As the two people's feelings gradually warmed, the conference room door was suddenly pushed open.
“Xiyue, I heard you finished your meeting, go get some rest. Anything can wait until tomorrow…”
Zhao Longchuan said as he walked in, his expression suddenly froze when he saw Zhang Chen there as well.
Fortunately, Zhang Chen’s hand was hidden under the table, so Zhao Longchuan only saw Zhao Xiyue sitting on Zhang Chen’s lap. Otherwise, it would have been too awkward.
“Um… Brother, I was just about to leave…”
Zhao Xiyue stood up abruptly as if she had been electrocuted.
“Uh… Um, yes, Xiyue was just reporting on her work!”
Zhang Chen also stood up somewhat flustered.
“Ah? Ah! Ah… Um… I suddenly remembered I have something else to do, I’m leaving now!”
Zhao Longchuan’s embarrassment was no less than theirs, so he quickly turned and ran out. However, he was in too much of a hurry and kicked a chair flying.
He didn't bother with it and quickly closed the door, then dashed downstairs, telling the guards at the gate:
“You guard this place, remember no one is allowed in, understand?”
“Yes!”
The guards nodded, looking confused.
Why did Captain Zhao go up and come down so quickly?
Not long after Zhao Longchuan left, Zhao Xiyue also hurried out, and then with a few blinks, she disappeared into the night.
The guards were confused again, is home that urgent? They even used blinking to go home!
…
In the blink of an eye, a week had passed.
During this time, Zhang Chen enjoyed a heavenly life in the camp, which was rare.
Every day, he sat at the edge of the city wall, watching Xiaobai, Morian, and Zhang Mo playing freely outside the city wall, tossing giant tree trunks around like weapons.
Sometimes he would play as a primitive man, hunting giant creatures.
As a result, giant creatures that used to pass by the vicinity of the high-walled city were no longer present within a dozen kilometers.
They seemed to be consciously staying away from this terrifying area.
When Zhang Chen was free, he would also repair roads.
The so-called road repair started from the fourth high-walled city and proceeded along the ground towards the fifth high-walled city.
As he walked, he absorbed the biological energy from the natural world.
Wherever he passed, all the creatures were drained of their energy.
By walking back and forth like this a few times, a road was formed, consisting entirely of dead plants and drained corpses of mutated creatures.
The aura emanating from these corpses made nearby mutated creatures feel danger, causing them to actively avoid the area.
Thus, a relatively safe road was paved.
At the same time, Zhang Chen distributed the collected crystal cores as rewards to the strong individuals in the camp, based on their positions and merits.
In just one week, the fourth and fifth cities transformed from two isolated cities on the ground into connected cities on the ground, effectively incorporating the area between the two cities into their territory.
Soon, a map of the dynasty’s territory appeared on the wall of Zhang Chen’s manor living room.
Another week passed.
As per the plan, the operation to eliminate the high-level monsters in the apocalypse began.
At the same time, the population expansion plan proposed by Wang Hai’an was incorporated into the operation after discussion.
The plan was simple: except for Xiaobai and Morian who would respectively guard the fourth and fifth high-walled cities, all other strong individuals would be mobilized.
If they encountered a camp, they would use the pipe worms to absorb them into the camp.
If they encountered monsters, they would kill them if possible, and call Zhang Chen if they couldn’t handle them.
In fact, for a planet as vast as Water Blue Star, it was simple in theory but very difficult in practice to kill all the high-level creatures on it.
Even if all these creatures stood still, just traveling around the world to find them would take a lot of time.
Moreover, since they moved, finding them became even more troublesome.
Therefore, Zhang Chen finally marked an area around the seven high-walled cities on the map as their territory, focusing on clearing high-level monsters within this area.
As for the areas outside this range, ordinary monsters would not travel long distances, and the probability of encountering high-level monster attacks was relatively low.
With all plans finalized, everyone began to lead their teams to battle.
Zhang Chen originally planned to go alone, but Katerina insisted that Zhang Chen take Zhang Mo out to see the world.
Although only two weeks had passed, it felt like two years. Zhang Mo had clearly grown much taller.
He now looked like a child of six or seven years old.
And Zhang Mo couldn't leave his mother, so Katerina had to accompany them.
Thus, it turned into an apocalyptic journey for the family of three.
Zhang Mo, not understanding anything, was simply full of happiness to be on a mission with his parents for the first time.
Zhang Chen, however, was a little worried.
Although he could solve the apocalypse and the ring issue, the time flow for the Reincarnators was definitely a big problem.
At this rate, the Reincarnators might all grow old and die in a few years.
He needed to find Xu Linna’s true body and find the core fragments of the time meteorite.
Or… perhaps the parallel world Chen Xiao might know many things.
“Dad, Dad, look at that mushroom, it’s so tall, so beautiful!”
Zhang Mo’s cry pulled Zhang Chen back from his thoughts.
Not far away, there was a giant mushroom. Its cap trembled from time to time, releasing colorful spores that drifted everywhere with the wind.
This was the area near the seventh high-walled city.
It was the dense forest area near the northern part of the entire territory. The camp had never recruited survivors from this area.
Therefore, this place seemed to be a forbidden zone for survivors to Zhang Chen, and terrifying monsters were definitely hidden within.
“Yes, it is indeed very beautiful, but these spores are poisonous. It’s fine to look from afar, but never touch them, they can cause hallucinations!”
Zhang Chen said with a smile from inside the giant armored transport vehicle.
For this trip, Zhang Chen had asked Xu Ruina for a cleaner to drive.
The entire giant armored transport vehicle could accommodate dozens of people and was very spacious inside. Zhang Chen had already modified it into a RV.
There were beds, sofas, and blankets inside. The family of three sat there, harmonious and happy.
As soon as she heard the word “hallucinatory,” Katerina’s pretty face suddenly blushed, and she instinctively glanced at Zhang Chen.
Their eyes met, and they smiled at each other without speaking.
At this moment, the surrounding environment suddenly turned dark.
The giant armored transport vehicle entered the dense mushroom forest, where giant mushrooms that blocked the sky and covered the earth were everywhere, blocking all light.
“Master, a city has been discovered ahead. Shall we enter?”
The cleaner suddenly said.
“A city? There’s a city here?”
Zhang Chen walked to the front of the vehicle curiously.
He saw a city that was almost perfectly preserved, with dilapidated streets, dust-covered buildings, and swaying billboards…
Most of the cities in the apocalypse had been swallowed by plants. Only here, perhaps due to the canopy of mushrooms, the entire city had maintained its state from the moment the apocalypse arrived, waiting quietly.
At this moment, a line of prompts slowly appeared:
[A deserted city, it looks a bit scary, but in reality… it is indeed…]