Evening.
Jin Qian and her subordinates moved through the mountain forest.
The team was less than 80 people.
This new storyline was too dangerous.
Along the way.
They encountered various mutated plants and animals, especially some small creatures, which were impossible to guard against.
Fortunately, her strength was sufficient.
Although some team members died, she had killed many mutated creatures and obtained a considerable number of crystals.
With the help of high-level crystals, she began to advance towards level 6.
The lower-level crystals, which accounted for a larger proportion, were distributed to the other team members.
Several people reached level 4.
At the same time, the team had entered the Taihang Mountains and was looking for a survivor base.
"Ahead!"
Jin Qian's obese body paused: "Someone!"
She heard the sound.
Several hundred meters away.
Inside an air-raid shelter built into the mountain, over two hundred survivors were gathered.
Anyone who could survive until now must be an ability user.
Furthermore.
After the initial storyline, everyone had a certain understanding of many basic common sense.
The most basic point was.
Hiding would lead to death!
From natural disasters to zombies, from zombies to mutated plants and animals.
Crises were increasing.
Opponents were becoming stronger.
The space for hiding was shrinking, forcing them to fight back with strength.
It was evening now.
Ability users who went out hunting were returning one after another.
Over the campfire.
A dog badger weighing two to three hundred catties, cleaned and ready, was placed on a spit to roast.
This was one of the day's gains.
Mutated animal meat was of poor quality.
Coarse in texture.
And tasted sour.
But there was no choice!
No matter how bad it tasted, it was much better than starving to death.
"Any casualties?" Hu Anquan asked.
He was the leader of the base.
His strength was not weak.
In the afternoon, after absorbing the dog badger crystal, he officially broke through to level 5.
"Boss, two people in my group were injured." A team leader said.
"We lost a brother to a mutated peregrine falcon," another team leader sighed.
"Xiao Wan hasn't returned yet?"
The base had over a hundred combat personnel.
Divided into four teams.
Besides Hu Anquan's team, there were three other teams.
Currently, only two teams had returned to the base.
"Could something have happened to Xiao Wan?" someone began to worry.
"Don't worry."
Hu Anquan smiled: "Xiao Wan is strong, and a team of 30 people, even if they encounter fierce beasts..."
"Hey! Preparing to eat?"
Suddenly!
A hoarse voice rang out.
A group of people walked over.
The leader was Jin Qian!
"Who are you?" Hu Anquan was fully on guard.
He had always acted cautiously.
The crisis in the post-apocalyptic world came not only from zombies and mutated plants and animals, but also from fellow humans.
Moreover.
Except for the leader woman who was from Daxia.
The rest were all foreigners.
This made Hu Anquan feel very insecure.
"My name is Jin Qian."
Jin Qian's face was calm, and she pointed at all of them: "You have been conscripted and will all be under my command from now on. If..."
"Who the hell are you?!"
A team leader immediately jumped up.
In the post-apocalyptic world.
Surviving in desperate situations and becoming an ability user.
Weren't they all people with mettle?
Let me follow you?
Just with a few empty words?
A joke!
"Die!"
Jin Qian sneered.
She didn't seem to make any move, not even an attack.
Space-type ranged attacks were instantaneous.
Strangled!
Hiss!
The team leader had no time to react.
His body instantly tore apart.
Turning into a pile of bloody pieces on the ground.
Blood splattered everywhere!
"Bastard!" The others were shocked and enraged, jumping up one after another.
"Stop!"
Hu Anquan was terrified.
He didn't recognize this ability.
But he was sure of one thing: this ability was extremely powerful, and he knew he was no match for it.
If he couldn't, then the other people in the base...
Once they clashed.
It would be a slaughter!
"We... are willing to follow!" Hu Anquan gritted his teeth.
He didn't want to die.
Much less see the entire base wiped out.
In the post-apocalyptic world.
The strong preyed on the weak, and might made right.
If you didn't yield, you could only be massacred!
...
The Yanshan and Taihang Mountains were adjacent.
At the junction of the mountain ranges.
Han Xiao was leading twenty to thirty people to hunt.
Whoosh!
A black shadow swooped down.
She immediately became alert and was about to make a move.
"It's me!"
The next moment.
Zhou Haiyang descended from the sky on a dark giant bird.
"Brother Haiyang?"
Han Xiao was stunned: "Didn't you go to the South China Sea with the captain?"
"The captain has a mount, so he doesn't need me anymore," Zhou Haiyang said dejectedly, like a resentful woman.
The captain was really unkind!
With new people.
He forgot the old ones.
However, he also understood that with his strength, following Qin Feng in the South China Sea, where there were many colossal creatures, he wouldn't be of much help.
Not being helpful meant not being able to hone his skills.
Instead.
Returning to the base to lead hunts could better hone his combat skills and make him stronger.
"Why did you run so far?" Zhou Haiyang asked, puzzled.
He traveled all the way north from the South China Sea.
Compared to the Yanshan base, the Taihang Mountains were to the south.
And so!
As he passed by, with a wide field of vision from above, he happened to see Han Xiao.
He decided to stop by and say hello.
"I thought I'd go further to see if I could recruit some people," Han Xiao chuckled.
Qin Feng had asked everyone to split up and hunt in the mountains.
This was both to hunt mutated creatures and adapt to the new storyline as quickly as possible.
At the same time.
It was also to recruit people.
To further expand the base.
In the area of the Yanshan base, those who had joined in the first two expeditions to hunt zombies and accepted their recruitment had already joined.
Some were unwilling to be subordinate to others and did not accept their recruitment.
For such people, Qin Feng did not force them.
"Let's go back?" Zhou Haiyang asked.
"Okay, let's go together."
Roar!
Just then, a beast's roar came from the distance.
Then.
Several people stumbled and ran towards them.
Each of them was covered in blood.
It was unclear if it was their companion's or their own.
One of them.
An arm had been torn off.
Half of his body was soaked in blood.
"Brother Wan... I can't do it anymore!" The man with the severed arm was very weak.
"Run!"
The burly man, called Brother Wan, picked him up and continued to run.
Behind them.
Dozens of meters away.
A wild boar was charging at high speed.
That wild boar...
Even ordinary wild boars could grow up to several hundred catties, so how large would mutated ones be?
It could be said!
In the Yanshan and Taihang Mountains.
Wild boars were one of the largest and strongest beasts!
Even the North China leopard that Jin Qian encountered earlier was no match for it.
The wild boar was over three meters tall.
Nearly eight meters long.
Weighing at least 6 tons, similar to an African elephant.
However!
As a level 5 mutated creature, its physical strength, power, and speed were far beyond ordinary African elephants.
Rumble...
Its enormous size.
It was difficult to turn at full speed.
So!
It simply abandoned evasive maneuvers.
With constant loud noises.
Any trees in its path, under the impact of its terrifying strength and speed, were broken and splintered.
It was comparable to a train engine!
"Level 5 or level 6?"
Han Xiao was extremely excited.
The Yanshan and Taihang Mountains were not primary forests, and large beasts were rare.
After a day.
The strongest mutated creature they encountered was a level 4 Manchurian ash tree.
"I'll do it!" Zhou Haiyang was also excited.
When he was with the captain, he had no chance to show his abilities.
Could he handle the giant squid?
He could only watch.
Now.
Finally, he had a chance!
"Don't fight me for it!" Han Xiao was anxious.
"Then let's see who..."
"Run!"
Wan Yuhui's face changed drastically.
He discovered that there was a team ahead, with a total of twenty to thirty people.
Did having more people matter?
His team had 30 people.
As a result.
When they encountered the mutated wild boar, at first, everyone could cooperate, but when they realized that all their efforts could not break its defense...
They were completely defeated!
In a short time, only a few people were left alive.
The mutated wild boar was too strong; at least level 5 was needed to break its defense.