Upon arriving at the entrance of the Haishi base, Li Yiyuan and his group went through another round of registration and handed over most of their supplies.

The registrar handed several red identification tags to Li Yiyuan and said:

"Take the tag and go to the isolation area at the back. Stay there for 24 hours. When you leave, someone will give you a yellow tag. You can then enter the base with that tag."

"You can find your own accommodation at the management office. Once you rent a house, you can exchange your yellow card for a green card. With a green card, you are a permanent resident of the base."

"A yellow card holder cannot stay in the base for more than 7 days. If caught, they will be expelled. You have to manage your time carefully."

Although the registrar's tone was not very pleasant, she still made sure to say everything that needed to be said.

Li Yiyuan nodded slightly, "Okay, I'll find a place as soon as possible."

They have to go to the 24-hour quarantine zone, while Li Feng and his group only need to go to the 1-hour quarantine zone; they are not in the same place.

Li Yiyuan and his team's bus was still requisitioned and borrowed by the base under various pretexts. Although it was called a loan, everyone knew it was never returned.

They each carried with them the supplies needed for the isolation room and food, and asked Li Feng to keep the rest for them.

Before leaving, Li Feng specifically instructed, "Brother Li, I will come to pick you up when the time comes. Just stay in the quarantine area and relax. I will also rent a house as soon as possible."

Li Yiyuan reached out and patted him on the shoulder, "Thank you for your hard work."

Fortunately, he met Li Feng, which saved him a lot of trouble. Otherwise, given the twists and turns of this base, he probably would have been ransacked before he even entered.

Li Feng waved his hand dismissively, "Don't be so polite with me."

If it weren't for Sister Xin rescuing him back then, and Brother Li kindly taking them under his wing, who knows what his situation would be now.

Li Feng greeted Tang Ling and the other children before parting ways at the base entrance and entering different quarantine areas.

In S City, Leng Luo, whom she hadn't seen for several days, finally arrived in the villa area with a large entourage of bodyguards and the mutated beasts she had found, to look for Li Xin'er.

"Xin'er! Xin'er!"

The sound came as soon as they arrived at the door of Li Xin'er's villa.

Li Xin'er sat on the second-floor balcony, brewing tea by the stove. From her vantage point, she could look down at the home she had built for the mutated beasts.

She calmly put down her cup and called out to Leng Luo, who had walked downstairs:

"On top."

Leng Luo looked up, a happy smile on her face, her eyes crinkling, and teased,

"You seem to be in a good mood. Wait here, I'll be right there!"

After saying that, he gestured to the bodyguards to wait outside, and then jogged into the house and upstairs.

Leng Luo was dressed in a denim outfit today, with a leather hat on, looking cool and stylish like a Western cowboy.

Her left arm was raised and bent, and a bright green parrot with orange-yellow feathers stood in the crook of her arm.

It looks like a parrot, but it's as big as an eagle.

Soon, Leng Luo arrived. She didn't sit down immediately, but instead looked downstairs.

"Wow, you have a great spot. You can even enjoy the greenery downstairs. I reckon you're the only place in the whole of S City where you can see living plants."

Since the last heavy snowfall, she has gained her husband's 'appreciation' and can now go out whenever she wants.

She's been running around outside looking for mutated beasts every day for the past few days, so she knows the situation outside very well. She hasn't seen any living green plants outside yet.

There are only some wood-type ability users who have cultivated seedlings or combat vines.

Li Xin'er got her a clean cup and poured her a cup of hot tea.

"Just bored, is that a parrot?"

She looked at the mutated beast standing in Leng Luo's arms and asked a question.

Shifting to this topic, Leng Luo sat down, somewhat excited, eager to share his mutated beast with Li Xin'er.

"Yes, it's a parrot. We found it at a pet store. It took quite a bit of effort."

"This guy is timid. It took several days for him to become affectionate with me. When I first brought him home, he just kept circling around the house..."

As Leng Luo was speaking, the parrot, which had been tilting its head and quietly staring at Li Xin'er, spoke up.

"Spin, circle."

As it spoke, Li Xin'er sensed a surge of energy attacking her mind.

But she was still too weak; with a slight exertion of her soul power to create a barrier, she was shut out.

She was completely unaffected, but Leng Luo was startled. She hurriedly reached out and pinched the parrot's beak shut.

"Shut up. Don't follow my example without my permission."

As Leng Luo spoke, she glanced at Li Xin'er, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Li Xin'er didn't react. She then awkwardly explained to Li Xin'er...

"Its special ability is that it can control people by speaking."

"For example, just now, when it said to spin around, the person being controlled would follow its instructions."

Make it spin around and around, make it stand upside down.

Seeing that it was another supernatural ability she didn't recognize, Li Xin'er became somewhat interested. She examined the parrot with its beak pinched and asked curiously,

"Does it work on zombies too?"

Leng Luo nodded immediately, her tone tinged with pride.

"Yes! It works even better than on people. I've tested it. It can control superhumans with one or two actions at most, but once the other person is on guard, it's useless."

For ordinary people, it takes longer, but with fewer people, the effect on zombies seems to be doubled.

Upon hearing this, Li Xin'er had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

"It should be a mental type. Get along well with it, and after it levels up, its control will be stronger, which will be a great help to you."

At this moment, Li Xin'er recalled what she had read in the book: high-level mental zombies could control and command low-level zombies to fight, and the smart ones could even use tactics.

If zombies can be controlled by mental power, can her soul power do the same?

If so, could it be applied to puppetry?

Thinking of this, Li Xin'er secretly decided that she could give it a try sometime.

Leng Luo stroked the mutated parrot's feathers tenderly, saying:

"Yes, I will try my best to get along with Aoki."

"Aoki?"

Leng Luo nodded. "When we first brought it back, it was like a block of wood. It couldn't talk, it was just listless and would just walk around in circles at home. Most of its feathers are bluish-green, so we named it Qingmu (Green Wood). Isn't that a suitable name?"

"Good."

Li Xin'er thought of her mutated beasts; they were either silly or made of iron pots...

The naming skills are terrible, there's no comparison.

"Oh, right, there's something else I want to tell you today."

When it came to serious matters, Leng Luo sat up a little straighter.

"I met the female demon, and you'll never guess who she is."

She received news that someone in the west of the city was selling mutated beasts, so she wanted to go and take a look, but unexpectedly she encountered a female demon.

Li Xin'er hadn't expected Leng Luo to know as well, but she was a step behind again. She had seen him yesterday, but to avoid spoiling the mood, she suppressed a smile and asked knowingly.

"Oh? From what you're saying, you know them?"