End of the World Cycle

The weapons depot was not big, probably only one-third the size of the munitions depot I had searched. There were not many guns and ammunition, and it was obvious that they were all ordinary guns found in surrounding police stations.

It was not a matching set, there were all kinds of guns. Xie Qin looked around but didn't like anything. The other people were very skilled in using bulletproof vests and protective clothing, each holding a submachine gun and two boxes of bullets.

"Sister Qinqin, it's very dangerous outside, so bring some life-saving things with you." As he said that, Wang Zixiang handed a bulletproof vest to Xie Qin.

Xie Qin weighed it. It wasn’t heavy, but it was very big. He smiled and put it into the space.

Then, after a symbolic selection, Guan Ci finally handed a light pistol to Xie Qin.

"After we get out, we will do our best to protect you. Please follow me as much as possible."

"Okay, thank you, captain brother." Xie Qin smiled with curved eyebrows.

It’s not that Guan Ci hasn’t seen beautiful women. After all, with his status and position, countless women have flocked to him, whether before or after the apocalypse. But he has never come into contact with a child, especially such an obedient and well-behaved child.

For a moment, I felt soft in my heart when I looked at Xie Qin. Xie Qin kept calling him brother on the left and on the right, firmly securing his position as the group's favorite. It seems that this character setting was the right one.

The lively and innocent little Lolita was indeed the weak point of these people. Gradually, Xie Qin understood what Zhou Lili had said to her before, that her appearance was indeed the best weapon to confuse outsiders.

After returning to the apartment, he changed all the bedding in the room, tidied up and took a shower. When changing into pajamas, he glanced at the silk pajamas in his hand, and Xie Qin put them back. After searching for a long time, he finally found a set of Strawberry Bear pajamas.

After putting it on, she felt awkward looking at herself, but with the purpose of honing her acting skills, Xie Qin held back. A thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl must have a girlish heart.

Sure enough, just as he lay down, someone knocked on the door. When he opened the door, it turned out to be Guan Ci.

"Captain, why are you here?"

"this is for you."

As he spoke, Xie Qin noticed that Guan Feng had a small bulletproof vest and a combat uniform in his hand. They were not new but looked like they had just been modified.

"The combat uniform is modified according to your approximate height. Although it is not new, no one has worn it. The bulletproof vest is made for 1.6 meters, which may be a little big for you, but after all, you are still taller, so it can be used in the future."

"Thank you, brother."

Xie Qin rolled her eyes in her heart but still had a smile on her face. Guan Ci couldn't help but feel soft-hearted when he saw the little girl in pink. He even felt reluctant to let the child go out on an adventure with them.

But the food problem is of great importance. Guo Qinling is the only one with third-level space ability, so she is the only one to go. At worst, she can just keep the child by her side after she goes out. There will be no danger at all.

"You should rest. We will set off tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock after we have breakfast in the cafeteria. We will still eat in the same room as today. Got it?"

"understood."

"Wang Zixiang and the others are all on this floor. If you're worried about not being able to get up, I'll have them knock on the door and wake you up in the morning."

"Okay, wake me up at half past six. I want to sleep a little longer. Is that okay?"

"Okay, Wang Zixiang is next door to you, I'll talk to him."

"Captain brother doesn't live here?"

"I don't live here. I live at home."

"Well, see you tomorrow, Captain."

Guan Ci didn't say anything else, but nodded gently. He was afraid that if he continued to talk, he would not be able to help but touch Guo Qinling's hair. Although it was not impossible, after all, the two had just met today, and it was somewhat impolite to do so.

Xie Qin certainly didn't know what Guan Ci was thinking, but she could read the doting look in Guan Ci's eyes when he looked at her, and she couldn't see any dirty intentions, so she smiled and closed the door.

I found the washing machine from the space, threw it in and left it alone, then simply stretched my body and went to bed to rest.

At six o'clock, Xie Qin was awakened by the alarm clock. After a simple wash, he opened the curtains. It started to drizzle outside the window. The air was moist and the temperature was not too high.

The temperature of fifteen degrees was just right for Xie Qin, neither too cold nor too hot. After washing up, he took out the dried combat uniform and put it on, which fit him perfectly.

After putting on the bulletproof vest and looking in the mirror, she looked pretty good. Just as she was getting ready, Wang Zixiang knocked on the door. Xie Qin opened the door quickly.

"Good morning, Brother Zixiang!"

"Good morning, Qinqin. I was worried that you weren't awake yet. Are you ready?"

"Yeah, I was a little excited about my first mission, so I woke up early." Xie Qin said with a smile, a little pride on his face.

Wang Zixiang was not a shy person, he thought Xie Qin was cute, and he rubbed her head. Xie Qin suppressed her discomfort, smiled and walked away from Wang Zixiang's hand, and went out directly.

"Then I'll go down first."

"Okay, you go first. I'll go see if the others are ready. The boss should be in the cafeteria by now."

Xie Qin trotted to the cafeteria on the underground first floor. When she arrived, no one was in the private room. The food on the table was ready: a small bowl of white porridge, eight steamed buns, some pickled mustard, and eight boiled eggs. There was nothing else.

The white porridge was not thick and had no rice aroma, but the steamed buns were white and plump and looked very appetizing. The pickled mustard tuber was shiny and looked like it would taste good too.

While no one was there, Xie Qin took out his own bowl and chopsticks from the space, filled a bowl with porridge cooked by his mother, and ate it in small bites. He also ate some pickled mustard tubers made in the cafeteria. As expected, it tasted very good, salty, fragrant, sour and spicy. He broke off half of the steamed bun, which was soft and delicious.

After eating two meals, I concluded that the food in this cafeteria tasted very good. I thought that I would have to hire two chefs in my base in the future. Xie Qin ate very quickly, and Guan Ci came in when he was almost done.

"So early?"

"Morning, Captain."

"Come with me to the back kitchen to load the supplies later. They should have already finished it."

"Ok."

Xie Qin was waiting for Guan Ci to eat, and inexplicably thought of the Shui brothers from him. Sure enough, the young masters of such wealthy families all had something in common: they ate slowly and quietly, but it was obvious that Guan Ci had a big appetite and he finished his share of the food.

Xie Qin was sitting nearby, he glanced at the remaining half of his steamed bun, picked it up purposefully and handed it to Guan Ci.

"Brother, are you still going to eat it? It's clean and has not been bitten by me."

Guan Ci glanced at Xie Qin in some confusion. The little girl stared at him with her round, bright eyes. She held half a steamed bun in her tender little hand and handed it to him.

If it were in the past, he would definitely not accept it, even if he was not full. But looking at the steamed bun in the little hand and the expectant eyes of the little girl, Guan Ci couldn't bear to refuse.

He took the half steamed bun from Xie Qin's hand and said lightly, "Thank you."

Xie Qin was extremely excited when she heard the thank you, with happiness written all over her face. Of course, she was doing this for Guan Ci to see. She didn't know where she felt it, but she just felt that Guan Ci was buying it.

Maybe this is my talent for pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger.

People came one after another. Xie Qin followed Guan Ci and greeted them before going to the kitchen. The kitchen prepared three lunch boxes for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and packed eighty bags, enough for them for ten days.

Then there were the canned meats produced by their own base, 24 pieces, a box of bags of instant noodles, and a box of small breads. That was all their supplies.

Xie Qin put all these things into the space and went to the parking lot of the apartment. There was a large black bag next to the car in the parking lot. Xie Qin took a look at the brand and saw that it was an inflatable boat. Guan Ci asked her to put it away, so Xie Qin put it away.

They were in two off-road vehicles, with four people in each. Xie Qin stood in front of the car and watched Guan Ci take out gasoline from the security room next to it and fill the entire trunk with it bucket by bucket.

Just as it was loaded, the other six people came over and also went in and out to load gasoline into the car behind.

"You and I will sit in the front." Guan Ci said to Xie Qin.

Xie Qin nodded and sat obediently in the passenger seat. The car drove out of the base just after seven o'clock. When she went out, she happened to meet Miao Zhe and Xu Nuo who were preparing to register for the stall.

The two looked at each other without any communication, as if they didn't know each other. However, Xu Nuo noticed that Xie Qin's expression changed a little, but he quickly turned his head and stopped looking at Xie Qin.

Miao Zhe knew Guan Ci. After all, his first reaction after cracking the information of this base was to look at the leader of this base.

As the younger brother of the base commander and the son of the deputy base commander, Guan Ci's status was second only to his brother, sister-in-law and parents. Miao Zhe naturally noticed it. How could his boss get into the inner circle in just one night? If he couldn't figure it out, he didn't think about it. He just worked honestly and waited for his boss to come back.

Qingyang City is not far from Anyang City, but it is built in the mountains. Especially after the heavy rain and cold wave, many roads are in bad shape. Fortunately, the team that went to explore the road before the Anyang base had dug it.

The journey was relatively smooth until they reached the big river. The bridge had long been washed away. The river was very wide and long and flowed directly to the sea. If they took a detour, they would have to drive at least 300 kilometers more.

If they only had an off-road vehicle like theirs, it wouldn't be impossible to go, but there was so much grain in Qingyang City that the amount of manpower and resources consumed would be unimaginable if they relied solely on transportation.

Now this method is the most convenient, and the best way is to find a space-related psychic who can store all the food.

It was only noon when they arrived at the river. The sound of the car brought a lot of zombies behind it. In addition, there were already many zombies wandering around the river. As soon as the car stopped, dense swarms of zombies swarmed towards them.

Then several half-meter-wide earth walls rose from the ground, surrounding the two cars. Then dozens of vines pierced the zombies' heads and pulled out the crystal cores.

Ma Yiming and Shen Chao cooperated very well. In just ten seconds, the area where they parked was clear. After getting off the car, Guan Ci looked at his watch. It was 12:13 noon.

After looking at the river in front of him which was nearly two hundred meters wide, he decided not to cross the river in such a hurry.

"Let's eat first before we go."

After hearing Guan Ci's instructions, several people started to move. Wang Zixiang took out the gas stove and pot from the trunk, filled them with water and started to boil water.

The other people took down the camping table from the roof of the car and set it up in two or three minutes.

"Qinqin, bring out the food."

"Oh oh oh, okay."

Xie Qin took out eight separate bags from the space and placed them on two tables. Several people opened the bags and took only one portion and asked Xie Qin to put it away.

The box was the kind of takeout box that you often see in the past. When you open it, it is a normal rice bowl, but the portion is very large. For lunch, it is a green pepper and shredded pork rice bowl. It looks very greasy and may be just right for adult men who have consumed a lot of physical energy. But for Xie Qin, it is a bit greasy and the portion is very large.

"I can't finish it. Do you need anything?" Xie Qin said while holding his lunch box.

"Give it to me, give it to me." Wang Zixiang was the first to step forward. He took two steps to Xie Qin and opened his lunch box, leaving the lid on the other side empty.

Xie Qin carefully gave half of the food to Wang Zixiang.

"It's too much. You can't eat all the food you give me."

"That's enough. I don't have a big appetite." Xie Qin said with a smile.

Soon the water boiled, and several people took out their water bottles from the sides of their backpacks and started filling them with water. When it was Xie Qin's turn, they realized that Xie Qin had forgotten to pick up his personal equipment.

"Qinqin, do you have a kettle?"

"Ah? Yes...yes." Xie Qin started looking in his own space, and after hesitating for a while, he chose the light yellow Winnie the Pooh thermos.

There was a bag on the thermos cup, which was just right for cross-body use. It was the kind of thermos cup commonly seen in elementary school. But considering the age that Xie Qin lied about, it was not out of place to use such a thermos cup.

After filling it with water and slung across your body, it looks even cuter.

After dinner, several people packed up their things and started to tinker with the inflatable boat. After inflating it, Guan Ci asked Xie Qin to put both boats into the space and prepared to set off.

The inflatable boat is small, and it is definitely impossible to carry eight people at a time. Fortunately, the distance is not too far, so they plan to go there in two groups. The other side of the river is unknown, so for safety reasons, Xie Qin was left in the second trip.

Also on the second trip were Shen Chao and Ma Yiming. Ma Yiming stayed behind to maintain the safety of the earth wall, while Shen Chao didn't talk much and naturally stayed behind at the end.

But she felt that Shen Chao always looked at her intentionally or unintentionally. When she looked at Shen Chao, he would look away. Although it was not a look with bad intentions, Xie Qin always felt that Shen Chao was observing her very carefully.

"Hey, where's my kettle?"

"When you finished drinking water and got into the car to get paper, you left it on the passenger seat and didn't take it out." Shen Chao on the side said lightly.

"Oh, yes, yes, Qinqin, can you help me get it out? I'm a little thirsty."

"Okay." Xie Qin replied with a smile on her face, while helping Ma Yiming get a kettle from the space. But she was thinking about Shen Chao.

She finally understood why Shen Chao was always observing herself. He not only observed himself, he also observed everyone equally, and his attentiveness was terrifying.

It seems that I have to be more careful with people like this. If I am not careful, I might reveal my flaws.