Chapter 106 Chapter 106 Postscript (I)

late at night

"Ding ding" "Ding ding"

"drop--------"

A shrill, sharp danger alarm suddenly sounded in the energy monitoring room of the Yunjiang base, and a red skull pattern flashed wildly on the largest electronic screen.

This is the latest achievement of the institute. It can detect energy fluctuations within a radius of ten kilometers. The red skull pattern represents the maximum level of energy fluctuations.

The sleepy staff on duty were suddenly awakened by the alarm. They looked at the skull pattern in horror, looked at each other, and without hesitation sounded the city-wide alert and immediately made an internal call to report to their superiors.

In an instant, all public street lights lit up.

The soldiers quickly put on their equipment and gathered in the playground to get ready. The logistics staff rushed to their workplaces without stopping. Countless ordinary people woke up from their sleep and ran to the nearest shelter.

The entire base came alive.

Military field vehicles sped through the abandoned streets. A team of people quickly rushed to the place with the highest energy concentration. Zhang Hongmeng was extremely anxious.

She already had the answer in her mind - this sudden commotion was definitely closely related to He Junxia, ​​whose location information had been lost a few hours ago.

"Sizzle---"

The vehicle, which was traveling at high speed, suddenly came to a sudden stop. The vehicle body drifted as usual, and the people inside the vehicle fell to the ground.

"Lao Zhang, what are you doing?"

"Is there something blocking the road ahead?"

…

Everyone's doubts and complaints received no response at all. Some people wanted to say a few more words but were pulled by their companions by their sleeves and looked out the window.

Everyone's eyes widened.

On the once bustling streets, high-rise buildings collapsed, skyscrapers collapsed, the ground cracked, dust flew, and a huge deep pit appeared in front of the car.

Zhang Hongmeng's heart tightened.

Even though this street has long been reduced to a paradise for animals and plants, the foundation previously laid by humans is still there. What kind of terrifying power would be needed to raze this place to the ground?

Not to mention that there is a huge pit underground that looks like an abyss.

Landmines and bazookas can't do it. Perhaps only the big guys in the arsenal can replicate this scene, but the beeping small energy detectors are telling humans that this is the masterpiece of a superpower.

Is he still alive?

Zhang Hongmeng didn't dare to think about it anymore, but her heart sank to the bottom.

The energy detector indicated the highest energy concentration inside the pit. Zhang Hongmeng looked at his teammates, all filled with astonishment and shock. He took a deep breath and commanded, "Earth-type psychics, search the pit. Don't miss a single detail. Xiao Wang and Xiao Li will be on guard. The remaining three will search separately in groups."

No one moved.

Because they don't even know what they are looking for.

An earth-type psychic who was on good terms with Zhang Hongmeng asked in confusion, "Captain Zhang, what are we searching for?"

After hearing her words, Zhang Hongmeng remembered that she had forgotten to tell her comrades about the mission objective here - for security and confidentiality reasons, only she, the base commander, and Xie Tengda knew about this undercover operation.

"One person or a level six alien core."

She was talking about the alien core instead of the crystal core. Upon hearing this, everyone seemed to have guessed something and asked further questions tacitly.

"Drip drip drip" "Drip drip drip"

The closer they got to the inside of the pit, the louder and more rapid the energy detector's prompts became, and several earth-type ability users immediately sped up their search.

All the psychics who were chosen to participate in this operation were the best among the elites, and the worst one had a third-level psychic ability. Their joint efforts soon paid off.

"drop----"

The energy detector flashed a scarlet light. Zhang Hongmeng turned his head to look in the direction of the sound. An earth-type mutant opened his hand to reveal a colorful diamond-shaped crystal.

For a moment, everyone's eyes fell on this unusual crystal core. The young psychic swallowed hard and said, "Is this a level 7 crystal core?"

Another person said quickly: "It's at least level seven."

Because the energy detector can only detect the seventh level crystal nucleus at most.

As she finished speaking, everyone's breathing was held back again, and a chill ran straight to the top of their heads.

What kind of horrible creature could kill a seventh-level zombie and cause such a big commotion?

Does humanity really have a future?

Several people suddenly became worried.

As for this crystal core with an extremely high energy level, it's not that they don't desire it. However, psychics can only absorb crystal cores one level higher than their psychic power, and even that carries the risk of injury, let alone such a high-level crystal core of uncertain level.

They would be crazy to snatch the crystal core and keep it for themselves.

Don’t you want to live anymore?

Captain Zhang was watching right next to us.

The earth-type mutant who first discovered the five-colored crystal core respectfully handed the crystal core to Zhang Hongmeng.

He felt uneasy holding this thing in his hand.

Zhang Hongmeng put the crystal core into the crystal storage box she carried with her and immediately reported the situation to the base commander. Only after doing all this did she signal everyone to continue searching.

If there is one, there will be two

Not long after, two mutilated zombie heads and a number of broken corpses were dug out. They were all wearing loose black robes that almost covered their entire bodies.

Zhang Hongmeng had the crystal cores dug out of the zombies' heads, and then took off the masks from the corpses to identify them one by one. Only after confirming that there was no familiar face did he breathe a sigh of relief.

But it was just a sigh of relief.

Because the two broken zombie heads belonged to a level four zombie and a level five zombie respectively, plus the crystal core that was at least level seven, the horror of this battle can be imagined.

Even she would have had a hard time surviving.

Emotions made Zhang Hongmeng unwilling to believe that possibility, but reason forced her to face it.

"Keep looking!"

"Still looking, Captain Zhang? We've already plowed this field three times."

Zhang Hongmeng closed her eyes and pleaded, "Please search again, carefully. He is our hero."

No one is seen alive, and no body is seen after death.

How should she explain this to Aunt Xie?

Several earth-type ability users silently suppressed their dissatisfaction with having their abilities questioned and began to search inch by inch.

——If the deaths of these high-level zombies are closely related to the person Captain Zhang is looking for, then he is indeed a hero worthy of their and everyone's respect.

Hard work pays off.

As several earth-type ability users searched inch by inch, a fire-type alien core fragment only 1/4 the size of a little finger nail came into everyone's sight.

However, the energy detector showed that this fire-type heteronuclear fragment belonged to a first-level fire-type heteronuclear.

"Is there something wrong with the instrument?"

One person scratched his head and said, "Look at the shape and color. It can't be just a level one heteronucleus. It must be at least level five."

Zhang Hongmeng used a high-intensity flashlight to observe the alien nuclear fragments carefully. His fingertips trembled slightly, but his heart completely sank.

She raised her head and blinked, then carefully placed the alien nuclear fragment into the storage box containing the seventh-level crystal core, with mixed feelings.

Several earth-type ability users looked at each other, no one spoke, and tacitly began a new round of searching.

Unfortunately, they never found the second fire-type nuclear fragment, but they did find a piece of soil rich in fire energy, mixed with some red powder.

Looking at the prompt on the energy detector, Zhang Hongmeng wiped the corners of her moist eyes and said to the top of her head, "Xiao Wang, go find a bigger box. I need to put something in it."

After saying that, Zhang Hongmeng looked at the pile of soil mixed with fiery red powder and fell into silence and reminiscing.

The voice and smile of her old friend appeared in her mind. She didn't expect that the next time they met would be a farewell forever.

…

Base Commander's Office

The atmosphere was strangely solemn and silent.

Zhang Hongmeng silently looked at the two boxes on the long black table, and silently looked at the base commander who seemed not surprised at all.

I don't know how long it has been

She finally couldn't help but ask: "Why?"

As smart as she was, she had already seen the clues from the base commander's reaction. Among the three people involved in this matter, she was the only one who knew nothing about it.

Facing Zhang Hongmeng's questioning, the base commander didn't get angry. He just sighed and said, "After that day, Minister Xie and I met alone again. It was his request."

Zhang Hongmeng: "What did he say?"

"He said that if the Zombie King was present, he would kill him by self-destructing."

Zhang Hongmeng was stunned: "Self-destruction?"

Is this the reason why, despite being a level six fire-type mutant, only a fragment of the alien core was left in the end?

A sense of inexplicable fatigue suddenly surged into my heart.

Meili, Yan Zi, Dong Jing, Ai Yi... and Xie Tengda, her comrades always left her one after another, and it seemed that these days would never end.

Maybe it will end when she dies.

"I should congratulate him, he succeeded."

"Yes, he succeeded."

Thinking of the child's fearless expression, the old man's face was touched, and he was also glad that he answered his strange question about his mental journey of designing a plan to catch the traitor in the base.

At least the child has one less regret.

Zhang Hongmeng stared at the thin old man in front of him and said, "His contributions should not be buried!"

"certainly"

The base commander nodded solemnly: "I will hold a grand funeral for him. He is a hero of Yunjiang Base and a hero of mankind. Everyone should know about this."

"As for these things, you keep them for the time being."

A pair of weathered and deep eyes met Zhang Hongmeng's gaze quietly. "Humans are too greedy. I'm worried about leaving it somewhere else. After the funeral, I'll have the research institute take it away for research. After that, I'll give the alien nucleus fragments and soil to his family."

"This level seven crystal core is for you."

"unnecessary."

Almost in the next second, Zhang Hongmeng refused without hesitation, even though it would make her seem ungrateful.

"That's what he meant, too."

"The institute can't keep it. Are you willing to let someone else use the thing he sacrificed his life for? He only trusts you to protect the Yunjiang base."

The atmosphere quieted down again

Zhang Hongmeng choked up: "Okay."

She will keep this high-level crystal core safe, and when his younger brother grows up, she will exchange it with his relatives.

The base commander seemed to see through her thoughts. He sighed and said quietly, "If you feel you have let him down, then become stronger as soon as possible and protect his family."

Zhang Hongmeng frowned: "What do you mean?"

The base commander's eyes were gloomy. "His brother, Xie Chaoyang, was once a human experiment material at the Zhongshui Base. A level three psychic who's less than ten years old has made some old men still have evil intentions."

"When he's here, he can naturally protect his loved ones, but who can protect them after he's gone?"

Zhang Hongmeng's face suddenly changed, revealing a terrifying murderous aura.

As the top fighter at the Cloud General Base, she knew more about the coup than anyone else. This was no ordinary coup, and the current commander of the Zhongshui Base was no ordinary good man.

They are just a bunch of snakes and rats from the same nest.

The base commander coughed several times, as if he was going to cough out his lungs. "I won't live long. In the future, you are the only one who can protect them and Yunjiang Base."

"You must become stronger as soon as possible."

"I see."

Zhang Hongmeng left the base commander's office with a heavy heart, and suddenly his cell phone rang with a message alert.

She took out her cell phone and took a look at it irritably. Her suppressed emotions were instantly extinguished like a bucket of cold water. She could no longer hold back her tears and they burst out from her eyes.

Aunt Xie: Xiaomeng, Minister Pang just called and said Tengda is not in the weapons manufacturing department. Do you know where he is?