Evening.
Over a hundred people arrived at the base.
Zhou Haiyang, on lookout duty, rushed forward with surprise. "Captain, where did you find so many people?"
"Wang Shouli!" Qin Feng didn't answer, calling out from inside.
"Here!"
Wang Shouli ran out.
"He might have internal injuries. Give him some treatment." Qin Feng put down He Dong.
After most of the day, even with Qin Feng carrying him, He Dong's face was already pale.
Shi Tianlong's kicks had been heavy.
He wasn't dead.
But his internal organs were injured.
Wang Shouli merely raised a hand.
A faint white light instantly covered his abdomen, seeping into his internal organs.
He cast the healing spell three times in a row.
In less than two minutes.
Wang Shouli's face returned to normal. He looked at Wang Shouli in disbelief, then at Qin Feng.
No more pain?
He even felt full of energy!
"Take it and absorb it."
Qin Feng handed the only Level 4 crystal he had to He Dong.
Back in the auditorium, when he killed the mutant and obtained a Level 3 crystal, he hadn't absorbed it then precisely because he was saving it for He Dong.
Later, he encountered another Level 4 mutant.
So.
Qin Feng used the Level 3 crystal to help Wang Shouli advance to Level 2, allowing him to save his wife.
And he kept the Level 4 crystal for He Dong.
"Captain, this..."
Zhou Haiyang's eyes widened. "There's only one Level 4 crystal, and you... gave it to him?!"
"Are you questioning me?" Qin Feng frowned.
"I..."
"You'll understand soon."
After teaching He Dong the absorption method.
In just a few minutes.
He Dong went from an ordinary person to a Level 3 ability user.
"Try it," Qin Feng said.
"Okay!"
He Dong waved his hand.
Suddenly!
The ground shook violently.
Outside the air-raid shelter, soil and rocks inexplicably rose from the ground.
Instantly.
A wall four to five meters long and two meters high, made of mixed earth and stone, appeared.
Everyone: ...
Zhou Haiyang finally understood Qin Feng's intention in bringing He Dong into the team and giving him the high-level crystal.
Earth element ability.
At present, it didn't seem to have much combat power.
But!
It could be used for defense and construction.
The early stage of the base had a large workload. With He Dong's ability, it could significantly shorten the construction period.
Of course.
He Dong's value was far greater than this.
He didn't know, but Qin Feng did.
How could someone with the strongest defense be limited to construction?
If his value were only this, Qin Feng would never have given the Level 4 crystal to a mere construction worker.
"Can you read blueprints?"
Qin Feng took out the blueprints he had drawn overnight from his dimensional space.
"Yes!" He Dong nodded.
As a construction foreman, reading blueprints was a basic skill.
"I want you to turn this place into an impregnable fortress!" Qin Feng said sternly.
"Yes!"
The construction team under his command were all from the same village.
This was precisely why Qin Feng had brought all of them over.
With them.
The internal construction and defensive fortifications of the base were secured.
Afterward.
Qin Feng entered the air-raid shelter and 'unloaded' from his dimensional space.
Besides food, water, and clothes, these daily necessities, there were also building materials.
Rebar.
Cement.
Planks.
And so on.
The building materials were very heavy.
As these items were unloaded, a large space opened up in the dimensional space, allowing it to hold more items.
"Haiyang! Bird Grandpa!"
"Han Ling! Wang Shouli!"
An off-road vehicle was taken out from the dimensional space. "Come with me to Shangjing!"
"Yes!"
Zhou Haiyang got into the car.
"Caw caw!" Bird Grandpa was extremely excited.
He hadn't killed any zombies since arriving at the base, and it was too boring.
Han Ling and Wang Shouli also got in. Han Xiao, however, secretly winked at her sister.
As if saying...
Sister, did you see?
Captain slept with Ruo Ruo sister and is now treating her differently. Everyone else is hunting zombies, but she's staying behind.
It was normal for Han Ling not to go.
Her ability couldn't be used for combat; she would only be a burden if she went.
Xiao Ruo Ruo was different.
She was a primary damage dealer.
Not being taken out to fight meant she was being treated differently, right?
"What about me?"
Xiao Ruo Ruo realized she had been left behind.
Last night, he had said.
He wouldn't give anyone special treatment, so why had things changed today?
"Doesn't the base need guarding?"
Qin Feng pointed at the gangsters. "He Dong, let them do the dirty and heavy work."
"Ruo Ruo, keep an eye on them. If anyone is lazy or tries to escape, kill them directly!"
He said he was letting Xiao Ruo Ruo watch the henchmen.
In reality...
The construction workers also needed to be watched.
It wasn't that he was afraid of them escaping.
The main reason was to observe. See who worked diligently and reward them with Level 1 crystals.
Those who were lazy wouldn't even get rewards, let alone food!
Clear rewards and punishments.
This was the rule!
Moreover, He Dong's ability was still relatively limited in terms of combat power at this stage.
A strong combatant was necessary.
It wasn't special treatment.
All combat-type team members would take turns guarding the base.
Vroom!
The SUV drove along the road connecting the air-raid shelter to the outside, heading towards Shangjing.
There weren't many zombies to hunt in the village.
After absorbing them this morning, there were very few Level 2 crystals left, and they were all given to Xiao Ruo Ruo.
They wouldn't be back for the next few days.
They needed to acquire Level 2 crystals quickly!
Once their advancement speed lagged behind the zombies' evolution, danger would arise.
In addition,
As daily necessities and a large amount of building materials were unloaded, a large space opened up in the dimensional space again.
This trip also had the purpose of replenishing another batch of supplies.
...
Shangjing Outer Ring.
On the rooftop of a tall building.
A person was crouched low, looking through binoculars at the street below.
His name was He Ming.
Before the nuclear explosion, he worked for a demolition company.
He was a demolition engineer.
After the nuclear explosion, he fled to a village in the suburbs, and later came the cold spell and zombies.
He discovered the secret of zombies and crystals.
Thus.
He sneaked back into Shangjing!
He returned to his company and found a lot of explosives.
Using his professional knowledge, by burying explosives and setting traps, he successively eliminated over a hundred zombies.
Single-handedly, he not only survived but also quickly advanced to Level 2.
He Ming chewed on beef jerky.
He kept watching through his binoculars.
"They're here!"
His eyes lit up.
Since he hunted using demolition, his targets were never just one, but a group.
Otherwise, it would be too wasteful.
Starting yesterday, he had discovered something – the zombies had evolved!
Although there were still many zombies wandering around scattered as before, more zombies were starting to attach themselves to some powerful individuals.
Forming hordes.
And they were hunting survivors with purpose.
That's right!
Those powerful individuals were Level 4 mutants!
Under dangerous pressure, zombies had a higher chance of mutation.
Under normal circumstances, the chance of a mutant appearing among zombies was about one in a hundred thousand.
Shangjing had a dense population.
During the nuclear explosion, over ten million people died.
Theoretically, there should be over a hundred mutants in Shangjing.
At this moment!
There was one in the street below!
Its height exceeded 2.2 meters, its muscles bulging all over.
It held a solid steel pipe, as thick as an arm and two meters long, with hundreds of zombies following behind it, moving in a vast procession.
"Roar!"
The mutant waved its hand.
Immediately, dozens of zombies rushed towards the shops on both sides of the street.
Level 4 mutants had intelligence; they would search and hunt survivors with purpose.
Closer!
Even closer!
He Ming showed a smug smile.
These zombie crystals should be different, right?
Suddenly, he pressed a button.
Boom!
A small mushroom cloud erupted into the sky.
Whether it was the Level 4 mutant or the hundreds of ordinary zombies, they were instantly blown into the air.