The river ahead is the Yongning River, the main river of City A, which flows through the entire city. It is 200 meters wide and only about five kilometers away from where Lin Ruo and the others are now.
Afu and Ashou wagged their tails even more happily; they loved playing with their owner! They also loved eating the ice cream their owner made! Hearing that they could eat as much as they wanted, they became even happier.
"Awoo!" "Woof woof!"
Both of them quickly walked a few steps to Lin Ruo's side, arching their bodies and assuming a ready posture.
Lin Ruo also slightly bent her legs and shouted, "Ready! Run!"
One person and two dogs darted out at lightning speed. In the darkness, only three lightning-like shadows could be seen from afar; the person inside was completely obscured.
Lin Ruo and his group covered the five-kilometer distance in less than two minutes. Lin Ruo's speed was not only on par with A Fu and Ashou, but also slightly ahead of them by a short distance. This speed exceeded that of a level 3 speed-type ability user when using their ability.
After stopping, Lin Ruo smiled easily and turned to look at Afu and Ashou, who had arrived a step behind her. "Looks like I'm the one who can eat ice cream to my heart's content today."
Ah Fu and Ah Shou had droopy ears, as if they had missed the whole world.
Seeing their disappointed looks, Lin Ruo shook her head with amusement, wondering why they were so obsessed with ice cream. "I'll let you eat your fill when we get back."
She fed them a lot every day, but they just couldn't get enough. If it weren't for the fact that the mutant beasts were strong, they would have gotten diarrhea long ago from eating so much ice cream every day.
Hearing this, Afu and Ashou cheered up. Lin Ruo then turned to look at the dried-up river in front of her. The lowest part of the riverbed was still slightly damp, while the rest of the river had been cracked by the sun and could be clearly seen even in the dark.
The Yongning River has dried up, so it's no wonder that the A City base has to buy water. Even if they drill a well here, how many days can it last? It's a waste of manpower and resources, and it can only last for a few days, so it's really not worth it.
After watching for a while, she jumped back onto Afu's back. "Let's go to the base in City A."
City A is a typical inland city. Before the apocalypse, apart from a few small rivers, the only water available was groundwater, making it a water-scarce region.
The extreme heat for more than four months was enough to dry up the earth, crack the rivers, and deplete the groundwater, making it difficult for the entire city to get water.
In the past, besides the water-type ability users, the water resources of City A were purchased from City H using crystal cores. City H had abundant water resources, but it was still very expensive to sell to the City A base, costing 50 level 1 crystal cores per ton of water.
Food is no exception; much of it is purchased from S City or H City. This results in a large demand for crystal cores for the A City base, making the A City base relatively poor compared to other bases.
In her past life, many people advised her to develop her career in other bases, but because of Jiang Haochen's trust and the other superhumans in the team, she found it difficult to leave. In the end, she died because of her own foolishness.
At this time in the previous life, the B City base had not yet announced how to use the crystal cores, so the number of superhumans in these bases was small. The A City base did not have the same high-end weapons as the B City base, and most of the combat power came from the survivors themselves and beast tamers.
In order to improve its combat capabilities, the A City base organized a comprehensive large-scale training program for the base's young survivors. This program aimed to enhance the combat effectiveness of these ordinary survivors, enabling them to survive in the apocalypse, and to select promising individuals from among them for intensive training.
In her previous life, Lin Ruo first gained the ability to protect herself during this training, and then she was selected for intensive training. Later, her spatial ability was discovered.
Her continuous training, her subsequent rescue of Chen Yu, and her learning of martial arts from him all contributed to her growing fighting prowess.
Beastmasters, on the other hand, are there to raise their own pets. They usually accompany the base team on missions, and all the carcasses of the prey they capture belong to them.
This way, their pets can level up, and the base can gain greater combat power.
Because of the urgent need for these beast tamers to become the strongest fighting force, a lot of resources in the base are allocated to these beast tamers, resulting in the beast tamers in City A having much stronger pets than those in other bases.
As Lin Ruo rode on Afu's back, she kept recalling the events of her previous life at the A City base. In her previous life, the A City base had Jiang Haochen. Although Jiang Haochen was somewhat ruthless, he still had some means, so even though he didn't have the upper hand, the A City base was still able to develop steadily. In this life, Zhou Qing and Jiang Haochen died long ago, so what is this place like now?
Lin Ruo expanded his mental power and rode Afu and Ashou at breakneck speed. In less than an hour, he arrived at a location one kilometer outside the A City base. The A City base was still built in the city center, and there were many ruins of buildings to block the view, so there was no need to worry about being seen by the people of the A City base.
The city wall was also built with large, pre-cut stones, and was much more regular than the uneven wall in H City, not much different from the city in my previous life, A City.
There are also many survivors living outside the city. It's not that the A City base doesn't take them in, but rather that a certain amount of food must be paid to enter the base, and these people can't afford it, so naturally they can't enter.
These people living outside have actually formed a small exchange point. Many survivors passing through here are unwilling to hand over the food they bring into the city, so they choose to replenish their supplies here.
Lin Ruo rode on Afu's back, using her mental power to watch the crowds coming and going outside the A City base. She had no intention of paying food to the A City base.
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