Hello guys so i am back~ I guess the break was too long, I apologize. I was ill and that too on my bday and then I got ton of assignments and projects. But I am back and that too with lots of chapters. So, enjoy…
After two days and one night, they arrived at the Lucheng base.
Along the way, they encountered a large number of people arriving at the Lucheng base carrying various-sized luggage.
Perhaps they were scared that the sudden black rain would return, so they covered their heads with clothes or pots, drooping their heads and dragging heavy steps.
Most people had pale and vegetable-colored features, appeared undernourished, and had dim eyes.
Except for an unskilled toddler who was clawing at the pot’s cover. He appeared lively and delightful, and his exhausted parents with thin cheeks on the side ignored the mischievous child, hiding their heads and turning numbly towards the Lucheng base. Walking is the primary mode of transportation in the city.
Pei Zhaozhou came from a powerful and rich interstellar country. Its territory includes several large galaxies. The number of registered planets exceeds 10,000, which does not include many uninhabitable wild stars. Even Pei Zhaozhou himself had several resource stars.
Regardless of whether the planet was rich or not, at least the people of the empire were fed and clothed, and their mental outlook was positive and enterprising. Unlike the people on this small planet, the mourning that can be seen with the naked eye is like the invisible despair under the cover of darkness flowing between.
Pei Zhaozhou felt an inexplicable weirdness in his heart and then glanced at Si Huaixi, who was staring at the pedestrians with a solemn face.
The ordinary people on this planet look so weak, but there are always some people who are so strong that makes him feel incredible. It’s a strange world. It seems that fragile and powerful coexist, and at the same time it’s precarious.
Standing in front of the towering city wall, the 28-meter-high thick wall is surrounded by a layer of sharp metal blades. Each blade protrudes more than ten or twenty centimeters in length. The sharpness makes one’s heart frightening at first glance.
This is jointly created by the earth-type and the gold-type abilities to defend against zombies.
The dense knives on the city wall looked terrifying, leaving only a small door for people to enter and exit.
People from outside crowded to the small gate.
Pei Zhaozhou looked at it from a distance. It seemed to outsiders that the wall was very defensive. In his eyes as an empire major general who had commanded countless offensive and defensive battles, he had already seen many flaws in an instant and thought of a dozen ways to improve the defense of this base.
The Zhibrain Yinhu also analyzed and said,
‘Master, this world is backward. The prehistoric artifacts displayed at the Imperial Museum seem to be at least three hundred years behind the empire in terms of technology. The master wants to make a spaceship and give it to Mr. Si to leave this backward planet. It may not be so easy. The level of industry is far less than in the empire. I don’t know whether to strike iron like primitive people?’
Pei Zhaozhou denied: ‘Guns can be made here, there is an industrial foundation, and the rest can be upgraded by me. The only concern… Silver Arc, how is my body’s condition today?’
Yin Huo replied with some excitement: ‘Master, since your last susceptibility period was advanced, Yin Huo was terrified and worried, but afterward, your physical condition slightly improved… and there was also a small pheromone in the body. The increase in amplitude caused Yinhuo to think that the host’s susceptibility period was advanced again and almost planned to wake you up. But it seemed that it had not reached that critical value.’
Pei Zhaozhou frowned suspiciously: ‘When did I almost have another susceptibility period?’
Silver Arc: ‘Just last night, the master slept too hard, and the alpha pheromone overflowed without knowing it, but Mr. Si took good care of you all night.’
Pei Zhaozhou’s eyes became even more confused, thinking of the weird dream that he had last night, and dreaming of the embarrassing side of Si Huaixi hitting his susceptible period, it was real?
Maomao suddenly panicked.
Pei Zhaozhou subconsciously suppressed the panic in his heart, continued to calm down, and asked Silver Arc important things: ‘How long can my body last?’
He was running out of time, and seeing the backward technology of this apocalyptic base made him even more anxious.
As the highest-level intellectual brain in the interstellar empire, it is the top batch in terms of operating speed, storage, and computing functions. But the intellectual brain Silver Arc unexpectedly paused for a while and finally analyzed a hypothesis.
‘Master, haven’t you found it? Since the last time you broke out of the susceptibility period in front of Mr. Si, you have not only failed to die as the doctor said, the pheromone riot, your body function collapsed, but you have slightly improved. You must know that you are in the technologically advanced interstellar empire. The situation has been deteriorating and has never improved!’
‘Initially, Silver Arc was not sure, but since the host’s susceptibility period almost broke out last night, Silver Arc has been paying attention to your physical value and found a slight improvement.’
Pei Zhaozhou’s heart was beating, and the blood that had been silent for a long time began to flow again.
‘Silver arc, what do you mean?’
Yinhu said excitedly: ‘Yes! Master, when you come to this world, you must be so kind to the master and give you a glimmer of life. Silver Arc suspects that there is a wonderful magnetic field or substance in this world that can cure the master’s terminal illness of your pheromone disorder.’
‘Master, as long as you find out what that substance is you may not die.’
—He might not die?
After being tortured by brutal fate so many times, he was about to end his life in despair when he found a ray of hope.
Although Pei Zhaozhou believed he would be pleased to hear Zhibrain Silver Arc’s remarks, there was a hint of worry, bewilderment, and concern in his heart.
People who succumb to fate are unexpectedly blessed by fate.
It felt like a villain had transformed into a protagonist, which astonished him.
Pei Zhaozhou did not have the same compassionate excitement as Zhi Brain Yin Arc, but he remained cool and remarked, ‘Then I can live longer.’
It was only then that he noticed Si Huaixi beside him, walking with his long legs unhurriedly side by side, as if to accommodate him, a patient who had recently gotten a fever.
When Pei Zhaozhou requested a sudden halt, Si Huaixi did not hesitate and slowed down looking at him with deep blue eyes of concern and caring.
Pei Zhaozhou raised his head and met those clear sea-blue eyes; the concern in his eyes warmed his heart, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
He repeated in his heart,
‘Then a little longer…’
Pei Zhaozhou suddenly remembered something, and he hesitated for a while and asked Si Huaixi: “Did I do something strange last night?”
Si Huaixi’s pupils froze for a moment, as if what happened the night before had been revealed, and the roots of his ears flushed.
But consider this: he did not do anything wrong last night; it was Pei Zhaozhou who took the initiative first, but he compassionately noticed that Pei Zhaozhou was freezing at night and took the initiative to embrace him in his arms…in his arms…
Si Huaixi immediately got stiff and unable to move his hands. He took a few steps with stiff hands and feet but was not discovered by Pei Zhaozhou. He averted his head, implied to be cold, and replied, “No, why did you suddenly ask like this?”
He had no idea that the more nervous Si Huaixi felt, the more solemn and magnificent his handsome face became, and it was breathtaking to gaze at righteous conduct.
Pei Zhaozhou suddenly doubted what Zhibrain Silver Arc had just said. He was almost in a susceptible period last night. Did Si Huaixi still look after him?
Pei Zhaozhou shook his head, changed the subject, and returned to the Lucheng base. Now this is where he should be concerned, and said, “Nothing. Is this your Lucheng base?”
Following Pei Zhaozhou’s sight, Si Huaixi looked again at this place where he was born and grew up, and experienced countless days and nights when the base was destroyed and rebuilt, and his eyes flashed with deep and complicated meaning.
“Well, it’s here.”
Pei Zhaozhou asked: “It’s quite popular here. I think many people come from outside at the risk of being attacked by zombies. What is special about this base?”
There was a small gate outside the walls of the Lucheng base, and there was a long line of people who rushed over.
Because the number of people that the Lucheng base enters every day is limited, except for those with supernatural powers and ordinary people who have tasks to go out, they are generally not allowed to enter or leave the base casually.
To get into this base quickly, some people have lined up here for several days, and they are not afraid that zombies will come.
The front team made noises from time to time, and several adult brawny men wanted to jump into the line and enter the base as soon as possible. After a fight, forcing them to line up again, it’s probably going to be chaotic.
Si Huaixi’s eyes sank: “What’s special? It can keep people alive.”
The Lucheng base has a population of more than 300,000. The total of all the ability users is not enough to make up 10,000. It is a small and medium-sized base, but this base has a strict management system. If you find that the powers kill ordinary people for no reason, you can still Report to the supervision team, if the ability person does something too bad, they will be punished.
Before the end of the world, such a fair and just system was taken for granted by everyone.
But now, zombies have completely subverted the status of mankind.
The previous thermal weapons had an effect on zombies at first, but as zombies evolve, bullets can’t penetrate the zombie’s stiff skin, ordinary people’s strength can’t match the zombies, and they are completely reduced to lambs to be slaughtered.
If it weren’t for a very small number of ordinary people to evolve into supernatural beings, and rely on supernatural beings to resist the attacks of zombies, the humans would have been completely extinct.
Therefore, after the end of the world, the supernaturalists have a lofty status and even have privileges, all of which rely on them to fight to the death with the zombies.
In the 28 years since the beginning of the end of the world, ordinary people have become accustomed to the status of supernatural beings above them. The bases blessed by some supernatural powers are even more demanding for ordinary people to join. If they join, they will become lifelong slaves of the base and lose their lives. Freedom, even if the base asks them to die, they cannot be refused as bait to attract zombies.
Since the Lucheng base has changed several leaders, the system has become more tolerant.
At least ordinary people can be allowed to join freely, they will not be taken to death, and they have life security. When they are a full member of the Lucheng base, they will also provided a certain share of food every day.
Even if ordinary people and ability players want to leave this base someday, they only need to pay a small amount of spar to make up for the supply of materials from the base. They will not be forced to bind the ability players to one base.
This is a good thing for ordinary people, and it is also a rare good thing for people with supernatural powers.
As a supernatural person, it seems to be better than ordinary people. On weekdays, supernatural persons can enjoy the service of ordinary people at the base. They don’t need to engage in tedious work, but they face a lot of difficulties and dangers.
As soon as the base encounters a zombie attack, the ability person must bear the brunt to defend against the zombies on the front line, and the ability person cannot be infected with the zombie virus, but if they encounter a higher-level zombie, the risk of infection is very high.
Even if you murder the zombies brutally and obtain the spar in the zombie’s brain, the ability person can utilize it to absorb the energy upgradeability in the spar, which you should not take lightly. It is not a matter of failure without progress.
One of the most tragic cases is the tragedy of Nanjing Base in the 23rd year of the end of the world. Since the 21st year, there have been abilities that have broken through the 9th step, from high-level abilities to fire abilities, and the overall strength has greatly increased.
Shi Jinglue, a gold system level 9 ability powerhouse, was in charge of the Nanqing base at the time, and many other high-level ability powerhouses followed him. The deputy was likewise a level 9 ability powerhouse. It was one of China’s top ten most well-known and strong large-scale bases, housing nearly one million ordinary people along with a large population of ability users.
However, in an accidental encirclement and suppression of zombies, Shi Jinglue finally obtained a long-awaited metallic Tier 9 zombie spar.
At that time, people in China and even all over the world broke through to Tier 10. Shi Jinglue, who had been stagnating at Tier 9 for several years, was of course unwilling. He wanted to break through to Tier 10. For this reason, he took the initiative to summon the subordinates of superpowers to encircle and suppress high levels of zombies to obtain a suitable metallic spar.
A suitable zombie spar is not easy to find. Shi Jing found this 9th-order metallic spar after a few tortures. He thought it was a good thing, but he didn’t expect an accident.
Shi Jinglue broke through to rank 10, but he became a rank 10 zombie.
During the breakthrough process, Shi Jinglue transformed into a zombie, lost his humanity, and blood-washed millions of people. The supernaturalists were unable to stop Shi Jinglue, who had doubled his strength since level 10 and was murdered by him. Dig out the brain and consume the spar within.
Only a few thousand people escaped from the base with a population of one million.
This is the Nanqing base tragedy, which caused inestimable casualties in Chinese history. The culprit, Shi Jinglue, after becoming a zombie, still occupied the Nanqing base, where hundreds of thousands of zombies wandered around the base day and night. No one dared to approach, and it became a taboo place.
Since then, the Huacheng base, the capital base of China, has gathered the head of China, the most powerful ability users, countless top scientists, and the military strength of science and technology, and announced an irresistible law.
‘Once a high-level ability player breaks through to Tier 9, he must go to the Huacheng base and accept the guidance of a strong base fire ability.’
Si Huaixi suddenly frowned and stared sharply in one direction. He took out a key from his pocket, stuffed it into Pei Zhaozhou’s hand quickly and swiftly, and said, “Here is the key. You can enter my residence in the base. Wait there. After the one-day observation period, come to me.”
Pei Zhaozhou was inexplicably stuffed with a key, but he still didn’t respond, and muttered, “Why give me your key?”
Si Huaixi’s form surged up and gleamed on the 28-meter city wall, leaving just the words blown by the wind,
“I’m leaving, take the key.”
Pei Zhaozhou was taken aback by Si Huaixi’s incredible jumping abilities, and his amber golden eyes were stunned for a moment as he watched his back disappear into the sky over the city wall.
After knowing it.
The crowd panicked.
But the sound does not seem to come from outside the city wall, but from inside the city wall…
That’s inside the base.
The members in charge of monitoring the base’s entry appeared to have received some news. To calm the agitated crowd, they announced: “A zombie snake sneaked in, and it has been killed by the base’s strong power; please rest assured!”
The people calmed gradually and excitedly discussed how the ability powerhouse of Lucheng base can solve the zombie beast quickly, implying that the strength must be quite high.
The initial lifeless face radiated delight and vitality. The more powerful individuals in the base, the more guaranteed their safety.
But as Pei Zhaozhou smelled the bloody stench in the air, his eyes fell and he clenched the key in his palm.
