Chapter 47
"A level six zombie has appeared at the north gate!"
"The zombies have breached the east wall. Now we're relying on the barrier to keep the zombies out of the base. The barrier's energy consumption is drastically increasing!"
"The leader of the Rose Ability Group, who is in charge of the South City Gate, was besieged by four Level 5 zombies, and his right arm was torn off. Several other Level 4 psychics in the Rose Ability Group were also besieged. Currently, several of the Rose Ability Group's powerful members have had their power cores damaged."
Just as Base Commander Fang arranged for people to detain Deputy Base Commander Qian and others, he heard some bad news.
He first asked about the area with the most serious situation: "What's the situation at the South City Gate now?"
"I'll go to the South Gate to provide support." Gu Yuan, who was about to go to the North Gate, spoke at the same time as Base Captain Fang.
The anxious voice on the other end of the communicator paused for a moment, and there was the sound of something falling to the ground. Someone could also be vaguely heard saying something in surprise.
Soon, the messenger's voice, a mixture of shock and bewilderment, was heard: "The level six zombie at the north gate was killed by lightning!"
"Killed by lightning?" Captain Fang was also a little surprised. That was a level six zombie. To kill it in one strike, it must be a psychic of at least level seven or above, right?
When did the base have a lightning-type mutant above level seven?
Captain Fang quickly asked, "Did you see who did it?"
Gu Yuan, who was about to change direction and head towards the South City Gate, paused, thinking of something, and asked, "Did it fall from the dark clouds in the sky?"
The messenger, who was about to explain, was stunned when he heard this and subconsciously asked, "Captain Gu, how did you know that?"
It really is related to my sister!
When his sister left earlier, she had told him through voice transmission that he didn't need to worry about the zombie tide at the north gate and that he could withdraw some people to support other places.
Gu Yuan was now completely relieved. The level six zombies at the north gate had been eliminated, and his sister was there. He could go directly to the south gate for support without affecting the overall situation.
But before he could take two steps, he heard the messenger say in astonishment, "That cloud of lightning just arrived at the East City Gate, killing a large number of zombies, and now it's heading towards the South City Gate."
As soon as the words fell, someone shouted over there, "Several level five zombies at the South Gate were also hacked to death!"
Both Chief Fang and Gu Yuan were shocked.
The former had a vague guess, and the latter knew some inside information, but neither of them had expected things to develop to this point.
Chief Fang looked at Gu Yuan and asked his guess: "Was it that Lord Xi who did it?"
Gu Yuan: "... should be."
Compared to his previous surprise, he couldn't help but feel a little worried now: Will it have any impact on his sister if she goes through the thunder tribulation like this?
"Gu Qi", also known as Lan Lan, who had been quietly standing beside him, lost focus for a moment. After coming to her senses, she tugged at the corner of Gu Yuan's clothes.
"...Brother, Lady Xi asked me to tell you that the space ring she just gave you contains the Limb Regeneration Pill. If you take it within half an hour of being injured, it will allow your missing limbs to regrow. There is also the Recovery Pill, which can heal damaged superpower cores."
"Lord Xi also told you to arrange for the city guards to rest and only leave a few on guard. No zombies will be able to approach the city walls within three hours."
Outside the base wall, a huge dark cloud flashing with lightning was floating in the low sky, looking very scary.
A few minutes ago, the thundercloud that seemed to have the power to destroy the world made everyone in the base feel uneasy. Some even wondered if this was a punishment from heaven, and whether God wanted to destroy their base.
In particular, some level five or even level six zombies suddenly appeared everywhere, and many people with special abilities were seriously injured. Unfortunately, there were only a few medicines left in the base, and the magical pills that Mr. Xi sent a few days ago were almost used up.
Now it's not just people who are panicking, some are even beginning to feel despair.
Can they really hold the base?
Is there really any way out for humanity?
Many people had these two thoughts in their minds, and the atmosphere in the entire base became very depressing.
Until the dark clouds that seemed to be brewing something brought down a huge thunderbolt, which landed on the level six zombie outside the north city gate, killing it directly, leaving only a ball of charcoal in its place.
In the lightning, some people vaguely saw a figure floating in the air, but more people noticed the thunderclouds and the zombies killed by lightning.
When the thundercloud drifted away, it struck down the zombies that were about to climb up the city wall, and the zombies that were frantically attacking the barrier at the East Gate. Then it struck down the several level 5 zombies that were destroying the combat power at the top of the South Gate...
The despair in the eyes of the people defending the city faded, and a light called hope shone.
Someone pointed directly below the thundercloud and exclaimed, "There really is someone!"
Under the huge dark thundercloud, there was a thin figure, hovering in the air with his feet on something.
As the man moved, the thunderclouds moved with him, and from time to time a huge thunderbolt struck down.
The huge thunder went towards the man, but he dodged it quickly. However, the huge thunder did not dissipate. Instead, a chain of thunder was formed between the thundercloud and the ground, chasing towards the man.
No zombie survived in the places they passed through, and they cleared a path through the dense tide of zombies.
Such pursuits usually only lasted a few seconds before the huge thunder caught up with the figure and struck her.
To be precise, it should be enveloped in it, which looks very scary and makes people worry for the other party.
Judging from the huge thunder that was still moving and the many people who were turned into charcoal, the man was not seriously injured.
"What the hell!" The delighted person suddenly exclaimed, "Why is the thunder coming towards us?"
Some people subconsciously stepped back, while others turned around and tried to escape.
Level five and six zombies would turn into charcoal in seconds under the huge thunder. If the thunder hit them, I'm afraid only residue would be left, or even nothing at all.
The crowd's panic did not last long.
But in the blink of an eye, the pursuing giant thunder reached the edge of the base wall, and then it turned a corner!
In other words, the person being chased by Lei turned a corner.
With great precision, it circled along the base wall with a huge thunder, chopping the zombies that were climbing up or simply tearing down the wall into slag. A faint light could be seen flashing in the charcoal.
Someone couldn't help swallowing and exclaimed quietly, "So many crystal cores!"
Others watched the huge thunder drift away, obviously preparing to deal with the zombies on other locations near the city wall, and they couldn't help feeling greedy.
An idea popped up in his mind: If he went down now, wouldn't there be crystal cores all over the ground that he could pick up at will?
So many crystal cores, are they enough for him to level up several times?
"What do you want to do?" Someone suddenly held his hand and said coldly, "Hand it over. Those crystal cores belong to that mysterious boss."
It turned out that a greedy person had secretly used his supernatural power to roll up the crystal core, wanting to take it for himself.
As soon as he moved, he was discovered.
The psychic in charge of this area confiscated the crystal core he had just stolen and shouted, "If anyone dares to steal it, don't blame me for throwing you into the zombie pile."
"I might not be able to keep an eye on everything, but don't forget there's a photo stone nearby recording everything. Once we check, we'll be able to find out who did what."
As soon as the person in charge said this, the greedy thoughts that had just arisen in the hearts of those people instantly dissipated, and their minds that had been overwhelmed by the numerous crystal cores also returned to clarity.
"What? Someone actually picked up the crystal cores secretly. Isn't that too shameless?" Someone looked at the person who picked up the crystal cores with disdain.
"You're not afraid of being struck by lightning, you're a big shot who plays with lightning!"
The people around the man who stole the crystal core quietly moved away, their eyes filled with contempt or disgust.
"I... will go and receive the punishment after it's over." The man lowered his head with a pale face. Greed had long since faded away, leaving only regret in his mind.
The person in charge nodded and gave a warning look to the people around him.
Some people couldn't help but speculate: "Is that mysterious boss the immortal cultivator from the novel? Is that thunder cloud actually him undergoing a tribulation?"
"I think so too. It's the end of the world. There are people with superpowers, mutated plants and mutated beasts. It doesn't seem impossible that a cultivator will appear." Someone echoed.
"But don't novels say that transcending tribulation is very dangerous? But why does that mysterious boss seem to be playing around with me?"
All the zombies near the city wall were cleared out, and those farther away were either impossible to attack or difficult to attack. The people guarding the city had some free time for a while and couldn't help but talk about it.
Someone suddenly exclaimed, "Why do I feel like that mysterious boss who slipped the mines is Master Xi, the owner of the Jiucang Grocery Store?"
"It's all pitch black, and there's blinding lightning. How can you see clearly?"
The man turned around, pointed at his red eyes and said, "I've awakened my visual ability, and I can barely see clearly, but my eyes are a little weak."
"Let me see..." The psychic who had also awakened his visual ability looked in the direction of the thundercloud. After a moment, he said with red eyes, "It's Master Xi!"
The man still had a puzzled look on his face, and said uncertainly, "Master Xi seems to be giving the thundercloud... the middle finger?"
"Yes, yes, I saw it too." The visual psychic in front nodded and said, "I seem to see what Xi-sama is saying, but unfortunately I can't read lips."
What is Gu Qi talking about?
She rode on her flying sword, dodging the lightning, raised her middle finger and challenged the thundercloud, "Can you do this? Why are you striking slower and slower?"
Watching her carefully guide the lightning, then avoid it to kill the zombies, and then complain that the lightning wasn't striking fast enough and challenge it, Jiu Cang's mind was filled with only one sentence -
Aqi is so cute like this!
If Jie Lei knew what Jiu Cang was thinking at the moment, he would probably want to strike him down as well.
Jie Lei:??? Are you polite?
Unfortunately, Jie Lei didn't know about it, but Lei Yun did respond to Gu Qi's provocation.
A bolt of lightning, bigger than any before, struck down. From a distance, it looked as if a hole had appeared in the sky, with lightning pouring down from it.
Gu Qi quickly adjusted his position, continued to lead the lightning to strike the zombies, and took out a pill from time to time and swallowed it.
It was obvious that escaping the robbery was not as easy for her as it seemed.
Although the intensity of the thunder tribulation was weaker than when she had experienced the Nascent Soul thunder tribulation in the world of immortal cultivation, it was not something that could be dealt with casually. She was able to dodge the thunder tribulation like this thanks to the layer of golden light of merit on her body.
When the thunder struck her, no part of her body, from her skin to her bones and blood to her meridians, was left unharmed.
If someone looked closely, they would find that her skin was cracked from time to time, and then repaired in the next second. The power of lightning was flowing in her blood, meridians, and bones, constantly destroying and repairing them.
There was even a burning smell around Gu Qi, and his hair changed from long and smooth hair to a big afro. However, with the spiritual power, it soon became thick again.
The new one becomes softer and tougher than before.
In Gu Qi's dantian, the Hunyuan golden elixir gradually changed.
This change was not fast, but it was steady. It gradually transformed from a golden elixir glowing with purple light into a little man exactly like Gu Qi.
As one thunderbolt after another fell, zombies were struck to death one after another, especially the high-level zombies. No matter they appeared on their own or hid, they were all struck to death by the thunderbolts led by Gu Qi.
Because of Gu Qi's behavior, the thunderclouds tended to expand, and the thunder that struck down became more ferocious than the last, as if they were going to tear the sky and earth apart.
The people on the base's walls couldn't help but worry as they watched the increasingly powerful thunder, the gradually expanding thunderclouds, and the terrifying lightning brewing within them.
At this time, no one noticed that in the places where the thunder passed, only zombies died. Not only was there no trace of burning on the ground, but there were spots of green instead.
"Huh?" Gu Qi looked surprised and raised his head to look upwards.
She discovered that not only was there a golden light of merit descending from the sky one after another, but also strands of unfamiliar energy were entering her body.
The unfamiliar energies gave her a strong feeling, a ray of spiritual power that was thousands of times more powerful, yet extremely gentle, like warm sunshine.
The influx of these strange energies made her Nascent Soul formation much faster and more solid.
Jiu Cang, who had been silently watching from the side, spoke up to clear her confusion: "It's the power of faith."
Jiu Cang lowered his eyes and looked in the direction of the Hope Base. A golden light flashed in his black eyes. He saw many people praying for something. Wisps of faith floated towards Aqi, adding more strength to her overcoming the tribulation.
The thunder became stronger than before, killing more zombies, but when it fell on Gu Qi, it no longer hurt as much as before.
If the pain from being struck by lightning before was similar to the pain from her marrow cleansing and tendon cutting, now it was less than half as painful, and it couldn't even be called pain.
At least for Gu Qi, this little bit of pain wasn't enough to make her frown.
The Nascent Soul was about to be formed. Gu Qi looked at the thunderclouds above his head that were gradually fading, and an idea came to his mind.
She replaced the ordinary flying sword under her feet with her life spirit sword, and her speed immediately increased to a higher level. She was able to distance herself from the last lightning that had just struck.
Gu Qi quickly dodged the lightning and guided it to move among the zombies.
The people on the city wall felt that in the blink of an eye, thunderclouds dragged thunder and swayed in the zombie group, splitting one empty path after another. Due to the fast speed, the surrounding zombies had no time to fill the gaps.
"What is that?!" someone exclaimed, pointing at the empty paths.
I saw that the empty paths that were split out formed a sentence -
Oh~ That’s not enough?
“Boom!”
There was an explosion in the thundercloud, as if it was angry. The thundercloud that was about to disperse condensed again, and the energy condensed in it was so strong that people dared not look directly at it.
Looking at Gu Qi's actions, Jiu Cang couldn't help but fall silent.
Fortunately, Aqi is now considered the daughter of Heaven, otherwise if someone else had provoked her like this, it would not have been an ordinary thunder with such power... Huh?
Jiu Cang looked puzzled. Why did he know that Aqi was now Tiandao’s biological daughter?
He looked carefully at Gu Qi, who was causing the thunder to run around the Hope Base, and frowned slightly. Jiucang was sure that he only saw the faint purple-gold causal line after he had those thoughts.
But when he wanted to think about it carefully, he was once again blocked by the chaotic memory fragments attached to the power of time and space. He was unable to touch it, and naturally could not see more.
By the time Gu Qi finally stopped, there were only a few zombies left surrounding the Hope Base.
The thunderbolt finally fell on her.
Gu Qi closed his eyes and was about to mobilize his spiritual power to repair his body that was damaged by the thunder. However, the expected pain did not come, and it was not even as painful as any previous thunder.
Or it could not be called pain. It was clearly a destructive thunderbolt, but after it fell on her, it turned into repairing, repairing the injuries on her body that had not been healed due to the exhaustion of the golden light of merit.
It's like taking a slightly hot bath.
Gu Qi opened his eyes in confusion, and when he looked up, he saw bursts of muffled "boom" sounds coming from the thunderclouds, which finally dispersed unwillingly and helplessly.
Don't ask her how she could see the reluctance and helplessness in the thunderclouds. Her intuition told her that the thunderclouds were expressing anger towards a certain existence.
Before the thunderclouds completely dissipated, spiritual rain emitting golden light fell and a rainbow appeared in the sky.
"Is this a success?"
"Wow! There's a rainbow, make a wish!"
"I hope the apocalypse will pass soon!"
"Make a wish and pick up a high-potential seed!"
"Find your parents soon..."
"All monsters are dead!"
“…”
Looking at the people below who had come alive, Gu Qi's lips curled up slightly.
Soon she couldn't help rubbing her ears, trying to weaken her hearing which had become more acute after her breakthrough.
Just as she was about to ride the flying sword back to the base, a ball of golden light of merit fell from the sky.
Seeing something coming towards him, Gu Qi subconsciously braked. No, it was the brake sword.
She didn't feel any pain when the golden ball of light hit her. It was like sinking into soft clouds, or falling into warm water, and she felt a little light and floating as if she was suspended in the air.
At this moment, the wind seemed to stop.
She heard the tiny sounds of seeds breaking through their shells and sprouting from the soil, and seemed to see fields laden with fruit under a clear sky, and clean, clear streams flowing through her fingertips...
But when Gu Qi opened his eyes, the sky was still gray. In the distance, strange-looking mutated plants were approaching this side. Further away, the river water was black, and one could almost smell the stench of decay in it.
There is still a long way to go.
Gu Qi sighed in his heart, there is still a lot to do.
If possible, she would still prefer to live in a place with green mountains and clear water, with fresh air and a blue sky. As it is now, even if her cultivation level improves rapidly, it can't bring her much joy.
His eyes swept across the place struck by lightning, and when he saw the green spots hidden under the zombie corpses that had been chopped into pieces, Gu Qi's eyes flashed slightly.
Suppressing all the thoughts in his mind, Gu Qi flew into the base on his sword.
What was different from the past was that this time she did not hide her figure. Since she had been seen by so many people, there was no need to hide.
Besides, she had another idea in her mind. If possible, maybe she could really see the day when the sky was no longer gray.
Quietly digging out a piece of soil that had been struck by lightning and had sprouted new shoots, Gu Qi flew into the base on his sword.
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