Chapter 51

In the blink of an eye, it was noon. The strangely red sun hung high in the gray sky.

In the Hope Base, some people are waiting, while others are busy.

The west and north walls have the most people.

The psychics who were good at long-range attacks were waiting for people on the city wall. Everyone's pockets were bulging with elixirs and other supplies that were distributed uniformly. Some of the psychics also wore bracelets with intricate patterns on their hands, and the bracelets faintly glowed corresponding to the psychics' abilities.

Some of the psychics skilled in close combat, or soldiers carrying talismans, had already arrived at the foot of the city wall, gripping their weapons tightly, their eyes fixed on the front.

Ordinary people were in the rear. Some were preparing food, hoping that the busy psychics would have enough to eat in time, while others were counting medical supplies, waiting for the battle to begin so that they could treat the wounds of the injured psychics...

There was only one person on the east wall.

Of course, in the eyes of other people in the base, there were nearly twenty powerful psychics on the east wall, including Captain Gu’s sister.

On the other side, or under the city wall, there are all kinds of mutant plants or mutant beasts. If people had not known that "Gu Qi"'s ability is control, they would probably be a little panicked when they saw those mutant creatures.

In fact, the only real person on this side of the city wall was Fang Jiao, Lan Lan who was disguised as Gu Qi, and more than a dozen high-level puppets.

There was also only one person on the south wall.

That is Gu Qi.

In an unnoticed corner of the city wall, a crystal clear seedling like an ice crystal swayed slightly in the wind, and the light blue light on its branches and leaves flickered, as if it was a little excited.

The mutant creatures coming from all directions were now very close. The people in the base could clearly see countless mutant plants and mutant beasts, as well as zombies mixed in with them.

They were all extremely crazy and came towards the base at an extremely fast speed.

Herds of mutated wild boars, cattle, and sheep, as well as various mutated plants that were digging up the soil and advancing, even a patch of mutated peppers. Once a seasoning on people's tables, they had now become a terrifying enemy...

When did the battle begin?

Perhaps an extremely fast wind-type mutant sheep entered the attack range of the psychics, and the battle was about to break out.

The mutant creatures and zombies on the south side of the city wall have the highest average strength, with the lowest level being level three, and the highest even having a terrifying aura of level seven.

Gu Qi even saw some familiar mutant creatures among them.

This was what she had caught a glimpse of when she flew over the Death Mountains before. Obviously, these mutant creatures, which were stronger than those on the other three sides of the city walls, mostly came from the Death Mountains.

In addition to the Death Mountains, there is also a Zombie City a little further south of the Hope Base, which is also the source of the zombies that have just arrived at the base.

Gu Qi jumped down from the city wall with a long sword in his hand, rushed directly into the group of mutant beasts, and began to harvest.

Watching the mutant beasts fall under her sword in droves, the young sacred tree shook its leaves anxiously and quickly sent a telepathic message: "I, eat!"

Give me some food!

It is estimated that they continue to harvest mutant beasts and some mutant plants. Those running in the front, except for some who run fast due to their talents, are mostly strong. There are more than ten at level five.

Unlike other mutant creatures seen in the past, these mutant beasts all have bloodshot eyes, full of madness, as if they have lost their rationality.

To be precise, these mutant creatures and zombies attracted by the hidden spiritual veins are extremely crazy, and their attack power is stronger than usual.

Gu Qi cleared out most of the level four and all the level five ones, and the remaining ones came to the base wall under her deliberate indulgence.

They wanted to break through the walls of the base, to get inside and absorb the tempting human flesh and blood, and even more wanted to plunge into the energy that lured them here.

But before they could get close enough, a gust of wind seemed to blow towards them, and all the zombies fell straight down, while the mutated plants and beasts stopped where they were.

The mutant thought bewilderedly: Huh? Why are they here?

The next second——

It smells so good! I want to eat it, I want to eat it, I want to eat it!

The mutant beasts' eyes, which had just regained clarity, became bloodshot again. The branches of the mutant plants waved again, and the roots once again stabbed towards the base.

The sapling of the sacred tree shook its branches again.

Mutant creatures: Huh? Why are they here?

Smells so good...

The sapling of the sacred tree impatiently pulled out its roots, and an invisible energy headed towards the mutated creatures.

There seemed to be a strange fragrance in the air, the mutant beasts fell to the ground, the mutant plants drooped their branches, and their roots stopped moving forward.

Jiu Cang, who was hiding his body, raised his hand and waved it, leaving a mark on them. The mutant creatures who lost consciousness and fell into a beautiful dream were easily marked with the unique mark of the cave.

As Jiu Cang floated over these mutant creatures, the mutant creatures lying on the ground disappeared one after another.

The sapling of the sacred tree then shook its little leaves in satisfaction.

Humph, that’s pretty good. These guys with little energy should just stay in my sister’s back garden and stop blocking it from eating!

The people observing from behind couldn't help but widen their eyes when they saw the situation on the south side.

"Is this even possible?" The man couldn't help but murmur, "The immortal's methods are too powerful."

After being shocked, he quickly recovered and passed the news to the center of the base:

[The monster tide on the south side has been stopped. All zombies within ten meters of the city wall have died. The mutated plants and mutant beasts are suspected to have been taken away by Master Xi using mysterious means.]

The power of faith descended from the sky. Gu Qi, who was killing mutant creatures and zombies with a sword, did not even raise his head and continued to clear them until he was twenty meters away from the city wall and stopped moving forward.

There are too many mutant creatures and zombies coming in from the rear, and if we continue to advance, we will easily lose sight of the edge positions.

East wall:

The influx of mutant creatures and zombies were first eliminated by the spikes that suddenly appeared everywhere.

Then they were killed by the high-level puppets, either by swords, smashed to death with hammers, or blown away by wielding alchemy furnaces.

There were also those that clearly had the same aura as them, but instead of joining them in breaking down the walls that were blocking them, they raised their claws or waved their branches at them.

Mutated plants and mutant beasts: What’s going on? Why are they fighting against their own plants/beasts?

As they were about to die, their crazy minds couldn't help but show a trace of confusion: why would the powerful fellows who were supposed to lead them turn around and kill them?

But obviously at this time there was no one, let alone plants or animals, to tell them why.

Compared to the slightly strange-looking south and east walls, the north and west walls are much more normal.

The psychics launched a variety of attacks on the mutant creatures and zombies, either killing them with one blow or killing one with several attacks coordinated together.

After a few days of running-in, the teams divided into small groups cooperated very well.

Wan Shiwen, who had recovered, stood on the north city wall, holding a bow that was glowing with spiritual light. There was no arrow and no string, but when her right hand made a bow-drawing gesture where the bowstring should have been, several flaming arrows were placed on the bow.

As Wan Shiwen loosened her grip, these flaming arrows flew towards the monster tide below, accurately piercing the heads of several mutant beasts, killing them with one arrow.

Under her sleeve, there was an energy-boosting bracelet that glowed faintly red.

With the help of the spiritual bow and the power-enhancing bracelet, even a level five mutant beast would only take two more arrows to kill in her hands.

In addition to Wan Shiwen, several other level five psychics in the base also held suitable weapons and wore power-enhancing bracelets, specifically targeting those level five mutant creatures or zombies, as well as some difficult level four monsters.

There are also some level four psychics, such as Zhang Bei on the west city wall.

The weapon in his hand was also a bow, an ice-blue longbow that exuded a chill. As he drew the bow, several water arrows appeared, and the tips melted into ice in an instant.

After these arrows pierced the monster's head or heart, they either directly pierced through the monster behind it, or exploded directly in the body of the monster that was still breathing, taking its life.

This wave of monsters is stronger than the previous few days combined.

There were hundreds of Level 5 monsters that were very rare in the past few days, emerging in this monster tide, not to mention those hiding in the dark and the possible Level 6 monsters.

Moreover, these monsters are crazier and more irrational than before. They only know how to keep moving forward and want to destroy everything that stands in their way. They are undoubtedly more difficult to deal with than the previous ones.

Some people also discovered that compared to the previous few days, today's high-level monsters, perhaps because they had lost their minds, mostly no longer hid themselves and swarmed out, making it very difficult to deal with them at the beginning, and some corners were even broken through the city walls.

Fortunately, those high-level psychics reacted quickly enough and resolved it in time.

Gu Yuan was also on the city wall at this time. The strength of a level six wind-type mutant was astonishing. With a storm, he directly cleared a gap in the strange tide.

But there were so many monsters that they filled the gap in a short time.

In addition, the strength of the little girl next to him is also very eye-catching.

Although she looked only ten years old, the water tornado she launched was as powerful as some level four psychics, which was even more shocking to those who knew her situation.

This little girl was just an ordinary person a month ago!

No wonder Lord Xi said she had good talent, those people thought so in their hearts, but soon their attention returned to the monster tide, and they worked harder to kill the monsters.

They thought to themselves: It would be ok if we are not as strong as the girl, but it would be too embarrassing if we don’t work harder.

As time passed, some people were injured, some had their powers exhausted, and some were even in danger of their lives.

The man whose superpowers were exhausted retreated from the city wall, took out the energy-restoring pill and ate it. Immediately after he retreated, other people with superpowers took his place.

For injured psychics, those with minor injuries would take medicine or apply hemostatic powder directly and then continue fighting. Those with more serious injuries would retreat and be replaced by other psychics who were waiting.

There was also someone whose life was in danger. Before he died, a white light protected him. Suddenly, the monsters nearby seemed to not see him and attacked other people.

The person who activated the concealment talisman took him back to the base and handed him over to an ordinary person or a healing psychic who was responsible for medical treatment in the rear.

Those seriously injured were also in this recommended medical area. Their injuries were treated quickly and their complexion improved visibly. It is estimated that they will be able to continue fighting soon.

The overwhelming wave of monsters seemed to have no end, but the people in the Hope Base were more motivated to fight than in the previous few days. Their eyes were particularly determined, without any despair.

Everyone was very confident that the base could be defended.

There was no shortage of medicine, food was plentiful, there were also spiritual weapons to enhance strength, talismans or defensive bracelets to save lives, not to mention the help of immortals, who could directly reduce the pressure on the city walls on both sides...

With all these bonuses, even though the monster tide now seems to have no end, they believe that they can eventually kill them until there is no more supply.

The power of faith continued to surge in, Gu Qi's expression changed slightly, and there was a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

My cultivation level can no longer be suppressed!

As the sky was about to darken, Gu Qi, who had broken through to the late Nascent Soul stage despite suppressing his cultivation, had an expressionless face as he swung his sword mechanically to kill monsters.

What else could she do? She couldn't ask people to stop sending the power of faith, not to mention that there was also golden light of merit falling from the sky behind her. Each wisp was small, but there were many of them!

Anyway, as long as she works hard to suppress it, and with the experience of cultivating to the point of overcoming tribulations in the world of immortal cultivation, her foundation will be quite solid.

As the sky gradually darkened, Gu Qi clearly felt that the monsters were becoming stronger and more crazy.

This can't go on.

Gu Qi frowned slightly. She could handle it, and Fang Jiao and Lan Lan should be fine too, but the people at the Hope Base might not be able to withstand it.

Especially as it got dark, the hidden level six began to emerge, and the same was probably true on the north and west sides.

After killing another level five mutant beast with one sword, Gu Qi asked, "Jiucang, what's the situation on the north and west sides?"

A few seconds later, Jiu Cang replied, "Three level five esperians have broken through to level six, and more than ten level four esperians have broken through to level five. We can barely cope with it."

Gu Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiu Cang, whose spiritual sense saw the situation somewhere, was suddenly surprised: "Huh..."

"What's wrong?" Gu Qi's heart was lifted again. "Is there something wrong?"

Seeing the worry on her face, Jiu Cang quickly explained, "I hope everything is normal at the base. I just suddenly noticed some reinforcements coming from the north. They seem to be from other bases. They are all quite strong. The lowest one is level four, and the highest is a level seven lightning-type user."

"The north side..." Gu Qi recalled the base in the north and soon had the answer in his mind.

Before the monster tide came, Base Captain Fang had asked for help from other bases. Those that were closer had arrived one after another before today, except for the Central Base, which was the farthest away.

As for that level seven lightning ability user...

Gu Qi asked, "Is that level 7 lightning-type psychic a girl with a high ponytail?"

"right."

Jiu Cang was a little surprised: "How did Aqi know?"

Aqi's current mental power range should not be that wide.

"I've heard of it in my previous life."

That can be said to be the secret weapon of the Central Base. I didn't expect that she would come to support it.

But why hadn't I heard of her coming to support in my previous life? If she had been there, even with the slowdown of Deputy Base Commander Qian and the others, Hope Base wouldn't have fallen so quickly.

As soon as this doubt arose in his mind, Gu Qi reacted.

In the previous life, Hope Base did not receive the news in advance and had to wait until it was besieged before asking for help. Given the distance between the Central Base and here, even if Wen Lei was sent over, by the time people arrived, Hope Base would have been completely destroyed by the monster tide.

Gu Qi suddenly thought of something, and used up a quarter of his spiritual power, swinging his sword to kill a large group of monsters, and got a moment of free time.

After asking Jiu Cang how many people came to support, she took out a paper crane and a space ring, and stuffed some pills and talismans into the ring, as well as the power-enhancing bracelets and defense bracelets that the high-level puppets would later refine.

After stuffing a bunch of things in, Gu Qi injected spiritual power into the paper crane and let it carry the space ring to find Wen Lei and others.

A few minutes later.

Wen Lei, who was trying hard to clear out the monsters and wanted to get closer to the Hope Base, suddenly changed her expression and raised her hand to throw a thunder ball forward.

The object that suddenly flew over was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, it dodged the thunder ball and came in front of her.

Wen Lei was about to use her supernatural power to form a lightning net to block it, when the pale, weak-looking person next to her said in surprise, "It looks like a paper crane?"

At this time, Wen Lei also discovered that the thing that suddenly appeared was a small paper crane with a ring hanging on its tail.

"There's no malice or aggression," said another person in the team.

Only then did Wen Lei put away the lightning net.

As soon as the lightning net was retracted, the paper crane hit her right hand at an extremely fast speed. By the time she reacted, the paper crane turned into a faint light and dissipated, and the ring was firmly on her hand.

At the same time, a gentle female voice sounded in her mind.

"The ring is a space ring. You must drop blood to recognize the owner. Inside are supplies provided by the Hope Base. The contents of the blue bottle can heal your companion's damaged superpower core. The other items are used..."

After hearing the voice's introduction, Wen Lei frowned even more tightly.

Energy recovery pills, hemostatic powder, energy-enhancing bracelets... and recovery pills that can heal damaged superpower cores. Could it be that she has been tricked by a mental monster?

"Captain Wen?"

The person beside her patted her and asked, "Is there something wrong with the paper crane?"

"That shouldn't be the case." The short-haired girl who said the paper crane was harmless and non-aggressive frowned slightly. "My ability tells me that the paper crane is kind and is Xiaolin's only hope."

"What did you say?" Wen Lei came back to her senses and confirmed, "You just said that you felt the paper crane was Xiaolin's only hope?"

The pale-faced person beside her, Xiaolin, also looked surprised.

"Yes." The short-haired girl nodded and said firmly, "That's what the supernatural power told me. The paper crane can save Xiaolin."

Then she looked puzzled again: "But the paper cranes have disappeared, where is that ray of hope?"

"Maybe I know." Wen Lei quickly cut a line on her finger and dripped blood onto the ring.

The short-haired girl's supernatural powers have never gone wrong, and with that glimmer of hope, Wen Lei wants to take a gamble.

She bet that this was not a trap set by a psychic monster. Besides, she didn't think that there was any psychic monster that could confuse her silently.

When she felt the connection with the ring and the space within it, her heart settled down.

Wen Lei took out the blue bottle and the red-marked bottle containing the hemostatic powder.

She tried the hemostatic powder first, and saw that the small wound healed in the blink of an eye without even leaving a scar. Then she poured out the recovery pill in the blue bottle and handed it to Xiaolin.

"This should be the ray of hope."

Xiaolin took the pill with confidence. After a moment, her face turned a little red and her eyes were full of shock.

"I, my superpower core seems to have recovered!" She was so excited that she stuttered a little, and raised her hand and waved at the monster in front.

An ice blade pierced into the monster's head, ending its life.

Seeing this scene, Wen Lei was no less shocked than Xiaolin.

Damage to the superpower core can actually be healed!

You must know that before this, it was a well-known fact that if the superpower core was damaged, the only option was to wait for death or become a disabled person. Even so many researchers or healing superpowers in the central base had not found a way to treat it.

Wen Lei raised her eyes and looked towards the Hope Base, and suddenly she really saw hope.

It's not just hope that the base can hold out against such an endless tide of monsters, but also hope for humanity.

If the effects of these things are as the voice said, then humans will have more hope when facing monsters.

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Not long after it became completely dark, Gu Qi's expression suddenly changed slightly and he turned to look towards the base.

She felt that the spiritual energy over there suddenly increased, as if a large amount of spiritual energy suddenly gushed out.

"Jiu Cang, is there something wrong with the hidden spiritual vein?"

Almost at the same time as she asked, Jiu Cang said in a heavy tone, "A level seven earth-type mutant beast has sneaked into the spiritual vein gap. It must also have camouflage abilities. I didn't detect its presence until it widened the spiritual vein gap."

"It is absorbing the spiritual energy of the spiritual vein. I'm afraid it will be able to break through to level eight in a while."

Gu Qi frowned, this won’t do.

That spiritual vein is hers now. She had originally agreed with Base Director Fang and others that after this crisis, they would dig out the spiritual vein in a way that would not damage the base.

Looking in the direction of the base city, Gu Qi suddenly changed his mind.