Zhou Haiyang understood that Han Ling's proposal was the best of both worlds.
But!
It also came with immense risk.
If luck was on their side, there would be no casualties and the base would be saved.
If luck was not on their side…
They might all be annihilated!
"Alright!"
He gritted his teeth, summoning the Dark Giant Bird: "Remember! If you can't hold it, you must run!"
"The base can be rebuilt."
"If the people are gone, then it's truly over!"
Whoosh!
The giant bird flapped its wings and soared into the sky.
Zhou Haiyang had heard from Tang Yue where he and his daughter had separated.
That could help narrow down Qin Feng's general location.
Moreover, the giant bird was enormous. With the captain's vigilance, he should be able to spot them if they flew nearby.
30 kilometers was not far.
In theory, intelligent zombies would arrive quickly.
But there were two problems.
Intelligent zombies were fast.
But Zhang Tianbao was not.
Furthermore, Zhang Tianbao could only pinpoint a general direction to the northwest.
Only a direction,
Not precise coordinates, making him hard to find.
This time.
It would depend on who made the first move.
...
Blue Star.
The live stream chat in Great Xia was buzzing, filled with anxious comments from netizens.
--'If they don't find Qin Feng, or if he doesn't make it back in time, the whole base could be wiped out!'
--'A base can be rebuilt, but these people are stubborn!'
--'It's all Zhou Haiyang's fault! He leaked their location!'
--'He was worried about the base being discovered, who knew Zhang Tianbao was so cunning?'
--'Brother Feng, hurry back! Your wives are in danger!'
Unlike the anxious netizens of Great Xia.
The netizens from enemy countries were overjoyed.
They flooded into the Great Xia live stream.
--'The Divine Punishment Team's base is about to be annihilated!'
--'My White Eagle Nation is willing to donate body bags to Great Xia, hahaha…'
--'Body bags were invented by our Kimchi Nation!'
--'Get lost!'
Netizens from White Eagle Nation were furious.
--'Sorry, Daddy!'
...
Southwest of Chengde.
A certain star-rated resort hotel.
The emergency exits were blocked, and the elevator shafts were filled.
This ensured that zombies could not enter.
On the rooftop.
He Dong was on high alert, completely focused.
The night was divided into three shifts, with Qin Feng, Xiao Ruoruo, and He Dong taking turns on watch. As for Wang Shouli…
A healer was out of the question!
Inside a suite, Qin Feng had just woken up.
Yesterday.
It was already dark when they rescued Tang Xiaoying.
After killing one to two thousand zombies, just collecting their cores took several hours, and they went to bed very late.
He put on his clothes and went out.
He began knocking on doors one by one.
The hotel was empty anyway, so each person had their own room.
Of course, for safety and mutual support, their rooms were clustered together.
"Captain, morning."
"Morning."
Xiao Ruoruo and Wang Shouli came out.
When he knocked on Tang Xiaoying's door…
"Wait… wait a moment!" Tang Xiaoying's voice was strange, tinged with panic.
What was going on?
Qin Feng felt something was not right.
She had been seriously injured, and although the wounds had healed, the blood loss could not be recovered.
He grabbed the doorknob.
Applied a little force.
He twisted the door open.
Inside the guest room, Tang Xiaoying was lying in bed, covered by a thick quilt.
Tongtong was lying on the floor.
Seeing Qin Feng barge in, it instinctively stood up, its eyes wary.
"What… what are you doing?!" Tang Xiaoying seemed very angry, and a little flustered.
"Are you not feeling well?" Qin Feng asked.
Severe blood loss.
Could lead to a series of problems.
If necessary, even treatment would be required.
"I'm fine, you go out first!" Tang Xiaoying frowned.
"Really fine?"
"Fine!"
"Then get up quickly!"
Qin Feng's expression turned cold: "Making everyone wait for you? What a grand gesture!"
As he spoke, he yanked the quilt off.
"Don't…"
Tang Xiaoying's beautiful face paled.
Indeed!
The moment the quilt was removed, Qin Feng saw… a patch of red on the bedsheet.
He finally understood why Tang Xiaoying's voice was flustered and she claimed to be fine but wouldn't get out of bed.
"Are you sick?!" Tang Xiaoying's face turned beet red.
She hadn't expected it either!
Her period had coincidentally arrived that morning.
If she were alone, she wouldn't be afraid of being discovered, she could just find some supplies temporarily.
But…
Now there was a team.
Walking out could lead to discovery.
She never expected Qin Feng to just rip off the quilt!
"Sorry, I didn't know."
Qin Feng turned and said, "But there's nothing to be embarrassed about, just tell me next time."
Before leaving the guest room, he tossed a packet of something over.
Tang Xiaoying glanced at it.
She almost died of shame.
Shockingly!
It was a pack of sanitary pads!
"Captain, what's wrong?" Wang Shouli asked when he saw Qin Feng come out.
"She's on her period and didn't have any supplies," Qin Feng didn't hide it.
This was the apocalypse.
There was nothing to be embarrassed to talk about.
"Just say so, it's not a big deal," Wang Shouli scoffed.
While they were chatting.
Tang Xiaoying came out.
She wasn't deaf.
How could she not hear Qin Feng and Wang Shouli's conversation?
Her eyes were a little cold as she stared at Qin Feng: "A grown man carrying something like that… you're quite something!"
A man carrying sanitary pads.
Wasn't that perverted?
"You misunderstood, Captain has a dimensional…"
"Let's go."
Without letting Xiao Ruoruo explain, Qin Feng turned and left: "Time to absorb cores."
Right!
Xiao Ruoruo became excited.
Based on the timing, it was the ninth day since she broke through to level 2.
She was about to break through!
After taking a few steps, Qin Feng suddenly stopped.
He took something out of his dimensional space and directly stuffed it into Tang Xiaoying's hand: "Eat this."
What?
Tang Xiaoying looked down at her hand.
Ejiao paste.
Eejiao and donkey-hide gelatin blood-invigorating granules.
Red dates.
"Why are you giving me these?" She hadn't quite registered what was happening.
"You lost a lot of blood yesterday, and you lost more today. Don't let your body collapse," Qin Feng turned and left.
Tang Xiaoying froze.
The next moment, her face turned crimson, as if it could bleed.
She had indeed lost a lot of blood yesterday.
But today…
Was he a pervert?!
A little while later.
The four of them, along with the panda Tongtong, went to the rooftop to meet He Dong.
They began their post-waking routine.
Everyone sat on the ground.
Qin Feng distributed the cores.
Finally, he took out two level 4 cores.
These were the cores from the male and female pair who had attacked Tang Xiaoying, whom he had killed one after another.
Last time.
After absorbing a level 4 core, his strength had reached the peak of level 3.
Logically, after several more days, he should have broken through as he was only a step away.
But!
What he absorbed later were level 2 cores.
It took more cores to advance from level 3 to level 4.
Moreover, he was absorbing lower-level cores, so he hadn't broken through yet.
The same situation.
He Dong, after absorbing a level 4 core, instantly reached level 3.
After that, even absorbing level 2 cores daily had very limited progress.
Qin Feng was in a good mood.
He was about to break through!
Being at the peak of level 3, absorbing a higher-level core would definitely allow him to break through.
Suddenly!
Caw!
A sharp bird cry echoed from afar.
The sound was very loud.
The bird was even bigger!
With a ten-meter wingspan, it flew at a low altitude, resembling a small aircraft.
"Alert!"
Xiao Ruoruo jumped up, ignoring the core absorption, and drew her saber.
"Mew…"
Tongtong let out a low whimper.
It adopted a combat stance.
Tang Xiaoying's spiritual power had already condensed.
The Sword of Judgment could be unleashed at any moment!