Chapter 92 Reappearance of Civilization

The construction of the new base began in full swing, but instead of attracting superhumans from the outside world, many refugees came from all directions.

The hordes of mutated animals did not fare well against the two bases in Baiquan City, but dealing with the small fortresses built by the surrounding counties was not difficult.

The villages below the county town were basically isolated from the outside world by themselves. The walls they built could not stop the large number of mutated animals. Many people lost their lives in this calamity, and only a few escaped. Some villages were lucky enough to be reminded by the refugees and detoured through the areas ravaged by the mutated animals to head towards Baiquan City.

It has been about two months since the outbreak of the virus, and the base has not even completely taken away the resources of the city. The rescue and search area has not yet spread to the county town, let alone the villages.

The scattered groups of people helped each other up, and were seen by the troops who went out to carry out their missions as usual. Some players also encountered these people.

Xu Ziqiang and his group only completed one and a half side missions at the base. Why do we say there was only half? Because they completed the second side mission together with Shanghe District according to the agreed-upon ratio.

With no activity on side quest three and no chance to refresh the quest, they have no choice but to focus on collecting resources to assist in base construction, essentially acting as half of the base's operational team.

In particular, after the establishment of the new base, the base's leadership specifically sought out all the players, and the two sides reached a cooperation agreement.

Xu Ziqiang and his companions cleared the road to the new base.

"Brother Xu, this stuff is amazing! Just spray it on and these vines will retreat." Pei Yin, with her hair in pigtails, occasionally shook the spray bottle in her hand. Inside was the base's latest research, which would cause the plants to retreat after spraying.

This was provided by the base to make it easier for them to clean it.

Xu Ziqiang and his team drove a modified bulldozer, cutting down all the small trees and weeds in their path. This was a vehicle assigned to them for the official operation.

"Don't shake it randomly. There's not much medicine left, so we need to use it sparingly," Xu Ziqiang reminded her.

Pei Yin has always been playful; even when she encountered an evolved zombie, she would try to get close and tease it.

"Okay." She may be playful, but she's quite willing to listen to Xu Ziqiang.

Ning Qiuhe waved her hand, and the blazing flames swept away the vines blocking her path. "Pei Yin, there are flowers here. Can you tell what kind of flowers they are?"

Since Ning Qiuhe awakened her superpowers, she has been following Xu Ziqiang's team. Although she is a native of the dungeon world, in Pei Yin's eyes, she is no different from her teammates.

"Coming, coming." Pei Yin packed up the water bottle and jogged over.

The rampant growth of plants made the scenery outside the base truly beautiful. Apart from the plants blocking the way, Pei Yin quite enjoyed spending time outside.

Upon seeing the flower, she flipped through the book page by page. "I don't seem to recognize this flower." After a while, she gave up. "Never mind, I'll just pick it first and compare it with others when I get back."

The players next to them didn't hesitate at all. They picked up shovels and quickly dug out the roots of the flowers. They never touched these plants with their hands. Many plants can freely retract and extend their thorns, and getting pricked would be very uncomfortable.

He picked up a shovel and placed the flowers, roots and all, behind the car. There were several plants lined up there, all of which they had dug up on the road that day.

The base needs these plants; they should take back any they haven't seen before. Whether or not they can use them is up to the base.

"Someone else!" A player who had just placed the flowers pointed in a direction. "Quick, help them! They've been targeted by some mutated monkeys."

Ning Qiuhe immediately ran in the direction the player pointed out, and after a few steps she saw the refugees being tormented by the mutated monkey. Their faces were full of hardship, and their tattered clothes barely covered their bodies.

A mutated monkey leaped down from a vine, swinging over the refugees' heads. It reached out and grabbed their hair, tearing out a strand. The refugees, in pain, cried out but dared not retaliate, not only because they lacked the strength, but also because these mutated monkeys were extremely vengeful.

Seeing this, Ning Qiuhe condensed a flame the size of a soybean in her palm, and with a flick of her wrist, it shot towards a mutated monkey ten meters away.

The tiny flame touched the mutated monkey and spread rapidly, engulfing the entire monkey in flames.

"Chirp chirp chirp!"

The mutated monkey, which had been burned, screamed as it fell from the tree. The other mutated monkeys, seeing that the other monkeys were superhumans, didn't dare to utter a sound and hurriedly swung away on the vines, only to be shot dead by the players who arrived from behind.

"Help……"

Seeing that someone had come to their rescue, the refugees struggled to speak and pleaded for help, their voices extremely weak.

Xu Ziqiang got out of the car and saw several people helping him to sit in the back. At this point, they couldn't be bothered by the plants with soil in the back of the car. They just closed their eyes and took a breather.

"What should we do? Should we take him back first?" Pei Yin asked.

Xu Ziqiang glanced at the time. "It's about time. Let's go back."

After the fog cleared, they saw fewer zombies due to the lush vegetation, as if the group had suddenly gone into hiding. Without the threat of zombies at night, the other mutated plants and animals were no better off than the zombies.

Therefore, they returned to the base in the evening and hardly lingered outside.

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The car drove back to the base, and Xu Ziqiang's companions helped several refugees off the vehicle. Base personnel saw the new refugees and rushed over to help.

These days, everyone has gotten used to taking over and arranging for refugees.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Hearing a familiar voice, Xu Ziqiang turned around and saw Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing. "It's been a long time."

"Do you have time?" Wei Yanqing asked.

Xu Ziqiang glanced at his teammates and nodded, "Yes."

Pei Yin and Ning Qiuhe went back first, while the others followed them.

There are few places for leisure within the base; in order to survive, everyone wants to make the most of every inch of land.

A new residential area has been built recently. Rong Yi and his group have a two-bedroom apartment here because they have the management rights of the base. Although it looks like there are many rooms, each one is not very big, but it is more than enough for two people.

The house was unfinished, with no decoration on the walls or floors. Wei Yanqing placed some furniture there so that there was at least a place to sit.

Several players sat on the sofa, and Xu Ziqiang got straight to the point: "What do you want from us? Just say it."

Wei Yanqing placed a plate of fragrant fried fish on the coffee table, but the players, who had plenty of food, were not interested in it.

"Try the fish," Wei Yanqing said, raising his hand.

Xu Ziqiang was hungry, so he broke off a piece of fish. It tasted very good. "It's delicious. You didn't invite us here just to eat this."

Rong Yi: "Of course not. This fish wasn't brought by us. We exchanged it from Jijiang City, which is the closest city to Baiquan City."

Several players didn't respond, but Wei Yanqing said, "Jijiang City is a coastal city. When we went there, we happened to encounter an ocean anomaly. Sea creatures climbed ashore and attacked humans, and even almost attacked the base. But don't worry, they can only stay ashore for a limited time. I invited you here because I want to cooperate."

Xu Ziqiang frowned. "What exactly do you want to collaborate on? Go to the beach?"

(End of this chapter)