When it started to rain, Di Xiu was still on the road, far away from Base Five, intending to find the future Zombie King.
No matter how powerful the future zombie king is, he is just an ordinary zombie now. It is not easy to find him among hundreds of millions of zombies, but 001 can now track the location of the protagonist and the villain.
Mao Qiu and the other two continued to follow Di Xiu's car. They were now considered his disciples and were cultivating under his guidance.
Wherever they went, they left behind empty cities, devoid of any human presence.
They haven't seen a living person for almost 48 hours.
The second red rain event was something Emperor Xiu had already passed on to the nation along with the cultivation techniques and body-refining skills. After the effects of the cultivation techniques and body-refining skills were verified, the nation believed his "prophecy" and had been trying to find him, hoping to persuade him to fight for the future of humanity together.
But Di Xiu never contacted them again, so they naturally couldn't find him.
The government believed the red rain forecast but kept the news secret until the seven-day countdown, when it informed the entire nation that the red rain would return soon. Out of humanitarian spirit, it also alerted other countries.
In everyone's mind, red rain was synonymous with the apocalypse. Some people online believed it, some didn't, but no one dared to gamble. Even the slowest among them wasn't far from the base, and they all sped up their journey, fearing the rain would start earlier than expected.
The members of Simon Hui's team also became uneasy. When they passed Base No. 5, a small number of them left the team and chose to join the base, which led to a dispute and even bloodshed.
Ximen Hui's "spatial ability" failed, resulting in the loss of many supplies and a significant drop in his prestige within the team. Coupled with his recent unpredictable temper, many who were initially determined to follow him to build the base began to back out. Under Hong Yu's threat, they finally snapped.
Simon Hui looked at the group of traitors with extremely cold eyes, a cold smile on his lips, but then suddenly shouted and collapsed, clutching his forehead.
001 had been watching his movements closely, and seeing this, she was completely confused. Remembering that the spot he pressed seemed to be the place where Di Xiu had drawn a talisman before, she asked, "Little Xiu Xiu, is it because of the talisman you drew?"
Di Xiu glanced at the screen and responded with a "Mm".
"What is he going to do?"
"I have no idea."
With Ximen Hui gone, more than half of the remaining people left, bringing the total to about five or six hundred.
Between a base that was nowhere in sight and one that was right in front of them, under the shadow of the red rain, they chose the latter. They dared not gamble on what terrifying things the world would become in the next moment, or on whether they could survive.
With the countdown nearing its end, everyone, having received advance notice and with the roads still relatively clear, entered the base, trembling with despair as they waited for the official version of the apocalypse to load into this world.
Simon Hui eventually joined Base Five in order to gather information. He wanted to know if "Wang Hao" had told the authorities about the second Red Rain event and to find out "Wang Hao's" whereabouts.
Chu Rongrong and her brother also entered Base No. 5. It remains to be seen what kind of sparks will fly when this former heroine meets her true love.
Before the apocalypse, building bases across the country capable of accommodating all survivors within a month was unthinkable. But after the apocalypse, with the nation's all-out effort and the cooperation of various superhumans, the bases were already taking shape before the second red rain fell, at least providing shelter from the wind and rain and protection against zombies.
With Di Xiu's advance warning, each base cleared out the plants within and around their premises. The wood-type ability users huffed and puffed as they moved the trees away, and all living things except humans were driven away, including small animals such as cats and dogs that some people still refused to give up.
In this timeline, Simon Hui didn't join any base, but he knew about the rain and that plants and animals could mutate, so he was prepared and his team didn't suffer significant losses. However, the various bases and other people lingering outside were caught completely off guard and suffered heavy losses in the attacks.
Like humans, animals have also mutated into two branches, known as alien beasts and corpse beasts. Both may have superpowers. Corpse beasts, like zombies, can turn any living creature they bite into into a corpse.
The plants have no direction of becoming corpses. The effects of the turbid air on them are mainly manifested as strong aggression and corrosive and toxic sap, while the spiritual air makes them show signs of becoming spirits.
The sky was dark and red rain fell all over the world, casting a terrifying shadow over everything. It was eerily quiet everywhere except for the base. The fearful people, led by the soldiers, began to sing revolutionary songs.
They may not be able to work together, but in that moment of speaking in unison, they draw strength from unity.
Everyone cried their eyes out and sang with all their might. Their voices burst out of the base and resounded throughout the world.
...
The moment Di Xiu got out of the car, his hair was soaked. Red rainwater flowed down his neck and into his down jacket, but instead of the coldness of the rain, it felt like being soaked in a hot spring. Every pore opened up, greedily absorbing the spiritual energy in the rainwater.
He nimbly and deftly climbed onto the roof of the car, gazing at Base Eleven a kilometer away. The torrential red rain blurred everything, but it couldn't drown out the loud singing.
He felt the rich spiritual and turbid energy brought by the rain, and waved to the three people who got out of the car behind him.
"Make the most of your time to cultivate."
Spiritual rain is a rare and precious occurrence; this particular rain makes cultivation at least ten times more effective than usual.
He has already passed on the cultivation techniques to them. An Yao's special ability currently appears to be purely supportive, lacking significant combat power, and she also needs to focus on body-refining techniques.
There was a large truck nearby, and the three of them climbed onto it without hesitation.
The roof of the car was wet and slippery from the rain. In addition, the three of them were somewhat afraid of heights, so they didn't dare to stand up after getting on. They crawled to keep their distance from each other, and then sat cross-legged to meditate, guiding the energy in their bodies to flow in accordance with the requirements of the exercise, thereby attracting the spiritual energy from the outside world.
Along the highway, several trees have begun to grow taller and more lush, their branches stretching out as if they were people stretching after just waking up.
The bushes at the foot of the tree didn't seem to be doing anything, but if you looked away for a while and then looked back, you would find that there were more small flowers than you had noticed.
The red rain continued, and green gradually appeared in the city, a color representing vitality. However, as it appeared and spread, it caused the collapse of an office building. It is unknown what its deep-rooted roots have grown into.
It's quite remarkable that it can grow so fast; it's truly blessed by nature and has extraordinary talent. Looking around, there's only one like it.
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