89: Then I accepted it and set my sights on myself! (Please read it later)

Chapter 89: "Then I'll accept it; he's got his eyes on me!" (Seeking continued readership)

Life is full of surprises; opening the door revealed two beauties.

Lu Zheng was in a very good mood.

He had just acquired one Transcendent Material Card, and unexpectedly, another one appeared!

"Ding! Survivor detected, scanning in progress."

"Name: Cao Lei"

"Age: Twenty-three years old"

"Identity: Ace warrior of the Fire Phoenix Special Forces"

"Assessment: Beautiful appearance, agile movements, strong initiative, strong execution, quick thinking, compassionate, principled."

"Conclusion: Meets the four requirements of 'virtuous and wise, beautiful and intelligent.' Successful protection will grant one Transcendent Quality Infinite Material Card."

Any woman who can be evaluated as 'virtuous' must possess an extremely outstanding ability, in addition to basic moral and physical conditions.

This Cao Lei was clearly exceptional in terms of combat proficiency.

She and Yin Xinyao shared similarities, yet there were also certain differences between them.

The short-haired woman stood there like a sharp blade, full of keenness.

"Hello, Mr. Lu, I am Cao Lei, a warrior from the Fire Phoenix Special Forces."

Cao Lei spoke first.

Lu Zheng glanced at the two and asked with a smile,

"Is there anything I can help you with?"

Cao Lei continued,

"It's like this, I heard that Mr. Lu is benevolent and charitable, and he especially likes to take in delicate and unsupported beauties."

"This is my friend, Ruan Lingxiu. She is a single mother with a baby daughter still in swaddling clothes who needs to be raised."

"Life is difficult now, so I brought her to ask Mr. Lu to take her in."

As she finished speaking, Ruan Lingxiu shyly bowed slightly to Lu Zheng, and a flash of white skin appeared and vanished.

"Mr. Lu, please be kind and take in my daughter and me."

"I will surely repay you by working like an ox or a horse; I will not disappoint you."

With that, she knelt directly at Lu Zheng's feet, bowing her hands to the ground.

Lu Zheng sighed at this sight.

"Too many people are suffering in the apocalypse. Although I have good intentions, my abilities are indeed limited."

"However, since Ms. Cao brought her, I will take her in."

"Leaving other things aside, I can guarantee that you will eat and drink well, have plenty of milk, and be able to raise the little baby."

As he spoke, he helped Ruan Lingxiu up with both hands.

Ruan Lingxiu's appearance indicated that she wasn't lacking breast milk. As long as she ate and drank her fill, there would be no need for formula; breast milk would be enough to feed the little one.

Upon hearing Lu Zheng's promise, Ruan Lingxiu immediately threw herself into Lu Zheng's arms, tightly embracing his waist.

"Thank you! From now on, you are my husband, my everything!"

This was a woman as tender as water.

Lu Zheng felt as if he was enveloped by a embrace of water.

It was really good.

Although it was just a basic material card, Lu Zheng was still very satisfied with this person.

Lu Zheng directly embraced Ruan Lingxiu and then looked at Cao Lei.

"Ms. Cao, if you need my help, you can contact me anytime."

"Take these ten Teleportation Talismans to protect yourself; you absolutely must not get hurt."

Upon hearing this, Cao Lei couldn't help but twitch her face.

This Mr. Lu was truly unashamed in his desire for beauty.

He had just taken in Meng Lianyun and Ruan Lingxiu, and now he was eyeing her!

But she adhered to individualism, firmly relying on her own strength to obtain what she wanted.

Taking the Teleportation Talismans, she said with a smile,

"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Lu. If that day ever comes, I will come to find you."

Lu Zheng nodded and said nothing more.

He still respected others' choices; the incident with Su Baitao last time was an accident.

After the matters at Xishan Base were handled.

Lu Zheng directly had Shi Xueqi open a spatial gate and then sent Ruan Lingxiu and her daughter, along with Meng Lianyun, back to Jinge Building.

He still had to travel, so he could only properly savor the deliciousness in the evening.

Lu Zheng had Shi Xueqi leave a spatial gate at Xishan Base, located in a room specifically left by Fang Qiankun, to serve as a regular contact point.

He had not yet arranged for garrison personnel at Xishan Base.

There was no rush for that.

Departing from Xishan Base, Lu Zheng's next destination was Hongzhou City, Tonghua Prefecture.

That was Yin Xinyao's hometown.

Coincidentally, the next destination, Mingzhu City, was on this straight line.

Taking a helicopter, it took just over an hour to enter Tonghua Prefecture.

Yin Xinyao's parents were both police officers; her father, Yin Guoxiong, was the deputy director of criminal investigations, and her mother, Milan, was in charge of the physical evidence department.

They both worked at the municipal bureau. Before Yin Xinyao lost contact with them, they were together and were protecting the evacuation of the public.

Besides her parents, her paternal grandparents and maternal grandmother also lived with them.

In other words, Lu Zheng needed to find all five of them.

After entering Hongzhou City, Lu Zheng had Tantai Huanyan use her telepathy to determine an approximate location.

Then, he used a Sealing Card to seal Chen Degong, who was piloting the helicopter, as well as Shi Xueqi and Tantai Huanyan.

Using a Teleportation Talisman, after a few breaths, they arrived near the target location. Flying up on his sword, he discovered that there was actually a base here.

It wasn't an official base; there were no military garrisons. Instead, it was a group of ordinary people, with only some sticks and similar weapons in their hands, and a few firearms.

Many of them were ability users, although only first-tier, with the strongest being only second-tier, but it was already a considerable force.

Clearly, this should be a privately organized civilian base.

This base was established within a high school.

Xinyuan High School, with a total of fourteen buildings, all connected by corridors, allowing movement between the cafeteria, office building, gymnasium, and other places without needing to go downstairs.

The teaching buildings had no elevators, only large staircases, reaching about six stories high, and generally taller than ordinary residential floors.

The fourth floor and above were absolutely Safe Zones.

This place was indeed suitable for a base.

He had Xiong Jiner investigate and determined that there were approximately nearly three thousand people in the base.

This was not a small number.

The daily consumption of supplies was a significant pressure for any leader.

Like the base established by Shi Shichang in Mingyu City on an elevated bridge, many people were so hungry that they could only go down themselves to try their luck and find supplies.

The things harvested each day could only sustain a portion of the population.

This was the reality.

However, Lu Zheng observed that most people in this base actually looked quite well.

Ensuring everyone was fed, besides Lu Zheng, no other leader could achieve this.

But at least the people in this base didn't seem particularly hungry, indicating that the minimum guarantee was similar to official bases, or even a bit better.

Lu Zheng was rather interested in the base's manager.

This person's abilities should be quite good.

Arriving on his sword before a base guard, Lu Zheng spoke,

"I'm here to find someone. Take me to see your leader."

Facing a person who had flown in on a sword, the guard dared not be negligent and quickly replied,

"Please wait a moment, I will go and report right away."

With that, he called another person and had him lead Lu Zheng to a room to rest for a while.

A moment later, that person followed behind a young man.

The young man introduced himself,

"Hello, I am Xia Qixuan, the general manager of this base. May I ask who you are looking for?"