After settling everyone else down, the middle-aged man leading the team finally had time to go over and thank their savior in person.

Without the continuous help from these people, the army might still be dealing with zombies on the streets.

It was their luck to meet reinforcements in this place.

"I'm Xiong Yan, the leader of the first rescue team at Base No. 3. On behalf of everyone in the team, I'd like to thank you for the rescue just now." The middle-aged man said sincerely.

"We just happened to pass by and lent a hand, but we didn't do anything. You guys dealt with many of the zombies on the street by yourselves." Gu Yicheng said calmly, without any intention of claiming to be the team's savior. He didn't come here to help just for everyone.

Gu Yicheng glanced at Dr. Chen who was protected by several people in the corner, and when he saw that he was not injured, he looked away.

Xiong Yan was very impressed by his neither humble nor overbearing attitude. Seeing the badge on his body, he asked, "Are you also a team coming out of Base No. 3 to carry out the mission?"

Many teams at Base No. 3 wore badges of this style. Xiong Yan found it familiar, but he had never heard of the Dawn Team, so he was not sure, and that was why he asked this question.

"Our team did just come out of Base No. 3, but we are not going to carry out a mission. We are going to the new campus of B University to look for someone." Gu Yicheng said.

Xiong Yan had been in the base since the establishment of Base No. 3. The strength of this Dawn Team was not weak. If there was such a powerful team in the base, he could not have never heard of it. Unless they were newcomers during the time when he led the First Rescue Team to the city to rescue Dr. Chen.

After chatting with Gu Yichen for a while, Xiong Yan couldn't help but flash a hint of admiration in his eyes, and he began to admire the young man in front of him more and more.

He had seen many powerful people in the apocalypse, such as the captain of the Dragon Tiger Squad, who had powerful superpowers and was one of the strongest in the entire base. He was about the same age as the young man in front of him. But he was not very optimistic about him. The young man was impetuous and acted a little radically. One day, he would suffer a big setback because of this character.

But this young man named Gu Yicheng does not have the impatience and impatience of most young people. Moreover, he has a more thorough understanding of many things than a middle-aged man like him who has lived for more than ten years longer. He is very thoughtful and insightful.

If it weren't for the situation now, where zombies could appear at any time and it wasn't suitable for conversation, he really wanted to sit down with this person and have a good chat.

When Xiong Yan heard that their Dawn Team had no plans to stay in City B, but would set off for the imperial capital after finding the person, he felt both admiration and pity.

After all, if such a strong team like them could stay in Base No. 3, it would definitely be a great help to the base. But everyone has their own aspirations. Besides, the Hope Base in the Imperial Capital is the center of China after all. The number of superpowers alone is several times that of their base. Going there is indeed a good choice. However, the journey to the Imperial Capital is long, and there will definitely be dangers along the way. I hope this team can reach the destination smoothly.

Xiong Yan couldn't help them much with the matter of looking for someone at the new campus of B University, so he could only tell them everything he knew about the new campus of B University without reservation.

The operation regarding the new campus of B University was the most unsuccessful rescue operation carried out by their No. 3 base so far.

The rescue operation was not carried out by Xiong Yan's First Rescue Team, but by the Second Rescue Team. He only had a rough idea of ​​the situation.

The rescue mission was forced to retreat before even one tenth of the planned exploration plan was completed. They went there two weeks ago, but according to the subsequent report analysis, there were already second-level mutant zombies in there at that time. Moreover, there was a high possibility that there was more than one.

Forced by the situation, the rescue team of several hundred people finally rescued only a few teachers and dozens of students from the school. They also sacrificed many of their own lives.

This was the case two weeks ago, and now more than ten days have passed. I'm afraid that University B has already become a paradise for zombies.

They did think about going there again, after all, there were still so many students and teachers at B University, they couldn't just watch them die there. But the strongest of their espers was only level 2, they could handle one or two level 2 zombies, but what if there were more level 2 zombies, or if a level 2 zombie upgraded to level 3 during this period...

It takes several second-level mutants to deal with a second-level mutant zombie. None of them knows how powerful a third-level mutant zombie will be, or how terrifying the zombies will evolve to.

After hearing what he said, Gu Yicheng narrowed his eyes and fell into a brief contemplation.

Are there three levels of mutant zombies?

Gu Yicheng discovered after his rebirth that he could absorb the crystal cores of all mutant zombies as he possessed dual abilities. He didn't have to absorb only transparent crystal cores and crystal cores of zombies with the same abilities as other psychics to upgrade.

Because of this ability, and the fact that he was a level 6 psychic in his previous life, there was no bottleneck in upgrading his lightning ability, so his upgrade speed in this life was much faster than in his previous life. At this time in his previous life, his lightning ability had only advanced to level 2, but now, his lightning ability has reached level 3, and even the extra space ability that he gained from his rebirth has been successfully upgraded to level 2.

However, Gu Yicheng was not satisfied with this level. The third-level lightning ability was indeed very advantageous among human superpowers, but the zombies also evolved very quickly. For example, the zombie king in his previous life. He had to seize the time to upgrade so that he could have a greater chance of defeating it in this life.

The way zombies advance is simple and crude. The more people there are, the easier it is for zombies to advance and the higher their level will be. There are tens of thousands of teachers and students in the new campus of B University. It is indeed very likely that there will be third-level mutant zombies in that place earlier than in other places.

As long as he can obtain their crystal cores, his lightning ability can be upgraded again.

"By the way, Captain Gu, this is the crystal core of the zombie with abnormal speed. Now it has been returned to its original owner." Although most of the troops killed a lot of zombies during the hasty escape, except for this crystal core of the zombie with abnormal speed, which was quite special and was dug out from the zombie's head by the soldier who shot the zombie in the head, no one picked up the other crystal cores of the zombies.

No matter how important the crystal core is, it is not as important as human life.

When the soldiers were resting just now, they handed over the mutant crystal core through the adjutant. Xiong Yan was a reasonable person and did not covet the crystal core that did not belong to the team. Although it seemed that they killed the zombie, everyone knew who should be credited with the killing of the mutant zombie.

Without the help of the Dawn Team, their soldiers would not have been able to easily find an opportunity to blow up the mutant zombie's head. So the zombie crystal core should be returned to them.

Gu Yicheng raised his eyebrows slightly and did not refuse the crystal core of the mutant zombie. After receiving it, he did not put it into the space himself, but handed it to Ruan Ning who was standing beside him.

The crystal core of the first-level mutant speed zombie is not useful to Gu Yicheng at his current level of ability, and the other people in the team do not have this ability, so they cannot use this crystal core. Ruan Ning's healing ability requires crystal cores every time she treats. The more serious the injury, the more crystal cores she needs, and the higher the level. So as long as there is such an unused mutant crystal core in the team, Gu Yicheng will leave it to her. This has become a habit.

The other members of the team were also aware of the situation and did not think there was anything wrong with it. Just like last time, Gu Yicheng gave the fire crystal core to Xie Fei without saying a word.

However, what is commonplace for the Dawn Team may be unbelievable to others if they know about it. Many of today's superpowers are still stuck at the first level. Even if they can't use the crystal core of a first-level mutant zombie, they will keep it and wait until someone has a crystal core with the same superpower as themselves, and then try to exchange it with that person.

Xiong Yan thought so too, so he naturally regarded the girl next to Gu Yicheng as a speedster. He smiled and said, "Captain Gu, is this the speedster in your team?"

Generally speaking, whoever kills the zombies gets the crystal core. If the team members work together to kill the mutant zombies, then the crystal core will be exchanged with the psychic with the same ability in the team to improve the ability. This is also an unspoken rule of every team in the base. As for whether the psychic who gets the crystal core needs to use something to exchange, the situation of each team is different. That is, if there are two psychics with the same ability in the same team, it will be a lot of trouble to distribute them.

Gu Yicheng raised his eyelids and didn't explain much. He didn't intend to let anyone other than the team members know about Ning Ning's healing ability. He just said, "There is no speed ability in our team."

"That's right." Xiong Yan had been the leader of the base for so long that he knew the necessary limits. Outsiders should not ask too much about other people's team affairs. This involves the integrity of a team. No one wants an outsider to know everything about their team from top to bottom. If they ask too much, they might be considered to have ulterior motives.

So he quickly changed the subject and stopped asking about the superpowers of their team members.

Ruan Ning never participated in their conversation from beginning to end. She just stood there as a transparent person, quietly listening to them talking about the new campus of B University. When the male protagonist asked her to put the crystal core away, Ruan Ning was recalling whether the original story had written about B University. Maybe she could help.

It was also possible that she happened to have missed that part of the plot, and after racking her brains for a long time, she couldn't recall any useful clues.

After Ruan Ning took the crystal core, he put it into the space using the cover of his clothes pocket.

These days, almost all the crystal cores obtained by the male protagonist from killing zombies went into her pocket. At the beginning, Ruan Ning was really happy, and she calculated how many crystal cores she had collected every day. But because there were too many zombies along the way, she collected hundreds of crystal cores. This did not include the crystal cores used by some team members to upgrade their abilities.

As a result, Ruan Ning no longer felt the same excitement when she saw the crystal cores. In her eyes, a handful of crystal cores looked like a handful of candy beans.

The highest level zombie they had encountered on the road so far was only close to the second level, which was the fire-type mutant zombie they encountered at the 4S store. In addition, with the male protagonist as the boss in the team, it felt too easy to get crystal cores.

…

During the time when Gu Yicheng and Xiong Yan were talking, Lin Yang and Xie Fei, under his instructions, accompanied Li Bao, who knew how to open locks, to get a long-distance bus and a truck on the street.

The appearance of the two cars they found was more broken than the other. There were not many intact windows on the long-distance bus. The front of the bus had hit a tree and had a dent. When the three found the bus on the street, there were more than a dozen gnawed corpses on it. They had been dead for a while. It should be when the apocalypse broke out that someone on the bus suddenly turned into a zombie, causing chaos. The passengers inside wanted to escape, and the driver drove the car off the road and hit the tree in a panic, which led to this situation.

But having a car is better than having no car and having to walk on foot.

Although the appearance of the two cars is a little different and they don't look that sturdy, their generators are still usable and do not affect the cars' road use. This is the most suitable car that Lin Yang and his team can find nearby.

After all, the rescue team has more than a hundred people, unlike the Dawn Team, which only has a dozen people. It is more convenient to have fewer people. Buses and trucks can accommodate more people at a time, and it should not be a problem to seat more than a hundred people in two vehicles. If we use off-road vehicles, not only will we not be able to find so many cars that can be driven, but it will also waste gasoline, which is not cost-effective at all.

It would still take at least a day to walk from here to the base, even if everyone walked quickly, did not rest, and traveled overnight without discovering any unexpected situations along the way.

Moreover, the above situation is only an ideal state. It is impossible to meet the current situation of the team. The ordinary people and the superpowers in the rescue team are already exhausted. It is impossible for them to work without rest all the time. It is even more inappropriate to rush at night. Zombies appear more frequently at night, and safety cannot be guaranteed.

But if the team had a car, the situation would be much better.

Gu Yicheng had his own considerations regarding Dr. Chen's matter. He did not ask to take over other people's tasks. Since this large force was able to rescue Dr. Chen from the city, they must have the strength. And both vehicles were already filled with enough gasoline for them to drive to the base.

"This...ah, I really don't know how to thank you." When Xiong Yan saw the members of the Dawn Team driving the two cars over and saying that they were for their rescue team, he couldn't help but feel deeply moved.

In the month after the apocalypse, when he was rescuing the citizens of City B, he had seen many fights over a few pieces of biscuits. Now seeing this kind of act of timely assistance, Xiong Yan didn't know what to say.

Their rescue team and their team had no relationship at all, yet they could still consider them so carefully. Even Xiong Yan thought that he might not be able to do this.

Ruan Ning also felt that the male protagonist had made too thorough arrangements this time. They had rescued other survivors on the road before, but never as thoroughly as they did today. Usually, if it was convenient for them to go there, they would let the group of people follow behind them, and if it was not convenient for them, they would let them find a way back by themselves.

However, all these confusions were answered after Ruan Ning heard that the old man who had been protected by the rescue team was an expert in virus research and his surname was Chen.

It turns out to be this person.

As someone who was able to develop a drug that can purify polluted water, he must be treated with caution.