Chapter 77 The Base Falls
Perhaps it was because Ji Yu kept talking about the vegetable garden that the vegetables actually sprouted and matured in just a few days.
The growth rate of ordinary vegetables is definitely not like this.
Sheng Hui also noticed that her mother had supernatural energy fluctuations.
She had previously guided her mother to awaken her superpowers. The situation was quite urgent at the time, and she really didn't expect her mother to awaken any kind of superpowers.
It was only after her supernatural abilities fluctuated for a very long time that she discovered her mother had actually awakened a wood-type supernatural ability.
This discovery made everyone very happy; with wood-type abilities, they would have vegetables to eat.
After the initial excitement, everyone became puzzled again, "Didn't Aunt Ji awaken a strength-type ability? How did it turn into a wood-type ability?"
When they were building the outer wall of the base, Ji Yu would also help; she was much stronger than these superhumans.
Even Ji Yu herself felt that she had inexhaustible energy.
Everyone, including Ji Yu herself, thought she might have awakened a power-type ability, but now it has turned into a wood-type ability.
Ji Yu also found it strange. She knew her own body best. She picked up the things next to her and weighed them in her hand. There was absolutely nothing wrong with them.
She still has great strength.
"Could it be that Aunt Ji has awakened two supernatural abilities?"
Sheng Hui stood to the side without saying a word.
Since only she could see Xiang Bei, and it wasn't easy to explain the source of the "power pill," it was best to remain silent and let everyone think that her mother had awakened a strength-type superpower.
Everyone was overjoyed that Ji Yu had awakened two superpowers.
With a wood-type ability user at their base, they'll have a way to control the mutated cabbages and carrots.
You can find vegetable seeds, plant them, and reap a harvest.
"Aunt Ji's special ability has really helped us a lot."
One leaf of that mutated cabbage was enough for them to eat for several meals.
They also made use of the school's original pond, and Sheng Hui even brought back several fish, which were very large, each weighing several tens of kilograms.
It's obvious from its appearance that it's a mutated fish, with extremely sharp teeth.
Sheng Hui didn't have much trouble catching the fish. She sensed the superpower from these mutated fish. All she had to do was stand by the river, control the fish, let them swim to the riverbank, and then put them into her storage ring to bring them back.
Now their base has fish, meat, and vegetables, and other daily necessities are not lacking. In addition to the few superhumans who are constantly reinforcing the base, Professor Lin is busy repairing the laboratory machines with his students, and others are also going out to find supplies.
Since it's a base construction project, we should bring back anything we find, regardless of whether it's useful or not; we'll need it sooner or later.
Even in places like hardware stores where nobody goes, Sheng Hui and his team would move whatever they could find, since they definitely needed materials to build it themselves.
Shengjing even picked out a few steel pipes and stuck them into the ground to build a grape trellis.
“Your mother always talked about wanting a house with a yard, and I never thought her wish would come true here.”
The grapevines were also mutated; the grapes on them were about the size of an adult male's fist after the mutation, and they tasted sweet and sour when ripe. Sheng Hui dug them up by the roots.
There are other mutated fruit trees, but now that Mom, a wood-type ability user, is here, we can leave them to her to manage. Managing these mutated fruit trees will also help Mom improve her abilities, and everyone can enjoy fresh fruit—it's a win-win situation.
There are also some mutated flowers and plants planted around the outer wall of the base, which not only enhances the aesthetics but also serves a protective function.
Sheng Hui knew that her mother had awakened her supernatural abilities, and naturally she also knew that her mother had discovered the silk threads on her wrist.
Ji Yu didn't say anything, but was happy for her daughter because she knew about her daughter's abilities.
My mother has wood-type abilities. When Sheng Hui went out, she asked Da Hei to keep an eye out for mutated edible things.
Big Black was also very impressive, producing a strawberry bigger than his face after mutation, and a tomato so big that it would take two people to lift it.
They also found mutated rice, with the grains hanging on it about the size of quail eggs.
Sheng Hui saw that they were all dug up by the roots and taken back.
After Dahei's superpowers were enhanced, his speed also increased. In a single day, Sheng Hui could travel all four directions: east, west, south, and north.
Traveling a thousand miles a day is no exaggeration.
Sheng Hui specially found a helmet to wear, and apart from the strong wind, there were no other problems.
The more food they find, the more at ease everyone feels.
Especially these mutated plants, they can leave seeds and continue to cultivate them, so they will have an inexhaustible supply of food.
This place seemed to have become their secret base.
Ji Yu also tried to take down the strawberry seeds and replant them, and also tried to plant the mutated rice.
As long as they can grow, they won't have to worry about not having food in the future.
Sheng Hui still hasn't given up trying to bring back mutated animals. The live pheasant she brought back before was also unruly at first, and its beak was particularly hard, causing it to destroy a lot of things.
Finally, we tied its wings and beak, left it there to starve for a few days, and sure enough, it became much more docile.
They caught a lot more mutated insects, and now the mutated pheasant doesn't want to leave anymore. It just wanders around the base eating insects all the time.
The mutated cabbages were infested with insects, which the pheasants were responsible for catching.
"Looks like we'll have eggs to eat from now on," Yuan Wu said with a smile, looking at the pheasant.
Their daily work now revolves around figuring out how to reinforce the exterior walls as much as possible.
Even though life is good now, I haven't forgotten the dangers outside.
Then the other areas were divided up again.
Sheng Hui also found some medicines, some of which were expired, but these expired medicines could still come in handy if anything happened.
Fearing the outer wall might still not be sturdy enough to stop the mutated plants, Sheng Hui also added a ring of mutated vines there, so that she could control the mutated plants if anything happened.
Everyone was busy and eating well, but somehow they all gained weight.
Liang You went out for a while to gather information. They had also set up a communication point and made a few simple communicators, which were barely usable. It would make it easier for everyone to contact each other when they went out in the future.
Most importantly, they intercepted some information.
Liang You's expression was very solemn.
"Base Three has been overrun by zombies."
"What? How could this happen?" Tao Min was still incredulous.
“Not only are there zombie hordes, but also mutated plants and animals invading,” Liang You said.
She only received the information while intercepting the signal; the specific details were not explained.
"Did you explain why?" Sheng Hui asked.
Liang You shook her head with a solemn expression. "I don't know. It seems to have broken out suddenly. The base wasn't prepared at the time and was caught off guard. By the way, before this, Base Six had suffered a zombie horde and suffered heavy losses."
No one expected that Base No. 3 would not survive this time.
But Liang You had a bad feeling; she felt that more bases would be attacked by zombie hordes.
Sure enough, in the following months, news of zombie hordes attacking Base 7, Base 4, and Base 2 was intercepted one after another.
"Neither Base 7 nor Base 4 survived, and Base 2 also suffered heavy losses."
"What about Base One and Base Five?"
"Base One said it would strengthen its defenses, but there's been no movement from Base Five. I don't know what's going on now."
Upon hearing this, everyone was at a loss for what to do.
The base's fall means the ability users failed to defend it, which means many people died.
“I have a feeling that this zombie horde is premeditated, so let’s not announce the existence of our base for now.” Professor Lin appeared out of nowhere.
Liang You nodded and said, "That's what I meant too."
When Liang You heard that Base Three had been captured, she initially thought that someone knew that Sheng Hui had stayed at Base Three and was doing this on purpose in order to find out Sheng Hui's whereabouts.
But when news of subsequent zombie attacks on other bases came in, she realized things weren't so simple.
"Because of Sheng Hui's situation, many bases have sent ability users to find her and bring her back to the base. This has resulted in many ability users not being at the base, which makes it difficult for the base to cope with a zombie horde," Liang You analyzed.
"In other words, someone deliberately leaked information about Huihui to distract the superhumans at the base and then used the opportunity to lure zombies to attack the base. What exactly is the other party trying to do?" Sheng Jing didn't understand.
[They probably want to unify the post-apocalyptic world; their ambitions are huge.]
Sheng Hui looked at the words in front of her and said, "Perhaps the other party wants to unify the apocalypse."
Xiang Bei told Sheng Hui that if Sheng Hui hadn't left, according to the original plan, she would have followed Yan Ji to unify the apocalypse and become the woman behind Yan Ji.
At the beginning, only Li Lulu and a few others knew about Sheng Hui's special physique.
Such methods are indeed reminiscent of Li Lulu.
Sheng Hui guessed that Li Lulu was still alive, and that her behavior was somewhat similar to Li Lulu's. She was also the one spreading rumors about Sheng Hui's special constitution.
It's almost certain that Li Lulu leaked the information, then distracted the superhumans in the base, and then took the opportunity to lure the zombies to break through the base.
There was one thing Sheng Hui didn't quite understand: if Li Lulu did it, how did she manage to control the zombies and make them besiege the base?
When she last met Li Lulu, she didn't realize that Li Lulu had such abilities.
"Are they crazy? How can they not care about so many lives?" Zhang Jian said in disbelief.
Although it's just speculation, considering the current situation, it's very likely that Sheng Hui's analysis is correct.
It was done by that person named Li Lulu.
"So what do we do now? Based on the current situation, it's very likely that Base One and Base Five will be next."
There has been no news from Base Five; they might be hiding there.
Sheng Hui glanced at the text again. "Currently, there is no movement from Base Five, not even a single message. Do you think they might be hiding in Base Five? I think the next base to be captured will most likely be Base One."
The crowd immediately became restless.
“Then I’ll contact Base One and have them prepare,” Liang You said.
If what Sheng Hui was talking about really is Li Lulu, and her ambition is indeed to unify the post-apocalyptic world, then Base Five will definitely take action after Base One is captured.
At that point, even their small base might not be able to escape.
System 9639 helped detect the data and clearly told Xiang Bei that Li Lulu did indeed survive after Yan Ji's self-destruction, but the system did not know how she survived.
Its setting only features the perspectives of the male and female leads, and only extremely important supporting characters will have some data displayed.
"Host, based on the current findings, it seems that Li Lulu, the female supporting character, is about to become the final boss."
Xiang Bei glanced at it and asked doubtfully, "Isn't the final boss the Zombie King?"
"The book doesn't describe the Zombie King much, only mentioning it at the end, saying that Yan Ji dug out the Zombie King's crystal core, made it into a ring, and gave it to Sheng Hui to propose marriage."
The system analysis stated, "A zombie king who can be easily defeated by the male protagonist probably doesn't have much screen time."
"That's not right either. According to the book, Yan Ji became powerful by relying on Sheng Hui's power, while Li Lulu is just a superhuman. How could she command zombies to attack those bases?"
Xiang Bei told Sheng Hui about her suspicions.
Liang You was still trying to contact Base One. She only said that she was the new leader of the base, without telling them her name, and also said that the zombies' next target was Base One.
The leader of Base One was initially skeptical.
Although they were well prepared, there was still a Base 5. How could they be so certain that it was their Base 1?
But after hearing Liang You's words, the leader of Base One fell silent.
Are you telling the truth?
"certainly."
The other party replied with "I understand" and then ended the communication.
Not long after, Base One was also captured. This time, the leader of Base One personally sent a message to Liang You.
It turned out that the leader of Base One did not believe Liang You's words, but instead contacted Base Five.
But that very night, Base One was hit by a zombie horde.
When the leader of Base One realized something was wrong, it was too late. He could only order some ordinary people to retreat first, while he himself sent a message to Liang You, regretting that he hadn't listened to Liang You's advice and fought to the very end.
Upon hearing the news, everyone was stunned and speechless for a long time.
"Some people must have escaped. Should we go out and take a look?"
The successive attacks on several bases left everyone feeling heavy-hearted, wondering how the other side, also possessing superpowers, could be so ruthless.
"Let's go out and take a look," Liang You said.
If the people behind them discover the existence of their base, it will probably be very troublesome. There's no way to hide, so it's better to recruit some superhumans to come over, so that they won't be short-handed when the zombies attack.
Sheng Jing and Ji Yu stayed behind to protect Professor Lin's safety. The experiment has now been restarted, and Professor Lin is continuing his research.
Sheng Hui also contributed a little of her own blood, but Professor Lin has not yet been able to find anything special about her blood.
Liang You's team set off again, this time without taking a vehicle, having Da Hei carry them on its back. With Da Hei there, they quickly located the first group of people who had escaped the base.
They're still from Base Three.
Ye Shuangshuang was inside, as was Aunt Wu.
They were all covered in dust and dirt. When they saw Sheng Hui and the others, they were extremely surprised, and then overjoyed. "You're still alive! That's wonderful!"
From Ye Shuangshuang, they learned more detailed information. After the news about Sheng Hui spread, some people believed it, and some did not.
However, the base leader couldn't contact their team at all. Ye Shuangshuang's ability level wasn't high, so she couldn't say anything and could only worry anxiously.
Aunt Wu simply didn't believe it. This was a child she had watched grow up. She suspected that Sheng Hui had offended someone and that someone was deliberately framing her, which was why the rumors were being spread.
"When Base Six was captured, everyone initially thought it was a coincidence, but we never expected it would happen to us so soon."
Thinking about that scene still makes Ye Shuangshuang feel a little scared.
"There were hordes of zombies, pounding on the outer walls of the base and trying to climb up. The mutated plants and animals also surrounded us. I was assigned to protect everyone as they escaped. We ran in this direction, while some others ran in other directions."
The people in the base were alright; at least they allowed ordinary people and those with low-level superpowers to retreat first, while the superpowered individuals covered the rear.
I heard that some bases, seeing they couldn't win, abandoned ordinary people to buy time, while the superhumans ran away.
"Let's go back to base first," Liang You said.
"Which base should we go back to? Base Three is gone." Aunt Wu asked, puzzled.
Fortunately, she awakened her superpowers; otherwise, it would have been very dangerous for her to escape.
“We’ve established a new base, and it’s very safe there,” Sheng Hui explained.
Then she looked at Aunt Wu and said, "My parents are there too."
She had previously guided Aunt Wu's supernatural abilities, and now that Aunt Wu's abilities seemed to be working properly, Sheng Hui felt more confident.
"Really, that's wonderful!" Aunt Wu was also very happy to hear that her old neighbor was safe and sound.
But when she thought of her daughter Tingting, Aunt Wu couldn't smile anymore. However, given her health, she didn't want to trouble others, so she didn't mention her daughter.
Liang You first took the people back to the base and settled them in.
Ordinary people were also given some tasks to do. In any case, everyone was settled first, and some daily necessities were distributed to each person.
Ye Shuangshuang's superpowers have also improved a bit. This time, apart from ordinary people, those who came were all low-level superpower users, and everyone could help out a little.
They expanded the area further, making it much larger.
Some of the metal-type ability users were also there to help. Although the progress was a bit slow, they were at least able to lend a hand.
Ye Shuangshuang also helped Ji Yu plant vegetables.
The eggs have hatched. Because they are mutated eggs, the pheasants that hatched from them are also mutated and grow quite fast. However, they don't pay much attention to Ye Shuangshuang and are very close to Ji Yu.
Even the mutated vegetables didn't get close to Ye Shuangshuang, so she had no choice but to grow vegetables herself. She admired Aunt Ji Yu immensely, for someone could actually subdue mutated plants and animals.
She thought of Sheng Hui again, thinking that they were indeed mother and daughter, and that Sheng Hui was someone who could make a level six superpowered dog obey her.
Ye Shuangshuang takes Aunt Ji Yu as her role model, and she wants to be as amazing as Aunt Ji Yu.
The others were also assigned work. After resting at the base for a few days, Liang You and his group set off again.
Waiting for news at the base is useless. If we stay in the base, a zombie horde might surround us any day. Only by going out to check in person can we feel at ease.
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