Chapter 156 Earthquake (First Update)
The entire shaking lasted for about a minute. Most of the people in the safe zone woke up from their sleep in horror, shouting "Earthquake" and rushing outside frantically. Amid the extremely terrified shouts, more people woke up from their sleep.
However, after about a minute, the shaking stopped, as if nothing had happened. The person who was awakened from his sleep did not feel at ease, but still looked around in panic, trying to stand on relatively open ground, not daring to go back to the house.
It was not until several minutes had passed that some people hesitated and prepared to go home.
The top leaders of the safety zone were all worried, fearing that a bigger disaster would happen. That night, not only in the safety zone, but also in many people who felt the earthquake, they could not sleep well. Everyone was afraid, afraid of the unknown future.
Fortunately, despite the violent shaking, no houses collapsed in the safe zone, and it was obvious that the epicenter was still far away. In a deep mountain hundreds of kilometers away from the safe zone, the strong earthquake caused serious landslides and large cracks appeared on the ground. Deep in the cracks, something dangerous was stirring.
When the earthquake occurred, Fang Yuxin was taking Lan Ruo and Angela to try their luck in the Sutra Library. She took the trouble to take out the jade slip from the ball of light and gave it to Lan Ruo and Angela.
At this moment, she suddenly felt a strong palpitation. This palpitation made her very uneasy. She almost left Qingmu Lingfu immediately, and then she felt the whole earth shaking.
She suddenly remembered that after the end of the world, she didn't know whether it was due to environmental damage or other reasons, several natural disasters occurred. The first one was an earthquake, and after the earthquake, mutant plants and animals began to appear in large numbers.
A large number of zombie rats, mutant rats, zombie birds and mutant birds caused a huge disaster to mankind because of their huge number. Especially those zombie birds and mutant birds flying in the sky, rushing down in an overwhelming manner, it was simply a terrible disaster!
At the beginning, she and Fang Yuyang had their villa robbed by Fang Mengyao, and were hostile to most people in the safe zone. The living place was very bad, and she almost died at the mouths of mutant birds and zombie birds several times.
This was originally a nightmare that she would never get rid of. However, this time, because it went so smoothly, she actually forgot such an important thing! No, she didn't forget the disaster, she just forgot the time when it happened.
She looked up at the sky, which was dark and ominous. Then she saw people running out of the houses around her in panic, all worried about the earthquake. But she was not worried at all, and instead re-entered the Qingmu Spiritual Mansion.
After this earthquake, there is still a week before zombie birds and mutant birds appear in large numbers. This period of time is her buffer period. She must take advantage of this time to improve her strength. By the way, she must learn some more powerful defensive formations and set them up around the house. Then she won't have to worry about the impact of zombie birds and mutant birds.
Moreover, there are different levels among birds. If they can contract a powerful mutant bird, they won’t have to worry about attacks from other birds.
Fang Yuxin already had an idea when she returned to Qingmu Lingfu. She took a look and found that everyone else was practicing or absorbing Yuanjing, so she didn't disturb them and went into the Sutra Library to try her luck.
Unfortunately, her luck was not very good. She searched through all the jade slips but still could not find a cultivation method suitable for Lan Ruo and Angela.
Then she suddenly remembered something. Lan Ruo and Angela were a mutant plant and an animal respectively. If they were cultivating immortals, they would be considered demon cultivators and should need to absorb and exhale the essence of the sun and the moon. However, in this Qingmu Spiritual Mansion, they could not absorb and exhale the essence of the sun and the moon.
Unfortunately, there was no moon tonight. Even if she wanted to try it, she could only think of a way later.
In desperation, she had to prepare some purified crystal cores for Lan Ruo and Angela respectively. After letting them practice well, she found a place to sit cross-legged, arranged the crystal cores around them, and concentrated on practicing.
At this time, several figures were standing outside the Fang family's door, silently staring at the dark villa.
The ground shook for a while and then stopped. A woman said, "Brother, the ground is shaking so violently, why is there no movement here? It's so strange!"
The tall man in the lead waited for a while, and when he found that the ground was not shaking again, he said, "It seems that everything is fine here, let's go back." After he said that, he withdrew his gaze reluctantly, turned around and left.
The others followed him. The woman was a little unwilling, so they rushed out when the ground started to shake. As a result, Bai Ye was worried about the Fang family, so he ran over specially. However, there was no movement in the Fang family, and no one knew what the people inside were doing.
She felt like she had made a wasted trip and wanted to say something more, but the person next to her pulled her back and shook his head at her.
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After this earthquake, Fang Yuxin realized that time was running out and she had to improve her strength as soon as possible. Fortunately, there was still a week before the mutant birds appeared in large numbers, so she still had time. So from that day on, she took her family out early in the morning, hunting zombies while looking for as many Yuanshi as possible.
Angela became the size of a palm and squatted on her shoulder, looking like a harmless little kitten, very cute. However, once this seemingly small kitten encountered a zombie, long and sharp claws would pop out from its paw pads, and the primary zombie's head would be scratched easily without any resistance.
Lan Ruo is a saprophyte, and those disgusting zombies are the best food for it, especially the mutant zombies. In addition to the crystal cores in their brains, their bodies also contain energy. These energies cannot be absorbed by ordinary people, but Lan Ruo can devour them.
The three days passed quickly.
Yongsheng's team has been avoiding other people and entering the city to hunt zombies and search for Yuanshi. Bai Ye brings people to follow them almost every day. After getting along with them, the people of the two teams have become familiar with each other and the relationship has eased a lot.
Mutated plants appeared one after another, growing at a crazy speed. In contrast, the growth of ordinary plants seemed to be inhibited. Not only did their growth become extremely slow, but they also became wilted, as if they had lost their vitality.
The number of first-level zombies gradually began to increase, and zombies basically appeared in groups. Ordinary mercenaries could no longer enter the city, and could only choose to hunt near the safe zone. Even the superpower mercenaries did not dare to be careless, and basically formed a large team of dozens of people to enter the city together.
No one is stupid, and everyone realizes that the situation is getting worse.
The safe zones of all sizes in the city are no longer safe. The people inside are trying every means to migrate in groups to the safe zones outside the city. Those who are lucky are able to enter the safe zones alive, but those who are unlucky have already become food for zombies.
In addition to Fang Yuxin and his group, General Song and others who also knew about the Yuanshi had been secretly sending people to look for it. Sometimes when Fang Yuxin went to look for the Yuanshi, he could sense the presence of these people from afar and had to avoid them and go somewhere else.
Over the past three days, new survivors have continued to enter the safe zone every day. The number of people in the safe zone has increased, and conflicts and disputes have also increased.
Newcomers cannot enjoy good treatment. Some who are well-off can rent good houses, but those who are not can only live in shanty towns with the worst conditions.
This is the place closest to the protective wall. Once the protective wall falls, they will have to face the zombies outside, and there will be no safety at all.
Fortunately, the situation has not yet reached its worst point. Many mercenaries have formed teams to hunt zombies near the safe zone, leaving these zombies with almost no chance to get close to the safe zone.
But many people know that more and more zombies appear near the safe zone every day. It won’t be long before the mercenaries can no longer stop these zombies and are forced under the protective wall by them.
Three days later, Fang Yuxin had a considerable amount of Yuanshi in her hands, and almost all the Yuanshi in the city had been searched out, so she changed her plan.
After breakfast that day, Yongsheng’s team did not go out on a mission again, but stayed in the Fang family villa.
Everyone was in an empty and spacious room, which was decorated like a gym. The whole room was spacious and bright. There were some fitness equipment placed around the room, and a circular sofa in the middle.
At this time, everyone was sitting on the sofa, with large and small Yuan stones and storage boxes placed in front of them.
Fang Yuxin said: "Now you are clear about the situation outside. The Yuanshi have been collected almost completely. There is no need for us to risk entering the city. So starting from today, we must improve our strength as soon as possible!"
They had enough credit points in their ID cards, and each person had saved up a lot of supplies, so they didn't have to worry about food in the short term. Fang Yuxin didn't need to tell the others about the situation outside, as they knew it. In fact, even if she didn't ask, the others would have asked not to go out on the mission for the time being.
They all found that there were more and more level one zombies and mutant zombies. Almost every zombie group was led by a level one zombie or a mutant zombie. Compared with these monsters, their strength seemed not enough.
Although all the members of the Fang family have successfully advanced, Chen Qiao and others are still lingering at the peak of the primary level. That bottleneck seems weak, but they can never break through it, which makes them very anxious.
So when Fang Yuxin mentioned it, these people all breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Fighting zombies outside every day, my nerves are always tense. This kind of life is simply not a life for a human being!
(End of this chapter)
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