Chapter 199 Mysterious Creatures

After the group returned to Chaoyang Base, everything was back on track.

When Shen Qing learned that the bomb did not explode, he wanted to send troops to take over the Chaoyang base in the name of the capital, but Gu Chao was one step faster than him. He directly applied to the capital for independent supervision rights in the capacity of the base commander of Chaoyang base, using the free supply of awakening potions as a condition.

The capital is not a place where Shen Qing has the final say, so even though he was extremely angry, the capital's top leaders finally decided to agree to Chaoyang Base's demands after evaluating the strength of Chaoyang Base and the cost of a strong attack.

So in the next three months, Gu Chao went to the capital base several times in broad daylight to discuss various matters with the capital.

At the same time, he was secretly preparing for his wedding with Lu Ming.

He took the time to personally look for the dress, wedding gown, rings and other necessary things, and then hid them, preparing to give Lu Ming a surprise when the time came.

So Lu Ming just felt that he was busy every day after returning from the capital, and no one knew what he was doing all day long, and he was always nowhere to be seen.

Fortunately, she is also very busy. Every day she has to lead the team to clear out zombies, collect supplies and crystals, occasionally act as a combat instructor, supply spring water and awakening fruits on a daily basis, and go to the base hospital to treat seriously injured soldiers. There are a lot of things to do.

So even though the two of them don't have much time to meet, they cherish the time they are with each other.

Shen Qing in the capital was also in a state of panic because there were too many people in the capital base. There were millions of people in this base alone, not to mention the several large subsidiary bases around it. It could be said that almost half of the survivors gathered here.

When there are many people, the smell is strong and the noise is loud, which is particularly likely to attract various creatures.

Therefore, he was not only responsible for dealing with the zombie tide, marine mutant creature tide, and mutant animal tide that were converging on the capital, but he also had to take into account the problem of mutant plants approaching the surrounding areas. He had no time to be distracted by other things, and naturally he had no time to take care of the problem of confronting the Chaoyang base.

That day, he received another report.

Striding towards the command center, he questioned his subordinates, "What do you mean it disappeared overnight?! Are you kidding me?!"

The subordinate wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I'm sorry, but the information we received is indeed true. We checked the satellite video and it also confirmed this news. We also found it hard to believe at the time, but after seeing it with our own eyes, we feel that this matter is very serious, so we came to bother you."

Well, he'll wait until he watches the video.

When he arrived at the command center, he walked to the big screen and asked the monitor to play the video directly.

A bird's-eye view appeared in front of me. Below was a fourth-tier city with a population of 200,000 to 300,000 before the apocalypse. Due to the layout of the city, almost all the survivors had left, leaving only tens of thousands of zombies.

Shen Qing watched patiently for a few minutes, but didn't notice any changes, so he said, "Quickly enter."

Then at double speed there was still no change.

"Directly 16 times the speed."

The video started playing again, and this time, Shen Qing's expression gradually became solemn.

Hundreds of thousands of zombies really disappeared within a few hours...

There were no high-level zombies or psychics on the screen, and this was the weirdest part. The zombies seemed to have evaporated out of thin air, disappearing one after another until the entire city became a ghost town.

Not even a bone is left!

What the hell is going on?!

"Have you analyzed the reasons?" he frowned and asked the subordinate who came to report.

"Yes, we think it might be a high-level zombie."

The subordinate turned around and instructed the monitor to slow down the video, playing it frame by frame, and then suddenly called a stop.

He didn't need to say anything more, Shen Qing also saw it.

On the screen, another zombie appeared next to a zombie in the corner. This zombie was almost entirely black, and only its shape could be vaguely seen. In the next frame, it disappeared along with the zombie next to it.

"We only caught it appearing once in the entire video, so we can't be sure what it is yet, but the probability that it is a high-level zombie is 87%."

Shen Qing seemed to be thinking about something. "Pay close attention to this phenomenon. If something similar happens again, report it immediately. Also, send someone to the scene to check it out, and then tell me the results."

"yes!"

The same situation did not occur again in the next two weeks. Just when they thought it was an equipment failure or an accidental incident, the monitor sent another report.

This time it was a city not far from the last place, with a similar size. The zombies also disappeared overnight, and the high-level zombie appeared again.

Shen Qing acted decisively and immediately informed the base leadership and research institute, then issued an orange alert to all bases, telling them to report to the capital immediately if they had any relevant information.

However, many people in the capital base were dissatisfied with Shen Qing's serious attitude, believing that he was "overly nervous."

"It's just that the zombies disappeared. From another perspective, it's actually a good thing."

"Yes, no one can see its true face. It's hard to say whether it is a high-level psychic. It is doing a good thing for the country and the people by clearing out the zombies on its own."

"That's right, I agree with you. Minister Shen doesn't need to make the whole country so nervous. Can an orange alert be issued easily? This is already a level two alert, second only to the red alert issued when the virus first broke out. I have reservations about whether this message is necessary. Moreover, it seems that Minister Shen didn't even discuss it with us old guys before issuing it."

Given the cooperative relationship, although Chaoyang Base is not an official base, as the only civilian base recognized by the Capital Base, it also received this early warning information.

"What do you think?"

"It must be a zombie!"

"Huh? Why does it look so much like the space-type that Xiaolu encountered last time?"

"Yeah, it's a bit similar."

Gu Chao looked at Lu Ming and asked, "Any ideas?"

Lu Ming pondered for a moment, "No. But I think that although it looks like it, it's definitely not a space system, because a space system can't bring other objects into space, which doesn't fit the current presentation."

Moreover, since they successfully resolved the siege of the mutated marine creatures, other bases had learned from their experience and launched a counterattack. The marine creatures were no longer a threat, and the originally planned bombing naturally ceased to exist. At this point, the plot of the original story was completely changed and went in a new direction. She had no idea what happened afterwards.

For a time, almost all bases were discussing this mysterious creature.

And, in the following month, after zombies in five cities were eliminated in the same way, the discussion about this creature reached a peak.

There were half happy people and half scared people.

Until... the first human base was attacked.