Chapter 470 Base Commander Hao Ren

Uncle Chen and the others went into the kitchen to get busy, while Gu Zijing and the others said goodbye to Ling Ran and then went out.

They need to check on the situation at the Weiyang base so they can report back to Ling Ran.

Of course, the most important thing is to find a tour guide and a driver.

This will make traveling in Shaanxi Province more convenient later.

However, there's no rush. After traveling for so many days, the adults will probably rest at the Weiyang base for a while before setting off again.

The four people were wearing masks. The sky was a bit gray and the light was not very bright. Outside the Weiyang base, there were not many people to be seen. All that could be seen were people fully armed, coming and going in a hurry, and there was no sign of anyone communicating.

After going around in circles, the group had figured out the basic situation.

Gu Zijing suggested, "Let's find some people to ask about the situation."

"Um."

The group wanted to find someone to question, but the people they encountered ran away when Gu Zijing and the others called out to them. They had to call out to several people before one man stopped, but he was still a certain distance away from Gu Zijing and the others.

"What's up?"

The older brother was wearing a mask and was dressed reasonably well, so he was probably a fairly capable superhuman.

Gu Zijing smiled slightly behind her mask, revealing a polite smile: "Hello, we are the superpowered team that just arrived at the Weiyang base today. We would like to ask about the current situation at the Weiyang base? For example, the M1 virus infection situation, and how many superpowered individuals and ordinary people are left?"

"Whatever the situation, that's how it is."

The man said impatiently, then sighed, "Sorry about earlier, it wasn't directed at you, but the number of people leaving the Weiyang base every day is huge, and there are fewer and fewer people with superpowers. We're even discussing whether we should leave Shaanxi Province, but this is our home..."

Staying in Weiyang or at other bases in Shaanxi Province makes no difference; in fact, other bases in Shaanxi Province will only be worse off than Weiyang.

After all, Weiyang is already one of the top bases in Shaanxi Province. If it's like this, then other bases are even more likely to be like this.

Therefore, leaving Weiyang means leaving Shaanxi Province directly.

But it's hard to leave one's homeland.

"I see." Pei Yi nodded, not minding his elder brother's tone just now.

Living in such an environment every day, it's already quite strong for a person not to break down, so it's normal to be impatient.

"Is there no vaccine for the M1 virus? Weiyang is such a large base, there should be researchers there, right?"

“Vaccines are not so easy to develop, and the researchers at our base are not top-notch. I’m afraid it will be five or six years before we can develop one, by which time it will be too late.”

The older man looked at Gu Zijing and the others and said, "You guys must be pretty strong, right? Why did you come to Shaanxi Province? Other superhumans avoid you like the plague."

"Something came up."

Pei Yi casually remarked, then asked, "Do all those ordinary people live near the middle school at the entrance?"

"Hmm." The older brother didn't press further and kindly replied, "There are several teaching buildings over there. Two of them are used for quarantine, and the rest are for ordinary people to live in."

Pei Yi nodded: "Thank you, we understand."

Seeing that everything was alright, the older brother was about to leave when Shen Nianshen took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to him: "Brother, thank you."

"this……"

He could refuse other things.

But this is a cigarette.

Shen Nianshen simply tossed the cigarette over: "Take it, we don't smoke, keeping it is a waste."

Thank you.

He's under a lot of pressure right now. He's a heavy smoker, and he feels terrible without cigarettes in the apocalypse. He'll use any points he earns to buy cigarettes.

He hadn't had a whole pack of cigarettes in a long time; that would last him a long time.

Pei Yi and his group wandered around outside for a while, asked around to find out what was going on, and only after they had a clear understanding of the situation did they return to their lodgings.

It was already past five o'clock, and the sky was completely dark.

Lights were turned on inside the self-built house.

Uncle Chen and the others had just finished cooking.

Pei Yi and the others washed their hands and sat down. Pei Xiu took a bite of rice and asked, "Did you find out anything?"

"that's all."

Gu Zijing took a sip of soup to warm her stomach and said, "A large number of people leave every day. We asked some people with superpowers today. Those who stayed for various reasons are now restless. After all, the situation is getting more and more serious. If they want to survive, they can only leave."

"Sigh, the people here are very vigilant. Ordinary people can hardly be seen. Even if they are, they will run away as soon as they are called out. Only people with superpowers dare to talk to them. They are afraid of being infected. And the mission hall is even more deserted. You can hardly see any people there."

Chen Le chimed in, "I think their supplies are about to run out even before the virus has fully taken hold."

After he finished speaking, the dinner table suddenly fell silent.

The situation at the Weiyang base is actually just a microcosm of all bases across the country; every base is struggling, but the Weiyang base is facing even greater difficulties.

Currently, the Weiyang base has fewer than 20,000 people, and nearly 100 people leave the base every day. Don't think that 100 people is a small number; you should know that most of these 100 people are deducted from the number of people with superpowers. What use are more ordinary people if there are more left?

Of the 20,000 people at this base, 18,000 are ordinary citizens.

Everyone ate their meal in silence.

They are all people with a conscience; if they have any ability, they want to help others.

There's a saying: "When poor, one should cultivate one's own virtue; when successful, one should benefit all under heaven."

They felt this way right now, but their abilities were still insufficient. Even if they were willing to help, it would be a drop in the ocean for the Weiyang base.

Moreover, they are where they are today because of adults; without adults, they might have died long ago.

Most people have empathy, and when they see someone in such a difficult situation, they still feel pity.

Just like a popular saying online before the apocalypse: even though I'm broken and tattered, I still want to mend and patch up this world.

Perhaps it's because I've had a hard time myself, so when I see others struggling, I always want to lend a hand.

After a moment of silence, Gu Zijing broke the awkward silence: "I'll go back to that middle school tomorrow and look for a tour guide and driver."

"Um."

Ling Ran responded and continued eating.

The atmosphere returned to harmony, and everyone talked about some tourist attractions in Shaanxi Province. Then they talked about the group photo with the zombies and planned to find a shop to print the photos out.

After dinner, it was already dark, and everyone went to bed early.

Nothing was said that night.

The next morning.

Ling Ran had just finished washing up and hadn't even had breakfast yet when the base commander of Weiyang Base suddenly arrived.

Surprisingly, the base commander was a woman with neat short hair. She wore thick clothes, but not bulky ones. Her face showed signs of age, and she looked somewhat exhausted, probably due to the current state of the base.

Upon seeing Ling Ran and the others, she extended her hand to Ling Ran and introduced herself, "Hello, Captain Ling, right? I'm Hao Ren, the manager of the Weiyang base."