Chapter 130 It's not certain who the boss is yet.

If she hadn't clearly heard the man's words, Liu Ruyan would have thought she was hallucinating.

This was the apocalypse, right?

The man had just mentioned the word "base," right?

But in the apocalypse, there was actually someone trying to solicit customers to stay in their base.

Not to mention Zhang Yuan, even Liu Ruyan, who had lived a second life, was astonished.

Could it be that because the place where she lived in her previous life was too remote and backward, she didn't know that such things could happen in the apocalypse?

Probably seeing that Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan didn't say anything for a long time, the man outside spoke again.

"Brother, sister, don't be afraid. Our base is a legitimate one, and we do legitimate business.

If you come to our base to stay, it only costs one jin of grain a day. Any kind of grain is fine. We're not picky."

While the man was speaking, Liu Ruyan had been carefully observing him.

Since the extreme heat started, no one had seen the sun.

Even those with originally dark skin would turn pale after not seeing the sun for several years.

It was a kind of sickly pallor.

The man in front of her and the few people behind him were all like this.

Besides their identical paleness, they were thin.

These people were all very thin, not in a healthy way. It was obvious that they were thin due to years of not having enough to eat.

After careful observation, Liu Ruyan didn't find anything suspicious.

They looked like ordinary survivors, and their eyes didn't dodge when they spoke.

Zhang Yuan turned to look at Liu Ruyan. Seeing Liu Ruyan nod almost imperceptibly, he didn't refuse and readily agreed with a smile.

"Sure! We were just thinking about taking a rest before continuing our journey. Big brother, where is your base?"

As soon as the man heard that Zhang Yuan agreed, he smiled even more brightly. "It's just ahead, not far!

We'll lead the way for you up ahead!"

"Okay!"

Those people led the way in front, and Zhang Yuan drove the car and followed behind.

After closing the car window, Zhang Yuan whispered to Liu Ruyan, "Let's go to their base and have a look. If they have any bad intentions, we'll wipe them out."

Hearing Zhang Yuan's words, Liu Ruyan couldn't help laughing. "What you said makes you sound more like a bad guy.

However, I don't think they have any bad intentions."

Adding up her previous life and this life, Liu Ruyan had lived in the apocalypse for thirteen years. She had some experience and insights in judging people.

The man said their base was not far, and indeed it wasn't.

Five minutes later, they arrived at the gate of the base.

The gate consisted of two large iron doors.

Judging from its sturdiness, it was even less solid than the gate of the small courtyard where Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan lived in the First Base.

The few men walked to the gate and shouted a few words inside. Soon, the gate was opened from the inside.

The man still led the way in front, guiding them into the courtyard and finally stopping beside a row of vehicles.

As soon as Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan got out of the car, the man walked up with a smile. "Brother, sister, this is our base. It used to be a seafood processing factory, and later it became a base.

I've been talking to you so much that I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Wang Dacheng. You can just call me Dacheng."

"How can that be!" Zhang Yuan said seriously. "You're older than me. I'll call you Brother Wang!"

Wang Dacheng smiled simply and honestly. "Looking at you, you're at most in your early twenties. I'm already thirty - two this year. It's okay for you to call me big brother."

Liu Ruyan had been quietly listening to the two talking, but when she heard this, she couldn't help laughing out loud.

Thirty - two?

Zhang Yuan was already thirty - two two years ago!

Indeed, one couldn't rely solely on appearance to guess someone's age. In fact, it wasn't certain who was the older one!

Liu Ruyan's sudden laughter made Wang Dacheng look at her in confusion. "Sister, what are you laughing at?"

Liu Ruyan quickly shook her head and said seriously, "Brother Wang, he just looks young. In fact, he's not in his early twenties."

Hearing this, Wang Dacheng waved his hand indifferently. "Even if he's not in his early twenties, he's still young. If it were before, you two would be at the prime of your lives. But now - sigh! Look at me, why am I talking about this? You must be tired, right? Come on, I'll show you the rooms."

Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan nodded. Each of them took a hiking bag from the car and put it on their backs, then followed Wang Dacheng to see the rooms.

This seafood processing factory was quite large.

Wang Dacheng quickly led them to a two - story building and opened the door of a room on the east side of the first floor.

"This used to be the staff dormitory, so the room is quite clean.

Now it's been converted into a guesthouse, and we've all moved to other places to live."

As they were talking, they had already entered the room.

Wang Dacheng entered the room and turned on the switch on the wall.

As the lights came on, everything in the room was in full view.

Liu Ruyan raised her eyebrows. "You have electricity?"

Wang Dacheng smiled simply and honestly. "Yes! After all, the wind power plants and hydropower plants are in operation. It's possible for a small base to get connected to the power grid.

Although it cost a lot of supplies to get connected, life has become much more convenient."

Listening to Wang Dacheng's explanation, Liu Ruyan immediately understood what was going on.

Haiqu City was by the sea, and wind power and hydropower generation were very convenient. It wasn't really strange to have electricity.

Looking at it this way, a favorable geographical location was indeed a very important thing.

No wonder the Second Base was built here.

So was the reason why her previous life was so miserable mainly because the place she lived in had no mountains, no water, and no sea?

"We only provide accommodation, not food. You two have a good rest. I won't disturb you anymore!"

Wang Dacheng's words brought Liu Ruyan back to her senses.

Watching Wang Dacheng leave, Zhang Yuan closed the door behind him.

The curtains in the room were drawn. After closing the door, Zhang Yuan turned off the lights.

He first checked if there were any monitoring or eavesdropping devices in the room. After making sure there was no problem, he turned on the lights again.

The room wasn't big. There were two bunk beds against the wall, and two tables. There was nothing else.

The beds were bare wooden beds. There were no bedding, not even a bamboo mat.

Liu Ruyan found it a bit funny.

It was only because it was the apocalypse now.

If it were before the apocalypse, anyone who dared to run a guesthouse like this would definitely go out of business in no time.

The beds were like the bunk beds in school dormitories, about 1.2 meters wide.

Liu Ruyan searched in the space for a while before finding a 1.2 - meter - wide bamboo mat and spreading it on the lower bunk.

Liu Ruyan sat down, patted the bed board, and said to Zhang Yuan, "What are you still standing there for? Come and sit!"

Zhang Yuan walked up in two steps and sat down beside Liu Ruyan. "Even such a small base has electricity. I think the situation of the Second Base should be better than that of the First Base."