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Chapter 644: Chapter 644: Next Stop, Hometown
It wasn’t until this conversation that I realized Chang Xuan, who seemed young, was actually an environmental research scientist from before the Apocalypse, and their team had set out from City B with the destination being Province Y because a great deal of data suggested that the Zombie Virus had first spread from there within the country.
That is to say, they suspected that Province Y was the origin of the Zombie Virus.
"That means you’ve still got a long way to go, but it’s quite impressive that you’ve made it this far."
Lu Guanhai was aware of how far City B was from their current location, but he didn’t know which faction Chang Xuan belonged to in City B. However, to avoid revealing his identity, he didn’t ask too much.
"Yes, half of our team has been lost on the way here, but for the sake of truth, I’m willing to sacrifice anything!"
The more Chang Xuan spoke, the more impassioned he became, which made Lu Guanhai couldn’t help admiring him. Could this be the determination of a scientist in pursuit of the truth?
"So where’s your next stop?"
Lu Guanhai tried to inquire.
"Province H, it’s a necessary path to Province Y, but I heard the situation there isn’t very good."
Chang Xuan, who had just been excited, now looked confused again. At that moment, his team members, who had finished buying supplies, called out for him, so he hastily bade Lu Guanhai farewell and rushed off.
Watching the diverse group gather together and talk amongst themselves, Lu Guanhai sighed and continued to barter for food.
The largest sale of the day was with a team that traded 530,000 Crystal Cores. The members of that team had never imagined they could actually acquire so many supplies.
"Brother, that’s quite a stash of Crystal Cores."
Lin Xiuyuan couldn’t help but ask one of the team members, who was busy counting supplies. Startled by Lin Xiuyuan’s question, the man realized that it was the person they had traded food with who was speaking to him.
"Hello, hello, my name is Qin Deyu. Our Crystal Cores have been accumulated and thrown into Storage Space over the past year. I never thought we could trade them all for supplies here."
Qin Deyu said cheerfully, feeling that all their previous hardships suddenly seemed worth it, and the road ahead looked brighter.
"Where are you from? It’s my first time seeing someone with so many Crystal Cores."
Lin Xiuyuan wasn’t busy since they were mostly dealing with large groups of buyers and didn’t need to weigh everything individually anymore.
"Province H. We just arrived half a month ago."
Qin Deyu’s expression visibly changed when he mentioned this location, as if it was a particularly unpleasant place.
Lin Xiuyuan and Lu Hao exchanged glances. Lu Hao signaled him to keep asking; they too wanted to know about the situation over there.
"No way, I heard that many places in Province H have supplies that no one has picked up yet. We were thinking of checking it out."
Lin Xiuyuan pointed to the supplies suggestively, indicating that everything they had was collected along the way.
"Then you guys are really doing a noble deed for humanity, I really admire that. But take my advice and forget about going there,"
Qin Deyu advised. Anyone with the capability had already fled to other places. It’s true that many areas had supplies left uncollected, but after so long since the Apocalypse, who knew if those supplies were still usable? It wasn’t worth the risk.
At this, Qin Deyu’s companions also gathered around, eagerly sharing with Lin Xiuyuan all they knew about the situation there.
In Province H, there was a small base where the Base Leader was decent, but they were struggling without supplies. Those he sent to scavenge for supplies had fallen prey to Zombies, causing widespread resentment, to the point where no one was willing to follow his commands, leaving him in a state of frustration and helplessness.
"It may be because the base was established later, and Zombies have occupied many areas, making travel beyond that point nearly impossible,"
Qin Deyu explained.
"I see. We should take a detour then. Thanks for your advice,"
Lin Xiuyuan had no intention of revealing their whereabouts, and the others, upon hearing the young man’s rational decision to avoid danger, were satisfied and left.
"Sounds like it’s worth a visit,"
Su Jin said after hearing Lin Xiuyuan’s account within the space.
"I think so too. It feels like there will be a lot of crystal cores,"
Lin Xiuyuan agreed, adding that there were supplies to collect, crystal cores to earn, and special abilities to practice. Not bad at all.
The family naturally had no objections, and Lin Yunguo even thought of returning to their old home to have a look.
"Go back for what? It’s just an empty shell now. Are you lacking a home?"
Li Xiuying had a more open view on this matter, believing that as long as the family was together, anywhere could be home.
Lin Yunguo was momentarily at a loss for words. She was right; he wasn’t lacking a home now, and Xiao Jin had already stored everything from their previous house in the storage space. It seemed there really was no need to go back for a look.
So the family’s next destination was decided, and considering their current efficient speed of selling supplies, they wouldn’t need to stay here long.
Yao Rui had the base logistics department gather up another 800,000 crystal cores, which were all brought to the central villa and exchanged for supplies.
The supplies sold to the base were at wholesale prices, which was also a way to repay Yao Rui for the favors she had done for them during this time.
When Yao Rui learned that Chen Daming and his group would leave a batch of supplies at the base before they left, with the condition that the base officials help sell the goods and they would collect the crystal cores upon their return, she agreed without hesitation.
"This is good for us, rest assured, our base will help sell the goods without charge,"
Yao Rui, who had been in business before the apocalypse, was especially generous in discussions. After all, no matter how gratuitous the help was, it was the base that would benefit.
"Thank you, a pleasure doing business,"
Lu Hao said. He also hoped that the D City base would keep improving, as it was a win-win situation for them.
Yao Rui also found someone to help draw a map of H Province’s current routes and marked out the places considered dangerous by those who had traveled them. Although the map was drawn by hand, it was still a big help to the family.
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In the newly established research institute of the E City base, Han Yizhou received video data delivered by a subordinate. The video showed a multi-element zombie running into a factory and encountering a female special ability user.
"Sir, look here,"
The subordinate paused the video at the moment the female special ability user disappeared from sight.
"She became invisible?"
Han Yizhou’s first thought was that the woman must be an invisibility ability user.
"We thought so too at first, but our zombie didn’t continue searching in any particular direction. You know, zombies rely on scent and sound to locate. The zombie’s reaction clearly showed it could no longer smell the woman,"
That’s why they found it strange and sent the video over.
"What does everyone think?"
Han Yizhou thought for a moment but couldn’t come up with an answer, so he asked.
"Sir, have you heard of other-dimensional space?"
The subordinate tentatively led the conversation. It wasn’t that they had a vivid imagination, but this theory had been proposed before the apocalypse, and the existence of storage spaces during the apocalypse also supported this theory.
