Evacuate With Us!

Ever since the news of the evacuation spread, Jiang You noticed a significant increase in people active outside.

She lay on the balcony, watching the scene below through binoculars.

Da Zhuang seemed to have picked a fight with some animal outside lately. Every night he went out to brawl, and every morning he'd return covered in injuries. Jiang You would bandage and disinfect him, but as soon as night fell, the cat would be back to full strength and off to fight again.

Right now, it was daytime. Da Zhuang was wrapped up by Jiang You like a mummy, listlessly lying on the ice blocks to cool off.

It lazily glanced outside. Under the scorching sun, the air itself seemed to warp. Yet, in this extreme heat, that woman was training outdoors all day, constantly looking around. She seemed to have a masochistic tendency.

But thankfully, at least she hadn't stopped the ice supply to the house.

Da Zhuang yawned and rolled over, pressing its back against the ice blocks. It felt so comfortable that the entire cat seemed to melt into a puddle.

Because the community's main gate had been completely repaired, with a long green belt separating it.

As long as no extremely loud noises were made, the zombies on the street wouldn't be attracted.

A couple of zombies wandering outside the large iron gate would occasionally slam their bodies against it, making clanging sounds, but they weren't very persistent.

After a couple of hits, they'd wander off elsewhere.

At the entrance of the three-story building belonging to the Thunder Team, several more survivors went inside. This was already the sixteenth group to enter.

Ever since the Thunder Team entered the community, they had immediately repaired the neglected main gate, isolating the zombies from the street.

They also cleared out the zombies wandering within the community, significantly increasing the safety of the entire area. Through a series of subsequent actions, they had, without anyone realizing it, become the leaders of this area.

The other teams seemed to implicitly respect them. On several occasions involving large-scale zombie clearing operations or resource searches, the Thunder Team had taken the lead in organizing them.

The captain of the Thunder Team was a young man with red hair, appearing to be under thirty and very tall.

The reason Jiang You remembered him immediately wasn't because he was handsome, but because the man could maintain a head of crisp red hair in the apocalypse, making him extremely eye-catching wherever he went.

And now, Jiang You was counting the survivors entering the building.

In just one morning, over two hundred survivors had entered that building.

She gnawed on a duck neck while holding her binoculars.

Having been exposed to the sun all morning, Jiang You was covered in sweat, her skin slightly reddened by the sun.

She turned her head, finished most of the duck neck in her mouth, and spat it onto the ground.

Before it even hit the ground, Da Zhuang quickly caught it in its mouth and began to chew and swallow.

Jiang You picked up another duck neck and put it in her mouth, continuing to gnaw. She took a sip of chilled sparkling water when she felt thirsty, living a rather pleasant life.

The scorching sunlight shone on her skin. Although there was a slight, faint stinging sensation due to the high temperature, it felt strangely comfortable.

She bit down on the straw, drinking her beverage, her eyes fixed on the half-dead catnip in the flower bed.

Judging by their actions, these people were probably discussing evacuation plans.

After all, resources were scarce in the city, and much of the food had been ruined by the previous heavy rain.

With so many survivors, they would eventually need to seek new directions for their lives.

However, she had no intention of leaving. At least, she was quite comfortable here right now and too lazy to move.

"These people are probably all leaving. Da Zhuang, do you want to leave the city?"

The calico cat, which had been gnawing on bones, looked up at her, baring its teeth, its fur bristling.

"Meow!!!"

You don't want me?!!

"Why are you so fierce? If you act like this, no female cats will like you in the future. Are you planning to keep those two testicles of yours idle forever?"

Da Zhuang gave her a look and sauntered back into the house, continuing to lie on the ice blocks to cool off.

Jiang You pointed at the few mice still scurrying around in the fish tank. "That's your duck neck. Go eat your duck neck!"

This cat had become smart now. In the past, it would eat every mouse it caught.

Now, it would catch several mice and throw them into the empty fish tank, opening its own restaurant whenever it felt like eating. Whenever the fish tank was running low on mice, it would replenish the supply itself.

Jiang You didn't think there was anything wrong with a cat eating mice.

After all, having seen it gnaw on a zombie's brain, she felt that as long as it didn't want to eat her, she could accept anything.

As expected, when Jiang You went downstairs in the afternoon, she saw quite a few survivors already packing their belongings.

She also ran into Hao Hong, who had just returned from outside, when she went downstairs.

Hao Hong had a somewhat dirty backpack slung over her shoulders, bulging with unknown contents.

She held a curved saber in her hand, her body covered in sweat.

Hao Hong was stunned for a moment upon seeing Jiang You, then asked, "Jiang You, are you leaving?

We're planning to organize an evacuation together at first light tomorrow.

Many survivors near us are teaming up to leave together; there are more people, making it easier to break through. You should come with us!"

As she spoke, she wiped her face, and the bloodstains on her hand immediately smeared onto her face, but she didn't seem to care about such minor details.

The blackened, foul-smelling blood clearly came from zombies, though perhaps also from humans.

Jiang You hadn't expected her to know her name.

She even took the initiative to greet her, shaking her head, "I'm not leaving."

"Are you stupid? You're not leaving! The city is full of zombies now, and there are fewer and fewer humans!"

She grabbed Jiang You's arm and pulled her into a corner, speaking in a hushed voice.

"Let me tell you quietly, the powerful people already evacuated in the first batch. Although the announcement says this is the first evacuation, it's actually the second! This is our only chance as ordinary people!

If you don't leave now, you won't have the army escorting you when you want to leave later!

The closest Bright Base is over a hundred kilometers away. How will you get there?

You'll have to run faster than all the zombies on your own!

But if there are many people and you all go together, then every time you encounter a zombie horde, you only need to run past the person in front of you!

If you don't leave now, you won't be able to leave at all later!"

For some reason, when Hao Hong first met Jiang You, she didn't like this girl who looked a little too beautiful.

Especially after she found out her own older brother liked her.

But ever since that time Jiang You killed someone in front of her, she had been paying attention to this young girl intentionally or unintentionally.

Don't let her young age fool you; she was very capable.

Hao Hong often saw her going out alone with a crossbow or a long saber, and she had also accidentally seen her fighting outside.

She was a small rose, a small rose growing in thorns.

She didn't need to rely on anyone.

Hao Hong hoped this beautiful flower would continue to bloom, blooming in the apocalypse.

Therefore, when planning the evacuation, she unconsciously thought of her.

Since she ran into her today, Hao Hong persuaded her, "Don't be foolish. The whole world has collapsed. No one cares about us people at all. If you don't seize this opportunity, you'll either be eaten by zombies or turn into one.

"I've said so much, do you understand?" Hao Hong looked anxiously at the girl in front of her.

"Come with us. The base is safer than a city full of monsters!"

Looking at the girl in front of her, whose appearance was bright yet carried an indescribable sense of docility, she suddenly felt like the saying "the emperor isn't worried, but the eunuch is anxious" applied.

She was anxious like a monkey, jumping up and down, while the other person was as steady as could be!

After listening to her long speech, Jiang You still shook her head.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I don't want to leave for now."

Hearing this, Hao Hong was so angry she wanted to knock her out and take her away.

But looking at the cold, gleaming Miao Saber in her hand, she clearly remembered how smoothly that saber had split the zombie in half.

The moment it cut through, Hao Hong could even clearly see the zombie's internal structure.

That saber was very cool and very fast.

So she swallowed and gave up the idea of knocking Jiang You out.

"Fine, fine, fine. I've already warned you anyway. It's up to you whether you leave or not. We're leaving tomorrow anyway. See you around!"

"Yes, goodbye."

Jiang You waved politely and then left.

Hao Hong stared at her retreating back in disbelief: She left, just like that?

"Hong Hong, what are you looking at?"

A man came up to her. Seeing her staring wide-eyed at a slender figure, he teased her flirtatiously.

"Hong Hong, why are you looking at women like that? Look how fair and tender she is, and her waist is so thin. She's probably another woman who relies on men to survive. Don't bother with them.

Not everyone is like you, so beautiful and so capable."

The man specifically emphasized the pronunciation of the last word.

Hao Hong felt extremely disgusted.

Seeing Jiang You's slender back and the fair, tender skin revealed, he remembered the woman he had exchanged for a moldy bun last night, and his eyes flickered slightly.

He also liked Hao Hong, but Hao Hong's brother was not to be trifled with, so he only dared to take advantage of her verbally, not going too far.

"However, this woman looks like she should be good-looking. If I have a chance, I'll try, but I don't know if the price is expensive?"

He stroked his chin and smiled, his eyes narrowed into slits, resembling a rat hiding in the dark.

Hao Hong shot him a cold glance: "Go to hell! If you have nothing to do, get lost. Good dogs don't block the way!"