"Rebirth in the Apocalypse" - No Rebirth (Part 25)...
The meeting fell silent.
The time was too short; it wasn't enough for everyone to shift their thinking.
Although Ye Xiqing actually controlled the entire base, everyone was still a little unaccustomed to seeing her sitting in the main seat.
Then someone whispered a suggestion: "But they escaped from the Giant Shark Base. If we do this, won't we anger the Giant Shark Base?"
Ye Xiqing didn't even put her legs down: "Do you think we're afraid of them?"
"It's not a matter of being afraid or not. All resources at the base are currently strained. The Giant Shark Base is powerful and ruthless. What should we do if they attack us?"
Ye Xiqing turned her head to look at him and sneered, "What else can we do but fight?"
"Do you think you can stand firm in the apocalypse by just compromising? Don't forget how the Radiant Sun Base developed to where it is today."
"The reason why Huiyang Base developed so quickly is not because it was pragmatic, but because of its principle of caring for the old and helping the weak, which attracted many people who were bullied by hegemony."
"The atrocities committed by the Giant Shark Base are well-known. The victims who escaped from their base came to our doorstep, and we drove them out because we were afraid that the Giant Shark Base would kick them out. If that happens, will anyone still trust us?"
"In times of chaos, integrity comes first; without integrity, how can a person stand?"
"If you're so afraid of giant sharks, then just join them. Is this Huiyang Base's territory or the Giant Shark Base's territory?"
Everyone fell silent.
To establish authority and credibility sounds nice, but this isn't ancient times; guns can really kill.
Everyone was uneasy, each with their own thoughts, but Principal Lin, who was squeezed into a corner, was very understanding and fully agreed.
The others looked at him with disdain.
Since Lin Yao disappeared, Principal Lin's status has declined significantly. Since Lin Yao hasn't returned after so long, he probably won't be coming back.
People should have self-awareness; they wouldn't really think that an ordinary person like him could win them over with personal charm.
After his son, a dual-ability user, disappeared, Lin's father's competitiveness plummeted, and he survived entirely by being Ye Xiqing's lapdog.
Everyone looked down on him, but Ye Xiqing's current momentum meant that no one could stop her.
Even if they were very principled, they couldn't oppose any of Ye Xiqing's decisions.
...
The women who escaped from the Giant Shark base were also very uneasy.
In a moment of impulsiveness, they fled to the Huiyang Base, but whether the Huiyang Base would accept them was still unknown.
They spent a tense night, but the next day they received news that the Huiyang base had allowed them to join.
The weight lifted from everyone's hearts instantly.
It is unknown how the men at the base feel about this decision, but the women at the base are very happy.
In chaotic times, women's fates are intertwined. Some are lucky enough to join the more peaceful Radiant Sun Base and find a place to live in the Giant Shark Base, while others are less fortunate and are taken away.
Seeing them is like seeing yourself unfortunately falling into another fate; no one can remain unmoved.
The women warmly brought them food, clothing, and supplies, and injected them with a zombie virus vaccine.
Huiyang Base can now be described as a biohazard city, where zombies are used to raise fish and coexist with the virus. Ordinary people who come here should be careful of getting infected with the zombie virus.
The warmth and hospitality of the women at Huiyang Base allowed Qi Ke and her companions to once again feel the warmth of humanity.
However, when I saw the real zombie virus vaccine, and thought about how it was not far away, and how I had become a zombie to pave the way for them, I couldn't help but feel sad.
Luan Anchun gently comforted them: "The dead are gone, don't be too sad, the living must look forward."
"In this day and age, living is no easier than dying."
"Since your lives didn't end there, go and see the future."
Luan Anchun's words always have a powerful effect on people in dire straits, and the remaining women slowly rallied.
Once they regained their composure, everyone couldn't help but wonder: could they be injected with the superpower drugs from the Huiyang Base?
What they crave most now is to awaken their superpowers and never be bullied by anyone again!
Of course, many of the women who escaped from the Giant Shark base were pregnant, which perfectly met the criteria for injecting superpowered drugs. The more superpowered individuals, the better.
Even if you meet the criteria, you still need to recover your health before getting the injection.
Even mutations require physical strength.
...
Knowing that certain physical signs were required for injecting superpower drugs, these people frantically ate even the fish and mushrooms raised by zombies.
Of course, compared to the food they ate at the Giant Shark Base, the zombie fish raised at the Radiant Sun Base were truly delicious.
With food and clothing plentiful, the people, who had been like frightened birds, gradually calmed down, and their normal senses began to return.
Just as they had almost forgotten their past fears and started a new life, their fears returned: the people from the Giant Shark base came to demand their return.
It shouldn't be this late.
They had been itching to act ever since they learned that the Huiyang base had developed a zombie virus vaccine and a superpower drug.
Now that the woman from their own base has slapped them and defected to the Huiyang base, they'll definitely seize the opportunity to make trouble.
The overall style of the Giant Shark Base is violent; they will never let these runaway women go unpunished.
But Song Yiqing's zombie attack dealt them a blow that exceeded their expectations.
The most terrifying aspect of the zombie virus is its contagiousness; even living people who have been bitten by zombies can turn into zombies themselves.
Although the Giant Shark Base is a large base, it is still mostly populated by ordinary people and cannot withstand the zombie outbreak.
The number of internal enemies kept increasing, and on the way to chase after the escaped woman, they encountered a zombie horde.
The zombies attacked as soon as they smelled the scent of living people. Qi Ke and the others were only focused on running and didn't look back. Before the zombies could catch up, they were left behind, while the people from the Giant Shark Base fell right into the encirclement.
A dark, horde of zombies surged in, and no survivor could remain unmoved. Those who came to chase them cried out for their lives and fled back to the base, only to find that they had also attracted a large group of zombies to the base.
In the past, the people at the base could defend themselves, but at that time, there were also zombies inside.
The guard standing on the wall was focused on shooting at the zombies outside when he was suddenly pounced on by a zombie from behind and had his throat bitten off.
Guards bitten by zombies continued to join the battle. The guards at the gate were bitten to death, the gate was smashed open, and with the help of those inside and outside, the entire base instantly turned into a hellish place.
The leader of the giant sharks was very powerful and was one of the first awakened superhumans, but he could not withstand the zombie onslaught from both internal and external troubles.
After the chaos was quelled, nearly half of the people at the base were killed or injured, which is why Qi Ke and her group were able to escape to the Huiyang base successfully.
Even the Giant Shark Base couldn't withstand such losses. It took them a long time to clean up the mess before they angrily gathered people to confront the Radiant Sun Base.
They've gone mad; all they want is to take a piece of flesh from others to fill their own pockets.
If Huiyang Base dares to oppose them, they will skin them alive no matter what!
Fueled by this vengeful anger, the people of the Giant Shark base, armed to the teeth, came to the Glowing Sun base to demand an explanation.
The leader of the Giant Shark Base, though named Giant Shark, was a short, cute boy with a rather delicate face, like a porcelain doll.
He arrived at the gate of the Huiyang base and stood directly on the roof of the vehicle, shouting, "Tell your person in charge to come out!"
Ye Xiqing certainly wouldn't disappoint him. She slowly walked out, and when she saw the true face of the giant shark leader, she couldn't help but smile and glanced at him from head to toe: "What is it?"
The mockery in her eyes was so obvious that the shark leader's eyes darkened instantly.
He hated nothing more than people seeing his face and then ignoring him. He immediately picked up a heavy sniper rifle and threatened coldly, "You'd better not provoke me and hand over my men!"
Ye Xiqing looked at the sniper rifle in his hand with some admiration. She had heard that the Giant Shark Base had guns, but she thought they were just ordinary guns. Now she realized that they were actually very sophisticated.
But it's the end of the world, why would anyone use something like this to scare people?
Ye Xiqing slowly took off her hood and smiled at him: "Huiyang Base only has people from Huiyang Base. If you want your people, you shouldn't come here."
The giant shark leader's chest heaved, and Ye Xiqing's contempt for him burned in his heart.
He was not a rational person to begin with, and feeling displeased, he immediately gestured for his men to open fire.
Ye Xiqing couldn't accept this, and retreated without hesitation.
But a woman with a buzz cut suddenly stepped forward.
Her identity as a superhuman was obvious, but the people at the Giant Shark Base didn't take her seriously.
Superhumans are not gods; gods get tired, but they don't.
With a sniper rifle in hand, I dare to kill even a god!
She is very courageous, but Mao Hong is not a god; she is a metal-type superpowered individual who believes in science.
Knowing that the Giant Shark base had guns, Ye Xiqing and her superpowered team were definitely on guard.
During the discussion, Mao Hong proposed a concept: since bullet casings are also made of metal, could she use her metal powers to stop the casings after the bullet is fired, causing the ammunition to explode out of thin air?
Ye Xiqing turned to look at Mao Hong. Countless bullets exploded out of thin air in front of the metal-type ability user. It was like a movie-level special effects.
But is it possible to prevent it from firing at all in the first place?
Mao Hong: ...
Trying to stop a bullet as it leaves the barrel is outrageous. Can't you learn some conservation of energy? You can control metal, not energy. What do you use to counteract the high-speed kinetic energy of the gun as it leaves the barrel?
Instead of showing off such a difficult maneuver, why not just destroy the gun's structure directly?
No matter what you're trying to defend against, there has to be a threat first before you can take any precautions. Before the apocalypse, gun makers would defend against everything, but not metal-type ability users.
Catching a bullet with bare hands after it leaves the barrel is truly bizarre.
However, destroying the ignition mechanism before the bullet leaves the barrel is an easy task for metal-type ability users.
Although the people at the Giant Shark Base were ruthless, they hadn't lost their minds. They didn't intend to officially engage in combat with the Radiant Sun Base; they just wanted to make a show of force and let Ye Xiqing know that they were not to be trifled with.
But when the trigger was pulled and there was no response, the people at the Giant Shark base finally realized something was wrong.
He frantically shook his gun, only to find that everyone's guns were malfunctioning, and finally panicked.
Guns are their greatest asset in the apocalypse; without their weapons, their sense of security vanishes instantly.
Even the leader of the giant sharks couldn't fire his gun, but because he was a superhuman, he still had power even without a gun.
Looking up at Mao Hong and Ye Xiqing, he gritted his teeth and said, "Do you think only your Huiyang Base has superhumans?!"
With the gun crisis resolved, Ye Xiqing stepped out from behind Mao Hong again: "No, no, I've heard of the Shark Leader, who's ranked second on the superpower list."
"The shark leader dared to bring people to probe my gate, he must be very confident."
"But even ants can kill an elephant. Are your superhumans and our superhumans on the same level?"
Even though they already knew that the Huiyang Base had superpowered drugs and had artificially created many superpowered individuals, they still felt a sense of suffocation when they appeared together in a dark mass.
To demonstrate their strength, the Giant Shark Base brought about a hundred people to support them, but the number of ability users who came out of the Radiant Sun Base seemed to be almost the same.
With so many people, even in a university, they would have to be divided into three classes, yet every single one of them is a superhuman!
The people at the Giant Shark base finally realized that they had bitten off more than they could chew.
After realizing he couldn't kick it anymore, the giant shark leader turned to leave, but there was no movement.
Turning around, they saw that among the group of superhumans behind Ye Xiqing, there were other metal-type superhumans smiling at them.
Before the apocalypse, machines were like toys to metal-type ability users; after a snap of their fingers, they couldn't even start a car.
Ye Xiqing, leading a group of superhumans, looked at them with a smile: "I didn't just barge in here for nothing, so please leave a souvenir, Chief Shark."
Giant Shark Leader: ...
They came laden with gifts, and left penniless.
The people at the Giant Shark base walked away in silence, while the people at the Radiant Sun base celebrated their harvest. A group of people excitedly carried guns into the base, thinking, "Who says these things can only be obtained through trading?"
Handing the captured firearms and ammunition to Mao Hong, who is a metal-type ability user, is the most suitable option.
Although this thing was downgraded in the apocalypse, it is definitely still useful. Most notably, if it hadn't happened to be at the entrance of the base and encountered a group of metal-type ability users, it wouldn't have been so easy for other ability users to deal with it. We still need to study firearms.
Mao Hong was excited to take over the guns; everyone who came from the apocalypse must be interested in these things.
The people at the base were overjoyed at such a great victory. Although they had always been proud to be the largest base in Huiyang City, they had never felt such an overwhelming sense of triumph.
Everyone chanted Dr. Luo's and Captain Mao's names together, and the entire base was filled with joy.
Energy is conserved; if some people are happy, others will naturally be unhappy.
Before this, Mao Hong had a fervent suitor who wouldn't back down no matter how much she was attacked.
But now, as she stands in the center of the crowd, holding a gun, receiving everyone's attention and adoration.
That unwavering heart finally shattered quietly in the shadows.
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