Transfer to Hurricane Base

Qi Xing's words left no room for tact.

Bai Xiaoling's emotions suddenly flared up, and she shouted, "Bullshit! Bai Xiaoqing only gave me... over a month ago..."

Yes, she and Bai Xiaoqing had lost contact over a month ago.

What Bai Xiaoling hadn't said was that the words on that paper slip had all been written in blood.

The writing grew more frantic toward the end, repeatedly emphasizing that she must not go outside and must not open the door for anyone.

When Bai Xiaoling received the paper slip, her face went deathly pale and her entire body turned cold.

But she didn't believe it. She refused to believe that something had happened to Bai Xiaoqing.

Bai Xiaoqing was in the prime of his life, young and accomplished. He was their father's proudest child, the one in their family with the brightest future. How could he have died so carelessly?

Bai Xiaoling covered her face with her hands, hiding the tears flooding from her eyes.

Listening to Qi Xing and Bai Xiaoling's conversation, Jiang Zhaosu remembered as well.

There seemed to have been a plotline like this in the novel she had read.

A high-level Mutated Species had led a huge horde of zombies to break through Hurricane Base's defensive perimeter in the middle of the night and attack the base.

The battle that night had been unimaginably brutal. Nearly all the survivors in the base had been wiped out, leaving only a few Ability Users who escaped and sought help from Chasing Moon Base.

Chasing Moon Base sent Pei Chixuan to lead a team of Rank A Ability Users to exterminate the zombie horde.

Unexpectedly, that Mutated Species had already evolved intelligence. Not only had it occupied the base, it even knew how to devise battle plans. For a time, even Pei Chixuan had been unable to defeat it. In the end, Cen Jiao relied on her absurdly powerful Space Ability to pull out a Rocket Launcher and blast it to pieces.

When Jiang Zhaosu had read about Cen Jiao pulling out a Rocket Launcher, she couldn't help blurting, "Fuck."

Sure, it was one thing for the Female Lead to pull out a car or a gun from her space now and then, but how could she pull out a Rocket Launcher too?

Where had she even stockpiled that thing?

And Cen Jiao had always been a delicate, sickly beauty, timid and afraid of trouble. She got out of breath after walking a few extra steps, so how could she suddenly carry a Rocket Launcher?

Jiang Zhaosu had thought the plot was a little ridiculous at the time.

But the author later tried to patch it up, saying that Cen Jiao had casually taken it when Pei Chixuan brought her to inspect the base's armory.

Jiang Zhaosu still thought that excuse was ridiculous, but she reluctantly accepted it and kept reading.

Cen Jiao's Rocket Launcher blast had left not even scraps of the Mutated Species behind. Logically, the zombies should have died after losing their leader, but what Cen Jiao and Pei Chixuan didn't know was that this Mutated Species possessed an equally outrageous ability.

Not only could it control the minds of other zombies, it could also transfer its own consciousness into other zombies.

There were simply too many zombies. Pei Chixuan and the Ability User team hadn't eliminated them all, allowing that Mutated Species to survive and begin quietly building itself back up. It later became a minor boss in the story.

Its boss rank was far higher than Qi Xing's.

Qi Xing didn't even count as a minor boss. He was just some nameless, eighteenth-rate little villain.

"No, I'm going to the base to find Bai Xiaoqing. I refuse to believe he's dead!"

Bai Xiaoling suddenly went mad and roared, "I'm the one who wants to die, yet I'm still alive! What right does he have to just die and be done with it?! What right does he have to have it so easy?!"

Bai Xiaoling limped toward the outskirts, only for Qi Xing to drag her back with a vine.

"You're Fortune's Reserve Food. Where do you think you're going?"

Qi Xing comforted her. "It's fine. Didn't you just say hell was warmer than this world? Your brother's already gone down there. We'll send you down soon too, and then you can reunite with your brother in hell."

Jiang Zhaosu: "..."

He had sympathy, but not much.

Nice.

Jiang Zhaosu watched Bai Xiaoling roll around on the ground like a caterpillar, crying and making a scene, when an idea suddenly popped into her head.

The last time Xiao Chuxi had stepped on her neck and nearly killed her still rankled.

If she and Qi Xing went and killed that Mutated Species before it finished quietly building itself back up, then devoured its Crystal Core, wouldn't she no longer have to worry about what had happened before ever happening again?

That Mutated Species had spent nearly a year quietly growing stronger before becoming a minor boss.

Only a month had passed now. The Mutated Species had suffered a severe blow and had to still be in a weakened state.

The protagonists knew nothing about this and wouldn't pay attention to an abandoned base.

With the right time, place, and circumstances all on her side, this was the perfect opportunity for her to swoop in and reap the benefits.

"We, go base, find, your brother."

Jiang Zhaosu opened her mouth and spoke slowly.

"Huh?"

Bai Xiaoling on the ground and Qi Xing beside her both looked at her.

"What are we going to Hurricane Base for?" Qi Xing asked in confusion. "I heard from the team that it's all ruins now. There's nothing useful there."

Jiang Zhaosu looked at Bai Xiaoling on the ground and reached out to tug at Qi Xing's sleeve.

Qi Xing followed her a few steps away, bent down, and listened as she muttered into his ear.

Jiang Zhaosu told Qi Xing what she knew about Hurricane Base, while also smoothing over why she knew Pei Chixuan and Cen Jiao.

"Oh, so you were originally a survivor from Hurricane Base too, and that was when you turned into a little zombie."

As a former member of Chasing Moon Base, Qi Xing had also heard that Pei Chixuan had been sent to Hurricane Base on a mission. "No wonder you're so afraid of that Pei guy."

"That's not right." Qi Xing suddenly became alert. "Didn't you say you knew them before your Zombification?"

Jiang Zhaosu:?

Why did Qi Xing remember everything she said so clearly?

"Before, also met."

Jiang Zhaosu swallowed and casually came up with an excuse. "He, handsome. Impression, deep."

Qi Xing: "..."

"What's handsome about him?"

Qi Xing suddenly made a remarkably rude assessment of Pei Chixuan's appearance. "His skin is dark, and he's so hairy. He looks all rough and scruffy."

Jiang Zhaosu: "..."

Was that the point?

The point was that she wanted that Mutated Species' Crystal Core!

Jiang Zhaosu clenched her fist and whispered like a devil, "Mutated Species, kill. Crystal Core, get."

Since they had enough supplies anyway, Qi Xing indulged her. "Fine, fine. Then we'll go."

One human and one zombie put their heads together and whispered for a long while before finally turning around to look again at Bai Xiaoling, who was still sprawled on the ground behind them.

Qi Xing cleared his throat. Though they weren't going for Bai Xiaoling's sake, he still had to let her owe them one. "My Fortune is a kind-hearted little zombie. She was moved by your sincere desire to see your brother. So we'll set out for Hurricane Base now and see whether we can find him."