I have absolutely no interest in Bai Ling wanting me to stay and become the leader.

He shook his head and declined, saying, "No need, take care of yourself."

After thinking for a moment, he added, "If you need any help, you can come find me in Qingyu Village. My brother and I will probably be staying at the survivor base there for the time being."

"Why don't we move over there too?" It's not easy to get water from this place, and the tap water has been cut off recently. She doesn't really want to care about the others anymore. She originally thought that in this apocalypse, all she had to do was provide them with food.

Who knows, once they're full, they'll start thinking about how to overthrow themselves. Who would want to protect them then?

She could see it clearly at the time: those people were hiding, just waiting for her to fight them to the death. If she died, they probably wouldn't avenge her.

Thinking about it this way, she was even less willing to stay any longer. Looking at her cousin and the others, there were now four evolved beings. The two who had just arrived had come looking for her as soon as they learned that her cousin and the others were in danger.

"I'll talk to them about it," Gu Lingchuan said before finding Lin Yu.

I explained the situation to him: "Our location is at the border between the city and the countryside, and the surrounding danger zones have been marked, so it's generally quite safe."

"The defenses here are much stronger than ours, but the surrounding area is already in the wild, and we don't know what dangers there might be. Compared to that, our side is safer."

"It's just that relocating so many people is a bit of a hassle."

Lin Yu thought for a moment and said, "Not everyone will be willing to come with us. We'll take those who are willing, and we won't interfere with those who aren't."

Gu Lingchuan nodded. "Technical talent, whether they want to or not, can be forcibly taken away."

After discussing it, the two began to take the count. When the count came out in the afternoon, Gu Lingchuan was somewhat surprised. There were more than a dozen people who wanted to leave, but only one-fifth of them were leaving.

Moreover, most of them are technical personnel.

"You didn't add any other conditions before you'd come with us, did you?"

The Gu brothers and the Lin brothers stood at the door, looking at the list of more than a dozen people one by one.

Lin Yu shook his head. He knew what Gu Lingchuan wanted to ask. "No, most of the people here were originally criminals. They're tired of being managed and can't wait for the mountain weighing on their heads to be removed so they can have their freedom."

Gu Lingchuan nodded, instantly understanding: "Some people, if it weren't for the apocalypse, would have been imprisoned for most of their lives, or even their entire lives."

"Then let's leave tomorrow."

The night passed quickly, but many people couldn't sleep, some of them planning to leave with Gu Lingchuan and the others the next day.

Among them was a middle-aged man with somewhat rough skin. Living with him was a young man named Liu Kui, who had just entered the workforce two years prior and was studying physics, electronics, and developing electronic devices and systems.

The middle-aged man with Liu Kui was named Zhou Guiping. He was also a technical talent, originally a mechanical and construction engineer who had obtained his certification.

The two were assigned to the same room, and both planned to leave with Gu Lingchuan and the others tomorrow.

"Brother Zhou, do you think it's right for us to leave with them tomorrow?" Liu Kui was confused. His family was probably gone, and he was left alone.

Zhou Guiping didn't know that his daughter was studying in the city. He had tried to find her before, but there were too many zombies and he couldn't get in. He had tried several times, but Bai Ling rescued him each time.

That's why he left without hesitation.

"I don't know either. Who can predict what will happen in the future?" Zhou Guiping said.

"But it might be better to follow them. You should know Gu Lingchuan; he was originally the head of the Gu Group, and his reputation has always been excellent."

The next day, Gu Lingchuan and his three companions, along with Bai Ling and the other fourteen people, arrived.

The fourteen people didn't bring much stuff; they couldn't take most of their original belongings with them.

The journey was extremely safe. Lin Yu roughly eliminated dangers over a large area to find the best route, while Gu Lingchuan meticulously checked for dangers in a smaller area.

With Gu Lingxiao's terrifying combat power, the dozen or so people arrived at the Blue Fish survivor base without even being frightened.

Gu Lingxiao, who had been standing next to Lin An, would occasionally hear Lin An muttering, "One man, one sword, slaying all enemies under heaven, what passion, what bonds!"

Gu Lingxiao suspected that he had actually taken his casual remark to heart and was now brainwashing him.

It's difficult to empathize with other people's emotions, but it's relatively easy to control your own. When your emotions are intense enough, they can infect those around you.

Lin An planned to do just that. He had been reading novels in his spare time recently and had learned a lot.

Lin Yu arranged accommodations for the newcomers, and together with the survivors he had rescued, there were now twenty-five people.

It's far from full; this survivor base can house hundreds of people.

Among these people are talents capable of hydroelectric power generation, and some of the necessary materials have been prepared in advance, including construction requirements.

The charter was drawn up in three days, but its completion is a long way off. Providing electricity to nearly a hundred people would have taken a long time even before the apocalypse, let alone now.

Ultimately, we can only do it for now, and first meet the electricity demand for storing food.

The walls also need to be reinforced and raised, but then there simply won't be enough people.

The original wall was damaged; let's repair it first.

Various matters kept Gu Lingchuan somewhat tied up.

Gu Lingxiao, on the other hand, ignored everything and continued his life of hunting zombies.

Three weeks later, Gu Lingxiao broke through to the third stage, consuming at least two thousand zombie crystal cores, but fortunately, both of his abilities improved simultaneously.

Devouring this initial ability showed no signs of improvement. This primordial ability was like the Xenomorph's characteristic, devouring other creatures to enhance itself.

He came to this conclusion because he encountered two more aliens during this period. Although they were not as strong as the previous one, Gu Lingxiao was still able to figure out their characteristics.

Devouring and plundering, just like himself, could it be that he is an alien?

Gu Lingxiao also had Gu Lingchuan do an appraisal for him.

"#*&, the third stage before entering the extraordinary sequence, possesses &#*~ superpowers, #&*, evolutionary direction, &&#?"

This time there's even more garbled text. During the first identification, my identity was that of an evolved being, but now they can't even identify whether I'm an evolved being or not.

He shook his head to clear his mind of all sorts of thoughts. No matter what, he knew his own condition best. He was strong and perfectly normal, except for the minor flaw of sometimes going into a frenzied state when he went on a killing spree.

But that's normal. Everyone does a lot of irrational things when they're angry, but they'll be fine once they calm down. Besides, you can still maintain a sliver of rationality.

That's right, that's correct.

Gu Lingxiao nodded to himself, convinced that he was fine.