#526 - Chapter 526: A celebration banquet that affected the entire base 4

In another location within Residential Area 7.

Man Wu had just finished queuing to receive his share of the food.

His heart wasn't calm either.

After wandering outside for so long, he had forgotten what it felt like to be full.

Usually, after obtaining food, it was impossible for lone survivors like them to eat it all at once; they had to carefully calculate how to eat it most efficiently.

They had to save the food that could be stored longer and eat the food that wouldn't last as long first.

He had entered many bases and shelters built by various forces, but aside from not charging him fees, it was already extremely rare to receive any distributed food.

No force was willing to do such an extremely unprofitable business.

He picked up a piece of green vegetable, and with the fragrant aroma of rice, he took a deep breath before slowly putting it into his mouth.

!!!!

His eyes widened instantly.

An indescribable taste exploded in his mouth!

So delicious!!

He didn't know if it was because he hadn't eaten stir-fried green vegetables with oil for too long, or if the green vegetables were indeed delicious!

In short.

All of Man Wu's thoughts were blocked out.

The only thing filling his mind at this moment was to enjoy this dinner given by Green Source!

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Residential Area 1.

There was a large building similar to a cafeteria, where the Level 2 personnel could usually come to eat and cool off.

Several air conditioning fans and electric fans were installed here, and the powerful wind was 'whooshing' away the heat from the bodies of the people here.

The food had just been served here too.

This place wasn't far from the headquarters, and it didn't take too long for the combat troops to escort it over.

Today, the base's treatment for this place was three large bowls of rice, two dishes, and a common soup.

Full of sincerity, wasn't it?

"The food is served! The food is served! Today, our dishes here are garlic stir-fried vegetables, the same as in the small residential area, and stir-fried lettuce with meat! There's meat!! Everyone, line up to get food and then start enjoying!"

Meat!

What a delightful word!

Almost all of the Level 2 personnel here had come to Green Source after the new year. Perhaps some people had eaten some preserved food before, but the time must have been so long ago that they couldn't remember.

Before long, the personnel here lined up and received their dinner.

Zhao Zhigang was filled with emotion as he looked at the dinner plate in his hand.

Two dishes and a mountain of rice, which might be the most common meal for a family of three in peaceful times, were a luxury that almost all survivors in the apocalypse couldn't obtain even if they begged for it.

Today, Green Source brought over barrels of steamed white rice, three large bowls for each person!

The kind of large bowls!

They could definitely eat their fill, and even if they couldn't finish it, they could take it away and enjoy it slowly later, and no one would say anything.

"Hey, I wonder how Xin Xin is doing over there. I heard they only have one vegetable dish and only two bowls of rice. I wonder if he can eat his fill? If he hadn't been demoted to the small residential area, he could be the same as us."

At this time, Zhu Fen, beside Zhao Zhigang, inappropriately mentioned a name that exhausted him.

"Don't mention him again! He also has a dish and enough rice to eat over there! He won't go hungry!"

After saying that, he took the first step, holding the dinner plate and walking to a corner where no one was, carefully savoring tonight's dinner.

That disappointing son, the less said about him, the better.

Zhu Fen was exasperated. Her man was still angry at his son's inaction and lack of ambition. Even if that was really the case, he was still his own son!

How could he be like this?

Unfortunately, no matter how she persuaded Zhao Zhigang, she couldn't get him to ask Zhao Ling to come forward.

She couldn't get him to move.

And as a stepmother, she had secretly run to the branch base personnel to ask if they could pass a message to Zhao Ling, saying that she had something to discuss with her.

Unfortunately, the other party didn't intend to have any contact with her and refused.

She hadn't mentioned this to Zhao Zhigang yet.

There was no other way, she could only wait and see later. Perhaps her son would work hard after going to the small residential area?

Every mother hopes that her child will one day rise up.

It's just that there aren't many.

Inside the large residential area.

Everyone who received the distributed dinner stared at the heavy plate of food in their hands with glowing eyes.

It had been a long time, everyone had forgotten when they had eaten such good food.

Usually, working for the base, the daily food they received was generally coarse grain porridge, such as millet porridge, and they could occasionally eat a luxurious white rice porridge.

It wasn't delicious, but it could slightly fill their stomachs and replenish energy. It was the main source of food that all residential area personnel could obtain.

Only in very rare cases would the base distribute white rice as food.

Today's meal was almost the best meal that all the personnel in the large residential area had eaten since entering the apocalypse.

"Wuwuwu! This taste is really too good! After eating this meal tonight, how will I be able to eat anything else in the future!? It's difficult!"

Someone was eating and crying, amazed by the deliciousness of today's meal.

"I have a good idea, as long as you don't eat it and give it to me, you won't have the memory of this meal in the future, or I'll trade my future meals for your dinner today?"

Someone with a clever mind immediately suggested.

Naturally, no one paid attention to his joking words.

"Hiss—ha—爽啊——!"

Someone took a big sip of the public soup and let out a satisfied sigh.

Although it was a very ordinary seaweed and scallion soup, without even eggs, it made the drinker feel the taste of the sea.

Seafood soup, wasn't it!

Joy filled the entire large residential area.

Under the cooling of the air conditioning fans and the blowing of the fans.

Their hearts seemed to be cleansed, shedding the accumulated heat of this period of time, and began to calmly enjoy tonight's celebration meal.

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Branch Base.

After 7:30, it was finally this side's turn to serve food.

The Level 3 personnel entered the rooms that had been arranged for them, where the air conditioning was on, and they were also thoughtfully provided with melon seeds and tea in advance to wait and chat.

"The food is served! The food is served! Everyone, line up to receive it! The cafeteria has pre-divided the dishes for everyone, three dishes per person, no more, no less, rice is unlimited! Although today it is said to be unlimited, I still remind everyone, don't eat yourselves to death!"

The team member who brought the food reminded jokingly.

Or rather, this wasn't a joke.

If they didn't warn them, someone might really eat too much and die.

There weren't that many Level 3 personnel here, and there were many distribution points, so the distribution was completed quickly.

"Brother Xiao! Our dinner today is actually stir-fried vegetables, stir-fried cucumber with meat, and mapo tofu!! I even have my favorite mapo tofu! That's great!"

Ge Lin received his plate and excitedly shared his joy with Xiao Ming.

It was good to have his favorite dish.

Xiao Ming didn't speak, just looked at him with a faint smile.

"Azhen, aren't you Guangnan people supposed to not eat spicy food? Why don't I reluctantly help you? As a man in the team, I should help when female team members have difficulties, give me all your mapo tofu!"

Xiao Cong approached Azhen with a generous and righteous expression, holding a spoon and pretending to scoop her dish.

"Pa."

Azhen unceremoniously gave him a flick on the head, and said angrily:

"Who said we Guangnan people don't eat spicy food!? I eat it! I want to eat it! I'm going to lick the plate clean! Don't even think about it!"

She wouldn't give up the food she had finally obtained, even if she didn't like it before, so what? After experiencing endless hunger, she would even eat coriander and fish mint as food now!

Xiao Cong's trick didn't succeed. In fact, he was just joking with his teammates. In the apocalypse, true companions wouldn't randomly touch other people's food.

People would die.

The two started playing around again.

This was still their daily life.

The entire space was filled with laughter.

(End of this chapter)