Chapter 111 Apocalyptic Fall, Zombie Siege 22
The journey from the grassland to the Peace Base is not long; before the apocalypse, it was only a 3-hour high-speed train ride. However, now that the road signs have been destroyed, driving there is much slower.
Leading the way was a large, extended van. Inside seemed to be two families: three women, four men, and two children. The two men were both tall, muscular burly men, and no one on the street dared to approach them.
Following behind this car were two SUVs. One of them was a young man with his elderly mother. The old lady was quite old, around seventy years old, but her real age was hard to tell, perhaps because she had worked too hard after the apocalypse.
The second car belonged to a young couple. The boy and girl were both very quiet and took turns driving. These three cars must have come from the same place. Although they didn't talk much to each other, they looked after each other and didn't leave anyone behind along the way.
Luo Shu and Zhao Qingshu followed behind them, keeping a distance of about ten meters. This relatively safe distance prevented the car in front from driving them away. In the apocalypse, having more people around can sometimes be safer.
Now that the scorpion and vine have both been upgraded, the scorpion can shrink to the size of a millstone, and the vine can speak directly. At this moment, the scorpion is sitting in the passenger seat, its black bean eyes looking dizzy. It didn't feel it when it was on the roof, but now that it's inside the car, it really feels dizzy!
The vines heard every cell in the scorpion's body howling in agony; it, the mutated crystal scorpion, was actually carsick.
It would occasionally chime in with, "Dizzy, vomit."
With an extremely limited vocabulary, it can currently only express its emotions using single words.
Zhao Qingshu remained expressionless. As long as Wang didn't get carsick, it was fine. If Scorpion felt nauseous, he should go outside. This highway had been neglected since the apocalypse, and there were many strange objects blocking the road, making the ride very bumpy and slowing down considerably. They had been driving for three days already and still hadn't reached the Peace Base.
What Zhao Qingshu didn't know was that the man driving the van in front of them was a truck driver before the apocalypse. He knew many routes and chose routes with fewer people, mainly to avoid encountering zombies. Moreover, they would occasionally stop at service areas to replenish their supplies.
The main problem is refueling. Every time they enter a service area, it's a life-or-death struggle. Two of these men are superhumans, and they have to work together to get some food and gasoline. However, many service areas are emptied out, and they often return empty-handed, so their speed is naturally slow.
Actually, the three cars in front were also curious about Luo Shu and her group. The people in this SUV never got out of the car and followed them at a distance. When they stopped, it stopped too; when they moved, it moved too.
No one in the car got out to find something to eat.
In this situation, either the vehicle has enough food stored in it, or the person has spatial abilities and can hoard food. Either way, they are not to be trifled with. In the apocalypse, anyone who dares to travel light is definitely a powerful individual.
After driving for five days, the group finally arrived at the Ping An Base, stopping and starting along the way.
From afar, the base's city walls could be seen, towering and majestic in the open field. Outside, there were dense crowds of people queuing to enter the base, and many cars were gathered here, resembling the scene of a trip during the May Day Golden Week holiday.
This place has a lot of high technology and the most talent. After all, it had the nation's top universities and various laboratories before the apocalypse. It is also the place that restores order the fastest after the apocalypse. They have already developed a superpower detection instrument that can test the level and type of superpowers. The highest limit is level eight, and those above level eight cannot be detected for the time being.
The strongest ability user at the Peace Base is currently only at the peak of the fifth rank, far from the eighth rank, which is basically the strongest known human being.
Seeing the Ping An Base so close at hand, the people in the three cars ahead cheered. They came from a small base that had been overrun by zombies and mutated plants and animals a few days ago. They had fled to Ping An Base to escape for their lives. This base was a well-known large base in the country and it was close to them. Previously, the three families had lived together, and the eldest brother who drove the van had thought of coming to Ping An Base.
However, the journey was arduous, and their families disagreed, so they gave up. Who knew that the small base they were staying at would be suddenly breached, and no one knows how many of the six thousand people escaped.
The young couple held hands tightly, very excited. They were both superhumans, only at the second level, and tears were streaming down their faces. Their parents had died when the small base was breached, in exchange for a chance to escape.
All sorts of vehicles and people in different clothes gather here, each with their own story. They all come here simply to make a living.
At that moment, Luo Shu's car was parked behind them, the doors tightly closed, the car window tinting blocking the view of others, the tall car body standing there, silent and resolute.
The Peace Base has a total of nineteen entrances, each three meters wide. There are staff members responsible for detecting supernatural abilities, as well as guards armed with riot forks and guns. Fortunately, most people who want to enter the city are relatively well-behaved, and even those who are troublemakers are quickly apprehended by the law enforcement team.
Those law enforcement teams all have Tier 3 ranks, and the captains are even Tier 4 ranks. No one is so foolish as to run into the line of fire.
The path Luo Shu and her group were on had an empty entrance next to it, with a sign that read "Peace Base Mission Team Entry and Exit Passage".
Just as Luo Shu and the others were bored while waiting to enter the city, they saw a truck coming from a distance, entering through the very passage that was the mission passage.
A modified truck, its back covered with tarpaulin, appeared to be full of supplies, its shape revealing the cargo, making one's eyes light up.
A car followed behind, and when the door opened, seven or eight men and women stepped out. They were all dashing and imposing. The man and woman leading them were our protagonists, Xiang Xingchen and Huang Ling.
The staff at the base responsible for inspecting this passage treated the two with great respect. After all, they were the strongest ability users in the Peace Base and the two rare ability users with dual abilities of prophecy and space. Their status was much higher than that of a mere inspector like himself. Moreover, he relied on these two to obtain supplies so that he could have enough to eat, so naturally, he had to treat them with deference.
Huang Ling and Xiang Xingchen nodded, their expressions gentle and not at all arrogant. Hearing the people around them say that these two were fifth-tier and fourth-tier dual-elemental beings, they admired and envied them even more. This was the strength and confidence of the number one base!
The inspection was very thorough, as they were afraid that some mutated plants or animals might have mixed in with the supplies and caused a disaster in the base. Of course, what was taken out was what was on the surface; the rest were kept in Huang Ling's space. You can't just ask for it without their permission.
Water that is too clear has no fish. You have to find the right balance so that people will keep working for you, right?
The staff quickly detected Luo Shu's car. Zhao Qingshu got out of the car first. The tall, handsome guy wearing brown sunglasses caused a stir as soon as he got out of the car.
Everyone who arrives at the base is travel-worn, but this handsome young man, dressed in a clean and tidy white shirt and black pants, with his good looks, is bound to attract attention.
Even Huang Ling couldn't help but glance at her a few more times, which made Xiang Xingchen a little jealous. He affectionately pinched her cheek, and the two smiled at each other, their eyes filled with deep affection.
Then everyone saw the handsome man open the back door. The SUV was very tall, and before they could see clearly, they saw a blue skirt flutter slightly, and a stunningly beautiful woman was already standing gracefully beside the car.
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