The division of the Hope Base is the same as that of Base No. 3 in City B, with a total of four areas: ABCD.

This time they did not go shopping in the busy market first, but went to a restaurant in Area A. Ruan Ning habitually glanced at the name of the restaurant sign when he entered, but quickly retracted his gaze and did not pay much attention, so he did not see the logo belonging to the Gu family in the lower right corner of the sign.

As soon as he entered the door, Ruan Ning smelled a particularly alluring fragrance.

She wasn't particularly hungry originally, but now her gluttony was aroused. She stretched out her white fingers to pull Gu Yicheng's sleeve and said excitedly, "Brother, I must try all the dishes in this restaurant today."

The good thing about the apocalypse base is that there are restaurants in the base. Ruan Ning loves food, and one of the most regrettable things about coming to the apocalypse is that she can no longer taste all kinds of delicious food like before.

Seeing her so happy, Gu Yicheng was even more certain that the little girl in front of him would forget about him once she had something delicious to eat. He had always learned to hide his emotions, but at this moment, his expression was not very good. He reminded her lightly: "Can you eat all this? It's shameful to waste food in the end times."

Ruan Ning naturally didn't expect that the man beside her would be jealous of a restaurant. She just thought that he was really worried that she would waste food, so she smiled brightly at him and said softly, "But don't I still have you, my brother? The two of us can definitely finish it."

Besides, if they can't finish the food, they can take it away. She is a natural refrigerator in the space, no, it is much more useful than a refrigerator. After all, food will go bad if it is kept in the refrigerator for a long time, but it can be kept in the space. It will remain the same when you put it in, and even the temperature will not change.

The word "we" from Ruan Ning's mouth brightened Gu Yicheng's mood. The corners of his mouth curled up, and he felt much happier. "Well, order as much as you want, whatever makes you happy."

Ruan Ning originally came in with the ambition to eat his fill, but in the end he found that there were only eight dishes on the menu of this restaurant, so many that he could count them on two hands.

Moreover, the price of each dish was really expensive. Including the service charge, they would have to kill a lot of zombies outside the base for this meal, which was not something that ordinary people could afford.

Moreover, this restaurant only accepts crystal cores, not even base contribution points. Fortunately, Ruan Ning has sufficient savings, and the last thing she lacks now is crystal cores. She ordered the dishes very quickly, just as she thought, and ordered all eight dishes.

This meal cost a lot of money, but after the dishes were served, Ruan Ning felt hesitant, not knowing whether he should pick up his chopsticks.

The reason was that the dishes on the plate looked strange. Ruan Ning had never seen them before and guessed that the ingredients of these dishes might be mutant plants.

Because of the incident in the Yancheng base in H province where mutant animals infected people, Ruan Ning was somewhat afraid of food made from mutant animals and plants. Even if it smelled good at this moment, she didn't dare to eat it for a while. She still felt safer eating the ordinary food before.

Gu Yicheng saw the girl's delicate face suddenly become hesitant and frowned, and understood what she was worried about. He smiled and explained, "These plants are all varieties cultivated by the wood-type mutants in the base. Don't worry, there will be no problem with them."

It turns out that it was cultivated by a superpower...

After hearing this explanation, Ruan Ning was no longer hesitant and started to eat happily. It was also her first time to eat dishes made from mutant plants. Perhaps because she felt it was fresh and had never tasted this kind of flavor before, her appetite was greatly increased and she finished a lot of the dishes on the table.

However, when the last dish was served, Ruan Ning picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it in her mouth. The spiciness made her cheeks red, her almond-shaped eyes were watery, and tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, making her look even more fragile and innocent.

"Hoohoo...what is this? It's so spicy!"

Ruan Ning hurriedly took a bottle of water from the kitchen and gulped down several gulps before she managed to suppress the restlessness rising from her throat. She couldn't handle spicy food, and who knew that this dish, which had no peppers in it, would still be so spicy.

Gu Yicheng passed her a bowl of iced drink, glanced at the green color in the bowl, and said, "Ningning, what you just ate was green pepper."

Ruan Ning was confused when he heard this: "What?" How could a green pepper be this color and this shape?! It looked like a beautiful fruit.

"This is a mutant variety." Gu Yichen also picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and took a bite. This level of spiciness was just a piece of cake for him, and his facial expression did not change after he finished eating.

In his previous life, Gu Yicheng did not awaken the ability to travel through space. One time, his team was trapped in a school and could not get out. They did not have much food with them and soon ran out of food.

In the end, it was because he brought an extra bag of seeds with him that the entire team was saved. Nie Wenxin, who was supposed to go on the mission together, was not there because he was sick. Now that I think about it, his desire and plot for his position as captain probably began to emerge at that time. It is very likely that he was not really sick that time.

Thinking of his past life, the man's deep pupils were filled with coldness, and a dangerous aura emanated from his body.

Ruan Ning was very sensitive to his emotional changes and soon noticed his abnormal condition.

Because she had read the novel, to some extent, Ruan Ning might be the person who understood Gu Yicheng the most in this world. She knew that his past life was not as smooth as this one, and that he became what he is now because of the environment and experience that changed him.

If Ruan Ning had experienced what he had experienced, he would probably have been depressed by now.

Perhaps because of the difference in her mood, Ruan Ning felt very sorry for the person in front of her this time. Her heart seemed to be grabbed by a pair of hands at this moment, making her feel uncomfortable and sad.

Without hesitation, she stretched out her arms and hugged the person next to her.

If someone else had approached him, Gu Yicheng would have definitely noticed it long ago. However, because he was familiar with the girl's scent, Gu Yicheng didn't come back to his senses until he felt a sense of fullness in his arms. He lowered his eyes and looked at the person who was hugging him tightly. Suddenly, there was a focus in his dark pupils. The hostility dissipated, and he became a little more angry. "Huh? What's wrong?"

Ruan Ning blinked and gave a reason: "Brother, I'm a little cold."

They were in a private room on the second floor of the restaurant. The window was half open and wind was blowing in from outside.

Gu Yicheng touched her slightly cold palm, frowned, and said with a hint of concern, "I'll go close the window, don't catch a cold this weather." The girl was weak, and she would definitely feel very uncomfortable if she caught a cold and had a fever. She would suffer a lot.

At first, she wanted to find an excuse to hug him. She found that his embrace was very warm and safe. Ruan Ning now inexplicably didn't want to let go, so she said in a soft voice: "Don't close the window. I'll just hug you for a while."

Ruan Ningsheng is cute and petite, but she is not a clingy girl. She has been acting coquettishly very few times since she was a child.

It was the first time that Gu Yicheng saw Ruan Ning taking the initiative to be so close to him. He paused when he wanted to get up and close the window, but he was reluctant to let her go, so he acquiesced to her words. He could only use his broad body to block the wind from the window for her, and then hugged her a little tighter to prevent her from being blown by the cold wind.

Ruan Ning felt warm in her heart as he took such careful care of her, and the tips of her ears turned a little red. Suddenly, her eyes caught sight of the situation outside, and she was stunned for a moment.

It seemed to be snowing outside the window just now?

A few pure white snowflakes floated in from the window and landed on Gu Yichen's shoulders. After a while, they turned into water due to the human body temperature.

The world after snow has a breathtaking beauty. Although Ruan Ning used to be afraid of the cold, she still loves snowy days the most, because at this time, she can not only play snowball fights with her classmates, but also enjoy the beautiful scenery.

But now, Ruan Ning thought of a plot in the original novel, and he no longer had the mood to appreciate such beautiful scenery as before.

It is already the end of January. Before the apocalypse, the imperial capital should have been covered with a thick layer of snow by this time.

But now, although the temperature outside has continued to drop, there is no sign of snow at all. The worst case scenario is just a cloudy day.

But once it really snows in this world, it means that the annual cold winter after the end of the world has arrived.

Sometimes, pure white snow may not only bring beauty to people. Its existence may conceal dangers that are difficult to detect, such as hunger, cold, and new threats to humans that arise from them.

It has been less than four months since the apocalypse. After the snow stops, the survivors will be exposed to the first natural disaster after the apocalypse.

The consequences were naturally extremely tragic. This time, the already small human population suffered another sharp decline.