After the meal, Tarzan, along with his two subordinates, doesn't forget to pick up the pack of cigarettes on the tea table and leaves in high spirits.

  Oliver doesn't care about it. He has plenty of cigarettes and doesn't mind losing this pack.

  After the meal, he says to Victoria, who is clearing the dishes, "I'm going out for a walk. I'll leave this place in your care for now." Before Victoria can react, Oliver has already gone out. She only manages to call out, "Be careful..."

  There are quite a few idle people in the community. Less than one in twenty people in the base has a job, and most of them have nothing to do.

  Looking at those people who are wandering around or resting under the trees, Oliver feels a pang of pity in his heart. In the apocalypse, with zombies running rampant outside, people are trapped in the base and lack entertainment. It's no different from being in prison.

  From Tarzan, Oliver has learned a lot about the town. The large mechanical factory has been transformed into an armory, and most of the ammunition and weapons supplied to the base come from there. The food factory initially produced snacks like biscuits, but later, due to the deteriorating environment, it has only been producing steamed buns for the past two years. In the past six months, coarse grains have been added to the steamed buns, making them turn gray. It's obvious to anyone that the base is running out of food.

  Oliver has also figured out what the so-called hunt mentioned before is. With the shortage of food, the base implemented a mercenary system half a year ago, and people can sign up to go out and look for food.

  Weapons and vehicles are issued by the base. They set out at six in the morning, and the base closes at six in the evening. Generally, the hunting time is 12 hours.

  No matter how much they've harvested, they have to rush back before the base closes. When they return, the base takes half of the prey as the usage fee for the weapons and vehicles. Although the fee is high, people who are starving still participate enthusiastically.

  As the capital of a state, Dellai City had enough food reserves to feed ten million people for five years, which would be enough for over a hundred thousand people to live on for a lifetime. But with a large number of zombies, people can only look for food in areas with a sparse population on the outskirts.

  The base has a hunting team equipped with heavy weapons. Last month, they even broke into the food storage facility and brought back ten large trucks of rice. However, it's said that all of it was consumed by the upper echelons.

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  As it gets close to noon, more people appear on the street. Oliver turns into an old street and hides in a dilapidated house. After confirming that no one is paying attention, he activates the teleportation function of his watch.

  A few seconds later, he is back in his own room.

  He lies on the bed and lights a cigarette. After turning on his phone, there are more than a dozen text messages and nine missed calls. The text messages are from his best friend, asking if he's been caught by the FBI. All the missed calls are from his mother.

  Oliver decides to call his mother back.

  His mother scolds him about his resignation. He explains, "Mom, it was my fault for not telling you in advance that I resigned. But I'm already twenty four old. I want to go out and make a living while I'm still young."

  His mother doesn't object but just asks him what his plans are.

  Oliver is stumped by the question. He thinks to himself that he can't just keep shuttling between the two worlds aimlessly. He has to find a job to reassure his family, and he also doesn't want to watch the world be destroyed decades later.

  He remembers that Isabella said the Coalition Government launched the space shuttle. If he could develop a more advanced one before the disaster, he could detonate the meteorite from a distance or make it deviate from its orbit, thus saving the world.

  But this idea faces many difficulties.

  A space shuttle is extremely expensive to build and represents the pinnacle of human technology, which is beyond the reach of an individual. Moreover, with the current technology, it's impossible to reach distant places.

  However, Oliver isn't daunted. He has a watch that allows him to travel between the two worlds. The technology of the apocalypse doesn't seem so difficult to do it. And the top talents are in a sorry state.

  He gets excited at the thought. If he brings the technology of the apocalypse to the modern world and lets the talents of the apocalypse work for modern companies, he can not only make money but also keep track of the world's development trend.

  Realizing this, he tells his mother excitedly, "I'm going to start a company!"

  Just then, the watch lights up, and Isabella appears on the wall, smiling and saying, "I'm glad you understand your mission: to save the two worlds."

  With a wave of her hand, the background changes to the apocalypse. Zombies are swarming, the human base is breached, and finally, the Earth is hit by a comet and becomes a fiery planet without life.

  Isabella says seriously, "This is the ending of the Earth in the apocalypse. If nothing is changed, the Earth will be completely destroyed. For you, in the modern world, you need to save it from the XR virus crisis, and in the apocalypse, you need to save the Earth's civilization. This is the mission given to you by the Matrix."

  Oliver is stunned. Pointing at the image, he asks, "Is this what the Earth will eventually look like?"

  Isabella nods in affirmation.

  Oliver asks again, "When will the destruction happen? How long is it until 2079?"

  Isabella replies, "July 14th, 2109. There are still 30 years to go."

  Oliver lies on the bed feebly and mutters, "30 years? I simply don't have the ability to stop the comet from hitting."

  Isabella smiles and reminds him, "The Matrix has arranged everything. There must be a way to solve it. It's just that your data level is low, so you don't know the specific method. If you work hard to improve your level, you'll be able to learn the secrets."

  Oliver regains his hope. As long as there's a way, there's hope.