"I asked Lin Cheng to tell you that I needed some jade. All the jade has been delivered today. Don't you know?" Lin Man asked.

Lin Zhongrong really didn't know, Lin Cheng didn't tell him anything.

"Well, maybe Lin Cheng feels there's no need to tell me because he can handle it himself."

Lin Zhongrong still felt something was strange. Although Lin Cheng was not raised by him, he did watch him grow up. This kid has never been an enthusiastic person. Although this is not a big deal, he did it quietly, which is a bit surprising.

Lin Man didn't think it was a big deal. Lin Cheng could travel south to search for her at his father's command. By comparison, helping her get two boxes of jade was much easier. But she didn't take it for granted either. She secretly thought that her gift for Lin Cheng would be more thoughtful.

She got down to business: "Dad, what weapon do you usually use?"

"Hmm?" Lin Zhongrong was still immersed in deep thought.

"So, what kind of sword or other weapon are you good at using in battle?"

"Why are you asking that?"

"Just to find out." Lin Man looked very curious. Giving gifts should be a surprise, so how could he tell it now?

Lin Zhongrong said proudly: "Dad doesn't need any weapons, he has supernatural powers."

Listen to these domineering words. Others would use their superpowers sparingly, but he said that having superpowers is enough, as if they are inexhaustible.

"But your special powers will eventually run out. You can't possibly not have any weapons with you."

"Of course Dad carries a gun." He has quite a few on him.

Lin Zhongrong rarely fought with knives or hand-to-hand combat. His initial enemies were zombies. Fighting zombies in hand-to-hand combat? Was that because he thought his life was too long? He would use his superpowers to attack from a distance if possible. If that didn't work, he would use his gun, one bullet at a time, one head at a time.

Later, the zombies disappeared, and his enemies became humans again. But with his abilities, no one dared to challenge him. A single burst of his supernatural power was enough to scare most people, and the few who remained couldn't be dealt with with fists. So after the apocalypse, he really didn't use a knife.

She couldn't make a gun.

Lin Man didn't give up and asked again: "Then don't you have anything special you want?"

Lin Zhongrong had something to say. He pitifully complained to his daughter, "Daddy just wants someone to give him a back rub when he's tired."

Lin Man was confused. So, did her father need a back massage?

She wanted to make a majestic sword or spear or something to give to her father, but he said he was already majestic enough and just wanted a back massage.

Lin Man sighed: "Okay, I understand. Then do you know what weapon Lin Cheng is better at using?" Lin Man asked again.

"Him?" The topic changed so quickly. Lin Zhongrong had been hoping to hear some soft words of comfort from his daughter, but now they were talking about Lin Cheng again. He said with a lack of interest, "There are so many things he can't transform into. There are so many strange and varied shapes."

Lin Man felt that she couldn't get anything out of him, so she had to hang up the phone regretfully. She also said that if Lin Cheng was free, he should call her back in person.

As an old father, Lin Zhongrong's jealousy suddenly bubbled up again. He finally realized that his daughter's call was mainly to find Lin Cheng.

Lin Man hung up the phone and started to study the two boxes of jade materials to see how he could make a hammer that could be used for back massage. Even if it was just a back massage, it had to be good enough.

If she had any questions, she would consult her mother. Chen Yu knew what she wanted to do, so she told her, "If you want to carve jade, you must first have a tool."

Lin Man asked what kind of tool it was. Chen Yu said it was probably a long and narrow carving knife. She didn't know much about it, so Lin Man went out to ask around. She actually found a person who was engaged in carving before the end of the world, but the person carved wood instead of jade.

Lin Man felt that the two were similar, so he invited them to learn the craft.

The woodcarver is an old widow in her sixties. She was a survivor of the Peace Base. She was so old that she could hardly walk. Later, she was treated by a healing psychic for a few days and her health improved a lot.

She knew that being favored by Lin Man meant that her later life, which was still a long one, would have a qualitative leap. If Lin Man was happy and continued to take care of her, she might even live longer - now everyone knew that Lin Man was also a person with healing abilities.

So the old lady was also very attentive. She knew that Lin Man's ultimate goal was to carve jade. When she was young, the old lady was knowledgeable and had contact with many people. She also had some understanding of how to carve jade, so she immediately taught according to the student's aptitude.

Lin Man did as she said and made a set of small carving knives, then began to learn the basic skills. She used wood when she was learning, but used stone when she practiced on her own. Carving stone was like carving tofu. The old lady kept saying that with such strength, learning carving would be twice the result with half the effort.

Lin Cheng also said this. It seems that having great strength is really a huge advantage.

Lin Nan only studied with the old lady for three days before she was able to cut jade with a knife. She didn't start carving hammers right away. She decided to make some simple things that she could use first, such as jade thorns, which she called jade needles to make it sound better, and jade blades.

She spent a day carving many jade needles and jade blades. After a little polishing, they were basically in good shape, and then she began to practice spiritual energy.

He held a handful of jade needles as wide as his palm, then filled his palm with spiritual energy, completely wrapping them in it, and pushed the spiritual energy to keep them in a flowing state, so that streams of spiritual energy continued to wash over these jade needles.

After a few days, they gradually turned transparent from their original emerald green color, and gradually became rounded. The sharp edges left by rough polishing became rounded. This was a good thing, but the bad thing was that the ends of the jade needles that Lin Man had deliberately polished into sharp points also became rounded.

This is really frustrating. Only a pointed needle can kill. A blunt needle with round ends would only cause a bruise, right? If she made a knife, would it still have a blade? It would probably just end up being a stick.

This was a fatal flaw that Lin Man had never thought of before. When she looked at the jade plate that was almost completely transparent, she found that it had indeed become much rounder, and the pattern on it was almost gone!

Lin Man was worried. What should he do?

In order to solve this fatal flaw, Lin Man pondered for two days, and finally she discovered that she could use mental power to solve this problem.

If you wrap a certain place with mental power, the shape of that place will not be changed by spiritual energy. Mental power can even shape it. If you think the shape of a place is not good-looking, you can use mental power to correct it patiently and rub it. The effect is very good.

She stretched herself vigorously, and then she heard the sound of rain. She looked out the door and exclaimed in surprise, "It's raining!"

Chen Yu was sitting by the window, altering a piece of clothing that didn't quite fit Lin Man. Hearing this, she smiled and said, "It's been raining for an hour, and you were just frowning and scowling. You were so engrossed in your thoughts that you didn't even notice it was raining."

"Hehehe!" Lin Man showed the jade needle to his mother, "Look, isn't it beautiful?"

This is a jade needle that is almost completely transparent with a hint of green. It has six evenly distributed edges and is pointed at both ends. You might not notice it if you are not careful, but if you look closely, you will find that this needle is really beautiful, like a thin piece of light green ice.

With this needle, even with Chen Yu's relatively weak strength, he could penetrate one or two centimeters into the wood, which shows how sharp and hard it is.

"So you can start making weapons?"

"Hmm!" Lin Man couldn't wait to start carving the hammer. At this time, she had learned carving for a few more days and tried to carve a few hammers on stone. She was more courageous in carving jade.

She first lightly scratched a few lines on a large piece of yellow jade to draw a rough shape, then used a knife to carve down along the lines. Pieces of material were removed by her, and a hammer gradually took shape. Then she carefully picked the whole thing off, and the prototype of a beauty hammer of moderate size was formed.

Lin Manchao feels very accomplished!

I just don’t know what Lin Cheng wants. Lin’s father said he is still looking for other zombie nests outside, and I don’t know how the search is going.

…

Lin Cheng, who was being thought of by Lin Man, was urgently recalled to the League member base at this time. He was dusty and looked stern as he quickly walked into the United Front Work Department which had recently been put into use behind the administrative center.

When he met Lin Zhongrong, he asked, "Are there new zombies?"

Lin Zhongrong nodded. "The entire Lion Head Squad at Xihe Base was killed and sent back some very bad news. Come with me to the conference room."

There were already many people sitting in the conference room, all of them were decision-makers of the Reunion Base. Sitting at the first seat was the base's top leader, an old man in his sixties. He had been a high-ranking official before the apocalypse and was still one today. He was highly respected and had high prestige. He had worked so hard for the base that even his hair had fallen out.

Lin Zhongrong went over and sat in the next seat on his left, nodding to him.

"Zhongrong, thank you for your hard work this time." said the old man.

Lin Zhongrong waved his hand and sighed, "I'm not afraid of hard work, I'm just afraid that hard work won't solve the problem."

The old man's face turned very worried. After a few minutes, when everyone had arrived, he gestured to the people on the stage: "Let's start."

A well-dressed young man on the stage nodded and displayed several photos on the screen.

"This is the cave on Dongshou Mountain that was discovered half a month ago. We can see that the entrance is very hidden and very deep. It is now called Zombie Pit No. 1. It is filled with traces of zombie activity and fifty human skeletons. The time of death ranges from twelve years ago to the past year.

"We estimate that early last month, the zombies in Pit 1 somehow left the cave and wandered around. However, because the wilderness was deserted, no one noticed them until they left Dongshou Mountain and attacked the Dongyang base on the 2nd of this month.

"After that, the five bases worked together to discover and eliminate two waves of zombies within eight days, totaling 27 zombies."

Photos of zombies appeared on the screen, each zombie was numbered, and there were also anatomical images for research.

"Through research, we've discovered that these zombies generally maintain a pattern of eating once a year, and the time of death of the skeletons in Pit 1 also proves this—over the past twelve years, four to five people have died there each year. Because of this discovery, we currently suspect that these zombies are being artificially fed."

People were in an uproar, but Lin Cheng's expression did not change at all. He had long guessed that these zombies were artificially raised. He knew that the key point was behind. If there was Pit No. 1, there must be Pit No. 2.

Sure enough, the young man on the stage continued to show photos: "And this suspicion was confirmed by the second zombie pit discovered today."

"Pit No. 2 is located deep beneath the mountains 1,200 kilometers north of Tuanyuan Base. It was discovered this morning by the Lion Head Squad from Xihe Base, following the tracks left by a zombie. Aside from the pilot who remained on the fighter plane, contact with the other four was lost after landing. The video was sent back by Captain Yan Ming in his final moments."

He clicked on a video. The scene was extremely chaotic. The person recording was clearly running wildly. The background was set in the mountains. Occasionally, a zombie flashed by. The distinctive roar of zombies was everywhere, and there was also the sound of a man panting heavily. "...See? There are fucking zombies everywhere... I saw where they came from. Oh my god, that's a mechanical door leading to the underground. It's been gnawed to pieces..."

Before he could finish his words, the man was apparently attacked from behind by something. He rolled on the ground several times and screamed a few times. After a while, he got up and continued to film everything around him. A circle of skinny zombies that looked like zombies surrounded him.

He gasped and said, "Brothers, do you see these ugly guys? They ambushed us very cunningly, and we were forced to scatter by them... I have used up my superpowers and the bullets, I can't run anymore, I have been bitten several times... My teammates are probably not much better than me. Those lazy guys run slower than me, so they will definitely not be able to escape... I should have brought a grenade before going out, so that I can die more quickly and take away a few of our old friends..."

The man was moving carefully as he spoke, and suddenly he dived into the bitten mechanical door he mentioned. The bright light of the equipment illuminated the underground structure and the sluggish figures of zombies. Then, before the zombies surrounded him, the man took pictures of every place he could as quickly as possible. Finally, the screen suddenly went black.

it's over.

Everyone in the conference room suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and the silence was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Lin Cheng still looked at the few frames of Pit No. 2 captured on the screen with a sullen face.

The young man on the stage continued in his calm voice, "Captain Yan Ming sent the video to the team members who stayed behind in the fighter plane in his last moments before his death. They immediately sent it to Xihe Base, and Xihe Base then shared the video with other bases."

"Based on the footage in the video, technicians have determined that this underground structure is half built into the mountain and half man-made, with a total area of ​​approximately 440 square meters. It's estimated that there are between 500 and 800 zombies inside, but the exact number is difficult to determine."

Upon hearing this, the old leader sighed deeply and said sternly, "This is the purpose of holding this meeting today. Now there are two problems. First, how to deal with these zombies, and second, find the people who feed these zombies."

The people below were silent for a moment, then began to buzz with discussion. Someone asked, "Could it be a secret organization from before the apocalypse? After the apocalypse, everyone turned into zombies, and they've only just come out."

"That's impossible," said a smart-looking woman in a corner of the conference room. "First, the footage shows this underground structure is completely empty. What would normal people before the apocalypse do in such a barren place? Seeking refuge? The conditions are utterly deplorable. Secondly, a group of zombies that haven't had any contact with the outside world for seventeen years, with no access to fresh flesh and blood, should theoretically have rotted away. And look at the zombies besieging Captain Yan Ming in the video. They're so active, they must have eaten fresh meat in at least a year."

"But if they could come and go on their own, we wouldn't have discovered it until today. Our most reliable guess is that the zombies from Pit 1 ran to Pit 2 and bit through the entrance, releasing the zombies inside."

The questioner was speechless and shuddered. These zombies were saving their own kind! If there were still Pit 3 and Pit 4... Oh my god, I couldn't even imagine it!