"Let's go to headquarters and check on the situation first!"

Without saying anything more, the group got into their cars and left through the passage cleared by the Public Security Bureau, heading towards headquarters.

As the vehicle moved along, Lu Ning discovered that it wasn't just the seventh district that was experiencing large-scale disease outbreaks; several other districts were also experiencing similar outbreaks.

Wherever he went, corpses littered both sides of the streets, and people wailed in agony.

However, the infected individuals have been mostly dealt with by the Bureau of Mystery, the Bureau of Public Security, and the awakened civilians.

The logistics departments of the Public Security Bureau and the Bureau of Mystery are currently handling the follow-up.

Although the police had cleared the roads, they still had difficulty traveling and moved very slowly.

As they entered the first district in the center of the base city, Lu Ning suddenly frowned.

He could see that the white fog was becoming increasingly thick in the central area of ​​the first district.

The concentration of this white fog was higher than anything he had ever seen in the base city.

Just then, Qiu Yuelin's exclamation came through the phone: "Why is there white fog ahead?!"

Wang Qiwen's voice also rang out: "Is this... a white mist caused by mental radiation?! How can it be visible to the naked eye? How high is this mental pollution?!"

Lu Ning was a little confused: "You can also see the white mist?"

Previously, only Lu Ning could see the mental radiation; he didn't expect that others could see it as well.

Wei Xuan nodded seriously and said, "You can see... Lu Ning, is this caused by mental pollution?"

The sounds on the phone fell silent; everyone was ready to hear Lu Ning's explanation.

Lu Ning nodded slightly: "Yes."

Everyone gasped in shock.

Lin Xiao's somewhat grave voice rang out: "The mental radiation has reached this level, almost comparable to the mist. Is this caused by that high-risk soul artifact in headquarters?"

“No wonder there’s been no news from headquarters. With such intense mental radiation, they’ve probably completely cut off all outside information,” Colin remarked.

As they drew closer, Lu Ning and his companions noticed that the nearby streets were gradually becoming deserted.

Vehicles were parked haphazardly on the street, and corpses and bloodstains were everywhere on both sides.

You can still see people with lesions from time to time.

As they continued driving down the street, a roar rang out.

On the rooftop they were passing, a huge figure more than three meters tall fell from the sky and crashed heavily onto Lin Xiao's sports car at the front.

Lin Xiao's sports car suddenly accelerated, dodging the monster.

The monster landed with a deafening roar, and the ground cracked instantly, with spiderweb-like fissures spreading in all directions.

At that moment, all three cars stopped, and everyone got out of them.

Lin Xiao's eyes were bloodshot as he stared intently at the massive, muscular monster, his expression filled with rage: "Damn it! You actually tried to destroy my car?!"

His body vanished instantly, and the next moment, a crimson blade flashed past.

The enormous muscular monster was split in two and fell to the ground as a corpse.

Even after the muscular monster died, Lin Xiao was still not satisfied, so he slashed it twice more, dismembering it into eight pieces before his arm was restored.

Colin walked over and was about to speak when roars erupted again from both sides of the street.

Everyone turned their heads and saw that more infected people were appearing on the rooftops of the buildings on both sides and in the alleys.

There were more than twenty of them.

These diseased individuals come in various forms, including common large-mouthed diseased individuals, fusion diseased individuals, and muscle giant diseased individuals, as well as humanoid diseased individuals whose entire bodies are covered with tentacles.

After these infected individuals appeared, they immediately launched an attack on Lu Ning and his group.

The tentacles of the man with the mental illness could extend and retract, and dozens of tentacles shot rapidly toward Lu Ning and the others.

Lu Ning and his group immediately launched a counterattack.

Lin Xiao's figure disappeared, rushing straight ahead.

Colin used his telekinesis to control steel needles to shoot at the patient.

Eyes appeared on Li Mu's forehead and began to gather beams of energy.

Lu Ning fired his two guns repeatedly at the numerous infected patients.

These mutated beings were not of high level. The most powerful ones were the ones covered in tentacles. There were two of these mutated beings, both of whom were at the fourth level. Lin Xiao killed them all as easily as slicing melons and chopping vegetables.

The remaining infected individuals were killed by Colin, Li Mu, and Lu Ning.

As for Wang Qiwen and his two companions, they lagged behind and did not attack.

Unless they use Soul Weapons, they can only deal with Tier 1 infected individuals. Against Tier 2 infected individuals, they would probably need to gang up on them.

Faced with so many infected individuals, they found it difficult to launch an effective attack.

After killing all the infected individuals, Lin Xiao glanced at the corpses on the ground and slowly said, "It seems that because the mental pollution here is too severe, ordinary people will either become infected or die."

Colin looked around, estimated the area, and his expression became extremely serious: "This area is probably two or three kilometers wide, and all the ordinary people in the entire area are dead..."

Lin Xiao shook his head and sighed, "That's just how the world is. Let's continue deeper. If the headquarters is captured, the entire base city will be finished. At that time, it won't just be these people who die; all the humans in the entire base city will die."

"Shall we continue driving?" Colin asked.

Lin Xiao thought about the scene just now and said, "Let's run in. It's probably full of infected people. If we drive in, and we encounter an ambush again, we might not be able to get out in time to fight back."

At this point, he said with lingering fear, "And I haven't finished paying off my car loan yet! The car was almost totaled just now! It would have been such a loss if it had been totaled."

Lu Ning and the others ignored what Lin Xiao said next.

"Then let's go."

The group ran towards the headquarters.

Just as they reached a street corner near headquarters, they suddenly heard the sounds of fighting coming from the other side.

Lin Xiao and the others looked in that direction with solemn expressions.

“Let’s go take a look!” Lin Xiao said calmly.

The group ran towards the direction of the battle.

Before long, they saw a group of people fighting against the infected.

One person stood out; he was tall and had one foot made of metal.

He did not make a move himself, but instead directed the other awakened ones to attack.

Under his command, the other awakened individuals moved with measured steps, steadily suppressing even the numerous infected individuals they faced.

There was also a very active man dressed in tattered clothes among them.

This man often appeared in areas that others could not defend, using a huge steel plate to block the attacks of the infected.

Each time he was knocked away by the infected person, he could always get up immediately and continue to help others defend against the attacks as if nothing had happened.

Lin Xiao was a little surprised to see these two people.

"Is it Tailong and Zhu Yunxiao?"

"Are these Awakened Ones reinforcements that Talon brought? I didn't expect them to be here so quickly! It seems they came from another route," Colin said, adjusting his glasses.

"Let's go, let's meet up there!" Lin Xiao said, running towards Tailong and the others.