A few complete mutant rat skins were still occasionally found, but the fact that all three or four dozen of them could be guaranteed to be completely intact, with even the rat fur undamaged, was simply unimaginable…
Could they have collected them?
No, it was impossible. If someone had been able to get this many skins, it would have been a major event that would have rocked the entire base. But right now, no one seems to know anything about it…
Looking up again at Yue Zheng, who was moving things down, and at Xu Song, who was surrounded by a group of crazy women, Wu Jie sighed. Her days ahead would be worry-free.
When all the items were unloaded, Xu Song finally felt like he had escaped death – those women had found work, so they were no longer hovering around him.
“Yue, Brother Yue…” Someone who had almost lost half their life reached out with trembling hands and grabbed Yue Zheng’s arm, seeking comfort.
Yue Zheng put his arm around the person’s waist, and was about to help him back into the car when a sudden scream came from the direction of the factory – they were doing it on purpose!
Amid the women’s chatter, the two of them made a hasty escape.
They breathed a sigh of relief as they drove out the gate.
“Oh my God, I’m never coming back here again…”
Yue Zheng chuckled and patted him on the back. “I’ll come back by myself later.”
Xu Song, still sitting in the passenger seat, thought about it for a moment and gritted his teeth. “No, I’ll come with you… just in case Yue Zheng comes over by herself and gets taken advantage of by those hooligans! I can’t let her suffer!”
You see, a group of women together could cause exponentially more harm! Normal men couldn’t handle it!
“Alright, then let’s go together.” Yue Zheng smiled and turned the car in another direction. Due to the existence of mutant beasts, many roads in the base had been converted into one-way streets to prevent two or more mutant beasts from colliding and blocking each other, which would be a predicament.
Once they turned onto another road, they saw a group of people gathered in front of a multi-story building, seemingly discussing something. On the snowy ground in front of the building, there were clear footprints and intermittent bloodstains.
“What’s going on?” Xu Song, who had finally regained some strength, straightened up and looked over.
Yue Zheng listened for a moment and furrowed his brow. “Zombies.”
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Most of these people had died in the middle of the night, and even if there were people around, they wouldn’t have noticed immediately, so those strange black spirits, although relatively rare here in the base, were still able to find a body they could control.
“When we go back, be careful. Although we’re not afraid of those things, Mom and the kids need to be careful around these zombies.” Xu Song silently nodded. The worst thing about these creatures was that they would possess corpses, and if you didn’t look carefully, it was hard to tell the difference between them and living people.
Fortunately, in the base, there were always some people who were experienced in dealing with zombies, and the problem was not too big to handle. Plus, with the snowfall these days, once these zombies were discovered after they attacked, they were relatively easy to track.
In this building, there was a zombie that had attacked and was hiding inside, but it had just been killed by a group of people who had come when they heard the news.
“We need to mobilize our forces immediately. The weather has cooled down too quickly, and in just these two days, we’ve already had nearly a hundred people freeze to death inside the base!”
“What about the missions we issued earlier for collecting cotton and fabric?”
“One small team completed a mission, but even with their contributions, it’s not enough to supply the entire base.”
“Didn’t we confirm the location of the cotton fields? Why has only one team completed the mission so far?”
“Because there were too many small teams rushing to it, and they were all competing for resources. It wasn’t until the day before the snowfall that they finally reached an agreement to work together. They only worked for less than a day before they got stuck outside due to the heavy snow.”
“These people are so shortsighted! They’re only interested in their own gains!”
In the conference hall, the top leaders of Base B gathered to discuss the impact of the sudden snowfall.
One person slammed on the table. “We can set aside those independent small teams for now and focus on the most urgent matter. We need to send teams to the two cotton factories to the east of the city, but they will have to pass through the dangerous central area of the city. The question now is, should we ask those small teams to join us on this mission?”
After some discussion, one of them said, “The combat effectiveness of the teams with ability users is relatively substantial. We can invite the strong members of those teams to join our mission and offer them certain points as a reward. Of course, we don’t need too many people from each team, but we should include the top fighters from the highest-ranked D-class team and some strong members from the E-class teams. We can provide them with some extra benefits and supplies.”
“But most of them are scattered…”
“That’s why we don’t need many members from each team to join the main force. Their primary goal will be to deal with the mutant creatures. We can distribute supplies to them based on their contributions or negotiate terms from the beginning, officially hiring them as our personnel.”
After further discussion, they decided to issue a mandatory mission. Several high-level teams with ability users would be required to provide members, but the rewards and benefits offered would be relatively substantial.
After the meeting, Elder Wu turned to his secretary and asked, “How many D-class teams are there now?”
The secretary quickly checked the computer. “There are a total of three, the Panlong Squad, the Brilliant Squad, and another team numbered 0246.”
“0246?” Elder Wu was puzzled.
“Yes, that’s the team led by the young man who came from Y City last time, Captain Yue Zheng.”
“I remember that after they came last time, we directly promoted their team to E-class, right? Have they completed any major missions?”
“Let me check… They’ve completed four missions this month. One D-class mission… and the mission to collect fabric and cotton that they completed, which accounted for nearly one ton of supplies. After that, they completed three E-class missions in quick succession. That’s how they elevated to D-class in just a short time.”
Elder Wu was stunned for a moment, wondering how they accomplished this. How could they be so efficient?
“Wait a minute, how long did it take them to complete these missions?” Elder Wu remembered that they had arrived in B City less than a month ago. How could they have achieved this so quickly?
“For the fabric and cotton mission… they spent a total of two days. As for the meat collection missions, they accepted and completed them on the same day. They finished all three missions within three days of accepting them.”
The secretary looked up, staring in disbelief.
Elder Wu pondered for a while, then pointed to the computer. “How many members are there in their team?”
“There are five of them: Yue Zheng, male, 26 years old. Xu Song, male, 21 years old. He Shuhua, female, 45 years old. Mo Tiancheng, male, 6 years old. Mo Tianyou, male, 6 years old… In addition, they have a mutated Labrador Retriever, approximately 4-5 meters tall. None of them have supernatural abilities.”
Elder Wu tapped his forehead, deep in thought for a moment. “I suspect they have supernatural abilities, and they might be quite powerful. They just don’t want to reveal them. In that case… make sure to keep an eye on them. After this mission is over, see how they perform. When we have enough personnel and the weather improves, let them participate in that special operation.”
“Do you mean…”
“They brought that thing with them. Although I anticipated that they were quite capable, I didn’t expect them to be this strong. Also, find out where they’re staying. See if they have any needs, and provide assistance as much as possible. We should try to bring them on our side.”
“With such powerful individuals in the base, many tasks that ordinary people can’t accomplish, they can do easily. Just like the Panlong Squad and the Brilliant Squad, both teams have surpassed ordinary ability users. If we have more strong individuals like them in the base, our longevity and security will increase significantly.”
“Back already?” Mother Xu sat in front of a sewing machine, working on a piece of fur with long white fur, which appeared to be from the same white fox as before.
“Yeah, what are you working on?” Curious, Xu Song asked as he got out of the car.
“Carpet. It’s so cold these days, and sitting on the sofa with cold feet isn’t comfortable. Fox fur and wolf fur are good, but they have a strong smell. Otherwise, I’d use them to make fur blankets to keep us warm at night,” Mother Xu complained while carefully flipping the fur to work on the underside.
“It’s a shame we haven’t caught any more rabbits. Let’s wait a few days and see how things go. If it stops snowing, we can go out again for a hunt. Abu also needs to catch some more food.”
In the living room, Tiancheng and Tianyou had a long, thick fox tail wrapped around them as they used Abu’s spines to puncture oil fruits.
As for the rabbit tails from before, they had been turned into pillows and placed on their special beds.
“Oh, and there’s that deer hide. We can make several pairs of deer hide gloves and shoes from it. I don’t know how to make shoes, so let’s find out if there’s someone in the base who knows how to do it. We can each make a few pairs,” Mother Xu said as she worked on the fur.
“Alright, we’ll look into it,” Xu Song agreed. Then he noticed that Yue Zheng was looking at his wristwatch. “What are you looking at?”
“Emergency mission,” Yue Zheng replied, tapping the watch a few times. He furrowed his brows and looked at Xu Song. “I’m afraid we’ll have to go out again.”
Mother Xu paused her work, hearing this. “Going out in such freezing weather? Why?”
“It’s an urgent mission from the base, mandatory. D-class and E-class teams are required to send a few members each to participate in a collection mission with the main force. The meeting is tomorrow morning at 10 AM in Zone A,” Yue Zheng explained.
Xu Song buried his face in the large fox tail. “I was looking forward to hibernating!”
Yue Zheng patted his back, sharing the same sense of helplessness. He had wanted Xu Song to have a good rest today. Well, after seeing his recovery last night, he had planned to try something again tonight, but now… they had to attend a meeting tomorrow morning. Eating meat was off the table.
Thanks for the chapter!!!
Yue Zheng at the meeting: “You distrupted my ‘meal’.”
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Well, once you try ‘meat’, there is no coming back. Yue Zhang has fallen in that trap.😇
Hmm, Hmm, once you ate MEAT can’t go back to be a VEGETARIAN anymore 🤷🏼♀️