Chapter 199: Misremembered

Beep, do you want to join Long'an Base?

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A brief system prompt sounded, startling the dazed Yun Tian.

He never imagined he would actually meet Lin An.

After all, regardless of whether the channel's opinions of Lin An are good or bad, he is ultimately a rumored existence.

Kid, you're not allowed to send messages out~

If you send a message, we can see it; if we discover it...

Hehe, you damn well will become canned food.

Zhang Tie picked up the can and gave him a fierce warning.

Also, don't waste food.

Having said that, Xiong Hanzi swaggered off, leaving Yun Tian who had hastily agreed.

Long'an Base...?

Yun Tian muttered to himself, a hint of excitement in his eyes.

He initially thought he and his companions were terribly unlucky to run into such a disaster star.

He originally wanted to serve in the Military Region, after all the channel said that Awakened Ones who join can enjoy a semi-official position.

So he kept wanting to confirm whether Lin An and the others were from the Military Region and whether they would return.

If not, he would just pretend to agree, then sneak away when nearing the Military Region.

But now?

He completely dismissed the thought of fleeing, but suddenly a strong curiosity arose in his heart.

He also didn't know what the true Safe Zone actually looked like...

All kinds of speculation existed in the channel, but no one had ever seen it.

Prepare to depart! Target, 420 kilometers to the southeast.

Inside the armored vehicle, Lin An put away the documents in his hand, then ordered the whole team to set out.

He carefully examined the documents left at the garrison point, discovering that the Military Region and the experimental equipment facility were not too far from here.

Barring any surprises, there should be a large amount of heavy weapons left there.

But the unease and irritability in his heart grew stronger.

Did he overlook some problem?

Or is this operation dangerous?

Just like Zhang Tie's beastly instinct, he could sense potential danger.

Lin An's willpower attribute could now serve as a sixth sense.

In the dark, he always felt that something was...

Following him.

The vehicle body vibrated, the engine roared.

Zhang Tie happily finished three individual rations, out of the corner of his eye he saw Mo Ling still sleeping:

Lin Dui, what's up with this little girl Mo Ling?

She won't eat even if you call her to eat.

Lin An glanced up at Xiong Hanzi waving a braised chicken leg in front of Mo Ling's nose:

Alright, stop teasing her.

It's probably because her mental power was overused.

Let her rest a bit longer.

Zhang Tie heard that, gave a hehe laugh, then started chewing noisily on his own.

Wen Ya looked amusingly at the troublemaking Xiong Hanzi, her mental power linked to the other members, monitoring their every move.

But she gave the sleeping Mo Ling a strange glance.

Is her mental power overused?

Today when Mo Ling used her skill, she clearly shared her mental power, right?

Logically, in such a short time, although the number of zombies has increased a lot, there shouldn't be any problem.

Wen Ya's doubt flashed through her mind and she didn't think further.

Mo Ling's love of sleep is well-known; Zhang Tie has often teased her behind her back.

The convoy's truck cargo bed.

Yun Tian, Huang Haitao, and four male base members sat opposite each other.

Big brother, could you tell me about our base?

Yun Tian curiously looked at Huang Haitao beside him, full of questions he wanted to ask.

No need to call me big brother; just call me Huang Haitao or Huang Ge.

What aspects do you want to know about?

Huang Haitao wore a friendly smile, knowing that this kid in front of him was recruited by Lin Dui.

Yun Tian hesitated a moment, then asked his most pressing question:

Huang Ge, could you conveniently tell me why our base doesn't speak in the chat channel?

And why Lin Dui never shows up.

I see many people in the channel belittling us.

And there are a bunch of impostors posing as Lin Dui.

Huang Haitao pondered for a moment, then spoke according to his own thoughts:

"Not speaking is to avoid exposing our base's location."

"It's not that we don't want to recruit survivors; it's that we are about to face a zombie horde attack."

"A zombie horde attack!!"

Yun Tian let out a startled cry, but only saw Huang Haitao nodding to indicate he should continue speaking.

"Actually, we came out this time specifically to search for weapons and equipment."

"You also saw that we found quite a few weapons on our vehicle, plus those two armored vehicles."

"But the quantity is too little; next we still need to go to the next target point."

Yun Tian is not stupid; he heard another layer of meaning from Huang Haitao's words:

"Then, Brother Huang, is our base not together with the Military Region?"

"Or even, there is no army with us?"

If there were an army or a Safe Zone, they would be established within the Military Region, and the people of Long'an Base would have absolutely no need to come out looking for weapons.

Huang Haitao met his surprised gaze:

"Yes, our base is actually just a university."

"Only after Lord Lin An came did he build a Safe Zone there and then name it Long'an."

"Don't even mention an army; in fact, all of our Awakened Ones together total fewer than fifty."

"This is even after adding the Awakened Ones that Lord Lin An brought."

After hearing this, Yun Tian's doubts in his heart not only did not lessen, but increased further:

"But isn't the Safe Zone mission supposed to require a team of 100 Awakened Ones to accept?"

"Moreover, I read the requirements; we have to kill that many mutants."

"How many people did Lin Dui bring? Without army help, how could they have killed so many?"

Huang Haitao spoke up to interrupt his words:

"This question doesn't need to be dwelled on."

"The establishment of the Safe Zone was entirely done by Lord Lin An himself; we also don't know how it happened."

"But there is one thing you can know."

"That is, Lord Lin An's strength far exceeds your imagination; at that time, the people he brought over were only four Awakened Ones!"

"The rest were all the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled; together they still numbered less than a hundred."

"Moreover, the Awakened Ones he brought actually have only strong strength, but even that is limited."

"So, we have been privately speculating that Lord Lin An might have personally completed so many kill missions, while others might just be lending a hand."

"Even, many of us think..."

"Lord Lin An might be a Third Rank Awakened One!"

A few people from the base who had been silent on the side suddenly interjected, their eyes full of awe.

"You might not know, but up to now we have never seen Lord Lin An go all out!"

"But any mutant before him is settled in battle within a few seconds!"

"Including high-level Second Level."

"When you return to the base, you'll know; there is also a monster tamed by Lord Lin An there."

"To be honest, just that monster alone could slaughter all of us."

After hearing this, Yun Tian was somewhat shocked and couldn't help but continue asking...

The carriage swayed, and Yun Tian chatted enthusiastically with the people in the vehicle, though most topics revolved around Lin An.

"Brother Wang, you just said..."

As Yun Tian's words fell, he suddenly discovered that the space opposite him was empty.

?

Who is Brother Wang?

Who was I just talking to?

Yun Tian, puzzled, rubbed the back of his head and turned his head to look at Huang Haitao:

"Brother Huang, is there someone on our vehicle named..."

He spoke halfway, but then seemed to get stuck.

"What is it called?"

Huang Haitao looked at him with a puzzled expression and replied softly.

Yun Tian stared for a moment, then forced out a smile:

"Nothing..."

"Maybe I misremembered..."

The carriage was empty, and outside a misty fine rain began to fall.

Long wheel tracks stretched onward.