Not far from the entrance of Yancheng Base.

Outside a shed on the outskirts of the base, there are several temporary shelters built for survivors who cannot get in or out of the base. The ragged Chen Ying'er lives in one of the shabby, leaky sheds.

She had just finished a deal and only got a small piece of dry bread, but she was wolfing it down like a starving ghost. Here, no matter how much food you have, you need to swallow it quickly to make it yours, otherwise it will be snatched away by the people around you. Nothing will be left for you.

Chen Ying'er arrived at the Yancheng base a week ago, but she was stranded outside because she couldn't deliver food. At first, she thought about gathering enough supplies outside and then going in, but she soon found that every time she didn't eat the food in time, it would be snatched away by others, and she couldn't save food at all in this place. Therefore, she gradually developed the habit of stuffing food into her stomach like the people around her.

Until now, I have not been able to enter the base.

After wolfing down her food, Chen Ying'er stood up and walked towards the gate of the base. This was where the most people came in and out every day. She wanted to see if she could get more business. When people who came in and out of the base passed by Chen Ying'er and smelled the sour odor on her body, they quickly covered their noses and stayed away from her, as if they were afraid of being infected with some virus.

When Chen Ying'er was strolling around and vaguely heard the name Ruan Ning, she couldn't help but slow down her movements.

...Ruan Ning?

Is it the Ruan Ning she knew?

Chen Ying'er's experience along the way was extremely bumpy. She was in school when the apocalypse broke out. Many of her classmates were infected and turned into zombies. She and other students in the school hid from place to place. After being trapped for half a month, the rescue team from the safe zone of City S came to the school and rescued the surviving students.

However, at the school gate, they encountered a group of zombies again. She was almost caught by the zombies, but she quickly hid behind another classmate and escaped this disaster.

After staying in the S City Safe Zone for a few days, she happened to meet her rich second-generation boyfriend. Chen Ying'er thought that her good days were coming, because her boyfriend not only had two strong bodyguards with electric batons, but also built a team with several superpowers. And he himself was also a superpower.

Without thinking too much, she agreed to follow her boyfriend to leave the S City Safety Zone and go to Lin Province to find his family. Although Chen Ying'er did not have superpowers, she had the best food and the best supplies in the team. Because she was the girlfriend of the team leader. This treatment was much better than collecting supplies together in the school team and then distributing them equally afterwards. Moreover, as the number of people in the team increased, many people began to curry favor with her, and Chen Ying'er's vanity was highly satisfied.

But the good times did not last long. Unexpectedly, one of the bodyguards had evil intentions shortly after awakening his special powers. He seduced many team members to join his side, wanting to seize the position of captain and the team's supplies.

In the end, her boyfriend was the loser. Chen Ying'er was faced with two choices, one was to follow the original team, the other was to leave the team with her boyfriend. After thinking about it, she finally stayed in this large team. There were only a few people there, and there were no supplies. They could not survive in the apocalypse.

Although she stayed, her status in the team plummeted, and people would come and ridicule her from time to time. Once, a man with foul breath came and tried to climb into her bed and molest her in the middle of the night. Chen Ying'er knocked the man unconscious and ran away in the dark.

After she escaped from the team, she regretted not leaving with her boyfriend. At least he was really good to her and would not let her suffer such grievances. She finally met a team on the way, but she didn't expect that in that team, women were just commodities, even worse than the people in the previous team. She thought about fighting and running away, but they were guarding her very strictly and she couldn't escape. Finally, when a group of zombies attacked their camp, she took advantage of their escape and hid in a box, and then she escaped again.

Afterwards, she followed different teams all the way to Province H, where she slept with someone and was even used as bait to lure away zombies.

But perhaps even God thought that she was not destined to die, and she struggled for several times but failed to die. The worst time was when she was hungry on the road for three days and three nights, and was finally picked up by a passing team.

However, when the team arrived at Yancheng Base, they heard that everyone entering the base had to pay for supplies, so they abandoned some of the redundant ordinary people. She was one of the abandoned people.

Life outside the base was not easy. She saw people entering and leaving the base looking decent, but she was naked. She had to worry about zombies rushing out at any time even when she ran a little further to go to the toilet. She resented it! She was unwilling! Why did she have to live like this after finally surviving? !

No matter how resentful Chen Ying'er was, she had no way to escape this environment. She didn't dare to commit suicide, and she couldn't beat the man or other women living in the shed, let alone the armed guards. She could only be bullied and survive by selling her body.

This difficult and hard life made her numb. When she first heard the familiar name, Chen Ying'er was a little confused. She remembered that there was indeed a classmate named Ruan Ning in her class before the end of the world.

Chen Ying'er was very sure that she had heard correctly, and a hint of excitement appeared on her face. She quickly looked for someone she might know among the people around her. Ruan Ning, she remembered it for a long time... remembered it...

In the direction where the sound came from, there was only a girl wearing a hat whose face could not be seen clearly who best matched her impression of Ruan Ning. But this person stood in the middle of a group of people, all dressed neatly, like a star surrounding the moon.

She couldn't afford to mess with such a team... If she recognized the wrong person, she would definitely not have a good ending. Chen Ying'er had thought about doing business with a superpower before, as they would give her more food. But before she could get close, the man kicked her away, and her chest hurt for several days. After this lesson, she never dared to look for a superpower again.

Chen Ying'er was afraid, but her desire to enter the base had become her obsession. She felt that as long as she could enter the base, she could get rid of her current life.

She just tried it. Just once.

She trotted in that direction, shouting to the front as she ran: "Ruan Ning! Ruan Ning!! I am your classmate Chen Ying'er! Look at me!" She used all her strength to shout to the team in front, hoping that person could hear her.

But she was a step too late, and the team had already entered the base quickly.

She wanted to get closer, but because she had not paid the supplies, she was immediately stopped outside the base by several guards at the gate. In the end, she could only watch them enter the base.

Chen Ying'er was thrown to the ground by the guards, like a pool of rotten mud. Her eyes were wide open, and her facial expression was a little grim as she thought about what had just happened.

Just a little bit! Just a little bit! She could use this person to enter the base.

They were all classmates before. She is doing so well now. It shouldn't be too much for her to pay for some supplies to enter the base?!

Why didn't she walk slower? Why! Why did she walk so fast even though she heard someone calling her?!

Zhou Yu stopped and frowned as he looked at the dirty, half-naked woman lying on the ground.

Zhou Yu remembered that he seemed to have heard Captain Gu calling his sister Ning Ning. And she had been chasing after that team just now.

So this woman, she knows Captain Gu's sister? ?

Zhou Yu was unsure. She stood a few steps away from her, looked down at the woman, and asked, "Do you know that girl just now?"

Chen Ying'er raised her head and saw a capable and beautiful woman wearing short boots standing next to her with a superior look.

"Hey, I want to ask you if you know the girl just now." She thought she didn't hear it just now, so she patiently repeated it again.

After Chen Ying'er understood who she was talking about, she quickly nodded and said, "Let's get to know each other! We were classmates before the end of the world. We had a very good relationship!"

"It's a pity that she didn't hear me calling her just now, otherwise she would have come back to find me." Chen Ying'er lowered her head slightly, her eyes flashing.

In fact, her relationship with Ruan Ning was ordinary. Ruan Ning was too beautiful, and anyone standing next to her would be outshined. So the girls in the class usually avoided her. Chen Ying'er was the same.

Zhou Yu knew the base's policy and thought that he could bring an ordinary person in for free. If this woman really had a good relationship with Captain Gu's sister, he might be able to do her a favor by helping her. So he said, "In that case, then come with me into the base."

Although their team arrived at the Yancheng base, the loss of manpower was even more serious. The original team of more than 30 people was reduced to less than 20 people. Who would have thought that when they just left City A, there were more than 100 people in the team.

They came from the city this time and were able to stay with more than a dozen people, all thanks to the team in front.

The overall strength of the team is getting worse and worse. After Zhou Yu entered the base, she must be prepared to find another team for future development. But after all, she just arrived, and it is probably difficult for a good team to recruit her with a speed ability that is not strong in attack. Captain Gu's team is her best choice at present. But the failure of that time made her have no clue about this matter, but Captain Gu's sister could be a breakthrough point.

Chen Ying'er thought that she just wanted to find out some information about Ruan Ning, so she deliberately said that she knew this person very well, and when she asked her again, she could ask for some food from her. Now that she heard that she was willing to take her into the base, she felt as if she had won a big prize.

When the wind blew, Zhou Yu couldn't stand the pungent smell on her body. He said "follow me" and turned away, covering his nose.

Chen Ying'er was afraid that this person might change his mind, so she quickly trotted after him.

**

When Ruan Ning entered the base, she always felt that someone was calling her name from behind.

But she didn't care too much and continued walking forward with the team. This is H Province, so far away from S City, how could there be someone who knows the original owner? Maybe she heard it wrong.

As the apocalypse progresses, the gap between the rich and the poor in the safe base grows. Some people can eat all kinds of canned meat, food cooked by chefs, and even fresh fruits. For others, even a piece of bread a day is a luxury.

Ruan Ning was always thankful for his good luck at this time, to meet a team like the Dawn Squad, and to have his own space and healing ability.

…

As per custom, they rented a villa at the base and moved in.

Aunt Jiang was accompanied by Uncle Jiang, and Ruan Ning was alone, so this time she was alone in her room again.

The villa has three floors and eight rooms. It is very spacious, so everyone can live in any room they want. Ruan Ning chose a room at the edge of the second floor.

"Everyone, just have a good rest in the base these days." Gu Yicheng said a few words casually, and asked everyone to go and rest. After these days of traveling, everyone was very tired.

Everyone was very excited when they arrived at the base. They could finally relax after a long period of tension and have a good rest. Even Xue Chen and others, who were usually the calmest, showed a happy smile on their faces.

After the most chaotic period, the base's infrastructure recovered quickly, and they are even researching a way to use crystal cores instead of diesel to supply electricity. Coincidentally, the Yancheng base was the first to develop this. However, this machine is still a first-generation product. It consumes a lot of energy and the conversion rate is not high. A lot of crystal cores are needed for one kilowatt-hour of electricity. Now not many people in the entire base can afford it.

However, this research on using crystal cores as energy is indeed a huge leap forward for this period.

Later on, even though it is the end of the world, as long as you have a crystal core and enough supplies, you can live a life that is no different from before the end of the world.

So even at night, Yancheng Base can still use electricity.

However, because it is a new project, the cost is not low, so few people can use it. After dark, only this villa area can have some lights. Other places are still dark. Only the moonlight above is shining.

At night, Ruan Ning stayed in the room alone. At around seven o'clock, she heard a knock on the door.

She had just finished taking a bath in the bathroom, changed into clean clothes, opened the door and saw that the person standing at the door was Gu Yicheng. He was holding a cup of hot milk in his hand.

"elder brother?"

During this period of time, whether on the road or somewhere else, he would prepare a cup of hot milk for her every night. But in the past two days, because Ruan Ning had been avoiding him, she even forgot about this matter.

Gu Yicheng handed her the cup with a normal expression. Ruan Ning felt a little guilty, so she took the cup and immediately took two sips. Her eyes were wandering, not daring to look at him.

Every time after delivering the milk, the man would leave. But today, he still stood at the door, looking at her quietly without saying a word.

Ruan Ning raised his eyes and looked at the person in front of him. His eyes seemed to be able to speak, as if silently asking him what was the matter.

Gu Yicheng walked into the room, closed the door, and smiled: "Ningning, if you have any questions, why don't you ask me directly? As long as you want to know, I can tell you everything."

"I, I'm fine." Ruan Ning's body moved faster than his brain and he shook his head quickly, suddenly feeling a bad feeling in his heart.

Gu Yicheng had seen everything the girl had done in the past two days. If she had been completely unaware, Gu Yicheng would have waited until they arrived in the imperial capital before telling her about it. But now she had obviously known about it, and she wanted to escape from him and do something unnecessary. Gu Yicheng would never allow this.

She belonged to him.

In Gu Yicheng's ink-black eyes, there is only the person in front of him.

"You're right. I do like you." His deep and magnetic voice was particularly clear in the deserted corridor at night.