Jiang Tao and Liu Zhan chose a car and drove away with a barrel of gasoline for spare. They planned to start installing monitors from the outermost places first.
Meanwhile, Hou Ying and the others chose a wide downtown square and began to use first-level crystal nuclei to attract zombies of corresponding attributes one after another. When Wu Nan and the other four saw their teammates exposing the crystal nuclei in the air as bait, their eyes almost fell out of their sockets. Before the five of them could even make a sound, the first batch of zombies was wiped out. The dozens of five-element zombies were eliminated within a minute. When they came back to their senses, they collectively gulped.
They opened their mouths to ask what was going on but then thought of Hou Ying’s order. In the end, they silently swallowed back their questions.
The hunted first-level five-element transparent crystals were concentrated in a casually opened iron box. More and more first-level five-element zombies were attracted and rushed toward them, throwing themselves into the trap.
Li Hou was tied up in front of Li Xuanyuan, with Hou Ying holding Li Xuanyuan’s hand to attack the zombies with his half-baked wood-type ability. Wang Hehe was shooting with a gun at their side. Because of the apocalypse, he had changed qualitatively. Although it could not be seen when facing Hou Ying, when he held the gun and aimed it at the zombies, his cold and sharp eyes were no longer as pure and clear as before.
Three hours later, in contrast to the accumulation of five-element nuclei, there had been a gradual decrease in the number of the five-element zombies. Looking at this situation, they understood that the second-level zombies that might appear in this place were not five-element zombies.
Li Hou was already impatient. When he realized that he could not move, he whined. When no one paid attention to him, he got angry and cried loudly.
He sounded extremely aggrieved.
Li Xuanyuan’s attack faltered and looked down at him frowning so bitterly. Hou Ying quickly asked Liu Zhan to clean his neck, face, and hands before hugging Li Hou. Seeing that he stopped crying but still pouting angrily, Li Xuanyuan conjured a tender vine and let it touch his crumpled face. Li Hou caught the vine and immediately laughed.
Hou Ying said, “He’s still easy to coax because he’s still young now. I don’t know if he would be too naughty when he’s older.”
Hou Ying said this but he was smiling. It did not matter before the apocalypse, but now it was better if the child had a temper than to be bullied. Li Hou was still clinging to Hou Ying. After he played with Li Xuanyuan for a bit, Hou Ying asked Li Xuanyuan to watch Wang Hehe, while he took Li Hou’s little hand, and played with him with the zombies.
With Hou Ying’s finger in his little hand, a bolt of snake-like lightning suddenly flashed out, electrocuting the immobile water-type zombie. After a while, the zombie’s clothes and hair began to sizzle, emitting scorched black gas.
Li Hou was overjoyed. He waved his little hands casually and wherever it passed by, the zombies performed his favorite ‘electric hip-hop dance’, making him laugh louder.
Of course, it was Hou Ying who did it. Although he was just using a first-level mid-level skill, its lethality cannot be underestimated.
Until they called it a day, Li Hou was still unsatisfied. Fortunately, he liked his father more than having fun. Hou Ying quickly diverted his attention to something else. Hou Ying supported Li Hou on his lap as he rubbed his face on his father’s face coquettishly. The others stared at them closely.
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They did not stop working until eleven o’clock in the evening. After eating supper, Li Xuanyuan took out the thermometer he had placed outside and showed it to everyone, “Since yesterday, the average temperature has increased by one degree. From forty-six degrees, the highest temperature now is forty-eight degrees.”
This was really bad news.
During the hottest time, they all hid in air-conditioned rooms, so they became less sensitive to temperature changes.
Dongfang Bai touched the butterfly bone that had been itching recently, and said in pain, “When will it end? This damn weather has been going on for almost five months, it’s not over yet!”
Liu Zhan said, “Don’t you think this change is a bit familiar?”
When the others still did not understand, Hou Ying already frowned, “Ah Zhan is right. When the weather changed, there was a period when the temperature was so low. Later, it suddenly turned into hot weather. If this is indeed the trajectory of temperature changes after the end of the world, it may not be long before the temperature suddenly drops.”
Everyone felt their scalps go numb, “It won’t suddenly break below zero, right? A temperature difference of around forty degrees… How many ordinary people will die.”
Even ability users may not be able to withstand such weather changes, let alone ordinary people. If this speculation came true, it was hard to imagine how many people would die in the base.
Wu Nan said anxiously, “The last time the weather suddenly changed, there was a large-scale zombie wave besieging the base. Will it also happen this time… Brother Hou, what should we do? Should we…” ‘Inform the higher-ups to let them make early preparations?’
Hou Ying replied, “It’s better to believe in its existence than to believe in its absence. When we return, let’s inform the leaders. But as to what extent they can prepare, we can’t control it anymore. As for the zombie tide, it cannot be avoided. There may be something in the weather changes that could act as a tonic or booster for the zombies. When the time comes, the number of second-level zombies will skyrocket and third-level zombies will also appear. If this is a factual rule, this change may also produce level four zombies.”
Wu Nan and his friends, who were inexperienced, were terrified. However, Liu Zhan and the others were a little excited. They immediately thought of the troubles that natural level four zombies would bring.
Jiang Tao said, “We still have a bit of a chance of winning here, but it’s hard to say about the other three bases. As for He Daqing and the others… Shall we find a way to inform them to prepare early?”
“We should be.” Hou Ying nodded. Seeing that everyone was worried because of this guess, he encouraged them, “Every cloud has a silver lining. Zombies have abilities, but so do we. There’s nothing to be afraid of in a tough battle. Let’s all go to bed, we still have work tomorrow.”
He arranged for the vigil. He and Li Xuanyuan would keep watch for the first half of the night, while Qiao Daye and Liu Zhan would guard the second half.
After everyone dispersed, Liu Zhan whispered to Hou Ying, “Brother Hou, fourth-level zombies can summon low-level zombies. Should we… also inform them of this matter?”
Hou Ying nodded, “This is very important. If we don’t prepare in advance, ability users will suffer greatly. It’s just that this problem can’t be decided by us. In this way, perhaps we’ll have to finalize that matter when we return to the city.”
Liu Zhan naturally knew what he was referring to. They might not necessarily attract the management’s attention even if they publicize this issue extensively. It would be more appropriate for a big family to speak of it. Therefore, if they wanted to choose a big family to cooperate with, they must first investigate.
Liu Zhan: “Brother Hou wants to choose the Shen family?”
“At present, we have no other choice…”
Before he could finish speaking, Li Xuanyuan, who remained silent beside them, interjected suddenly, “Let’s shelve this problem temporarily. Wait until we return before making any plans.”
Hou Ying and Liu Zhan were both stunned for a moment. Just as they were about to ask why, Li Xuanyuan said solemnly, “I won’t put the team in jeopardy. Trust me.”
Hou Ying wondered, “Have you already chosen, Xuanyuan?”
“Not sure yet, give me some time.”
Li Xuanyuan’s tone was unusually lacking in confidence. Hearing this, Hou Ying did not ask any more questions. He only said, “After we go back, let’s have a three-day discussion… Is it enough?”
“It’s enough.”
Li Xuanyuan affirmed.
The night passed safely. The next day, everyone hunted and killed zombies repeatedly. They used all the crystal nuclei with various attributes in their hands as baits yet they still did not encounter any second-level zombies. On the third day, the team began to search for supplies nearby and dealt with the miscellaneous zombies with other attributes. This was also the last day of their mission.
This time they kept an eye on things like cotton blankets, water heaters, electric blankets, and cotton jackets to keep out the cold.
Wu Nan said, “We can take as much as we can. We can also put some in the Living Management Area for consignment as long as we pay enough for the venue fee. If it gets cold, no matter how much it costs, someone will be willing to buy them.”
Unexpectedly, this kid was business-minded.
Dongfang Bai used his metal ability to widen the truck horizontally and vertically, expanding the storage space for supplies, and the roof was once again utilized by them.
Liu Zhan and Jiang Tao also joined forces with everyone today. Only the downtown had not been installed with solar monitors. Twenty-four hours after the solar monitor was turned on, it could be fully charged and start to operate. Now that the outskirts of the town have been included in the monitoring area, they planned to put monitors in this area after they finished their work.
When the truck could no longer hold any more supplies, they reluctantly stopped and asked Qiao Daye to install and activate the monitors. It was already ten o’clock in the morning so everyone planned to go back to the city after lunch. When Qiao Daye returned, he drank a bottle of water frantically before saying, “This damn weather is getting hotter and hotter. Humans will melt if it goes on like this.” He took a breath before continuing, “Just now, I saw a swarm of flies in the sewage in that area. It made me sick to death. Aren’t they afraid of high temperatures?”
Ji Yao raised his head to ask, “Could it be the zombie flies He Daqing mentioned?”
Qiao Dayo: “I took a closer look. Their size is not much different from before the apocalypse. They just fly around the stinky ditch. They don’t look like mutated or zombie flies.”
Gongsun Jing rubbed her arms. Even in the scorching heat, she felt like vomiting from the imagined zombie flies, causing her to get goosebumps, “Whatever it is, let’s not provoke that kind of thing anyway.”
Hou Ying greeted everyone to eat. As soon as he took a bite, he wrinkled his nose and cursed, “Fuck, it’s a bit sour. We can’t cook outside anymore!”
He wanted everyone to stop eating, but the others still ate quite well. Li Xuanyuan sniffed it carefully but did not smell the sour taste that Hou Ying said. Seeing that they were all eating with relish, Hou Ying stopped saying anything. He bit the bullet and ate the food that became sour the more he tasted it.
However, before everyone finished eating, Meng Hanghai suddenly covered his stomach. He turned pale and his face was drenched in a cold sweat. Everyone was startled. Just as he was about to call Gongsun Jing for treatment, Wang Hehe, who was beside him, suddenly changed his complexion, “My stomach hurts, Uncle… It hurts…”
Followed by Ye Huizhong, Li Dong, and the others. Finally, Wu Nan also fell.
Hou Ying’s expression changed drastically, “There’s a problem with the food we just ate!”
Urp. Not dinner… Thanks for the update 🤣❤️
Outside with the zombies will everyone be indisposed but the baby?
😱😱 what happen??
Good thing I already eat before reading this chapter.