Calling a Meeting

Jiang Chu suppressed her excitement and replied, "Yes."

Soon, a large lucky wheel appeared before her eyes. The prizes on it included a 10-point increase in attack power, a 20-point increase in agility, a 100-square-meter expansion of her space, and various other items.

She observed it for a few seconds and pressed the draw button.

The pointer of the large wheel quickly began to spin. After about half a minute, the speed slowed down, finally stopping on an envelope icon.

The icon slowly enlarged, showing a video of the envelope opening.

Written on the paper inside the envelope was: "Three times of precognition."

Jiang Chu didn't understand what this meant.

The mechanical voice explained without any emotion: [You can foresee things the host wishes to know, or events that will happen in the future. For example, if the host wishes to establish a survival base, you can consume one charge of this skill to ask for suitable locations to establish a survival base in China under the conditions: suitable for both offense and defense, within a 3,000-kilometer radius. This skill will automatically transmit the answer into the host's mind.]

[This skill can only be used three times, and can also foresee the next natural disaster.]

Jiang Chu's eyes widened instantly. These three precognitions were practically a cheat code.

It seemed she had drawn an excellent prize this time.

Then again, the things obtained from the system were never bad.

Jiang Chu was inwardly astonished. Recalling the system's words, as long as her three stats reached 250 and her score reached 80, she could obtain a system reward.

"Didn't we have territory and other stats before? Why aren't they showing now?"

[Considering the host's current survival state is unstable and you temporarily have no territory, they will be displayed again after leaving the vicinity of City A and Yi City.]

Jiang Chu understood. Her eyes lit up, thinking it would be best to quickly gather crystal nuclei to continue trading with the system.

She didn't plan to use these three opportunities for now.

However, she spent at least thirty crystal nuclei on the system interface to exchange for a certain drug.

No matter what, she had to consider the feelings and anxieties of her teammates. She planned to integrate Lu Jiaze, but to them, Lu Jiaze was an outsider ability user.

Not to mention wanting to help him rise to a high position, so she needed to bring out something to control Lu Jiaze to put the others at ease.

The drug she exchanged flared up once every three days. If the antidote wasn't taken on time, the person would die in agonizing pain. This was considered the cheapest item in the system.

To prepare for special situations, she had stored a lot of warm water in her space beforehand. She took out a tub of warm water, added a bit of ice water, and took a comfortable warm bath.

Then, she fell into a deep, peaceful sleep.

She was awakened by a knock on the door. Standing up to open it, she saw...

Chen Qingqing stood at the door with a frown. "The villagers of Linjia Village have left."

Jiang Chu couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, asking aloud in confusion, "Where did they go?"

Those villagers were originally from Linjia Village. Where could they want to go?

"Gao Qingyang went out to ask just now. Those people said the prison guards are coming soon, and Linjia Village is no longer safe, so they have to leave. Before Linjia Village was taken over, the City B military passed through on a mission and stopped here. They mentioned that City B plans to build twenty rescue points, so the villagers plan to head to those rescue points."

"And then?"

"Without waiting for us to stop them, they drove off in their own vehicles. Looking at their direction, they're heading toward City A and City B. They seem terrified of the prison people, leaving even before the village is cleared."

Jiang Chu waved Chen Qingqing inside.

"Of course they're afraid of them. After all, they were imprisoned for so long. Besides, we have to leave in two days anyway; we can't possibly take them with us. When the prison people come looking, they'd just face death. It's better for them to go on their own; they might actually survive. However, I've never heard of rescue points in City B. Back when the internet was still working, I rarely saw any news about City B."

Chen Qingqing sat on the bed, lost in thought. "That's true, but City B surrounds City A. Back then, weren't the reinforcements from the back of the Southern Base the City B military?"

"It's possible."

It was normal for bases and government-affiliated militaries to be in contact. If so, the high-ranking officials and survivors from the Southern Base had likely retreated to City B.

Jiang Chu ran a hand through her hair, putting the thought aside.

She went downstairs to hold a small meeting.

Chen Qingqing followed behind her. As they passed the second floor, she said, "Those guys look like they can't hold out much longer."

"Then we'll deal with them before we set off. We already know everything we need to know."

Chen Qingqing agreed.

When she reached downstairs, everyone was gathered in the living room, including Lu Jiaze.

Since he was a newcomer, no one except Ning Ting dared to strike up a conversation with him.

Lu Jiaze saw Jiang Chu come down, nodded gently to her. "The map of Yi City is the one you found. The marked route is likely the safest one, confirmed after Honghai Base experimented with it several times."

"Experimented several times?" Liang Qianyong clicked his tongue. "Then how many times in total have you gone out of the city?"

Lu Jiaze remained silent for a few seconds before speaking slowly, "Since the base was established, everyone's goal has been very clear: to gather enough food, water, and other living supplies. Food factories and canneries are the main targets. Since these factories aren't located inside the city, we've gone out of the city about a dozen times in scattered trips."

"Yesterday was our third time taking that road. Casualties are controllable, but it requires extreme agility."

"The situation in Yi City is practically no different from a dead city. If you're slow, you die—I need to make this clear. So even if casualties are controllable, reaching Honghai is, in my opinion, just as difficult as helping me seize power."

Lu Jiaze spoke patiently, his gaze calm. He stood up from the sofa, staring at the map on the round table. After a long silence, he added, "If we carry too many supplies, it will be a burden."

As soon as he finished, Gao Qingyang immediately retorted, "So what if it's a burden? We have to bring them. If these supplies end up benefiting others, I'd rather die."

Everyone fell silent. Jiang Chu had originally planned not to return after leaving, so the supplies definitely had to be taken.

"Don't be so absolute. The supplies must be taken. Heavy trucks, the motorhome, off-road vehicles, including the vehicles we seized from the prisoners in the village—we can take all the supplies, but we need to distribute them. Otherwise, concentrating everything onto one or two vehicles will put too much pressure on them."

"How many kilometers is this place from the street we marked?" She raised her head to ask Lu Jiaze.

Lu Jiaze frowned, thought for a minute, and gave his answer: "I estimate about 270 kilometers. Driving through the zombie pressure will take several hours, so these hours are crucial. It determines whether we can arrive smoothly. Furthermore, we need to break the locks. That street is currently ownerless, but we don't have the keys, so breaking in won't be simple."