Shen Qianqian enjoyed the fun and joined in to tease her sister, since she already had a gift.

"Well, I bought you off with just a hairpin. Even your own sister is bullying you."

Shen Yiyue looked like she was going to teach Shen Qianqian a lesson, and Shen Qianqian immediately ran behind Ning Yu.

He stuck his little head out, looking like he was not afraid of you.

"Come on, I have Sister Ning Yu as my backer!"

The three were still making a fuss when Ji Mengyao, who had gone back to submit a report, had already returned.

She ran out of breath, obviously afraid that the others would wait too long: "I'm back!!"

She ran in front of a few people and stopped to rest her hands on her knees.

After a while, she stood up, adjusted her baseball cap and said:

"Let's go! I'll treat you to dinner!"

Ji Mengyao led the three of them to the buffer platform where the commercial center and the apartment above met, and then crossed the overpass to another building.

There are obviously fewer people here, and the content is also different: there are barber shops, restaurants, and bars. These shops have one thing in common: they all meet needs beyond basic survival needs.

Those who open shops here are people with relevant skills, and are all coordinated and arranged by the Ark Base.

When she got to the dinner table, Ning Yu discovered that the so-called restaurant only served ordinary dishes.

But in the end times, having others prepare food and serve it to you is actually equivalent to "enjoyment".

There won't be anything luxurious, this should be a deliberate setting in the base.

I don't want to create too big a class difference, but I don't want to make it too bland and boring either. I want to maintain moderation.

"Are these enough? If not, order more!"

Ji Mengyao looked at the dishes they ordered and felt that something was missing, so she prepared to order more.

"That's enough, that's enough."

Ning Yu stopped her from showing off her wealth and asked a question: "Will the people in the exploration team give out a lot of exchange coupons?"

When Ji Mengyao heard Ning Yu's question, how could she miss such a good opportunity to recommend something to others:

"Of course! In the Ark, it's actually a very simple rule: the more you work, the more you get."

"Every time we complete a mission or explore for something good, we will receive additional redemption vouchers as a reward."

"As long as you work hard, you won't have to run out of money!"

She quickly seduced the two of them.

But Ning Yu had already made plans, so she didn't keep her in suspense any longer:

"We both intend to join."

"Really?!"

When Ji Mengyao heard this great news, she almost stood up on the chair:

"Great! I finally have a nice-smelling girl as my teammate!!"

She approached the two of them, put her hands on the table, her eyes full of excitement, feeling that this meal was worth the money.

Then she introduced the specific situation of the exploration team.

In fact, the movement is quite free.

When faced with more difficult tasks, they act in teams, such as hunting mutant zombies.

Normally, if there are no such difficult tasks, I will take on the tasks at the base myself.

She usually acts together with Wu Di, and the two seem to have a good relationship.

The exploration team has a very high status in the base because they have made significant contributions to the safety of the base and the exploration of special materials.

The entire exploration team is not composed entirely of awakened people. Many ordinary people will also join in, carrying weapons and going out of the base to search for supplies.

Generally, dangerous tasks will only be assigned to awakened people and will not be accepted by ordinary people.

Ning Yu naturally had to act with Ji Mengyao, after all, she was very envious of Ji Mengyao's abilities.

She wanted to quickly raise her friendship level with Ji Mengyao to friendly so that she could copy her [Death Resistance].

Ji Mengyao didn't know Ning Yu's little thoughts, she was just simply happy that a girl finally joined.

The dishes were served one after another. Ji Mengyao heard such good news, but she still indulged herself and ordered several more dishes.

"Before joining, should I meet your 'Lao Zhuang' first?"

Ning Yu raised a question that she was also very concerned about.

Ji Mengyao was eating and looked up: "Yeah, sure, how about tonight? I'll take you to find him after we finish eating."

Shen Yiyue had never heard Ji Mengyao introduce the situation of the base, and she showed a puzzled expression.

Ning Yu repeated what Ji Mengyao had said to her in the car.

"This was actually created, perfected and organized by one person. How amazing!"

Shen Yiyue was also a little surprised after hearing this.

"Then let's do it tonight, please."

Ning Yu nodded to Ji Mengyao to indicate that it was okay.

After dinner, Ning Yu and Shen Yiyue sent Shen Qianqian back to the apartment to rest.

Then the two of them, together with Ji Mengyao, went to Zhuang Wugou's office.

This place is located at the highest point of Yida Plaza. There are no survivors living in the entire apartment building yet, so he set up his office here.

The entire research team he personally led seemed to be here as well.

However, there don’t seem to be many people in the research group, probably because talents in this field are actually hard to find, especially in the end times.

Ning Yu and Shen Yiyue stood outside the door, looking at the people busy coming and going inside, both young and old.

After a while, Ji Mengyao came out, came to the two of them and said:

"Let's go!"

The two of them followed in. The entire research group's experimental site was filled with many instruments, and unknown liquids were flowing between the instruments.

They walked in the corridor, which was separated from the inner area by glass, so they could not get close to the equipment.

"Look, the collected and initially purified viruses are processed in that!"

Ji Mengyao pointed to a rotating machine with many bottles of colorless liquid lined up on it.

Ning Yu and Shen Yiyue didn't know much about these aspects, they just followed the gaze and looked around.

The research team members who were coming and going were already accustomed to this situation. They didn't even look at the others and were just busy with their work.

"It's just in front. Lao Zhuang is inside."

She brought the two of them to the door of an ordinary room and knocked on it first.

"Come in!"

A gentle male voice came from inside.

Only then did Ji Mengyao turn the handle and walked in.

Ning Yu and Shen Yiyue followed her and finally saw the core figure who founded the Ark gathering place.

He was a man in his 30s, and he was busy writing or drawing something.

From time to time, he opened his laptop and typed some information.

Although he is in the prime of life, one can clearly see a lot of white hair mixed in with his black hair, which is obviously due to frequent fatigue.

Next to it was a mountain of documents, all of which seemed to be related to the major and minor affairs of the base.

When he saw someone coming in, he raised his head and his eyes passed Ji Mengyao, whom he was already familiar with, and fell on Ning Yu and Shen Yiyue.

Ning Yu also looked at him, her amber eyes as calm as water.

As Zhuang Wugui raised his head, Ning Yu saw his appearance clearly:

Perhaps he didn't care much about his image, as there was some sparse stubble on his angular face.

Wearing a pair of half-rimmed glasses, the black eyes under the lenses are deep and peaceful, which immediately reminds people of the silent night without stars.

The shadows cast by his messy black hair made him look somewhat absent-minded, as if he was still immersed in some other world.

But if you look closely, there seems to be some deep obsession hidden in it.

"Hello."