31: Chapter 31 Returning to Xinning City

"Let's go check out the situation first!" Lu Yuxuan said and immediately rushed over.

Mu Cheng had no choice but to follow closely behind...

Up ahead were over a dozen young women, gathered around...

Mu Cheng looked up and saw an unknown snake, its entire body pitch black.

It was as thick as a person's thigh, with a length exceeding six meters. Its raised head was tilted, and it was hissing...

It was very clear that it was currently in an attack posture.

As soon as Mu Cheng saw the giant snake, he immediately recalled his past life. After the Great Earthquake, wild animals appeared.

However, they weren't ordinary wild animals. Just like this snake before him... they had mutated.

"Mumu, check the Trader page. Are there things like seeds added?" Mu Cheng wasn't in a hurry to deal with it and instead asked.

Tao Mumu operated her wristband to open the page. "There really are high-tech seeds... and there are detailed introductions too."

"It's truly amazing. Plant one vegetable seed... and you can harvest a hundred jin in three days."

"Brother Cheng, that woman told you this too, right? So that's how it is... no wonder you brought her along." Lu Yuxuan's mind was working overtime.

Suddenly, she connected the matter... to Chu Yaoyao.

"Mhm, she knows a great, great deal. Let's kill that snake, and we'll have meat tonight." Mu Cheng had just finished speaking.

Over at Tao Shuishui's side, another cry rang out. "This... this chicken is way too big!"

"Xiao Xuanxuan, you deal with it. I'll go check out the situation." Mu Cheng knew something good was up.

Naturally, he headed straight over...

Lu Yuxuan quickly finished off the snake and also caught up with Gu Na and Tao Mumu.

"What did you find this time?" Seeing at least fifty young women gathered ahead, Mu Cheng immediately went up and asked.

"It's a flock of chickens, about thirty or so, but they're just too big!" Tao Shuishui reported the situation.

One chicken weighed close to twenty jin, and there were over a dozen with chicks... plus quite a few eggs larger than fists.

"Brother Cheng, can we eat these?" Gu Na came over, also greatly surprised, and asked.

She had just heard Mu Cheng say the snake was edible, so couldn't the chickens before them be the same?

Lu Yuxuan, Tao Mumu... even all the young women present had never seen such a thing.

A twenty-jin chicken... was indeed very rare!

"Ahem, yes, you can. I'll give you a task: check within a five-kilometer radius for zombies. If there aren't any, then let's get started." Mu Cheng coughed and said.

Hearing this... the young women were naturally overjoyed.

"Our squad is heading out now!"

"We'll go too. Brother Cheng, remember to save the big drumsticks for us."

"Yeah, Brother Cheng, you better not sneakily eat them."

...Several squads volunteered to go out.

It was very clear... they all knew Mu Cheng's status in Menglou Pavilion. Although he wasn't the regiment leader.

He was the reason Menglou Pavilion existed today, so they held immense respect for Mu Cheng!

"Brother Cheng, the total headcount is done. We lost forty-two young women in this Great Earthquake and along the journey here." Tao Shuishui reported.

"I really don't understand, Brother Cheng. Why did we have to leave Ning City when everything was fine, and now we're going back?"

"Is this the only man in Menglou Pavilion? I admit he's quite handsome, but what's the point of this move?"

"So annoying, we just left... and now we're going back!"

As soon as these words were spoken, clearly many young women... began to murmur and question Mu Cheng's decision.

Losing one-tenth of over four hundred people—Mu Cheng had also done his utmost.

One must know that staying in the city... would have meant losses as high as eighty percent.

"I know. We'll try to replenish the numbers later." Mu Cheng's heart wasn't at ease either.

But hearing the murmurs, he silently endured everything.

Soon, the young women who went out returned. The situation was exactly as Mu Cheng had said—not a single zombie.

"Sisters... forget it, seeing is believing." Gu Na originally wanted to explain clearly but suddenly changed her mind and said.

"Mumu, have the young women finish up. In thirty minutes, we return to Ning City."

"Sigh, good thing Brother Cheng has a broad mind. Forget it... the more you explain, the less clear it becomes. Better to take them back to see the real situation." Tao Mumu's heart also felt cold at this moment...

Lu Yuxuan also deeply resented it, but for now, she could only silently endure...

"Alright, alright, let's listen to Nana. Finish up, and we return to Ning City." Mu Cheng suddenly spoke up.

After all, this was just a small village. They had seen very little of the Great Earthquake's impact, so being questioned wasn't strange.

Thirty minutes later, the young women of Menglou Pavilion began returning to Ning City...

As for those who questioned, even if they had more opinions, they only voiced them... they still had to follow orders.

The further back they went... the more ruins of the city they saw.

[How could it be like this? Did we just experience a Great Earthquake? Could it be we wronged Brother Cheng?]

[What a terrifying Great Earthquake... Could Xinning City be like this now too?]

[Did Brother Cheng take us out... to hide us from the Great Earthquake?]

...Mu Cheng heard a flood of thoughts from the young women. Most had already begun to waver in their views, but a small number...

...still questioned Mu Cheng!

The return journey had no zombies, so naturally, their speed was much, much faster—only about five hours.

They finally arrived at Xinning City, but it was no longer its former self, having been affected by the Great Earthquake.

Xinning City had been shaken into a mountain, roughly a hundred meters high... and its surroundings were completely barren.

"It's truly incredible... Is that Xinning City ahead?" Tao Mumu was so shocked her jaw nearly dropped.

This Great Earthquake was completely illogical. Even if Newton were here, he probably couldn't figure it out...

Could an earthquake coincidentally shake up a mountain? And the area precisely matched Xinning City...

"This... how is this possible? Am I seeing things?"

"An earthquake can shake up a mountain? Sisters, tell me... this is just a dream."

"It seems Xinning City isn't safe either. Brother Cheng took us out... probably to avoid the earthquake."

...The young women all voiced their discussions.

Gu Na couldn't bother with these anymore. "Alright, everyone, listen up. Climb up and enter the city!"

"Get prepared as soon as possible! I estimate the next zombie wave... will be far beyond just the fourth tier." Mu Cheng didn't explain further.

The young women of Menglou Pavilion were all extraordinary to begin with. Climbing this hundred-meter mountain was a minor issue...

But when they reached the top, Xinning City was completely in ruins, with very few people left.

Seeing this tragic scene... the young women of Menglou Pavilion questioned Mu Cheng much less.

However... there were still quite a few who doubted...

"So it's Regiment Leader Mu." Suddenly, a familiar voice came. It was none other than gelatinous tooth.

Beside him were Yang Dali and Buck-toothed Man...