Chapter 52

[I will arrange it now and call everyone back within 20 minutes. Thank you for your help, Master Xi. I wish you all the best.]

After taking a look at the reply from Base Commander Fang, Gu Qi put away the communication jade token and handed the almost recovered natal sword Shuangyi to Jiucang beside him.

"I'll leave this place to you for now."

Jiu Cang looked hesitant, with his hands behind his back, unwilling to take the sword.

Seeing the worry in his eyes, Gu Qi smiled reassuringly and said cheerfully, "The world's resources are now much richer than those in the world of immortal cultivation. There are even veins of source jade. Perhaps the phoenix grass is growing somewhere, waiting for us to discover it."

Fengqingcao is the main medicinal ingredient for refining Nirvana Pill.

The function of Nirvana Pill is to rebuild the foundation. After rebuilding, the damage on the foundation will naturally disappear, and the foundation will become more solid without any side effects.

After Gu Qi received the reply from Base Captain Fang, she no longer suppressed her cultivation and used all her faith to break through the barrier of the God Transformation.

Of course, just doing this will not damage her foundation. At most, her foundation will be a little unstable. Afterwards, as long as she goes into seclusion, it can be saved.

But she also planned to use her Nascent Soul cultivation to start the plan ahead of time, activate the complex formation, and move the base. This is a technique that can only be used in the Spirit Transformation Stage. Using it in the Nascent Soul Stage will definitely cause damage to the foundation.

When going through a tribulation with a damaged foundation, the danger is not just doubled, but tens or even hundreds of times more difficult. It is also extremely easy to fail and it is very easy for the mind to be invaded by inner demons.

This is what worries Jiu Cang.

Even if Fengqin grass really exists in this world, Gu Qi must be able to successfully pass the tribulation before the Nirvana Pill can take effect. Failure to pass the tribulation when the foundation is damaged will not only result in injury, but in serious cases, may even lead to death.

"Jiucang."

"Believe me."

Gu Qi extended the sword forward again.

The long sword emitting a cold light made a buzzing sound.

[Leave Qiqi to me, I will definitely do my best to help you guard this place!]

Jiu Cang sighed lightly. He naturally believed in Aqi, but he was a little afraid of the one in ten thousand probability.

"Qiqi, go and do what you want to do. I will help you guard this place and keep an eye on this guy." His figure changed from a pendant to that of an ordinary person, and he reached out to take the sword.

If Shuang Yijian were to defend it by himself, it would probably turn back into the size of a dagger again, and then it would not be as easy to recover as the first time.

He was reluctant to reject Aqi, and even more reluctant to put her in a difficult position.

Soon, Gu Qi's figure flew towards the base, while Jiu Cang, holding a long sword, turned around and looked at the wave of monsters that were coming again. His eyes were cold, as if he was looking at dead things.

Under the cover of night, the monsters, which were already becoming more powerful, became even crazier under the lure of the more turbulent spiritual energy.

One after another, level six monsters appeared, and there were also several level seven monsters. It was even more difficult and stressful to deal with the other sides of the city walls. More and more psychics were injured. Fortunately, they had defensive bracelets and various pills, so no one died for the time being.

However, in this situation, death is probably inevitable.

At this moment, the north and west city walls received a notice and everyone retreated back to the base.

Although some people did not understand why this order was issued, the psychics and ordinary soldiers who were hunting monsters outside the base quickly retreated towards the base.

Without these people, the pressure on the psychics on the base walls suddenly increased a lot, and some places were almost broken through by monsters.

Until everyone retreated back to the base.

A beam of light rose from the ground and enveloped the entire base at an extremely fast speed, making it look like an inverted pale golden bowl.

The people on the city wall discovered that the attacks of those monsters were all blocked by this translucent pale golden light shield, and the attacks were rebounded back to them. For a moment, many people were stunned.

Someone couldn't help but murmur: "Why didn't you use this good thing earlier?"

Before anyone could say anything more, those responsible who received the message said, "Everyone, attack those monsters with all your might. The light shield has a time limit. The more attacks it receives, the shorter its duration will be!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the others quickly came back to their senses and continued to work hard to kill the monsters.

The monsters could not attack the people in the light shield, and their attacks would be rebounded and hurt themselves, but the people inside could attack them as usual. For a time, the pressure on the north and west sides was reduced.

However, the east side of the city wall was under greater pressure than before, because most of the puppets were not good at long-range attacks. Once they returned to the city wall, the damage they could cause to the monsters was very limited.

Therefore, this side is also the place where the most energy of the light shield is consumed.

Fortunately, there are Jiucang and the seedlings of the sacred tree on the south side, so the monsters can hardly get close to the city wall, let alone attack the light shield, which prevents the formation from being maintained for too long.

This gave Gu Qi enough time to move the base.

She was suspended above the light shield, holding a formation plate in her left hand and covering the sky with her right hand. There was a wound on the palm of her hand, and golden blood fell on the formation plate. Her spiritual power was also transferred to the formation plate as if it were free.

The array plate was covered with intricate patterns. When the blood fell on it, those patterns were lit up little by little, emitting a golden glow.

As more and more patterns on the array plate were filled up, Gu Qi's face became paler and paler, and the spiritual power in his body became less and less. Even if he madly converted his faith power into spiritual power, he could not hold on.

However, Gu Qi's expression was extremely firm, as if she didn't feel that her meridians were stretched and damaged by too much spiritual power being drawn out too quickly. Even though she felt dizzy due to the excessive use of essence and blood, she didn't frown.

Finally, the lines were filled.

The spiritual energy in Gu Qi's body was almost exhausted. If it weren't for the levitation talisman, she would have fallen down by now.

She quickly swallowed the soul-restoring pill and threw the array plate upwards. She began to form seals with her hands, mobilizing the spiritual power that had just recovered. The energy in the power core was also quickly drawn out and converted into spiritual power.

On the wall of Hope Base, someone exclaimed, "Why do I feel like my feet are shaking?"

"Look at those monsters, they are getting farther and farther away from us!"

"It's the base taking off!"

"What's this for?"

"Look! Isn't that Lord Xi?" Someone spotted Gu Qi above the light shield.

"Was it Master Xi who launched the base?"

"Nonsense, it must be Lady Xi. Who else has this ability besides her?"

As the base rose higher and higher, the psychics could only attack monsters like the mutant birds that were chasing them. Many people became idle and couldn't help but talk about it.

Someone in charge stepped forward to explain, "There are high-level monsters invading from below the base. Master Xi is moving the base to a safer place."

"I've only heard of moving houses, but I've never heard of moving a base, let alone moving the foundation together. You're worthy of being Lord Xi." Someone murmured in shock.

As people's admiration for Gu Qi grew, the power of faith flowing into her increased again, which made her expression gradually ease a little. However, as she performed the magic, cracks began to appear on her Dantian and Yuanying as well.

Suddenly, someone on the north wall exclaimed, "Look over there, it looks like there are several people sitting on that mutant bird!"

After the bird carrying the people came closer, people realized that it was not a mutant bird at all, but a metal bird, or a mechanical bird made of metal.

As the metal mechanical bird approached, the pale golden light shield gradually faded over time until it disappeared, and the metal mechanical bird was able to land on the city wall.

The person in charge who had received the news earlier asked everyone else to move aside to make room for the metal mechanical bird to land.

The people on the metal mechanical bird were Wen Lei and others who came to support from the central base.

However, compared to Wen Lei and others, others were more concerned about the mechanical bird, especially after seeing Wen Lei and others get off the bird's back, the metal mechanical bird turned into a person!

Seeing this change, some people couldn't help rubbing their eyes, wondering if they were dazzled.

Some people also said enviously: "This ability is amazing. It can actually turn into a bird and fly so high."

Obviously, he regarded the advanced puppet as a person with special abilities, and the transformation of the metal bird into a human appearance was considered a special ability.

The senior puppet said nothing, and quickly left the crowd, heading towards the east city wall. He disappeared in the blink of an eye.

At this time, the leaders of various areas on the city wall received another notice and hurriedly said to everyone around them, "The base will begin moving soon. Don't look outside. Try to hold on to fixed objects around you and close your eyes."

After these words were spoken, some people obediently held onto the city wall beside them and closed their eyes, while some people were slow to react or were curious and secretly took a look outside.

Then……

"vomit!"

"Ouch! My butt was almost broken in two!"

"Brother, please get up quickly! You're going to break my waist!"

"Hiss...my head."

Those who secretly looked out felt dizzy, and some even vomited.

Those who did not hold on firmly fell to the ground, either crushing others or bumping themselves.

Of course, not everyone was injured after the collision.

The person next to the one who hit his head said speechlessly: "Forget your head, I don't think it's even red, but you knocked a hole in the city wall."

"Ahem...seeing it all but not saying it." The man put down his hand that had been rubbing his head and quickly shouted to his teammates, "Brother Tu, help me repair the city wall."

Some people also noticed that the scenery outside had changed. Someone on the north wall pointed to the black river not far outside the wall and said, "Has the base moved to the side of the Linshan Black River?"

"Those monsters are gone too!"

As soon as the man finished speaking, he heard the person in charge of their area say, "Everyone, take this time to rest, eat something, and treat your injuries. In half an hour, those monsters will be chasing us again!"

"You're coming back?" someone said, puzzled. "Didn't you say you'd moved to a safe place?"

The person in charge explained, "We're moving to a safe place where high-level monsters can't break into the base. There are still so many people in the base. Do you think those monsters will give up?"

For mutant creatures and zombies, humans, especially those with special abilities, are delicious food that can enhance their strength.

What the person in charge didn't know was that the reason those monsters chased after them had a lot to do with the high concentration of spiritual energy in the base.

If the hidden spiritual vein that continuously gushes out spiritual energy is a small light ball the size of an egg that becomes brighter and brighter, then the base is a large light ball the size of a basketball that is not low in brightness.

For monsters above level five and some more sensitive and intelligent level four monsters, hidden spirit veins are more attractive to them because they can feel that there is an endless supply of energy there, which can enhance their strength better than breaking into the base and eating the people inside to devour the energy inside.

For monsters of level four and below, the base is more attractive.

Of course, it is not ruled out that some level 5 or 6 monsters who think they are smart will choose the base. They will feel that their strength may not allow them to grab much at the hidden spiritual veins, but it will be different if they go to the base.

But no matter what, the pressure that the base will face in the future will be greatly reduced, and it can be handled even without Gu Qi.

After moving the base to the location decided earlier, Gu Qi returned to the base's original location, which was above the hidden spiritual vein.

She was not surprised to see that the mutant beast with dual abilities that had infiltrated the hidden spiritual vein had broken through to level eight and was now being forced to fight Jiu Cang.

Rather than fighting, it naturally wants to stick to the gaps in the hidden spiritual veins to absorb energy and improve its strength.

But Jiucang obviously wouldn't let it go and give it the chance to cause trouble for Aqi.

After the base was moved, there was nothing blocking them, and the monsters rushed towards the cracks in the spirit vein, wanting to get a piece of the meat. However, before they got close, they were killed by Jiu Cang, or their dirty energy was devoured by the saplings of the sacred tree, and they fainted in the strange fragrance.

The sapling of the sacred tree has grown a lot. It no longer has just a few leaves, but is as tall as an adult's knee. It has also grown a small branch. When dealing with those monsters, it also quietly extends a root and penetrates into the crack.

Jiu Cang naturally saw it, but he didn't say anything. At this time, the sapling of the sacred tree would be stronger and could better help to stop those monsters.

When Gu Qi came back, he saw a man and a tree guarding the crack in the spirit vein, preventing any monsters from approaching.

Returning with her was a growing thundercloud.

Thunderclouds of tribulation.

When she forcibly used magic to move the base, the barrier, which had become extremely fragile, could no longer hold and completely shattered.

At the same time, there were several cracks on her Nascent Soul, and the condition of her Dantian was not very good either, with some of her spiritual energy overflowing.

Gu Qi sat cross-legged on the crack of the spiritual vein, quickly absorbing the spiritual energy, and using the remaining golden light of merit to repair his dantian and primordial infant.

Feeling that all its energy was "eaten up" by the humans who suddenly returned, the level eight mutant beast suddenly became more manic and attacked more recklessly. Many monsters around were affected and killed by it.

However, these attacks did not affect Gu Qi at all, and were all blocked by Jiu Cang's sword.

The sapling of the sacred tree waved its roots angrily and slapped the eighth-level mutant beast with a "snap".

There is a delicious meal in front of it, but it can't even take a small bite. It's so uncomfortable!

The young seedling of the sacred tree whipped the eighth-level mutant beast as if to vent its anger, while quickly purifying other mutant creatures and zombies, wanting to grow faster.

Its intuition told it that if it was too late, it might not be able to eat it!

The dark thunderclouds in the sky grew bigger and bigger, but the advanced mutant creatures and zombies below seemed not to feel it and continued to squeeze in madly.

Their existence also makes the thunder brewing in the thunderclouds even more terrifying.

Realizing this, Jiu Cang frowned slightly, his gaze falling on the mutated creatures and the sacred tree saplings beside them.

As the spirit of the cave that has a soul contract with Aqi, he will not make the thunder tribulation worse. Zombies are creatures with death as their core, so even if the thunder tribulation is increased, it will not increase its power on Aqi.

But the mutant creatures and the sacred tree seedlings are different.

Mutated plants and beasts are creatures that are mainly powered by life, and will increase the power of thunder.

In fact, there is no direct contract between the sapling of the sacred tree and Aqi. It has a certain connection with the cave, which will increase the power of the thunder and even trigger the thunder for the birth of the sacred creature.

Noticing that the aura of the sacred tree sapling was getting stronger and stronger, and that it was about to enter the growth stage and trigger the thunder tribulation that would bring about the birth of the sacred creature, Jiu Cang raised his hand and wanted to take it back to the cave.

"No need." Gu Qi suddenly spoke, interrupting him.

"Just let it stay here."

If the sapling of the sacred tree is taken back at this time and its breakthrough is interrupted, not only will its roots be damaged, but when it is released next time, what awaits it will no longer be ordinary thunder, but punishment thunder, which the sapling of the sacred tree may not be able to survive.

The most important thing is that Jiu Cang will bear the consequences of this, which will damage his practice.

Rather than letting Jiu Cang bear the consequences and harm her cultivation, Gu Qi would rather take more risks herself. She is confident that even if the power of the thunder increases, even if her Nascent Soul and Dantian have not been fully restored after the golden light of merit is used up, she can still successfully survive the tribulation.

Meeting Gu Qi's persistent gaze, Jiu Cang withdrew his hand and silently began to make another level of preparation.

Jiu Cang lowered his eyes slightly. If there was any accident, he would directly summon the main body of the cave to help Aqi withstand the thunder tribulation.

Seeing him retract his hand, Gu Qi turned to look at the eighth-level mutant beast and extended his hand to Jiu Cang.

Jiu Cang understood and returned the sword to her.

Although Jiu Cang, as a weapon spirit, can wield a sword, his power is limited. He can stop the tide of monsters, but it is difficult to kill a mutant beast that has reached level eight, especially since it has the dual abilities of earth and concealment, and is very cunning.

Gu Qi held the long sword in his hand, his eyes fixed on the mutant beast's eyebrows.

The mutant beast, which was in a frenzy, suddenly felt a strong threat. Realizing something was wrong, it turned around and wanted to run away, letting other monsters around it stand in front of it.

Unfortunately, it was obviously too late to escape at this time.

As the spiritual power in Gu Qi's body was exhausted again, a huge sword shadow appeared above the eighth-level mutant beast and pierced straight into its eyebrows.

The eighth-level mutant beast widened its eyes, as if it couldn't believe what it saw, but also as if it was unwilling to accept what it saw.

But no matter what, it finally fell heavily to the ground with a loud bang.

Not only it, but also many monsters around it were affected by this huge sword shadow and lost their breath in an instant.

Gu Qi threw the sword back to Jiu Cang, letting him continue to block other monsters, while he sat cross-legged above the spiritual vein crack.

At the same time, the sapling of the sacred tree, which was watching its feast disappear, finally succeeded in breaking through. It grew taller in an instant, reaching the height of an adult's waist, and grew a third branch.

The first thing it did after breaking through was to wave its roots towards the mutant beast's corpse, purifying it in one fell swoop before most of the dirty energy had completely dissipated.

[Hiccup~]

After swallowing all the transformed energy, the divine sapling burped in a humane manner.

The light on its body was even brighter, and a very beautiful ice crystal flower grew on the top of the trunk. Unlike the translucent other parts, the ice crystal flower was dark blue, as if it contained infinite coldness.

The thunderclouds in the sky suddenly expanded, brewing even more terrifying thunder.

Such a large thundercloud was also seen by people in the Hope Base, which was several kilometers away.

Remembering Lady Xi's pale face when she left, and the thunderclouds that were hundreds of times more powerful than the last time, everyone prayed for Lady Xi, hoping that she could successfully survive this thunderstorm that looked very dangerous.

“Boom!”

The thunder finally struck.

Along with it fell two balls of golden light of merit, one large and one small, and countless strands of faith.

The golden light of merit comes one step ahead of the thunder of disaster.

Gu Qi sensed that the large ball of golden light of merit was because she killed the eighth-level mutant beast, which was the biggest threat to the Hope Base.

She felt that if she didn't deal with it before the tribulation, it would abandon its spiritual vein and choose to escape before the tribulation thunder came, and instead attack the Hope Base.

By then, the thunder tribulation was too powerful for her to help stop, and Jiu Cang was held back by other monsters, so the Hope Base might be unable to withstand it.

The other ball of golden light of merit was because she saved Wen Lei and others.

As soon as these two balls of golden light of merit entered her body, they went straight to her Dantian without her having to control them, and repaired her Dantian and Nascent Soul before the thunder of disaster fell on her.

The strands of faith quickly restored her spiritual power, and some of it condensed into a cocoon of light around her body.

When the thunderbolt fell on Gu Qi, the cocoon of faith weakened its power. Even though it was still stronger than ordinary divine thunderbolt, it was not a problem for Gu Qi who had fully recovered.

However, the roots of the sacred sapling nearby were twitching due to another smaller lightning bolt, and they were waving wildly and hitting the monsters around them.

The zombies were electrocuted, the mutant creatures were stunned, and the dirty energy was converted by its subconscious purification ability.

The sacred sapling felt a little uncomfortable at this time.

It's not because of the thunder, but because...

[I’m so full, I can’t eat anymore!]

It wanted to stop the transformation, but was struck by lightning and found it difficult to control its abilities.

As another thunderbolt struck, the leaves of the sacred tree sapling became thicker and thicker, and faint cracks appeared on the branches.

[Ouch…it hurts…]

The sacred sapling felt so distressed that it burst into tears.

Jiu Cang frowned slightly and looked worriedly at Gu Qi who was undergoing the tribulation, fearing that the noise of the sacred tree sapling would affect her tribulation.

Fortunately, it seems that Gu Qi has not been affected at the moment and is still dealing with the thunder steadily.

However, he didn't intend to let the sacred tree continue like this. After thinking for a moment, he reminded it, "You can separate a branch and plant it. Let it help you bear the excess energy."

After hesitating for a while, the sacred tree sapling decided to follow Jiu Cang's suggestion, cut off the smaller of the two branches, and planted it next to it.

After the branches were planted in the soil, they quickly grew tiny roots and grew a little bigger under the energy transmitted by the sacred sapling.

[it works! ]

The divine sapling, no longer feeling so uncomfortable, felt delighted and continued to transfer its excess energy to its branches.

As one thunderbolt after another fell, Gu Qi's aura became more and more stable, the branches of the sacred tree sapling grew taller and taller, and the monsters around him became fewer and fewer.

All the zombies died under the thunder. Some of the mutant creatures were habitually taken into the cave by Jiu Cang after they became dizzy, while some recovered some clarity from their crazy state and quietly escaped.

Of those who escaped, some headed towards the base, while others headed in the direction they came from.

Jiu Cang took a glance and found that those running in the direction of the Death Mountains were basically those with the aura of the Death Mountains. It seemed that they had regained some clarity and realized that the Death Mountains were more suitable for their growth than fighting here.

Under the night.

Gu Qi and the sacred sapling were overcoming the disaster. On the other side, the people at the Hope Base began to deal with the surging tide of monsters.

From time to time, a huge thunder would fall in the distance, and the surroundings seemed to be illuminated. I hope that the people on the walls of the base would unexpectedly be able to respond better to the battle.

The huge deterrent power of the thunder made the monsters not as ferocious as before, but a little frightened. Their strength under the blessing of the night was not as good as during the day.

When the blood moon in the sky sets, the sun rises from the horizon and the morning light shines on the earth.

Gu Qi successfully overcame the tribulation and broke through to the early stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

As the spiritual rain fell, the aura on her body gradually condensed, without any sign of instability.

The sacred tree sapling grew taller, and its branches were as high as an adult's knees.

There wasn't a single living mutant or zombie around.

The shallow pit left after the base was moved turned into a big pit after the thunderstorm. After the spiritual rain fell, bits of green emerged.

Gu Qi and the sacred tree seedling were in the middle. Not far away there was a pool of water, which was formed by underground water struck by a thunderstorm.

On the walls of the Hope Base, everyone was leaning against each other, with only a few psychics left to deal with the few remaining mutant creatures and zombies below.

When the sun rose, the remaining mutant creatures and zombies fled and no longer stayed under the base walls to die.

The remaining psychics who were still standing also closed their eyes and fell down one after another. They were not fainted, but were too exhausted and fell asleep.

Fighting continuously like this, even with the energy-recovering pills to restore energy, the body and mind became extremely exhausted. In the end, he was almost holding on by force, until the crisis was over, and then he could no longer hold on.

At the center of the base, Base Director Fang and others were also exhausted.

When the psychics are fighting and their powers are exhausted and they take energy-restoring pills to recover, they can still have a few moments to rest and exert themselves. However, those of them who are handling various matters in the rear dare not rest for fear of delaying things.

After confirming that there were no more monsters outside the city walls, and that the formation set up by Lord Xi had not detected any monster fluctuations, Chief Fang and the others finally determined that—

I hope the crisis at the base has passed!

Many people also fell asleep on the spot due to exhaustion. Base Captain Fang forced himself to stay awake and walked outside, heading towards the east wall of the base.

Next to him was Minister Fang, who had helped Gu Qi with the store rental procedures.

The reason that supported them to head towards the east wall was——

Fang Jiao, who was resting on the city wall, rubbed her eyes in disbelief, wondering if she was too tired and her eyes were blurry.

Otherwise, how could she see her father and brother appear in front of her?

"Jiaojiao!" Base Director Fang and Minister Fang shouted in unison, and quickly stepped forward, hugging her with trembling hands.

Feeling the real temperature, Fang Jiao opened her eyes wide. Was she dazzled?

"Dad? Brother?"

Chief Fang: "Hey! I'm here!"

Minister Fang: "Brother is here too. Thank you for your hard work, Jiaojiao."

They recognized Fang Jiao as early as when they were checking the situation on the east side of the city wall, but the base had been in crisis before and they had a lot of things to do, so even if they wanted to see their daughter/sister immediately, they had to wait until now.

Gu Qi, who had just returned with a bucket of soil, saw this scene and couldn't help but look at Base Director Fang, Minister Fang and Fang Jiao in surprise.

She stroked her chin and thought: This appearance... Fang Jiao should look like her mother, right?

Fang Jiao is a cute little girl with a round face and crescent eyes, while Base Director Fang and Minister Fang both have square faces and look very serious when they are not smiling. If you don't look closely, you can't tell that they have any similarities at all.

After the three of them had finished chatting, Gu Qi appeared.

Fang Jiao: "q...Sister Xi!"

Director Fang and Minister Fang: "Master Xi!"

Gu Qi paused slightly.

It was a close call. If Fang Jiao hadn’t reacted quickly, she would have been exposed!

In order to avoid Base Director Fang and Minister Fang from thinking too much, and because she didn't like to chat with people, she directly handed over the bucket full of soil.

"Try growing something with the soil here. It might be the key to solving the food crisis."

Although Gu Qi can provide a lot of food for sale, if this world wants to truly revive and humans want to survive in this doomsday, they still have to rely on themselves.

All she could do was provide some help at the critical moment.

After all, the world belongs to all living beings.

And these soils struck by lightning may be another chance of life left by the world to mankind, and this happens to be in line with her previous plan.

Looking at the tender sprouts on one of the plots of soil, Director Fang Ji wondered, "Can normal plants be grown in this soil?"

"Ninety percent sure."

"It's up to you to try it yourself."

Gu Qi handed the bucket directly to Minister Fang, and after he took it, he took out a small palm-sized hut.

"I'm going to move the store to another location."

Gu Qi pointed to the small house in his hand and said, "It will be opened outside the south gate of the base in the future. What do you think, Base Commander Fang? If it's okay, I will directly arrange for the grocery store to be opened there."

Base Captain Fang stared at the bucket of soil excitedly, and it took him a while to react.

"Why does Master Xi want to open a shop outside the base?"

"Is it because of the incident with former Deputy Base Commander Qian? If that's the case, Master Xi, don't worry. No one will dare to tamper with your shop in the future."

Minister Fang, however, looked at the hut in her hand and thought of something, and asked, "Is this also a spiritual weapon?"

Among the spiritual weapons that the other party had taken out before, there were some that could change size. And could the words "Jiu Cang Grocery Store" on the plaque of that small house also be a spiritual weapon that can change size?

Gu Qi nodded, confirming Minister Fang's guess, and said to Base Chief Fang, "It has nothing to do with the surname Qian. I just think this is more convenient. If we open stores in other places in the future, we can follow this method."

In this way, she doesn't have to pay rent, can save a lot of trouble, and her own spiritual weapon shop will be safer.

Knowing that she was not angry about the previous incident, Base Director Fang finally felt relieved and naturally had no objection.

After Captain Fang nodded, Gu Qi dropped another "bomb".

"Next, I plan to sell cultivation techniques in the shop. Related books such as alchemy, talisman drawing, weapon refining, and formation techniques will also be sold."

Although he was only 90% sure about what he told Base Director Fang, Gu Qi was basically certain that the soil that had been baptized by thunder would change, and that this was the key to changing the current situation of food shortage.

She had a hunch that even if ordinary plants from before the apocalypse could not be grown in such soil, the mutated plants that would be grown in such soil would not be like those grown in other soils, which were basically inedible, or even poisonous and would attack humans.

Even if her cultivation level improves later, she can only survive the tribulation four or five more times at most. Even if the scope is expanded, it is still too small for the entire world.

But if there are other practitioners, the situation will be different.

As for taking out books on alchemy, talisman drawing and other branches, Gu Qi had the same reason.

It is better to teach someone how to fish than to give him fish.

In the early stages, she can provide various resources to help overcome difficulties, but she cannot stay in this world forever, and humans still have to rely on themselves.

Director Fang, Minister Fang, and Fang Jiao were all stunned.

Especially Director Fang and Minister Fang, it was as if they were hit by a pie in the sky, a hot pie that they could not finish!

No one doubted whether her words were false. After all, there was no need for the other party to tell such a lie, and they also believed that Lord Xi was not the kind of person who would tease them with such things.

"That's right."

Before leaving, Gu Qi suddenly remembered Jiu Cang's previous words and said, "They should also provide a contract, an equal contract between humans and mutant plants or mutant beasts."

Jiu Cang threw too many mutant plants and mutant beasts into the cave. Some of them were not needed and were just taking up space. It was a good opportunity to take them out and test one of her ideas.

The world belongs to all living things, not just humans. Zombies full of death cannot be considered living things, but mutated plants and mutant beasts can be considered living things.

The higher the level of mutated plants and beasts, the more likely they are to lose their sanity and become bloodthirsty creatures like zombies. This is obviously abnormal.

So what is their only chance of survival?

Gu Qi's cave can be purified, allowing mutant creatures to maintain their sanity.

But just as she couldn't always provide food and other resources to humans, she couldn't go around the world catching mutant creatures and putting them into caves to purify them.

When thinking of this, Gu Qi first thought of the purification of the sacred sapling.

But just as it is impossible for her to run around the world capturing mutant creatures and purifying them in her cave, even if the divine tree seedling can branch out, it is difficult to plant branches all over the world.

What's more, its purification effect is only temporary.

Just like the previous monster wave, it can make those mutated creatures sober up briefly, but they will still be invaded by the dirty energy and become crazy and bloodthirsty again.

Then Gu Qi thought of some things in his previous life.

Those mutant creatures that are bound to control-type mutants rarely lose their minds even if their levels are increased.

As for those mutant creatures that still lose their minds after being bound to the control-type psychics, they have basically been abused by the psychics, which is why they become host-devouring after their strength increases.

So, does the mutant creatures' chance of survival lie in their contract with humans?

Whether her guess is correct will depend on the next experiment.

Well... being used as food or being contracted, I believe the mutant creatures in the cave know how to choose, right?

After dropping several "bombs" in succession, Gu Qi went to choose a place for his spiritual weapon shop.