Chapter 44.3 - Zombie Tide
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At this time, Ji Anran, the "weakest" in the team, didn't know that he again had another person aiming at him as the target but was still lying in Geng Yan's bed, slumbering away.
A base-wide whistle sounded right on time, waking all those who were still sleeping.
"Hurry and get up, there’s only half an hour left before shift change.."
Ji Anran rubbed his eyes and walked into the bathroom, planning to wash up.
Only after staring at the sink for a good while did Ji Anran finally recover to recognize that this wasn’t his bedroom, who then shuffled in his slipper back out.
By the time Ji Anran finished changing his clothes, Geng Yan was already done preparing breakfast.
En, not something freshly cooked, but just a prepackaged sandwich that had already been unwrapped.
Ji Anran took two bites of the sandwich in hand, then picked up the cup of water and directly left just like that.
On the city wall, the ability users of the base were still in the midst of fighting.
"There are several zombies with strong abilities here, Fifth Team, quick, come and support!"
According to the temporary allocation, Geng Yan’s group was the fifth team.
However, when they arrived on top of the city wall, Ji Anran found that there was a serious problem.
There was a zombie below with a metal ability mixed in amongst the horde, however, because it wasn’t directly attacking with metal chains, it was quite hard to find.
The rebars in the wall restlessly stirred, so Wei Yanhua had no choice but to go maintain the wall with the other metal-ability holders and earth-ability holders, who were responsible for maintaining the wall.
"D★mn it!" Ji Anran put away his crossbow.
If he didn’t have Wei Yanhua's help, Ji Anran wouldn’t be able to retrieve his arrows, causing his attack power to be greatly reduced.
Geng Yan had also thought about this situation before, so he directly took out a sharpened bamboo pole from his spatial pocket, handing it to Ji Anran.
Ji Anran had never used this kind of weapon before but his aim was good, so after trying it out a few times, he was soon familiar with it.
"Anran, this zombie is very troublesome to finish, it’ll probably be quite exhausting for us today. It doesn’t matter if you can't use the crossbow and your damage gets greatly reduced, doing your best is enough."
Geng Yan said as he continued to kill the zombies.
Ji Anran understood his meaning.
During this period with the zombie tide, all the staff of the base had been very busy.
The numbers of the law enforcement team have also been reduced a lot, so there was no way for the law and order to be as good as before. However, since all the ability users in the base had to take turns to kill the zombies from the city wall, there were also not as many people they had to face in order to maintain order as before.
Geng Yan’s team was powerful, but they also hadn’t completely put down their guard.
Ji Anran still had yet to reveal his wind-type ability, and his teammates also didn’t wish him to use it during this zombie tide. Meanwhile, everyone else’s abilities were obvious, so it was just a matter of how much effort they were putting in.
If someone were to deliberately plot against them, knowing their abilities, the enemy would probably set up appropriate counters. Under such circumstances, Ji Anran's secret could be what they use to catch the other side off guard, greatly improving the team’s safety.
Geng Yan's words were actually implying that Wei Yanhua would be dead tired, and Ji Anran shouldn’t use his wind ability but can just paddle-tread the waters with the bamboo pole. That there was no need for him to give it his all, and that however many he can take down with the bamboo pole, it would be fine.
"D★mn it, it’s on fire!"
Ji Anran hated how he couldn’t just throw a move down and cut up all the zombies. But he can't expose himself, he has to protect his teammates!
"Explode your heads for me! One, two, three..."
Ji Anran held the burning bamboo pole and poked, stabbed, pierced, hitting on the mark every time he struck, causing brain matter and blood to fly. By the end, even the fire on the bamboo pole had been put out by the blood.
There were many first-order ability users on the wall, all responsible for guarding and holding their ground there.
When they saw Ji Anran holding the bamboo pole, they all still felt how it must have been true love, that even during a zombie tide, Gen Yan still had to keep the other well-protected by his side. But now...
"Found it!" A streak of light flashed through Geng Yan's eyes. With a wave of his hand, there was a ball of thunder, and the deeply hidden second-order metal-ability zombie fell.
After dealing with the zombies here, Geng Yan’s team now had to go to the other locations.
"F★ck! Wasn’t it said that Ji Anran only managed to survive in the base by relying on Geng Yan? Ji Anran is so capable that I, a first-order ability user, feel so pale in comparison!"
"Come on, don’t be like that, Ji Anran is also a first-order ability user, though only a well-known weather forecaster." The man smirked. "We were even laughing at Ji Anran at the beginning how unlucky he was, who knew... We actually can't even compare with him."
Although life during the apocalypse was very difficult, no matter what kind of times it was, there would still be no shortage of idle bored people in the world. For example, some unknown bored person had gone and created the top ten trash ability list, and Ji Anran was on the list.
"Go to hell, garbage zombie!" An ability user threw down a fireball, but its trajectory was skewed.
"I don't believe I can't compare with a weatherman. F★ck you!"
Because of Ji Anran's "encouragement", it was as if these people had been injected with chicken blood and they started to throw themselves into killing zombies.
"Here, the nuclei for you guys’ mission this time."
Ji Anran received it and weighed it in hand, his mood very beautiful.
The base had people who were specifically responsible for recovering the crystal nuclei. They all worked in groups of three. Two would be responsible for recording and distributing the crystal nuclei, while the last one was responsible for collecting them.
Aside from these people authorized by the base, no one else was allowed to collect nuclei. After all, if everyone were to be collecting nuclei, who would kill the zombies? If that were the case, it would be strange if their base doesn’t fall!
However, the nuclei for them to recharge themselves were also distributed by the base. As for the teams who were conducting guerrilla tactics... If they kill any second- or third-order zombies, the base will directly give those nuclei to the teams.
It was fairer this way, since it was rather difficult to deal with this type of zombies, thus consuming more power. After all, if they don’t give the responsible teams the second- and third-order nuclei, which ability team would be willing to take such a big risk and deal with powerful zombies?
Moreover, after consuming that much power, they also needed the nuclei to recover. Even if the attribute didn’t match, that’s okay! They can just use it to exchange~
At noon, it was time to switch shifts again.
Ji Anran very happily went to have lunch. The base was providing lunch and dinner free of cost to the ability users. Although the quantity was fixed, if one didn’t eat, then it was their own loss.
"These canteen aunties’ hands sure shake..."
Ji Anran sighed. "Ah, human kindness really does run thin during the apocalypse. Back when I would get canteen meals during school, I would get more than anyone else… How would it ever have been like now."
Geng Yan gave a melancholic smile. "I'll give you whatever dish you want to eat. If you don't like these dishes here, I can also go back and make something else for you."
Geng Yan pushed his plate towards Ji Anran.
"Don't make trouble, where would you have time to cook now. We'll go back and have a rest, we still need to go kill zombies tonight." Ji Anran laughed.
Geng Yan took back the plate with regret. "The law enforcement team’s verdict has come out, a new type of punishment has been added, Chen Xiaohui would be the first to experience it."
"En. With the zombie tide right before us yet he still dared to cause a riot in the base, really deserves punishment." Ji Anran said smilingly.
Chen Xiaohui didn't expect that Ji Anran managed to completely avoid the trap. He originally thought that even if he got found out, he would be considered the brave who exposed it and would be praised by everyone in the base.
Yet now...
The leaders of the base were very dissatisfied with him causing such trouble, the powerhouses who followed the enforcement team to Geng Yan's home that day were also very miffed, and the law enforcement team themselves felt stuffed with anger... These were all people with strong backgrounds, influence, and strength. So as soon as Feng Yu proposed that scathing punishment, they immediately passed it.
They just so happened to be lacking an appropriate way to teach this grandson a lesson, you know, but now just as they were about to want to doze, someone has sent them a pillow~
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