Still shaken, Nangong Liuli sat down in the small house, holding a cup of hot coffee. After thinking for a moment, she slowly began to speak.
Having witnessed that Su Luo could indeed provide them with a safe haven, Nangong Liuli no longer intended to hide anything from Su Luo and told her about the promise she had made earlier.
"I escaped from the makeshift hospital in Yunnan Province."
The first sentence made Su Luo frown.
Su Luo's intuition told her that this escape was not simply due to a lack of supplies or disagreements among the leadership, but something much more serious.
Taking a deep breath, Nangong Liuli recounted everything she knew, from beginning to end.
“Our Yunnan province is close to the border, unlike the provincial capital where a large base like Noah can be set up. There are also many on-site supplies nearby, and there are no mobile cabin bases in the province itself.”
"At the beginning of the apocalypse, several high-ranking officials and the richest people in Yunnan Province set up makeshift hospitals to protect themselves, following the example of the original plan."
"In the beginning, we had a lot of money to support us. Because there wasn't much official support, we could only try our best to acquire circulating supplies and ghost money, maximizing the profit of cash while it was still usable, and converting it into hard currency that could circulate in the apocalypse."
Hearing this, Su Luo couldn't help but sigh. Truly a businessman; he'd make money anywhere. He'd thought of this so quickly—spreading cash to buy ghost money and hoarding supplies—it was indeed a good idea, but…
"However, even if our families are large and wealthy, there will always be a day when our funds run out. Moreover, in the post-apocalyptic world, some things that were originally sold for no price are now worthless, and our assets have shrunk significantly. We can barely keep the mobile shelter base running."
"Soon afterward, the authorities took notice of our existence and acknowledged us, but problems soon followed."
“We don’t have enough supplies. After the first batch of aid was provided, the government disappeared.”
"Yes, that's right, they've disappeared!"
Noticing Su Luo's suspicious look, Nangong Liuli repeatedly affirmed, "We have tried many times and searched for many methods, but we have indeed lost contact with the authorities. Not only the authorities, but also the major bases that we could contact before have lost contact one after another."
"This includes the Noah Base."
Upon hearing this, Su Luo crossed her arms and leaned back slightly.
She could understand if the authorities lost contact, but why did Noah also lose contact? Did someone cut off their communication?
Or perhaps the signal is weaker in Yunnan Province because it is close to the border?
I have a feeling that there are some things I should ask Lin Shuyu.
"After that, our makeshift base split into two factions. The first faction was very radical and even a bit extreme. They insisted on driving out the ordinary people who came to take refuge because of the official notice, or sending them to nearby strange dungeons to participate in the game. They could not come back if they did not get the spoils."
"The other faction thinks that we should work together to overcome the difficulties, try to find areas that are not severely affected by the monsters and develop them for agricultural production, so that we can slowly begin to restore the human way of life."
"And I... our Nangong family is the family that advocates the second approach."
It was clear that Su Luo narrowed his eyes. No wonder this group of people were so devoted to Nangong Liuli. Her thoughts, or rather, their family's thoughts, coincided with Su Luo's.
Instead of waiting to die, take the initiative. If you want to survive, be bold and seek survival. Instead of going to weird dungeons to die, find a place where you can survive and continue the miracle.
"Our two factions are deadlocked. Because the Nangong family has a lot of influence in Yunnan Province and has huge funds, they are the family that has invested the most in the makeshift hospital base. Out of respect for us, others have no choice but to obey us for the time being."
"But... but I never expected that tragedy would occur just as my father was leading a group of people to explore a suitable area and begin implementing the plan."
At this point, Nangong was clearly agitated. Her hand holding the coffee cup trembled slightly, and she was enveloped by negative emotions of anger and betrayal. It was only after her two deputies comforted her that she slowly came to her senses.
Coming to his senses, Nangong took a sip of coffee, composed himself, and continued, "I'm sorry, Miss Su, I lost my composure just now."
Su Luo didn't blame her; instead, she waited for her to continue.
“That place has been explored many times, and our people have been there repeatedly. It’s a small farmland in the surrounding villages. Because it’s a wide area with few people, it’s not the target of the monster. Even I’ve been there.”
"There are definitely no strange creatures! Apart from the already rotten and yellowed corpses, there's nothing there."
"But it was on that one occasion that my father took his men out, but they never returned. It wasn't until evening that the only survivor who came back told us a few words."
"A horde of zombies."
"A bizarre horde of zombies."
In a seemingly deserted and peaceful rural field, a large number of strange creatures suddenly rioted, filling the sky with red sand and tearing everyone they had brought with them to shreds!
The only survivor who managed to run back to report the news also stared wide-eyed into the conference hall of the makeshift hospital base after saying those words.
"After that, our proposal was immediately rejected. Everyone in the entire makeshift base seemed to have been brainwashed, frantically participating in the bizarre dungeons. The number of people decreased day by day, and the shortage of supplies gradually eased. The remaining base holders were all smiles, until that day..."
"Until that day, I discovered eerie energy in the base!"
“A high-level monster has entered the base. I have no way of determining who it is, but my eyes have seen it. I have seen a skill called [Mind Loss].
At this point, Nangong Liuli paused, not continuing, but instead looked at Su Luo, as if she knew Su Luo had something to say.
"Therefore, your innate skill is related to your eyes."
"You have the talent to see people within sight, or even strange... beings?"
Su Luo didn't just realize it; she had noticed it the moment the person activated their talent to examine her, but since the other party showed no intention of attacking, Su Luo pretended not to have noticed it for the time being.
Now that Nangong Liuli had spoken up herself, and was even waiting for Su Luo to ask, if Su Luo didn't clarify things, then he would be letting down Nangong Liuli's invitation.
"Yes." Nangong Liuli nodded upon hearing this, surprised that her talent had already been seen through. Fortunately, she hadn't tried to be clever and said it first, which showed that she had been sincere.
“After that incident, I noticed that strange auras were frequently appearing in the base, and they were all coming from the rooms of those base managers. I felt more and more that my father’s death and that strange zombie horde were not coincidental.”
"Just two days before we left, a severe plague suddenly broke out at the makeshift hospital. Ordinary people suddenly grew fangs as if they had gone mad, their bodies bursting open little by little, becoming exactly like the monsters outside, even more terrifying!"
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