Province G is a very large province in China.

After leaving the food processing plant, the Dawn Team headed north, passing through several cities.

On the fifth day, they arrived at a city in the central part of Province G. This was a very small prefecture-level city under Province G. Whether it was the population flow before the end of the world or the level of economic development, it could not be compared with City B, the provincial capital.

However, small cities also have their advantages. For example, after the end of the world, the speed at which small cities fall is obviously much slower than that of big cities.

The evolution speed of the zombies here is also very slow. There are not many mutant zombies, and most of them are first-level mutant zombies. It is difficult to see a second-level mutant zombie here. Not to mention the third-level zombies and the fourth-level zombies.

Compared to the second and third level mutant zombies they encountered in S City and B City before, they didn't even need to waste much effort to deal with them. They were able to handle them easily even in the city center. They didn't worry about being surrounded by zombies or being attacked by powerful zombies. The pressure caused by this city was not as great as that caused by B University.

And it was only after entering the city that Ruan Ning clearly felt that she could deal with these zombies by herself.

Previously in the big city, the zombies she and her team encountered were either in large groups or each one was stronger than the other. She could not feel her own progress at all, and she was not very helpful in killing zombies. It was not until she came to this small city that she was surprised to find that her abilities had been slowly trained. Although she was not as strong as those high-level esper with strong attack power, she was at least much stronger than many ordinary people.

Thanks to the unreserved guidance of the male protagonist, she has made such great progress. Her shooting skills are now not perfect, but she can hit the walking zombies with an 80% to 90% chance. Her survivability has been greatly improved.

In the car.

"Brother, do we really have to follow this group of people to some base?" Ruan Ning asked in confusion.

Gu Yicheng had a sullen face, a deep look flashed across his eyes, and he said in an ambiguous tone, "Go, why not?"

After Ruan Ning got his answer, he suddenly felt a little scared. He moved his mouth and then closed it, blinked his almond-shaped eyes, and didn't dare to ask any more questions.

As for why Ruan Ning asked this question just now, the story goes back to an hour ago. They were collecting supplies in a shopping mall. To survive in the apocalypse, the supplies needed include many kinds, not just food.

Just like now that the weather is getting colder, we have to start buying all kinds of things, such as cotton-padded clothes, down jackets, cotton boots, thick quilts, stoves, pots and pans for cooking.

Before, whether in City B or City S, the larger shopping malls were all in the urban area. There were simply too many zombies there, and their focus at the time was on finding people, so they couldn't devote too much energy to other things, so they didn't deliberately go to places like large shopping malls to collect supplies.

But it's different in a small city like this.

Given their team's overall strength, it would be much more convenient and safer to collect supplies here than in the other two big cities. The supplies would not be different just because they were in different places.

Ruan Ning happily strolled around the mall. Because she was not in a hurry, she did not miss any store that interested her and walked into one by one. There were many zombies in this place, but their strength was generally not high. She and Gu Yicheng collected supplies separately. He arranged a few people to join her. After everyone dealt with the zombies together, she began to collect all the necessary things into the space.

The surveillance equipment in the mall has long been out of service, and Ruan Ning is not worried that this scene will be discovered by others.

This mall has four floors and a wide variety of goods. Especially clothes, Ruan Ning took a lot of them. Now the water source is polluted, and I don't know if clothes washed with this water will have any side effects on people in the long run. So Ruan Ning never wore the clothes she had taken off before. Clothes are more scarce to her now than food. This time she took just enough.

Fortunately, now everyone is busy surviving and only cares about getting food. Even if these shopping malls had been visited by people before they came, it was the supermarkets below that were looted, and most of the clothing stores above were spared, leaving many items untouched.

This world had already entered autumn when the apocalypse broke out more than a month ago, so many clothing brands have already released new winter styles. Although these clothes are not very thick and focus more on style, they are much warmer than the coat Ruan Ning is wearing now. She did not waste these, and put away many of the wearable and unwearable items in the space.

This visit to the mall fulfilled Ruan Ning's biggest regret since she got the space, that she didn't spend a fortune to shop around the mall. But now she can buy everything she wants without spending any money, which indirectly fulfills her wish.

When Ruan Ning and his friends had almost collected all their things, they met a group of people in the mall. They were also there to collect supplies.

Although Ruan Ning always remembered that she must not let outsiders see her face like this, it was impossible for her to wear a mask all the time, and sometimes she would take it off to get some fresh air.

Especially after joining the team, perhaps because she had the male protagonist Gu Yicheng as her backer, Ruan Ning felt much more at ease. She no longer worried every day like before, fearing that she would be noticed by someone because of her eye-catching appearance in the apocalypse, and that she would not be able to defeat that person, and finally be forced to become a man's plaything, and end up biting her tongue and committing suicide.

If it is not necessary, who would be willing to wear a mask every day, covering their face and looking like they have a bad cold? Wearing a mask is still not as comfortable as not wearing a mask. For so long, Ruan Ning has long disliked this look.

Just like this time, Ruan Ning was in a relaxed mood while collecting supplies in the mall, and he didn't see anyone else except the zombies, so he didn't wear a mask.

But being seen didn't matter. With the rest of the Dawn Team around, she wasn't worried about what they would do to her. But there was a man in the group who was particularly enthusiastic about her and insisted on inviting them to their base.

Of course Ruan Ning would not agree to go to the safe base he mentioned. She was not familiar with this man, and her words did not count in the team. After all, she was not alone now, and there were so many teammates. But to her surprise, Gu Yicheng, who was next to her and could make the decision, agreed.

Ruan Ning always felt that the male protagonist's mood was a little strange from the moment he agreed to go to the safe base, but she couldn't guess why, and he didn't seem to want to go to the base at all as he said.

But the boss didn't say anything, and Ruan Ning didn't dare to ask. She, a poor, young and helpless girl, couldn't bear his anger.

Ruan Ning had recently gotten used to doing whatever she wanted in front of Gu Yichen, and she hadn't felt this nervous for a long time.

But at this moment, Ruan Ning's strong desire to survive told her that she must not continue to ask Gu Yicheng why this time! Otherwise, she would die miserably.

Ruan Ning remained silent all the way, but the more silent she was, the more she felt that the low pressure around her was about to drown her.

qaq嘤嘤嘤, it wasn't her who provoked him. Why should she bear all this? And she didn't even know what happened to him.

…

They drove in the city for about half an hour, and finally followed the group to a safe base and stopped.

Yes, there is a safe base in this small city, and the group said there are several more. But they don't seem to be large in scale.

From the appearance, it can be seen that the base they brought them to cannot be compared with the safe zone in City S, not to mention the well-managed Base No. 3 in City B.

It's called a safe base, but it's actually just a larger hotel. There's a fence next to the hotel, and a few gatekeepers are stationed there to form a base.

Ruan Ning didn't mean to look down on this small base, she just didn't understand why Gu Yicheng had to come here to take a look. Is there something different about this base and other places?

"Ms. Ruan, please slow down." Ruan Ning was about to get out of the car from her side when she saw a young man among the group of people leading the way in front of their car walk to the front of the car to open the door for her. He also considerately held the door frame for her, fearing that she would accidentally bump into it.

“…”

Ruan Ning was not used to this overly enthusiastic behavior, especially since she was not the only one in the car, but also several teammates and two elders were watching her.

Ruan Ning felt a little embarrassed, coughed lightly, and said, "...Well, I can get off the car by myself." Thinking that he had been seen before, there was no point in wearing a mask again, so Ruan Ning did not wear a mask this time and just got off the car.

"Ms. Ruan, you are so beautiful. You are the most beautiful person I have ever seen." The man's mouth was as sweet as honey, and he uttered all kinds of compliments.

"..." Even Ruan Ning, who had never been in love, could see that this man might be interested in her. However, he and her had only met once, and the source of this affection was probably just lust.

Ruan Ning felt annoyed. If this man hadn't done anything to her, she would have exploded long ago.

But he was like a peacock with its tail spread out, always bragging to her about how amazing he was, how many superpowers there were in their base, and how they would never regret joining the base. Oh, and he was dressed like a peacock, and in the apocalypse, he even wore perfume. She was not a girl like him!!

Before Ruan Ning got on the bus, she tried to keep a certain distance from this person, and her attitude was not very good. She thought he had understood what she meant and would not bother her anymore, but she didn't expect that she underestimated how thick-skinned this person was.