The next day was a perfect day, with not a cloud in the sky.
Zhang Yun and Yang Shize packed their things, changed into waterproof combat suits, and returned to the sea area near the whirlpool.
To prevent the water from separating them, Zhang Yun specially found an alloy chain to tie to the buttons of their combat uniforms around their waists; the chain was only three meters long.
"Are you ready?" Zhang Yun asked.
"Mm." Yang Shize nodded.
The two people held hands and swam towards the whirlpool.
A tremendous suction force came, and they did not resist, letting themselves be sucked into the vortex.
The currents on the seabed were swift, and they couldn't open their eyes, so they could only rely on their mental powers to perceive their surroundings.
However, mental power is also limited in seawater. Zhang Yun's mental power can only sense things within a range of 500 meters at most in the seabed.
As Zhang Yun sank deeper into the sea following the whirlpool, he tugged at the chain around his waist.
Yang Shize understood, and with a forceful pull, he brought Zhang Yun to his side, hugged him, and kissed him on the back of the head.
Oxygen circulated in their mouths, and Yang Shize's tongue darted out.
If she could open her eyes, Zhang Yun would definitely glare at him fiercely.
Feeling his tongue becoming increasingly audacious, Zhang Yun raised the hand that was resting on his back and couldn't help but poke his back with her finger.
"Focus, don't cause trouble," Zhang Yun transmitted to him.
“I’m very focused, bro~” Yang Shize replied in a flirtatious tone.
Zhang Yun was helpless.
While he was receiving oxygen, he was being kissed inappropriately. After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Yun suddenly saw an unusual light in his mental perception.
Zhang Yun quickly patted Yang Shize and transmitted his voice, "Swim to the left."
Yang Shize hugged him tightly, struggled to break free from the vortex, and swam quickly toward the area that Zhang Yun had sensed.
Soon, that area came into Yang Shize's perception range, and without Zhang Yun's command, he swam directly in that direction.
As if he had stumbled into a space protected by a shield, the surrounding water flow mysteriously disappeared when Yang Shize rushed in.
Their lips parted, and Zhang Yun tried to breathe, exclaiming in shock, "There's actually air underwater here!"
"Yes, it's just not as sweet as the oxygen in my mouth."
Yang Shize licked his lips and said.
Zhang Yun remembered what had happened in the water and glared at him angrily, "I'll settle the score with you when we get back!"
This underwater space is not large; even Yang Shize's mental perception range can detect the entire area in one go. The two walked directly towards the glowing green stone in the center.
It was a diamond about the size of a newborn baby, with transparent edges that turned greener towards the center.
Just by getting close to the gem, Zhang Yun and Yang Shize felt all their fatigue vanish, and their mental and physical strength were fully replenished.
"What is this?" Zhang Yun asked in surprise.
Yang Shize said, "I don't know. Didn't you transmigrate into a book? How come you don't know? It wasn't described in the original work?"
Zhang Yun: "..."
Don't even mention that melodramatic bad ending original script!
It's definitely a shoddy, substandard version created by the system to save points. It's completely useless and has been abandoned, leaving a bunch of unresolved issues!
"No, that book didn't do well on the charts, so the author rushed through it. The ending was very abrupt, and it didn't even mention this thing," Zhang Yun casually offered an excuse.
"Oh~"
The system suddenly said in his mind: "Host, this is the life core of another world. I know why there are zombie invasions in this world."
Zhang Yun was stunned.
The system continued in his mind: "The life core is the source of life in every world. Only in a world that has a life core can life be born and continue to reproduce and thrive."
"The core of life is usually hidden in the chosen one of each world. It will only be briefly revealed in the world when the chosen one dies and a new chosen one is born."
"The life core before you is from another world, but for unknown reasons, it has come to this world."
Zhang Yun suddenly realized, "Those things that invaded this world and turned humans into zombies are actually life forms from another world. Their purpose is to specifically find the life core of their own world?"
System: "That may have been the case at first, but after witnessing the beauty of this world, the thoughts of those otherworldly beings may have changed."
Zhang Yun expressed his understanding, saying it wasn't hard to imagine what kind of monstrosity the world of otherworldly beings would become after losing its life core, or perhaps that otherworldly world was never as beautiful as this one, so those otherworldly creatures came to this world and had the idea of taking it over for themselves.
The mystery of why zombies suddenly appeared in this world has been solved, and the reason for the strange weather phenomena on this island and the whirlpools and hurricanes that appear around it has also been found!
So now the question is, how are he and Yang Shize going to get out?
"The life core cannot be moved; it can only be absorbed into the body of a living being and taken away. The protagonist has the life core of this world and cannot absorb another life core. Only you can absorb this life core."
How do I absorb it?
"Use your mental power to imprint it. This is an unclaimed life core, and you will definitely be able to imprint it successfully, although it may take a while. Moreover, there are many benefits to absorbing the life core. My suggestion is that you spend some time absorbing it, since you are trapped here and cannot leave anyway."
"How long will it take?" Zhang Yun asked.
System: "With your current mental strength, it will take at least half a year and at most a year. However, you can ask the protagonist for help. He also has a life core. With his assistance in imprinting it, you can increase the speed by half."
"How will he assist me?"
"It's simple, you two just need to cultivate together!"
Zhang Yun: "..."
This is insane dual cultivation!!!
You think this is cultivation?!
In the end, although he was ashamed to speak, in order to get out as soon as possible, Zhang Yun, the master liar, still used his intelligence to make up a story on the spot, so that Yang Shize would "assist" him in absorbing the life core.
Leaving aside how these two fought so hard to get out, let's talk about the situation in the Eastern Continent.
Six months ago, Zhang Yun and Yang Shize's life signals disappeared. Led by Vulcan Qi Heng and Illusion God Yun Meng, the people of Yunze Base launched a revenge war against the capital and the Ye family.
What was initially thought to be a farcical spectacle of moths to a flame and eggs against a rock turned into a nightmare. However, the dozen or so sixth-tier ability users at Yunze Base all advanced to the seventh tier overnight, significantly increasing their strength.
The capital's formidable defenses proved utterly ineffective against the numerous powerful seventh-tier ability users, failing to hold out for even two days before being breached by Qi Heng and his forces.
Furthermore, what surprised the whole world was that this time, all the key figures of the Ye family in the capital were killed by the people from the Yunze base, and the laser satellite in Dongzhou was unable to be launched again.
Another reason why the people from Yunze Base were able to take over the capital and easily eradicate the Ye family's power was that Elder Shen, who was stationed in the capital, decided to abandon Ye Hui and the forces to which the Ye family belonged, in conjunction with the forces in the capital.
The Ye family's misuse of public resources not only offended the Yunze Base but also thoroughly angered various forces within the capital.
When the Ye family's forces were completely overwhelmed by the people from Yunze Base, all the other forces stood by and watched at Elder Shen's prompting, without offering any assistance.
The most outrageous twist was yet to come. Just when Qi Heng and Yun Meng had almost wiped out the forces led by the Ye family, the life information of Zhang Yun, the leader of the Yunze Base, suddenly reappeared!
This caused the people at Yunze Base, who had previously held the moral high ground, to suddenly lose their sense of righteousness.
Fortunately, the subsequent distress signal made everyone realize that this was not a conspiracy orchestrated by Zhang Yun to attack the capital. He had indeed been attacked by the Ye family with a laser satellite, but he was just lucky to survive.
The group of impulsive young people from Yunze Base stormed into the capital with great fanfare, only to retreat in disgrace, and began to devise a plan to rescue their leader.
Fortunately, the strength of Yunze Base was evident in this battle, and the number of seventh-tier ability users on the ability ranking and evolution ranking was truly awe-inspiring.
The Ye family in the capital only had some remaining forces left, and they didn't dare to cause trouble for the Yunze base. They could only swallow their anger and suffer in silence.
Subsequently, Elder Shen personally extended an alliance invitation, expressing his willingness to form a new Dongzhou Alliance with Yunze Base, referred to as the New ASEAN.
On behalf of Yunze Base, He Jiajia signed a friendly cooperation treaty.
At the same time, the Western Continent Alliance government, which had retained the most strength at the beginning of the apocalypse, proposed to establish a New Human Alliance and invited the strongest people from the remaining continents of the world to join the New Human Alliance and unite all mankind to fight against zombies.
The New Human Alliance decision-makers set up thirteen meeting seats, including four for the Western Alliance, three for the Northern Alliance, two for the Central Alliance, one for the Southern Alliance, and three for the Eastern Alliance.
Originally, the Western Continent intended to offer only two seats to the Eastern Continent, but after He Jiajia and the others learned of this, they firmly announced that Yunze Base refused to join the New Human Alliance.
Yunze Base is a gathering place for New Humans (Evolvers and Superhumans are also called New Humans). If they don't come, how much appeal and influence will this New Human Alliance have left?
With no other option, the Western Continent Alliance could only negotiate "friendly" to force the weakest of the Southern Continent Alliance governments to vacate a seat.
Of the three seats in Dongzhou, two were taken by people from Yunze Base, and one was taken by Yuchi Jie, an all-around warrior from the Capital Base.
On the day the first meeting of the New Human Alliance was held, the Western Alliance and the Northern Alliance attempted to make them contribute in a way that was extremely disproportionate to their contributions.
He Jiajia and others strongly opposed it, but they couldn't overcome the fact that they had more votes.
Just when everything seemed to be settled, the rankings for superpowered individuals and evolved beings were suddenly updated.
Zhang Yun, who was originally ranked first on the list of superhumans, is still ranked first, but his superhuman level has changed from seven to nine.
The top ten on the Evolver Ranking collectively dropped one spot. Yang Shize, whose name disappeared from the Evolver Ranking two years after the start of the apocalypse, suddenly appeared at the top, also at the ninth level, with the words "Yunze" in the place of origin column being particularly eye-catching.
"It seems that one of our New Human Alliance seats needs to be reassigned." He Jiajia smiled as she looked at the real-time rankings behind the meeting host.
The reason the Westerners set up four seats for their people is that the person who ranks first on the two lists must have a place in the New Human Alliance.
The reason why Yunze Base has two spots is because one of them belongs to Zhang Yun.
Since Zhang Yun was not present, Yang Yiyi represented him.
The fourth spot added to the Western Continent Alliance's list belongs to David, the number one evolved individual on the list and a seventh-tier all-around warrior from Western Continent.
Now that Davidko is in second place, this position naturally needs to be taken by someone else.
"Everyone, I think we should wait until the real decision-makers arrive before discussing how to carry out this so-called intercontinental 'cooperation'!" Yang Yiyi also stood up and said coldly.
Following Elder Shen's instructions, Yu Chijie immediately stood up and said, "Yes, yes, yes! They're all right!"
Seeing that there was still a chance for things to turn around, the Central Continent and the Southern Continent naturally had no objections. The representatives of the Northern Continent Alliance, who have always admired the strong, hesitated for a moment, and two of them agreed to suspend the meeting, replace the attendees, and then resume the meeting.
The first meeting of the New Human Alliance ended without any resolution.
The powerful figures of the Western Continent were angry, but there was nothing they could do.
Who knows just how powerful a ninth-tier expert has become?
It would be extremely unwise to rashly offend an unknown and powerful figure.
After leaving the conference room, He Jiajia and the others immediately turned on their communication devices.
On the homepage of the Eastern Continent Alliance's public news website, a prominent notice had appeared—
Fellow countrymen of Yunze Base, your leader has returned!
Looking at the familiar flippant tone on her phone, Yang Yiyi couldn't help but cover her mouth, and tears instantly streamed down her face.
He Jiajia breathed a sigh of relief and cried tears of joy, saying, "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back!"
He Yang, who was next to her, punched the pillar next to him hard and said excitedly, "I knew they wouldn't give up so easily!"
Click—
The pillars of the Snow Palace broke, and the piercing alarm blared incessantly.
"Intruders! Intruders! Intruders are maliciously damaging the Snow Palace buildings. They are being arrested..."
He Yang frantically fled amidst a swarm of drones tracking his location: "I didn't do it, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!"
He Jiajia and Yang Yiyi: "..."
...
At the Yunze base, Qi Heng silently turned off his phone and walked to the vicinity of a house in the central area of Mingzhu City.
It was evening, and the female workers in the factory were going home to cook dinner.
Qi Heng's gaze fell on a middle-aged woman wearing a sky-blue work uniform, who was chatting and laughing with her female companion about today's headlines.
Their leader is back!
This afternoon, the streets and alleys were filled with such discussions, and not far away, people were setting off firecrackers and fireworks to celebrate.
Qi Heng wanted to smile, but only a few cracking sounds came from his combat helmet.
Yes, he no longer has a mouth.
The woman was almost home. She said goodbye to her female companion and walked alone into the alley leading to the houses in the city center.
Qi Heng followed silently.
Suddenly, the woman turned pale, clutched her heart, and collapsed to the ground.
mom!
Qi Heng silently called out in his heart, rushed over, and helped the woman up, holding her in his arms.
At that moment, the woman opened her eyes and grabbed his arm, which was covered by his combat uniform.
"Have you been secretly taking care of my daughter and me all along?" The woman leaned against him, gripping his arm tightly with both hands, her eyes fixed on his face, which was covered by a combat helmet.
"Xiao Heng, are you Xiao Heng?"
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