“To tell you the truth, we came here all the way from the Yangtze River Base to look for our relatives.”
Hou Ying said the team’s prepared remarks.
“Yangtze River Base?!”
Brother Wu was stunned, “You guys drove all the way here? God, that must be very hard and dangerous, right?”
“Well, luckily we have guns, or else… Hey, let’s stop talking about this. Since we’ve run into each other, can I ask about the situation of the Yellow River Base? What procedures do we need to go through to enter the base and how can we find our relatives faster?”
If Dongfang Bai was in the cab instead of defending together with Ji Yao at this time, he must kneel and give the title of film emperor to Brother Hou!
Looking at his ‘hesitant to speak’ expression and listening to his life-weary tone, and then watching the young man who was fooled by Hou Ying making up a history of blood-and-tears in the north in just a few words, the calm Li Xuanyuan could not help staring at Hou Ying more. The latter sensed his gaze and immediately turned his head to face the former with what he thought was his most beautiful profile, revealing a sweet smile with no flaws.
Li Xuanyuan: “…”
Team: “…”
Enough is enough, Brother Hou!
Hou Ying exchanged names with them. Brother Wu’s name is Wu Nan, the baby-faced one was Li Dong, the black skinny one was Zhou Tianyi, the fainted one was Gao Xiaoming, and there was a woman in the team… Erm, even with Hou Ying and Qiao Daye’s discerning eyes, they didn’t find this before. Her name is Ye Huizhong, and her appearance has nothing to do with elegance. She has a neutral appearance and a haircut that was close to her scalp, almost to the point of baldness. She has not spoken a word yet.
Wu Nan was the leader of this five-person team. They were all university students, classmates from the same department, and were about the same age as Wang Hehe.
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After the introduction, Wu Nan opened his mouth and said, “The Yellow River Base has a high survivor-acceptance rate. As long as you go to the registration office in the outer city for inspection and grade classification, after a three-day observation in the shelter, if there’s no accident, you can obtain the residence right in the base. However, this is just the case in the outer city. If you want to live in the middle or the inner city, there are several restrictions, which are announced in the survivor guild and sometimes adjusted. At present, a unit in the residential area in the middle city has a minimum of 100 primary crystal cores a month. We haven’t saved enough money and still live in tents in the outer city. To apply for independent tents and land, we need to submit one crystal core a day or deduct one contribution point.”
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As soon as Hou Ying heard this, he knew the news about the glands in the ability users’ brains had spread, so he solemnly nodded. He asked, “Then the team you mentioned just now?”
They set off from the Yangtze River Base shortly after the weather changed, so Wu Nan was not surprised that they did not understand the situation. Therefore, he tried his best to answer them.
“The team is the zombie combat team registered in the Yellow River Survivor’s Guild. It is divided into temporary and fixed teams. Ordinary people can also join. However, a basic requirement to establish a team is that there are three or more members, at least one level 2 ability user as the leader, or three level 1 ability users. After that, they can set up a team. They can receive the tasks issued by the Yellow River Guild, and the base will pay wages and rewards. Their main job is to hunt zombies and collect materials. After doing a task, everyone will also get one contribution point.”
He continued, “The temporary team can be disbanded at any time, and every day when everyone returns to the city they’ll submit a crystal core. Fixed teams cannot be disbanded within half a year, and it must not be less than five people. For example, we’re a fixed team, but only fixed teams of more than 30 people can go out of the safe area of the base. Therefore, we have been doing the daily task of the guild, killing zombies, within the safe area. Every day, we must also hand in three level 1 crystal cores to the base, and the rest can be kept for ourselves.”
“Oh, now the base has rarely accepted food and precious metal currency. It now uses crystal cores as hard currency.”
Wu Nan said. Looking at the iron box that Hou Ying had not yet taken away, he scratched his head, “You should know the function of the crystal nucleus, right?”
“Well, when I was in the Yangtze River Base, I heard someone from the Yellow River Base say it.”
Seeing that Hou Ying knew, Wu Nan did not talk much nonsense, just said, “In addition to improving the abilities, the crystal core is money. It’s difficult to do anything without crystal cores in the base, especially when you come to find relatives. Although the guild provides this service and can help to check the information of survivors, the fee is very high. It seems that you’ll need 10 crystal cores to check for just one person… If you don’t have enough, we have a little extra here—”
“Is it from your savings for the accommodation fee in the middle city? Thank you, but you can keep it. After we settle down, we’ll find a way to take a mission and get crystal cores.”
Hou Ying said with a sincere smile. The quality of these students was still very good and was worth paying attention to.
During the conversation, Li Hou, that is, the little baby, woke up. He cried twice in the crib and then stopped. This was to tell them that ‘this uncle’ had woken up so come and serve him.
Li Hou was adopted by Hou Ying as his and Li Xuanyuan’s child. Originally, Hou Ying wanted to name him Li Hou, because just by hearing his name, it would be easier to know that he was his and Li Xuanyuan’s son. However, Li Xuanyuan, who was more useless than Hou Ying in naming, did not like it. So he racked his brains for two days and chose the word “waiting”. It just sounds more imposing than Li Hou.
Gongsun Jing quickly stepped aside and asked Hou Ying to hold him.
No one knew how long Li Hou had been in his mother’s womb, but he was already full-term when he came out. He had a good temper and was already very smart.
He could recognize people. It took Li Xuanyuan a lot of effort to be allowed to hug him. What would be the consequences if one was not allowed? Just look at Qiao Daye who has a shaved big bald head now.
What Li Hou awakened was the lightning ability. He was still too young to control it, and if he did not like you, he would electrocute you. Except for Hou Ying, even Gongsun Jing had been electrocuted several times in the team. The most unfortunate thing was Qiao Daye. He could not learn how to properly hold a baby, but he was just itching to hold him. As a result, Li Hou burst into tears and fried his hair directly.
“Good son, let Dad see if you pooped.” He kissed Li Hou. With Gongsun Jing’s unremitting healing, Li Hou’s body, from the prior bruising caused by hypoxia at birth, became white and tender. Although still very thin, he was already very healthy.
“Puff~”
Li Hou grinned with a small toothless mouth and then burst into laughter. He stared at Hou Ying the whole time he changed his diaper. His eyes were big, his bluish-white eyes were round like black grapes. There’s no need to mention how cute he looked.
Li Xuanyuan also leaned over to look at him. He shook his hands twice and grabbed Li Xuanyuan’s fingers, resulting in him laughing even more happily.
Gongsun Jing said enviously, “Little heartless thing. Don’t you know who is taking care of you? Humph.”
There was a small room in the truck. Meng Hanghai was studying inside under the guidance of Learning Overlord Hehe. When collecting baby supplies, they especially found some instruction books for taking care of babies. Thinking that Meng Hanghai was still in elementary school, for long-term consideration, they also took some math, science, and natural science books for him, so as not to make the child become a hunter who could only kill zombies.
Hou Ying sent Li Hou in, let Meng Hanghai take proper rest, and let them take care of Li Hou. In addition to Hou Ying, his favorites in the whole team were Meng Hanghai and Wang Hehe.
Wu Nan and the other three were already stunned. They did not expect that they would bring such a small baby along the way. Hou Ying was the father, but the only woman was not the mother of the child. It seemed that his mother had passed away, so they could not help but sympathize with Hou Ying’s experience.
Wu Nan said, “The base has protection policies and special subsidies for children under the age of 5. If you are unwilling to hand over your children to the base for a unified upbringing, you can also receive a bowl of rice porridge every day. However, if you have children, you’d better apply for an independent tent first. The multi-person tent is very dirty and messy, it’s easy to make children sick.”
“Thank you for reminding us even though we’re not that familiar with each other. If you didn’t explain to us, we would definitely have to go around a lot.”
Wu Nan replied, “Don’t say that. If you hadn’t saved us, we wouldn’t have a chance to speak now. It just so happens that we have to go back to the city to rest and wait for the afternoon to hunt zombies. If you need, I can accompany you to go through the formalities.”
“That couldn’t be better!”
Hou Ying thanked him again.
Wu Nan waved his hands again and again, “Don’t be so polite, I’m embarrassed. Well, I’ll let Li Dong show you the way. He has a good sense of direction. When we enter the city, the car will be detained and disinfected, and the things you brought will be checked and registered. But don’t worry, the base registration office has not yet robbed the survivors’ supplies. You can get them back after the three-day observation period has passed. When the time comes, I’ll come back to you and take you to the guild to register the team… I don’t know if you want to sign up as a temporary team or a fixed team?”
“Register as a temporary team first.”
Hou Ying’s answer disappointed Wu Nan. If the other party was a fixed team, he could request to merge their fixed team to join the other party’s team. However, Wu Nan did not persuade them but continued to talk about the basic situation of the inner, middle, and outer city of the Yellow River Base, as well as the rules.
When the truck came to the outer gate, they first let Li Dong and the three of them leave with Gao Xiaoming, who was still in an unconscious state. After learning about the preciousness of drinking water and edible salt in the base, Gongsun Jing filled their kettle with water before they left.
Wu Nan and the others were deeply moved. They guessed that there might be water-type abilities in Hou Ying’s team. After thanking them, he advised them not to do this at will in the future. It would cause them trouble. They also told others with their eyes not to expose water in front of others.
Wuwuwuwuwu! The wait is over! 😢 Thank you for the chapteeeeer! 💘
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This base is sounding sketchy… Thanks for the update ❤️
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An update! QAQ Thank you for the chapter translator ! 🌺 MTL is pain :’)
Yep, it is indeed. But you know, some sacrifices must be made (i.e. a few braincells here and there 😅😂) to deliver these chapters to all of you. RIP my brain 😂🤯💀
Are we entering a new arc? I feel like they will be staying in Yellow base for quite awhile.
Albeit late, thank you for the update~