She went to the fishing spot for three days in a row, catching at least one edible fish each day, and also dried a lot of radishes.

The weather forecast predicted rain in the afternoon, so Chang Dongning decided to just wander around the safe zone.

Instead of going to the place where she found the lichen and wood ear mushrooms, she randomly chose a spot and entered the lush vegetation from the main road to begin her testing.

Finding plants with low radiation levels in such a place that is within walking distance really tests one's luck. Fortunately, she was lucky and detected a moderately radiated Artemisia plant in less than half an hour.

She came out relatively late today, and it was almost eight o'clock when she entered the bushes. At ten o'clock, she harvested another lettuce leaf with moderate radiation.

Looking at the blazing sun overhead, she decided to find a place to rest until 2 p.m., then walk and cut some grass before heading home.

There were no big trees nearby, so she found a well-ventilated and shaded spot to sit and rest. At 10:30, three people emerged from different directions. She didn't pay much attention at first, but two of the men kept staring at her.

Chang Dongning felt a chill run down her spine. Although the two men were also wrapped up tightly, she still recognized them. These two were the ones who caused the original owner's death. Her fighting skills were far from enough to deal with two adult men, even though they were both skinny.

Being exposed to sunlight during this time of year would result in extremely high levels of radiation in the air, which would be very harmful to the human body. However, she didn't want to just sit and wait to die.

Chang Dongning stood up as the two tried to approach, raising the testing scissors: "Stop, don't come any closer."

The two men opposite her showed no fear of her actions; on the contrary, they revealed a hint of lust: "This little wench is pretty lucky. She ran to the edge of a high-radiation zone last time and didn't die?"

As he spoke, he took out a dagger, which Chang Dongning recognized as the one he had stolen from the original owner of the body.

Not far from the two men, another person was resting, but he clearly didn't want to get involved. He picked up his things, turned around, and went into the bushes.

Chang Dongning felt that even if she ran now, her chances of winning were slim, and she would only get herself into a bigger predicament because of her panic.

In the blink of an eye, the two men were right in front of them.

"What do you want in return for letting me go?" Chang Dongning asked calmly.

"Hahaha, I've seen you several times, and you've always been collecting things alone. Besides this body, what else do you have that makes us want to let you go?"

Chang Dongning instantly realized that the original owner of this body had been targeted long ago.

"My family owns a house in the safe zone. I can take you to live in the safe zone."

"It's inside the safe zone! We can't afford to stay there." The two men remained unmoved and continued to approach.

"I can give you points." Chang Dongning looked very scared, with his hands crossed in front of him.

"Even after you die, we can still transfer your points." One of the men suddenly stepped forward: "I'll go first today, ah!"

Chang Dongning's hidden blade had already pierced his neck. This was the distance she had been waiting for. With a successful strike, the next second, her detection scissors stabbed at another person. The man dodged the scissor tips, his attack missing its mark. With bloodshot eyes, the man lunged at her recklessly.

He doesn't defend, only attacks, completely disregards his own injuries, and only wants to kill the woman on the other side.

Chang Dongning's injuries were increasing. Although there were no fatal wounds yet, she knew that she would die sooner or later if things continued like this. So she gritted her teeth and, when the man's dagger came at her, she stopped dodging and instead moved aside to let him pierce her shoulder. She didn't have time to draw the dagger from her waist, but she still had a long knife in her pocket.

Even as his throat was slit, the man remained visibly astonished. He couldn't understand why a superhuman would be reduced to collecting things by himself.

Chang Dongning was covered in blood and knelt on the ground. After a while, just as she was about to make her next move, there was a commotion in the bushes not far away. The person who didn't want to meddle had returned.

He approached Chang Dongning step by step, first picking up the two men's baskets, then the testing scissors that Chang Dongning had dropped on the ground, and then her basket.

Chang Dongning didn't say a word, just stared at him with his long sword in hand.

He stared greedily at Chang Dongning's longsword: "You're going to die soon anyway, this sword is just a waste to keep with you, so I might as well get it for myself."

The voice was hoarse and unpleasant, and it was impossible to tell whether the person was male or female.

He carefully reached out, and with a little force, Chang Dongning let go, even falling sideways to the ground with the force of the fall.

This man was a coward. He didn't dare touch the three watches or the dagger stuck in Chang Dongning's body. He grabbed the long knife and left in a hurry.

Ten minutes later, Chang Dongning raised his wrist and dialed the security zone guard team's number.

"I am a resident of the safe zone. My name is Chang Dongning. While I was collecting data, I was attacked by three people from the shantytown. Two of them were seriously injured, one escaped, and I was also seriously injured and need rescue."

The rescue teams in the safe zone charge based on distance. She's not far from the safe zone right now, and each rescue costs 200 points, not including treatment. Now is not the time to think about points; her life is more important.

The rescue points had to be transferred first. Chang Dongning added the rescue team's contact information, paid the points, and sent the coordinates.

Fifteen minutes later, the escort team and the rescue team arrived at the same time.

The rescue team went forward to check on Chang Dongning's injuries, while the guards went forward to check on the two men and discovered that they were wanted criminals who had run away from another safe zone and had been hiding in the shantytown outside their safe zone for some unknown time.

"I need the treatment potion, I'll pay with points," Chang Dongning stated his request directly.

"Okay, Miss Chang." The rescue team collected the points and quickly stopped the bleeding and bandaged her up.

In fact, people like her who own houses in the safe zone can receive treatment first and pay later, but for her, paying early or late makes no difference.

After the guards confirmed the identities of the two people, they conducted routine questioning after she had been bandaged up.

"Miss Chang, do you have a grudge against these two?"

"No, but about a month ago, I was attacked by them once, but I didn't see their faces clearly, so I didn't report it."

Actually, when she first arrived in this world, she was influenced by the original owner's memories and was raped and became pregnant, but she didn't report it. Moreover, she didn't really see the two men's faces clearly at the time, so reporting it wouldn't have made any difference. This wasn't peacetime, and the authorities wouldn't take a single wound seriously.

Essentially, this is a dog-eat-dog world. How well you survive depends on your own abilities. This world needs the strong, and the government doesn't have the energy to protect the people in every detail.

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