Chapter 63

Now that all the shops in Luofeng Village have been built, Cheng Yang has asked everyone to choose a secondary occupation for their job change. This matter cannot be delayed, especially the quarrying, because after the territory is upgraded to level 3, many buildings will require stone materials. Without stockpiling a certain amount of stone, it would be a tragedy.

After arranging these matters, Cheng Yang called Ma Tao, and today he was going to take Ma Tao to explore Xiangcheng City's main city.

Cheng Yang estimated that Xiangcheng City had already opened some job change permissions for ordinary citizens, so as long as he was careful, he wouldn't expose his identity in the main city.

Just as Cheng Yang was about to leave, Niu Bing suddenly brought Pang Shan over and said, "Lord, I heard you're going to Xiangcheng City's main city today?"

Cheng Yang was slightly taken aback and asked, "Yes, what's the matter? Do you also want to come along?"

Niu Bing shook his head and chuckled, "I'd like to come, but I still have to lead my team to kill monsters. It's Pang Shan who has something to ask for your help."

Pang Shan smiled apologetically and said, "Lord, could you help me find my friend when you go to Xiangcheng City's main city? I know this request is very unreasonable, as many people haven't even found their relatives yet. But my friend is very close to me, and she is also a student at Xiangcheng University. I think she has already been rescued to the main city. If possible, I hope you can bring her back to Luofeng Village."

When Cheng Yang heard the first part, he indeed frowned. As Pang Shan said, many people hadn't even saved their relatives yet, and she wanted to save a friend. This did seem a bit unreasonable. But when he heard the latter part, he realized that she was just asking him to bring her back if he encountered her, which was a trivial matter. Cheng Yang was prepared to agree.

"What's her name?" Cheng Yang asked immediately.

Pang Shan said, "Her name is Liu Xiyue, she's a classmate of ours."

"Liu Xiyue?" Cheng Yang was slightly taken aback; he was somewhat familiar with this name.

Niu Bing said, "Are you confused? Liu Xiyue is the school's beauty queen, a real beauty."

Cheng Yang immediately recalled that Liu Xiyue was indeed the beauty queen of Xiangcheng University and a very famous one. However, after a year of suffering in the apocalypse, Cheng Yang had a new understanding of the term "beauty." He smiled slightly and said, "Beauty? In the apocalypse, there's no shortage of beauties. A beauty like a vase is less valuable than an apprentice-level warrior. Anyway, if I can find her, I'll bring her back."

In fact, Cheng Yang had another thought. If he could find Liu Xiyue, he might also find some of his former classmates. Although in college, Cheng Yang was only close to a few people like Yu Kai, most of the class still had some connection with him. If he could find them, Cheng Yang wouldn't mind bringing them all back to Luofeng Village.

Cheng Yang then set off with Ma Tao. Along the way, unless necessary, Cheng Yang would avoid the monster groups. The distance to Xiangcheng City's main city was only about ten kilometers. If not for Ma Tao's slower speed, Cheng Yang could have arrived in about half an hour. However, it took them more than two hours to reach the central area of Xiangcheng City.

"Lord, is that light barrier in front of us the main city of Xiangcheng City?" Ma Tao finally saw the light barrier that looked like a huge pot lid covering the ground and asked in shock.

Cheng Yang nodded and said, "Yes, that light barrier is set up to protect the main city. Ordinary monsters cannot pass through the barrier to enter the main city, so the main city is relatively safer than the wilderness settlements."

Ma Tao asked with some longing, "Can our Luofeng Village have such a light barrier?"

Cheng Yang's lips curled into a smile. He could hear from Ma Tao's words "our Luofeng Village" a genuine sense of belonging to Luofeng Village, which was already a common state among the warriors in Luofeng Village. Although it was only the tenth day of the apocalypse, the pressure of survival had made the warriors in Luofeng Village more united.

"I'm not sure about that, but I think this light barrier isn't particularly important. To survive in the apocalypse, relying solely on defense is not enough. We must make ourselves strong enough. One day, we will uncover the root cause of the apocalypse and take control of humanity's fate back into our own hands," Cheng Yang said firmly.

Ma Tao, although he felt that what Cheng Yang said was very difficult to achieve, thought that if not, would humans have any hope?

Ma Tao immediately nodded and said, "Lord, rest assured, all our brothers are willing to stand with you."

Cheng Yang said, "Good! Let's go see the main city of Xiangcheng City now. Remember, observe more and talk less, don't reveal anything."

Ma Tao naturally agreed.

The two continued forward. After walking less than a hundred meters, a group of soldiers in military uniforms suddenly appeared ahead.

In Ma Tao's previous impression, soldiers should all be armed with guns, but the soldiers in front of him either held a large sword or a wooden stick, looking quite strange.

However, at this moment, Ma Tao didn't find their attire strange because he himself wasn't much better than others.

The group of soldiers also saw Cheng Yang and Ma Tao. One of the officers immediately said, "Stop, which civilian group do you belong to? Why are you acting alone?"

Cheng Yang said calmly, "Sir, we are from the First Civilian Group. We got separated from our team just now, so we decided to return to the city first and wait for the team leader to return before rejoining them."

The officer didn't doubt it at all and immediately smiled, "Oh, you're from the First Civilian Group. You can go back then. But be careful on the way. It's still one kilometer to the main city. Although the large monster groups have been eliminated, there are still many small groups of twenty to thirty monsters. Don't let a small mistake ruin everything."

Cheng Yang said very respectfully, "Thank you, thank you. We will be careful." After saying that, Cheng Yang gave Ma Tao a nod, and the two quickly bypassed the army and continued toward the main city of Xiangcheng City.

After the group of soldiers walked away, Ma Tao couldn't help but ask, "Lord, what is the First Civilian Group you mentioned just now? Haven't you been to the main city of Xiangcheng City?"

Cheng Yang said calmly, "My hearing is good. I just happened to hear them mention the First Civilian Group."

Ma Tao didn't doubt it and continued to follow Cheng Yang forward.

As they got closer to the main city, they encountered more and more people, including warriors and ordinary refugees. It was very easy to distinguish them. Warriors wore their special equipment and had normal expressions. But the refugees were different. They were ragged and many had a sickly appearance, clearly malnourished.

Warriors left the main city voluntarily to hunt for monsters. The refugees, on the other hand, were forced to leave the main city to search for food and survival supplies. Although the current occupiers of the main city were still kind to the refugees and distributed some food daily, that food was only enough to keep them from starving to death.

To get more food, the refugees had to leave the protection of the main city and search for scattered supplies in the ruins.

Whenever Cheng Yang and Ma Tao passed by these people, their eyes would flash with intense envy and fear.

Cheng Yang was already used to this, but it was the first time for Ma Tao. In Luofeng Village, although there were also ordinary refugees, they didn't need to risk their lives outside the settlement for survival.

During the short journey of less than a kilometer, Ma Tao saw monster spawns suddenly rush into the refugee groups more than once. After killing several people, the warriors from a distance would arrive and kill the monsters. Although the remaining refugees would cheer loudly each time the monsters were killed, the dead were gone forever.

Seeing this, Ma Tao felt a wave of sadness. His initial expectations for the main city of Xiangcheng City suddenly diminished.

"Lord... Boss, do the ordinary people in the main city live like this?" Ma Tao almost said the wrong thing, but quickly corrected himself.

Cheng Yang gave him a warning look and then said, "Based on my speculation, the class division in the main city is gradually becoming apparent. After all, in a short time, the main city cannot allow everyone to change jobs. So during this period, the warriors who have already changed jobs will inevitably dominate the main city. Once they get used to this superiority, they will greatly restrict the job changes of ordinary people. You can guess what will happen next."

Ma Tao smiled bitterly and said, "Even at this time, humans can still be so selfish?"

He didn't need Cheng Yang to answer; he already knew the answer.

Cheng Yang continued, "As for whether all the ordinary people in the main city live like this, you'll know once you enter the city."

Ma Tao didn't ask any more questions and quietly followed behind Cheng Yang. At this moment, his resolve was even stronger. He was determined to bring his parents and family out of the main city.

When they reached the light barrier, Cheng Yang calmly crossed it. Ma Tao was a bit nervous, but seeing many people passing through the barrier, he also followed Cheng Yang through.

"There's no feeling at all," Ma Tao muttered.

Cheng Yang smiled lightly and said, "That's normal. This light barrier only affects monsters, not humans." Actually, Cheng Yang didn't say that the barrier also didn't block the mutated monsters, and in the previous life, more than one main city suffered heavy damage from the attacks of the mutated monsters.

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