Chapter 296 The Curtain Falls

The great battle has ended.

Zhou Chong instructed the others to clean up the scene.

There were still many crystal cores left. That person did not take the crystal cores from the zombies killed by others, so everyone was digging out the fruits of their labor.

With so many zombies, it wasn't hard to spot them. As long as the zombie corpse wasn't completely destroyed, it was the one they killed.

Zhou Chong led his men to Ling Ran, who was already drinking chilled watermelon juice, and bowed deeply to her: "My lady, thank you for your help in saving Hope Base."

"Xiao Zhou, you must never do such a shameful thing again."

This guilty conscience naturally refers to the evolution fluid.

Zhou Chong understood, and lowered his head again: "Yes!"

Xia Qianqian followed and saw this scene, her heart filled with mixed feelings.

The man she admired, whom she thought was very powerful, had to bow and scrape before Ling Ran. But Xia Qianqian now understood why Ling Ran was so generous.

She is not a saint, but rather has strong backing.

It's like having a hundred million. If you encounter a beggar on the street, as long as he's not a penny-pincher, wouldn't you be happy to give him a few cents?

Xia Qianqian suddenly found it a little funny.

He laughed at himself for actually trying to compare himself to Ling Ran.

He had only been reborn once and had the jade pendant as a cheat code, so he thought he was superior and couldn't stand Ling Ran, who was doing better than him.

Only now do I realize that everything they received was what they deserved.

The other party relied on strength, while she relied on...

When the others saw Zhou Chong express his gratitude, they all stopped digging for crystal cores and came over to thank Ling Ran as well.

Ling Ran waved her hand: "No need to be polite. It's almost dawn. I'm going to catch up on some sleep."

By the time this happened, it was almost 5 a.m.

Upon hearing that she was sleepy, everyone quickly said, "The lady is sleepy, let her go to sleep. You shorty, don't block the lady's way back."

Surrounded by the crowd, Ling Ran got into the car and left.

The car started moving, and once it was far away, the superpowered individuals immediately went back to dig for crystal cores. Soon after, the sound of arguing could be heard.

"Damn it! I'm the one who killed that zombie!"

"You want to kill me? Without my superpowers, could you even kill me?"

"Funny, so that means I hit it too!"

The other ability users who were injured by the zombie's abilities watched as those people dug out the crystal cores. They wanted to join in but were powerless to do so, and could only anxiously shout, "I've killed quite a few too, leave some for me."

Daylight broke.

Hopefully, the entrance to the base will still be bustling with people.

The survivors have emerged and have been instructed to clear out the zombie corpses.

Gu Zijing and the others, who hadn't taken a nap after breakfast and came out to see the world, were seeing so many humans for the first time since the apocalypse.

The city walls were repaired, and the zombie corpses were cleared away.

The sun wasn't so scorching at six or seven o'clock, and with tens of thousands of people working together, the base was quickly cleaned up and restored to its original state.

No one would guess that this place was almost trampled flat by zombies last night.

Seeing that nothing was wrong, Gu Zijing and the others went back to catch up on their sleep.

They put in a lot of effort last night and didn't get any rest. Now that they've relaxed, they're all sleepy.

The people inside the base were still busy, and Zhou Chong, as the base commander, naturally couldn't rest.

Yesterday's scene was extremely chaotic, but the distribution of crystal cores was still done by scoring points based on everyone's ability level.

Once this matter is settled, there are still many things that need to be summarized and re-determined.

This zombie horde has exposed many problems, and they need to think about how they should better deal with such a situation if they encounter it again.

Aside from the various matters at the base, there was one last thing: their previous attitude towards Ling Ran was still not respectful enough.