?" Qian Kai sneered. "Last time we didn't know the rules, and as a result, several guns were pointed at your head when we rolled down the car window!"
"It's just a check-up, why do you need to do this?" Yang Wenlin asked, puzzled.
"Do you still think this is the prosperous, democratic, civilized, and harmonious world of the past? If you don't offer some benefits, people won't just roll down their windows to glance at you a few times!"
Qian Kai shook his head and continued, "Last time we didn't give you any Holy Spirit Stones! As a result, a bunch of people dragged you around doing all sorts of checks. We set off at six in the morning, and it was already ten o'clock and we still hadn't left the city gate! What's even more infuriating is that they confiscated my ancestral hunting rifle, insisting that it was a heavy firepower weapon and that they wanted to fine me!"
"After that, we learned our lesson and started giving them small favors when we went out, which not only saved us a lot of checks!"
Qian Kai chuckled, his gaze falling on the armored vehicle's trunk. "You can carry several grenades now!"
Jiang Yuan understood when he saw Qian Kai's appearance. This guy acted like a grandson in front of others and a grandpa behind their backs. Although he lost face, it made it much easier for him to survive.
"We used to have a veteran in our team, but he was torn to shreds by monsters. Otherwise, with our heavy firepower alone, we could have penetrated many monster-infested areas," Qian Kai sighed.
"You guys really have heavy firepower!" Jiang Yuan exclaimed in surprise. Didn't you just say you were an honest guy who fought by hand?
"That thing is a life-saving artifact. If you encounter something you can't defeat, you can just smash it to death with a grenade!" Qian Kai didn't think there was anything wrong with using heavy firepower to kill monsters. So what if you don't have a core? You can't use a core if you don't live.
"Our destination this time is District D in the South City. Although there aren't many monsters there, it's very chaotic, so everyone needs to be careful!" Zhu Penghai reminded as he drove.
"What does 'D zone' mean?" Jiang Yuan asked.
"The area around South City is divided into two zones. Zone D is under the control of South City. Although it has a human base, there are also various kinds of monsters. Zone C is a dangerous area, which is beyond the control of South City. Not only are there a large number of monsters roaming there, but there are also crazy adventurers and scattered Holy Spirits that have not yet been eliminated. As for Zone C, it is a killing field. Entering there means being prepared to die," Zhu Penghai explained.
"Are there still areas B and A?"
Ning Yanlan frowned and said, "Both Area A and Area B are under the jurisdiction of the Holy Spirit!"
“Yes!” Zhu Penghai’s expression turned bitter. “No one has entered Zones A and B. The Earth has been transformed too quickly. Even the mountain people who were most familiar with the area before can’t get out of Zones A and B. They are death zones for humans!”
"Where did this information come from?" Jiang Yuan asked, puzzled.
Zhu Penghai shrugged. "I don't know!"
Ning Yanlan's expression turned solemn. After taking a deep breath, she transmitted her voice to Jiang Yuan, "This is the contribution the country made to all its citizens on the first night of the catastrophe. On that night, 200,000 soldiers died. At this cost, 49 main cities were opened up, also known as safe zones. And it was at that time that District D was established!"
"The next day, the Holy Spirit led the monsters in a counterattack, all of District D fell, and forty-nine main cities were in imminent danger. At this very moment, the nation, unprepared and without any communication equipment, deployed a million troops and forcefully conquered District D, establishing District C in the heartland."
"On that day, 700,000 soldiers died outside the safe zone."
"The civilians who returned from there said that at the end of District C lies the indomitable spirit of a million soldiers, and the territory of District C is forged by countless hot-blooded and proud souls!"
"Ah, yes, not a single one and a half million troops have returned. The dead rest in peace! The living hold fast! Because they know that once they withdraw from that line, this country will be torn apart!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan's expression turned solemn. He seemed to understand why so many people were able to evacuate to the safe zone. It wasn't that the disaster wasn't terrible, but that someone was bearing the burden for them.
"Do you know why I hate the warlords of Nancheng?" Ning Yanlan looked into the distance.
"They were a group of traitors without faith. They betrayed their country and their mission, and made a choice between faith and life!"
"Perhaps they are not wrong!"
"Everyone has the right to choose their own life, and they did nothing wrong! But they shouldn't be committing atrocities on this pure land that was won with the blood and sweat of soldiers!"
After speaking, Ning Yanlan fell silent for a long time.
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