Chapter 43 Children's Shelter
After hearing Gu Qinghan's straightforward introduction, Gu Liuchuan was slightly startled at first, as if a little surprised, but soon a happy smile bloomed on her face. She slowly loosened her grip on Gu Qinghan's hand, walked quickly forward, and shook Lin Xiyue's hand tightly, with sincere emotion in her eyes.
"Welcome to our big family! Qinghan, I'll leave it to you from now on!" Gu Liuchuan said enthusiastically, her voice revealing her welcome and recognition of Lin Xiyue. Her smile was like the spring sunshine, warm and bright, making people feel extremely friendly.
Lin Xiyue couldn't help but feel a little nervous in the face of Gu Liuchuan's warm welcome. She hesitated for a moment, then firmly shook Gu Liuchuan's hand and said sincerely, "Sister, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of Qinghan."
Gu Liuchuan smiled and nodded, expressing her satisfaction with Lin Xiyue's answer. Then, she turned around and took Gu Qinghan, Lin Xiyue, and the other two people into the base and took the elevator directly to the base command center.
On the way to the command center, Yao Xi introduced the current situation of the island base to them as they walked.
"Although the island base is a military base, the current population of the entire base is approximately 10,000 people," Yao Xi said, a hint of worry in her tone. "However, there are only about 1,000 people who actually possess superpowers and can go into battle."
She paused briefly and continued, "Liuchuan and I are both level two esper users, so we're considered the more powerful ones in the base. Most of the rest are ordinary civilians who haven't awakened their abilities yet."
"Relocating the base is impossible. Where can we take these 5,000 children to hide? There are zombies everywhere outside. The island base is a relatively safe shelter now, so we have to defend this small area."
"Actually, the so-called island base is a refuge specifically for Xia Country children during the apocalypse. Over 5,000 children live here, all from kindergartens across Xia Country. After the zombie apocalypse, they were secretly transferred to the island base by Xia Country. Today, these children receive daily instruction from professional teachers, with the curriculum focusing on physical fitness, combat, and fighting training. After all, in a world teeming with zombies, surviving them is paramount.
It's worth mentioning that some time ago, our superiors regularly sent us supplies to ensure the normal operation of the base and the basic living needs of the children. However, recently, no supplies have been seen. As for the reasons, there are two possibilities: first, the supply supply is in short supply, and the superiors have been forced to abandon this island base, leaving us to fend for ourselves; second, perhaps the Xia Kingdom headquarters is also facing tremendous pressure and has no time to take care of us, let alone send personnel to deliver supplies.
"Now we have a difficult problem to solve. We discovered three octopus-like creatures appearing around the island base. They are actually mutated octopuses. The zombie virus not only mutates corpses and humans, but also animals and plants. Therefore, these three are all third-level sea beasts. Gu Liuchuan and I only have second-level abilities, so the chances of defeating them are zero."
"However, despite this, neither Liuchuan nor I are willing to give up this island base so easily. After all, if the base is captured, those children will lose their last home. We are the children's only hope of survival, so I am determined to fight to the death with Gu Liuchuan and protect the last seed of hope for the Xia Kingdom."
After Yao Xi briefly introduced the current situation of the island to Lin Xiyue, her eyes involuntarily fell on Gu Liuchuan. She stared at Gu Liuchuan, her eyes revealing deep attachment and reluctance to leave.
Yao Xi thought to herself, if there was any other way, she really didn't want to die like this. That idiot Gu Liuchuan didn't seem to know that she had always loved her. She hadn't even had the chance to confess her feelings to Gu Liuchuan, and she hadn't even chased her! Ending her life like this was really unbearable!
At this time, Gu Liuchuan and Yao Xi were sitting face to face at the two ends of the long table.
She glanced at Yao Xi inadvertently, but found that her eyes were fixed on her, as if she could see deep into her heart through Yao Xi's eyes.
At this moment, Gu Liuchuan suddenly felt a little flustered. Her hand holding the cup trembled slightly, and even her speech became a little stuttering:
"Um... that's what? Qinghan, the island base's own defenses should be able to withstand attacks from level 2 zombies and level 2 sea beasts, but I'm afraid it won't be enough against level 3 enemies. I can use sonic waves to track the specific locations of the three sea beasts. The battlefield can't be on the island."
Speaking of the difficulties currently facing the island base, Gu Liuchuan immediately cast aside her previous embarrassment and threw herself into her work. She sat steadily in the center of the base, her hands working on the computer in front of her like flying.
This computer is Gu Liuchuan's masterpiece. It was carefully configured by her personally. The computer is connected to the sound wave detector that can move around on the seabed of the base. With it, the specific situation of the seabed can be known through this computer. It can not only accurately detect the specific locations of the three sea beasts on the seabed, but also emit a special sound wave. This sound wave is very unpleasant to those seabed creatures, thus effectively protecting the safety of the base.
Yao Xi stood quietly aside, looking at Gu Liuchuan who suddenly became serious, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, revealing a faint smile.
Yao Xi noticed that when Gu Liuchuan was focused on her work, she exuded a unique charm. Her waist-length curly hair was casually tied into a bun with a rubber band, revealing her slightly chubby face, which looked playful and cute.
At this moment, Gu Liuchuan stared at the computer screen with a serious expression, her rosy lips tightly pressed into a straight line, as if the whole world only consisted of her and the computer.
Lin Xiyue and Gu Qinghan, who were standing behind Gu Liuchuan and Yao Xi, saw all of this.
They had noticed the interaction between Gu Liuchuan and Yao Xi from the beginning, and the way Yao Xi was staring at Gu Liuchuan. The two glanced at each other, understanding each other, as if they were already aware of the subtle relationship between them.
Ji Yuan and Du Luoqing were completely unaware of all this. They were still strolling around the base, looking at the construction on the base. In the square that could accommodate tens of thousands of people, some teachers were teaching some children physical exercises in an orderly manner, some teachers were teaching children fighting, and some teachers were teaching children how to assassinate zombies when they encountered them. Every child was training very seriously. They believed that as long as they trained well, they would be able to survive the apocalypse better.
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