After saying goodbye to the children, Chen Wan and the others returned to Wei Siyu and asked several members of the guard team if there was any place nearby where they could find level 3 mutant animals. They also asked if there was any zoo or park near Jeolla City.
The guard who had been at the base for a while said, "There's a park west of Jeolla City, but it's small and ornamental. There are some animals there. But with the chaos of the apocalypse, they might no longer be there. You could go to Qingji City and take a look. I heard there's an unofficial auction there where they sell a lot of scarce supplies every day. Because the organizers pay the local military a large sum of money, they're protected by the Qingji City military."
Chen Wan nodded. "Okay, thanks. We'll look for it. If we can't find it, we'll try our luck at the auction market you mentioned."
"No need, I just heard the gossip from people in the base." The guard replied with a smile.
After inquiring about the situation and helping Wei Siyu sort out the list of names at the base, Chen Wan said, "Everything has been settled here at the base. We'll be leaving tomorrow."
Wei Siyu knew Chen Wan and the others had things to do, so she sighed and replied, "Take care. When you're done, you can come back to the base and stay. Don't worry, I won't treat the base as my personal property like the Ming brothers did. I'll make sure everyone lives well."
"I know, you are not like them." Chen Wan said with a smile.
In the evening, Chen Wan and the others packed up and prepared to set off early the next morning. It had rained intermittently in the past few days, and Chen Wan just hoped that it would not rain too heavily when they left.
The vegetables and fruits in the simulated sunroom were ripe. Chen Wan was shocked when he saw the various vegetables inside, as well as the watermelons and other fruits grown in the fields. The things growing here looked the same as before the apocalypse.
When the baby saw the watermelon, his eyes lit up. He pointed at the watermelon with his little finger and asked Chen Wan to look at it: "Mommy, look at the watermelon~"
"See you, baby. I'll cut one for you after dinner." Chen Wan brought out a watermelon to coax the baby.
The little boy touched Guagua with his little chubby hands and acted coquettishly towards Chen Wan.
For dinner, Chen Wan and her friends prepared two kinds of soup bases, tomato and butter. They cut up a lot of octopus and beef, as well as green leafy vegetables such as cabbage and lettuce. They also soaked a lot of sweet potato noodles. They really hadn't eaten vegetables for a long time.
The little bowl of Zaizai was filled with beef, octopus and lettuce leaves, and there was a glass of orange juice in front of him.
She was so happy as she ate the food in the bowl with a big noise. She also liked to eat green leafy vegetables!
Chen Wan and the others even put the octopus meat into the butter pot, and the beef into the tomato pot. Since Jiang Wanning doesn't eat beef, they tried to cook the beef in one pot.
Several people washed a large head of cabbage. They were really short of vegetables. Chen Wan took a bite of the cabbage in the butter pot and felt like she was going to heaven.
The sweet potato vermicelli was cooked in a tomato pot until soft, and paired with large slices of beef. Chen Wan ate a full bowl by himself, which was really satisfying.
Qin Ke and his friends were also eating enthusiastically with their bowls in hand. In the end, all the octopus meat and beef were finished. At the end, they even cooked some noodles for everyone to share.
After dinner, Chen Wan cut the watermelon he had taken out of the sunroom and shared it with everyone. He prepared a small bowl for Zaizai and put small pieces of watermelon in it. Zaizai obediently used his own small spoon to scoop and eat.
Before going to bed, the baby was still acting coquettishly in Chen Wan's arms, rubbing against Chen Wan and asking, "Mommy, will there be any melon to eat tomorrow?"
"Yes, our baby is so cute, and he has melons to eat every day." Chen Wan picked up the baby and kissed his little face. The baby was so happy that he couldn't stop laughing. When he heard that there were melons to eat, he even had a smile on his face when he was sleeping.
Chen Wan and Jiang Yanxin looked at the cub for a long time before they were willing to look away. Jiang Yanxin leaned in Chen Wan's arms and said, "I don't know if it will be easy to find the third level 3 animal mutation crystal core. I have to start running around again tomorrow."
"We'll find it eventually. Once our strength is improved, we can find a place to settle down temporarily, or we can come back to find Wei Siyu." Chen Wan comforted softly.
In the end times, no one can guarantee any real safety. One can only move forward based on their feelings. Sometimes Chen Wan doesn't dare to imagine that he has experienced so many things in recent times, but this is the true face of the end times.
The next morning, Chen Wan said goodbye to Wei Siyu and the others. The squad leader and Li Yue also ran over to see them off. Chen Wan smiled and looked at them, "Okay, go back now. It's not like we won't see each other again in the future. You all need to take good care of yourselves."
Chen Wan waved to a few people and was the last one to walk into the RV.
Li Yue, with red eyes, shouted from behind: "Sister, we will all work hard."
Chen Wan turned around, smiled and waved at her, then got into the RV.
Yiyi drove to the park in Jeolla City and took a walk around, but unfortunately the park was in a mess.
, some of the small animals that were previously kept there have long disappeared.
Yiyi also used her scanning function to scan the surroundings and found no traces of animals, but there were some level 2 zombies.
"There are no level 3 mutant animals around here. Let's look somewhere else." Yiyi turned the car around and prepared to drive towards Qingji City.
"Okay, let's look for it as we go." Chen Wan nodded while sitting in the passenger seat.
They drove all the way to the southern part of Jeolla City. Along the way, they killed dozens of zombies and absorbed more than a hundred small cars and three large trucks parked on the streets. Apart from that, they did not see any mutant animals.
Chen Wan and the others had no choice but to follow what the guard said and go to Qingji City to try their luck.
At noon, everyone had a simple meal. The sky outside gradually darkened and it began to drizzle again. Yiyi frowned and continued driving. She always felt that the rain was coming more and more strangely. Sometimes it would last for a day or two, and even if it stopped, the sky would still be covered with dark clouds.
After driving for another two hours, Chen Wan and his companions finally entered Qingji City. What Chen Wan didn't expect was that there were guards at the checkpoint in Qingji City. A rough glance showed that there were about fifty people guarding it. They seemed to be armed military personnel.
Sure enough, when Chen Wan and her group passed the checkpoint, they were stopped. The man in the lead saluted and said to them, "Everyone in the car needs to get out and be inspected before entering. There is a survivor base in Qingji City, and the zombies and mutant animals have been cleared out. It is very safe, so we will strictly inspect anyone coming in from outside. Please cooperate."
Chen Wan and the others hadn't expected to have to check again, so they said, "Everything inside the RV can be seen from the outside windows, so it's hard to clean. Can you check from the stairs? I'll open the bathroom door."
"Okay, what's in the truck behind? It needs to be opened too." The soldier said after looking at the truck behind.
"It's the meat of mutant animals. We heard there's an auction here, so we came here specifically to exchange it for crystal cores." Chen Wan explained. The door inside the RV was very hidden, like a decoration, so there was no need to worry about anything. The dogs were also on the second floor playing with Ye Lan and the kids, so there was no need to worry about being discovered. There were only Chen Wan, Yiyi, and Jiang Yanxin on the first floor.
Chen Wan and the other two got out of the car and let the soldiers check the RV. The soldiers took a quick look and felt that it was clean and tidy, but they didn't notice anything else. So they simply closed the door and left.
Several soldiers were shocked to see a truck full of octopus meat on the big truck behind.
"What are these?" the soldier looked at Chen Wan and asked.
"Well, it's the meat of a mutant octopus. We spent a lot of effort to get it." Chen Wan nodded and explained.
"How many crystal cores are you going to exchange for these? It looks like it must be around 10 tons?" The soldier was also shocked.
"It's a good opportunity to ask you. We want to exchange the crystal cores of level 3 mutant animals. Do you know how to get to the auction house?" Chen Wan thought for a moment and asked. Since they had seen it, it would be no big deal to tell them directly. It would also make him appear more open.
"I know. It's across the street from the base, at the square. Level 3 animal cores are very valuable and a scarce resource. I remember the last auction was a month ago. You can find an uninhabited residential building there, or settle down at the base and see what the latest auction items are."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Chen Wan smiled and thanked him.
"No need, it's my duty." Seeing that there was nothing wrong with Chen Wan and the others, the man asked the people next to him to let them pass.
A soldier beside the captain was still sighing after Chen Wan and the others left: "They're really impressive. They got such a truckload of mutant animal meat. The people who have come here recently are really talented."
"Hey, it's just a small fight. We don't lack supplies in our base." The captain said with a chuckle.
"That's true." The soldier nodded in response.
Their base in Qingji City is connected to Jing City, so they have abundant supplies and enough troops. They killed all the mutant animals around them and brought back dozens of trucks of mutant animal meat. This is also thanks to the emergence of outstanding psychics in their military.
These people were no strangers to mutant animal meat, so they were just shocked that Chen Wan and his team had a truckload of meat. They had no other thoughts at all, because the military really had everything they needed.
Chen Wan did not drive the RV directly to the square, but turned into a residential area diagonally opposite and parked it. She and Qin Ke planned to go over and inquire about the situation first, while the rest of them stayed at the RV to rest.
Chen Wan and Qin Ke each brought two pistols for self-defense and got out of the car and walked towards the square. Although the sky in Qingji City was foggy, fortunately it did not rain. As Chen Wan and Qin Ke walked all the way here, they actually felt that the atmosphere in Qingji City was a bit like before the end of the world. There were actually residents strolling on the streets. Chen Wan found it quite novel.
She and Qin Ke walked to
Outside the auction hall, it was written that today's auction items included: "Mutated pork, mutant beef, wild vegetables, military canned food, light machine guns, pistols, high-end perfume, diamond rings, etc."
Chen Wan looked around and found that there was nothing she wanted in today's auction. Coincidentally, there were people around her looking, so Chen Wan asked them, "We just arrived in Qingji City. I'd like to ask if this auction will be held every day? Will the items change?"
"There are auctions six days a week, and the remaining day is used to count supplies. The auction items are changed every day. What do you want to change?" The man replied when he saw someone talking to him.
"I want to exchange some crystal cores." Chen Wan said.
"The crystal cores may not be available until next week. Scarce supplies like crystal cores are usually only available once a month. Try waiting a little longer. Since you just arrived, you can go to work at the nearby military shipyard. They provide two meals a day, and sometimes they even give extra supplies. It's quite friendly for people who don't have much." The man reminded them when he saw that Chen Wan and the others were penniless.
"Okay, thank you."
Chen Wan and Qin Ke walked a little further away before speaking: "It seems that the military has noticed the recent changeable weather and has actually started building ships."
"Yes, and the military must have meteorological experts. They must have noticed something and are making preparations in advance." Qin Ke nodded and said.
"Looks like we'll have to wait here for a while. We don't know if there will be any Level 3 mutant animal cores by then." Chen Wan was still a little worried. They hadn't encountered any Level 3 mutant animals since the octopus, and they didn't know if they would ever find what they were looking for.
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