The lack of materials is a minor problem.
The Oasis Base has now reached a deal with both the Vermilion Bird and White Tiger Bases, allowing them to exchange for the supplies they need. It's likely that they won't refuse more food.
Fang Qingdai was reluctant, as the grain she sold was sold in limited quantities, enough to sustain a base for a month or two during wartime, but not for very long.
This gives them a break, so they won't be too idle and start plotting against the Oasis Base again.
Trading with the Vermilion Bird Base and White Tiger Base is no longer an option, as for the Black Tortoise Base...
Fang Qingdai wouldn't take the initiative to make contact. Things that come to her door are worthless. She would only have the upper hand if the Xuanwu Base couldn't hold out any longer and came to her.
The urn containing Chairman Mao's ashes is still in Li Weidong's hands; it's also a bargaining chip!
After much deliberation, Fang Qingdai decided to venture into the newly contaminated area that had been added to their base.
The materials used in solar energy concentrators are not new and are relatively easy to find.
Before going, Fang Qingdai did some research. She knew that the polluted area used to have many factories that produced industrial materials. Industrial materials are neither edible nor usable, so they should not have been disturbed during the apocalypse.
Fang Qingdai led a small team there.
Upon entering the contaminated area, Fang Qingdai discovered that the buildings in this area were surprisingly well-preserved, a rare sight of collapsed ruins.
The large, empty buildings looked drab and gloomy, and even the slightest breeze could echo like the mournful cries of a baby in the empty complex.
Coupled with the mournful background music, the buildings without doors and windows looked exactly like skulls with empty eye sockets, each one silently "watching" Fang Qingdai and her group.
Quiet and desolate, with occasional echoes, it felt like entering some eerie space. Even though they were inside, everyone couldn't help but feel tense.
One team member rubbed the goosebumps on his arms and complained, "We shouldn't have read those horror novels in the library. Now, besides monsters, we're afraid of ghosts too."
As they were talking, a dark shadow suddenly appeared on the large window connecting the space to the outside.
Everyone looked over in horror.
"What has passed?"
"No way, how could there be biological activity in a highly polluted area?"
Fang Qingdai was startled. Could there really be a ghost?
Although this world cannot be viewed through the lens of 21st-century scientific theories, it shouldn't be so fantastical as to include demons and monsters!
Seeing the panic, Fang Qingdai cleared her throat and calmly said, "It's probably just something blown up by the wind. Don't worry about it. Let's hurry up and find a factory that produces industrial materials, and finish our mission as soon as possible to return to base."
Everyone forcibly shifted their attention and began seriously searching for buildings that might be factories.
But as they searched, a sudden exclamation rang out from the group: "Someone's here!"
Everyone immediately turned their heads and looked in the direction the team member was pointing!
A figure flickered and disappeared into a building. The ethereal footsteps were like those of a ghost, and the fact that it appeared in a highly polluted area where there was no possibility of any biological activity really frightened everyone!
But ironically, the building the figure disappeared into was marked with a weathered sign, and it turned out to be a factory that produced industrial materials!
Fang Qingdai gritted her teeth: "Let's go in and take a look."
Seeing the team members' miserable expressions, Fang Qingdai said speechlessly, "I told you to read more books about science, but you insisted on gathering in the section of fictional novels. Have you all gone crazy from reading so much?"
After the initial craze for acquiring knowledge subsided, the people at the base began to be attracted to more entertaining novels and comics.
Even Zhang Xin, a model worker who spends all day in the fields and is so busy that she forgets to eat and sleep, couldn't resist taking the time to "appreciate" novels and comics.
Sometimes when she's too busy, Zhang Xin doesn't have time to look through the books herself, so she'll have Qing Zhong read them to her!
Fang Qingdai overheard her father say in a serious tone, "Woman, you're playing with fire."
Fang Qingdai was so frightened that she thought her father had gone crazy. But when she looked closely, she realized that he was reading "The Domineering CEO Falls in Love with Me" to Zhang Xin!
Fang Qingdai dared not question her mother's taste, but she was deeply shocked and considered putting away those books that misled young people.
However, the proposal was met with opposition from everyone at the base.
The wasteland was really lacking in entertainment, and the people in the base also needed entertainment time to relax and rejuvenate. Fang Qingdai saw that although everyone liked watching, they were not overly addicted, so she eventually gave up.
Now look what's happened! They've brought out an elite squad, and each of them recently shared a horror novel. Now they're all jumping around in fear during missions!
Fang Qingdai shook her head helplessly, ignoring all advice and heading towards the building where she had spotted the figure.
"Base Commander, you really can't go! In novels, supporting characters always knowingly go against the grain and end up getting themselves killed!"
"Seriously, Commander, listen to me. I've seen this episode before. Curiosity really can kill you!"
Fang Qingdai said expressionlessly, "I'm the main character, I won't be a sacrificial lamb, the author won't allow it."
As she spoke, Fang Qingdai had already manipulated space to enter the building.
After crossing the open space, I saw several rows of factory buildings. Before even entering the factory buildings, I heard a series of strange "click-click-click" sounds.
It sounded like an animal gnawing on a bone.
The sound of nervously swallowing saliva could be heard as a team member cautiously spoke up: "Base Commander, maybe we should just call it quits..."
Fang Qingdai was stunned and stood there.
Her spiritual power probed in first, and she saw a dozen or so humanoid creatures gathered together, fighting over the flesh and blood of a mutated beast.
Large patches of rotting flesh were scattered across the humanoid creatures as they fought for food, and the flesh and blood that got on the rotting flesh were then stuffed into their mouths.
Faces with drooping eyeballs and unrecognizable features were eating in a grotesque manner, their faces covered in a mixture of blood and rotten flesh. The disgusting scene sent shivers down Fang Qingdai's spine!
It took her a few seconds to react before she exclaimed in astonishment, "It's a zombie!"
In the early stages of the apocalypse, a large number of humans turned into zombies, and biological organisms mutated. Zombies and mutated creatures were the first mountain that humanity needed to overcome.
The struggle between humans and zombies and mutated creatures lasted for five or six years. As the world's climate began to change drastically, disasters such as floods, earthquakes, heat waves, and tsunamis followed one after another. Not only did the human population decline sharply again, but 90% of the zombies were also wiped out in the disasters.
Only the mutated organisms, with their strong vitality, survived in relatively large numbers.
By the time the Wasteland Era was established, zombies were almost nowhere to be seen in the wasteland, and the army that once threatened the survival of humanity was almost forgotten.
Who would have thought that more than a dozen zombies were hiding in this highly polluted area!
wrong!
Fang Qingdai's expression changed. She suppressed her nausea and carefully observed the surroundings with her mental power. The conclusion she reached made her frown deeply!
Although the flesh on those zombies was rotting, the fact that it was rotting rather than drying out meant that they hadn't been zombies for very long!
Could there be a source of zombie virus infection in this area?
But where did these people come from, and why did they enter this area?
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