Chapter 148 Return to Base
Sheng Xingyuan took the gun hesitantly, "Why would you give me such an important gun?"
"Rosetti has escaped, but we don't know when he will come back. It is actually dangerous to stay here. We are all worried about you."
Sheng Xingyuan lowered his head. There was still a little hope in his heart, but it was better to stay here now than to go back. He could calm down and do his research well.
The most depressed were probably Li Cheng and Cai Haomiao. The two of them came here for a two-day tour of the desert. It would have been fine if they didn't help at all, but Li Cheng suffered for two days and didn't find out anything. It was simply a waste of his suffering.
He couldn't show his dissatisfaction, and before he left, the tribesmen called him away to do hard labor. He came back exhausted and was told to go back again...
Qu Yanbai patted Sheng Xingyuan on the shoulder and said, "Everything here depends on you. If there is any accident, you must contact us in time."
"Don't worry, I cherish my life more than you do."
The two of them had been through so much, and a vague comradeship had already developed between them.
The tribesmen who came here brought the best food here. The chief said: "We thank you for your contribution to us. We hope you can take these gifts back."
Qin Muxue looked at the old dried meat and some messy dried food, and said tactfully: "We have enough food, just keep it for yourselves."
"Then you must accept this." The leader took out another emerald.
Qin Muxue's eyes lit up when she saw the emerald. "Where did you get this?"
"This is a treasure passed down from generation to generation in our tribe. To us, it is nothing more than a decoration. I see that you seem to like emeralds and the like, so I will give it to you. These are of no use to us anyway." The chief handed the emerald as big as a washbasin to her.
Wow, this is really heavy. Shi Yan hurriedly helped her catch this huge emerald.
She had never seen such a big emerald on Blue Star, and this time it finally opened her eyes. Moreover, she always felt that this emerald was a little unusual, so she accepted it this time.
"Since you are so enthusiastic, I will accept it." I will take it back and study the secrets inside carefully.
Sheng Xingyuan brought them to the repaired machine and said, "The machine has been repaired, but it has not been tested yet..."
“We believe you!”
"In that case, after I open the wormhole, you can just go in. I have already adjusted the time and location. This time there shouldn't be the same problems as last time."
Sheng Xingyuan pressed the button solemnly. Qin Muxue took Shi Yan's hand and walked into the wormhole. In an instant, the memories of this place emerged in her mind like a movie. As long as there was that pair of warm hands beside her, she would not feel afraid.
Brilliant colors appeared before her eyes, and when she opened her eyes again, they had landed in the same place.
This time, the five people arrived here at the same time. There was no time difference, no one was unconscious, and no one was injured. Li Cheng, who had been frightened just now, finally breathed a sigh of relief. At least he did not die.
Qu Yanbai couldn't wait to return to the base and find the person he was thinking about.
Qin Muxue raised her head and looked at the Hell Star in the sky. It seemed that some changes had occurred that were imperceptible to the naked eye. Although her eyes were closed, after being awake in hell for a long time, Qin Muxue could vaguely feel a sense of irritability. She took an umbrella from the space, held the umbrella, and seemed to feel much better.
They drove the off-road vehicle non-stop to the base, but saw a scene that no one wanted to see.
The original base was still recovering after being attacked by rioters, and before leaving, it was agreed that everyone would receive training to deal with a series of disasters in the future.
There were no soldiers guarding the entrance of the base, so they walked in directly. As soon as they walked in, they found that the original glass cover had been broken and the place was in a mess. There was no one in sight, and it seemed that a fight had taken place here.
Qu Yanbai's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that they failed to stop the rioters from destroying this place? But when he thought about it carefully, it didn't make sense.
"What's going on?" Qin Muxue also felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere here. "Why did the base become like this?"
"Can you contact Captain Wei? I feel uneasy standing here. I have no idea what's going on."
“Can’t get in touch.”
Qu Yanbai immediately rushed to the temporary residence they had originally arranged. Standing at the door, he was a little scared. He didn't see a single person along the way. The entire base was extremely depressed, as if some disaster had happened.
He took a deep breath and opened the door of the house. There was no one inside. Normally, as soon as he came back, Manman, Grandma and the children would come to greet him, but now...
"Could it be that Sheng Xingyuan's previous transmission time was wrong?"
Qin Muxue walked in, looked around, and saw Grandma Qu's calendar.
After the new year, because there were no new calendars, Grandma Qu wrote down every day in a notebook. The last day she wrote down was April 8th. They left on April 3rd, exactly five days later.
Qin Muxue looked at her watch, which showed that today was the 10th, which meant that if anything happened at the base, it would have happened within these two days.
Shi Yan felt something was wrong the moment he stepped in here. He stood carefully beside Qin Muxue so that he could protect her the first time if anything unexpected happened.
He glanced at the ceiling, and suddenly countless needles fell from above, "Be careful!"
Fortunately, thanks to his timely reminder, everyone escaped this disaster.
Qu Yanbai and Qin Muxue were so focused on Manman that they didn't notice the mystery hidden here.
Shi Yan was very angry. The thing he hated most was someone hurting Qin Muxue. Now someone was blatantly trying to harm Qin Muxue.
He jumped onto the ceiling and pulled a man down from it. "Is this your doing?"
The man knelt on the ground, trembling with fear, "I don't want to... I don't want to either. If I don't obey orders and plot against you, I will die."
"Tell me why and I will spare your life." The strength in Shi Yan's hands was getting stronger and stronger. If he exerted a little more strength, the man would be dead.
"I...I." Before he could finish his sentence, a gunshot was heard outside the window, hitting the guy right in the middle of his eyebrows.
"Dead, I'll go after that man."
Shi Yan was about to go out, but was stopped by Qin Muxue, "Don't do that yet. I think everything here is weird. Those people are trying to lure you out on purpose. We'd better keep moving together now."
Cai Haomiao suddenly shouted loudly: "Li Cheng! Li Cheng, he disappeared. He was clearly here just now?"
They were about to go out, but found the door was blocked. Qu Yanbai looked downstairs and saw a large group of people rushing towards their room like zombies.
"What is this? What's going on?" Cai Haomiao became nervous, but there were clearly familiar faces in the crowd. How could they become like this?
His body was torn and tattered, his clothes were ragged, he was covered in blood, his head was drooping, and a strange roaring sound came out of his mouth.
Qin Muxue suddenly remembered what this was. "This seems like a person infected with the plague..."
"Did the plague break out here while we were away?"
"Everyone has been vaccinated, how could they be infected with the plague? Unless... someone did it on purpose."
The plague virus is not difficult to find, and by combining with other viruses, it can become a new type of virus. It takes time to produce a vaccine, and it is obvious that this group of people is hopeless.
Now Qu Yanbai and Qin Muxue were even more worried. If so many residents here were infected with the plague, then what would be the situation of Manman and Grandma now?
He wanted to jump out of the window, but was stopped by Cai Haomiao, "Captain, what do you want to do?"
"I must find them." The only way now is for him to jump down. In case Manman is also infected, she must bring her back.
"Don't get excited." Qin Muxue took a few deep breaths. "Manman won't be infected so easily. Besides, she has the ability to heal."
"Healing power can't cure this virus. I'm very worried..."
Qin Muxue seriously thought about everything that had happened from the moment they came in. She didn't see these infected people when she came in, but now that they entered the room, everything started. Someone must be deliberately targeting them.
She took out a telescope, looked at the infected people downstairs, and sighed, "What a pity, I think their symptoms are incurable. Once the virus reaches the brain, it is too late to save them. Rather than letting them live like this, it is better..."
"You are right."
Qin Muxue distributed submachine guns and grenades to each of them in case of emergency.
Then, after replenishing his mental strength, he used his supernatural powers on them. Water like waves rushed towards the group of infected residents, instantly pushing them to a nearby place.
"Now."
The entrance to the room should now be crowded with infected humans, "Are you ready?"
"Um!"
The flood broke through the door directly, pushing all the infected people to the opposite door, but the impact was not enough to kill them. They raised their guns and shot without mercy.
"Damn Li Cheng, could it be that his evil cult did this?" Cai Haomiao started cursing while firing his gun, "Otherwise why did he suddenly disappear?"
"That's possible, but now we should get out of here quickly."
A group of infected people, like zombies, pounced towards them crookedly. Cai Haomiao was distracted and almost bitten by a female infected person. Fortunately, Qu Yanbai tied her up with vines to prevent her from being hurt.
"She...she was originally the daughter of one of my teammates. I just couldn't bear to do it."
Qin Muxue sighed, "They have lost their human consciousness now, they are just walking corpses. Killing them is a relief, so don't show mercy."
She wiped the water stains off her face, her eyes showing determination.
"I...I understand. I won't show mercy."
They have always been dealing with foreign invaders or other enemies and have never pointed their guns at their own people. But now he is pointing his gun at familiar faces. He feels powerless, but he cannot stop shooting.
Who on earth turned the base into what it is now? If he knew, he would definitely cut him into pieces!
When they came downstairs, more infected people appeared. Not only that, there were also various virus carriers and mutated rats.
Just when everyone was fighting fiercely, Qin Muxue heard a strange sound. It turned out that someone not far away was sending her a signal.
She winked at Shi Yan, who understood and used the protective shield to block the attack from outside. Qin Muxue quickly walked to the place where the sound came from.
What I saw was Sang Qing's surprised expression, "You are finally back, stop talking nonsense, and come with me!"
Now only Shi Yan was left to resist. Qin Muxue looked at him worriedly, and he nodded confidently, signaling them to leave quickly, as he had his own way.
Qin Muxue and the other two followed Sang Qing's winding path and arrived at the underground well. The base was originally built here to find a water source, but when no water source was found, they simply dug a hole here to store food.
After following Sang Qing and Ai Lan inside, Qu Yanbai hurriedly asked, "Where are Manman and the others?"
"They are fine, come with me!"
After drilling through a deep well, there was another world. It turned out that this place had been transformed into a cellar. After seeing Qu Yanbai and Qin Muxue, Manman almost cried, "You are finally back."
Qin Muxue also wanted to reminisce with her, but now there was a more important person, Shi Yan, who needed to be rescued. "Manman, I'll be there right away."
After they left safely, Shi Yan nimbly jumped onto the building and looked down from above, observing everything in the base.
He raised his head and looked in the direction of the Hell Star. There was a desire to break out of the shell surging in his heart. The light emitted by the Hell Star did have a feeling of inducing the desire in his heart.
He tried hard to suppress his inner thoughts and jumped onto another tall building. He saw Qin Muxue looking for him and quickly came to her side.
"Xiaoxue, please leave here quickly?"
"Yeah." She took Shi Yan back to the cellar.
At this time, Manman was already telling Qu Yanbai something. Qu Yanbai touched her belly and felt very distressed. "I'm sorry for making you suffer."
Fortunately, Grandma Qu and the others were still safe and sound. Suddenly, several figures emerged from under the simple bed. It turned out to be Baozhu and her child. Qin Muxue rubbed Baozhu's head excitedly, "Baozhu, fortunately you are all fine."
Then she looked up and asked the question that had been bothering her, "How did this place become like this?"
Manman sighed, "Hell Star can inspire people's inner desires. After you left, the base was relatively peaceful for the first two days, and we trained as usual. Later, many strange things happened, including fights, thefts, looting, and even suicides. Do you remember that when Sheng Xingyuan left, he left behind a few bottles of potions? For these few bottles of potions, many people in the base racked their brains and used all means. Qin Jia even killed several people to get the potions. They were like crazy. Later, I thought it must be a problem with Hell Star, so I hid in this cellar. As long as we don't see Hell Star, our desires will not grow."
After she roughly told it, Qin Muxue's protest became more and more intense. It was Qin Jia again. She actually stole the potion. She should have been killed directly at the beginning. She really left a disaster.
"What special abilities does Qin Jia have?"
"It should be a sound wave ability. If you are close to her, you will be stimulated by her sound waves and faint. This ability is very powerful. Fortunately, she seems to have only a low-level ability and has not caused greater harm."
"But where did this plague come from?" Manman touched her stomach and showed a sad expression. "One of them has the ability to control the virus. He modified this virus based on the plague, and once it breaks out, there is no way to control it. The reason why we were able to escape is probably because of the preventive herbs I usually give everyone, but others are not so lucky."
"Since the herbs are useful, they should..."
"This virus can only be prevented. Once I'm infected, there's nothing I can do. The virus attacks the brain too quickly, and there's nothing I can do."
"I'm glad you're all okay. By the way, is the baby in your belly okay?"
"There is no problem for now. There was once a critical situation and it was Baozhu who saved me." Manman lowered her head and touched Baozhu.
"Baozhu, thank you for saving Manman. You did a great job." Qin Muxue praised Baozhu.
Baozhu barked a few times, as if in response.
Qin Muxue took out some dog food and canned food. Seeing the food, the group of dogs started eating happily. It seemed that they had not eaten this food for a long time.
Wu You said in annoyance: "It's all my fault. I didn't find out that something was wrong with that group of people earlier. So many people were harmed. Now the survivors are probably scattered in the base. Because of the plague, we dare not go out casually."
Qin Muxue thought about the attack and was probably related to Qin Jia, otherwise who would target them like this.
The cellar was filled with people she was familiar with, and luckily no one was in trouble.
"But what should we do next?"
Thinking of the base now surrounded by infected people, Manman felt sad.
Qin Muxue thought for a moment and said, "Let's get out of here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there seemed to be thunder outside, and his eardrums were about to be ruptured. Shi Yan said, "I'll go outside to see what's going on?"
Shi Yan came outside and found that it had started to rain heavily outside the base. What was even more terrifying was that the Hell Star was still hanging in the sky and was not affected by the rainy weather.
After Shi Yan returned to the cellar, he told everyone what happened outside, "It's raining outside. It looks like it will last for a long time."
Thinking of the rising temperature and the flood that occurred at the beginning of the disaster, everyone felt uneasy. Are they going to experience the same nightmare all over again?
"Once exposed to the Hell Star, a person's inner desires will be infinitely magnified. As far as I know, only the elderly and children, who have smaller inner desires and are originally kind, will not be affected. If other people are exposed for a long time, they will start to become crazy. Even if there is no plague... they will kill each other for their own interests."
Manman felt terrified as she said all this. If things continued like this, the Blue Planet would be doomed and humanity would have no way to survive.
"It's raining heavily outside. It's not a problem for us to hide here all the time. The base will be flooded sooner or later. If that's the case, we can go out at night and find a place to rest during the day."
I asked everyone for their opinions, some agreed and some disagreed.
Qin Muxue respected everyone's ideas. "If you don't want to leave, you can stay here. I won't force anyone to leave with us. You can think about it again and give me an answer tomorrow morning."
I just returned to Blue Star, and something like this happened again. No one would feel good.
What's even more ironic is that the rioters did not destroy the base, but it was the humans themselves who destroyed their homes.
Qin Muxue sat aside, feeling a little lonely.
Qu Yanbai had endless things to say to his lost and found wife, "Manman, did you eat well and sleep well during my absence?"
Manman rolled her eyes. "You can take a look at the environment we live in now. The food is pretty good. This was originally a cellar, and there is a lot of food stored here for emergencies. We won't starve to death."
Qu Yanbai touched her face distressedly, "You have lost weight. Do you know how much I missed you when I was in Yanxing? Even though so many beauties showed their affection to me, I remained unmoved. I only wanted to come back to see you."
Cai Haomiao thought of the appearance of those tribal women and curled his lips. They were not of the same breed at all.
"Okay, stop being cheesy and go see grandma. She misses you too."
Grandma Qu touched Qu Yanbai's face, tears streaming down her face, "My dear, you have worked hard. You have become darker and thinner. Did you not eat well?"
Qu Yanbai recalled the days in the desert. They really had poor eating and sleeping. Qin Muxue and the others were only there for two days, but they stayed there for a total of seven days. They must have been tanned.
"It's good to be tanned. It makes me look more manly. Look, my muscles are stronger."
"You must not have eaten well there. Come, let grandma make you something delicious."
There was also pickled meat, cabbage and green onions in the cellar, so Grandma Qu made a stew of pickled meat and vegetables for them.
Qin Muxue smelled the aroma and sat down next to the pot consciously. She had been hungry for a long time, but she didn't have the courage to say that she wanted to eat the food cooked by Grandma Qu.
When she put the marinated meat into her mouth, the light and fresh aroma made her forget her worries. "Grandma Qu's cooking skills are as good as ever."
Everyone gathered around the pot and ate while Qu Yanbai told them about some of his experiences in the Yanxing tribe.
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