Chapter 48
Yeah, why should they?
The people in this base were completely different from those in B City secure base . In B City secure base, most of the people who went out in search of supplies were either soldiers or ability users . Those without abilities basically didn’t dare to go out wilfully .
Not to mention, the streets near B City secure base had all been cleared out by the military . Because of this, the people who left the base also didn’t encounter great danger .
However, this small base was different; their conditions were not comparable to B City secure base’s . Going out was very dangerous, as even the slightest carelessness would mean their death, but if they didn’t go out… They would starve to death .
The person questioning Nie Yi was an officer under Fei Xuelei . He was surrounded by many people, who were all soldiers that had been following Fei Xuelei before .
Half their troops were lost on the very morning of the apocalypse; later, for the common people in this small base, their numbers were further reduced to two thirds…
The number of casualties could be considered disastrous .
Seeing their comrades die one after the other, the base they had set up through their unfortunate occurrences became their consolation . They also felt incredibly gratified when they saw many people still living in the base .
It was also because of Fei Xuelei . Fei Xuelei had always been their leader, sharing life’s joys and sorrows with them, so they were very respectful towards him . Now, someone from B City secure base popped up out of nowhere, saying that he wanted them to listen to him . How could they be willing to do so?
“Why?” Nie Yi smiled, suddenly jumping off the raised platform and rushing towards that person .
His speed was very quick, but that person’s response, as well as the soldiers by his side, were also quite decent when they reached out to stop him . However, how could Nie Yi be so easily blocked?
“Of course it’s because of my strength . ” Nie Yi didn’t use his ability, directly kicking the few who appeared the most unresigned, then continued, “And because I can let you survive . ”
The speed at which he attacked was very fast, but those people were still dissatisfied . Nie Yi didn’t mind this, looking at Zhang Zihai and the rest at the side . “Go and have a proper chat with them . ”
He wasn’t referring to an actual ‘chat’ when he said this . Zhang Zihai and the rest teamed up and directly went for the ‘kill’ .
The ten people Nie Yi had taken away were the strongest in all of Base Two; not only that, but Nie Yi had also taught them the cultivation method for abilities, and many applications of abilities as well .
Ability users like Zhang Zihai, who were already very powerful when they had awakened, had directly reached level two after being beaten up by Nie Yi these days . The others were about the same as well . With such talents fighting against those people, what sort of result would arise?
There were also a lot of ability users in this small base, but just as they released their fireb.a.l.l.s, a splash of water would douse their heads and kill the fireb.a.l.l.s . When they wanted to produce an earthen wall, the wall was instantly controlled by their opponents . Besides this, when they took their weapons and wanted to attack, a gust of wind swept over from the opposite side, causing them to stagger and stumble . The few who had rushed forward quickly seemed as if they were pounded in the chest by an invisible fist, and involuntarily fell backwards .
It was really crazy! When did wind abilities become this amazing?!
And they had always thought that water abilities couldn’t be used for combat, as a result, when combined together… Water abilities could actually be this powerful!
These people had fought with zombies before, and they weren’t discouraged upon meeting a strong opponent . On the contrary, their ferocity was aroused, and they fought even more violently .
As for Zhang Zihai and the others? They had always been training with Nie Yi, but Nie Yi didn’t allow them to use their abilities arbitrarily in the base, so they weren’t clear about their true strength . Now, they discovered that they had already turned out to be this powerful and grew more excited as they fought .
Within a short span of time, Shao Zhenglan had already learnt how to use the method of crushing people with her earth ability . But to avoid dealing fatal blows, she didn’t attack from top to bottom and hit horizontally across instead . Most of the time, she smashed their chests, and after smashing one, the people behind would all be thrown to the ground in a domino effect . Occasionally, the smashing direction would lower a little towards the stomach, and even reach a little lower sometimes…
While Jiang Huai was using his wind ability to attack, he saw Shao Zhenglan create a basin-sized mud paste and smash someone three inches below the navel, causing that person to cover his crotch and lose his fighting strength .
Jiang Huai couldn’t help feeling pain on behalf of that guy, then waved his hands, forming a fist with his wind ability and smashed that person’s important part .
“Won’t there be a problem if there’s a fight like this?” Fei Xuelei couldn’t help saying . At the same time, he was also red with shame . He had always thought that his subordinates were very powerful, but unexpectedly, they were actually unable to withstand a single blow like this .
“Nope,” Nie Yi said . On the contrary, he didn’t think Fei Xuelei’s subordinates were weak at all and admired them instead .
To be honest, the reason why Zhang Zihai and the others could win was that they were relying on their abilities . Fei Xuelei’s subordinates were the ones who were truly amazing . To survive in the apocalypse, it was precisely this sort of vigour that was needed to advance bravely .
“The weather’s about to change . ” Qi Jingchen suddenly spoke up . “Heavy rain is coming . ”
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When Zhang Zihai and the others heard Nie Yi’s words, they used their abilities to open up a path and quickly fell back . Some wanted to chase after them, but a fierce flood poured towards them, directly turning them into drowned rats .
The person who attacked at this moment was unquestionably Nie Yi .
There were many people who could fight in this small base . There were over two thousand people standing here, and most of them still had the strength to fight, but they were all unable to beat the ten by Nie Yi’s side… At this moment, they were somewhat reddened from shame .
“If you don’t listen to me, then just leave this place; those willing to listen to me can stay . ” Nie Yi said . “I can’t guarantee you other things, but I can teach you some methods of survival . ”
These words of Nie Yi’s were as forceful as before, and the people weren’t as indignant anymore . At the same time, no one was willing to leave .
Who didn’t want to become strong? After they discovered that Nie Yi and his team had genuine skills, they had already resolved to get along with Nie Yi . Especially those ability users; they were incredibly envious after seeing the skills of those by Nie Yi’s side .
Nie Yi wasn’t surprised by this at all .
The apocalypse was a place that prided strength above all . One must have enough strength if they want to survive . Speaking of, he really was unable to understand Yu Shuo . The apocalypse was already here, but he was still in the mood to do all sorts of dirty tricks . So what if he was welcomed by the people in B City secure base? That was simply meaningless . A small accident could simply kill him if he was careless… But since he had given a thrashing to him last time, maybe Yu Shuo will start to work hard again, like in their last life?
No one left . Nie Yi smiled and said, “The first thing I’ll teach you is that, during the apocalypse, never get wet in the rain . You all better hurry home now, and inform the others and have them return home as well . ” When he finished speaking, he picked Qi Jingchen up and walked in while Ping Shengchao and the two bodyguards by his side immediately packed up Qi Jingchen’s various things .
“Move all those vegetables on the car roof into the house to avoid them getting caught in the rain,” Qi Jingchen reminded . Those vegetables were also his belongings .
“I definitely won’t let them get wet from the rain,” Nie Yi said immediately . After he settled Qi Jingchen down, he brought all the vegetables into the house .
When Fei Xuelei heard Nie Yi’s words, he settled down the people in the secure base, then discovered that his home had been taken over by flowers and plants . Even the staircase had a few pots of green vegetables .
“Is there something particular about the rain?” Fei Xuelei walked into the room and immediately looked at Nie Yi .
“If you get drenched in the rain too much, you might become a zombie . ” Nie Yi smiled, then used his ability to cook oatmeal for Qi Jingchen .
Once instant oatmeal was rinsed with water, it would become oatmeal gruel . The side dish was the meat floss made from the breast of a chicken Fei Xuelei had given to Nie Yi .
Nie Yi had made this meat floss according to the steps from a Baobao cookbook .
It was purely handmade without any additives, so Qi Jingchen loved eating it .
Besides the meat floss, Nie Yi had also prepared one saucer of bean sprouts and another saucer of boiled vegetable sprouts .
“How could this be?!” Fei Xuelei looked at Nie Yi in astonishment .
“The rain at present is still okay, but in the future…” Nie Yi snorted lightly . “It’s still better to be in the rain less often . The old and weak definitely can’t endure being drenched in the rain continuously . ” The rain during the beginning of the apocalypse wasn’t that much of a problem, but later on, with the level two zombies appearing, it would only become even more of a terror… Presently, it might only induce sickness in people, but after that… If people with weak const.i.tutions were in the rain for a little while, they would turn into zombies .
Fortunately, there actually was not much rain during the apocalypse .
Fei Xuelei nodded and deemed this as a matter of importance, calling on a few people to give commands .
At this time, Ping Shengchao and the two bodyguards had already finished preparing the food, and Ping Shengchao called out, “Commander Fei, let’s eat together?”
Fei Xuelei had always eaten at the cafeteria in the base . The food really wasn’t much, but Ping Shengchao’s food was very, very fragrant . He couldn’t help swallowing a mouthful of saliva . “Then I won’t be polite . ” If he ate here, he’d also save up on the base’s food…
Because he wasn’t very good at cooking, Ping Shengchao usually liked to collect various seasoning packets and hotpot seasonings . This time, he had fried some chilli bean paste, added some water until the pot became bright red, then threw in his own bean sprouts and ham sausages to cook .
The current variety of vegetables was definitely not comparable to before the apocalypse, but everyone could still eat quite a few bowls of this strongly flavoured soup mixed with rice .
At this time, Qi Jingchen had already finished eating and didn’t like smelling this fragrance, so Nie Yi carried him to the bedroom, only then did he come out to eat together with everyone .
“Nie Yi, is that person your lover?” Fei Xuelei suddenly asked .
“He’s the person I love . ” Nie Yi smiled .
“He’s rather young, isn’t he? Isn’t what you’re doing not that good?” Fei Xuelei couldn’t help saying . That Qi Jingchen seemed like he wasn’t an adult, and he felt especially uncomfortable with this .
“He’s already twenty-two,” Nie Yi bluntly said .
“That old?” Fei Xuelei was somewhat embarra.s.sed and didn’t continue .
While they were eating, it started to rain and storm .
This base didn’t restore the water pipelines, and the water supply wasn’t much, so some people wanted to store the rainwater for usage, while some felt hot and bothered and actually wanted to use the rain for a wash, basically ignoring the announcement from the secure base’s loudspeakers warning them specifically not to expose themselves to the rain .
A muscular man held a basin and stood shirtless in the rain . Seeing this, a patrolling ability user wearing a raincoat immediately said, “Hurry up and return! Didn’t we say that you must not be exposed to the rain?”
“Isn’t it just a little rain? It’s not like I’ve never been soaked under the rain before… What’s wrong with being a little wet from the rain?” The man said resentfully .
“It’s dangerous to be in the rain, don’t you know?” The ability user said despite being uncertain himself .
“It’s just some rain, what danger could there be? If I can’t even get a little wet under the rain, wouldn’t humanity be done for?” The man didn’t listen to his advice, but at this time, a zombie suddenly scuttled out from the side unexpectedly .
It was an elderly zombie . The moment it appeared, it pounced on the bare-chested man…
Fortunately, the patrolling ability user had an earth ability, and helped the man block off the old zombie . At the same time, everyone recognised the ident.i.ty of this old zombie .
This elderly lady had been saved with her grandchild . Her grandchild had died of sickness a few days ago, so she had been lying under the eaves of the roof from then on, waiting for death .
Even though she had been waiting to die, she previously had no symptoms of zombification . She wouldn’t eat or drink, and there weren’t any other zombies in the vicinity . According to reason, it was highly unlikely for her to turn into a zombie…
But she did turn into one! If they took into account what was different from usual, it was that she had been in the rain…
The man who had originally wanted to cool down in the rain hastily fled into the house, hurriedly wiping off the rainwater on his body and didn’t dare go out anymore…
The rain continued, falling on the corpse of the old zombie and some black substance left the zombie’s corpse along with the water current…
This unexpected matter of someone turning into a zombie due to being exposed to the rain was quickly reported to Fei Xuelei . Fei Xuelei’s expression became especially grave .
“That elderly was probably lying on the ground, and her body was also injured . The dirt stains on the streets were washed down by the rainwater and flowed onto her body . That’s why she became like this,” Nie Yi said . Usually, when a zombie appeared in a small base like this, they wouldn’t necessarily clean up the zombie’s blood, and mincemeat spilt on the ground . This by itself was fine, but now that it was washed away by water… “When the rain stops, tell the water ability users to clear up the acc.u.mulated water in the streets . ”
The storm continued to the next day and made Nie Yi all the more afraid of waiting .
Many things had begun in advance; the beginning stage of the apocalypse which had originally continued for three years, he didn’t know how long it’ll be before it ended… He couldn’t wait any longer .
After the rain stopped, Nie Yi began to train those people in the small base . The first thing he did was divide these people into units .
Details like the names, ability, and so on of these people had long already been registered . What Nie Yi wanted to do now was divide these people into units consisting of four or five ordinary people and one ability user .
In this way, every unit had five to six people . The ordinary people would fight against the zombies outside while the ability users would observe the situation inside, and prevent the zombies from getting close to them .
Nie Yi had also emphasised on level two zombies, even stating that if the protected ability users spot a zombie emitting smoke from their mouth, they must immediately throw their ability into the zombie’s mouth to restrain it . At the same time, the corpses of level two zombies must not be touched for no reason .
The fog-like abilities saturating the brains of level two ability users would condense into a small droplet, and it was the same for level two zombies as well . The small droplet in the bodies of level two zombies was the convergence of dark energy; one could easily imagine how terrifying its effect was .
Nie Yi had once asked Ping Shengchao how he suddenly had zombification . After learning that it was actually because they wanted to find a crystal nucleus from the zombie’s brains, he felt that these two were simply insane .
Crystal nucleus? The zombies in the future would indeed have crystal nuclei, but it was something that could take away their lives!
Nie Yi spoke about various things, then had Zhang Zihai and the others call out and instruct the ability users who shared the same attribute as them . Altogether, this took an entire day .
The next day, he took this team and started wiping out the surrounding zombies .
Previously when these survivors encountered zombies, they would all hide wherever they could, but this time, Nie Yi forbade them from hiding .
The method of fighting against zombies with small groups was devised by someone else in his last life . At that time, everyone had slowly begun to imitate him, and it once again had proved to be very useful .
The ability users had to protect the people, kill, or drive away the zombies who strayed too near and also carry out long-ranged attacks . The others held long-handled weapons to slice at the zombies… Gathered together, they pushed on bit by bit as the zombies at the side were annihilated .
Of course, they themselves had some casualties…
Previously, when they were heading to B City from J City, Nie Yi would always take action whenever those people were in danger . However, he didn’t do so this time . He held Qi Jingchen and walked at the very front, approximately 50 meters away from the large team behind him . He didn’t protect the people in the team and only worked hard to kill the surrounding zombies .
Previously, when Nie Yi wasn’t doing missions, he was hurrying on his journey . It had been ages since he had killed zombies to his heart’s content, and this time, he used both his abilities together, reaping the heads of zombies around him unceasingly .
To balance out his two abilities, after his fire ability reached level two, he didn’t cultivate it much; instead, he continuously cultivated his water ability .
His water ability was already getting stronger and stronger, but it had never reached level two . And now, he was killing more and more zombies as he threw out an increasing amount of ‘bombs’ that were a combination of his water and fire ability, and the whirlpool in his brain formed by his water ability spun faster and faster as a result .
His ability revolved so quickly that his head was starting to ache, but Nie Yi didn’t stop, and continued to use his water ability instead .
At some unknown point in time, a minuscule droplet suddenly appeared at the centre of the fog formed by his water ability in his brain…
Nie Yi’s water ability had also reached level two .
In his last life, it was exceedingly difficult for him to upgrade his ability, but in this life, it was unimaginably smooth . His water ability had awakened just a few days ago, and it had already reached level two .
Nie Yi suddenly flung out an ice blade .
During the late stage of the apocalypse, water ability users could produce ice blades . In the beginning, they had probably released an ice blade subconsciously, but later, as long as they were accustomed to this state, they could release more and more ice blades…
For the past him who had just discovered that he could also use his water ability to attack, that state wasn’t easy, but for the Nie Yi who had lived through an entire apocalypse, he knew what this was . Actually, it was just using one’s spiritual strength to change the state of the ability when the ability was released .
His spiritual strength wasn’t weak; it was just unsuccessful previously because his water ability was too weak . However, that wasn’t a problem anymore…
A few ice blades thrown out from Nie Yi’s side harvested a row of zombie heads around him .
The people following behind Nie Yi were already very exhausted . They still had suffered casualties, even if the numbers were few . They didn’t have the drive they had at the beginning, but they suddenly became re-energised when they saw this skill of Nie Yi’s .
Ice ability! There was actually this as well!
Nie Yi looked at all of this in satisfaction . The only thing left after this was…brainwashing .