In the first mission, Gong Lixin killed all the zombies of Yangjia Village, and they then turned Yangjia Village into a safe and plant-based supply base for growing fruits and vegetables.
The military was inspired to develop an operational plan for a city surrounded by the countryside. It took three or four months to clear up the towns and villages around the base, which enabled the safe areas to expand rapidly. The base also officially became self-sufficient. It was a virtuous circle where they no longer had to worry about food issues.
When the stomach was full, life would be settled. The Gong family base became the Garden of Eden in the minds of survivors, attracting many people to come and live there. The team of ability users had also expanded rapidly in just one year. From the original groups of ten to groups of twenty or thirty people.
The members of each group experienced changes due to death, internal conflict and other reasons. But no matter how many times the other groups changed, Gong Lixin's group still consisted of the original ten people. No one was killed, no one was willing to quit and, following Gong Lixin for life was the common wish of the members.
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On a certain day, the military released a new mission, hoping that the team could delve into the city center, to collect fuel from the fuel banks and transport it back to the base. Since the problem of food was solved, it did not mean that all problems had been solved. The problem of fuel had to be solved to continue base operations. A month ago, Lin Mao had warned everybody about the fuel shortage; generators, pumps, helicopters, vehicles and other tools could not be operated. It was as if the base had returned to ancient times where they worked by fire.
The fuel depot for the petrochemical group was located in the eastern suburbs. It was not too close to the city center, but not too far away either. There were more zombies in that surrounding area than in the towns and villages. There were a few second-class zombies with strong abilities. From what the base had experienced, for the most difficult tasks to be successful, a single ability user team was not enough. It took a few teams to work together to create opportunities to fetch the materials. These opportunities were small and the risks were high.
The military also knew that this task was arduous, thus they greatly increased the task reward. In addition to access to enough food and daily necessities, each team would be rewarded with the crystal nucleus of a second-level high-grade zombie.
The second-level zombies appeared as early as six months ago, but second-level high-grade zombies were rare. If one got a crystal nucleus of the corresponding property, it was not difficult for them to break through to second-level high-grade. To be able to break through the first-level low-grade, one needed to absorb five to six hundred nuclei of first-level zombies. The number of first level nuclei needed to break through to the middle-grade would be doubled and the amount needed to advance to first-level high-grade would be ten thousand crystal nuclei.
How long and how much energy would it take for a person to kill tens of thousands of zombies? The difficult road to advancement had discouraged most of the ability users, causing them to stay at first-level mid-grade. But as long as there was a second-level crystal nucleus, the ability user could be directly promoted to second-level, becoming one of the top masters in the base.
The reward from the military was tempting and many ability users began to move about, but the team leaders were still waiting to see, so they all focused on their group leader.
When the military released the task, Gong Lixin was in his room with Wang Tao and Gu Nan. With his eidetic memory, he ruthlessly beat the two hundreds of times in the card game and both their faces were green and blue due to losing so often.
