Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot

Wang Tao shook his head; he didn't understand these matters. He would tell the research institute when he returned and let them study it.

"Chirp~"

At that moment, the Golden Eagle called out.

"Have we arrived?"

Wang Tao quickly looked down.

Below seemed to be an ice-covered lake, which was actually a reservoir. The coordinates given by Gu Yun were near this reservoir.

Before arriving, Wang Tao had thought that if any survivors were still alive here, he should be able to spot them from the air very quickly. But only when he saw the situation here did he realize it was not as simple as he had thought.

Other than the ice-covered reservoir, there was nothing else. No building ruins, no Survivor Base, just a flat land, as if it was a desolate place never touched by humans.

"How are we supposed to find anything..."

Wang Tao was somewhat dumbfounded.

If Gu Yun's information was correct and there really were survivors here, then those survivors would most likely only be staying in one place—underground!

Wang Tao thought about the flying zombies he had encountered on his way here; if there were many flying zombies here, then it made sense to hide underground...

But the problem was, the place was a desolate white expanse with not a single zombie in sight. There was no sign of an entrance anywhere...

"Let's start by searching around the reservoir to see if we can find anything..."

...

"Will we die?"

In the jumping firelight, a burly man wearing homemade armor looked somewhat sad.

"No, we will definitely survive!"

Next to the man, a plump woman tightly held onto the man's arm, her tone very certain.

"Ah, I feel like I'm not suited for being a leader, my abilities aren't good enough. If it were someone else—"

The man's words were cut off as the woman gently covered his mouth.

"Yao Hai, you are a natural-born leader! Without you, we wouldn't even know how many times we would have died, nor could we have assembled this group of a full thousand people! I won't allow you to talk about yourself like that! They won't allow it either!"

The woman's expression was very serious.

After hearing the woman's words, Yao Hai did not say anything more, but his somewhat dispirited spirit seemed much improved.

The two were silent for a while before the man spoke:

"Su Jie, let's go reinforce the last passage."

"Okay!"

Su Jie immediately grabbed a torch hanging on the wall and then the two left the passage.

At the entrance of the passage, there were four robust men holding spears; they immediately saluted Yao Hai with a not-so-standard military salute.

"Keep an eye on this place. If there are any problems, report to me immediately."

Yao Hai's expression was serious.

"Yes, General!"

The last passage was not far from there, and Yao Hai and Su Jie walked for a while before arriving.

"Hehe..."

"Roar..."

Just as they arrived, they heard the hissing of zombies inside the passage.

The men at the entrance of the passage immediately saluted, Yao Hai nodded, and then walked straight in with Su Jie following closely behind.

This passage was much shorter than the previous one, and the end seemed to be earthen, but the hissing of zombies was coming from within the earth!

"This earthen wall has taken more attacks..."

Yao Hai immediately went to the end of the passage, placed his hand on the earthen wall, and then visibly, the wall began to thicken, even pushing Yao Hai backward.

When the inscriptions reading "Air-raid, Peace" on the wall were completely covered by the earthen wall, and he was pushed back to the entrance of the passage, he finally removed his hand.

Beside him, Su Jie quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, then asked:

"How is it here?"

"It should hold for another three or four days..."

Yao Hai did not conceal anything.

Hearing this, a gloomy expression also appeared on Su Jie's face.

The several men holding spears all displayed sad emotions, fully aware that reinforcing the earthen wall was just a slow death, after all, their space here was limited, and the zombies were tirelessly destroying the earthen wall day and night; they would inevitably meet them...

"Three or four days isn't short, we should try to fix the equipment again, maybe we can get in touch with the reinforcements!"

Su Jie once again buoyed Yao Hai's spirits.

"Reinforcements..."

Not only did the ability users on duty find it hard to believe, but even Yao Hai, an Awakener, didn't believe it.

Outside, it was a frozen snowy wasteland, even if there were reinforcements, could they come to their rescue? Even if they wanted to, it was impossible!

However, such demoralizing words were unnecessary, and Yao Hai could only manage a strained smile.

"Yeah, let's hope for some luck. Let's go, back to base."

The two made their way back to the central area of the base, where a wooden sign painted in red hung at the entrance with the characters for "Ocean."

This place was an air-raid shelter from before the Apocalypse, now their "Ocean Base."

Despite being spacious inside the air-raid shelter, the environment was slightly chaotic, and there were quite a few people.

The survivors greeted Yao Hai as soon as they saw him return.

"General!"

Yao Hai nodded to the crowd without any air of superiority.

But the survivors weren't fools; seeing Yao Hai's forced smile, they could guess that the situation wasn't very optimistic. It seemed to them that after enduring for so long in the Apocalypse, they still couldn't escape the fate of becoming zombie fodder...

Just then, a somewhat hoarse voice suddenly echoed.

"General Yao, your situation doesn't seem too good, does it?"

Hearing this voice, both Yao Hai and Su Jie looked surprised and displeased.

Most of the survivors didn't look happy either, but some had an inexplicable look on their faces.

"Zou Jian, you're here again."

"Hey! What do you mean 'again'? The last time I came was three days ago, okay?"

The man called Zou Jian, who had wrapped himself up tightly from head to toe, was talking as he started peeling off his layers of clothing, eventually revealing a skinny body.

"It's still warmer in here, it's freezing outside!" Zou Jian swaggered over to a chair, sat down, and then bellowed, "Got any hot water? Is this how you treat your guests?"

Yao Hai subconsciously wanted to tell someone to pour some water, but Su Jie tugged at his clothes. He then realized and said somewhat stiffly:

"What are you here for?"

"Of course, I am here to help you all! You won't last much longer! Right now, only our 'Mammoth Base' can save you!"

While Zou Jian spoke, he glared fiercely at Su Jie behind Yao Hai.

He swore that once Ocean Base was integrated into Mammoth Base, he would make that woman's life a living hell!

The previous attempts to take over Ocean Base had all been thwarted by this woman, and today, she even denied him hot water... it was a total disrespect!

Although he was only a Level 3 ability user, at times like this, Yao Hai, the Awakener, was no match for him! Being looked down upon like this... he would remember this grudge!

"No need, we can solve this ourselves."

Yao Hai outright refused.

"Oh! Solve it? How do you plan to solve it? You're running out of food, right? Take them outside to freeze to death? Or stay here and persist until you starve? Of course, you might be eaten by zombies first."

Zou Jian quickly sneered, but then it seemed he remembered something else and continued.

"Oh right, is it that unrealistic rescue operation?"

Whoosh—

As Zou Jian uttered these words, Yao Hai instantly appeared in front of Zou Jian, grabbed him by the collar, and lifted him single-handedly.

"How do you know about this! Who told you!"

He had unexpectedly managed to contact Changhe Base, and not many people knew about it, just the core members of Ocean Base. How could Zou Jian from Mammoth Base possibly know!

"Cough, cough! Let go of me! Don't worry about how I know, but I do know that your machine is broken, and you're completely cut off... you have no choice now!"

Zou Jian glared viciously at Yao Hai, sadly outmatched.

Fury written all over his face, Yao Hai even suspected that Zou Jian might have sabotaged the machine. But discussing this now was pointless...

He furiously threw Zou Jian down.

"I'll stay here for three days, giving you three days to think it over. If you haven't decided in three days... then I will never come again, and we shall part ways forever!"

Hearing this, including Yao Hai, the expressions of the survivors shifted.

Although they all disliked Zou Jian, they couldn't deny that Zou Jian, or rather Mammoth Base, was indeed their last chance.

Even if this opportunity meant being slaves or laborers, at least they would still be alive...