Almost traveling day and night, despite encountering trouble along the way, they didn't take too long. By the morning of the fourth day, a researcher looked at the map: "Central City is between the original East and West cities, only about sixty kilometers away from us."
"If we hurry, we'll be there in an hour. I hope we don't encounter anything else. I'm so sick of this journey."
Zhong Yan's enthusiasm had long since run out. Even if those things only stuck their necks out for him to chop, his wrist had been sore from chopping for days. He was annoyed just thinking about them.
Zhu Yan felt sorry for him. She only let Zhong Yan fight when there were more onlookers. Otherwise, she would resolve it with a wave of her hand.
Because of her deliberate actions, Zhong Yan gained great fame in the cities they passed through. It was estimated that soon all survivors in this land would know him as a powerful, friendly, and helpful ability user.
There were still hundreds of millions of people in this land. She hoped that by the end, more of them could survive.
"Let's go after we eat."
They were eating instant food. Zhong Yan's longed-for grilled fish never materialized. After days of hard travel and poor meals, his facial features had become much sharper than when they set out, and his youthful baby fat had almost disappeared.
He looked in the mirror, pinching his face. "But I think I'm even handsomer now, right?"
"You've lost some weight. We'll eat well and replenish it when we get back."
"Replenish what?" he asked haughtily. "Replenish baby fat? You just can't stand me looking good. This is so much better. I look older, and I can finally be your brother."
"You want to be my brother?" Zhu Yan raised an eyebrow. "Incest?"
Zhong Yan's entire face instantly turned rosy, blushing pink as he said guiltily, "What are you talking about? Who wants to... do that with you?"
"Hmm? You don't want to?"
He glared at Zhu Yan without speaking.
"I don't accept platonic relationships. If you don't want to, should I find someone else?"
"How dare you!"
"So, do you want to?"
Zhong Yan lunged forward and kissed her, expressing his desire with his actions.
The others, having finished packing, returned to see the two of them kissing. They all had looks of accustomed resignation.
Although they really couldn't understand why Zhu Yan, who seemed uninterested in everything and everyone, as if always indifferent to everything, would like such a spoiled and childish young man.
Was it really because he was good-looking?
But in their team, with over a hundred thousand people, there were too many good-looking individuals. Not to mention others, the two Zhu brothers they had brought back, Zhu Xingchen was a former international movie star with a face so exquisite and handsome that he could charm anyone.
Zhu Yujue had the script of a winner in life. He was born the heir to a trillion-dollar fortune. Even now in the apocalypse, his awakened light-element ability was powerful and rare, and he himself was incredibly handsome. Their Captain Zhou was tall, strong, and extremely handsome, a genuine special forces soldier. The newly joined Lu Huaqing had a refined, roguish, and elegant demeanor, and his abilities were also very powerful...
They suddenly remembered Mr. Lu, who had subdued everyone with a single move. He had been chased and stabbed by their sword. In front of her, he was sent flying in an instant without any ability to fight back.
Thinking of it this way, it seemed that all those other powerful ability users were too weak in front of them.
This young man, whose name they didn't even know, despite his many flaws, was good-looking, possessed powerful abilities, and had high combat prowess. When considered like this, they were actually the most compatible.
"Cough, cough."
Someone couldn't help but interrupt them. After receiving Zhong Yan's angry glare, he said somewhat guiltily, "We... should be going."
The driver today was an ability user, a young man in his twenties. In fact, Zhu Yan was the only woman in the entire team.
In their team, the probability of men awakening abilities was higher than women. Due to women's inherent physiological weaknesses, the death toll of women, children, and the elderly was much higher than men during the initial mass deaths in the apocalypse. This number became even larger during the escape.
Savior...
Even after the apocalypse ended, it would take many years for the gender imbalance caused by this disaster to be resolved. Also, if the leaders of all survivors could not handle male-female relationships well, the problems arising from the competition for marriage rights would become a serious historical issue.
For example, in the world where Bai Peijin was the protagonist, if the male protagonist Zhu Yujue hadn't been equally powerful, Bai Peijin would have cheated on him countless times.
Men who survived not only fought each other for the few women but for a long time, women were treated as commodities, bought, sold, and rented, becoming mere victims of their struggles.
And women with abilities were not only the focus of attention, able to choose their partners freely and live superior lives, but those at the top were completely indifferent to the lives of those at the bottom. Women at the bottom struggled to survive in the era of the Dharma's decline. As the number of women decreased, they became even more scarce "commodities," a vicious cycle.
Zhu Yan realized that this time her mission was more than what Zhen Jie had said. More importantly, it was to observe the situation in Central City.
If the authorities were good, she would let Zhong Yan help stabilize the situation. Otherwise, she would have to find a more suitable person.
"There are people ahead."
Someone stuck his head out of the car window: "Are they zombies? They don't look human."
"Let's go see, won't we know?" The driver stepped on the gas. A few hundred meters away, they arrived quickly.
They were indeed people.
People like walking corpses.
Dozens of people stood, sat, or walked along the wide road. They were dressed in rags, their faces sunburnt red, and they were dirty, disheveled, and miserable-looking. Sudan Fiction Network.
The driver stopped the car and shouted at them, "Hey! Who are you people? What are you doing here?"
Those people nudged each other, hesitant for a moment before someone walked up. He glanced at the people in their car.
"Where are you from? Are you going into the city?"
"From the south." The person frowned. "What are you doing here?"
"We're from out of town. The city gates are guarded now, and we can't get in. We have to pay with supplies or food. Those who can't pay aren't allowed in."
"Who set the rule?"
The country and the army would never set such a rule.
"The ability user organization in the city."
Zhu Yan frowned.
The situation in Central City seemed not good.
How long had it been since the apocalypse? And already people were arbitrarily exercising the powers that only the country and the army possessed.
"Miss Zhao, we..."
Her eyes were cold. "Let them follow."
"But..."
"If a few civilian organizations can exercise the powers of the country and the army, who do you think is in charge of Central City now?"
The soldier's expression changed, and he immediately shouted, "Yes!"