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Chapter 35 35. Rose Traffic

After the scratching-head rice ball emoticon was sent out, the young man on the other end of the phone did not reply.

His WeChat status is no longer online. The new post he made yesterday was "Very Busy" with three sad little yellow faces and three withered rose emojis as the text, and below it was a picture of a depressed little rice ball emoji.

Jiang Jianxin flipped through his recent updates and knew that he must have taken the time out today to check on her. They had almost finished chatting and she had something else to do, so she went on with her work.

Jiang Jianxin sighed in boredom, closed WeChat, and went to her Ping An Forum, which only visitors could log in to.

“Beep—beep—”

The white extended SUV was still moving forward in the wilderness. Zhenbei City was not particularly far from the Dawn Base. After driving at the highest speed for a whole morning, it would arrive around two or three in the afternoon.

So at lunchtime, He Juping looked at his phone and said:

"At our current speed, we'll reach Zhenbei City in two or three hours. But it's noon now, and Rose Transportation has set up a rest area in front of this national highway. Let's go to the rest area to get some rest. We need to be alert and deal with the matter in Zhenbei City."

No one in the car objected, and Jiang Jianxin had a confused expression in the back seat.

This was mainly because she didn't understand the meaning of the words.

The girl in the front seat kept looking at her, wanting to talk to her. Seeing the blank expression on Jiang Jianxin's face, she hesitantly said:

"Um... Master Jiang, have you never been to the rest area at Rose Transportation before?"

Jiang Jianxin shook his head and said embarrassedly:

"I actually don't even know what Rose Traffic is."

The girl in the front seat leaned over and explained to her enthusiastically:
"Rose Transportation is a Chaos faction force and has a long-term cooperative relationship with our War Alliance."

"Before the apocalypse, Rose Transportation's main job was to seal off polluted areas within the city through spatial distortion and other means, preventing ordinary people from straying into them. They also contracted to open safe passageways in low-level pollution areas that were congested."

Jiang Jianxin was stunned when she heard this. She didn't expect that there was such a special force in the supernatural world, but when she thought about it carefully, it made sense.

Before the disaster rain came, many ordinary people had no idea about the existence of gifted people and polluted areas. Rose Transportation probably played a significant role in this regard.

"So they're still doing these businesses after the apocalypse?"

Jiang Jianxin asked.

"Of course not. After the apocalypse, the entire world has become a massive polluted area. Those polluted areas in cities no longer need to be hidden. Rose Transportation has withdrawn those shielding barriers and taken over the main roads across the country. They're cleaning up the polluted areas and setting up rest areas to ensure everyone can pass through."

The girl in the front seat continued.

After hearing her description, Jiang Jianxin had a good impression of this force:

"So this force is still a pretty good force."

The girl in the front seat heard her say this and just said vaguely:

"Well... uh... it's hard to say..."

Jiang Jianxin couldn't ask any further because they arrived at the rest area. He Juping stopped the car and asked everyone to get out.

There was a boy sitting in the same row with the girl in the front seat. The girl left her seatmate behind, got out of the car and ran to Jiang Jianxin, excitedly asking:
"Master Jiang, shall we go together?"

Jiang Jianxin nodded:

"What's your name? How should I address you?"

The girl chuckled:
"My name is Cheng Duoduo, Lord Jiang, just call me Duoduo."

Cheng Duoduo and Jiang Jianxin walked towards the rest area together. Outside the glass door of the rest area, there were two people wearing gray vests with roses pinned on their chests guarding it.

He Juping went over and said something to them. The two nodded, and then he pushed open the heavy wooden door of the rest area and motioned them to go in.

“Bang—”

The smell of mud and sweat hit me as I entered. The lounge area, filled with hundreds of rows of plastic chairs, was now densely packed. Next to the rows of chairs was a large open space covered in tents and piled with blankets. Many people were resting there, while others were eating from their self-heating lunch boxes.

For a moment, the smell of rice mixed with the stench, becoming a smell that was unpleasant to the nose.

He Juping led them to the innermost part of the rest area, where there was a separate space separated by frosted glass. A man in a gray vest was also guarding the door.

Seeing them coming here in a swagger, he asked:
"Which force is it from?"

He Juping took out a shining badge with a giant holding a hammer on it.

"We are from the War Alliance."

The gatekeeper glanced at the badge and said:
"So you're from the War Alliance. Are you going to Zhenbei City?"

Zhenbei City is under the jurisdiction of the War Alliance. The situation there has been bad recently, and Rose Transportation has heard about it.

"Correct."

He Juping nodded and led the group into the frosted door.

Inside was a space of about 100 square meters. There were far fewer people this time, and it could be seen that they were all people from various major forces. There was a lot of order and discipline, and the tents were clearly separated from each other. Unlike the noise outside, it was very quiet inside, and everyone was resting separately without communicating.

The group found a place to sit down, took out the bedding rolls from the storage watch, and made the beds for their lunch break.

Jiang Jianxin's storage watch was newly given to her by Cai Nianyun. There was only a large backpack of hers in it, with no sheets, bedding or anything.

Cheng Duoduo saw her embarrassment and took the initiative to say:
"Master Jiang, why don't you squeeze in with me and take a nap first?"

Jiang Jianxin nodded gratefully and said:
"Thank you. By the way, you don't have to call me Lord Jiang. My full name is Jiang Jianxin. You can just call me Jianxin."

Cheng Duoduo nodded, hugged Jiang Jianxin's arm and shouted happily:

"Great! I've made a new great friend!"

Jiang Jianxin also laughed.

On the other side, He Juping took out a hot pot and stuffed it with crayfish, mutton rolls, vegetables and vermicelli from the storage watch.

A variety of ingredients are simmering in a small hot pot, giving off an alluring aroma that will tickle your nose.

The fragrance spread instantly in the small space, attracting many onlookers from other forces.

After the War Alliance members had made their beds, they gathered around and chattered:

"Lao He, your vegetables are not fresh. You should use the ones in my space."

"Just put mutton rolls? I don't eat mutton. I have beef in my space, so I'll put some beef in there for everyone."

"How can we eat hot pot without drinks? I have some drinks here, let's have one bottle each."

"Not enough, not enough. It's not enough!"

……

There was nothing in Jiang Jianxin's storage watch, so he could only sit there obediently with the sword in his arms, watching other colleagues happily fill their food.

After Cheng Duoduo contributed the mushrooms in her storage watch, she came and sat next to Jiang Jianxin and listened to her ask:
"Everyone...do you usually eat this well when you're on a mission?"

In the apocalypse, she could still eat hot pot, which made her life of eating bread and instant noodles in the past few days seem so dull.

Cheng Duoduo chuckled:
"The people on this mission are at least B-level talents, and there are several A-level talents. We are all strong people supported by the United Front Work Department, so we naturally have no shortage of food. We can eat the best food no matter what."

Jiang Jianxin understood that it was not that the end of the world was without threats, but that she had mistakenly entered the upper class society.

The strong can live a comfortable life even in the end times, but she only saw a corner of this huge gap in life.

Thanks to Awu Yikoumen for the monthly ticket, and thank you all for your support!
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