The scale and management system of the military base are many times better than those of local officials. Perhaps this is the gap between the local and the country.

No one was taken to choose a house at night, and it was already late at night. After a day of high concentration, the three people and the dog were very tired.

Jiang Ning asked, "Stay in a hotel or sleep in the car?"

Huo Yishen said cautiously, "We will stay in the car for one night. There is no need to go to the hotel." I

just arrived and don't know if the base is really absolutely safe. Moving the belongings in the car will easily attract attention, but what if they are stolen without taking them?

Jiang Ning has no objection. Just spend the night in the car.

Get in the car and close the door.

Let Huo Yishen take out four pig's trotter rice from his backpack. They were all packed and placed in the space before.

The rice is fragrant and green, and the pig's trotters are soft and chewy.

After dinner, they drank a glass of juice to relieve their greasy feeling, chatted about some random things, and then adjusted the seats to sleep.

The off-road vehicle has a spacious seat,

and it is not too crowded to sleep lying down. Although they were in the base, they fell asleep quickly after being tired for several days. Gouzi was very alert and occasionally opened his eyes, but did not notice anything unusual and continued to sleep. They slept

until dawn and were awakened by the loud and heart-piercing horn. The army was marching.

Jiang Ning opened her heavy eyelids, raised her wrist and looked at the watch. It was four o'clock in the morning.

It was not dawn yet. She

turned over and continued to sleep.

Huo Yishen was very sober. He covered her and Doudou with a blanket, put on his coat and got out of the car to move around.

Jiang Ning woke up at around six o'clock, and he had already returned from a round of exercise.

Breakfast was steamed bread with soy milk. After eating, he got off the car to relax. Considering that the staff in the central hall had not yet come to work, the three of them and the dog walked around nearby.

The base was very large, stretching for dozens of kilometers, with no end in sight.

Jiang Ning even prepared a telescope. The neatly arranged buildings in the distance were dormitories for the survivors, each with 12 floors. Unlike the official new towns in various places, there was no chaos in the residential areas with random construction and clothes flying everywhere.

Neat, uniform, and standard military living.

Ordinary survivors were like this, not to mention real soldiers.

Countless survivors walked out of the dormitories one after another, running quickly and orderly to the workplace.

Jiang Ning followed their direction and saw the continuous plantations, food processing plants, power plants, smelting plants, hardware processing plants...

Strictly speaking, this is a small county town, small but complete.

The military area is farther away, not within the telescope's reach, but their residential area is only a few kilometers away.

After the morning training, the troops dispersed in an orderly manner, with tall figures and young and handsome faces.

As time passed, some scavengers who went out came back one after another, with rusty and dilapidated cars and shriveled tires, as if they would fall apart at any time.

Four or five people got out of the car, each with a weather-beaten face, but they didn't find much. They carried the things to the trading hall to sort and weigh them in exchange for points. Those

who choose to be scavengers, or even persist in doing so until now, are all bohemian and love freedom.

Three years before the end of the world, they relied on their extraordinary skills and courage to find a lot of supplies, and their lives were very carefree.

But now it has been nine years since the end of the world, and the nearby cities have been searched countless times. Don't even think about picking up scraps, and you can't even find a piece of scrap metal.

Sometimes, even if you go hundreds of kilometers away, it will not only waste fuel and effort, but also have no gains.

They don't know what to do in the future. Anyway, it is impossible for them to work, and they will never work in this life.

Wu Ning would rather die than work!

When it was time to go to work, Jiang Ning went to the housing rental and sales area in the central hall for consultation.

With two cats, it was unlikely that she could rent an apartment building. She could smell the soup next door when she drank it. Besides, most of the people living there were scavengers or families of survivors, and it was a place where troubles were frequent.

Therefore, she decisively chose an independent courtyard.

No one knows when the plate collision will come, so she should enjoy it as long as she can, and just keep a low profile in her daily life.

However, the independent courtyard is not cheap. In addition to the monthly rent of 50 kilograms, it must be rented for at least half a year.

In other words, Jiang Ning has to pay 300 kilograms of food. She

just paid 150 kilograms of food yesterday, and it would be too conspicuous to take out another 300 kilograms.

She pondered, "Can I use tea, cigarettes and alcohol to pay for it?"

"Yes, but it depends on the quality."

The quality is definitely not bad, but it can't be too good.

In fact, this is not a big deal. Jiang Ning has been taking out materials from the space in the past two years just to create traces of time on them.

Jiang Ning asked, "Can we see the house first?"

The staff agreed and asked the assistant to take them to see the house.

The assistant estimated that they were military dependents and felt that they lived a more comfortable life. Seeing that Jiang Ning and Huo Yishen were beautiful and handsome, she was willing to talk. "There are only three empty houses in the independent courtyard. You are lucky. If you come earlier or later, you will not be able to get it."

She said with kindness.

But Jiang Ning heard that even the military base could not withstand the successive natural disasters. Whether it was smog, acid rain, sandstorms or mudslides, there were survivors who were injured.

The assistant rode a bicycle, but the independent courtyard was a few kilometers away. Considering efficiency, Jiang Ning decided to take her with him.

Going in the direction of the assistant's finger, traces of acid rain can be seen everywhere.

However, the base had protected the house in advance, so even if the exterior was corroded, there was no problem with the structure inside.

The independent courtyard is divided into two areas, A and B. Area A is where the base officers and their families live, and Area B is rented and sold to the outside.

The entrances and exits of the two areas are close to each other, but there is a separation zone in the middle.

After about 20 minutes, the car slowly drove into Area B.

Through the car window, I saw several military vehicles in Area A, and soldiers were standing guard at the gate.

Living next door, I guess they felt very safe.

But this sense of security did not make Jiang Ning or Huo Yishen really feel safe, so they just had to be cautious.

There were 200 independent courtyards in Area B, and the assistants took them to see the houses one by one.

The courtyard had no walls, and it was clear that someone had lived there before, but it was very clean.

The layouts were all the same, and after looking at all three, Jiang Ning chose the cleanest one.

On the way back, she chatted with her assistant, "We plan to be scavengers, but we have no experience as newcomers, so we don't know what we should pay attention to in our daily lives?"

The assistant was surprised, "Why don't you choose to join the army? If you fail the assessment, the base can arrange a job for you."

Jiang Ning pretended to be confused, "Is being a scavenger dangerous?"