In the following days, Yan Bubu usually attended classes at the college, and on weekends, he followed Feng Chen to the residential area on the second floor.
Although only sentinel guides can see quantum beasts, the two of them still held on to a glimmer of hope and asked around.
The second-floor residential area is located to the west of the central city, and all the buildings are no more than five stories high. Although the population is not large at present, many buildings are empty, but they are built closely together to facilitate the people who have survived the mutation period to live up there in the future.
The two of them wandered around small daily necessities shops or chess and card rooms, chatting with the elderly and permanent residents, and asking about the red spider intentionally or unintentionally.
Yan Bubu also went to the welfare home and stood outside the iron fence, gesturing to the children: "Have you seen a spider as big as a washbasin, red?"
“No.”
"Is that delicious? I've never eaten it."
"I have a ball as big as a washbasin. Brother, do you think it's this ball?"
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After failing to find any clues about the Red Spider on the second floor, they went to the first floor, and Yan Bubu saw another side of Feng Chen.
Not only could he chat with the elderly people in the resettlement site, listen to the administrators complain about the current situation and agree with them appropriately, he could also chat and laugh with the drunks in the pub and treat them to a glass of the pub's unique low-quality fruit wine.
Nowadays, food is scarce, and it is difficult to fill one's stomach, let alone make wine. But people always find ways to make wine, so they go to the mountains outside the central city to pick a kind of berry. The fruit is sour and astringent, but it is still okay to make wine.
Yan Bubu had also tasted this kind of wine, and he felt that it was a kind of wine that was even more unpalatable than coffee, spicy and astringent, with a hint of sourness. He only drank a mouthful, then frowned and shivered a few times, causing the people in the bar to laugh.
Feng Chen also smiled and took his wine glass away and placed it on the table.
More than half a month passed in a flash, and they still hadn't heard any news about the Red Spider.
That morning, Yan Bubu had just entered the classroom and sat down when the instructor walked in with a rare kind smile on his face.
"The instructor seems to be in a good mood today." One student whispered, "It looks like he won't scold us anymore."
"It's time to go on another mission." Zhao Cui said as she knitted a sweater, "As long as the instructor has a good attitude, it means we are going on a mission. The friendlier the smile, the heavier the mission."
The instructor cleared his throat and said, "As you all know, there are our plantations and two mines outside the city. You all know the importance of the limestone mine and the giant metal mine, not to mention the plantation. The army has other tasks today, so they are short of manpower and need the assistance of our sentry academy. Of course, our task is not heavy, we just need to guard the mines and plantations for two days and clean up the mutants that come to raid..."
"We will be on duty all day for the next two days, so everyone will take turns. All the sentries in the academy will be divided into teams, and each team will be equipped with four guides and twelve sentries. Considering that familiar sentries and guides will cooperate better, you can form your own teams first. If the number of people is insufficient, the academy will assign people to join the team."
The classroom was suddenly filled with voices calling out to friends: "Wang Chengdong, let's team up first."
"Chen Yunhan, I have a very familiar sentinel, come with me..."