Chapter 322 The Hunting Ground
When Ma Chao returned to Shangguan City, his mindset was completely different.
Last time, they thought they had a simple task and incredible luck. As soon as they entered Shangguan City, they found the Black Cube, and their team happily took the Black Cube back with them.
They thought they were blessed by the heavens and had incredible luck.
Reality tells them that what they call good luck is actually a bigger trap waiting for them.
How can a black cube that looks exactly the same as the one in the message be fake?
Ma Chao and his entire team were beaten up and almost died in the Fierce Bear Base. Just as they were recovering from their injuries, they were sent to Shangguan City to search for the Black Cube.
The difference is that this time, it wasn't just a dozen or so people who came, but a whole thousand.
Their base commander has spoken: this time, they must find the real Black Cube.
In order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the last time, they obtained more information about the black cube.
Ma Chao pondered for a moment, "How could such a small black cube cause such a large-scale evolution of zombies in Shangguan City? What exactly is this thing?"
The skinny monkey next to him complained, "Why didn't they tell us sooner that the black cubes could cause zombie evolution? If they had told us last time, we would have checked them more carefully when we found them in the suburbs. At the very least, we would have looked further into areas with more level-two zombies and found that there were fake black cubes."
They told us everything, then sent us out on a mission. If anything went wrong, they blamed it all on us. My injuries are still hurting! Damn it.
Those nearby chimed in with complaints, “Who says otherwise? Their information is wrong; we’re just innocent victims.”
Ma Chao comforted them, "Forget it, we were just unlucky last time. This time, with so many of us, we're sure to find the black cube."
The skinny monkey complained, "What exactly does the Creation Base want with the Black Cube? Is it because it can make zombies evolve?"
Ma Chao shook his head, "That's beyond our knowledge."
The convoy slowly drove into Shangguan City. When they arrived at an area with a high concentration of zombies, they parked the vehicles in one spot, and thousands of superhumans charged directly into the city.
They gained a lot from this mission, such as the level 2 zombie cores they hunted, which were all theirs.
The Fierce Bear Base has always received power-enhancing fluids from the Creation Origin Base, and most of the power users in the Fierce Bear Base can drink some of it.
As a result, the superhumans at the Fierce Bear Base are all quite strong, mostly at the intermediate level.
But Shangguan City is no pushover either.
Since Dawn Base started selling ability enhancement fluid, anyone who has the ability to obtain some crystal cores prioritizes buying ability enhancement fluid for themselves to drink in order to improve their strength.
In addition, those superhumans who participated in the selection, although they failed to join the Dawn Base, still obtained genuine level-two crystal cores from the zombies they hunted.
This has resulted in the fact that the strength of the superpowered individuals in Shangguan City is now quite high.
With the help of the ability enhancement fluid, many have reached the intermediate level, and quite a few have even reached the fifth or sixth level of ability users.
In the past, the superpowered individuals in Shangguan City only cared about surviving.
Things are completely different now. They're busy every day, killing zombies to find crystal cores and buying ability-enhancing liquids, all in the hopes of raising their strength to level six so they can apply to join the Dawn Base and live a peaceful, idyllic life.
In addition, the crystal core production rate in Shangguan City is currently very high, so they are working very hard.
Many people with superpowers have turned this promotion process into a career.
So when they heard there was a faster way to obtain the ability enhancement fluid, the ability users in Shangguan City rushed to the Dawn Base as if it were a big holiday to inquire about the situation.
The large open space in front of Dawn Base became noisy again, with people going back and forth asking what had happened.
Tao Yarong's voice resounded throughout the venue through the speakers, "Greetings, superhumans! Dawn Base has an external mission today. A group of superhumans from outside the city have entered Shangguan City in the past two days. They all have one thing in common: bear tattoos on the back of their hands."
Kill them, and bring back their tattooed severed hands. Each severed hand can be exchanged for a dose of power-enhancing fluid.
The scene instantly erupted in cheers.
"What? You can exchange one power-enhancing fluid for just one hand? Killing zombies requires killing hundreds or even thousands of level-two zombies to get one power-enhancing fluid, but killing one person only requires killing one person to get one. This event is great, it's such a good deal."
"There's a bear tattoo on the back of his hand. Isn't that a mark only superhumans at the Fierce Bear Base have?"
"I've long heard that Dawn Base and Fierce Bear Base have a grudge. Last time, when people from Fierce Bear Base came to cause trouble, they were all killed by the Dawn Base commander. Now it seems that the grudge between them is quite significant."
"Forget about them, as long as we get the ability enhancement fluid, that's enough. If the Fierce Bear Base really wants to settle scores, they should settle them with the Dawn Base. We'll just kill people and get the ability enhancement fluid."
Upon receiving the news, the superhumans all rushed towards Shangguan City.
Shangguan City is now like a hunting ground, and the superhumans from the Fierce Bear Base are the prey.
In addition to these people, the guards who were building houses in the Dawn Base also received a mission to go to Shangguan City to hunt down people from the Fierce Bear Base.
This kind of good deal—getting to kill someone for a power-enhancing liquid—shouldn't just benefit outsiders; our own people should get involved too.
Reizhe said to the neatly lined-up guards, "Forget about building the houses. Go hunt down the people at the Fierce Bear Base first. One hand for one bottle of power-enhancing fluid. This is a stroke of luck."
"After joining Dawn Base, the ability enhancement fluid won't just go into your pockets for nothing. How far you can grow will depend on your own efforts."
Facing their first mission, the guards were filled with high spirits: "Kill! Kill! Kill! The power-enhancing fluid is beckoning us!"
After hearing what Lei Zhe said, the members of the guard rushed into the city as fast as they could.
They were afraid that if they were even a step too slow, there wouldn't be enough heads to go around.
After the guards left, Lei Zhe took out his phone and made a message in the Dawn Squad group chat.
"What are you all doing? Hurry up and go kill some zombies at Shangguan City! There are over a thousand heads that aren't enough to go around. If you're late, they're all gone. Isn't this faster than killing zombies?"
Upon receiving the news, the members of the Dawn Squad immediately panicked.
Just as Lei Zhe said, the ability enhancement fluid wasn't free. If they wanted it now, they would have to buy it from Meng Shiwan using crystal cores.
Now that they have such a good opportunity to obtain the ability enhancement fluid, how could they possibly let it go?
Tao Yarong: "They're here! Let's go, let's team up, we'll kill them faster."
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