"That..."

Xiao Xiao saw that Gu Chen didn't intend to speak, but closed his eyes and rested, so she finally broke the silence by herself.

"Huh?" Gu Chen heard Xiao Xiao's voice, and simply hummed, saying that he was listening, and Xiao Xiao could speak up.

Although Gu Chen is already a sixth-order power user, his daily workload is still very much beyond his goals, so if he can find time to rest, he will let himself close his eyes and take a break.

Gu Chen thought that Xiao Xiao didn't plan to talk to him after talking for a while... He didn't expect that Xiao Xiao would take the initiative to speak?

"I want to ask, the defense line, what's the current progress...?"

Xiao Xiao's question surprised Gu Chen. He didn't expect her to care about such a thing?

"That's right, didn't I ask you when we met outside City D half a year ago? You were saying that half a year later, that is, now, human beings will start to advance the defense line, so I want to be concerned about the current situation. How's it going?"

Gu Chen thought about it, and then slowly said, "At present, the first line of defense we name the Jiazi line of defense, named after the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, and the second line of defense is called the Yi Chou line of defense. The Jiazi line of defense goes from B city, D city, T city, G city, and F city to the coastline. Inside the defense line is the 'clearing area', while outside the Yi Chou defense line is the 'hunting area'."

Do these three areas look familiar?

That's right, it was the method used by the group of people that Xiao Xiao met in X City, or in other words, all small bases used this method to separate the so-called safe areas. Naturally, the most powerful people have those who are eligible to live, generally the survivors who join later have to make a certain contribution in the clearing area before they can enter the core of the base.

"We have been cleaning up the clearing area for more than a month. Recently, the mutant herds and scattered zombies that have appeared after sunset have become less and less. The preliminary estimate is that the assessment period will be entered in two months, and this area will also join in the safe area in half a year."

Gu Chen still did not open his eyes when he said these words, and spoke in a very slow tone: "In addition, we have established a lot of hunting areas outside the Yi Chou defense line. Small bases - it took us a lot of effort to clear these four big cities this time. Judging from the areas to be recovered next, it is not realistic to rely on the connection between big cities to transport materials and personnel. Therefore, the small base came into being."

"In the small base, we quoted one of the management methods in the data you provided. Due to the large number of mutant herds in the hunting area, only those who have passed the assessment can go out as a 'Base Master'...because as long as the second line of defense is out, we can't control their behavior in time, they are like the emperors who have been sealed away, so the qualification assessment is the top priority."

"After the Master goes out, he must shoulder the responsibility of building a small base, managing survivors, and clearing a safe area. After these points are connected, we can naturally take a two-pronged approach and send troops together from the two positions of the Yichu defense line and the base. The mutant beasts and zombies in the clearance area will complete the supply line by the way."

"This is our current progress."

After Gu Chen finished speaking, Xiao Xiao also understood how the entire defense line was advancing.

In general, thanks to her efforts, those intractable monsters did not appear in various places. Maybe there were some rumors in the early days of the apocalypse, but now no one believes these nonsense.

"Is there anything unclear?"

Gu Chen didn't hear Xiao Xiao's answer, opened his eyes a little strangely, and looked at Xiao Xiao's relieved expression, a little inexplicable... Her expression?

"No, no, that's fine, it seems that it is just around the corner to regain the lost ground?" Xiao Xiao smiled and expressed her satisfaction with the current speed of the defense line.

"Um... After half a year, when the inside of the Yichou defense line is completely cleared, it will enter the third stage—the method of casting a wide net. At that time, the scattered small bases and the Yichou line of defense have also been included in the clearing area, and The ability users with leadership skills are also trained similarly. When they take a team to find city ruins farther away, and establish a small base, the final stage of closing the net will come, and the fastest three years. After, five years at the latest, the entire south of Longji Mountain will be completely recovered."

Gu Chen said this, pinching his eyebrows with his right hand with a headache, and then said: "It's just Longji Mountain..."

After thinking about Longji Mountain, Gu Chen's voice stopped abruptly before he could finish it, because of the situation there, he was really hard to say.

"What happened to Longji Mountain?"

Xiao Xiao was a little surprised. Isn't that Longji Mountain... the place she didn't go to at that time? What happened there?

"I sent a lot of people to Z City before, but after the proliferation of mutant beasts, Sunset Valley became a forbidden area. Although the people trapped there can occasionally transmit some information from the radio, I am still quite worried about them.""Z City?" Xiao Xiao asked urgently when she heard this: "Z City...is it safe?"

"Huh?" Gu Chen raised his head strangely when he heard Xiao Xiao's question. He glanced at Xiao Xiao and saw that the urgency between her brows was not pretentious, so she had to explain: "It's quite safe, but it was mentioned in the recent telegram that there seems to be a big guy in the depths of Longji Mountain. The mutant beasts are a little restless, but they haven't launched an attack on City Z, and the two sides are still at peace with each other... Why, someone you know is there?"

Why is Xiao Xiao so urgent about this?

Now, let's review how the system explained to Xiao Xiao at that time.

'... There are still 25% of the strange elements that are still a hidden danger. These strange elements are mainly distributed in the area of ​​the Longji Mountains in the past of City Z...'

'... Because of the terrain, there is basically no possibility for human beings. The ones who survived...'

Well, that's right, that's how the system described it at the time.

And if the 25% strange elements really become the climate, the first one must be Z City. The safety of Z City reflects that the system's statement at the time was not wrong.

Another point is that the monsters that '25% of the strange elements will spawn will be SS-level existences. '.

It means that this round of competition is over. A newly born monster is adapting to the mutation brought by the 25% strange elements. If it survives, it will go into a deep sleep. Wait until it reappears on Earth one day.

If it does not survive, its body will collapse, and the strange elements will be obtained by the nearby mutant beasts or corpse kings, and then there will be a new round of competition, until finally the new monsters return to the adaptation period, forming a reincarnation.

To be honest, Xiao Xiao hopes that the later this reincarnation occurs, the better, because it means that she has more time to strengthen herself and cope with it.

"No, it's not..." Xiao Xiao didn't know what to say, and finally decided to give up thinking and leave it to the experts in front of him to judge.

"Cough, let's put it this way, I once got the news that it is like a place to raise Gu, and now if there is no movement, the Gu King has fallen into a deep sleep, if it survives the mutation, there will be a world-destroying one. Monsters appear, if they don't survive, they will turn into countless Gus again to compete for the position of Gu King..."

Hearing this, Gu Chen immediately understood what was going on in Longji Mountain.

"It's what 'it' said again, right?" Gu Chen squinted his eyes and said something that caught Xiao Xiao by surprise.

Seriously speaking, half of it was said by the system, and half of it was obtained from the system for unknown reasons (in fact, she read the data in the system after her spiritual power promotion), so there is nothing wrong with Gu Chen saying this.

When Xiao Xiao was a little overwhelmed, the waiter had already come up to deliver the meal, which also allowed Xiao Xiao to escape once again.

'I'll let you go this time.' When the waiter delivered the meal, Xiao Xiao could read these words from Gu Chen's calm eyes, but she didn't care! Anyway, she can escape for a while, as long as the system does not nod, she is not going to reveal more.

"Thank you for your information, I will take this matter into consideration, let's eat first!" After the waiter left, Gu Chen did not force Xiao Xiao, but let her have a good meal...

'Hongmen Banquet?' Xiao Xiao looked at the dishes on the table with all the flavors, and suddenly felt a little regretful. You said that you should eat well, and what are you digging a hole for if you have nothing to do?

At this point, it is useless to talk more, Xiao Xiao can only turn her grief and anger into appetite, and plans to eat back all the taste she lost this year.

How does it feel to go from not knowing the taste to the taste of the five flavors?

Xiao Xiao can tell you responsibly, that feeling... It's like coming back to life!

Take a bite of Guangzhou Fried Rice...Although the meat inside is not pork, but the meat of mutant wild boar... Slightly salty and sweet, just right taste, with the special texture of distinct particles and not sticking together, Xiao Xiao was moved to the point of almost crying because of the special sauce that was stir-fried and carefully prepared.

'The taste is finally...restored! '

Xiao Xiao ate very quickly, and even her eyes were red several times when she ate, which made Gu Chen a little puzzled... It's just a meal, is it necessary to be so moved? Xiao Xiao has been eating dry food for the past six months?Gu Chen didn't know that in some respects he really knew the truth, but not half a year, but a year!

Seriously speaking, it has been a year since Xiao Xiao was released from prison. This year, Xiao Xiao can only eat raw meat or sashimi to taste the umami, otherwise everything else tastes the same.

However, she doesn't eat raw meat, so all she can eat is the group of fish that Gu Chen contributed... As for the cooked food, except for the meat that can give her a sense of satiety, the rest of the food she eats is completely useless. of.

Seeing Xiao Xiao eat like this, Gu Chen suddenly felt that the food on the table became much better.

So, while maintaining the high-quality etiquette of eating, the two of them solved everything on the table bit by bit.

...

After the meal, Gu Chen originally wanted to pay the bill, but Xiao Xiao insisted on paying by herself in order to express her gratitude—what a joke, she is so rich, it's not an exaggeration to reward herself?

Seeing Xiao Xiao insist, Gu Chen had no choice but to give this opportunity to Xiao Xiao... To be honest, in terms of points, he is really not as good as Xiao Xiao now... Just grab it and grab a lot of purified crystals. Heck, Xiao Xiao is a newly released upstart!

After leaving the restaurant, Gu Chen took Xiao Xiao directly to his home.

"This room is for you. I live in the master bedroom next to you. If you have anything missing, you can tell me. I'll take you to buy it tomorrow."

After Gu Chen gave Xiao Xiao a brief introduction, he went back to his room. Don't forget, in order to entertain Xiao Xiao, he skiped a lot of work today. Now that Xiao Xiao has settled down, he has to finish these things, otherwise he will be too busy until tomorrow!

"Okay..." Not long after Gu Chen left, Xiao Xiao, who entered the room, groped for a while with interest, and then went straight to wash up.

When lying on the bed, Xiao Xiao calmed herself down completely. At this moment, she suddenly realized... Was the behavior of this day really all her doing?

Xiao Xiao frowned, thinking carefully about her own behavior all day today.

First of all, she had everything arranged and everything went smoothly, but when did it start to get out of control?

That's right! After meeting Gu Chen!

After seeing Gu Chen, her emotions began to get out of control, her calm and self-reliant personality was gone, and her IQ was only at the level of kindergarten.

Except when she met Gu Chen for the first time, this kind of thing happened once. Later, it was quite normal for the two to meet. Why did it happen again now?

Xiao Xiao tried hard to find out the reason, but unfortunately it was unsuccessful. In the end, it could only be speculated that it was probably caused by the lack of mental strength?

Just in the chaotic thoughts, Xiao Xiao gradually relaxed and fell asleep.

In fact, Xiao Xiao only guessed half of it.

Insufficient mental strength is one of the reasons. She is a bit traumatized now, and her ability to judge things will be less than half, so her behavior is a little naive.

And the other half of the reason is that Xiao Xiao's defense against Gu Chen is still zero!

Especially during this meeting, the two sides hadn't seen each other for half a year. The defensiveness she had built up against Gu Chen was worn away by time. In addition, she was very insecure now, and for various reasons, Let Xiao Xiao seem to be directly hooked on the debuff of dementia.

But this situation only ends today, because starting from tomorrow, Xiao Xiao's inner wall will be restructured, and it is even more impossible for things like today's almost betrayal of the system to happen!

Xiao Xiao is like this, what about Gu Chen?

Gu Chen also felt that Xiao Xiao's behavior all day today was very strange... From the first time she saw him, the shyness and embarrassment that didn't seem to be fake, and then she directly confessed to him the existence of 'it' was all very weird move.

Although in terms of chauvinism, Gu Chen quite enjoys Xiao Xiao's dependent gaze and behavior, but if you really think about it, this is completely different from the Xiao Xiao he knows.

If it weren't for Xiao Xiao becoming more normal later, Gu Chen would still think that Xiao Xiao was fighting against other mental powers, and then her mental power was damaged!

Don't say, Xiao Xiao's behavior is really similar to that situation.