After eating the chicken porridge, Jiang Zhi sat cross-legged on a cement slab and closed her eyes, pretending to doze off.
Wanfu found something to eat in the space. It hadn't seen its mother in a long time and really wanted to go out.
"Hey boss, where did Wanfu go?"
Wang Wan looked around but couldn't see Ba Chong Wanfu from their team.
“Out there, wild,” Jiang Zhi replied with her eyes closed.
"Oh, Wanfu is awesome, his intelligence is off the charts, he'll definitely be fine." Wang Wan was extremely confident in Wanfu.
He was certain that if he were to face Wanfu, he might not be able to exchange a single blow with it.
Wan Fu could easily kill a superhuman.
Jiang Zhi continued cultivating until dark, while Wang Wan harvested the millet before noon.
The temperature is too high; if it stays out in the sun any longer, it will turn into popcorn, so we need to bring it in as soon as possible.
"Boss, what are your plans next?"
“I don’t have any plans… You need to leave the Bright Base as soon as possible.” Jiang Zhi took out a map from her backpack, which was marked with various symbols, all of which she had made in her spare time.
Wang Wan asked in confusion, "Why?"
"The Shuofang base has discovered a gathering of beasts. Their target is the human base. The Guangming base is backed by the Jiuguang Mountains, which have large herds of beasts. It is estimated that they will launch a general attack before the land freezes."
Yan Zhi and Wang Wan were both shocked.
“There are many mutated beasts on Mount Jiuguang. This is also the beast farm of the Bright Base and the source of meat for the base.” Yan knew.
"The beast tides in novels appearing in real life is simply terrifying."
Wang Wan covered her face with her hands, trying to suppress her shock.
He couldn't imagine what would happen if a beast tide really came, with a bunch of level three or even level four or five mutated beasts appearing at the base. Given the chaos at the Bright Base, there was no way the ability users could resist them.
Ordinary people in the base only face death.
"Where else can we go?" Yan Zhi asked blankly.
Jiang Zhi drew a circle on the map with a tree branch. That location was where you could exit from the side of Jiuguang Mountain, opposite the edge of Wancheng, where it met Ningcheng.
There's a mountain in that area, but it's relatively low. Once you cross that mountain, you can enter the county town below Ningcheng, which is relatively safe.
Ningcheng is located northwest of Wancheng. There are no major rivers, only a small mountain range to the north, which is not very high in altitude.
“I’ve been to Ningcheng before. There’s a lot of good food there, but it’s especially cold in winter,” Wang Wan said.
"It's dry here. Going there would only be temporary safety. To truly survive, we must find a water source."
Jiang Zhi continued, "So this is just a temporary base. After all, no one knows the true situation in Ningcheng. But I still want to remind you to try to find groundwater as much as possible and never go near large rivers, as they are very dangerous."
Yan Zhi asked, "Are there monsters in the water too?"
“That’s right, those in the water are more terrifying than those on land.” Jiang Zhi didn’t mind saying a few more words, after all, this was one of the more genuine friends she had met in the apocalypse.
"Oh my god, this world is really not letting us live."
"I'll leave once my injuries have healed. Although the energy base has many restrictions, it's not so restrictive that people with superpowers can't leave the base."
"Okay, what about you, boss?"
"I have other plans."
Zong Han comforted Yang Meili for two days in a row. He was going to continue, but when he heard that Li Heng had returned, he remembered that there was something very important to do, so he reluctantly left Yang Meili's place.
He also instructed Yang Meili to give him whatever he wanted.
Li Heng faced numerous life-threatening situations on his journey, losing an arm and being covered in blood.
After everything was taken care of, I could only lie in bed.
"How...how could this happen?" Zong Han asked as he entered the room and saw the utterly miserable Li Heng.
“Jiang Zhi, that damned woman! She’s so cunning, leader. I lost her. She lured a level three mutated beast. I almost died at her hands. I barely escaped, but lost an arm.”
Li Heng choked up, his voice filled with more resentment than anything else.
He wished he could skin Jiang Zhi alive.
"You lost her? Is she really that amazing?" Zong Han asked in surprise.
"Hehe, not only is she powerful, but she's also elusive and very cunning. Be careful not to fall into her trap. She's also a multi-elemental ability user. Besides wood-elemental abilities, I've also seen metal-elemental and ice-elemental abilities."
Upon hearing Li Heng's words, Zong Han immediately felt a sense of crisis.
Since he established the Bright Base, he has only encountered a few people with multiple superpowers, and all of them have become his defeated opponents.
The woman he's trying to recruit now has the same superpower as him. If he can't defeat Jiang Zhi, how can he, as the leader of the base, put himself in a position of power?
"Moreover, the skills she has developed are quite outrageous, and can be said to be unheard of."
"oh?"
"She has a very strange gold brick. This brick can absorb metal, and its weight is astonishing. It seems that the more metal it absorbs, the heavier it becomes. No one else can lift it, but she, like Sun Wukong, can swing it with ease."
Chen Jun, who was standing to the side, was horrified.
If what Li Heng said is true, then Jiang Zhi is practically invincible.
He despised Zong Han from the bottom of his heart and was just waiting for Jiang Zhi to deal with him.
With so many talented and extraordinary people in the Bright Base, anyone could become the new leader.
“She will definitely come to the Bright Base!” Li Heng said with certainty.
Are you absolutely certain?
"She might already be here, right here in the base." Li Heng suddenly felt scared. If he had still dared to challenge her before, now that he had lost his arm, he just wanted to get as far away as possible.
Using someone else to do the dirty work is the best way to protect oneself.
Zong Han wouldn't let anyone take away his authority. Zong Han was no match for Jiang Zhi either; this was a thought that had taken root deep in Li Heng's mind.
Chen Jun watched Zong Han's retreating figure, then turned back to look at Li Heng, and the two exchanged a smile.
Zong Han was unaware that his subordinates harbored ulterior motives, almost all of them hoping he would die quickly so that they could make way for him.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was abandoned by everyone and even his family.
Zong Han began to order a comprehensive search of all zones in the base, with the focus on finding a woman named Jiang Zhi who possessed gold bricks and was capable of accelerating the ripening of plants.
Upon hearing the news, Wang Wan, who was cautiously searching for food outside, rushed back without stopping.
When Jiang Zhi heard that the base was conducting a large-scale search to find her, she didn't panic; instead, she burst into laughter.
"Boss, they won't harm you, will they?"
"What do you think?" Jiang Zhi asked in return.
Wang Wan shook his head.
He already knew that the base was trying to win over Boss Jiang. Knowing the nature of those in power, they would never let go of a goose that lays the golden eggs; they would squeeze out every last drop of value from her before taking advantage of her.
"You all need to focus on recovering. I'll let you know when the time is right to leave," Jiang Zhi said, then slung her backpack over her shoulder and walked out of the small refuge.
It was pitch black outside, and Jiang Zhi walked further and further away as Wang Wan and Yan Zhi watched her go.
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