Early the next morning, a group of people sat around the dining table, with three crystals placed on it.
“Who’s ready to go first?”
Xu Song and Yue Zheng looked at the others, waiting for their decision.
Wang An looked at He Nian beside him and raised his hand, “It’s me in our group.” He and He Nian had discussed it for a long time last night, both of them hesitating before finally deciding to let Wang An use it first.
Seeing everyone’s gaze fall on him, He Nian smiled and said, “The healing ability of our team’s Xiao Shu is much stronger than mine. I’m not in a hurry to level up, but Brother An’s ability is more practical.”
When He Nian mentioned “Brother An,” Luo Wen’an trembled, but they had already discussed this naming issue more than once on their way north, so he didn’t say anything now, just raised his hand and said, “We two, it’s me.” With a regretful expression, he tousled Liu Shishi’s hair, “My baby’s current lethality is already too high, so let me use it first this time. When there’s real danger, I’ll carry my baby and run!”
The other couple was relatively conflicted. They had argued about this issue until late last night – of course, both of them didn’t want to use it and wanted the other to use it. But fortunately, they finally reached an agreement after a physical activity ended at three in the morning.
“He’ll use it.” Su Daji gestured with his arm around Zhao Xin’s back, patting his other shoulder.
Zhao Xin’s situation was too special. Only by enhancing his strength could Su Daji be relatively at ease. Otherwise, just because he was a green-blooded person, he might be attacked by others.
Yue Zheng nodded and gestured to the table, “Let’s start now, who’s going first?”
After exchanging glances, Wang An raised his hand, “I’ll go first.”
No one could prove whether using blood could activate the crystal itself, but in any case, this was the only method they could think of for now.
Wang An picked up the small knife on the table, which had been disinfected, and lightly cut his finger. Fresh blood surged out, and Wang An quickly pressed his finger onto the crystal. The moment the fresh red blood touched the crystal, it inexplicably began to flow into the transparent crystal!
The blood seemed to turn into a line, continuously flowing from Wang An’s fingertip into the crystal, but strangely, no matter how much blood flowed in, the stone still looked the same as before, extremely transparent, without any trace of being tainted by blood!
After about three or four minutes, the crystal seemed to have “eaten its fill.” The fresh blood was no longer being sucked in, but instead fell onto the periphery of the crystal, staining both the crystal and the table red.
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Under everyone’s gaze, the energy in the pouch flowed like liquid, quickly filling the crystal.
Cheers erupted from the car, and everyone’s faces were filled with excited smiles.
“That makes it easy.” Yue Zheng also breathed a sigh of relief, a smile on his face, while Xu Song was handing the second pouch to Wang An. Luo Wen’an and Su Daji were also preparing to bind the crystals with blood.
“The crystals should be carried close to the body,” Xu Song also squinted, “Now we know where to go to get more crystals!”
“Yes! We can go plunder those seafood tails and snatch the crystals from them!” Luo Wen’an touched the crystal with his blood-stained fingers, staring at the crystal that was sucking his blood.
“No need,” Yue Zheng said, turning to look at Xu Song beside him.
Xu Song was momentarily stunned, then his eyes widened, “You mean…”
Yue Zheng nodded slightly, “According to the latest satellite images from last night, the base behind these marine creatures is still in City S. Judging from the number of marine creatures currently stationed there, it’s not suitable for us to sneak in. Although Xiao Shu seems to be able to detect the marine creatures wearing crystals, there are simply too many of them, and their sizes are too large, so we don’t have the advantage. Instead of forcing our way in, it’s better to think of other methods.”
The group focused their gaze on Yue Zheng and Xu Song, “Are you saying… you know… where there are still these stones?”
Yue Zheng nodded.
“Where?”
“In City Y, Crane Deer Mountain.”
Crane Deer Mountain, the initial point of the outbreak of the apocalypse. Although the two of them had collected quite a few crystals and that strange stone tablet there, they still hadn’t figured out the contents of the stone tablet, nor had they figured out if the crystals had any other uses besides accelerating the absorption of energy by the human body.
When they collected those crystals earlier, they couldn’t take all of them with them, and they only collected a small part of what was visible. There are still many fragments of crystals left there.
Since these things have the ability to gather energy, they might be discovered and occupied by other creatures…
Although there might be some dangers there, it’s still better than facing those huge marine creatures that can shake their car with a stomp, right?
Moreover, from the satellite images they obtained after the apocalypse, the situation near Crane Deer Mountain seemed to be similar to other places, with nothing strange. In this regard, it’s still worth exploring.
Suddenly, Wang An thought of something, his face turning somewhat pale as he asked, “When the superiors sent us to escort the convoy to City S… was there something else in the convoy?!”
Although the superiors did not directly inform Wang An and the others of the details of their covert mission, they could still feel that there were some strange aspects to it. But at the time of the mission, being in the team, they naturally knew that there were some things they shouldn’t know. But now, thinking back on the events at the time, it’s not difficult to find clues.
Yue Zheng nodded, “In addition to escorting the anomalies to City B, the army also had some things to be sent to City B, and one of them was these crystals.”
“…I remember there seemed to have been an explosion at Crane Deer Mountain!”
“Yes, that’s where we need to go.” Seeing Wang An and the others looking curious, Yue Zheng shook his head, “I’m not too sure what’s going on there either, I just know that it’s an ancient tomb. However, the cause of the global mutation this time is very likely to be directly related to that place.”
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone’s expressions changed, and the car fell silent for a moment.
Since obtaining the documentary materials, Xu Song had been trying to decipher the texts, but there was too little information available for reference. The content he could associate with and decipher so far couldn’t even form a complete sentence, totaling only about a dozen words.
Although they probably wouldn’t obtain any other information this time they went back, if they could get more crystals and analyze them with the instruments on the car, they might still learn something new.
“At the very least, those crystals can enhance the strength of everyone in the team, and if we’re fortunate, we can hand them over to the base for research assistance”—although Xu Song is very suspicious that once these things appear, certain individuals in the base might have some ulterior motives.
“But now, those salty fish creatures also have some crystals on them. If the people in the base encounter them, they might be able to find these things on their bodies. It doesn’t make much difference whether we hand over these things or not.”
After deciding on their course of action, the group became busy again.
This time, it was not as leisurely as before, because nobody knew what the situation ahead would be like. Plus, this time they would pass by the outskirts of City S, and if those salty fish creatures were powerful enough to occupy inland cities, their journey might not be peaceful.
Fortunately, they had three people with the ability to scout ahead. Moreover, the most threatening creatures to them were those mountain-like marine creatures—they were so large that they could be seen from afar, making it easier to avoid them.
The group changed direction and headed south. After traveling for a day and a night, the next morning, they received an urgent message from the base—seafood armies had actually surrounded Base B.
There was silence inside the car. Luo Wen’an swallowed hard and said, “They… couldn’t be…”
Xu Song looked at the satellite photos he had just received that morning, which showed the situation at the location of Base B. The seafood armies, together with land creatures and flying birds, had surrounded Base B completely!
“I think… they might really be targeting the base.”
“Why?! That’s unreasonable! They surely wouldn’t just be after human flesh?!” Wang An exclaimed in frustration.
Xu Song shook his head, “I don’t know if human flesh has any great benefits for them… but I think there might be intelligent merfolk among those who can command these mutant creatures. Don’t forget, among them, there are merfolk who are psychic and can control other creatures.”
“Has this information been reported to the base?” Despite Luo Wen’an and the others’ previous unfavorable experiences in Base B and their grievances, Base B was now considered the last human survival base in people’s hearts. No one wanted it to fall into the hands of the mutants.
“The message was sent back on the first day, including the information about the merfolk and some speculations.” Yue Zheng paused, his gaze firm, “Even if we rush back now, it won’t make much difference to the situation. We’ll stick to the plan and go to City Y.”
The crystals, if they could get some clues after obtaining them, might change the current situation where human anomalies were advancing slowly. Although there would still be various problems among humans, such as mutual exclusion and conflicts, as a whole, no one wanted everyone to perish under the siege of mutant creatures.
“The amount of ammunition in the base is sufficient.” Xu Song had been in and out of Zone A for a while before and had very high clearance given by Wu Lao at that time. He could almost access all the information he wanted, so he naturally knew that the materials in the military factories in Base B were abundant, and the weapons and ammunition were extremely rich.
Last time, when facing mutant birds, because the base wanted to preserve its strength and didn’t want to engage in direct confrontation, the power of those thermal weapons wasn’t fully displayed, but this time it was different.
Yue Zheng also nodded, “The base is not in a desperate situation yet, otherwise they would have issued mandatory support instructions to all teams.”
Now, what Team 0246 received was just a regular communication message, which was enough to prove that the base still had the strength to fight back.
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The base has been starving for meat ,the sea food army may be a gift from God for them .🤣🤣🤣