After simmering the pork rib and lotus root soup, Shen Muyu cooked a bowl of rice and returned to the car. More than an hour had passed, and he estimated that they would be arriving at the Huangshan base soon.
Now that they were far from the place surrounded by mountains, the fog had mostly dissipated, and the uncomfortable feeling of low air pressure had eased considerably. Shen Muyu sat in the driver's seat and silently yawned.
I've been busy all day without a break, and I'm actually quite sleepy now that I'm relaxing.
However, this was clearly not a good time to sleep, so Shen Muyu found a comedy and started munching on potato chips.
"Master, we're almost there." Apart from encountering some zombies in the first half of the journey, there were almost none left, probably because the base had already cleared them out.
Although there weren't many zombies, we did encounter several vehicles, almost all of which were off-road vehicles with high chassis.
The space, which was clearly only big enough for five people, was crammed with more than a dozen. Judging from the beads of sweat constantly falling from their heads and their wet clothes, the air conditioning wasn't on. It was probably to save fuel, but it must have been very uncomfortable.
Perhaps because they coveted Shen Muyu's car, some people attacked her along the way, but Zhan Yi dealt with them all by herself and even obtained more than a dozen human crystal cores.
This crystal core is quite different from the zombie's crystal core; it's multicolored and possesses different supernatural attributes.
For example, the crystal core of Li Qian, a lightning-type ability user, was purple.
Shen Muyu couldn't bear to throw it into the extraction machine, but instead put it in a small bag and stored it away. It would be a waste to extract it directly.
Now that Shen Muyu has been promoted to the next level, his exploration range has increased significantly. The maximum range is no problem at fifteen or sixteen kilometers, and twelve or thirteen kilometers is the norm.
Shen Muyu had Xiao A choose a place to stop, while she used her mental power to explore the area.
This Huangshan base was built against the mountain, with mountains on both sides and walls built on both sides. Shen Muyu saw that many people inside the base were thickening the walls layer by layer. Many people with guns stood on the walls, and many cannons were also erected on the walls.
There was only one main gate at the front of the entire base, and a dozen or so people were queuing up to go inside.
They first entered a small house, and it took them a long time to reappear in the base. Shen Muyu guessed that it was used to check if anyone had been bitten by zombies.
The base is quite large, with many tents scattered on the outermost layer. The tents inside are relatively neat, but the further out you go, the more chaotic it becomes.
Further in, there are villas and high-rise buildings separated by walls. Judging from the style, this area must have been a tourist area before. There is also some water flowing down the rock wall on the back mountain.
"Little A, let's go around from the side." Shen Muyu pointed out a path to Little A, which was a forest that had been mostly cut down, right by the mountain.
Shen Muyu didn't want to go to the base's main gate. There were too many artillery pieces for her small car to handle. Because of the mountain behind her, there weren't many guards in this direction. She planned to throw the person in from here.
Using the cover of those withered trees, Xiao A drove the car to the very edge, and then Shen Muyu, wearing an invisible raincoat, ran to the bottom of the wall.
A melodious flute tune rang out, and a dozen or so people nearby immediately leaned against the wall and fell asleep. Taking advantage of this excellent sound transmission location, more and more people fell asleep.
Xiao A immediately drove to the foot of the wall, while Zhan Yi dragged a string of people tied together like candied hawthorns out of the car.
With its agile body, it climbed the wall in a few strides, untied the many ropes that grew from its waist, and started pulling.
The people tied to the same rope below were pulled up one by one.
"Congratulations on completing the mission. Your reward mileage has been reduced by 1,000 kilometers."
Upon hearing the sound, Shen Muyu immediately returned to the car, and Zhan Yi also jumped out, rolled around to recover, and got into the car as well.
Little A sped into the woods in less than three minutes.
The bewildered guard stood up, rubbing his sore spots.
"Enemy attack!" With a shout, the alarm sounded.
"What are these?" The guard closest to them carefully took a few steps back as he watched the string of sacks appear out of nowhere, his gun pointed at them, but he didn't fire easily. The two men and the sacks remained locked in a stalemate.
The bag was not opened until the superhumans from the base arrived.
"Where did these people come from?" The superhuman frowned as he looked at the guards beside him.
The guards all shook their heads in confusion.
"Hiss, these look like the researchers the base chief told us to greet." Another vigilant superhuman glanced at them and thought they looked familiar, then looked more closely.
"That's right, isn't that Expert Sun?" Another superhuman pulled out a piece of paper to confirm that he wasn't mistaken, and immediately ran back to report to his superiors. The people who stayed behind quickly untied the dozen or so people.
Of course, this was no longer Shen Muyu's business. It was getting dark, and she needed to leave quickly to find a place to stay.