The night is like a thick curtain, covering the doomsday world airtightly.

Outside the towering wall, there are densely packed zombies.

Their low roars came and went, like ghosts singing in the night.

The sky is low, as if it is pressing down on people's heads, and it is connected with the hopeless earth.

There was no moon or stars, only thick dark clouds like an ancient curse, blocking all the light of hope.

The air is filled with the smell of death and unknown fear, which is suffocating.

The commercial area within the wall is bustling with people, people coming and going, various hawking sounds, and neon lights flashing, creating a lively scene.

Inside and outside the wall, there are completely two worlds.

A wall isolates the terrifying zombies outside and provides safety for people in the trading market.

Trading bazaar, residential area.

Building 78, Zone C, Room 205 on the second floor.

Liu Rui watched Zhang Shuzhen holding her daughter. He shook some corn cake batter in a thermos cup and fed the corn cake batter to his daughter with a spoon.

"It's great. Although you can't light a fire here, you can actually buy hot water with points." Liu Rui said with emotion.

Zhang Shuzhen nodded and said, "You didn't go to the business district. It's not much different from the night market before the apocalypse. It's very prosperous."

Liu Rui fed the last mouthful of corn mush to his daughter. He felt even more guilty when he saw his daughter licking the corner of her mouth with her little tongue.

This is the only time in half a month that my daughter has eaten enough, and it is also the only time that she has eaten anything that can be called food.

But she is not yet 1 year old!

"Thank you, Shuzhen. Without you, I don't know what I would do!"

Along the way, thanks to Zhang Shuzhen taking care of her daughter, otherwise a rough guy like him wouldn't know how to take care of his daughter.

Zhang Shuzhen said with a smile: "Why are you so polite to me? Besides, this is also sister Lili's child. She used to take good care of me."

After her daughter had eaten her fill, she fell into a deep sleep.

The little baby is supposed to cry, but the environment forces him not to cry or fuss.

Liu Rui stood up and walked to Xu Feng's side.

"Brother Feng, you guys went out to see it, is there any way to earn points?"

The 5 points that Sun Dali lent them were all used to buy corn tortillas. These corn tortillas would not last a few days.

Points must be earned as quickly as possible so that they can continue to stay in the trading market.

Xu Feng thought for a while and said: "Tomorrow we will go to the mission hall in the North District to see if we can find anything we can do."

"good."

Xu Feng stood up and walked toward the door, and Liu Rui followed.

The two of them stood in the corridor, looking at the building opposite.

The building opposite was very close to them, so they could clearly see what the people opposite were doing.

They were still not used to the people coming and going in the corridor.

They have been in the apocalypse for a long time, and this is the first time they have seen so many human beings.

Generally speaking, the more people there are, the more zombies there are and the more dangerous they are.

The two of them looked around and observed.

Half a moment.

Xu Feng suddenly said: "I heard Sun Dali say that there are hundreds of thousands of survivors here in the trading market, and they have been there for several years. I don't know how they survived the thunderstorm natural disaster."

"It's so great..." Liu Rui said with emotion.

"Let's do the same thing today as before, take turns on duty, don't let down your guard yet, let's get to know each other for a few days before talking," Xu Feng warned.

"good."

"You can talk to Li Da later." Xu Feng added.

"Okay, I'll go find him now."

They have just entered the trading market and are still a little uncomfortable with the life here.

You have always been in a dangerous environment, your nerves have been tense, and suddenly one day you are told that it is safe.

It's a normal reaction if you're not used to it.

This is what many survivors who enter the trading market for the first time will experience.

At the beginning, they will remain on alert outside.

I was afraid that I would be attacked by survivors in other rooms, and that the walls would be broken through by zombies.

But after staying for a few days, they find that nothing happened and gradually relax their vigilance.

Especially after understanding the management regulations of the trading market and past illegal cases, they understood that the trading market is really safe.

Here, the cost of violating regulations is too high.

There is no room for stealing, fighting, and killing once discovered.

The cost of crime is too high, and normal people generally will not take risks to do such things.

Especially now that the trading market is recruiting workers aggressively, most people can earn points in exchange for food, so they are less likely to violate the regulations.

The gain outweighs the loss and is unnecessary.

That night, they tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

With excitement and trepidation, everything before my eyes seemed like a dream.

Yesterday, I slept in the basement of a dilapidated house, listening to the occasional sound of zombies outside.

But now I can only hear voices coming from the next room.

It was an unusual night for them, but it was just an ordinary night for the trading market.

The business district is still prosperous, the bars are still noisy, and there are still bursts of shouts coming from the arena...

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The next day.

Oil City, dormitory building.

Xiao Hu woke up from his sleep, took a deep breath, and slowly got up.

Rubbing his eyes, he shouted to Chang Ze and Xiong Hong on the opposite bed:

"Get up!"

Carrying a towel and toothbrush, I opened the door and whirred——

A gust of cold wind blew in, which made him shiver, who was only wearing a short-sleeved shirt.

It's getting cold again.

The sky is still dark.

The street lights opposite and the lights in the corridor are on.

He put the washbasin and toothbrush on the table. When he saw Chang Ze and the others hadn't gotten up yet, he went over and lifted their quilts.

"Hurry up, get up!"

Chang Ze was sleeping soundly when the quilt was lifted off and the cold wind from outside blew in. The coolness made him wake up instantly.

"Captain, it's so early..." Chang Ze climbed up and put on his coat skillfully.

"Damn, it's getting cold again." Xiao Hu cursed and put on a coat and ran out to wash up.

Some time ago it was still 20 or 30 degrees Celsius, but now it is estimated to be only about 10 degrees Celsius. Even at the hottest time at noon, it is still less than 20 degrees Celsius.

Especially at night, it becomes only a few degrees.

After washing up, Xiao Hu and others packed the bedding and put daily necessities into their personal backpacks.

As members of the transportation brigade, they travel outside all year round and are highly mobile.

In addition to having a fixed bed at the headquarters base, they have no fixed beds in the North and Oil City. They sleep wherever there are vacancies.

After washing up, Xiao Hu looked at the time, six o'clock.

There are still two hours left before departure.

It's getting very late now, so setting out before seven o'clock is the same as setting out at night.

Go to the cafeteria to have breakfast, and then go to the team to make final inspection preparations.

Depart on time at eight o'clock.
To be continued...