Chapter 116 This is your payment.

Upon hearing this, Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan exchanged a glance.

What was this?

It was truly a case of "searching all corners without success, but getting it effortlessly at the end"!

Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan had been staying in this bug - infested ruin for two days, hoping to find the entrance to the underground city and that person.

Now that they had finally met someone who mentioned news related to the underground city, Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan not only had no intention of leaving, but even planned to make a thorough inquiry.

Liu Ruyan carefully sized up the person in front of her. "Do you know where the underground city is? Have you seen that person?"

Yang Wendong was taken aback, then frowned. "I've just said that this city isn't safe. There are his people everywhere.

If they find you, they'll definitely try every means to capture you. Then it will be difficult for you to leave here..."

Hearing Yang Wendong's words, knowing that he was kindly reminding them, Liu Ruyan spoke very politely.

"We're from the base. Our purpose is to find the underground city and that person."

Perhaps Liu Ruyan's words were too straightforward, and Yang Wendong was a bit stunned.

After a while, Yang Wendong finally asked, "Do you... also have a feud with him?"

Also?

"So, you have a feud with him."

Liu Ruyan used a declarative sentence, not an interrogative one.

"Yes! Of course I do!"

When saying this, his voice was a bit low.

But the hatred in it was impossible to ignore.

Just as Liu Ruyan was about to speak again, she saw bugs crawling all over Yang Wendong.

Liu Ruyan frowned. "This isn't a good place to talk. Where do you stay?"

"Follow me!"

Yang Wendong walked in front, and Zhang Yuan and Liu Ruyan followed behind.

After walking for more than ten minutes, the three entered the first floor of a relatively intact villa.

Although it had been more than three years since the end - of - the - world, and after experiencing a major earthquake and being eroded by bugs, just from the remaining decoration of the villa, it could be seen that the people who lived here before were either rich or noble.

The house was in a dilapidated state, with no furniture. There were traces of a fire burning in the middle, and not far away there was a stone slab.

Yang Wendong dug out firewood from the ruins.

Just by looking at the size of the firewood and the chopping marks, it could be seen that he had found and hidden it.

Before long, Yang Wendong lit a fire.

With the firelight, the bugs around the fire gradually dispersed, and a bug - free zone appeared in the house.

"Come over here and sit down!"

Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan walked over but didn't sit down immediately.

The two took out insecticide from their backpacks, sprayed it around the room, and scattered insect - repellent powder.

The smell wasn't pleasant, but the bugs in the house either ran away or died, and finally they wouldn't crawl around in front of them anymore.

Zhang Yuan moved two stones over, patted them, and he and Liu Ruyan sat on them respectively.

While the two were busy, Yang Wendong watched quietly without speaking.

It was not until Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan sat down that Yang Wendong spoke again.

"Do you... have a feud with him?"

Liu Ruyan looked towards Yang Wendong upon hearing this.

Under the illumination of the firelight, Yang Wendong's eyes were serious.

It seemed that in Yang Wendong's eyes and heart, he only cared about this one question.

As for everything else, it had nothing to do with him.

Liu Ruyan thought for a moment before saying, "We don't know if we have a feud yet. Maybe we will in the future."

If that person was really from the interstellar like Zhang Yuan, it was uncertain whether he would be an enemy or a friend.

There might be no feud now, but there could be one in the future.

Hearing Liu Ruyan's words, Yang Wendong frowned even more tightly. "What do you mean by that?"

At this time, Zhang Yuan spoke up. "Before, he sent people to rob the food from the base's plantation and also sent people to attack the base.

Although the losses weren't great, the base can't just ignore it."

Hearing Zhang Yuan's words, Yang Wendong's frown relaxed a bit. "You're working for the base and came here to gather information first? That makes sense."

Seeing Yang Wendong's unsurprised look, Zhang Yuan raised his eyebrows. "You know about these things?"

Yang Wendong shook his head. "I don't know, but I can guess that he's the kind of person who would do such things."

"Do you know him well? Did you know each other before?"

Yang Wendong's expression turned cold. "Who said you have to know someone to understand them. Sometimes, the one who knows you best isn't the person closest to you, but your enemy."

Zhang Yuan nodded in agreement. "You're right about that."

Yang Wendong didn't speak again, and the three fell silent.

Liu Ruyan looked at Yang Wendong, wanting to ask about his story.

But the words that reached her lips were finally swallowed back.

After all, they were not familiar with each other, and she shouldn't pry into other people's private affairs.

Changing the topic, Liu Ruyan asked the previous question again. "Do you know where the underground city is?"

"I only know the general location."

Yang Wendong's voice became a bit hoarse. "There are too many people over there, and I can't get close."

"Do you want to get in?"

"Yes."

"Then take us to that place, and we'll take you in."

Hearing Liu Ruyan's words, Yang Wendong suddenly looked up at her.

Even though the firelight was bright, it still couldn't hide the light in his eyes at this moment.

Liu Ruyan was slightly startled by this look, not sure if it was the light in his eyes that was too bright or if the firelight made his eyes look so bright.

"Okay! I'll take you there tomorrow!"

Zhang Yuan had been listening to their conversation. It was only then that he spoke again. "What's your name?"

"Yang Wendong."

"Yang Wendong... I'm Zhang Yuan."

"And I'm Liu Ruyan."

Yang Wendong nodded and didn't say anything more.

The firewood kept burning, making crackling sounds from time to time.

Liu Ruyan raised her wrist and looked at the time. It was already seven o'clock in the evening.

It was dinner time.

At this time last night, Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan had already taken a bath in the RV and were sitting together having dinner.

But obviously, things were different tonight.

Liu Ruyan opened her backpack and took out a bag of compressed biscuits.

This was the second time Liu Ruyan had eaten compressed biscuits in the third year of the apocalypse.

She took the compressed biscuits randomly and didn't know what flavor they were.

But to Liu Ruyan, all flavors of compressed biscuits tasted the same.

Looking at Yang Wendong opposite, she threw a bag to him.

Yang Wendong caught it subconsciously, but he didn't seem to want to open it and eat. He then handed it back to Liu Ruyan.

Before Yang Wendong could say anything, Liu Ruyan said, "You're taking us to find the underground city. This is your payment."

Yang Wendong frowned. "I was going there anyway..."

"That's your business." Liu Ruyan interrupted him. "Since you're taking us there, we should give you payment."

After saying this, Liu Ruyan stopped looking at Yang Wendong and opened the packaging in her hand.