A cute, timid mushroom mistakenly takes the zombie king for her boyfriend and sticks close to him.

In Gong County, amidst the ruins, preparations were completed in all directions. Before leaving, Zhou Ziming sent an earth-elemental ability user to survey the area below.

Although Pei Sinian said the mutated plant was dead, he was still a little worried and wanted to go down and check again.

The conclusion reached was the same as Pei Sinian's: the mutated plant died inexplicably.

He breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help feeling worried. He vaguely felt that everything was just beginning, and that humanity still had to guard against zombies and mutated plants at the same time.

Humans need to eat, and if even plants mutate, then they really don't know what to do.

However, that's all for later. Humanity can only take it one step at a time for now. In this ruthless apocalypse, all living things are weak ants, only able to survive in the cracks.

The road in Gong County had collapsed, and was full of potholes and difficult to travel on. Fortunately, they had earth-elemental ability users. With the combined efforts of all the earth-elemental ability users, they managed to build a road that allowed the vehicles to leave safely.

Jiang Xiaofeng had been waiting for a long time, standing anxiously at a distance. When he saw a convoy emerging from the ruins, his anxious expression softened, and he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

The reason why Zhongyu Base was able to understand the situation in Gong County so quickly was thanks to seeing Jiang Xiaofeng. He concealed some details and explained the situation back then to help Zhou Ziming and the others.

His superpower was weak, so Zhou Ziming didn't take him inside, but left two people to guard outside.

Seeing only three people outside the car, Wang Gang, on his deathbed, sat bolt upright in shock, exclaiming, "Where's my Tiantian?"

No matter what, he was the second-in-command of the mercenary group, and given the special identities of Su Lanyue and Mu Qingfeng, they were arranged to sit in Zhou Ziming's car.

Wang Gang rolled down the car window, and a blast of cold air rushed in. The deafening noise was so loud that even people in other cars could hear it.

Zhou Ziming picked at his ear: "What is that?"

"My woman..." Wang Gang seemed to realize something, his eyes widened, and he suddenly leaned out the window and shouted, "That girl from the Su family, didn't my woman come looking for you?"

A cold wind whistled, and his loud voice seemed to echo in the empty space, but there was still no sound behind him.

He frowned. If Meng Xiaoyou was here, then it was very likely that You Tiantian had failed...

It seems this little girl is difficult to deal with.

The difficult little girl was munching on cookies in the car when Pei Sinian handed her a tissue.

She ate very well, with her cheeks puffed out and her rosy lips only opening when she was biting into bread. When she took a piece back to chew, she wouldn't open her mouth or smack her lips. Her eyelashes would flutter as she ate, and when she was happy, she would shake her head, just like... a plant swaying in the wind.

As he watched, Mr. Zombie's Adam's apple bobbed.

The mushroom immediately realized what was happening and exclaimed, "Ah! Do you want some too?"

She hadn't seen Pei Sinian eat much, but when she saw his Adam's apple move as if he was swallowing, she assumed he was craving her cookies.

"What's mine is yours, eat it if you're hungry!" Mushroom generously handed over the bag, indicating that he could take what he wanted to eat.

Pei Sinian's eyelashes drooped, concealing the turmoil in his eyes.

He wanted to take it, but once he took a bite of what he wanted to eat, he could never eat it again.

However, upon meeting the little girl's bright, sparkling eyes, the man lowered his head slightly.

Instead of taking the cookies from the bag, he reached out and grabbed her other wrist. Using her hand as a base, he pressed his thin lips against the bitten cookie, aligning them with the small teeth marks.

Meng Xiaoyou was stunned for a moment, then looked at Pei Sinian, and then at the half-eaten cookie in her hand that had been snatched away. Her face flushed red instantly.

He grumbled and took back the cookies.

They won't feed us anymore.

He's a bad person; he didn't want what was offered to him, and instead tried to steal it from her.

She licked the cookie crumbs off her lips, then stopped eating and glared angrily at Pei Sinian.

Until a driver in front of you pointed out, "It sounds like the person in front is calling you."

"What?" Meng Xiaoyou wiped her mouth with a tissue and waited for the driver to open the car window before peeking out.

I heard someone in front of me call her a girl from the Su family.

She shook her head decisively, "Su Yatou is in the car ahead."

driver:"……"

He was speechless for a moment, "Miss Meng, they were calling you."

Meng Xiaoyou: "???"

Damn it, when did these humans change Mushroom's surname without her permission?

She protested in a low voice, "Isn't it possible that my surname is Meng? Even if I change my surname, I'll still choose Dan!"

"..."

There was some kind of wrangling going on ahead, but anyway, the convoy finally started moving.

The car was full, and coincidentally, the passenger seat of Meng Xiaoyou's car was empty. As soon as Jiang Xiaofeng got in, he saw Meng Xiaoyou and her group.

He subconsciously looked around but didn't see the little zombie.

Jiang Xiaofeng didn't ask, but nodded to Meng Xiaoyou, "Wang Gang just asked about his girlfriend, the woman who was eaten by the zombie horde."

Meng Xiaoyou had a vague recollection of it.

Jiang Xiaofeng warned, "That woman You Tiantian must have been instigated by Wang Gang. In short, you'd better stay away from Wang Gang in the future, as he may be targeting you."

Mushroom listened attentively, nodded solemnly, and politely thanked him, saying, "Okay, thank you."

Wang Gang… Pei Sinian’s lowered eyes were filled with coldness.

Another entry was added to the ledger.

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The journey became much easier once the convoy left the Gong County area. Within City B, the zombies had been driven to small towns where no humans lived, so there were no zombies or unexpected situations along the way. Finally, an hour later, they arrived at the largest base in City B—Zhongyu Base.

It is many times larger than the Moonlight Base, resembling an ancient city wall, with walls reaching a height of 9.90 meters. From a distance, it looks like an awe-inspiring behemoth.

In addition, the entrance below is not as cluttered as the Moonlight Base; the Zhongyu Base has its own order.

Various inspection equipment have been upgraded, and an intelligent superpower recognition system has been installed on the door. Anyone who enters can be scanned to see if they have any wounds from being bitten by zombies, as well as their level of superpower or whether they are an ordinary person.

Zhou Ziming returned with a group of wounded soldiers who were missing limbs, and they went through a special passage and underwent special examinations.

He had already sent a message to headquarters via walkie-talkie, and the people at the research institute were already waiting in the special passage.

"You've worked hard, Ziming!"

The man who came was a man in his thirties, tall and thin, with an average but not ugly appearance, the kind that grows on you. He wore black glasses on the bridge of his nose, and his narrow eyes were smiling, making him seem very approachable.

They don't address each other by official titles when they're together. According to them, official titles are just empty names. In this apocalyptic world, who cares about such trivial matters? Calling each other by name is more sincere.

In reality, it was all just superficial sincerity; Zhou Ziming shook hands with the man symbolically.

"Mr. Lu, what brings you here?"

As everyone knows, this Mr. Lu is a highly respected senior researcher at the institute and his "closed-door disciple." He usually assists that senior researcher in studying zombie viruses. Why would he care about their trivial matters?

In layman's terms, it's a waste of talent.

Absolutely unnecessary!

Moreover, this man is a notorious smiling tiger. Don't let his shabby appearance fool you; his personality is just as shabby.

He's incredibly petty and has unwittingly tricked people more than once or twice. Zhou Ziming was terribly harmed by this scoundrel before.

He dared not be careless in the slightest when it came to Lu; he even wanted to stomp on Lu's smiling face to vent his hatred!