Chapter 1765 is coming soon

Lu Jingcheng turned to look at her, a warm smile playing on his lips, his eyes filled with certainty:

"Don't worry, with me here, I will make sure nothing goes wrong."

His voice was steady and powerful, like a reassuring pill, which dissipated much of the tension that had been subtly rising in the carriage due to the impending arrival at their destination.

Qin Fenglin and Li Nana exchanged a glance, their faces showing a more genuine sense of relief.

Although they hadn't witnessed the Fire Team's strength firsthand, their ability to lead a complete convoy through the ruins in the apocalypse and their willingness to lend a helping hand was enough to inspire their trust.

The armored vehicle continued forward in the direction Qin Fenglin pointed out, the roar of its engine particularly clear amidst the empty ruins.

The scenery outside the window gradually changed. It was no longer the desolate place with piles of broken walls and the faint sound of zombies. The road began to become more orderly. Although there were still cracks in the road surface, it was clear that it had been repaired by humans. Occasionally, you could even see simple road signs standing by the roadside, marked with the words "5 kilometers ahead, buffer zone of Youzhou base" in red paint.

"We're almost there." Qin Fenglin pointed to the distant horizon. "Once we cross that mountain ridge, we'll see the outline of the base."

Li Luo looked in the direction he pointed and saw a continuous mountain range rising faintly on the northwest horizon, which was the extension of the Yanshan Mountains.

She suddenly remembered that in her previous life, during a prosperous era, she had traveled to City B with Shi Xinxin. The tour guide had specifically mentioned that the city was backed by the Yanshan Mountains in the northwest and bordered the Xishan Mountains in the southwest, with a terrain that was high in the northwest and low in the southeast.

The current Youzhou base was clearly built using the natural defenses of the Yanshan Mountains.

Memories flooded back like a tide, intertwining with the devastated scene outside the car window, causing a complex mix of emotions to well up inside her.

It is a longing for the past glory, and also a sense of melancholy for the present desolation.

She vividly remembers how prosperous and bustling the capital city was back then.

The national flag fluttered in the wind at Tiananmen Square, the red walls and yellow tiles of the Forbidden City shone brightly in the sunlight, Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace rippled with blue waves, and the food stalls in Nanluoguxiang were crowded with people. The two of them squeezed in the crowd to buy candied hawthorns, and the sweet aroma still seems to linger in their noses.

Traffic flowed endlessly along Chang'an Avenue, and the neon lights of skyscrapers illuminated the night sky. They strolled along the street, chattering and planning their itinerary for the next day.

There was no trace of the stench of zombies in the air, only the lively atmosphere of the city and its vibrant energy, making it both fresh and bustling.

But now, everything outside the car window has changed beyond recognition.

The once wide and smooth asphalt road is now covered with spider web-like cracks. Most of the high-rise buildings along the roadside have become broken steel skeletons. Shattered glass curtain walls are scattered all over the ground, and the dark windows are like pairs of silent, staring eyes, exuding an indescribable desolation.

The once bustling streets are now deserted, with only the howling of the wind through the ruins. Occasionally, a few mutated wild dogs can be seen gnawing on unknown remains by the roadside. When the convoy passes by, they tuck their tails between their legs and flee in panic, adding to the desolation.

"It's hard to imagine that this was once the capital."

Shi Xinxin pressed her face against the car window, her eyes filled with shock and regret, her fingertips unconsciously digging into the window frame.

The scene before me, apart from the occasional glimpse of the past in the outlines of some remaining buildings, is nothing but the desolation and ruin unique to the end times.