146: Good times are always fleeting.

Ji Yan turned around and yelped, "An Armored Vehicle? Girl, how do you have something belonging to our military?"

He still didn't believe it, so he knocked on the Armored Vehicle to confirm it was real.

"Found it." Si Nan had already opened the driver's door and sat inside, giving Ji Yan those two words lightly.

"Are you messing with Uncle Ji? You can 'find' this? Find one for me too? I'll drive it back, hahaha." Ji Yan quickly got in to try it out. Oh my god, it was too cool.

"Sure, if I find one, I'll give it to you. Actually, I snatched these two from others." Si Nan laughed loudly and started the Armored Vehicle. She had plenty of brand-new Armored Vehicles in her space, but her space couldn't be exposed, and she couldn't give anyone an Armored Vehicle.

"I knew it." Ji Yan was convinced. "Like father, like daughter, indeed. This is too safe. You two came out in it to search for supplies, right?"

"Mhm." Luo Sen nodded. Mentioning food, he quickly took off the backpack on his back and handed the bread and water inside to Ji Yan.

Ji Yan didn't stand on ceremony and took them. "I am indeed starving."

While eating, he threatened Luo Sen, "Although you are a rare handsome man, the most suitable match for our Si Nan in the world, you must treat our Si Nan well, or I'll bring a whole regiment to beat you up."

"Provided that regiment of yours can beat me," Luo Sen said, smiling faintly.

"Hahaha—" The two men burst into laughter.

The three began chatting casually.

"Little girl, you wouldn't know, but every time I messed up, your dad would kick my butt. If I didn't execute a movement properly, your dad would still kick my butt. Your dad just loves my butt."

"Ahahaha~" Si Nan laughed heartily, slapping the steering wheel.

Suddenly, Ji Yan remembered, "Oh right, girl, although I can't join you, I can recommend someone who can. Do you still remember Jian Bing?"

"I don't remember," Si Nan shook her head.

"That greenhorn recruit who took you to play with the Armored Vehicle the first time your dad was invited back as an instructor after retiring? He secretly taught you how to drive the Armored Vehicle behind your dad's back. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to drive this big guy now."

"Oh, it's him! Of course, I remember, I've always remembered. I just didn't know his name was Jian Bing. Everyone called him Soldier Brother back then. I thought it was a joke, I never thought it was his real name."

"Yes, yes, that's him. He was severely injured during a search and rescue mission half a month ago and almost lost his life. Now he can only work in logistics. You know how we spirited men feel after being so vigorous for so many years, suddenly becoming like this—it's impossible to accept reality.

The current situation is so harsh and realistic, and coupled with the fact that his family perished while being transferred to our Safe Barrier City, his mood is extremely low. He has tried to give up on life several times, so I thought—"

"Let him come! Tell him to hurry, I warmly welcome him. He is my master." Si Nan was excited. With Jian Bing joining her, she would be like a tiger with wings.

"Hahaha, good. I'll go find that old fellow when I get back. Girl, if you know a suitable woman, introduce her to him too. He's not young anymore, and he's still single."

"Hahaha, that's a must. Leave it to me."

Luo Sen suddenly stared straight at Ji Yan. "Give me your hand."

"What are you doing? You're not bisexual, are you? You won't even spare an old man like me?" Ji Yan immediately hugged his hands tightly.

"Ahahaha, Luo Sen, you've met your match today! If it were anyone else, you'd definitely punch them away, hahaha~" Si Nan was laughing so hard she almost lost control of the steering wheel and crashed into a horde of zombies.

Luo Sen's face darkened as he forcefully pulled Ji Yan's arm over. "Stop being so long-winded. Let's see if I can help this old man of yours awaken a Supernatural Ability."

"Pfft, old man? You've got guts, relying on your parents' strong backing. Speaking of which, did your parents give birth to an older or younger sister for you? My brother-in-law is still single."

"No!"

Luo Sen slapped Ji Yan's face aside with a 'whoosh'. He was impressed—this forty-year-old man still had such a wild imagination.

"Puhahaha~" Si Nan held her stomach with her left hand, nearly choking on her laughter.

Luo Sen didn't hold back, using his Supernatural Ability to crush a green crystal core and roughly pour it into Ji Yan's body. He waited quietly. Three minutes later, Ji Yan's body showed no reaction.

"Uh, it failed. My body has been trained too well over the years. Maybe it's become solid and seamless," Ji Yan said, throwing his hands up in a final explanation.

Luo Sen's thin lips twitched fiercely. "Stop embarrassing yourself. You're far too inferior compared to me."

Suddenly, a layer of mist 'bang' erupted around Ji Yan, and his tired body was instantly filled with strength. "Am I ascending to the Immortal Realm?"

Si Nan merely glanced at Ji Yan lightly. "You are indeed ascending. Congratulations on acquiring a Strength-type Supernatural Ability."

It was Luo Sen's turn for revenge. "As expected of an old man, you're just so slow."

Ji Yan pointed at Luo Sen's handsome face. "Girl, you don't mind if the two of us spar a bit, do you?"

Luo Sen cooperatively pointed back at Ji Yan's face. "If I beat him down, Nan Nan, you don't mind, right?"

Si Nan happily waved her hand. "You two go ahead, I just want to be entertained."

The result:

"Five-star victory!"

"Six, six, six!"

"Eight horses!"

"We want wine, drink—"

"Hahaha—"

Just like that, they slowly made their way, laughing and singing, to the First Middle School in the West of the City. They were five minutes earlier than the agreed time, and they used those five minutes to enter the campus and clear out the zombies, creating a safe zone for the incoming helicopter.

Luo Sen and Ji Yan exchanged contact information. Luo Sen sealed a short handwritten letter in a plastic bag and handed it to Ji Yan. Since his mother had spoken to Si Nan that day, the phone had been unreachable, and no one replied to the wechat messages.

Although he knew his parents must be in a safe place, he was still worried, as there was no absolute safe zone now. Ji Yan's appearance brought him good news: at least he knew his parents were in the C City Barrier. The most important message in the letter was to let his parents know he had returned to normal.

Along the way, they also learned many important details from Ji Yan, such as The Authorities extensively collecting supplies, which cities they had visited, and that A City had not yet been thoroughly searched for supplies. This was the best news for them.

They had to hurry.

Si Nan and Luo Sen looked up at the helicopter, thinking the same thing.

Good times are always short-lived.

"I'm leaving, you two must take care." Ji Yan waved goodbye to them from the helicopter. He was very reluctant to leave them. In his opinion, C City was the safest place, but Si Nan and Luo Sen refused to go.

That was because he didn't know Si Nan had built a safe house and had also stolen the Three-Billion-Dollar Luxury Villa Complex built by Huangfu Qiankun.

"Of course." Si Nan waved her hand. Before a new wave of zombies could surround them, the two left the school.

It was getting late. Si Nan drove the Armored Vehicle like a plane, rushing back to the previous area. They only had one last section left to sweep, where there were about ten gas stations of various sizes.

When they returned and found the first large gas station buried in the snow, they coincidentally found another fully armed group. Half of them were fiercely protecting the other half who were busy draining gasoline.