Bai Yaoyao ventured a little farther that day.
After all, the two groups of cash cows she had met yesterday would be arriving in a few days. Emptying their pockets in advance would hurt their long-term spending.
So she went straight to the neighboring city.
She would spread the word, replenish some of their supplies, and encourage them to come to the Dark Night Restaurant while she was at it.
The neighboring city was in much better shape. Bai Yaoyao noticed there were hardly any zombies on the roads. Clearing the roads to this extent just one month into the apocalypse took some real skill.
As it happened, the Military Games had been taking place here, bringing together Soldier King-level elites. The zombie outbreak had struck right in the middle of the competition.
It was an extraordinary coincidence. After quickly subduing the zombies within their ranks, they had headed straight into the city and begun clearing out the undead.
That was how they had minimized the damage, seized control of numerous cities at top speed, and wiped out virtually all the zombies.
But this particular city had suffered an outbreak of mutant rats. They never confronted humans head-on, instead steadily devouring every kind of food supply.
Whatever they could not eat, they burned or destroyed, determined not to leave humans a single scrap.
So when people went searching for supplies and food, all they found was devastation.
If they could not resolve the food shortage, their forces would likely face serious trouble. Their leader was already decisive enough, but faced with this situation, he truly had no solution.
Bai Yaoyao arrived while the leadership was meeting to discuss whether to seek help from the neighboring city.
"Sir! There's a little girl of four or five at the Safe Zone entrance.