Sui Jing glanced at him, took out a handkerchief, wet it with water, and wiped Lin Jidong's arm.
The light blue handkerchief turned black in an instant, revealing a piece of white skin on Lin Jiedong's dark arm. In fact, it was not particularly white, but the contrast with the surrounding colors was too obvious, making that piece of skin look particularly white.
Lin Jidong: “…”
He was so embarrassed that he couldn't even cry. He pulled his hand back, but Sui Jing held it down and inserted the needle into his blood vessel.
After drawing blood, Sui Jing took the blood bag back to Fan Xin and handed it to her.
Lin Jidong held the remaining can of eight-treasure porridge and looked at Fan Xin.
He had been hiding in the bushes nearby and observing for a while, and saw with his own eyes how Fan Xin took out pots, pans, and so much food out of thin air.
Lin Jidong is a student at the cooking school in City A. He is from City S. After the doomsday, he was worried about his parents, so he rushed to City S with his schoolmates from the same city.
The journey was very difficult. There were dangerous zombies and people with bad intentions, and many of their classmates died.
After finally returning home, Lin Jidong saw a note left by his parents, saying that they had gone to the city center.
Lin Jidong and several classmates rushed to the city center in silence, but the doomsday had been coming for so long that it was difficult to find food. Where there was food, there were hordes of zombies. If they rushed forward, they would undoubtedly be walking into the tiger's mouth.
They endured hunger and starvation halfway through the journey, and finally became too hungry to eat and started peeling tree bark and digging up grass roots.
I heard that these things are edible. In the past, during famine times, it was considered good to be able to eat tree bark and grass roots.
Lin Jidong went to the toilet at that time. When he came back, they had already started eating. Lin Jidong quickly sat down, grabbed the grass roots and stuffed them into his mouth.
Before he had time to chew, he saw the classmate sitting opposite him suddenly choking himself, with an ugly look on his face and making strange noises in his throat.
Lin Jiedong was so scared that he thought he was going to turn into a zombie. The grass roots in his mouth fell out and he immediately jumped up to grab his weapon.
He had just grabbed the weapon and turned around. The classmates who had eaten the grass roots and tree bark looked painful, foaming at the mouth and fell to the ground. They twitched for a while and then became motionless.
Lin Jidong was shocked by this scene. After he came to his senses, he ran away crawling.
After arriving here, he couldn't hold on any longer and fainted from hunger.
Before fainting, Lin Jiedong thought he would never wake up again after closing his eyes, but he didn't expect that he could wake up again and even smell the long-lost smell of hot pot.
At that moment, he suddenly gained strength and rushed towards this side.
After drinking a can of eight-treasure porridge and feeling a little full, a feeling of sadness came over me and tears instantly burst out.
So many classmates died because of zombies.
So many people died because of bad intentions.
The few of them who were left had walked all the way here, but because they had no food, they died by eating grass roots and tree bark.
When they left school, there were dozens of them, but now he is the only one left.
Lin Jidong wiped away his tears and looked at Fan Xin and the others.
He gritted his teeth and walked over: "Can I join you?"
Fan Xin looked at him indifferently without any expression.
Lin Jidong stretched out his hand, and a fist-sized flame rose from his palm. His Adam's apple rolled, and under Fan Xin's gaze, he said nervously, "I am a person with superpowers."
Fan Xin looked at the tattered clothes on Lin Jiedong, which were almost just strips of cloth hanging on his body.
There was a line of blurry writing on the chest.
Crescent Cooking School.
Studying cooking?
Fan Xin asked curiously, "How are you doing in Xinyue?"
Lin Jidong was stunned for a moment, glanced at the hot pot between Fan Xin and the others, and swallowed his saliva: "You have learned very well. I could have graduated next year."
Fan Xin nodded: "Are you good at Chinese or Western cuisine?"
Lin Jidong seemed to have guessed something. He puffed out his chest, and the flames in his palms instantly went out. He said confidently, "I can cook both Chinese and Western food, and I can make all kinds of pastries. I even won a dish innovation award at school."
Fan Xin supported his chin and thought.
After a while, she waved to Lin Jidong.
Lin Jiedong's eyes lit up and he ran over quickly. When he reached Sui Jing, he felt his cold gaze and immediately stopped, looking at him nervously.
"Are you going to the safe zone?" Fan Xin asked him.
When Lin Jidong heard this, a hint of sadness flashed across his eyes. He nodded: "I was planning to go to the safe zone before, but now I plan to go and see if my parents are there."
After saying that, he hurried to see Fan Xin's reaction.
Fan Xin smiled and said, "That's perfect. I plan to open a restaurant at the entrance of the safe zone. I'll leave this restaurant to you."
hotel?
Lin Jidong had been struggling in the apocalypse for several months, and he knew very well how precious and scarce food was.
However, this person actually plans to open a restaurant?
Lin Jiedong's scalp tingled. He could imagine how dangerous it would be once the restaurant opened.
Those who are starving will keep their eyes on the restaurant all the time. Once they feel that you are not a threat, they will rush into the restaurant and grab food at all costs.
People who are so hungry that they lose their minds will not care about anything.
Seeing that Lin Jiedong didn't answer, Fan Xin didn't care. She washed the vegetables in the pot and ate them with the ingredients in the bowl, enjoying the delicious food.
Lin Jidong gritted his teeth: "I can do it!"
Fan Xin looked at his fearless look and found it a little funny. She raised her chin and said, "There's a bathroom at the back of the RV. Go take a shower."
She took out a set of clothes and threw it over: "Change into it."
Sui Jing's voice rang out faintly: "Who's sending clothes?"
Fan Xin glanced at him.
Lin Jiedong went to the RV to take a shower, changed into clean clothes and walked down. Fan Xin and the others had already finished eating.
Even the things are packed up.
Only the ball of grass that Kong Hongxi had lit was still burning fiercely.
Fan Xin kicked away the surrounding stones, then took out a pile of crystal cores and threw them into the fire.
Tang Su asked, "Why burn this thing?"
Fan Xin smiled: "I'll give it to you."
Tang Su: “…”
He thought Fan Xin was joking with him, but... thinking of a possibility, he couldn't help but look at Fan Xin, wondering if his guess was right.
After a pile of crystal cores were burned, Fan Xin threw them to Tang Su and said, "Divide them among them."
Tang Su held a pile of crystal cores and asked, "How much do you want?"
Fan Xin raised her eyelids and said, "You decide."
Tang Su's mouth twitched, he estimated the number of crystal cores, and then distributed them according to the number of people.
Bai Wenrou held ten crystal cores. They were shiny and beautiful, but the thought that they were dug out from a zombie's brain made her a little unacceptable. "Do you really want to eat them?"
Fan Xin: "It's not necessary, you don't have to eat it."
Zhang Huai had no expression on his face as he stuffed all the crystal cores in his palm into his mouth.
The crystal core melts in the mouth, slides into the stomach, and turns into a warm current, flowing through the body's meridians. The warm and comfortable feeling is fascinating.
"What about me?" Kong Hongxi saw Zhang Huai eating without saying a word, and found that Tang Su had given some to Baoer and Lin Jiedong, but there was no portion for her.
Fan Xin smiled faintly: "200ml of blood, want to exchange it?"
Kong Hongxi: "..."
She waved her hand: "Forget it, no need. By the way, I'm almost recovered, so I won't go with you."
Fan Xin nodded: "Let's go."
Kong Hongxi waved to them and turned to blend into the night.
After Kong Hongxi left, Fan Xin took out a van from the space and said to Tang Su and Bai Wenrou, "You already know how to deal with the crystal core. I'm going to tell you a meditation method..."
When Fan Xin said this, she did not avoid Lin Jiedong, who heard it clearly from the side.
Lin Jiedong glanced at Fan Xin with a complicated expression, lowered his eyes, and felt very uncomfortable. If they had met Fan Xin earlier, perhaps his classmates would not have died.
Tang Su carefully noted Fan Xin's words and nodded: "Should we set off too?"
Fan Xin smiled: "Didn't you say you were tired? Rest for a night and leave tomorrow morning."
Tang Su yawned and lay on the ground, his hands behind his head: "Ah...it's better for this person to be tired."
Fan Xin took out a tent: "So, do you want this thing?"
Tang Su flipped over and said, "Yes!"
The next day, Tang Su, Bai Wenrou and others drove away in a van.
Fan Xin glanced at Zhang Huai and said, "You don't have to leave for now."
Zhang Huai leaned against the RV, holding a dagger, and looked down at his toes: "Zombies and humans have an antagonistic relationship. Why are you still so protective of humans?"
Fan Xin didn't let him act alone, and Zhang Huai knew why, because of his hatred for humans.
That's why Fan Xin kept him by her side, just like Sui Jing.
Fan Xin smiled and looked at Zhang Huai: "You're wrong. It's precisely because we're zombies that we have to protect humans."
"The apocalypse has arrived, and the world has changed. Humanity will slowly adapt to this world and survive. If zombies disappear one day, humans will be able to live better. But if humans disappear from this world..."
Zombies need human blood, and once humans become extinct, zombies will not survive long.
Zhang Huai was silent.
Sui Jing stood under a tree not far away, leaning against the trunk with his arms folded across his chest. The words of Fan Xin and Zhang Huai came clearly into his ears, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
"fraud."
Perhaps without humans, the zombies will also slowly die, but Fan Xin is definitely not protecting humans for this reason.
He suddenly looked up.
The tall trees were lush with branches and leaves, blocking out the scorching sun, leaving only scattered spots of light shining on him through the gaps between the leaves.
The sun should be very warm, but he couldn't feel it. All he could feel was the biting cold.
Fan Xin walked up to Sui Jing without knowing when: "What are you doing?"
Sui Jing smiled at Fan Xin. He reached out and gently stroked her cheek with his bony fingers: "Your smile is very beautiful, but I don't like you smiling at others."
Fan Xin chuckled: "Is this your possessiveness?"
She stretched out her hand, pressed it against his chest, and raised her head to meet his gaze: "No, that's not good. You'll be in my way."
He gazed at the little face so close to him in the mirror, lowered his head, and pressed his lips against hers. A sweet feeling passed through his heart, and the cold feeling in his body instantly dissipated.
His Adam's apple rolled a few times: "I won't hinder you, but the place next to you can only be mine."
Fan Xin smiled: "I can consider it."
When Lin Jiedong finished cooking and came over to call them to eat, he happened to see this scene. He opened his mouth in shock.
What is going on here?
Men kissing men???
As soon as Kong Hongxi and Tang Su left, the RV became empty. Sui Jing drove the car, Fan Xin sat in the front, Zhang Huai exuded a gloomy aura, and Lin Jiedong found a seat at the back of the RV and sat down.
Weak, helpless and pitiful.
He felt that everyone in the car was not easy to deal with, so he didn't even dare to talk to them.
He now began to doubt what had given him the courage to ask Fan Xin to exchange food, and then to have the audacity to join them?
Especially regarding the relationship between Fan Xin and Sui Jing, he is still confused.
Fan Xin tapped Sui Jing's shoulder: "Go back to the safe zone."
When we arrived at the safe zone, it was already dark and the gate was closed.
Fan Xin looked around and his eyes fell on a place more than 100 meters away from the gate of the safe zone. There was a fast food restaurant there. The store was very large, but the doors and windows were broken.
"Go over there." Fan Xin pointed at the fast food restaurant.
Sui Jing drove the RV over and parked it at the door.
When I walked into the fast food restaurant, it was empty. There were no tables, chairs, or benches. There were blood stains on the ground. They were the blood of zombies, and they gave off a bad smell.
It should be the bloodstains left by the zombies cleaning up the safe zone.
The fast food restaurant has a large kitchen area of about 50 square meters. There is also a seating area of more than 20 square meters next to it, and the total area of the restaurant is 300 square meters.
Fan Xin took out the dining table and chairs that he had collected earlier from the space.
"That's it, Zhang Huai. You and Lin Jidong should clean this place up and fix the doors and windows. Once this place is tidy, we can open for business."
Lin Jidong looked at the 300-square-meter fast food restaurant with a bitter face: "Are you really going to open it? I'm afraid it will be robbed if I'm not careful."
Fan Xin looked at him.
Lin Jidong shuddered and quickly said, "Boss, I was just joking, haha, but, we open a restaurant, do we charge money?"
After the apocalypse, money became worthless, and no matter how hard he tried, Fan Xin would never accept the money.
Fan Xin said calmly, "Collect the blood."
Lin Jidong suspected that there was something wrong with his ears: "What?"
Fan Xin pulled a chair over and sat down, pointing at him. "Just like before, I'll trade blood. The starting price is 200ml, and the maximum per person is no more than 1000ml. You can decide the specific price yourself."
"Do it well and clean it up before tomorrow morning."
After saying that, Fan Xin waved to Sui Jing and left together.
Sui Jing drove back to the manor and just as he opened the door, he was met with a pair of scarlet eyes.
Qiong Sui, holding a pot of grass, stared at Sui Jing intently.
Sui Jing smiled and took out a ball of vines from his pocket: "Are you waiting for it? Sorry, I haven't had enough fun yet."
"Roar--" Qiong Sui bared his teeth angrily, threw away the grass in his hand and pounced towards Sui Jing.
Fan Xin walked around them and went inside.
Xu Yan was waiting for Fan Xin not far away. When Fan Xin walked over, she immediately followed.
"Call them all out." Fan Xin said to Xu Yan.
It's time to upgrade these zombies to level three, and Xu Yan can also upgrade to level four.
Xu Yan nodded and opened her mouth to let out a loud roar.
It seems that when Fan Xin was away, she managed this group of zombies well. After Xu Yan's roar ended, the zombies gathered here one after another.
Soon, these zombies were lined up neatly in front of Fan Xin.
Fan Xin controlled the blood in the space and divided it into streams that flowed into the mouths of all the zombies. After swallowing the blood, their scarlet eyes became much brighter.
She also fed them the crystal cores in the space.
The spiritual fruits in the space mature very quickly, and a crop can be mature in half a month. Fan Xin tried to plant the spiritual fruits on the black soil, and they actually grew.
Using spiritual fruits as seeds, they do not need to be watered with blood. They can absorb nutrients from the black soil and grow on their own, but their speed is not as fast as the crystal cores watered with blood.
But the crystal core consumes too much blood. For now, Fan Xin doesn't need too many spiritual fruits, so it's okay to let it grow slowly.
She didn't plan to harvest zombie heads anymore.
Fan Xin can still hear the vague mumbling occasionally now, but it doesn't give her a headache anymore, it's just that she can't hear it clearly.
But after hearing the mumbling, she had a strange feeling, a feeling that made her less willing to kill zombies.
Fan Xin glanced at the group of zombies in white coats over there. Only seventh-level zombies can recover their memories of their previous lives. If they are to be used, they must recover their human memories.
But, it’s still early for the seventh level.
Even if her base is established, they may not be able to reach the seventh level.
Fan Xin returned to the room and closed his eyes to meditate.
There are patterns of spirit tree leaves on her crystal core. When she is not meditating, these patterns prompt the energy in her crystal core to flow along the patterns, and her mental power is also driven along with it.
After closing his eyes and meditating, Fan Xin could clearly see the airflow flowing along the veins of the leaves.
Her mental strength grew rapidly.
She controlled her mental power to extend out and slowly spread. When the mental power expanded to its extreme, it had already covered the entire floor.
Fan Xin could see that Xu Yan had successfully advanced to the fourth level, and there was a wave of water energy surrounding her.
Xu Yan was actually a water type. Fan Xin sighed lightly, but she was not in a hurry. With so many zombies, she didn't believe that she couldn't find a group of earth and gold types.
Fan Xin saw Sui Jing next door. He was standing in the bathroom with his upper body naked and wearing only shorts. He reached out and knocked on the shower head, and some tiny pieces of ice fell out of the shower head.
Suddenly, Sui Jing raised his eyes and met Fan Xin's mental power.
Fan Xin: “…”
The zombies in the manor had all entered the third stage and had been fed enough blood. Early the next morning, Fan Xin and Sui Jing returned to the fast food restaurant together.
When we arrived, the fast food restaurant had been cleaned and looked brand new.
The doors and windows were repaired. I don’t know where they found the paint, but they painted the plaque at the door and rewrote the words with black paint.
The handwriting is not ugly, but it is not good-looking either.
Food is the most important thing——
Fan Xin looked at the plaque above and walked into the fast food restaurant that had become Food for Heaven with an expressionless face.
Zhang Huai and Lin Jiedong were both fast asleep on the dining table. I wonder how long it took them to clean up so cleanly last night.
She turned and walked into the kitchen. The kitchen was clean, but there was still nothing inside.
Fan Xin took out the gas stove, pots, pans, and various seasonings.
When it was fully light, the gate to the safe zone opened.
Fan Xin walked over and kicked Lin Jidong, who was sleeping with drool all over the table. "Get up, the safe zone is open."
Lin Jidong raised his head in a daze, but without opening his eyes, he changed his position and continued sleeping.
Fan Xin reached out and lifted him up from the dining table.
Suddenly, the whole person was suspended in the air. Lin Jidong was so scared that he opened his eyes instantly: "What's going on? What happened?"
He kicked his legs in panic and met Fan Xin's eyes.
Lin Jidong: “…”
"Boss... I'm timid, please don't scare me." Lin Jidong said with a sad face: "We worked all night last night to clean this place up."
Fan Xin put him down and asked, "Aren't you going to the safe zone to look for your parents?"
Lin Jidong finally reacted and quickly stood up: "Yes!"
Fan Xin looked at Sui Jing and said, "Don't go into the safe zone. Wait here for a while."
Sui Jing nodded obediently and waved to Fan Xin: "Okay, come back early."
Fan Xin and Lin Jidong came to the entrance of the safe zone together, and asked Lin Jidong to go to the inspection area at the entrance of the safe zone to wait for inspection.
She looked around and saw that Liu Kai was not at the entrance of the safe zone today. Fan Xin found someone and gave him a bag of biscuits to help her call Liu Kai out.
The man took the biscuits, agreed readily, and immediately went to the safe zone to help her call for help.
After a while, Liu Kai hurried out of the safe zone.
He was a little surprised to see Fan Xin: "Is it really you? How come you came back so soon this time? I just heard someone say you were looking for me, and I thought it was impossible."
He looked behind Fan Xin and saw no car. This was normal. She had only been gone for a day, so how could she have rescued someone so quickly?
Liu Kai smiled and said, "Come on, I'll take you inside. You should rest up. Running around all day is not a big deal. Are you here alone today?"
Fan Xin shook her head: "No, I came here to ask for your help."
Hearing this, Liu Kai patted his chest and said, "You said it, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help."
"I opened a restaurant up ahead and I'm looking for a few people to help out." Fan Xin said, "Three meals a day will be provided. It would be best if you could find me some water-type psychics. In addition to three meals a day, they'll also receive ten crystal cores."
Liu Kai looked at Fan Xin in surprise: "Are you sure?"
At this time, being able to provide three meals a day is a very attractive condition. Liu Kai was particularly envious when he heard about this condition.
The safety zone had been undergoing a restructuring some time ago. In order to save food, everyone in the safety zone, from top to bottom, only had one steamed bun to eat every day.
This period of time has been planned, but because the number of people in the safe zone has skyrocketed, food still needs to be saved.
Even these armed forces only have two meals a day, and each meal is limited, so it is impossible to eat enough.
Eat less and less food. Until the food problem is solved, everyone has to endure it with a tight stomach, and no one is an exception.
Even the crystal core is not as attractive as food.
"Wait a moment, I'll go inside and ask." Liu Kai was about to leave when he suddenly turned back and asked, "How many people do you need?"
Fan Xin thought for a moment and said, "Five for now, two of them need to be water-type."
"Okay!" Liu Kai walked quickly into the safe zone.
Not long after he walked into the safe zone, he ran into Shen Changnian.
Shen Changnian staggered after being knocked by him. After he stood firm, he scolded: "Liu Kai! How many times have I told you? You can't sprint in the safe zone. You bumped into me. What if you bump into an old man or a child?"
Liu Kai saw that the joy on Shen Changnian's face disappeared, and said with a bitter face: "I'm sorry, Brother Shen, I won't do it next time. This time it was mainly because of an urgent matter."
Shen Changnian narrowed his eyes: “What’s the emergency?”
"The guy who escorted so many people to the safe zone before is here. He said he wants to open a restaurant at the entrance of the safe zone. He's looking for help now, with three meals provided. Isn't it urgent for me to help him find someone?"
Shen Changnian looked towards the entrance of the safe zone: "Is that the one you reported to last time?"
Liu Kai nodded: "That's him."
Shen Changnian was silent for a moment, then asked Liu Kai: “Do you really think he is that powerful?”
Liu Kai rubbed his head and said, "It's not that I think he's amazing. I investigated what those people he sent back said before. If it were us, we would have died a thousand times over."
He was talking about the time in the dungeon.
Given the environment in the dungeon, and the group of supporters around Wei Yun whose fighting power was no less than their armed forces, it would be difficult to deal with them without a large army.
And Fan Xin, with only a few people around him? He was able to bring those people back safely without a single casualty along the way.
Shen Changnian didn’t speak.
Liu Kai didn’t know what he was thinking, so he said carefully: “Brother Chen, then I’ll go find someone?”
Shen Changnian waved his hand: “Go.”
Liu Kai ran away in a flash.
Shen Changnian stood there for a moment, then he walked towards the entrance of the safe zone.
Today, the safety zone was exceptionally quiet. No survivors had arrived, and only one person was checking. Shen Changnian glanced at it and then looked away, his eyes falling on the young man in black clothes and black pants at the door.
He looked young and had a slim figure. The loose casual clothes looked a bit loose on him. He was not very tall, a little shorter than the average man.
Fan Xin noticed someone was looking at her, looked up, and met Shen Changnian's scrutinizing gaze.
This man looked much younger than when she met him in her previous life, and he didn't have as many heavy shackles on his body.
Fan Xin's gaze fixed on Shen Changnian for a second and then retracted.
Shen Changnian walked towards her.
Fan Xin looked at Shen Changnian who was standing in front of him: “What’s the matter?”
Shen Changnian smiled: "Hello, I am Shen Changnian, the secretary of our Mayor Zhou. Mayor Zhou heard about you and wants to meet you."
Fan Xin raised an eyebrow: "Have you heard about my story? What about me?"
Shen Changnian smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. Mayor Zhou knows that you are searching for survivors and he appreciates it very much. You did what we should have done but failed to do, so he wanted to thank you in person."
Fan Xin: "No need."
Shen Changnian had a gentle smile on his face: "Please do me the honor."
Fan Xin didn't quite understand why Mayor Zhou insisted on seeing her. Was it really just to express his gratitude? Logically speaking, the safe zone hadn't become a base yet, so as a mayor, he should have a lot to do.
She saved a lot of people, but she didn't need the mayor to thank her personally.
Fan Xin was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Sorry to bother you."
When Shen Changnian took Fan Xin in, the staff just checked her body for wounds and let her go.
The safe zone is filled with people, and the population is so large that it's almost overcrowded.
Fan Xin saw that almost everyone in the safe zone was busy expanding the safe zone and building a new defense wall.
Everyone is doing what they can, and no one is idle.
Some young men around 20 years old were gathered in the square and arranged in small teams, each team had an instructor to direct the training.
The scene can be said to be in full swing, with a strong vitality and the indomitable spirit and resistance in the face of difficult times.
When human beings face disasters, there will always be people who show all kinds of positive energy and lead their compatriots to fight for a way to survive.
There are some scum with dirty thoughts, but there are more people who resist disasters with their tenacious will.
Seeing this scene, Fan Xin's mouth corners curled up slightly.
She had liked the Dawn Base very much in her previous life, and now that she saw the predecessor of the Dawn Base, she also liked it very much.
A correct leader has a huge impact on a base.
Shen Changnian brought Fan Xin to the door of the mayor's office. He nodded to Fan Xin: "Please wait a moment."
He knocked on the door and pushed it open.
After a moment, the office door opened again, and Shen Changnian stood at the door and made a gesture of invitation: "Please come in."
Fan Xin walked into the office, and Shen Changnian gently closed the door behind him.
This office is quite plain, with piles of work documents and a wall of bookshelves behind the desk filled with densely packed books and documents.
Mayor Zhou, dressed in formal attire, sat on a bench. He waved to Fan Xin and said with a smile, "Fan Xin, right? Come and sit down."
Fan Xin was not surprised at all as to why Mayor Zhou knew her name.
She walked over and sat down across from him.
Mayor Zhou picked up the teapot and made a cup of water for Fan Xin: "It's just water. Do you mind?"
Fan Xin shook her head: "How could that be? I am disturbing you, Mayor."
She glanced at the things on her desk and asked, "Mayor, what's the matter that has taken the time to see me during your busy schedule?"
Mayor Zhou put down the teapot, smiled a vicissitudes of life and helplessly, and sighed: "I mainly want to thank you for saving my troublesome son."
He looked at Fan Xin with complicated eyes. This young man was about the same age as his son, but the gap between them was immeasurable.
If Zhou Jinchen could have some of Fan Xin's abilities, he would feel relieved.
Fan Xin smiled and said, "Mayor, you're too polite. I just stopped by. It's not like I saved you."
Mayor Zhou shook his head.
He has gray hair on his temples and his eyes are very clear. It can be seen that he is an upright man, otherwise he would not have raised a son like Zhou Jinchen.
He looked at Fan Xin with eyes full of love.
"I know all about you searching for survivors everywhere. You're a good kid."
Fan Xin: “…”
When she saw Mayor Zhou's relieved expression, she didn't know for a moment whether she should explain to him that saving people was just a fair trade.
Searching and rescuing survivors was a thing of the past life.
Fan Xin looked at Mayor Zhou with mixed feelings. She picked up the water cup in front of her, lowered her eyes and took a sip.
Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere became silent.
"Actually, I want to entrust you with something when I see you this time." Mayor Zhou sighed, a look of worry on his face. "This matter is a bit dangerous. I have known your abilities before, but the dangers over there are unknown, so I am not sure if you can handle it."
He looked at Fan Xin and said, "I'll first explain to you what I want to entrust you with, but I'm not forcing you. If you don't want to, you can just refuse me. Do you understand?"
Fan Xin raised her eyes and looked at Mayor Zhou: "You go ahead."
"Our country has a secret research institute in Red Moon Mountain where they are conducting research on biological genetic modification."
As soon as Mayor Zhou finished speaking, Fan Xin's eyes turned cold.
Biological genetic modification, such projects are generally conducted on human bodies.
However, this kind of experiment is expressly prohibited by the country, otherwise the crazy doctor would not have had to escape.
The smile on Fan Xin's face disappeared. She looked at the mayor in front of her with a new perspective: "Mr. Mayor, are you talking about human body experience?"
Mayor Zhou shook his head and explained, "No, it's not a human experiment."
"You should have heard of the Starry Sky Prophecy." Mayor Zhou stood up and walked to the window. He looked out, his back looking very weathered. "A few years ago, there was a rumor that the Starry Sky predicted the coming of doomsday. It was widely spread at the time, but it was later confirmed to be false."
"What does this have to do with the Starry Prophecy?" Fan Xin frowned.
Mayor Zhou looked back at her and said, "The starry sky prophecy is true, but it doesn't predict the end of the world. It predicts a temperature change. Four levels will become two seasons, one season in the day and one season in the evening."
Even Fan Xin couldn't help showing a look of surprise when he heard this.
Temperature differences, two seasons, day and night, isn't this what's happening now?
Mayor Zhou saw Fan Xin's surprised expression and sighed, "Actually, we didn't decipher the star prophecy until a year ago."
After the prophecy was interpreted, the country's insiders fell into a brief period of confusion, but they soon regrouped and began to make plans for the future as predicted.
However, I don’t know whether they didn’t decipher it, or it simply didn’t mention the changes in time, zombies, and magnetic fields, so that when the doomsday came, the country was caught off guard.
After the apocalypse, all signals will be blocked by changes in the magnetic field, and humans will return to a state where they cannot communicate if they are a little far away.
After the apocalypse came, he immediately organized people to clean up the zombies and maintain a safe area, and then asked Shen Changnian to do his best to send out the news of the safe zone.
But because of changes in the magnetic field, no one knows whether these messages have been sent.
"So, what exactly is the research on Hongyue Mountain?" Fan Xin calmed down and looked at Mayor Zhou calmly.
Mayor Zhou said with a bitter taste in his mouth: "It's animals and plants."
Extreme temperature fluctuations are difficult for humans to adapt to, let alone animals. If animals and crops die en masse, and food runs out, that would be the true end of humanity.
"The researchers in Hongyue Mountain are all leading researchers in various regions of the country. They are important researchers for our country and are important talents that we cannot lose."
"After the apocalypse arrived and the safe zone was secured, I immediately sent people to Red Moon Mountain. However, without exception, every time I sent someone out, I lost contact with them and they never returned."
"So, I have no idea what the situation is over there. But the danger level is definitely very high."
Mayor Zhou looked at Fan Xin and said, "There are more and more humans in the safe zone, and the number of armed forces is no longer enough to maintain the safety of the safe zone. I have already recruited a large number of young and strong people to participate in training and security maintenance, but there are no more people to send to Hongyue Mountain."
He looked at Fan Xin seriously and said, "So, I'd like you to try and see if you can bring back the researcher from Red Moon Mountain."
Mayor Zhou walked up to Fan Xin and bowed deeply. "Please, consider this carefully."
In his previous life, Fan Xin didn’t know anything about biological research.
The end of the world is coming, and the temperature changes rapidly every day. Crops cannot withstand such temperatures and dry up and freeze to death. The surviving plants have mutated and basically contain highly toxic substances. Plants without toxins are inedible.
Animals also died in large numbers due to the temperature difference, and those that were able to adapt to the temperature and survived also underwent various degrees of mutation. The mutated animals were more ferocious than zombies.
Fan Xin looked at Mayor Zhou, who was bowing before her, and reached out to support his elbow. "Do you have a map to the Red Moon Mountain Research Institute?"
Mayor Zhou looked up and gave Fan Xin a complicated look. He closed his eyes and said, "Yes."
His eyes were red, and he grabbed Fan Xin's hand: "Whether it succeeds or not, I thank you on behalf of all mankind."
Fan Xin pulled her hand back: "I'm just going to take a look first. I can't guarantee that I can bring the person back safely. The mayor doesn't need to thank me so early."
It has been more than half a year since the end of the world. Even if she can easily enter and exit the research institute, who can guarantee that the people inside are still alive?
Mayor Zhou smiled bitterly, "I understand. I'm very grateful that you accepted my commission. No matter what the situation is at Red Moon Mountain, please prioritize safety."
Fan Xin didn't know how sincere his words were, but she nodded anyway: "I know."
"I heard you don't have many people around you. Go pick out a few skilled fighters from the armed forces and have them go with you." Mayor Zhou looked at Fan Xin gently. "I'll have them follow your lead."
Fan Xin looked at Mayor Zhou in silence. In the end, she said nothing but nodded, "Okay."
Mayor Zhou pressed the bell on the table. The bell was connected to a wire that passed through the window and connected to the bell in another room.
After a while, there was a knock on the door, and Shen Changnian walked in from outside: “Mayor.”
Mayor Zhou: "Changnian, take Fan Xin to the armed forces and select a few people."
Shen Changnian was stunned for a moment, then nodded: “Okay, please follow me.”
Fan Xin stood up and followed Shen Changnian out.
The armed team was training in another place. When Shen Changnian took Fan Xin there, the armed team was still carrying heavy loads.
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