For many years of sharing the same bed, it was the first time Jiang Ning noticed Huo Yishen trapped in a nightmare, so she quickly pushed him a few times. 

Huo Yishen suddenly opened his eyes, panting heavily, his consciousness seemed unclear, appearing confused and distressed. 

Jiang Ning waved her hand in front of him, “Ah Shen?” 

Huo Yishen then came to his senses and immediately hugged her tightly, “Anning, don’t leave me.” 

He was usually calm and composed, but now he was filled with panic and helplessness. 

It seemed like he also carried shadows from the apocalypse, but he had never shown them before. 

Jiang Ning wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, “Was it a dream?” 

Apparently frightened by the scene of Xiao Min dying from childbirth, Huo Yishen had indeed had a dream. He dreamed that Doudou was still a skeleton, he met Jiang Ning and they loved each other, but she died from pregnancy complications. 

“It’s just a dream, good or bad spirits are not real.” 

Jiang Ning wouldn’t risk her life recklessly, but life is unpredictable, accidents always catch one off guard. What if she accidentally got pregnant one day? 

When Zheng Weili had a miscarriage, Jiang Ning wasn’t by her side, the impact wasn’t as strong, but Xiao Min’s death struck her deeply. 

She lived with Huo Yishen, and Doudou was gradually growing up. 

Years of crisis awareness told Jiang Ning that she had many shortcomings and needed to make up for them in this aspect of knowledge, otherwise if she encountered it for real, she wouldn’t even have the chance to seek a last-minute solution. 

After washing up and having breakfast, the latest news came from the radio – the night market was reopening. 

After two years of silence, the market was reopening. 

Because it was the eternal night, the authorities went with it and simply renamed it the night market. 

This was unexpected for Jiang Ning. She didn’t expect the authorities to implement a night market policy, encouraging survivors to go out and exchange needed goods, but it was better to go out in groups and not to travel alone. 

The fact that the authorities dared to reopen it indicated a significant improvement in the security environment of eternal night. 

This time going out, Jiang Ning was quite touched. The lights on both sides of the road were on, and there were no encounters with roadblocks or robberies. 

It seemed that treating the rioters as walking 500,000 bounties was quite successful as a policy. 

Where there is existence, there is reason. Over the past two years, many bounty hunter groups have emerged, and some with great skills even lived quite well. 

It’s said that those with agile minds even established companies, specifically recruiting like-minded bounty hunters, conducting various business training, but in the end, they were forcibly stopped by the authorities. 

In special times, private armed organizations are not allowed to be established, otherwise, they will be treated as walking 500,000 bounties! 

The latest policy made everyone in the community excited, especially the rich who had endured eternal night for two years, were truly ecstatic. 

Men in their forties cried like children. 

They could finally go out to retrieve the supplies they stored outside. They no longer have to live on black moss and have a life worse than dogs. 

“Haha, hahaha, I finally made it through!” 

Crying, laughing, the whole family hugged tightly together, “Our good days are finally coming back.” 

Jiang Ning wasn’t very interested in the night market, but she wanted to go to the Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Institute in Yuecheng to see if she could find relevant materials on obstetrics and gynecology. 

It wasn’t just her with psychological shadows, Huo Yishen was also deeply affected by it, “I’ll accompany you.” 

Even in eternal night, the authorities hadn’t given up on infrastructure. The construction between Yuecheng and Fengcheng had been connected, and there were military and police patrols at the intercity border. 

There was still some security guarantee. 

They set off without delay, leaving behind the two staying at home, Jiang Ning and Huo Yishen drove the Hummer out. 

Before leaving, she didn’t forget to bring a gift, filling the car with medicinal materials. These were all supposed to be given to the research institute according to the planting contract signed back then. 

Considering the liver and lung diseases a year later, the medicinal materials provided were more than enough. 

The street lamps were dim, yet they spread along the road, giving people courage and hope to move forward. 

Huo Yishen drove, with Jiang Ning sitting beside him on guard. They encountered two patrols of soldiers and even encountered road-blocking bandits, but they eventually arrived safely at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Institute. 

After more than two years apart, there were soldiers on duty at the entrance. 

Without official permission, no one was allowed to enter the research institute. 

They didn’t expect the regulations to be so strict, but the Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Institute was a special unit, so strict management was reasonable. 

Fortunately, Jiang Ning came prepared, “We’re here to deliver medicine according to this contract. Could you please contact Professor Ma for us?” 

Saying so, she opened the trunk of the car, which was filled with medicine. 

After reviewing the contract and the medicine, the soldiers on duty made an exception and used the radio to contact the person in charge. 

After completing the formalities and waiting for about half an hour, Ma Guangnian, wrapped in a military coat, hurriedly ran out, warmly welcoming them, “Xiao Jiang?” 

They were so happy that they hugged each other as if they were reuniting after a long separation. 

During the chaotic eternal night, the Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Institute had been attacked by rioters several times, and the medicinal fields were almost destroyed several times. That’s why the authorities sent soldiers to guard it. 

Ma Guangnian was worried that Jiang Ning might encounter danger. After all, her family background was very good, and she must be a delicacy in the eyes of the rioters. 

Thankfully, both of them were safe and sound, and they looked pretty good. 

Jiang Ning also sighed. In two years, she didn’t know if she had aged, but Ma Guangnian had become thinner and had white hair on his temples. 

Learning about her purpose, Ma Guangnian said happily, “The institute has books on obstetrics and gynecology. You can copy them and study.” 

In addition, the Western medical system had been destroyed, but the research institute had accepted several Western doctors who converted to traditional Chinese medicine. One of them was even a surgeon. In the past two years of eternal night, he had not been idle, studying traditional Chinese medicine while compiling textbooks on surgical knowledge. 

No one knew if the natural disaster would end. If that day unfortunately came, even if they couldn’t make it to the end themselves, they would be precious treasures for future generations to strive to restore civilization. 

Ma Guangnian knew that she had some knowledge of surgery and believed that she had not given up learning in the past two years. He was very willing to introduce her to his colleagues. 

Jiang Ning was naturally delighted, and she took out the medicinal materials she brought, “Professor Ma, this is the share that should be given to the research institute according to the contract.” 

The herbs were light, but the bags were tightly packed, it looked like there were two or three hundred pounds. 

Ma Guangnian opened and inspected them, unexpectedly finding that the ones she planted were even better than those of the research institute. It was evident that she had taken good care of them regularly, unlike other contract growers who often produced inferior quality herbs and even adulterated them. 

Since eternal night arrived, some of them completely cut off the contract, and only she persisted in delivering medicinal materials according to the contract. 

As time passes, people’s true feelings are revealed. He called his assistant to move the herbs and took two people to the research institute simultaneously. 

The research institute only had one office building, with the rest used for growing herbs. 

In the darkness, several glass sheds illuminated with lights appeared in front of them, filled with various herbs. 

In order to maximize the utilization, the glass sheds were planted in layers. 

All the glass sheds added up to less than 3 acres, far less than the space Jiang Ning used for planting. Planting required maintaining the appropriate temperature, and the growth environment and temperature of many herbs were different. 

In short, it was a costly project, and it wasn’t easy to persist until today. 

But if they didn’t persist, who knows how many people would die in the future. 

Looking at the dimly lit glass sheds, Jiang Ning felt admiration for Ma Guangnian and others surge in her heart. It was their perseverance, even risking their lives to find medicine, that ultimately defeated the smog virus.