Blue Star.
Laughter filled the Great Xia live broadcast room.
— 'Birdie looks pretty cute in overalls!'
— 'Only you think a penguin that's 1.4 meters tall is cute. It could slap you to death with one swipe!'
— 'Birdie, there's actually no bird there.'
— 'It only has a cloaca, it wouldn't be exposed.'
— 'Do we need your explanation? We want to see it hunt Level 3 zombies!'
...
The bird was exposed?
Damn it!
Birdie quickly pulled its pants up.
Then, it realized there was no bird exposed, nor could there be.
Enraged, it shrieked and chased Zhou Haiyang.
"Alright!"
Qin Feng walked over. "We're officially starting today! Team One, Xiao Ruoruo and He Dong will stay behind. Everyone else and all of Team Two will go to Shangjing!"
"Captain, I..." He Dong was anxious.
He had a long-held thought.
Protect his daughter!
Don't let his daughter face danger!
Therefore, as a father, he had to do his daughter's work as well.
As long as he did enough, it would be justifiable for his daughter to not kill zombies, right?
"Am I discussing this with you?"
Qin Feng glared at him. "All personnel in Team One will take turns staying behind— if you have any objections, bottle them up!"
"Yes!"
He Dong retreated helplessly.
"Also, Haiyang and Wang Shouli will be half-staying behind," Qin Feng continued to assign.
"What do you mean half-staying behind?" Zhou Haiyang was confused.
In theory.
Zhou Haiyang and Wang Shouli had to be brought along for every operation.
Once Zhou Haiyang mastered it, he could summon dark-elemental birds that flew extremely fast.
Rapid reinforcement!
Rapid withdrawal!
He was needed for these.
As for Wang Shouli, no need to mention it.
In any battle, a healer was crucial and had to be present.
But!
Qin Feng had said that team members would take turns staying behind. If he and Wang Shouli were always on the battlefield, they might harbor resentment.
Why can others stay behind, but I have to fight every time?
This time.
Zhou Haiyang would spend most of his time at the base.
He would fly to Shangjing periodically to see if anyone needed him.
With the giant bird's speed, a round trip would take less than half an hour, easily done.
"Yes!"
Zhou Haiyang and Wang Shouli nodded.
Ten minutes later.
Outside the air-raid shelter, Qin Feng took out two vehicles.
A pickup truck.
A seven-seater.
Damn!
It was nearly ten times the difference!
Comparing goods makes one discard them; comparing people makes one want to die.
Zhou Haiyang waited for a while until they extracted the crystals and took them back.
After all,
The team members staying behind at the base only had Level 2 crystals.
To not fall behind the zombies' evolution speed.
They had to absorb Level 3 crystals!
The two teams obtained over 180 crystals in total.
There were four team members staying at the base.
They could use them for a while.
As for those who were not team members, they would only be rewarded with Level 1 or Level 2 crystals; Level 3 crystals would not be issued for now.
...
Five kilometers away.
On the rooftop of a tall building.
Zhang Tianbao lay quietly.
His entire body was smeared with excrement. Even from a dozen meters away, a foul, fishy smell that made one nauseous could be detected.
The last time he came out of the sewer, he suddenly encountered a zombie.
The result...
The zombie vomited!
It didn't dare to eat him, and even fled in terror.
That time, he discovered a method of survival. Even without 'Brother Zombie' watching over him, he wasn't in too much danger.
As long as I stink enough.
Even zombies wouldn't dare to bite!
He didn't just smear himself with excrement.
Excrement was foul.
His body was not only smelly but also had a rotten, fishy odor.
That was from dead fish and rotten shrimp he found at the market.
It had been 20 days since the cold wave receded.
The temperature had warmed up.
Fresh ingredients had long since rotted.
These had become his 'self-preservation' tools.
Didn't you see the bottles and jars he carried with him?
They contained excrement and rotten fish and shrimp, allowing him to replenish his foul smell at any time.
"Is that... a flare?"