Chapter 461: Doomsday Trading System (33)

Diyi Jidi.

After a fierce battle, a group of Ability Users exhausted their abilities, retreated to the base of the wall with pale faces, took the distributed Zombie Crystal Cores, and sat cross-legged to recover their abilities.

Once their complexions improved slightly, they took the initiative to step forward and relieve their comrades who had reached the end of their strength without needing to be told.

The relieved Ability Users likewise took a Zombie Crystal Core of the same element as their own ability and retreated to the side to absorb it.

It is said that the conversion rate of absorbing Zombie Crystal Cores in this way is very low, and it is also prone to residual Zombie Virus.

If too much virus residue accumulates, there is no guarantee that one will not undergo Alienation one day.

The base laboratory originally did not intend to distribute them directly for Ability Users to absorb, but with the zombie tide attacking, they could not worry about that anymore.

But even so, the speed at which the Ability Users recovered their abilities still could not keep up with the zombie attacks.

One wave was wiped out, and another came.

As more and more zombies surged in from all directions, they began to climb onto the city wall like a human pyramid.

It was too late for the Ability Users and soldiers to even aim.

But if they did not aim, firing was just a waste of abilities and bullets.

"Quick! Quick! Block that side! Don't let these beasts climb up."

"Watch East Section 3! There are zombies coming up!"

"Brothers, fight to the death to defend the city wall! Defend the base!"

"Sorry brother, I can't release any more abilities! The Crystal Core is also used up."

"South Section 1 needs help! A gap has been torn here by zombies, we urgently need manpower!"

"West Section 2 needs help! Two Ability Users have exhausted their abilities and fainted!"

"South Section requests reinforcements! We can't hold on!"

The South Section wall was where the most zombies were gathered, so the firepower was naturally the heaviest.

But after a large wave of concentrated firepower, there were still endless zombies piling up to climb over.

There were also many zombies attacking the city gate.

Whether it was the city wall or the city gate, once breached by zombies, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Just at this critical moment, clusters of firelight illuminated the snowy night.

The soldiers and Ability Users on the city wall were all startled, but upon discovering that the firelight was actually Fireballs released by Ability Users, and that the Fireballs landed in the area in front of the wall where the zombies were concentrated, they instantly burned down a large patch.

"It's the rescue team from Chengnan Base! Our reinforcements have arrived!"

"Damn, that's great! We finally waited for reinforcements!"

"Who released these Fireballs? Damn, they're bigger than my head! Hahahaha!"

"Everyone says it's Chengnan Base, who else could it be besides the Ability Users from their base?"

"Holy crap, holy crap, look!"

Following the direction of a soldier's finger, the people on the city wall looked over in unison.

The next second, they all widened their eyes.

Look at what they saw—

Basketball-sized Fireballs were smashing into the zombie tide one after another.

Thick Earth Walls intercepted the zombies, and long, sharp ice cones and metal spears pierced them with every strike.

A torrential water column descending from the sky first drenched the zombies, and the moment they were stunned by the dousing, a bolt of lightning as thick as a nightmare struck the heads of the zombies, directly electrocuting a large group.

By comparison, the abilities released by the Ability Users on the military trucks were not worth mentioning.

Their Fireballs were at most the size of a rubber ball; the water guns released by the Water Element Ability Users could solve one zombie at a time at most, how could they be as exaggerated as a torrential water column?

The lightning drawn down by the Thunder Element Ability Users was not as thick as an elephant's leg either.

But this is what's normal!

Seeing this, the Ability Users on the city wall could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It was not that they were weak, but that the Ability Users on the other two vehicles had skills that were too heaven-defying.

With the addition of Xie Yang and her group, the base defense battle that had almost been breached by the zombie tide quickly turned the situation around, snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, and won.

The soldiers and Ability Users on the city wall cheered in unison.

The ordinary people inside the city wall who were trembling and waiting to be deployed at any time also let out a long sigh of relief.

"I told you the base was still safe."

Xie Yongguo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his heart that had been hanging all night finally falling back to the ground.

He became even more determined to stay in the base from now on and never leave the base gate no matter what.

Xie Yonghua nodded: "It's fortunate we listened to Big Brother and came to join the Official Base. If we had stayed in the city and encountered something like tonight, we would definitely be finished."

Speaking of this, he paused: "I wonder how Lao San and his family are doing."

"Sigh, everyone has their own fate," Xie Yongguo sighed.

Not just him, but the other members of the Xie Family all felt that Xie Yongcheng's family was likely doomed.

Little did they know, Xie Yongcheng was just one wall away from them at this moment, skillfully controlling the sharp long spear transformed by his Metal Ability, taking out one zombie per strike, and soon finished off the remaining scattered zombies that were no longer a threat.

"Dad! Come down! We're accelerating our return!"

Xie Yan had already returned to the vehicle cabin from the roof, and called out to his father by the way.

Since the base was saved and the cleanup was being handled by the official rescue team, it was not the turn of their small, disorganized Ability User squad to show off.

Turning around at the base gate to head home, it would be nice to go back and have a hot late-night snack since they left without having dinner.

Official Ability Users: "..."

This is called small and disorganized?

Then what do they count as?

"Hey! Boss, why did they leave?"

The soldiers under Chu Qingyan still wanted to properly thank the Xie Family convoy for their righteous assistance.

If not for them tonight, let alone rushing to reinforce Diyi Jidi, they might not have even kept their own lives here.

Chu Qingyan gazed at the two vehicles that had already vanished into the night, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

For the next few days, it kept snowing.

The Xie Family convoy simply stopped going out; they told the other families, treating it as an early holiday to prepare for the New Year.

During this period, they had gone out to clear streets and shops; although they didn't go to those large comprehensive supermarkets or various warehouses to compete with the authorities for supplies, the small amounts added up, and to say nothing of the long term, having a bountiful New Year was not a problem at all.

Plus, with the chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs raised in the residential compound, they would slaughter a few for the New Year.

As for vegetables and fruits, there were now several Advanced Ability users; as long as there were seeds, they could trade for whatever they wanted to eat.

Everyone listened to the Xie Family's arrangements and stayed huddled in their rooms, comfortably hunkering down for the winter.

The Earth-type Ability Users built fireplaces for every household, with flames leaping high; it was icy and snowy outside, but warm as spring indoors.

The Xie Family was the same.

After entering the door, one couldn't wear a thick coat at all.

Xie Yang wore long-sleeved, thin spring-autumn pajamas, sitting cross-legged on the sofa, eating cherries forced to grow by Ms. Yu, and holding the Little Bee Observation Panel to keep an eye on the current situation in Yicheng.

To prevent Zombies from gathering and besieging them again, the four major bases in the southeast, west, and north had been sending Earth-type Ability Users to reinforce the city walls in recent days.

Wood Element Ability users were also working overtime to force-grow vegetables in the Greenhouse, though the efficiency was not very high.

The amount forced to grow each day was only enough for the middle and upper levels to have a few bites; it was good enough if the ordinary people below could get a piece or two of coarse grain steamed buns. As for fresh, tender vegetables and fruits, they shouldn't even think about it.

Because of this, many people's immunity declined, and diseases began to spread.

Nowadays, pharmaceutical factories everywhere were paralyzed, and hospitals with the largest drug inventories had either exploded or fallen, so the amount of medicine collected was very limited.

This resulted in ordinary people being unable to buy medicine, nor did they have sufficient supplies to trade for medicine.

If this vicious cycle continued, before the Zombies could even besiege them, the bases would fall into chaos first due to the epidemic.

Xie Yang frowned and pondered: since everything was exposed anyway, why not go for something big?

Thus, she entrusted the Main System to deliver a letter to Chu Qingyan.