Chapter 004 Chapter 4 Base

One day more than a hundred years ago, the world suddenly mutated.

In just one night, the plants grew wildly, expanded, became highly toxic, and some even became able to move.

The animals also grew to several times their original size, and various tentacles, horns, thorns and other things grew on their bodies.

The mutated plants are particularly fond of flesh and blood, and they hunt humans ferociously. Caught off guard, countless humans are killed and injured, and the mutated plants are almost omnipresent, and they can be invaded no matter where they hide.

The mutated animals are extremely strong and can break through concrete walls and break through human security barriers.

Mutated plants and animals have become the masters of this world, while humans have fallen from the top of the food chain to the bottom. Countless humans die every day in the world.

Human beings continue to build safe bases, but they continue to be destroyed.

It was not until the tenth year after the apocalypse that humans built the first safe base capable of defending against mutated plants and animals.

The base is located in the Daxing Mountain Valley.

Daxing Mountain is a series of rocky mountains, and the ground is covered with yellow sand and gravel.

There were very few plants growing here before the apocalypse, and even after the apocalypse, the crazy rise of plants didn't allow many plants to grow here.

Therefore, compared to other places, it is safest to establish a base here.

After the base was established, they even developed a potion that could control plants. Of course, the potion couldn't wipe out all plants once and for all, so every once in a while, the base would send people out to spread the spray around the base to ensure that every inch of land was evenly coated with the potion to prevent plants from growing.

The black car passed through a long canyon, and soon the road ahead opened up.

In the middle of the canyon of Daxing Mountain, there is an extremely large open space. A black hemisphere rises from the ground, very high.

The vehicle stopped at the gate of the base. After the camera at the gate scanned the vehicle and confirmed that it was correct, the gate slowly opened and Wang Yuan drove in.

Entering the gate is a very, very large parking lot, which is crowded with many vehicles.

After Wang Yuan parked the car in the parking space, everyone got out of the car, took off their equipment, and put it in the box in the car.

After locking the car doors, the parking space slowly rose and stopped at the top.

The group of six were silent as they crossed the parking lot and came to another door. After each person's face, iris, and fingerprint were identified one by one, the door opened and they were able to enter the base.

An Qing walked at the end. The technology in this world before the end of the world was not much different from that in her original world. After the end of the world, the level of technology had improved, but while some aspects had improved, some aspects had fallen behind.

The base is filled with tall buildings that connect the sky and the earth. As far as the eye can see, there is no short building, and all of them are connected to the top of the base.

The sky of the base is not the real sky, but a sky simulated on a huge screen.

It is noon now, a golden sun hangs high in the sky, and the whole base is very bright.

After entering the base, Wang Yuan stopped.

An Qing and the others also stopped.

Wang Yuan turned and looked at An Qing with a complicated look in his eyes: "It's impossible to keep this a secret. Have you thought about how to explain it?"

For a moment, Lin Yin and the others all looked at An Qing with worry in their eyes.

All teams going out on missions will wear detection bracelets. In addition to serving as an early warning before a beast tide breaks out, the bracelets will also issue alarm reminders when encountering high-level mutated animals and plants. However, the reminders before a beast tide breaks out will be more urgent and sharper.

The detection bracelet also has a video recording function, which can record their walking route and shoot the surrounding environment. After returning to the base, the detection bracelet must be handed over to the security center.

In other words, the security center can retrieve what happened to them and what they said before.

An Qing concluded that the beast tide had broken out prematurely before the bracelet even detected it, and that it could not be concealed.

An Qing smiled under the worried gazes of her teammates, feeling a little warm in her heart, "Don't worry."

She didn't say much, after all, their bracelets hadn't been taken off yet.

However, when An Qing decided to use this method to delay time, she had already thought about how to deal with the inquiries after returning to the base.

In this world, this is the only safe base that the original owner knows of so far. He doesn’t know whether there are other bases on the other side of the world, but at least this is the only base within the range they can explore.

Moreover, a hundred years after the apocalypse, no other base can contact their base.

This means that if she wants to sell things in the supermarket in exchange for happiness points, she can only do it in the base. The base has not been able to research edible food for so many years, but she can take it out of thin air. How to explain it?

Food is something that can easily be discovered even if you give it to others secretly.

Rather than being discovered and having difficulty explaining herself, it would be better for her to take the initiative and reveal the fact that she has a golden finger.

In the original owner's memory, the base's leader was a very good leader.

This leader is very people-friendly, and the policies he formulates in the base try to cover the interests of the majority of people. That is why the base is so harmonious now, instead of falling back into a class system.

An Qing carefully recalled the big leader in the original owner's memory and felt that this person could be trusted.

However, there is still some element of gambling in this. After all, you can only know a person's face but not his heart, not to mention that the original owner is not someone who can meet with senior leaders frequently.

But she has no other choice now.

An Qing curled up her hands that were hanging at her sides, feeling the sweat on her palms due to nervousness. She took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.

"Don't be nervous, I'm with you." A familiar voice came. An Qing was stunned for a moment, turned her head, and saw that the snow-white long-haired cat had squatted on her shoulder at some point, with its body wrapped around her neck. The whole cat was wrapped around her neck like a scarf, and its beautiful mandarin duck eyes looked at her with watery eyes.

An Qing froze and subconsciously looked at Wang Yuan and the others.

"They can't see me, don't worry. By the way, you are my host, you can communicate with me in your heart." The cat's furry tail fell on An Qing's chest and shook gently.

"What's wrong?" Lin Yin noticed An Qing's gaze, turned his head and looked over, a little worried.

An Qing saw that she looked normal, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, shaking her head, "Nothing."

However, having 001 by her side really made An Qing feel a little more at ease.

Soon, the group arrived at the central building.

The Security Department office is just to the left of the entrance.

Because it was noon, there were not many people in the office area and there was only one staff member on duty.

Jin Tao, who was on duty, injected herself with a nutrient solution, then opened the box she was carrying, took out a tree root from it and put it in her mouth to chew.

This tree root has been processed by the research institute, and all the toxins and moisture in it have been removed, so now all that is left is a dry and hard root.

Because of the rampant mutated plants and animals, humans soon lost their food. The mutated animals and plants contained very strong toxins and were completely inedible.

The research institute also tried to extract the toxins from the mutated animals and plants, but the toxins in the animals and plants cannot be completely eliminated and there are always residues. Even the meat after the toxins are extracted contains toxins that the human body cannot tolerate.

Therefore, the research institute had to change its strategy and extract nutrients from it, and then filter and purify it multiple times to ensure that no toxins remained in the nutrient solution.

This research was successful, but long-term injection of nutrient solution and long-term disuse of teeth will lead to gum atrophy, and gum atrophy will cause loose teeth or even tooth loss.

However, many people in the base feel that teeth are dispensable. It is just that gum atrophy and having no teeth would be a little unsightly. But living every day is already tiring, so who cares about appearance?

Therefore, there are many people in the base who have receding gums and no teeth.

Even though there are chewing strips in the base that can be used to protect teeth, few people will spend points to buy this thing.

Jin Tao is a girl who loves beauty. She likes her neat and white teeth very much, so she chews a chewing stick every morning, noon and evening.

This thing was also brought back by the team going out. It is the plant root with the lightest toxin content. The research institute can remove the toxins inside it, but the fiber of this thing is too thick and hard, so it cannot be made into food and can only be made into chewable strips.

Chew the left side of the golden peach three times and the right side three times, making sure to chew them evenly. Be particularly careful when chewing.

Suddenly, she heard footsteps and looked towards the door in surprise.

After all, no one usually comes to the office area at this time.

Seeing Wang Yuan and his group, Jin Tao stood up in surprise and quickly spat out the chewed strips into the trash can. "Why are you back so early?"

Wang Yuan said solemnly, "Please report immediately. The beast tide has broken out prematurely."

Jin Tao's eyes widened slowly, "A beast tide? How is that possible!"

This is more than a month ahead of schedule!

Although she was shocked, Jin Tao immediately came over and helped Wang Yuan and others take off the detection bracelets on their hands, and took out a box to put all six bracelets in.

Then they put their team number 188 on the box.

Jin Tao looked at them seriously and took out a pen and paper to take notes. "Okay, now tell me, how did you discover the beast tide outbreak?"

Wang Yuan explained the whole story in detail, and Jin Tao quickly recorded it in her notebook. After she finished recording, she frowned, but didn't say anything.

She put away her notebook and said, "You guys should write the mission report here first."

Every time a mission is completed, there is a mission report. Everyone is familiar with it, but this time it feels particularly heavy to write.

While they were writing the mission report, Jin Tao immediately picked up the communicator on the table and contacted the minister.

An Qing took a look at the communicator used by Jin Tao.

The base actually has a communicator, but because the communicator can only be used in the base, ordinary people do not have it.

Including the original owner’s captain Wang Yuan, no one had a communicator.

Communicators are only available in the offices of each department, and the heads of each department can carry one with them.

The call seemed to be connected, and Jin Tao reported in a low voice. An Qing couldn't hear what she said clearly.