Chapter 176: Frequent Outings
This outing took about a week, and they completed two S-level missions.
However, during this period, they also encountered a fourth-level fusion zombie that was not on the S-level mission list, so they killed it. I don’t know if there will be any rewards for reporting it back.
The four people who had a rich harvest once again brought a large truck of supplies back to the base. After submitting the mission, the rest was theirs, and then they drove directly to Tianxiang’s site to count, and at the same time took back the crystal cores they helped sell last time.
After more than a week of harvest, there were also several thousand crystal cores. Yun Shuhuai was very satisfied. This greatly increased the speed at which she obtained crystal cores, and upgrading was just around the corner.
This time, Yun Shuhuai did not drive the truck he had taken out at first. It was still in Tianxiang's hands, and when they came back, they drove a bigger truck, which could hardly fit next to their house.
It was really troublesome not to be able to use the space in the base, so Yun Shuhuai had no choice but to decide to drive it out next time and put it in the space after going out.
Ye Ren came back earlier, and Xi Ling had already rested and started to do tasks in the base.
Yanyu and Tianxiang had gone out not long ago, and Liang Yi was not there, so Yun Shuhuai handed the supplies to Lin Yan and Fang Ruxu, asking them to be responsible for arranging the sale of supplies.
She could probably guess the purpose of Yanyu and Tianxiang's going out. Although there was no overt conflict, the two forces were still secretly confronting each other.
Especially Lu Jingyu, he was absolutely eager to complete an S-level mission to prove himself and suppress Tianxiang.
The same was true for Liang Yi's going out, but Yun Shuhuai knew that she didn't care about the base ranking as much as Lu Jingyu did. She just wanted to live a good life in the end times.
This time, the Xiyanghong force once again completed two S-level missions, which greatly improved Yun Shuhuai's prestige in the base. Not only that, someone also found out that they went out to fight back and killed a third zombie with S-level strength that was not shown on the mission list, which was equivalent to them completing three S-level missions in one go!
Many forces cannot even complete an S-level mission. Even the big forces cannot complete it completely unscathed, except for Nightblade, of course. The two women also brought two children, one of whom was an ordinary person, which shows that they are very powerful.
At first, the people in the base thought that although the two new women were both fifth-level psychics, they were still women after all, and Xi Ling was a psychic with multiple attributes, one of whom could handle several.
But when they saw them complete five S-level missions in a month, they could no longer remain calm. No, that’s not right. If you include the rhino, that’s six, and one of them was upgraded to an SS-level mission.
This record is unmatched in the base. Although Night Blade has also completed many S-level missions, Sunset Red is still better in terms of frequency.
Some people in the base have already tacitly acknowledged that Sunset Red is ranked first, but there are still many people who insist that Night Blade is the first. Both sides have their own opinions, and then somehow, they started arguing.
Yun Shuhuai himself doesn't care about this ranking. What's the use of the ranking? Can it be eaten or exchanged for crystal cores?
It's just that people in the end times are just entertaining themselves. They live like livestock in this closed base. They are all survivors who have escaped from the mouths of zombies. They live in a cage-like wall called a shelter. They don't know what the future will be like. They work hard to survive. Discussing power rankings and sharing gossip are their few entertainment activities.
The same is true for Xi Ling. As a five-attribute superpower, he leveled up too fast. They became the first without knowing it. He was also hated by the second and betrayed by relatives and friends, so he almost lost his life. Xi Ling said that this was simply an unprovoked disaster. The fast leveling was his fault.
When they came back this time, Ye Ren also collected a lot of crystal cores, so Yun Shuhuai could find Xi Ling to exchange crystal cores again.
Exchanging the supernatural crystal cores for ordinary crystal cores also brought Yun Shuhuai one step closer to upgrading.
Yun Shuhuai and the other three only stayed in the base for a few days this time, and then they went out again after the base opened next time.
On average, they went out once every two weeks, and each time they were out for more than a week.
And Yun Shuhuai was not idle every time she returned to the base. She had space, and her physical strength and energy recovered faster. So after she had a good rest, she would take on some A-level tasks in the base, kill zombies or go out for patrols, and hundreds of crystal cores would be credited every day.
Yun Shuhuai's high-intensity and high-efficiency work was seen by everyone, and her influence in the military was growing. The main reason was that the soldiers simply loved her to death. With Yun Shuhuai, a fifth-level superpower, out in the field, they could save a lot of ammunition every day.
The soldiers in the waiting area at the gate also said that every time Yun Shuhuai went out or came back, they didn't have to be nervous at all, because no zombies could run in, or if they ran in, they would be killed by Yun Shuhuai before they could make a move, and the death rate of soldiers dropped significantly.
At the same time, Yun Shuhuai was different from Xi Ling. This one seemed to be easy to talk to, and he got along well with the soldiers. He never put on airs or looked down on others. Sometimes he would bring some medicine and snacks to them, which made the soldiers scramble for the position of guarding the gate when Yun Shuhuai took the mission, and they almost fought.
Within a month, Yun Shuhuai went out twice, and now it was December, the weather was getting colder, and the base had entered winter.
Although the current coldness was still normal, Yun Shuhuai knew that the extreme cold would soon come.
She didn't plan to go out for a short time after she came back this time, and she would wait until she got through the extreme cold weather.
In the past month, the supplies that Yun Shuhuai brought back gradually turned into warm things such as cotton-padded clothes, quilts, and blankets, which filled up three large trucks.
Many of these things were also made in the clothing shop in the space. She had planted dozens of plots of cotton in advance, and the yield was very high. She didn't need much, so selling them would at least prevent too many people from freezing to death this winter.
These things sold very well in the base, and the military also distributed them to ordinary people who couldn't afford them.
Some time ago, the military also went out to bring back a lot of warm supplies. Of course, they suffered heavy casualties, and the number of people who returned was one-third less.
On a winter night, a cold wind was blowing outside, the trees were all bare, and the fallen leaves were flying in the wind, creating a bleak scene.
Yun Shuhuai stayed in the warm room, sitting on a comfortable recliner, holding a cup of hot tea and playing small games.
Now it was getting dark earlier and earlier. Before five o'clock, the lights in the buildings in the distant community were all on, but there were still many people walking on the road outside because it was not time to get off work yet.
Yun Shuhuai was lying on the chair, swaying comfortably. Suddenly, she heard a commotion outside. She stood up and looked outside. The first thing she saw was that the lights on the residential buildings had all gone out for some reason, and it was dark outside.
She opened the balcony door and walked out, and then faintly heard someone shouting, "The power is out?!!"