Chapter 105

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Chapter 105- Apocalypse (6)

Two weeks later, their group grew to over 100 people. In addition to Mu Qingli and Duan Hongwu’s meeting up with their original subordinates, they also collected many humans with supernatural abilities and some ordinary people who can be trusted. As for those who tried to piggyback off of their efforts or those who tried to seize power, they were promptly kicked out of the group.

Among them, over 60 people had a supernatural ability. Usually, if a group of 100 can get 5-6 people with abilities, it would be a celebratory matter but they had over 60. Not to mention, most were already at Tier-2 in their abilities. The highest tier in the group was Tier-4 and Gu Anran, Hong Qingyi, Mu Qingli, Duan Hongwu, Song Wenyan and Chi Mengyan have all reached Tier-4. Overall, their combat power was quite high.

However, along with the fast increase in abilities of the male and female leads, the zombies evolved just as fast. Some of the more evolved zombies now had special abilities of their own and were more difficult to deal with than normal zombies.

When a human and a zombie at the same tier meet, the human loses the conflict most of the time. This is because high-tiered zombies can control low-tiered zombies. The number of zombies is much higher than humans. A zombie can easily pierce human skin with their sharp claws, so no matter how strong the human’s ability is, they can be turned into a zombie at any time. Too much blood loss can also cause death while zombies will simply ignore all damage unless their head is cut off. Therefore a matchup between two same-tiered humans and zombies always ends with the zombie winning.

Concurrently, animals and plants have also evolved. They are even more difficult to deal with than humans and makes the entire apocalypse situation that much more difficult. The animals now had sharp claws and speed at the same level of supernatural ability users. Sometimes, animals will have an ability as well and overall they become an existence that gives many humans headaches.

Supernatural plants are even worse. Forests used to be a safe haven for the humans in the countryside, but now it was simply hell. Walking into a forest was just asking to die early. The plants have become intelligent and either hide in the soil or are extremely fast. Before one can react, they would be swallowed up by the plant and their blood sucked dry.

Whenever Gu Anran thought about the mutant plant that almost killed them all, she felt chills in her heart. The images of half-digested corpses was too much of a disgusting scene to remember.

Screech….

The car stopped as they arrived at their destination, a base built with high walls. This base was built by the most powerful figures of the Black Dragon Triad and the Azure Dragon Triad. In the world of the apocalypse, it was the best and largest base and much better than even the bases the military built.

“This base….is a little too grand, isn’t it?” Hong Qingyi sighed wistfully in the back seat. In only two weeks, these two triads were able to build a high wall that was as tall as five stories and as thick as two meters. The height and thickness was more than enough to resist the zombies. Although it wouldn’t do much against the high tiered zombies, it would at least slow them down.

Most bases don’t even have a wall and are simply a bunch of people spread across a few buildings. Against the zombies, the walls of regular buildings were not enough. Only cement walls or walls built of the hardest of metals will work now.

“Eldest Young Miss!” A group of people stood outside the entrance and bowed as soon as Mu Qingli got out of the car. The uniformity of their posture and movement made people who didn’t know any better think they were a part of the army! On Duan Hongwu’s side of things, his people acted similarly. The Eldest Young Miss and Young Master of the underworld looked really majestic in this state.

“Get these supplies into the warehouse.” Mu Qingli gestured to the three trucks behind her.

The supplies in question were the food and supplies that Gu Anran and the others had collected along the way. Every truck was packed full of food and could sustain the base for quite some time.

“Yes, Young Miss.” The man in lead replied back resoundingly. He waved at a few people behind him and they moved forward to carry out their orders.

He turned his attention back to Mu Qingli, “Young Miss, I will give you and your friends a tour of our base.”

“En.” Mu Qingli nodded.

“We have divided the base into four sections: A, B, C, D. Areas C and D are where the ordinary humans live. If someone in Area D wants to work in Area C, they must collect points from working tasks and exchange these points. Area A and B are reserved for ability users. The residences are determined by the Tier-level of their abilities. Those with higher-tiered abilities live in Area A and those with lower-tiered abilities live in Area B. Of course, as long as one is able to rack up enough points, they can be moved from Area B to Area A. However, if one wishes to stay in Area A, they have to pay a certain amount of points each month. If they do not meet the point standard, they will be moved to the Area below, such as from Area C to Area D. Those in Area D who do not meet the standard will be expelled from the base.” The man slowly explained the division of areas as they walked.

The strict rules caused Gu Anran to raise her eyebrows. No wonder the people here did not beg for anything but worked earnestly instead. So it turned out they had such a system in place. With this, it was no wonder that the development proceeded quite smoothly. All of the free loafing people in the base were driven out and so the scum of the society were selectively kicked out.

The base encompasses quite a large area. How was such a big base built so fast and quickly? Gu Anran could only chalk this up to the male and female lead halos, which is something incomprehensible to normal people.

Their current food storage is quite large, partly due to the several food processing factories nearby. If collected together, the amount was enough to sustain the base for at least a year. However, more people will join, and the food is limited, so they must grow their own food or they will starve in the long-term. At this point in time, they were more focused on expanding the outer walls than building the farms needed.

“These are our water towers.” The man pointed to three buildings with several people guarding outside.

“Except for maintenance personnel and water ability users, everyone else is forbidden to enter here.”

“How many water ability users do we have here?” Mu Qingli asked.

“There are currently 300,000 people living in the base, among them there are nearly 10,000 ability users. Among that 10,000, only 68 are water ability users with 40 Tier-1 users, 21 being Tier-2 users, and 7 Tier-3 users. Together, they are able to produce 1,500 tons of water.”

1500 tons may sound like a lot, but with 300,000 people, this amount of water was not certainly not enough. (T/N: 1 ton is equivalent to about 800 gallons. A regular person uses 80-100 gallons per day, so doing the math, that’s about 10 people per 1 ton of water . With 1500 tons, the water is enough only for about 15,000 people if they consume at a rate of 80 gallons per day.)

If a water ability user spends their entire day producing water, a Tier-1 user could create about 5 tons of water, 35 tons for a Tier-2 user, and 100 tons for a Tier-3 user. Of course, this is only a conservative and approximate number since everyone’s mana regeneration is different.

“Add four more water ability users to your count. One Tier-2 user, two Tier-3 users, and one Tier-4 user.” Mu Qingli said indifferently as the water-ability users in her group stood forward.

“Tier-4?” The man exclaimed. In this base, the highest-tiered person was only at Tier-3. He never expected that the Eldest Young Miss would be able to bring back a Tier-4 ability user! And looking at her eyes, she didn’t seem to be lying, there really is a Tier-4 water ability user!

“Eldest Young Miss, should we register their information now?” Looking at the people behind her, he took a quick glance at the familiar triad members but deliberately studied the unknown fresh faces.

“Ok.” Mu Qingli had no objection. Since they’ve entered the base, they must follow the regular procedure.

After the final results came out, the man’s jaw opened so wide that it was about to fall off. There were 67 ability users in a group of 100 and…breathe in….breathe out….each of them were Tier-2 or higher….he took another deep breath…calm down, calm down, calm down my ass! Can someone tell him why out of 67 ability users, 20 are Tier-2, 37 are Tier-3, and 10 are Tier-4?!!! These numbers were way too abnormal!

If it was like before, he could proudly say that their combat power was at least in the top 3. They had no shortage of guns, and honestly, how can a triad be lacking in combat power? The food is also quite sufficient, their city walls were also built the fastest, but now that the Eldest Young Miss’s group has joined their base, he can confidently conclude that their base’s combat power is the best. If they say they were second, no other base would dare to claim the first spot.

After introducing the nearby food warehouses, the cement storage, the utility buildings, and more, Gu Anran and the others arrived at a villa. One could tell that this villa was once owned by a wealthy family in the past, but was now used as a residence for ability users. As for the previous homeowner, now one cared where they were now.

“Eldest Young Miss, this is the place your father arranged for you.” The man said.

“They will live with me.” Mu Qingli pointed to Gu Anran, Chi Mengyan and Hong Qingyi.

“Very well, I understand.” The man nodded and then continued, “Eldest Young Miss, as an ability user, you can go to the tent we passed just now to pick a mission at any time. The fastest way to earn points is to complete missions from there.”

“I understand, you can leave now.”

“Understood.”

“Qingli, don’t you need to find your family first?” Gu Anran asked.

“No need for the time being. I need to first get acquainted with the situation here first and earn a certain level of prestige. Only with influence can one get things done.” Mu Qingli said as she shook her head.

The four of them decided to head to the tent handing out missions first. It was still early, so they might as well go see what missions are available.

Two big beauties, with two little beauties walking beside them, were easily able to turn the heads of people around them. However, no one dared to provoke them as those who can walk confidently in Area A with such clean clothes were not people they could provoke.

But although most people are rational, there are still a small number of idiots that will appear. After all, beautiful and clean women are difficult to find, especially when four come at once. Except for the triads who knew the identity of Mu Qingli, many of the other men stared at them with obsession and lust while women stared at them with envy or jealousy. Their stares were so heavy that even Gu Anran could feel them.

Their gazes are so annoying! Muttering this in her heart, Gu Anran stopped in front of Mu Qingli to block these disgusting gazes. However, her height was too short and unable to block all of these cases.

“Aiya~ Four beautiful ladies~ Do you want to play with your big brother here? Or do you want to join our team? We can take you out on our missions and earn points together~” An arrogant-looking young man with a mohawk on his head stood in front of them with a light smile. One had to wonder how he was able to maintain a mohawk now that there were no longer products being sold for it.

“Get out of the way.” Mu Qingli said with a blank face.

“This little lady is so overbearing~ I don’t know if you will still have that expression on your face when you’re kneeling in front of me?” The boy gave Mu Qingli a once over and did not bother hiding his lust. His face seemed to say he couldn’t wait to see what her body looked like beneath the clothes and the youth behind him also followed suit with wolf whistles and other disgusting comments.

“Who do you think you are? Move it!” Gu Anran shouted angrily at the annoying group of hooligans in front of them.

“Hey, my father is Wang Yong, a person that stands beside the leaders of the triads! Not to mention, this daddy is also a Tier-2 fire ability user!” After saying so, a fist-sized fireball appeared in his hand. The surrounding onlookers scattered when the fire appeared. Seeing this, his chest puffed up even more and he even reached out to touch Gu Anran’s face, “If you take off your clothes now and let this young master feel refreshed, then recognize this young master as your owner, this young master will reluctantly forgive your rudeness just now.”

Hisss!

A lightning bolt appeared and a strong scorching smell filled the air. The young man blinked and stared at his scorched right arm. Then he began to scream while the youth behind him looked on in shock.

“So noisy.” Hong Qingyi curled her lips in disgust.

“You…you…” The boy pointed at Mu Qingli, his arm trembling from pain or anger, perhaps a mix of both.

“All of you attack! Beat them up for me! Beat them to death.” He shouted at the youth behind him.

The teens hesitated before rushing towards Mu Qingli and the others. Ordinary people used fists when attacking, but supernatural ability users used their abilities. With their smooth level of cooperation, one could tell that these teens had worked together to do these types of things more than once.

From just a glance, one could tell that there was one Tier-1 fire user, one Tier-1 metal user, one Tier-1 speed user and five ordinary humans. This group was as low level as they could get.

Gu Anran pursed her lips in disdain and then with a wave of her hand, directly extinguished the fire ball the fire user threw with a water ball of her own.

“How is this possible?!!” The fire ability user said with an incredulous look. He was unwilling to give up and created several more fireballs. However, each of them were easily extinguished by Gu Anran.

A sound that sounded much like a bullet leaving the barrel of a gun rang out and a speed ability user appeared in front of them. Who knows where the speed ability user got his dagger, but it was too poor of a quality. Hong Qingyi only had to lightly wave her blade to cut his dagger in half. She let out a mocking smile and easily suppressed the other speed ability user.

As for lighting? One should simply lie down and give up at this point. Scorched bodies piled around Mu Qingli, as lighting sparked around her body giving her a handsome appearance.

As for the other five ordinary humans, Chi Mengyan was easily able to handle them.

The entire fight took less than a minute and the entire group of boys were lying pitifully on the ground….

“It’s so lively over here!” A familiar voice rang out. It was Song Wenyan with Duan Hongwu following behind.

“Qingli, who is this trash?” Duan Hongwu said lightly as he gestured at the howling young man on the ground.

“Is Wang Yong one of yours?” Mu Qingli answered his question with one of her own.

“…He is a little ant next to the leader.” Duan Hongwu raised his eyebrows and replied.

“Oh? A little ant dared to be so arrogant?” Chi Mengyan sneered while holding a handkerchief and wiping the blood on her hands.

“Who…Who are you people?!!” The young man trembled in anger when he heard them insulting his father. Even with them spelling it out like this, he still hasn’t realized that in their eyes his father was simply a little shrimp. His IQ was quite worrying.

“Young Master!”

“Eldest Young Miss!”

Two groups of people appeared. They all wore the same uniform and were in fact the law enforcement team in the base. They were a mixed group of the Black Dragon and the Azure Dragon triads who mainly made sure no internal fights occurred in the base. However, they never expected someone to break the rules so soon.

When the teenagers heard them, they turned pale with fright. This enforcement group made up of the two triads actually called these two “Eldest Young Miss” and “Young Master”?!!! They had kicked an iron plate today, and the hardest iron plate there was!

“Where was your men when the fight broke out?” Duan Hongwu asked coldly. It stands to reason that the enforcement team should immediately have appeared when the fight happened, but why did they appear so late.

“Young Master, it was the enforcement teams’ roll call time just now so we had all gathered in one area and couldn’t make it here in time.” The man in charge smiled honestly with eyes full of admiration as he looked at Duan Hongwu.

“Take them away, and carry out the proper procedure. Also, send someone to tell Wang Yong that his services are not needed anymore.”

The young man was dragged away in despair. He never expected that the things he did so often would make his father lose his current position and he himself lose his greatest support.

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