End of the World Cycle

Lu Chaoyun's team is on the top of a plateau with an altitude of more than 2,500 meters.

In the past, it was very difficult to climb up, but now due to climate change, the temperature in the plateau area has risen and the oxygen has become much richer, so the difficulty of climbing the mountain has naturally decreased.

There was no lane, and even off-road motorcycles could not go up, so the group could only walk. As soon as they arrived at the foot of the mountain, Xie Qin felt that there were a lot of mutant plants and animals on this mountain. Especially inside the mountain, there were supernatural powers surging everywhere, and hidden dangers.

Just after walking a few hundred meters up the mountain, some things surrounded them. There were not many of them, about a dozen or so. Xie Qin, who was walking behind Qin Zhang, was the first to raise his hand to signal everyone to stop.

"What's wrong, sister-in-law?"

"There are mutant animals surrounding us."

After hearing Xie Qin's reminder, everyone stopped and looked around cautiously. Qin Zhang habitually approached Xie Qin and stood in front of her.

Soon more than a dozen mutant animals showed up. There were a total of fourteen mutated snow wolves. They were silver-white all over, except for the leading wolf, which was black. Their appearance had not mutated much, but the leader had grown two heads, and the teeth of each wolf had become exceptionally long.

The first wolf was a third-order mutant, and the rest were second-order mutants. It wasn't difficult to deal with them. Xie Qin glanced at the three speed-type mutants on the periphery, and then he gathered his mental power. The fierce expressions of the dozen wolves disappeared instantly, and they stood still. The three speed-type mutants on the periphery, holding sharp knives, pierced the foreheads of the dozen wolves very accurately.

With a flick of the knife, the round mutant animal crystal cores fell to the ground. It took only three minutes to collect them, and the group continued to move forward.

Perhaps it was because the mental power released by Xie Qin when he was controlling the wolf pack was too strong, causing the mutant animals around them to feel the crisis. During the rest of the journey, even though they could feel that there were many living creatures following closely, they still did not dare to meet Xie Qin and his party head-on.

When I saw Lu Chaoyun, it was in front of a titanium alloy gate on the top of the mountain. I saw seven people, all in the translucent lifeboat at the door. The door was open, and rats were running around. The appearance of the rats had changed a lot, and they were more than ten times bigger than before.

Its ears were round and big like two small palm leaves, its body was green, its tail was covered with barbs, its front teeth were sharp and long and stuck out, and its four legs were also longer, it looked like a mouse, but not really like a mouse.

The people who were originally surrounding the lifeboat quickly turned their attention to Xie Qin and his group after they discovered them. The moment the rat approached, a lightning ball about five meters long formed with Qin Zhang as the center, surrounding everyone inside. The rat was charred black the moment it touched the lightning. When it fell to the ground, it turned into ash the moment it landed.

Even though this was not the first time he had witnessed the power of Qin Zhang's thunder ability, he would still be amazed at its might when he saw it again.

At the command, everyone followed Qin Zhang's speed and approached the lifeboat. The closer they got, the more they realized that the seven people inside were in a bad mental state, and several of them were injured to varying degrees. One of them was tied up in a corner and isolated. Xie Qin took a closer look and found that this person had turned into a zombie.

As Qin Zhang approached, the lightning power also protected the life capsule. Lu Chaoyun inside was the first to react and opened the life capsule, but did not come out directly. Qin Zhang and his group did not plan to go in either. The reason was that the life capsule was too small, only about five or six square meters in total, and a small area was specially left out to accommodate the colleague who was infected with the zombie virus.

The smell inside was also very bad. Although there was no garbage, there was a smell of excrement. I guess everyone ate, drank, defecated and urinated here, and then put the household garbage into the space of that space-based psychic.

"What's going on?" Qin Zhang pointed at the person who was infected with the zombie virus and asked. You know, they didn't see any zombies on the way up the mountain. Where did this person get infected from?

"Our researcher does not have special powers, he is just an ordinary person. It is this group of mutated rats that carry the zombie virus. Logically, the zombie virus is biologically isolated from animals and it is impossible for them to be transmitted or carried. But now..." Lu Chaoyun explained. Xie Qin carefully observed his expression, the frown and the puzzled tone. This man was not lying.

Xie Qin was also in a dilemma. It seemed that the development of the zombie virus vaccine had to be expedited. Now that this group of rats were carrying the virus, there was no guarantee that other mutated animals would not carry it. There were still many ordinary people left. If there was no vaccine, these people would die sooner or later.

During the process of cleaning up the mutant rats, Xie Qin did not do much. He just used his powerful mental power to control the rats around the team members to make it easier for them to clean up.

Lu Chaoyun was observing Xie Qin from the side. He knew Xie Qin, but not everything. He hadn't left here to synchronize his memories for three months and had no experience of those three months, so he didn't know what happened to Xie Qin later.

Therefore, he focused more on observing Xie Qin's superpowers, but unfortunately, he had no superpowers, so he couldn't feel Xie Qin's current superpower level, nor could he feel the fluctuations of his mental power. In his eyes, Xie Qin was just standing in the middle of the crowd with his arms folded, watching the fun.

Until the mutant rats were basically cleared, nothing special was found from Xie Qin. Xie Qin also knew about Lu Chaoyun's actions, but Lu Chaoyun didn't know much.

The mission to rescue Lu Chaoyun went smoothly. When they arrived at the designated location and released the helicopter, there were no accidents. However, Lu Chaoyun made a request before he even got on the helicopter.

"I still have some experimental tools that I haven't picked up from the First Base. Can you let me go back and get them before going to the Apocalypse Base with you?"

Xie Qin secretly mocked in his heart, isn't it just that he wants to go back and make a copy of his research results first, and then find a chance to synchronize his memory with other Lu Chaoyun?

But Xie Qin was not worried at all. She knew the military discipline and would never do anything other than rescue, nor would she take a route other than the planned one.

His order was to send people to the Apocalypse Base as quickly as possible, which must be the fastest speed within his limit. The result is predictable. Lu Chaoyun was rejected, and after threatening Qin Zhang not to go with them, he was directly electrocuted by Qin Zhang and carried onto the helicopter.

When the others saw that Lu Chaoyun was electrocuted, they naturally didn't say anything and got on the helicopter obediently.

Lu Chaoyun was not short, but Qin Zhang was too tall. The two were two completely different extremes. One was wearing a white coat and silver-rimmed glasses, and was pale, delicate, and thin. The other was wearing a military uniform, with a wheat-black complexion and was tall and mighty.

Qin Zhang carried the person on his shoulders, and Xie Qin, who was walking behind him, actually felt a little bumped?

Then Xie Qin couldn’t help laughing. She thought she was so funny that she almost forgot who she was hitting on. It was the person who bullied her so badly that she couldn’t get out of bed last night. . . .

"What are you laughing at?" Xie Qin smiled cutely. Qin Zhang, who had just thrown the person onto the helicopter, turned around and saw Xie Qin smiling happily. He patted Xie Qin's head lovingly and asked.

Xie Qin didn't like others touching his head. After he opened Qin Zhang's hand, although he was not angry, his smile stopped.

"No, nothing. Let's go back."

"Okay, let's take the one in front."

Xie Qin nodded, boarded the helicopter first, and the group set off for the Apocalypse Base.