Chapter 136 Entering the Base

The next morning, as soon as the fog dissipated, everyone set off with anticipation.

Their current camp was less than 40 kilometers away from the survivor base in City G. Even though the road conditions were poor, they arrived at the gate of the survivor base in the afternoon.

When the familiar steel door and guardrail in front of him came into view, Qiao Yu suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of security.

Although the future is uncertain, at least now they can sleep peacefully.

There was a long queue at the gate of the base, and cars of various models were waiting at the entrance dedicated to initial registration of vehicles.

The procedure for entering the base is very complicated. Not only do you have to fill out various forms and pay crystal cores or supplies, but you also have to take blood tests to confirm whether you are an alien or a mutant.

Since Ding Baian and his friends had passes, they didn't need to go through this gate. After making an appointment with Qiao Yu and others to meet at the entrance of the Mercenary Hunter Center tomorrow, they entered the base in advance through another entrance.

The convoy waited in line from the afternoon until midnight before it was finally their turn.

Although it was late, Qiao Yu and his companions still caused quite a stir when they got off the car.

Five handsome men and beautiful women, all neatly dressed, accompanied by a majestic giant black wolf, stood out among the dusty refugees.

However, people with good looks are indeed more popular wherever they go.

For example, now, the staff responsible for registration at the door are obviously much more enthusiastic when facing them than before.

"Five people, a mutant wolf, and a heavy-duty RV that's 5995mm long and 2550mm wide, right?"

"Yes." Qiao Yu nodded.

"Okay, fifty crystal cores per person; eighty crystal cores per mutant beast; and sixty crystal cores for vehicles under six meters in length."

"You can choose to pay directly 390 crystal cores, or you can choose to pay 24 kilograms of grain, or 9 liters of drinking water. Which material would you choose to pay?"

"Crystal core."

Qiao Yu reached into the backpack he had taken out before getting off the car. Using the backpack as a cover, he took out four small bags of crystal cores wrapped in cloth.

This bag contains one hundred crystal cores, which Qiao Yu had counted in advance.

Qiao Yu counted out ten crystal cores from one of the bags, and then poured all the remaining crystal cores into the small basket provided by the staff.

As expected, the five of them heard the envious whispers of the people around them.

I understand.

After all, it is not common to find someone who can take out so many crystal cores at once.

After checking the number of crystal cores, the staff member handed Qiao Yu a list, and the smile on his face became more enthusiastic. "The number is correct. You just need to take this list to fill out the form and have your blood drawn."

Qiao Yu and his companions walked in the direction indicated by the staff member, quickly filled out the form, had their blood drawn, and then began to wait for the test to be completed and the resident cards to be issued.

Resident cards were made using movable type printing, which was very fast. Simply find the characters related to a few people's names and numbers, transfer them to the engraving machine, heat them for a while, and press them on a small steel plate. Instantly, you have a freshly-made resident card.

The blood test takes a little longer than the production of the resident card, but it is not too slow.

As soon as the test results came out, a staff member came to find Yu Qingchuan.

"Hello, Mr. Yu. I am Chu Yi, the commander of the 173rd Regiment of the base military. Are you interested in joining the base's legion?" The visitor's attitude was very respectful and his tone was very sincere. It was obvious that he attached great importance to Yu Qingchuan.

The current situation was completely within Qiao Yu's expectations.

The blood test at the entrance of the base can only distinguish between aliens and mutants, but cannot detect the specific type of alien abilities.

Therefore, under this kind of test, Yu Qingchuan's test results will obviously be more intuitive.

"Thank you for the invitation, but it's not necessary. I used to work in a research institute in H City, so if nothing unexpected happens, I will still apply to join the research institute at the base here." Yu Qingchuan shook his head and politely declined according to the words Qiao Yu taught him in the car.

"...H City Research Institute?" Chu Yi's face was tentative. "May I ask Dr. Yu Huairen and you..."

Yu Qingchuan nodded, "It's my father."

Chu Yi's eyes lit up when he heard this. "So you're the son of Dr. Yu! I'm so sorry... The research institute is also fine! We very much welcome talents from all walks of life to join the construction and research of the base!"

"But it's really getting late today... So, I'll arrange a good place for you guys to stay. You can have a good night's rest. Tomorrow I'll take you to meet the leaders of the institute. Is that okay?"

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yu immediately refused, "Don't bother. We can just rest in the car tonight. We still have some things to do tomorrow, and after we finish, we will go to the institute on our own."

When Chu Yi heard this, he did not reply immediately, but looked at Yu Qingchuan calmly.

Seeing that Yu Qingchuan had no objection at all and instead looked very convinced, Chu Yi nodded reluctantly with a frown on his face, then took out a steel pass from his pocket and handed it to Yu Qingchuan.

"In that case, I won't keep you here any longer. Go back and rest. This is a temporary pass to the base. Take it to the entrance of the institute tomorrow. A staff member will show you inside."

"Thank you." Yu Qingchuan took the pass and nodded slightly.

"Mr. Yu, you're too polite!" Chu Yi saluted the few people and then strode away.

After struggling for a whole night, the five people were finally able to enter the base.

After entering through the main gate and passing through two protective fence doors, the five people finally saw the scene inside the base.

The ground was flat, and houses were everywhere, some large, some small. There were even some small high-rise buildings, as if they had not been disturbed by the mutant plants at all.

The five people found a public parking lot and parked their car in a space.

"I'll meet Ding Baian and the others tomorrow morning, then go to the research institute after completing the task, and then look for a house." Qiao Yu planned in a low voice.

"Okay." The four agreed in unison.

Qiao Yu thought about it and took out Yu Qingchuan's previous backpack from the space. It contained Dr. Yu's research records and mutant wheat seeds.

As Qiao Yu handed the backpack to Yu Qingchuan, he warned, "Qingchuan, you must keep the research results and seeds left by Dr. Yu safe. You must wait until you have established a firm foothold and found someone you can trust before handing over the research results. Do you understand?"

"Don't worry!" Yu Qingchuan nodded, looking very reliable. "I'm not a three-year-old child. I won't be fooled that easily!"

Although Qiao Yu didn't refute what he said, he still curled his lips and secretly complained: Tsk tsk. That's hard to say.