CHAPTER 2009: CHAPTER 2002: IN A DILEMMA

Tang Ye got up and put on his clothes, but he didn’t go out immediately. Instead, he turned back to glance at Ning Yu’er, who still had a smile on her face.

"I feel like you’re up to no good, huh?"

"Oh, my lord, what bad intentions could I have? I just simply want to eat chocolate." She teased Tang Ye, but he didn’t believe her and said, "Come with me. In case I find some, there will be many brands, right?"

"Do you have any conscience? I’m already weak, and you almost wore me out just now..."

As she spoke, Ning Yu’er suddenly blushed, perhaps recalling a moment of intense passion just now...

Seeing this, Tang Ye said nothing more and added, "Alright, alright, wait for me here, I’ll go find some for you."

"Okay, I will always wait for you to come back."

With those words, watched by Ning Yu’er, Tang Ye walked out.

Soon, he left the building and came to the empty street, listening to the shrill alarm sounds coming from the remnants of the "Sky Continent." The resigned smile that was on his face disappeared, and Tang Ye fell into deep thought.

He was one hundred percent certain that Ning Yu’er was making things difficult for him!

What does she want to do then...

Besides that, he was sure that Ning Yu’er bore no malice towards him, which only puzzled him further.

The reason he was sure she was making things difficult for him was because at this stage of the apocalypse, many desserts of the old era had become extinct, including chocolate. The reason was simple: there were too many zombies, and they often formed zombie hordes that cut off many trade routes, making raw materials very scarce.

Take cocoa butter substitute chocolate, for example. Just recently, an unopened bar of it was auctioned for over 1,500 Yajin on the black market, equivalent to the Evolution Crystal of a Level 5 zombie. You can imagine how scarce chocolate is!

She asked him to find chocolate, but where was he supposed to find it?

His expression was a bit strange, but he said nothing, just sent a neural message to his numerous followers and didn’t linger long, quickly stepping away.

Meanwhile, back inside the building, as Ning Yu’er watched Tang Ye walk further away through the window, her expression also turned complicated.

Murmuring an apology in her heart, she started searching around and quickly found a set of clothes. After putting them on, she took a deep breath. Although the feeling of weakness hadn’t completely subsided, it didn’t hinder her actions.

Agilely, she crossed a door at the back and sped off in a certain direction, moving so quickly that she seemed like an invisible wind, covering several kilometers in an instant!

Soon, drawing on memory, she found a ruined building, cleared the rubble and entered a dark passage, heading downward into an underground space.

Two minutes later, she reappeared, but unlike when she entered, she emerged with four handsome men and beautiful women!

The four of them had no expressions on their faces, looking like artificial robots, with a noticeable silver line on each of their necks.

It’s unclear what she said to these four, but soon they quickly headed in the opposite direction.

After doing all this, Ning Yu’er did not return but continued to move in another direction.

On the street, the already frenzied black insect species zombies seemed to sense something. They suddenly turned to look in Ning Yu’er’s direction, but before they could see clearly who was coming, a strong wind knocked them to the side of the street!

In the north, despite the damage from battles at Level 9, because of the distance, some buildings in the China C4 and China A16 blocks still remained, yet the situation was far from optimistic.

Ning Yu’er, who was moving almost as fast as the wind, slowed down upon entering this area. Unlike before, most of the survivors from the Cloud Gorge Base had gathered here, resulting in a dense crowd nearly blocking the streets. Soldiers in exoskeleton armor could be seen every few steps.

Stopping, she observed her surroundings, and after confirming no one was watching her, she headed toward a less crowded area.

Five minutes passed, and she arrived in front of a shop. After staring at the locked shutter door for a moment, she turned into a nearby alley until she found a window sealed with boards and stopped, seemingly dazing at it.

In less than a minute, for some unknown reason, she seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. Then she left the alley and returned to the shutter door, lightly shaking it.

A few seconds later, a voice came from behind the shutter door.

"Who is it?"

"It’s me." Ning Yu’er responded in Chen Bieli’s tone and voice, causing the person inside to pause in surprise.

"Boss?"

"Yes."

"Oh my, it’s really you!"

"Keep your voice down."

"Oh, oh, oh, I get it. Let me open the door."

...

The shutter was cracked open, and the person inside crouched down, tilting their head to look at Ning Yu’er outside.

"Thank goodness, boss, we thought something had happened to you..."

"I’m fine."

The person behind the door was a young-looking chubby boy, his round body was a rarity in the apocalypse—akin to a panda!

His name was Mi Dongdong, and counting this year, he was just fifteen. When Ning Yu’er first met him, he was just an adorably naive child.

Mi Dongdong intended to tell her about the events she missed, but seeing the chaotic crowd on the street, he held back his thoughts.

"Boss, do you have any orders?" he inquired, but Ning Yu’er didn’t immediately state her reason for finding him. Upon entering the shop, she first scanned the surroundings, noticing the originally arranged items had been cleared, and frowned as she asked, "Why are you here alone, where’s Xu Yang’s wife and the others?"

At this point, Mi Dongdong, just having pulled the shutter door up, hurriedly explained upon hearing the question: "Not long before you came, someone dressed in white and wearing a hat approached us. I’m sure we didn’t know them! I have no idea how they found us! They just handed us some magnetic cards and told us to report to the Wanhe Third District’s 1361 District. Oh, and they mentioned that the rumored Dried Leaves Sanctuary entrance is there, and with the magnetic cards, we can seek refuge."

"What kind of magnetic card?"

Mi Dongdong went to the side counter and handed the described magnetic card to Ning Yu’er. The card was entirely dark green, indiscernible in purpose to the uninformed.

Though Ning Yu’er knew about the existence of the Dried Leaves Sanctuary, she had never seen the legendary pass with her own eyes.