Chapter 665: Asking for Help

Carrying a group of seriously injured patients, Wu Yue and his team did not move very fast on the road, especially since the military doctors wanted to save as many lives as possible.

This was a road that might not have a return trip, and Wu Yue didn't want to use his superpowers to fight mutant animals on the road, so he still asked everyone to use earth-based superpowers to clear the way and walk underground.

Although this allowed them to avoid encounters with most mutant animals and reduced the possibility of fighting, it consumed a lot of their supernatural powers.

These people had already consumed a lot of their energy due to the surprise attack by the two mutant animals. Even if they took away most of the earth-type ability users, they still couldn't continue their journey. Wu Yue had to carry on on his own.

By the time they finally entered the territory of the Mountain God Base, most of Wu Yue's supernatural powers had been consumed.

There was no way to retreat now. Even if there were dangerous places ahead, they could only charge in.

After hearing the report, the person who came was Tan Yun. Seeing so many wounded, the surprise on Tan Yun's face did not seem fake. "How did you do this? Why are you so embarrassed?"

"We were attacked by mutant animals. A high-level mutant snake deep in Laoshan attacked our base." Wu Yue and Sun Cheng had discussed this with everyone on the way here, telling them half-truths and half-lies, trying their best not to leak anything about the base.

"Mutated snake?" Tan Yun didn't seem to know what was going on, and asked a few more questions about the mutant snake.

Wu Yue patiently responded with two sentences and went straight to the point, "We came here this time to ask the healing psychics in your base to help save people. We are willing to offer fifty crystal core guns as a reward."

Wu Yue said this, and asked the person next to him to take a handful and handed it directly to Tan Yun, motioning her to check it.

Holding the light gun in her hand, Tan Yun looked at it curiously, but could not see any difference. She had never touched firearms before the end of the world. Now, even if she got it in her hand, she didn't know what to check. She said bluntly, "I don't understand these, I'll let Sha Peng take a look later."

Seeing that some of them were obviously dying, Tan Yun gestured for them to follow the lead and said, "Come in with me. We'll talk about the reward later."

"Thank you," Wu Yue hurriedly thanked him and signaled Sun Cheng to bring his men to follow.

There were so many of them this time that Tan Yun did not let them enter the central area. She found several adjacent courtyards near the central area for them to stay temporarily, but she also made it clear, "You are all people with special abilities, and there are too many of you. I can't take you directly to the central area."

"I understand. It's good enough that she has a place to stay. Don't treat her..." Wu Yue was more concerned about this matter.

"I have asked someone to notify Tiantian, and she will be here soon," said Tan Yun, looking at the injured people again and asking about their handling of the mutant snakes, looking as if she wanted to learn some experience.

They were all well-trained people. They didn't need Wu Yue's instructions at all. They immediately found suitable tasks and even arranged patrol and guard personnel.

There weren't many people living in the village, and they all looked around curiously. Some brave ones even approached the patrol officers to inquire about the situation.

Wang Bao, who was trying to familiarize himself with the situation here, immediately started chatting with the other party, half-seriously talking about the situation of the mutant snake, and occasionally asking a few questions about the situation in this small village.

After a while, I had a general idea of ​​the situation here.

The last time Zhou He and his party were just passing by and went directly into the central area. In order to avoid suspicion, they naturally did not contact the residents of these gathering places. Only now that they were in the middle of it did they understand clearly.

The entire Mountain God Base is composed of a number of small villages. The population of each village is sparse, and the largest population does not exceed a thousand people.

They currently live in a medium-sized village with less than 500 people, called Heping Village.

"The names are just randomly chosen to sound positive. There are also Victory Village and Tuanjie Village. There doesn't seem to be many people here right now because today is the time for the village to divide the prey, and they have all gone to the hunting ground." The old man who was talking to them seemed to be quite talkative. He was sitting on a hoe, smoking a pipe and talking, looking inside curiously. He was the old chief of the village, known as Old Zhang. His son awakened his supernatural powers at the beginning of the apocalypse, and he didn't suffer too much because of his son's life with him.

Mo Tiantian has been picked up and is working with several military doctors to rescue a few people on the verge of life and death.

"A name is just a title. It can express our yearning for our future life." Noticing his inquiring gaze, Wang Bao followed his line of sight.

Realizing that he attracted attention, Old Zhang smiled embarrassedly, with a bit of kindness and honesty, "I just came to see how Mo was treated."

"Are you envious? I'm envious that you let your daughter go and receive enlightenment as well," someone who was watching the fun interrupted.

Old Zhang waved his hand and said, "No, no, my daughter was born prematurely and is weak. It's good enough that she is alive and well. I won't go and fight with those people with special powers."

Wang Bao's ability in the wood element was only slightly lower than Qu Zhu's, so he was not seriously injured when the temporary base was attacked. His main role along the way was to protect the wounded. On the way, Wu Yue mentioned Zhuang Mingxu's previous speculation about this place to everyone, to ensure that they would not be deceived by its apparent dullness.

Not to mention others, he himself was curious about the fact that the Mountain God Base could be enlightened to have superpowers, but the old man in front of him seemed unmoved. He glanced at the people who were patrolling with him and gestured to ask somewhere else, and immediately started to get close to Old Zhang.

He looked just like his name, with a chubby baby face that made him look particularly young and not easily arousing wariness. After a short while, he had the old man smiling from ear to ear.

From Old Zhang's mouth they also saw the struggle beneath the peace. The Mountain God Base was safe and stable, but it had only been established for a short time. Especially since they established the base on the way to escape, this led to generally limited living conditions for the people here.

The villagers of Shengli Village lived together before the apocalypse, and they were relatively united after the apocalypse. Some of the supernatural people in the village did not exploit ordinary people much, so in comparison, everyone's experience was not terrible.

Originally, there were quite a few people with special abilities in their village, and they lived quite well when the Mountain God Base was first established. Unfortunately, with the emergence of people with special abilities enlightened by the Mountain God, their village gradually began to go downhill.

"Don't you also have people with spiritual abilities? Is there any difference?" Wang Bao asked casually.

Old Zhang opened his mouth and sighed.

"They're not really going to treat people differently, are they?" Wang Bao leaned close to Old Zhang and asked in a low voice, his face full of surprise. He frowned and then turned to confusion. "Didn't they say that everyone is equal here? After all this time, are they still going to differentiate between relatives and strangers?"

"That's not the case." Old Zhang took a puff of his pipe. The thick smoke choked Wang Bao and made him cough a few times. His fair face turned red and his eyes were pink. He looked more like a child who had not grown up. Old Zhang laughed and called him a child, then turned the pipe upside down.

"There are relatives and strangers everywhere, it's just that the seeds and food they get are less." Old Zhang looked at the farmland not far from the village, where he could still see people busy working in the fields.

"That's not a problem. You have people with special abilities to hunt mutant animals, and the wood element will produce some food. We'll get through the autumn harvest slowly." Wang Bao looked frankly and followed his gaze with a look of nostalgia. "Our base was developed in the same way. They all said we were living well, but who knew that our base could only survive starvation in the beginning."

Meeting Old Zhang's surprised gaze, Wang Bao shrugged his shoulders and said, "You can't imagine it, right? It's true. Our base commander did this in the beginning. On the one hand, he had people produce grain to be responsible for daily food, while on the other hand, the whole nation sowed and stored grain. It took at least two years for our base to reach the level of food and clothing."

"Uncle, don't worry, there is nothing wrong with your model. All it takes is time." Wang Bao looked sincere, as if he didn't notice the worry in Old Zhang's eyes, and the reluctance to speak hidden underneath.

After a long while, Old Zhang lowered his head and tapped his pipe, and asked, "Do you have any grain seeds?"

Seeing that Wang Baoshun was about to answer, he added, "I'm talking about grain seeds that can be grown and planted."

"Of course there is, otherwise what would we eat?" Wang Bao scratched his head and laughed heartlessly.

Old Zhang was silent for a long time, as if he was making up his mind. He raised his head and was about to say something when a crowd of people came running over. The person in front shouted "Uncle Zhang" loudly.

"What's wrong?" Old Zhang turned his head with a hunched back, his eyes instantly widened, and the pipe in his hand fell to the ground. He strode towards the crowd, tripped by the sitting hoe, and almost fell.

"Uncle, be careful." Wang Bao gave a hand and signaled everyone to be alert. He asked if he needed help and ran over with Old Zhang with a warm look on his face.

"Nan Moer, what happened to Shunzi?" Old Zhang didn't come closer, but stared at a young man in the middle who was being carried back with a panicked look.

"Uncle Zhang, Brother Shunzi was captured by a mutant bird... and fell from a high altitude." A young and thin woman not far from the man responded, looking anxiously at the villagers following behind her from time to time.

Nan Moer...

This special surname made Wang Bao look at her more. She was not a very pretty woman, she could only be described as a beautiful girl from a small family. However, her thin figure revealed a sense of brokenness, which was quite eye-catching.

"He fell...he fell..." Old Zhang murmured twice in a low voice, turned around and grabbed Wang Bao who was following him, and looked at him expectantly, "Is Mo the doctor here with you? Can you ask her to save my son? I, an old man, am willing to give you anything."

"Please plead with Dr. Mo for mercy," said Old Zhang, who was about to kneel down to Wang Bao, but Wang Bao held him back.

He didn't agree immediately, as doubts already formed in his mind.

Zhou He, who is also from the Mountain God Base, said last time that the healing department here can help with treatment without providing any supplies.

If that’s the case, then why doesn’t Old Zhang come directly to the house, but instead comes to ask for help from an outsider?