End of the World Cycle

Without delay, Xie Qin set out with Lan Xiangxiang. The distance was not far, so close that he could find it if he spent more mental energy to search carefully outside the base.

When the car arrived at the gate of the base, Xu Nuo was seen standing at the door with a gun on his back waiting. Xie Qin braked and opened the window.

"Sister, I'll go with you." Xu Nuo glanced at Lan Xiangxiang who was sitting in the passenger seat. His expression changed subtly, and upon closer inspection, he saw anger.

"what are you going to do?"

"I'll drive for you, and by the way..."

"By the way, check to see if there's that scumbag there and kill him?" Xie Qin finished what Xu Nuo hadn't finished saying, smiling.

"Hmm." Xu Nuo hummed softly.

"Xiao... Xiao Nuo. I'm sorry." Lan Xiangxiang's voice was very low, but Xu Nuo could hear it. Xu Nuo did not make any statement. He held the handlebars of the car with his hands, his eyes only on Xie Qin's steering wheel, not even glancing at Lan Xiangxiang.

Lan Xiangxiang liked Xu Nuo for a long time. When Xu Nuo led their team to hunt zombies, they, a group of ordinary people, cleared out many cities with swords and guns. It was Xu Nuo, a half-grown child, who gathered them together.

But Xu Nuo was a dull boy. How could a teenage boy understand any feelings? All he thought about was how many zombies he had killed today. He had no idea what she looked like or what clothes she wore.

It was not until she met Zhang Zhi that she realized what true love was and what the beauty of a mature man was. Zhang Zhi was tall, handsome, and powerful, a fifth-level wind-type supernatural being. He saved her by chance and then joined their team. After spending time together day and night, coupled with Zhang Zhi's subtle romantic pursuit, how could she not be moved.

But later, even though Xu Nuo couldn't say he liked me, he was considerate and caring after he knew I was pregnant. Compared to Zhang Zhi, who only knew how to take me to bed when they met, brainwashed me about the good of the First Base, painted a rosy picture for me, and looked forward to the future. He was so much better.

After all, one was giving to me, while the other was only asking for things, even taking risks to lurk and deceive others. By the time I realized it, it was too late. The child was already seven months old, and the father had disappeared. He left me in a dangerous place, not caring about my own life or death.

The more she compared, the more Lan Xiangxiang felt sorry for Xu Nuo.

After all, Xu Nuo was young and had a bad temper, especially after spending a long time with Lan Xiangxiang, even if he didn't like her and had no feelings for her, he gradually treated her as his own family. Therefore, after knowing the truth, even if he knew that Lan Xiangxiang had plotted against him, he would not be so cruel as to vent his anger on her.

He just ignored Lan Xiangxiang's presence along the way, driving seriously, and occasionally chatting with Xie Qin in the passenger seat about the mutant animals he encountered along the way.

Perhaps Lan Xiangxiang's words touched Xie Qin, and he consciously looked around carefully, no longer killing indiscriminately in order to hurry on his way as he did before.

After Xu Nuo's introduction, Xie Qin saw clearly that many animals were benign mutations. Although their appearance had changed, they could roughly see what kind of animals they were before, such as mutant wild ducks, mutant hares, mutant river fish, etc. They almost became the meat source for most of the survivors.

Of course, plants can also have benign mutations. Xie Qin knew this. After all, he had transplanted two plants with benign mutations into his own space.

However, after observation, we found that there are very few plants with benign mutations, unlike animals, so areas with dense vegetation are now the most dangerous places.

The distance was very close, and the three of them quickly arrived at the stronghold in Mangshi. There were still people inside, but not many, and Xie Qin only felt that there were only sixteen people.

The stronghold is on the underground first floor of a gymnasium. There is a high electric fence outside the gymnasium, and further inside is a wall reinforced with steel mesh. The entire gymnasium is wrapped tightly and looks very safe.

The entrance to the power grid was very small, only the size of a household door. There was no guard, only a sensor. When they approached, the red light of the sensor began to flash, making a beeping sound, which startled a group of mutant sparrows perched on the mutant tree crown not far away. The sparrows flew towards Xie Qin and the others with scarlet eyes. Xu Nuo pulled out his pistol very quickly and shot them in the head with every shot. One by one, the sparrows the size of kittens fell to the ground and did not move.

Soon two people came out. They were wearing the combat uniforms of the First Base and trotted out. They looked at the three people and asked.

"who?"

"I'm looking for Lu Chaoyun." Just as Xie Qin finished speaking, the door under the steel mesh opened again. Xie Qin looked over and was not surprised to see the person coming. It was Lu Chaoyun.

There are several cameras on this steel net. He must have seen me coming and came out immediately.

"Let them in." Lu Chaoyun gestured to open the door, and soon three people appeared inside the stronghold.

The interior of the stronghold was, as expected, a huge research institute. There were only a few people busy at the operating tables, and everyone else seemed to be on the lower floor.

"Is there something?" Without any unnecessary movements, Lu Chaoyun asked Xie Qin directly what he was doing when he arrived at a safe place.

"I want to see Lu Chaoyun."

"Isn't it me? What do you want from me?" Lu Chaoyun looked at Xie Qin with a smile.

"You know I'm not talking about you."

"But you and I are talking about the same thing."

"What if you can never leave here again, will it still be the same?" Xie Qin's tone was light, but as soon as he finished saying this, everyone present was unable to move.

"What do you mean?" Lu Chaoyun wanted to resist, but found that his body was no longer under his control. Only his mouth could speak, and the others seemed unable to speak.

"It literally means, let Lu Chaoyun come to see me, or I can go to see him."

"I don't know where he is."

"Don't know? Then I can only look for them one by one. After all, the real Lu Chaoyun would not bury a chip in his brain." After saying that, Xie Qin's mental power invaded Lu Chaoyun's brain, and indeed, he felt the fluctuation of the chip in the brain.

Of course, Lu Chaoyun, who was controlled and invaded, also felt that his brain nerves were controlled and observed, which was comparable to a CT scan. His entire brain was scanned by Xie Qin.

"Before you die, you can inform your master." Xie Qin smiled and released Lu Chaoyun's control.

"you…"

"You have two minutes left. You won't have a chance to speak after two minutes. Oh, and don't think I can't find you. I don't mind destroying the clones in the basement of the First Base Research Institute."

"You...how do you know?"

"I know more than you think, so you have to bring what you know in person and exchange it with me." Xie Qin looked into Lu Chaoyun's eyes and said seriously.

"Maybe I can tell you what you want to know."

"No, you can't. You still have forty seconds." After saying that, Lu Chaoyun felt his nerves become even more tense, as if dense needles were poking him. It didn't hurt because they hadn't gone in yet, but he could feel that his life was hanging by a thread.

"The communicator is on the second floor below ground, in my dormitory."

"Well, go ahead, I'll wait for you."

Lu Chaoyun was able to move in an instant, but the unique feeling of oppression on his nerves was still there. He knew that as long as Xie Qin wanted, she could crush him to death at any time.

He trotted to the underground second floor, opened and closed many layers of alloy steel doors, and passed through several vacuum layers. He felt that Xie Qin should not be able to control himself. As a result, after arriving at the safe house, that feeling of nerve oppression was still there.

It was so terrifying, such a powerful mental control. Not only that, when I arrived at the safe house, I found that the people below were all controlled and could not move at all. Even though their eyes were bloodshot from the air-conditioning and their tears were streaming, their eyelids were controlled and could not close.

It is conceivable that Xie Qin's mental power can control even the most primitive conditioned reflexes of human beings. Lu Chaoyun sighed helplessly. It seems that this person cannot be lost.

After the call was connected, it was quickly transferred to Du Mingxuan. After hearing what happened, it took two or three minutes for Du Mingxuan to reply.

"Let her come to the First Base."

"Then... what about me?" Although Lu Chaoyun was a clone, he was still a complete person after all. It was human nature to be afraid of death. He was afraid that Xie Qin would feel that he was useless and that death was waiting for him.

"You bring her back yourself."

"Okay, I'll go tell her and bring her to the base myself." Lu Chaoyun breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he returned to the base, he would be safe.

With this result, Lu Chaoyun returned to the underground first floor. Xie Qin did not refuse. She had also planned to go to the first base. Just as she was about to leave, she glanced at Xu Nuo who was looking at her nearby and remembered that she had not finished her work.

"Why, is there someone you're looking for?"

"No," Xu Nuo shook his head.

"Where are those people who were undercover outside my base?" Xie Qin asked Lu Chaoyun directly.

"He left last night and went back to the base." Lu Chaoyun did not hide it. After all, his life was in Xie Qin's hands, so shouldn't he fulfill his requests?

"Did you hear that? He's not here anymore." Xie Qin knew that Lu Chaoyun didn't lie to her, because when she came in to control people, she didn't notice the wind-type mutant.

"I'll go to the First Base with you."

"No, I have something to do and can't protect you. You take her back to the base." Xie Qin's trip this time was somewhat dangerous. She could guarantee her own safety, but not others. So Xu Nuo couldn't go with her.

"But...but I."

"I will bring that person to you. Be obedient and go back to the base. The base is safe." The base is indeed safe. At least after Guan Feng and Xie Jin are no longer on the resident list, it is impossible for them to return to the base. Compared to the outside world, their base is indeed the safest place.

Xu Nuo was considered obedient, especially to Xie Qin's words. In the end, he didn't say anything else. He just nodded and left with Lan Xiangxiang.

Xie Qin, on the other hand, took Lu Chaoyun with him in one car and headed for the first base.