Lin Ruo withdrew her mental energy. She was still standing at the foot of the city wall, in the outer area. She was covered by an invisibility shield and walked slowly on the only repaired road in the outer area. Right next to the city wall, there were houses built from various scraps. Some had a tattered cloth blocking the door, and some didn't even have a tattered cloth.
Many mutant mosquitoes and flies are flying around these houses.
These survivors were covered in black soot and pustules from mosquito and fly bites. Some lay motionless in the dilapidated house, staring blankly at the ceiling.
Some are still trying to swat these mosquitoes and flies, hoping to find crystal cores to exchange for survival supplies.
The survivors at the bottom level are of no value in City A. The City A base will not provide them with any convenience. The food they hand over can only protect them from being attacked by mutated beasts and mutated plants outside, but cannot make their lives in the base better.
Within minutes of Lin Ruo's passing, a group of people swaggered over, each carrying a gun and wearing malicious smiles. They patrolled the rooms, seizing any supplies they found, completely disregarding the lives of those whose supplies were stolen.
"No, this is the little bit of water I managed to get with great difficulty. Please leave it for me, I'll die without water..." A man chased out of the house, knelt on the ground, and hugged their legs, crying out pitifully.
The survivors, who were like walking corpses, seemed to have a switch flipped when they heard the word "water." They all looked over and saw the half-empty bottle of mineral water in the man's hand. Immediately, many of them ran over.
"Damn it! Let go!" The person holding his leg kicked the wailing man away. Looking at the people running over, he kicked the man several more times, still not satisfied. The man was so badly kicked that he saw stars and lay on the ground unable to move, let alone fight back.
As more and more people gathered around, the robbers immediately raised their guns and began firing at those who rushed towards them.
"Bang bang bang..." More than a dozen gunshots rang out, and more than a dozen people fell to the ground one after another. Some of them were not quite dead yet, and were shot a few more times by those people.
Blood stained the ground, and one by one these people were knocked to the ground. Those who rushed in from behind also stopped in their tracks and retreated in fear.
These people stopped when they saw this, still cursing under their breath as they continued to plunder supplies.
"Damn it, I wasted several bullets again. These bullets aren't even worth using to shoot them! Next time I'll use a machete."
"Exactly, with their build, I could cut two of them down with one strike."
"Keep bragging, you're using all your energy down there..."
"Stop messing with me, you bastard!"
The corpses lay there, lying there unattended, and soon they would be dragged away and eaten by the cannibals. Even the man whose water had been taken from him was still alive and hadn't died yet, but he was also dragged away by the cannibals.
The man was taken away, and his house became empty. Soon, survivors moved back into the dilapidated house, continuing the fate of the man who had just moved in.
Unlike the two major bases in City B, the base in City A did not reject cannibals. Some powerful individuals even enjoyed watching the bloody scenes of cannibals devouring ordinary survivors, laughing heartily.
Lin Ruo indifferently withdrew her gaze; this scene vividly displayed the cruelty of the apocalypse.
Cries and shouts for help filled the air, but Lin Ruo continued walking forward at a steady pace.
None of the survivors on the periphery would even glance at those crying out; their hearts had been completely numbed by this dark and hopeless existence.
Besides, if they go to save others, who will come to save them?
Lin Ruo was luckier than them in her previous life. She awakened her spatial ability after getting caught in the rain. She only lived in this environment for a short time before being selected for intensive training when she entered the base. She was moved directly to the middle floor, and after her spatial ability was discovered, she was moved directly to the inner floor.
As Lin Ruo pondered this, she extended her mental energy, quickly searching the outer layer of the base. The outer layer of the A City base was vast, and even with Lin Ruo's mental energy coverage, she couldn't cover it all. She used teleportation while searching carefully, but after searching for a long time, she found nothing, not even Li Ke's wife and son.
She sighed, the feeling she had when she searched for Jiang Haochen last time returned.
She scratched her brow, thinking carefully. Even if Li Ke went out to find supplies, his wife and son should stay at the base. Could it be... Lin Ruo looked towards the middle gate and wondered if he had other opportunities?
Just then, the roar of a truck came from behind. Lin Ruo turned to look and saw that the escort team she had met on the road earlier was returning.
Lin Ruo raised an eyebrow and extended her spiritual power, discovering that more than a dozen people were missing from the three SUVs at the front. Among these people were several she recognized; they had indeed died on their mission.
All the superhumans in the off-road vehicles were present. When these survivors on the periphery saw the large trucks passing by, carrying the water they had been longing for, they immediately walked over. The base's soldiers stood on both sides of the road, guns raised, ready to shoot any survivors who crossed the cordon.
As the truck passed by, Lin Ruo lightly jumped onto the back of the truck. Since she was going to the middle floor anyway, it would be better to hitch a ride.
She followed the car to the middle-level entrance, and Lin Ruo saw the window of the SUV at the front roll down. A man poked his head out of the open window. The man had a resolute expression on his face and a cyan wind-element level 3 crystal core.
The soldier guarding the door immediately saluted upon seeing the man, "Captain Yin!"
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