Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, Ruan Ning has been in Hope Base for half a month.

Entering February means that this year's Lunar New Year is getting closer and closer.

However, this New Year is destined to be not as lively and prosperous as in the past. It can even be said to be unusually deserted.

Little New Year's Eve.

Ruan Ning stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, staring blankly at the snow outside, his eyes dazed and his mind drifting far away.

The snow fell on and off for more than ten days.

Since the Dawn Team completed their last mission three days ago, they have not taken on any more missions at the mission center. Gu Yicheng was reborn, so he knew that this period of time was the most unpredictable time of the entire winter. Since their team was not short of supplies, there was no need to lose the big picture for the sake of the small and risk the lives of their team members.

Now everyone in the team has entered the rest and recuperation stage. Except for occasionally looking for someone in the base to gather intelligence, most people have stayed in the villa and have not gone out.

Fortunately, although there is no heating in the room after the apocalypse, it is shielded by walls on four sides and is much warmer than outside. At least we don't have to suffer from the biting cold wind.

The first time Ruan Ning saw snow in the apocalypse was ten days ago. At that time, the snow was only above the soles of his shoes. After an hour, it stopped and the snow on the ground slowly melted.

Over the next ten days, the snow would only stop after an hour or two each time, and then it would start again and again, snowing several times every few days. Because it did not affect people's normal lives too much, not many survivors in the base took the snow seriously.

Until last night, the snow kept falling and falling, with no sign of stopping. Instead, it got heavier and heavier, and the snow on the ground piled up more and more.

Only one night had passed, and now the snow outside the house was almost up to Ruan Ning's knees, which showed how deep the snow was. In such a harsh environment, the car couldn't even start, so how could the survivors go out to collect supplies and kill zombies?

Ruan Ning was a little worried about the future of Hope Base, but at the same time he couldn't help but feel lucky for his team. They had enough supplies to survive the winter without going out to collect supplies, so they had the confidence to stay in the villa, instead of facing the crisis of running out of food and worrying about their survival like many people outside.

Alas! I wonder how many survivors will remain in the world after this winter...

Ruan Ning's room was not closed. Gu Yicheng knocked on the door and walked in from outside. He looked at the girl standing in front of the window and asked, "Ning Ning, what are you thinking about? Why are you so absorbed in it?"

Ruan Ning came back to her senses when she heard his voice, sighed slightly, reached out to draw the thick curtains, and sat back on the sofa beside her, looking unhappy and out of shape. "...I wonder when the snow outside will stop." She was so afraid that if the snow continued to fall like this, the roof of the villa where they lived might even collapse.

"The snow should stop tomorrow..." Gu Yicheng said calmly. In his memory, the snow stopped at this time. But this was not something to be happy about, and it could even be said to be the beginning of a disaster.

"Will the snow really stop tomorrow?" Although Ruan Ning used a question, she did not doubt the truth of Gu Yicheng's words at all.

If what he said was not true, then no one in the entire base could say for sure when the snow would stop.

Gu Yicheng saw her frail body, and he produced a blanket in his hand, wrapped it around her, and said softly, "It's cool in the room, don't catch a cold."

"Yeah." Ruan Ning obediently wrapped the blanket tightly to prevent the warmth in her body from escaping.

"Ningning, I heard that the Superpower Union sent someone to contact you the day before yesterday?" Gu Yichen suddenly asked.

The day before yesterday, Ruan Ning went to the army. I don’t know how the people from the Superpower Union got the news in advance, and then sent a little soldier who was usually inconspicuous in the army to come and contact her when everyone else was away.

Ruan Ning was of firm mind, so he naturally would not agree and decisively refused.

As for the soldier sent by the Psychic Union to contact her, after Ruan Ning told Gu Huayang about this, he would definitely not allow such a person to stay in the Gu family's army. Keeping a person who is in Cao's camp but whose heart is with Han can only be a disaster.

Although Ruan Ning did not agree this time, she had to admit that the conditions offered by the Special Power Union were really generous. If she had not already had her own team and was alone, she might have been tempted to join them.

**

Just as Gu Yicheng said, the snow stopped suddenly in the early morning of the next day without any sign.

However, this was not a blessing in disguise.

Soon after, its dangers followed one after another, catching people off guard.

After that day, all the bases in China, large and small, were attacked by the zombies one after another. Many bases were unprepared and were completely destroyed by the zombies.

Even if this incident did not happen at Hope Base, those bases were quite far away from the Emperor, and it did not happen near Hope Base. However, after this news came out, everyone in Hope Base was still shrouded in a shadow. They were afraid that the zombies would come to Hope Base at any time.

People in the base were in a panic, and the weather was getting colder. Ruan Ning even found that the prices of cold-proof supplies had risen again. This winter, it was becoming increasingly difficult to survive.

There must be all kinds of supplies in the base, but there are tens of thousands of people in the base, and it is impossible to provide food and cold-proof items to everyone for free.

Even if you asked Ruan Ning if she was willing to donate all the food in her space, she would not say yes.

When their own situation is not guaranteed, no one would be willing to sacrifice themselves for others and be a so-called good person.

I hope the same is true for the major forces within the base. They are all thinking about protecting themselves and getting through this difficult time.

Death, cold, hunger... Not only ordinary people are becoming increasingly unable to bear it, but even some people with special abilities are clearly feeling it, and the situation is becoming increasingly critical.

After the snow stopped, the teams at Hope Base resumed their search for supplies, but the casualty rate was much lower than before, and the amount of supplies collected each time was decreasing.

Zombies have no "feelings" and are not afraid of cold or heat. Compared to humans who shiver and are restricted in winter, zombies can be fearless in the cold weather and are not afraid of anything, without much impact on their speed and physical fitness.

With such a stark disparity, human survival becomes increasingly difficult.