Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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The next morning, Fu Ke got up early, checked her space, and took out fruit and bread. She didn’t want to cook for so many people.
Not long after she got up, everyone else did too.
“I’ll wash the fruit,” Qiu Yingying said, eager to help.
Ya Ya, seeing so many people suddenly appear overnight, hid behind Qiu Yi. When she saw Fu Ke, she ran to her side and grabbed her hand: “Sister, who are these people?”
“Don’t be afraid,” Fu Ke smiled at Ya Ya.
“Sister Feng, Sister Chen,” Qiu Yi had vaguely heard voices last night but hadn’t come out. So he wasn’t surprised by so many people early in the morning.
He was just a little surprised that Feng Han and the others were there too.
“Qiu Yi,” Feng Han squatted down and patted his head, looking at him strangely: “Didn’t Lin Yiyi leave with you? Why isn’t she here?”
Because when Fu Ke returned to the D City base, Feng Han and the others hadn’t visited him yet, so they didn’t know Lin Yiyi wasn’t there. She thought Lin Yiyi and Qiu Yi had left with Fu Ke.
Qiu Yi fell silent at the mention of Lin Yiyi, then sighed softly and told them the whole story.
The skinny man walked over to Fu Ke: “If you’re leaving, have you decided where you want to go?”
Fu Ke glanced at Qiu Yi talking to Feng Han and the others, and shrugged: “Actually, the best place is the D City base. It’s close, and I’m most familiar with it. It’s just… it’s not a good idea to attack the D City base.”
“What’s wrong with it? I don’t think so. If you want to go to the D City base, I’m all for it.” The skinny man said with a smile, rubbing his hands excitedly.
Fu Ke shook her head. She had said that after leaving the D City base, it had nothing to do with her anymore.
But as long as the D City base didn’t attack her first, she wouldn’t touch it. Otherwise, she could have directly occupied the D City base last time instead of leaving.
“Skinny man, do you remember the address of the Chaoyang base?” Fu Ke suddenly remembered the Chaoyang base from her previous life.
The skinny guy scratched his head: “But that place isn’t suitable… There’s no Chaoyang Base now.”
Chaoyang Base was built by Brother Long for Xiao Bai, and it took a lot of effort to establish it. But there shouldn’t be a base there now, since building one there would be extremely expensive. It would be better to find a residential area, a school, or a factory.
Shu Ming sat on the sofa, cautiously watching Fu Ke. He bit his lip tightly until it turned white.
Qiu Yingying brought over fruit, and the coffee table was full of food. Shu Ming didn’t reach for anything, just stared at Fu Ke.
“Here, have some bread.” Lan Sheng looked at Shu Ming and picked up some bread for him.
Shu Ming silently took the bread, but his eyes remained fixed on Fu Ke.
Lan Sheng thought Shu Ming was afraid because Fu Ke’s eyes were red, so he sat down next to Shu Ming and said, “Don’t worry, she’s fine, unlike those people at Radiant Base.”
Shu Ming suddenly grabbed Lan Sheng’s hand, put the bread aside, and wrote in Lan Sheng’s hand.
The gesture was simple, and Lan Sheng clearly saw that it read: “Grandma.”
Lan Sheng froze, suddenly remembering when they left the Radiant Base. He couldn’t help but sigh and pat Shu Ming’s head: “I understand what you mean, but I’m sorry, I don’t have the strength to save Grandma right now.”
The Radiant Base was almost entirely populated by ability users; going there would be suicide. It wasn’t that they didn’t want to save her, but they knew that going to save her was like throwing an egg against a rock— not only would they fail, but they might also lose their own lives.
Perhaps everyone was selfish. If the danger involved Lan Zhi, Lan Sheng would have gone without hesitation, even if there was no hope.
But now he would weigh his own strength.
Shu Ming’s eyes dimmed, and he turned to look at Fu Ke.
Fu Ke had noticed Shu Ming long ago. His eyes were full of expectation and determination, and also urgency. But Shu Ming hadn’t approached her, instead silently watching from the side.
It had started last night. Fu Ke was very curious about what it was that he wanted her help with, but didn’t dare to ask.
At the D City base, an emergency meeting was held early in the morning.
But it wasn’t until the sun was almost up that people finally arrived, albeit sporadically. This was something that would never have happened before.
Xie Changyi arrived last with his men and, seeing Qin Long standing next to Zhang Zhongmin, chuckled, “What’s wrong with our Brother Long? Didn’t you say you weren’t going to manage things at the base?”
Qin Long glanced at Xie Changyi’s sarcastic smile, “Today is different. I have something important to announce.”
“Something important?” Deng Yunfei said in surprise, “Is our Squad Leader Liu finally preparing to step down?”
Upon hearing this, Zhou Xu and Xie Bajin both looked at Liu Guo’an with eager anticipation, as if they genuinely believed Liu Guo’an was about to step down.
Zhou Xu was also a superhuman, and his ambition had exploded after Zhang Zhongmin left, gaining him many followers. However, he was weaker than Xie Changyi.
Xie Bajin was originally a member of the security team at D City University. He was a retired soldier and the squad leader of Class 11, but because he was an ordinary person, he was weaker than Xie Changyi and Zhou Xu.
Even with the significant difference in skill levels, Xie Bajin never gave up. He had practically trained the entire Eleventh Squad to be completely obedient.
Qin Long sneered, then looked at Liu Guo’an.
Liu Guo’an was actually hesitant, but seeing the undisguised eagerness in the group’s eyes, he felt a tightness in his chest.
“Yesterday I received news that the squad leader is coming back, and he brought news that a large number of zombies are gathering in D City. He’ll be back soon, but we need to prepare defensive measures,” Liu Guo’an said loudly.
For a moment, the D City base was eerily quiet.
Xie Changyi’s face froze: “How is that possible!”
“Why not?” Qin Long glanced at Xie Changyi: “Are you saying it’s impossible for a large number of zombies to be heading to the D City base, or that Squad Leader Zhang can’t possibly be coming back?”
Everyone knew who Liu Guo’an was referring to as the squad leader; it was almost a no-brainer.
Xie Changyi gritted his teeth: “That’s not what I meant. I was just a little surprised. I thought Squad Leader Zhang was planning to settle down in City B. After all— Squad Leader Zhang’s parents are both in City B. Logically and emotionally, he couldn’t possibly go back to City D, which is so far away from City B, could he?”
“Xie Changyi, Squad Leader Zhang never said he wouldn’t come back. Isn’t your behavior a bit too unseemly?” Qin Long squinted at Xie Changyi.
Zhou Xu and Xie Bajin looked at Qin Long.
Previously, Qin Long had stopped interfering with the affairs of the City D base, which gave them a chance to show their skills. But now Qin Long had made a complete 180-degree turn and suddenly stood by Liu Guo’an’s side.
This was clearly to support Liu Guo’an.
Why was this? Just to help Liu Guo’an? They didn’t believe it, so it was highly likely that the news of Squad Leader Zhang’s return was true.
People came and went at the base, but many still held Zhang Zhongmin in awe. Upon hearing that he was returning, they felt a chill, forgetting Liu Guo’an’s words about a large horde of zombies heading towards D City.
Liu Guo’an and Qin Long exchanged glances; it seemed Zhang Zhongmin was indeed effective in suppressing these people.
However, when they asked about the specific time of Zhang Zhongmin’s return, Liu Guo’an didn’t give a timeframe, only saying that Zhang Zhongmin had instructed them to prepare defensive measures.
First, he summoned earth-elemental ability users to dig a moat ten meters away from the D City base. This moat, about one meter wide and five meters deep, surrounded the entire base, and at the bottom, metal-elemental ability users were equipped with two-meter-high, sharp, and densely packed steel spikes.
Then, the explosive charges Zhang Zhongmin had found were buried outside the moat; fire-elemental ability users could ignite them remotely once the zombies arrived.
A ring of shallow pits was dug inside the moat to facilitate fire attacks, and various vine seeds were prepared. If the zombies could break through these three lines of defense, that would be the final vine defense.
Once they broke through the vines, they would have no choice but to fight back.
This was a solution that Liu Guo’an couldn’t have come up with. The people at the D City base, who were initially skeptical about Zhang Zhongmin’s return, seemed even more convinced.
However, Xie Changyi, Zhou Xu, and Xie Bajin, whose ambitions had been fuelled during this period, were extremely unhappy.
But considering the zombie army that was about to arrive in D City, the three could only obey Liu Guo’an’s orders and dared not have any ulterior motives for the time being. After all, they didn’t want the D City base to be occupied by zombies.
This was also the result that Liu Guo’an and Qin Long wanted.
After the meeting, everyone began to make arrangements. Although they had the help of superpowers, it was not easy to build a large perimeter of defense around the entire D City base.
So everyone in the base started to work, with ordinary people planting explosives.
Then came the earth and metal elemental ability users, while the others went out to find supplies, the more the better, to avoid being trapped and killed by zombies in the base.
This was the first time the people at the D City base had been so united since Zhang Zhongmin left.
Meanwhile, at the research institute, despite Fu Ke’s suggestions regarding the nutrient solution, they continued to fail. They were still clueless.
They wanted to research other things, but even if the people at the D City base started scheming against each other, no one would allow them to do anything so heinous.
For example, human experimentation— not only would Liu Guo’an not agree, but even Xie Changyi and the others wouldn’t agree.
At this time, with the experiments failing, all work at the research institute was suspended, and they were busy helping the base.
However, rumors began to circulate in the D City base that the approaching zombie army was deliberately sent by Fu Ke out of revenge against the D City base.
In a small villa in the suburbs.
Because they hadn’t decided on a destination yet, and what the skinny man said was indeed true. Without the Chaoyang base, even if they went to the territory of the Chaoyang base from their previous life, there would be nothing there, which would be very troublesome.
Shu Ming tugged at Lan Sheng and pointed at Fu Ke.
Lan Sheng was stunned, looked at Fu Ke, then at Shu Ming, somewhat surprised: “You mean, you want me to tell Fu Ke to help save Grandma?”
Shu Ming nodded fiercely, biting his lip tightly, looking at Lan Sheng pleadingly.
Lan Sheng’s heart softened at his gaze, and he ruffled Shu Ming’s hair: “I’ll go talk to Fu Ke, but I can’t guarantee she will go to the Radiant Base.”
Tears welled up in Shu Ming’s eyes, but he nodded earnestly.
Lan Sheng sighed, picked up the bread Shu Ming had placed aside, tore open the packaging, and placed it in his hand: “Okay, I’ll go talk to her. You eat your food obediently, don’t go hungry.”
Shu Ming obediently took the bread, took a big bite, and then looked at Lan Sheng.
Lan Sheng smiled, then got up and walked towards the skinny guy and Fu Ke.
“Something wrong?” Fu Ke looked at Lan Sheng as he approached.
“Yeah, a little. Everyone should be almost done eating. Where are we going now?” Lan Sheng asked.
Fu Ke smiled. “To be honest, I haven’t decided where to go yet, but there are too few houses here, and they’re too far apart, so it’s not suitable.”
Lan Sheng nodded. “I think there’s a good place that might be suitable.”
Looking at Lan Sheng’s serious expression, Fu Ke smiled. “I have a feeling that the place you’re talking about is going to be very troublesome.”
“Tsk, just say what you mean, don’t beat around the bush.” The skinny guy didn’t like Lan Sheng much to begin with, and when he heard Fu Ke say that, he immediately understood that the suitable place was just a pretense; there was probably something wrong with it.
Fu Ke looked at Shu Ming, who was nervously watching them.
Lan Sheng followed Fu Ke’s gaze, sighed, and told Fu Ke everything that had happened after the people they rescued from the abandoned factory were sent to the Radiant Base. This included Shu Ming rescuing them, what the old woman had said, and the actual situation in the base.
After listening, Fu Ke’s face darkened.
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