Chapter 338 Arrival in the New Capital

Chen Yu patted Wang Mengmeng on the head.

She shrank her neck with an "Ouch," and then they stood up together.

"Let's go."

The alloy door of the Safety Compartment opened, and light poured in all at once.

The sky outside the window had cleared up at some point; the stuffiness accumulated from the days of rain had been washed away completely, and the sunlight was intense.

Inside the Baby Bus, several girls had changed into pretty clothes, looking ready for action.

"The Living Area is right ahead, look!"

Yang Kexin was in the driver's seat, wearing a light blue short-sleeved shirt, looking straight ahead.

Li Mengyao had returned to the front of the Vehicle, wearing a pure white short-sleeved T-shirt, with a thin silver chain visible at the neckline.

This necklace was a gift from Chen Yu before the apocalypse, and now it had become a treasure.

She also sighed with emotion: "It's much more impressive than the last Binhai City Residential Zone!"

The other girls echoed:

"...This is too spectacular!"

"Those buildings! Look at those buildings! Binhai City didn't have any this tall! Is that an antenna or something on the roof? It's flashing!"

"That looks like a billboard? There's writing on it, but it's too far to see clearly."

Wang Mengmeng's voice suddenly rose: "A billboard! Could there be a shopping mall? If there's a shopping mall, there must be a bubble tea shop! I'm going to make myself a cup of bubble tea to reward myself!"

Shen Qingci had changed into a dark gray slim-fit knit sweater, her long hair draped down, making her look very casual.

She shook her head: "Even if there are ingredients for bubble tea, I'm afraid they wouldn't be edible. We should look for a supermarket first."

Wang Mengmeng turned her head, pouting: "Senior sister! Can you stop pouring cold water on me? It's a Living Area, a Living Area! The point is living!"

Shen Qingci raised an eyebrow: "I'd like to live too, but which station has actually let you live?"

Zhang Wanyue nodded: "The last Binhai City Residential Zone caused quite a lot of trouble, and... the residential area there was fully covered by the Eye of Peace, let alone this Number 5 New Metropolitan City, where only the core area is covered."

Shen Qingci stated firmly: "Don't forget, the last time, the people from the three schools combined only amounted to ten thousand people. This time, it's thirty times that!"

Wang Mengmeng stroked her chin: "That's true..."

Wang Mengmeng suddenly thought of something: "Brother Chen Yu! We're about to reach the Living Area! I can finally change my clothes now, right!"

Chen Yu glanced at her: "Yeah, go ahead."

Wang Mengmeng was dressed too skimpily right now, which attracted a lot of attention.

But, other people's attention was just trouble.

Getting Chen Yu's permission, Wang Mengmeng trotted into the Safety Compartment.

Li Mengyao followed the navigation map's guidance and steadily parked the Baby Bus in the designated parking area at the edge of the city.

It was called a parking area, but it was actually a patch of simply leveled concrete ground.

The ground still had traces of yellow lane markings.

Vehicles were parked crookedly in their respective slots one after another—off-road Vehicles, vans, modified trucks, and so on.

The sounds of car doors opening were incessant.

The parking area was full of survivors getting off their Vehicles.

In groups of two or three, some carrying bags, some carrying weapons, some holding children.

Everyone's direction was surprisingly consistent.

They were all surging toward several wide roads entering the city.

Looking from afar, it was like a group of tourists queuing up at the entrance of a tourist spot waiting to have their tickets checked.

Wang Mengmeng was the first to jump off the bus, having already changed out of her maid outfit into a loose short-sleeved T-shirt tucked into the waist of her light blue denim shorts, revealing a section of fair thighs.

"Woohoo!"

"This lineup really looks like the entrance to a tourist spot during the Golden Week holiday!"

She was wearing a pair of white canvas shoes, and she looked completely like... a female student out for a stroll on a weekend afternoon.

She even bounced a little when she landed.

"Hurry up, you guys! Don't dawdle!"

Then Deng Yuxin got off from the side door: "You went out to play during the Golden Week?"

Wang Mengmeng looked back at her: "Who didn't go out and squeeze through crowds before the apocalypse? You look ahead, and it's all people's heads; you take three steps and stop for two."

Shen Qingci also jumped down, wearing a light gray baseball cap with the brim pulled low, and she was also wearing a mask.

Then Zhang Wanyue, Qiao Xi, Lu Xiaoyu, Zuo Shi, and Liu Manqing followed, one after another, walking out of the Vehicle.

Light beige knit cardigan, loose linen shirt, pink doll-collar dress, black short T-shirt and denim shorts, light purple cardigan...

They stood neatly beside the Baby Bus.

"Holy shit..."

Not far away, next to a modified pickup truck, three men were squatting and gnawing on compressed biscuits.

The one sitting on the hood, who looked to be in his thirties, had originally been looking down talking to his companion, but after his peripheral vision swept over here, his voice got stuck.

His companion next to him followed his gaze, and the water bottle in his hand stopped halfway up.

"Holy shit..."

"What, what's going on?"

"Look over there by that car—"

"Which one?"

"That bus, that ferocious-looking bus—"

"Damn!"

Amidst a flurry of curses, everyone cast sidelong glances.

The design of the Baby Bus wasn't enough to shock them this much.

But so many beautiful women...

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine..."

"What's the deal with this? Bringing nine girls in the apocalypse? Is he driving a bus or a harem?"

"Keep your voice down, they'll hear you!"

"Let them hear, I can't even find one woman in my entire convoy, he brings nine by himself, is there any justice?"

Some just glanced and looked away, some whispered to each other.

Seeing this formation, Wang Mengmeng immediately straightened her back, lifted her chin slightly, and her walk became unbothered.

"Mengmeng, can you walk normally?"

"I am walking normally."

"Your arm swing is almost hitting me."

"That's because you're walking too close."

"..."

In reality, it wasn't just Wang Mengmeng; the other girls were also quite happy.

Before the apocalypse, they were all the pride of the Haicheng Film Academy.

Anyone picked from the teaching building could be the type to be secretly photographed and posted on the confession wall on campus.

Being looked at, being discussed behind their backs, being secretly photographed—these were originally just daily occurrences, but they became rare after the apocalypse.

However,

It was only because they had Chen Yu backing them up.

Without Chen Yu,

Naturally, the lower profile, the better. How could they talk about attention?

Chen Yu walked at the very back, directly ignoring these gazes.

However, he had to admit,

The average attractiveness of the girls on the Baby Bus was quite heaven-defying, and in an environment like the apocalypse, it was even more extreme.

Before they even entered the city,

A middle-aged man in a shirt approached them, holding two bottles of drinks:

"Beauties! Thirsty? Homemade honey lemonade, one Low-grade Energy Core for two bottles!"

Wang Mengmeng tilted her head and took a look: "Honey lemonade? Where would you get lemons in the apocalypse?"

"Uh... it's made with concentrated juice! Concentrated juice! It's also very thirst-quenching!"

Wang Mengmeng sneered: "A bottle of drink, and you want us to trade a Low-grade Energy Core for it?"

"Not drinking."

Chen Yu passed by from the side without even turning his head.

The middle-aged man chased for two more steps, but was blocked by a look from Shen Qingci, and he stopped sheepishly.

After walking another dozen meters, a skinny man carrying a sack came over: "Brother! Brother! I have some supplies I just got, want to take a look? We can negotiate the price—"

"Not interested."