QT: Have Grievances? CAWHYC-Ch25

 

CHAPTER 25 - Mutated Plants

Because of the incessant heavy rain, the survivors all took refuge in the temporary shelters they had built, and the entire base fell into silence. Apart from the personnel patrolling in the rain and the occasional mission vehicles returning, there were no major movements.

But an hour after the Sun siblings returned to the dormitory, the base became lively again.

First, the patrols and the soldiers who stayed behind at the base took action and began to clean up the green vegetation in the entire base. Especially under the heavy rain, the green plants became noticeably greener and fresher, and they began to grow larger at a speed visible to the naked eye. These were the main targets of the cleanup.

Subsequently, a new task was posted in the mission hall requiring the removal of the green vegetation that began to mutate around the temporary base. Because the reward was high, the well-informed zombie-hunting teams received the news.

This is safer than killing zombies and the reward is also high, so several large zombie-hunting teams met and took on the task of cleaning up the area within ten kilometers outside the base. The areas farther away were handled by the military because the rain was getting heavier, and the farther away from the base, the higher the danger.

Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner. When Sun Yi saw that the entire base had taken action, the uneasiness in her heart also eased a lot. That night was destined to be a sleepless night, and it rained heavily all night long.

The next day, as soon as the sun's rays showed up, the heavy rain stopped in an instant.

After being washed by the heavy rain, the entire base felt fresh, and the rotten stench in the air has faded. However, in places that no one could see, the plants seemed to have gained a new vitality and began to grow rapidly, ushering in the first wave of mutations.

On the other side, the Black Eagle team huddled in the airport warehouse all night with all its members intact. At this time, looking at the behemoth parked in the hangar, everyone thought that the possibility of flying it away was not high, and it would be best to be taken away in the space, but the space ability-user said helplessly:

"Captain, my space is limited and I can't fit it in."

Ying Yi also felt helpless, after all, this kind of military supplies was hard to come by.

The situation in the capital base is no better than here. The population there is dense. After the outbreak of the apocalypse, just clearing up the zombies has already made them exhausted. The stored military supplies are being consumed rapidly, and it is impossible to allocate some to support them.

"If we can't take it away, we can build another temporary base here and send some people over. What do you think?"

Wu Lianyi proposed directly.

Hearing this, Ying Ao's eyes lit up, he patted his head and said:

"Purple Eagle is right, why didn't we think of that? We were limited by fixed thinking.

The temporary base is overcrowded now, and conflicts will increase over time. This is indeed a good location, with a vast plain. Even if a zombie horde comes over, they can be discovered immediately. If these fighter planes can be used reasonably, it will be very convenient to evacuate or support the base. "

The more Ying Ao talked about it, the more he thought it was feasible.

"In that case, let's go back first, report to the commander, and then make a plan."

Ying Yi made the final decision.

Then the Black Eagle Squad quickly left the airport. Although the fighter planes were not brought back, all the ammunition was stored in their space, and the mission was half completed.

Along the way, they also discovered the changes after a night of heavy rain. The team member responsible for observing the surroundings immediately reported:

"Captain, the surrounding vegetation are more lush than before we came."

Before he finished speaking, everyone saw a zombie bird swooping towards them. However, before it could reach them, it was caught by a green branch and dragged down, and the rough bird cry abruptly stopped.

The team member driving the military vehicle seemed to be frightened and stepped on the accelerator hard. The vehicle suddenly jumped forward and disappeared into the distance, leaving only a lone willow tree on the side of the road.

"That tree he... he..."

The young earth ability-user stammered a little. He had watched the whole process just now, and he didn't expect the willow tree to actually start "eating" the zombie bird.

"Plants have also began to mutate!"

Wu Lianyi sighed with emotion.

In the third month of the apocalypse, a night of heavy rain caused the plants in the small world to begin to mutate. The degree and direction of the plant mutations were also very unexpected, which shocked humans.

The inconspicuous grass on the side of the road has become as sharp as a knife, and could even cut through the skin of a Level 1 zombie. The root system of the grass was very developed, ten times longer than the exposed part, and has the function of storing water. After digging out the grass root system and breaking open the outer skin, a light green juice can be found inside.

The tall banyan trees have become thicker, and their leaves can be shot out like flying knives, which are perfect for killing zombie birds. Based on this feature, the base dispatched a team of ability-users and spent a lot of resources to transplant the banyan trees to the outskirts of the base, just to resist the attacks of zombie birds.

The plan proposed by the Black Eagle Squad to open a new base to reduce the pressure on the temporary base was successfully passed. The first batch of people to move in were the army's combat squad.

One year and five months since the start of the apocalypse, Level 2 zombies appeared one after another in the small world, triggering small zombie waves and prompting the emergence of Level 2 ability-users.

The airport base in W City was also attacked by a wave of zombies. Sun Yi, who was on vacation at the time, sensed the attack and immediately reported it to her superiors. No major losses were incurred, and a batch of crystal cores was harvested.

Crystal cores have now become one of the energy sources for the advancement of ability-users, and they have been officially certified. Therefore, after a zombie-hunting team reaches a certain scale, they will independently take on missions, obtain survival resources, and accumulate crystal cores for themselves.

This Level 2 zombie attack gave them an opportunity. There were already Level 2 ability-users appearing in the base, but most of them were in the military, which they were convinced of.

After all, for difficult and high-risk missions, it is usually the military who are at the forefront, so they naturally obtain more crystal cores, and it is common for them to advance naturally.

The members of the Black Eagle Combat Squad have also broken through Level 2 one after another. They are the combat team with the highest mission completion rate in the base, and have become aces, and there are many zombie-hunting teams who wanted to cooperate with them. They will also take on the task of finding supplies and cooperate with the more powerful zombie-hunting teams.

During this period, Wu Lianyi found an opportunity to expose her jade fruit core space as a spatial ability. The team members were a little numb when they found out, and unanimously decided to let her continue to hide it as the trump card of the Black Eagle team.

In fact, the real reason was that Wu Lianyi really didn't want to eat compressed biscuits with this group of people when she goes on a mission. There are plenty of raw, cooked, and semi-finished food in her space, why would she have to wrong herself so much.

Because of her decision, the entire team benefited greatly. They could at least eat something hot when they go out instead of eating dry military rations.

After more and more Level 2 ability-users emerged one after another, W City also made a breakthrough in the research on crystal cores and developed a crystal core gun. The capital base used the crystal core to develop a protective shield that can resist attacks of zombies, birds, beasts, and mutated plants to the greatest extent.

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