0p0 Chapter 162 Anling Base
Chapter 162 Anling Base
Chapter 162
"Ah Xi? You're back?" Lu Qingrou opened her eyes and saw Han Xijun. Her eyes lit up, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up. "Hiss—"
Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through her body, and Lu Qingrou realized how much it hurt. Looking down at the burn marks all over her body, she instinctively cried out, "Ah—!"
Without even thinking, Lu Qingrou knew her situation, but what happened? How did she get burned? Lu Qingrou quickly used her water-based supernatural abilities to heal herself.
Soon, Lu Qingrou, whose body was burned and disfigured, was surrounded by a stream of water. The water slowly repaired Lu Qingrou's injured body. After the water disappeared, a beautiful girl as gentle as water appeared in Han Xijun's arms.
Lu Qingrou's water-based superpower is quite unique. While its offensive power is not strong, it possesses healing abilities that are no less powerful than healing superpowers. In fact, Lu Qingrou's water-based superpower's healing ability is even more effective than healing superpowers of the same level.
After recovering, Lu Qingrou's panicked expression calmed down. The thought of lying in Han Xijun's arms with burn marks all over her body made Lu Qingrou feel depressed.
Such an ugly sight, and Ah Xi actually saw it! But the thought that Han Xijun was willing to hold her in his arms even when she was so ugly filled Lu Qingrou with an indescribable joy.
As expected of the person I like, they don't mind my appearance at all.
"Ah Xi, how come my body is covered in burns?" Lu Qingrou blinked, looking at Han Xijun with a puzzled expression, hoping to get the reason from him.
"That's what we need to ask you." Seeing Lu Qingrou's puzzled look, Han Xijun knew things weren't simple. "When we arrived, we saw the flames here. Our car was on fire, and you were unconscious inside. There's only your presence here. Where are Feifei and Chengzi? Why are you all alone?"
Lu Qingrou was taken aback, clearly surprised by Han Xijun's words. "Just me? And the car was on fire?" Lu Qingrou tried hard to recall what had happened.
"I remember after you went out to deal with the surrounding threats, Chengzi was tidying up the camping tents in the car, and Feifei and I were helping him. And then..." Lu Qingrou frowned, puzzled, she had no recollection of it at all.
"...My memory seems to end here." Lu Qingrou fell silent after speaking, seemingly realizing something was wrong. How did the car catch fire? Where did Wang Feifei and Chen Cheng go? She had no recollection of them at all.
"Didn't you notice anything wrong at the time?" Chen Gang grabbed Lu Qingrou's arm and asked anxiously. His younger brother, on whom he depended for survival, had gone missing, and Lu Qingrou was the last person he was with, the only one who might know any clues.
"Think about it again. Didn't you notice anything unusual when you were packing your things?"
"I..." Lu Qingrou pressed her temples. What was wrong? She didn't seem to have any problems. There were no supernatural fluctuations, and the surroundings were very quiet. "Wait a minute, I think I smelled a faint floral fragrance at the time. The scent was really faint."
"The fragrance of flowers?" Han Xijun's expression turned serious. Along the way, more than zombies and mutated beasts, the most unpredictable and dangerous things were the mutated plants that had emerged after the apocalypse.
These mutated plants are fine if they don't have special abilities, but if they do, they are basically very difficult to kill, and even if they are killed, it would come at a great cost. They are extremely troublesome. "Could they be mutated plants?"
"Boss, let's search the surrounding area!" Chen Gang stood up and said to the two. He was also very wary of the mutated plant, and he didn't know if Han Xijun and Lu Qingrou were willing to confront it.
But he was definitely going to find his younger brother, Chen Cheng, whether he was alive or dead.
"Wait a minute, I'll come with you," Han Xijun called out to Chen Gang, who was about to leave.
Seeing that the two were about to leave, Lu Qingrou quickly followed. She didn't want to be left behind alone. What if there was any danger? At least the three of them could look after each other.
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"Yangyang, Anling Base is just ahead." Yun Cangshu said, pointing to the ancient city in the distance, which was no less impressive than Qingdu Base, as he drove.
"The Anling base is a converted film and television city. It was not among the ten bases announced in the initial broadcast."
"Film and television city?" Long Yangyang thought it was an ancient city, but she didn't expect it to be a film and television base.
Bai Zhi nodded. She and Yun Cangshu were quite familiar with this film studio. Before the apocalypse, Yun Cangshu often came here to work.
"This film studio is not open to tourists. There should have been two film crews working here before the apocalypse."
Long Yangyang nodded. With only two crew members, cleaning up the film studio was relatively easy.
No wonder they were able to establish a secure base.
“This city wall is very high; it must have been reinforced later,” Long Yangyang said, noticing the metal inside the wall.
“Anling is a major cotton-producing area. Apart from the Northwest Base, it should be the place with the highest cotton production in Xia Kingdom,” Yun Cangshu said.
“There is a type of cloud-like cotton here that is very famous. It is both beautiful and warm. We can trade some with their base.”
"Okay, shall we trade crystal cores?" Long Yangyang wasn't sure if crystal cores would be useful. "Or should we use food?"
"We'll see when we go into the base," Fu Muyu said.
The group arrived at the base entrance and soon it was Long Yangyang's turn.
Long Yangyang and her group were different from the others waiting. Not only were they well-dressed, but they were also very clean, making them seem out of place in the post-apocalyptic world.
Long Yangyang was not going to compromise herself, so each of them handed over ten kilograms of rice to enter the base.
As soon as the group entered the door, a group of ragged, emaciated children and elderly people swarmed over.
"Brothers and sisters, do you need a tour guide? I know this place very well, and I can tell you anything you want to know. It's just two packs of instant noodles, super cheap."
"Brothers and sisters, I know more and it's cheaper. I only need a pack of instant noodles."
"Me, me, me! I'm cheaper, just give me some food."
……
Long Yangyang looked at these people and sighed.
When the end times come, the ones who suffer the most are children and the elderly, who are powerless to even kill a chicken.
Long Yangyang scanned the children with her spiritual power and selected one of them who had a stomach ailment. "You're the one. Take us to the place where we're renting a house."
"Okay, thank you, sister." The chosen child excitedly wiped his face and rubbed his hands together to make himself look barely clean.
The other children and elderly people scattered as soon as they saw the guide chosen by Long Yangyang and the others.
"Sister, what kind of house are you looking to rent? A suite or a villa? Long-term or short-term?"
The child probably saw a lot of people and could see the needs of Long Yangyang and others.
"Let's rent a villa, it'll only take a month," Long Yangyang replied.
They're just here to exchange for cotton cloth and cotton; they won't be staying long.