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Chapter 567: Chapter 567: Arriving at Base F City
Xu Mingliang was also very frustrated. He had originally just wanted to stir up trouble, but how did he end up becoming the laughingstock instead?
And then there was Su Jin. Why was the food she made always so delicious? He hadn’t forgotten the kick her mother had given him in the face.
Forget it, caught by the belly, they would settle the accounts when they got back to B City!
From a small county on the edge of F City to F City Base, it had taken almost a whole day for the group to arrive. As evening approached, the group finally saw the city gate of F City Base.
But this base... looked somewhat ramshackle.
The row of wooden towers at the gate were all dilapidated, some even snapped in half. It was evident that they were no longer functional, and there was no one standing guard on top.
The sign hanging at the gate of F City Base was also half fallen, swinging back and forth in the wind and making a clattering sound.
At the gate, there were only a few people sitting and guarding, and one gatekeeper was simply laying his head down on a desk, asleep.
Below the gate, there were piles of slowly melting snow, all covered in black dirt. If not for the water stains from the melting below, it would have been hard to recognize as snow.
"Does this base really have the forty or fifty thousand survivors they mentioned? It looks so deserted," said Lu Guanhai as he looked out of the car window at the muck.
The road to the city gate of the base was uneven, every depression filled with undried snow water mixed with mud. By the time the originally well-equipped trio of cars reached the city gate, they had turned into three mud-covered vehicles.
"Looks like they’re new, huh? The entry fee is three Level Three Mutated Crystal Nuclei per person, any type," said a gatekeeper, still lazily sitting in his chair.
Mutated Crystal Nucleus?
Su Jin and the others looked at each other, wondering if Ordinary Crystal Cores wouldn’t suffice.
"Who still uses Ordinary Crystal Cores nowadays? You all look decent enough, surely you have Mutated Crystal Nuclei," the gatekeepers said to each other, laughing as if they had asked a very low-standard question.
"These are all of our Crystal Cores, count them and see if it’s enough," Luo Hongyi said, throwing a bag of Crystal Cores on the table at Wei Junhao’s signal.
The gatekeepers finally looked up at Luo Hongyi, straightened up a bit, and began counting.
"Enough, enough. Wait over there for three hours, then you can go in," said the gatekeeper, leaving everyone slightly stunned. Isn’t it necessary to register or take temperatures?
"Don’t be surprised, whether we check temperatures or not doesn’t really matter. Turning into a zombie is just a matter of more than an hour. Usually, if nothing happens while waiting outside for three hours, there really is no issue," the gatekeepers explained upon seeing the astonishment on the faces of Su Jin and the others.
"I think they are just being lazy and trying to sound righteous," said Lu Guanhai.
"Brother Wei, thank you for giving up those Crystal Cores for us just now. I will see to it that they are returned in full when we get back to B City Base," Han Yue said as he approached Wei Junhao.
"You’re too kind, Brother Han. They’re just a few Crystal Cores, and after entering the base, we might need your friend’s help to make arrangements. We should be the ones thanking you," Wei Junhao replied with a smile. He knew all too well about Han Yue’s miserly reputation. Now that he promised to return the favor in front of everyone, there would likely be no follow-up once they reached B City Base. It might be better to trick him here.
If so many of them were entering the base, they would definitely need to find a place to rest. If Han Yue had a friend here, then...
"Of course, of course,"
Han Yue had not expected Wei Junhao to make this plan, as he had indeed planned to separate temporarily from Wei Junhao and the Heart Talk Team after entering the base.
But now he had taken on a trouble himself, this Wei Junhao... was clearly doing it on purpose.
However, what no one expected was that Han Yue’s friend here turned out to be the Base Leader of F City’s base.
Wei Junhao concealed the shock in his heart, had the F City base also succumbed to the Han family?
Liu Jianyuan had not expected the eldest son of the Han family to come to the F City base at this time, and recalling their previous cooperation, he became even more polite towards Han Yue and his companions.
Han Yue had sent Gao Zhiming, a Speed Element Ability User, to notify Liu Jianyuan, who, after hearing this, did not dare to delay and quickly had someone bring Han Yue’s party over.
In the end, whether intentionally or unintentionally by Han Yue, the three groups of people were arranged by Liu Jianyuan to stay in three different residences, and they were not located close to each other.
"I’m sorry, but due to the large number of people in our base, there are rarely connected housing available, but I assure you that all three residences are spacious and clean, so you can rest assured to stay here for a few more days,"
said Liu Jianyuan with a bearded smile.
Su Jin and Lu Hao had also heard about this name from Xing Taian, and it was hard to imagine that such a burly man could lead a zombie tide to other small bases.
However, Su Jin and the others were very satisfied with being able to rest alone in one place. They had not entered the Space for several days and missed it very much.
Although Wei Junhao regretted not being able to live with Su Jin and the others, at least they no longer had to pay the accommodation fee, so it was not a waste of the entrance fees they had paid.
After everyone had left, Liu Jianyuan couldn’t help but ask Han Yue, who had stayed behind, "Young Master Han, why did you have them all stay separately?"
"No reason, I just didn’t want them to know my whereabouts, and I didn’t want the two teams to get too close to each other," 𝓷ℴ𝓋𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝒸𝓸𝓶
Han Yue replied.
So that was it, Liu Jianyuan thought disdainfully, the Han family always made things complicated.
"How is the collection of Mutated Crystal Cores going?" Han Yue then asked.
"Quite a lot, there should be over 100,000,"
Liu Jianyuan couldn’t help feeling guilty. With the daily fluctuation in the Crystal Core inventory, how could he have known the Han family member would suddenly arrive? He was completely unprepared.
"Should be?"
Sure enough, Han Yue immediately looked at Liu Jianyuan, his tone full of dissatisfaction.
"I’ll send someone to get the ledger right away,"
Seeing that Han Yue was determined to find out, Liu Jianyuan could only admit his bad luck, planning to get past this hurdle before addressing anything else.
...
Li Xiuying and Lin Yunguo were extremely pleased with the sudden arrival of Su Jin and Mao Qiqi.
"Xiao Jin, Qiqi! You’ve finally come in,"
Li Xiuying said, pulling her two granddaughters into her arms, unwilling to let go.
Local Tyrant Gold was so happy, circling around grandma, missing her terribly.
Little Wu and Little Liu followed Lin Yunguo quickly from a nearby stream to the Lu Residence, and the three animals soon became friends.
Su Jin noticed that although Little Wu and Little Liu had grown a bit in size, they completely allowed Local Tyrant Gold to ride on their heads. Local Tyrant Gold even grabbed a handful of brown fur and began issuing commands to the two little lions with chirps.
