The male supporting character was actually myself.

Now she's falsely accusing us of pushing her! How could you take in a woman who twists the truth like that? If we encounter zombies again, she'll definitely abandon you and run away!"

"You... talking nonsense!" Tang Xueli's face turned red with anger. She stood up, intending to have a good talk with the guy who was deliberately trying to confuse the issue.

Jiang Chen, still smiling, asked loudly, "So it wasn't you who wronged her, but she who wronged you?"

When we first arrived at the camp, why did you run over crying and apologizing?

What kind of understanding are you asking for?

Shouldn't they have the right to come up and question him?

They apologized first, and now they're turning around and blaming each other, all within half an hour. Are you schizophrenic or do you think everyone's brains have been eaten by zombies?

The girl with the affected manner panicked for a moment and shouted even louder, "No, that's not how it is! Let me explain!"

"What are you yelling about?" The burly man maintaining order walked over, gun in hand, and said in a gruff voice, "Are you afraid the zombies can't hear you? You're all talk and no action, so shut up and go back to your side! If you don't behave, get out!"

After chasing away the shouting girl, the burly man smiled and assured them, "You two should get some rest. I guarantee no one will bother you again!"

"Um... can we say something?" a woman in her thirties, who had been observing them for a long time, asked in a soft voice.

Just as the burly man was about to shoo him away, Jiang Chen gestured for her to stay.

“The five of us are together.” The woman was holding a sleeping baby in her arms, who looked to be about a year old.

The gentle and intellectual woman pointed behind her and explained, "I just escaped from L City."

During the apocalypse, my husband and I were taking our child to the hospital for a check-up. When we were escaping, we ran into a doctor and two lab technicians. Since we couldn't find another car, the five of us with our child had to squeeze together.

We don't know where to go either. Can we go together?

My husband is a professional chef and also knows some basic repair skills;

I'm a fashion designer who can cut clothes, and I'm also a doctor and a lab technician—they're all very useful!

If we can't be together...

We heard from those guys that you sell weapons. Do you think we can make a deal?

Jiang Chen glanced at them, and the female doctor in her forties hurriedly took out her work ID, trying to prove that she was not lying.

"Can you drive?" he asked Tang Shirley in return.

The other person immediately blushed and shook their head.

If you come from a poor family, it's good enough if you can eat your fill and go to school. How could you possibly have the chance to touch a car?

"Start studying hard from tomorrow," Jiang Chen instructed, and he nodded in agreement. "Come with us first thing tomorrow morning. There's someone in my car who can drive."

“Okay, we can all drive!” The three men and two women were very happy.

Although people tend to be wary of strangers in the apocalypse, these five were still strangers in a group.

After careful observation, they felt they could take a gamble and expand their team.

Even if the other party doesn't accept your offer, you can try trading for some weapons. In the apocalypse, besides food and water, a handy weapon is very important.

Many people in the camp were crammed into one vehicle, and they slept outside at night.

After washing up, Jiang Chen lay down on the reclined chair and quickly fell asleep;

Tang Xueli lay on the comfortably padded back seat, listening to his steady breathing as she slowly fell asleep;

The little white cat curled up beside him, fast asleep, occasionally kicking its short legs.

As dawn broke, Jiang Chen woke up the few people who had just joined the team, and they drove two cars away from the camp.

The woman holding the child is named Du Rui; her husband is a round-faced, fair-skinned man named Guo Quanyi.

Female doctor Zhao Meihua; young laboratory technician Sun Yu; senior laboratory technician Zhang Mingze.

The outgoing Sun Yu rode in Jiang Chen's car, while Tang Xueli looked at a map and directed the route. A regular family sedan followed closely behind, heading towards M City.

Early in the morning, the people in the camp began to wake up and prepare for a new day of escape and struggle.

The bald, fat man, sitting on the roof of the car, called out, "I have information about a safe base for sale, including the exact address. If you want to know, trade food or water!"

The news of a safe base has always been considered sacred among fugitives.

Upon hearing that there was a specific address, everyone seemed to see light and hope.

Many people eagerly traded supplies for information, while others waited to join the main group and pick up any leftovers.

Unexpectedly, the fat man's team was very skilled at selling information. After receiving the supplies and providing the address, the others blocked the road with guns and waited until the person who bought the information drove away and was out of sight before selling it to the next person.

Those who bought the information are eager to take off like a rocket.

Firstly, so that they can arrive at the base sooner and settle down;

Secondly, how could I possibly let others benefit from the information that I bought with my own resources?

But most people learned new skills from the fat man, and when they encountered other survivors, they would sell information about the base to earn some food and water.

The girls, lacking sufficient supplies, couldn't buy any clues and could only wait until everyone else had left before crammed into a found car and drove aimlessly forward.

"Damn it! Out of gas!" The boy driving slammed his fist on the steering wheel and cursed viciously.

In novels and movies, you see luxury cars everywhere in the apocalypse, and killing zombies is as easy as chopping vegetables.

But the reality is that even after finally finding a beat-up car with a key and the door open, you can't even find extra gasoline.

All the cars without zombies had already been looted by others.

They dared not go to areas in the city with abundant supplies because of the zombies.

As for fighting zombies, that's even more impossible.

Putting aside their disgusting and terrifying appearance, just the thought of getting even a little bit of them could lead to infection made the five girls completely resistant.

Chapter Seven: M City Security Base

As the only boy who has awakened his superpowers, he feels powerless to protect the five girls who can only scream and do nothing else.

He looked at the ground outside, which was distorted and rippled by the intense sunlight, and said helplessly, "Let's go down and push the bike. If we leave the bike here, we won't even have a safe place to sleep at night."

"Pushing a cart?" The drowsy girls suddenly exclaimed.

Are you kidding me?

On such a hot day, I was thirsty, hungry, and tired, and I still had to push the car forward slowly.

"Gao Yuan, are you even capable?" the girl complained. "You're a grown man, shouldn't you take the initiative to do the heavy lifting?"

Another girl immediately chimed in, "Yeah, yeah, men should take care of women. Besides, you have superpowers, and your strength and stamina are much better than ours. I can help you hold the steering wheel, and we can take turns pushing!"

"You're not stupid, are you? You're sitting here while others take turns pushing you, why should they?"

"I have a driver's license and I can drive!"

"Pah! When you need to drive all night, why don't you mention having a driver's license and being able to drive? Besides, this is the apocalypse, it doesn't matter if you can drive without a license, the traffic police have all turned into zombies, they don't care if you have a license or not."

"I don't care, I'm not going to get down and push the car. I was the one who found this car first. You guys have been working on it for so long for nothing, it's time for you to do something."

"You little scoundrel, why didn't you mention your efforts when you ate the food I traded for?"

"Hey, stop arguing, we need to solve this problem..."

"Stop trying to smooth things over and pretending to be a good person. What are you scheming, green tea bitch pretending to be innocent for!"

The car was filled with noise, and Gao Yuan, annoyed by the noise, yelled, "Stop arguing! It's the apocalypse and you still act like pampered princesses? You wouldn't go fight zombies when I asked you to; you all shirked your responsibilities when I asked you to gather food and water, and now you're making such a racket!"

"Gao Yuan, how dare you say that? Look how powerful that superhuman Tang Xueli is with is! You've awakened your own superpowers and you're still such trash. Zombies are disgusting, do you think we're like you, a perverted and violent maniac?!"

……

The group was arguing heatedly, their faces flushed, and none of them noticed the cars appearing in their rearview mirrors.

A moment later, they were surrounded and the other party suddenly pulled open the car door, only then realizing what was happening.

"Hey, you've struck it rich, boss! You've got a bunch of hot chicks on your hands!"

"She looks alright, just a bit dirty."

Several shirtless, bearded men with yellow teeth bared their yellow teeth and dragged the terrified girl off the bus.

Only then did they scream in terror, begging Gao Yuan to save them.

The other person gripped the steering wheel tightly and watched this scene. Finally, their gaze fell on the other person's long-barreled shotgun, and they gave up resisting. They got out of the car and raised their hands, saying, "Don't kill me. I have superpowers and can contribute to the team."

The gang leader glanced at him and, sure enough, he could unleash a small ball of flame. He nodded and allowed him to get into the last car.

As for the other girls, they were punched and kicked and then dared not scream anymore, only curling up and crying.

They then imprisoned them in the cargo compartment of a truck, which was driven away from the empty truck that had run out of fuel and been abandoned.

"Is this the base?" Tang Xueli asked softly, looking at the high wall with the electric fence in the distance.

M City is home to a large number of troops. When the apocalypse came, they were the first to control the situation and clear out a large safe area. In just a few days, they established a base to shelter survivors.

The base also sends out search teams from time to time to search for supplies and rescue trapped survivors.

Du Rui was so excited that she didn't know what to say while holding her child. The others were also thrilled, finally they had a safe place to stay!

"We'll be leaving the base at noon in five days," Jiang Chen reminded them, calculating the time. "If you want to come with us then, come here beforehand and wait. We won't wait for you if you're late."

"it is good!"

Although no one wanted to leave once they found a safe base, they agreed nonetheless.

The female doctor, Zhao Meihua, was still thinking that they had encountered three waves of zombies along the way. If it weren't for Jiang Chen, they might have already lost their lives. Even if she didn't want to leave five days later, she would come here to see him off.

In the end times, sometimes a farewell is forever.

The base was large and strictly managed. After three checks confirmed that there were no bite marks on them, young men in uniforms led them to the bulletin board in the square. "Please read the announcement carefully and do not do anything that violates the rules, or you will be expelled from the base."

The entire base is clearly laid out.

Zone 1 is a restricted area; ordinary people are not allowed to enter.

Districts two through six are residential areas. Houses are rented using contribution points earned from submitting supplies, with District two being the most expensive and so on.

District Six consists of slum dwellers who stay in the base, unwilling to go out to fight zombies and collect supplies, and unwilling to put in the effort to participate in recruitment work. They occasionally do odd jobs to earn some contribution points to support themselves, or even survive by begging or stealing.

Electricity was available in Zones 1, 2, and 3, as well as in public areas, but only a small portion of other areas had electricity at night.

"Contribution points..." The five-person technical team was a little worried.