Min Hui and his team formed a protective circle around Song Ziqi and Song Zian, keeping them inside. Seeing their cautiousness, the others began to weigh whether it was worth it.
In the end, most people lowered their heads, after all, it wasn't worth risking their lives for a woman, even though this woman was very rare.
Only the one who had just been talking back, who was staring at Song Ziqi with a malicious look, was met with Min Hui's gaze, who seemed ready to attack at any moment.
The test results came out quickly, and the man walked past Min Hui and his team: "Min Hui, I know she's not your niece. Although I don't know where you got such a clean woman, I'm afraid Quan Ge won't even bother with her if you think you can use her to get close to Quan Ge and his team."
Min Hui's tone was icy: "Watch your mouth. Don't think that just because you're in the base I won't dare to make a move. Even if I kill you, the base won't do anything to me."
"You..." The man was annoyed by him, then smiled maliciously, "You'd better stay with your good niece 24 hours a day."
"Don't worry, I will definitely protect you well."
It was only then that Song Ziming and Song Ziqi directly experienced how chaotic the base was. Song Zian, even more frightened, grabbed Song Ziqi's hand and said, "Second sister, I don't want to be treated anymore, okay? Let's go back to find Mother Song."
Song Ziqi comforted him, saying, "It's alright, Uncle Min and the others are here, we won't have any problems."
Song Ziming asked curiously, "Who is this Brother Quan he mentioned earlier?"
Min Hui continued to explain to them: "Didn't I tell you before that there are three factions in the base? Brother Quan is the one with the highest superpower in the hedonistic faction. He has both ice and mental superpowers. Because of his strength, he has forcibly taken countless women away from him."
"What about the other two factions?"
"How can we manage him? Last time, when the zombie horde attacked, it was thanks to his base that it didn't fall. So as long as he doesn't do anything too outrageous, everyone else turns a blind eye."
Song Ziming's heart tightened: "What if it's Ziqi..."
"There's no need to worry too much. As far as we know, he recently took a fancy to a pair of twins, and he hasn't touched any other women lately because of them."
"Furthermore, we left a radio for your mother Song. Although Brother Quan is powerful, I don't think he's as powerful as your mother Song. If he dares to force his way in, just notify your mother Song in time."
Thinking of the radio he had left behind, Song Ziming finally felt a little relieved.
However, he did not completely let his guard down. After the test results came out, he drove while carefully observing the situation inside the base.
Those living near the protective wall were the lowest-ranking people in the base. They all had blank expressions, dry and yellow hair, and their faces and hands were dirty and withered. Their eyes followed the car the whole way. Although they did not show any aggression, Song Ziming felt a chill in his heart.
Song Ziqi's observation was different. She saw men, the elderly, and children, but rarely women. She occasionally caught a glimpse of a woman coming out of one room, only to be immediately pulled into another. She could hardly breathe as she imagined what this woman was about to go through. Clearly, this was neither the first nor the last time.
"Don't look." She covered Zi'an's eyes, feeling fortunate that they had always lived outside and that their younger siblings had not yet been corrupted by this filth.
After the car drove further in, the survivors' lives began to improve. They could hear some laughter and cheerful voices, and the atmosphere was no longer as oppressive and heavy as before. However, this laughter and cheerful voices consisted of women deliberately trying to please them and men making unrestrained jokes.
Only a few women were unaffected; they must be superhumans to be able to remain unscathed in this base.
As the car drove into a low-rise residential area, Min Hui continued to explain to them: "Although the base has electricity, the power generation is limited, so there are restrictions on ordinary household electricity use. For example, the elevators are usually not in operation. Except for the two high-end residential areas in the center, no matter how high you live in these ordinary residential areas, you have to climb the stairs yourself."
"My brothers and I jointly rented a house here. The house is a bit dirty and messy, please don't mind."
"How could that be? It's already a blessing to have a place to stay. If you hadn't brought us in, we wouldn't know what to do."
Old Luo sneered: "It's because you guys are low-key. If your Mother Song showed her strength, those people at the top of the base would probably have to treat you like royalty."
"That's absolutely right. After all, that's a zombie tiger. I reckon even Brother Quan wouldn't be a match for it."
The house the six of them rented was neither too big nor too small, a typical three-bedroom, two-living-room house before the apocalypse. Min Hui quickly tidied up his room: "You three siblings will stay in this room for the time being. Ziming, Ziqi, and Zian will sleep on the bed, and you can sleep on the floor."
"Okay, thank you, Uncle Min."
"No need to thank me. Without your mother, we wouldn't be able to come back. After they've brought all the things upstairs, I'll take you to the hospital."
"Is there anything I need to prepare?"
"Not for now. I have some points at the base, which should be enough. Besides, the tiger skins, tiger bones, and tiger teeth I brought back this time can probably be exchanged for quite a few."
Song Ziming took out the crystal core that Song Xia had given him: "If that's not enough, we have this too."
Min Hui was taken aback: "Quickly put it away, and don't let anyone know you have this, otherwise I'm afraid we won't even have time to call your Aunt Song. Ever since the apocalypse, scientists have been studying the effects of crystal cores. In addition to enhancing superpowers, this thing also has a certain chance of triggering ordinary people to discover superpowers. It has been effective in fields such as healing, robotics, and biochemistry. Moreover, the higher the level of the crystal core, the higher its research value. Even the higher-ups in the base may not have this one in your hand."
"I understand." What Song Ziming didn't say was that his mother had given him two pills in total. One was from the zombie tiger, and the other was from the very first mutated zombie.
So the base values crystal cores so much. If they can really trigger ordinary people to discover their superpowers, could these two crystal cores awaken the superpowers of Ziqi and Ziyang?
He didn't know what triggered it, and whether he would have a chance to figure it out during his time at the base.
In this apocalyptic world, it's always better if younger siblings have superpowers.
"Let's go, I'll take you to the hospital."
Along with Min Hui was Lao Hei, while Lao Luo and the others went to hand in their missions. They felt uneasy leaving these things in the house, since they couldn't guard them forever. They decided to hand them in for points first, as long as the base remained stable for the time being, the points would still be useful.
The hospital is also located in the center of the base. To enter the hospital, another check and search are required.
After all, those who are qualified to stay in the hospital are not ordinary people, and there is a building in the hospital that has been converted into a research institute. It is full of secrets, and both the radical and conservative factions have sent people with superpowers to patrol it.
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