They kept observing the situation outside. Soldiers in charge of cleaning the villa district were very quick in their movements. After two hours, all zombies in the villa district had been wiped out, and even their bodies had been burned to ash.

Meanwhile, thousands of gunshots had been heard outside the fence of the villa district. It was supposed that zombies attracted here were being killed.

“Well, do you know where they are burning bodies of zombies?” Thoughtfully Ed felt his jaw.

“You wanna go looking for crystal cores of those bodies?” Immediately Shawn guessed what Ed was thinking.

“It’s a good opportunity.” Ed didn’t deny it.

“Maybe someone has figured out the usage of crystal cores, and your attempt will fail.” Shawn’s heart leaped, however, on second thoughts, he decided to sit tight and make no move for now. It had been almost a year since the doomsday came. It was difficult to ensure that nobody had figured out the usage of crystal cores.

Ed frowned and said, “It is really a problem. Let me get some information first.”

It was not long before someone knocked at the gate. Ed went to open the gate and found two men in suits, taking notebooks, at the gate. “Who are you?” Asked Ed.

“Hi, we are census enumerators. We are here to count the number of people alive. How many people are there inside?”

“Two.”

“Male or female? Age, occupation before the doomsday, ID number, etc., please.”

“Ed Liang, male, was a soldier before. My ID number is xx... There is another man named Shawn Du. He was a white-collar worker...” Ed turned around and said, “Hey! What’s your ID number? I forgot about it.”

In fact, he didn’t know what Shawn’s occupation was at all. Neither did Shawn mention his ID number. He also cooked up Shawn’s occupation, a white-collar worker. He was planning to make up Shawn’s ID number, too. However, it was uncertain whether the former national citizen identity information system still worked. To be on the safe side, he asked Shawn about it.

“xx...” Immediately Shawn recited a series of numbers. He was not planning to be counted, however, it was too late to stop it. Hence what happened happened.

Census enumerators wrote it down, and then said, “Are you the owner of the villa? If not, you may move into another residence.” Since the doomsday, many people had occupied others’ houses and taken them as their shelters. That was why they had asked about it.

“Yes, it is ours. And the property ownership certificate is still inside.”

Census enumerators wrote it down, asked a few more questions, and then were planning to leave.

Before they left, Ed asked, “So the house still belongs to us?”

“Of course. If you can prove that the villa does belong to you, it will still be yours from now on. As for how to deal with it in the future, leaders will inform you of the details.”

Sending away census enumerators, Ed was in a good mood, and said, “Those leaders will definitely move into the villa district, and the defense of the villa district will be much reinforced then. We will be much safer if the villa is not confiscated.”

Apparently, Shawn cared more about another issue, and asked, “The villa is yours?”

“It wasn’t, but it is and will be mine from now on.” Ed lazily sat on the couch and said, “I have changed the property owner information immediately after we moved here.”

“You have guessed these people would move here?”

“Intuition. Behind the villas, there is a large lake, which is a natural defence. The villas are far away from the downtown and still under construction. There are few inhabitants with a circumference of 30 li, and there are definitely not many zombies, which would easily cause the power’s attention.”

Shawn raise his eyebrows, and he didn’t expect Ed had seen such a big picture.

Slowly, it became quite after being bustle half the night. Both Ed and Shawn went back to sleep after it was settled down outside. Ed did fall asleep, however, Shawn had been sitting for half the night.

He was wondering whether he should stay.

Thinking for half the night, finally, he decided to stay for now. He wondered whether he could get some information on zombie research from these people. Meanwhile, the three-month agreement between Ed and him hadn’t been fulfilled. It would benefit Ed if he left now.