End of the World Cycle

Everyone crossed the river and looked across the river at the densely packed zombies on the other side, with a numb expression on everyone's face.

Guan Ci looked at the map and the drone was observing the entire mountain. Seeing that almost half of the road was buried, he finally gave up the idea of ​​driving in.

Fortunately, no one lives here, so there aren't many zombies, only a dozen or so that wandered here for unknown reasons. We chose a route that goes directly to the granary.

Although the journey was short, it was very rugged and there was rock climbing in the middle. Guan Ci glanced at Xie Qin and asked.

"You weigh?"

"About eighty."

"Okay, let's take this road."

Then Xie Qin took out two off-road vehicles. The seven people each put on their backpacks, put ropes in them, and tightened the gloves on their combat uniforms.

"Pull up the car, let's go."

"What about me? I don't have any of your things."

"There are only two vertical mountains. I will carry you when the time comes." Guan Ci said and set off.

The people behind followed in an orderly manner. Once they entered this task state, several people seemed to become serious. Xie Qin was originally walking at the end of the team. Although he was not squeamish, his short legs made it difficult for him to keep up with their pace. He was jogging all the way.

Xie Qin didn't care, but Shen Chao looked at Xie Qin's gradually red cheeks and judged that Xie Qin might be very tired. He walked a few steps to Guan Ci's side and said something.

After that, every hour, several people would stop to drink a few sips of water and rest for five minutes. But what they didn't know was that since drinking the spiritual spring water from Ning Cheng, their physical fitness has improved more than a little bit.

Unfortunately, my skin is delicate, and because I have fire powers, I have a sweat gland constitution. The slightest reaction will be reflected on my skin, and in the eyes of others, I will be seen as tired.

During the first break, Guan Ci looked back at Xie Qin, who was at the end of the team and drinking water from a bear water bottle. She looked so delicate and tender. She had walked along the rugged mountain road for an hour without even a single fall. She was much more determined than the women in the team before.

When they set out again, almost everyone felt that Guan Ci seemed to be a little slower. But Xie Qin began to complain in his heart, wasting time.

It was almost dark when the group reached the first vertical mountain.

"Stay here for one night."

After hearing Guan Ci's instructions, several people began to clean up the surrounding ground. After pulling out the weeds, a large piece of land was cleared. Xie Qin took out two off-road vehicles, and several people unloaded the tents from the roofs.

The movements were skillful, and it was obvious that these people had slept outside many times. Soon two tents were set up, and the inflatable mattresses and sleeping bags were ready.

A camping light was set up outside the tent. Xie Qin took out the dinner box and opened it. It was still a rice bowl with potatoes and beef. It didn't look very good, but it tasted good. Xie Qin still gave half of the rice to Wang Zixiang. He was full after eating the remaining half.

"Qinqin, you can live in the car." Wang Zixiang handed a sleeping bag to Xie Qin. Xie Qin looked at the old sleeping bag and waved her hand.

"I have my own little quilt. No need."

"Okay. The back seat of this car can be laid flat. You are small, so you will sleep very comfortably."

Xie Qin smiled on the surface, but in her heart she was thinking, "I'm going to die if I don't say that you're so small..."

Xie Qin took out his small blanket from the space and got on the back seat of the car. The car was placed between the two tents, with its back against the mountain, which was a very safe location.

Before going to bed, Wang Zixiang helped her fill her thermos with water, and then everyone went into the tent. Xie Qin didn't sleep well, for no other reason than the snoring sounds that were heard all around her. She couldn't understand why these people were snoring so loudly, and she got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, and the action of opening the door startled Guan Ci in the tent.

"what happened?"

Xie Qin was startled by Guan Ci's voice and trembled like a frightened little rabbit.

"I...I want to go to the bathroom."

Upon hearing this, Guan Ci left the tent.

"I go with you."

"Ah... this... this is not good."

"It's not safe in the mountains. The view is blocked and there are many potential dangers. I'll accompany you. Call me if you need anything."

"Okay. Thank you, Captain."

The two walked about ten meters and came to a small and dense jungle. Even though it was hidden, Xie Qin couldn't get out when he thought about Guan Ci guarding outside.

After hesitating for a while, he decided to hold it in. When he walked out again, Guan Ci had just lit a cigarette.

"So fast?"

"Ah."

"Then you go back first. I'll be in a moment." Guan Ci raised the cigarette in his hand to signal Xie Qin.

Xie Qin nodded and walked back. As soon as she turned around, she heard a faint rustling sound in the jungle. Guan Ci also noticed it. He immediately put out the cigarette in his hand, grabbed Xie Qin's wrist and motioned her to squat down.

After Xie Qin squatted down, he did not use his mental power to check, but hid behind Guan Ci to observe his actions. After a few breaths, Guan Ci seemed to have locked the position, and a fireball was shot out, instantly lighting up the night sky. Then he saw a vine twisting wildly on the ground like a snake.

The other people in the tent also came out. The fastest one was Shen Chao. The vines thicker than the vines on the ground flew forward quickly and entangled the vines that were still twisting on the ground.

"What's going on? Are there other wood-type mutants around?" Wang Zixiang said, looking at the vines on the ground.

"No. This is not a human." Guan Ci replied coldly, his eyes still observing the surroundings vigilantly.

The eight people formed a closed circle, with Xie Qin standing in the middle. All he could think about was going to the toilet. He frowned and his face was distorted. To the others, it looked like he was afraid.

"Don't be afraid." Guan Ci just turned his head and saw Xie Qin's expression, and whispered to comfort her.

Xie Qin bit her lip, said "hmm" uncomfortably, and stopped talking.

The rustling sounds around were getting louder and louder. Shen Chao's vines had not caught up with anything. The vines that were originally twisting around had broken by themselves and lay motionless on the ground.

Others couldn't understand it, but Xie Qin recognized it. It was a mutant plant, and a mutant plant with self-awareness, at least above the second level.

This was much earlier than when Xie Qin discovered mutant plants in her previous life. Xie Qin was not surprised. After all, the world was so big that it was impossible for everything to be within her knowledge. Fortunately, she knew these things, so she was not panicked at all. However, her churning stomach told her that if she didn't solve her personal problems, she would really panic.

There were countless vines all around them, swimming towards them. As soon as the earth wall was built, tiny branches and vines instantly penetrated it. It was difficult for the people inside to dodge, so the earth wall had no choice but to fall apart.

The vines were too flexible and attacked everyone at the same time. Although they were not fatal, they were very troublesome to deal with. I could hear gurgling sounds in my abdomen, and after a long time, I started to feel some cramps.

Xie Qin really couldn't hold it back any longer. His whole body was tense and he didn't dare to relax at all. The vines attacked Xie Qin, and Xie Qin didn't want to resist at all. He just wanted the vines to take him away so that he could go into the space station and empty himself.

Just as a vine was about to wrap around his waist, a huge fireball exploded at his feet. In an instant, the vine caught fire and showed no signs of movement.

Xie Qin looked at the motionless vines on the ground, with only one thought in his mind. (Destroy it! Destroy it right here! Right now!)

Fortunately, Xie Qin was very close to Liu Zhi. Liu Zhi was a power type, his movements were not very flexible, and he relied entirely on brute force to tear the vines, so there were the most vines surrounding him.

Xie Qin moved closer to that place with her hips tucked in. Soon she seized the opportunity. A huge vine wrapped around Liu Zhi's back. Xie Qin gathered some strength and pushed Liu Zhi away. Liu Zhi fell to the ground and avoided the vine, and Xie Qin was caught as she wished.

The vines were light to begin with, so they retracted very quickly, pulling Xie Qin up into the air. Before anyone could react, Xie Qin was pulled into the jungle.

"Zhou Lei! Follow me!" Guan Ci shouted at the direction where Xie Qin disappeared.

The third-order speed system was almost ghostly. Although they found the vine in the direction they were heading, Xie Qin on the vine had disappeared.

At the same time, Xie Qin flashed into the system space station the moment he was dragged into the forest, and sat on the toilet with a look of relief on his face. After getting comfortable, he was not in a hurry, and he probably knew the specific location of the granary when he looked at the map during the day.

Taking advantage of the moonlight, he set out from the other side of the cliff, holding two sharp daggers in his hands, with the blades inserted into the mountain. He climbed up the cliff with his bare hands without any effort, his movements as nimble as a nimble monkey.

After crossing the cliff, there was another mountain road. After determining the direction, Xie Qin ran quickly. After climbing another cliff, there was a valley. In the middle of the valley was the largest granary in the entire East China region. Qingyang Granary.

Xie Qin went down a few minutes after fastening the rope. This place was really well chosen. The valley on the top of the mountain and the flood discharge channel were not flooded at all during the rainstorm. Although there were signs of mudslides and collapses around, it was still some distance away from the huge granary area in the middle.

There were traces of fire and cooking outside the granary, which should have been left by the previous exploration team from Anyang Base. For convenience, Xie Qin directly put on night vision goggles.

The door of the granary was opened, and Xie Qin walked into the warehouse. In the huge warehouse area, rows of white bungalow warehouses that looked like huge containers came into view. These big guys were the granaries for storing grain.

These modern warehouses, from the storage facilities to the capacity of each warehouse, were incomparable to what Xie Qin had seen before. The capacity of a single warehouse was unimaginable.

It took Xie Qin only two hours to climb here, but it took him a full four hours to collect the food. The reason was that he couldn't fit into the large warehouse outside the building, so Xie Qin took away all the equipment inside.

After collecting and counting, there were 32 tall bungalows and 8 oil tanks, with a total storage capacity of 30 tons. Xie Qin was stunned by this surprise.

Rice, wheat, corn, beans, etc. . . . The varieties are diverse and the quantity is amazing. With so much food, you have to know that 100,000 tons is enough for 400,000 people to eat for a year, not to mention that there are only a few thousand people in the base now.

With this batch of food, the base can have a buffer period of more than ten years even if the population grows. This batch of food will undoubtedly become the biggest guarantee for her base.

When Xie Qin left, it was already dawn. He returned the same way and had no idea what had happened to those people.

In fact, after Xie Qin disappeared, several people had already touched the root of the vine. Guan Ci burned the second-level mutant green vine to ashes and obtained a second-level plant crystal core. Although he didn't know what it was used for, he still put it away. He searched the surroundings almost inch by inch but couldn't find Xie Qin.

Liu Zhi was a big man of about 1.80 meters, and his eyes were red at this moment. He was the most anxious one. After all, in his opinion, Xie Qin was swept away by the vine in order to save him.

The vegetation at the place where Xie Qin disappeared had been basically cut down, and there was no trace of Xie Qin at all. For a whole night, almost everyone accepted that Xie Qin had died.

When the sky became clearer, Guan Ci piloted the drone into the sky. Xie Qin, who was still some distance away, also noticed it. He sneaked into the space station, got some mud on himself, pulled his hair, and made his clothes, pants, and shoes dirty. He looked in the mirror, looking extremely disheveled.

After leaving the space station, a drone happened to be heading towards her. Xie Qin jumped up excitedly and waved at the drone, and sure enough, Guan Ci noticed it.

After seeing clearly that it was Xie Qin, the others breathed a sigh of relief. After confirming the direction, Zhou Lei quickly went towards Xie Qin.

Xie Qin was about one kilometer away from them. Five minutes later, Zhou Lei appeared in front of them carrying the dirty Xie Qin on his back.

"Qinqin! Are you okay?"

"No, it's okay."

"You scared us to death. We've been looking for you for the whole night, but we couldn't find you alive or dead. How can you be so capable as to care about others?" Wang Zixiang was happy to see that Xie Qin was fine, but he still couldn't help but complain a few words.

"Yes... I'm sorry... I was worried that Brother Liu Zhi would get hurt."

"Okay, next time remember to follow orders in all your actions. When you encounter this kind of danger, just take care of yourself. That will be the biggest help to us." Guan Ci spoke, and the others didn't say anything.

After not getting a good rest the night before, they did not plan to set off so soon. They rested on the spot. After having breakfast, several people returned to the tent and slept for three hours before setting off.

When it was almost ten o'clock, Xie Qin lay obediently on Guan Ci's back, tied tightly with ropes. Although it was uncomfortable, he endured it.

I kept complaining in my heart, thinking that next time I should create a character with strong fighting ability, pretending to be a little white lotus is really not suitable for her.

Although the journey was smooth, it was not fast. When it was almost dark in the afternoon, there was still three kilometers of mountain road to the destination. For safety reasons, they did not hurry any further.

After setting up the campsite, Xie Qin lost his appetite when looking at the box of potato and beef rice.

"Don't you want to eat?" Ever since Xie Qin pushed Liu Zhi away that day, Liu Zhi had been very caring towards Xie Qin. Noticing that Xie Qin had no appetite, he opened his mouth and asked.

"Ah."

"The canned meat made at the base is pretty good. How about you cook some noodles to go with it?"

"May I?"

"Of course, the supplies are distributed according to the number of people, it's okay for you to eat your own portion."

Xie Qin smiled and nodded, turned on the gas stove, cooked a pack of instant noodles, and took out a box of canned meat.

The canned meat made at the Anyang base tasted really good. The canned chicken was very soft and not at all woody. It melted in the mouth and was fresh and fragrant. It didn't feel like stored food at all. After eating, everyone rested, but they were arranged to take turns to be on duty at night, in groups of two. Xie Qin, who had no force value by default, was arranged to be in the same group with Guan Ci.

It was a safe night. Xie Qin sat next to Guan Ci, watching him playing with the plant crystal core. There seemed to be only one mutant plant on this mountain. Xie Qin also thought that if it hadn't been burned to death, the green vine would have at least reached the fourth level when the mutant plants were rampant. What a pity.