Lin Chao gently hugged her and whispered: "Follow me, you might die in vain, don't you regret it?"

  "Of course!" Lin Shiyu grasped his clothes tightly, her tender voice filled with determination.

  Lin Chaonan gazed at her face, his eyes gradually softening, and said softly: "In that case, let's go together."

  "Really?" Lin Shiyu's head jerked up in extreme surprise, with tears still clinging to her eyelashes, but unable to conceal the joy on her face.

  Lin Chao stroked her hair and nodded slowly but firmly.

  "It's great, it's great......" Lin Shiyu was overjoyed and burst into tears, cheering and jumping on the snowy ground, as if the next destination was not the abyss, but heaven.

  Lin Chao's eyes revealed a faint, subtle smile. This was the first time he had experienced such an unusual feeling. If previously he took care of Lin Shi Yu only to repay his past life, then now, he had already regarded this lovely little girl as his own true family!

  "Where are you going?" Fan Xiangyu suddenly spoke up, her slender fingers grasping a collar.

  Everyone looked on, only to see You Qian carefully opening the zipper, but was pulled back by Fan Xiangyu's collar. He stiffened for a long time before awkwardly laughing and saying: "I, I suddenly remembered that I didn't wash the clothes I changed out of yesterday, so I won't accompany you guys..."

  Before he could finish, Fan Xiangyu pulled him back without courtesy, raising her snow-white chin and saying: "You already know our whereabouts, either follow us or be silenced, you choose."

  Yu Pu sat down on the snow, lifted his head and said vaguely: "What's going on? I seem to have hearing problems just now, didn't hear what you were saying... Ah, my memory seems to be problematic too...... Eh, white?"

  Bang!

  Fan Xiangyu stepped on his face with one foot and angrily said: "Where are you looking?!!"

  You Yu was stepped on his face by her and barely squeezed out a voice, "Spare, spare my life..."

  Lin Chao glanced at the two treasures and waved his hand, saying "Let's go." After finishing speaking, he led Lin Shi Yu to walk ahead first. Hei Yue lightly laughed and quickly followed up, while behind the three of them, Fan Xiang Yu continued to ruthlessly trample on You Qian, who let out pitiful cries that echoed through the vast sky...

  ……

  General Headquarters

  Xu Commander suddenly stood up from his chair, his eyes fixed on Chu Shanhe, saying: "What did you say? He left the base? Why, where is he going?"

  Chu Shanhe did not expect such a big reaction and scratched his head: "He said he wants to go out and hunt monsters, and will be back after a while."

  "Nonsense!" Commander Xu slammed his hand on the table, leaving a faint palm print behind. His face was filled with anger as he said, "Do you know how dangerous it is outside? According to the latest research from the institute, the viruses inside these rotting corpses are slowly mutating. Do you know what's going to happen?"

  Chu Shanhe was stunned and said, "The virus is mutating?"

  "According to the research institute's data simulation, it won't be long before these corpses and monsters evolve again! And at this virus's rate of reproduction, such evolution will continue many times. This means that these corpses and monsters will undergo a second, third, and even more transformations. Just the second transformation alone will make some strengthened corpses evolve to have the intelligence of human children. Do you know what this means?"

  "Evolve into intelligence?" Chu Shanhe was shocked, this is a devastating news!

  Commander Xu's face sank, saying: "Once they have intelligence, they will be like humans, with their own gathering places. They are no longer a loose sand, but a group! Most importantly, they can also learn human technology, which means that even if we master evolutionary energy, we still face the crisis of extinction!"

  Chu Shanhe was stunned, and his mind went blank from the impact of this terrible news.

  "Do you know why we launched the 'God Creation Plan'?" Commander Xu glared at him, his voice indignant: "The purpose of cultivating a god-like warrior with concentrated resources is to 'behead', only by killing the leader-level existence among these rotten corpses can we defeat them at the least cost! At this time, what we need is a powerful warrior like General Lin, but you actually let him leave the base!"

  Chu Shanhe came back to his senses, lowered his head and said: "Sorry, Commander. Although I know we should have kept him, his ambition is not in the base, and besides, the base has already started cultivating a Divine General. Without him, it won't make much difference."

  Commander Xu looked at him and couldn't help but sigh, saying: "Although it's like this, his special ability is flight. Whether it's reconnaissance or a sneak attack, it's an excellent ability. With his assistance, many plans can be implemented... Forget it, do you know where he went?"

  Chu Shanhe shook his head and said, "I didn't ask."

  Commander Xu's eyes revealed a hint of disappointment, saying: "Forget it, no matter what, he is the hero who saved the base, the faith of all refugees and soldiers. As long as he is safe, that's all that matters. Moreover, his great discovery of 'Gene Energy' just now has an effect on us that is not inferior to Evolution Energy. I believe that before long, we will be able to cultivate gods like him, or even stronger ones. We must speed up the expansion of our territory, otherwise when the second wave of zombie and monster mutations comes, with the current base, there's no way to resist."

  ……

  Pfft!

  A flash of silver light, the rotting skull covered with maggots suddenly burst into pieces. Hei Yue slowly withdrew his long knife, letting the corpse fall to the ground, and then, imitating Lin Chao's habit, wiped his weapon clean on the tattered clothes before sheathing it.

  This ancient sword was the weapon she had chosen from the national treasury, weighing 108 catties. It is said to have been excavated from an ancient tomb of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The smelting technology and material of this ancient sword far surpass those of modern cold weapons, although it's not as good as Lin Chao's ancient spear 'Ming', but it can also be considered a great killing tool!

  Lin Chao glanced at the sky, it was getting late. After leaving the base, they had already passed through six cities along the highway, and there was still a long way to go before reaching the 01 Deep Abyss Zone. He said immediately: "Let's rest here for tonight."

  Upon hearing the rest, You Yan immediately swept away his depression and raised his hand in cheers.

  Fan Xiangyu glanced at him sideways and said, "Whatever you're called, go find something to eat."

  You Yu was immediately dragged away by her, and taken to various shops on the streets to search for food.

  Lin Chao then took Lin Shi Yu and Hei Yue to a deserted residential building by the road, quickly clearing out some of the rotting corpses inside, pulling up the curtains, dismantling several bed cabinets and igniting them to prepare dinner.

  Lin Chao planned to eat his meal first, then start absorbing the genetic energy of the Dilong Beast and undergo a second transformation!

  You Fen and Fan Xiang soon returned, bringing back a large quantity of bread, cakes, rice, various canned fish and meat, as well as half a bucket of golden dragon fish oil and purified water.

  You Fen put down the various foods on his back, rubbed his shoulders and complained to Lin Chao: "Boss, look at her bullying me, making me carry everything by myself!"

  Fan Xiangyu picked up her skirt and sat down beside the fire pit with the elegance of a noble lady, saying leisurely: "Who made me a lady?"

  "You? A lady? I..."

  "Hmm?" Fan Xiangyu seemed to glance at him casually, but the meaning in her eyes made You Qian stop talking abruptly.

  Hei Yue carefully washed the rice with purified water, and after cleaning it, put it in the original electric rice cooker's inner pot. Then he directly placed the inner pot on the fire rack to cook. Meanwhile, Lin Chao opened each can of fish meat and poured them into the rice to mix-cook together. Lin Shi Yu, who had nothing else to do, leaned against her hand, watching the two argue with each other.

  A quiet night, a warm fire, all of this seems very good.

  Lin Chao's secret fish meat can rice was cooked, and several people started eating it with gusto.

  "Boss, you've been awarded the honorary general by the base, why do you still want to risk your life? Can't we just not go to that godforsaken place? Look at how good life is, why bother being reckless, huh?" Yu Qian said, shoveling down a mouthful of fragrant rice as he spoke in a muffled tone, trying to persuade Lin Chao. He knew Lin wouldn't listen, so it was just a symbolic attempt at persuasion, without much hope.

  Lin Chaosheng's expression was calm and collected, having obtained the honorary high position at the Flame Yellow Base, which was one of his goals for this trip to the Flame Yellow Base. This was equivalent to a VIP gold card, and in the future when relics were abundant, he could enter the relics controlled by the Flame Yellow Base at will with this identity.

  To know, these relics have different uses. For example, the A-level material 'Moon Gold' in his hand is something that modern smelting technology cannot melt. Only some of the relic's weapon furnaces can forge it. These relics are held by various bases, and some bases will open part of the less valuable relics to outsiders at a high price. However, some important relics can only be entered and used within the base itself!

  For Lin Chao, having this ID card was enough. If he continued to live in the base, he would definitely be assigned some real power positions. At that time, it would be equivalent to being tied to the base on the same boat, and he would fall into various whirlpools of power struggles, resource struggles, and inter-base struggles, wasting a lot of time.

  Time is life.

  In this disastrous world, if you stop for a moment, you will be chased by monsters. Only by constantly surpassing and surpassing can you survive!

  Rights, wealth, in the end times are all soft power. If you're lucky, you can live a peaceful life. If you're unlucky, when faced with an irresistible force, everything is empty and futile. This is like many national leaders of old, who although held high positions and controlled a country, were still powerless in the face of disaster, no different from an ordinary person.

  Looking at You Qian, Lin Chao suddenly had a movement in his heart and said: "Stretch out your hand."

  Yu Qian was taken aback and said: "Boss, what are you doing? Men shouldn't be so intimate with each other. I was just joking, pretend you didn't hear it..."

  Lin Chao's fingernail flashed, swiftly cutting open his arm and collecting a drop of fresh blood.

  On his chest, the evolutionary tree glowed slightly and heated up, like a miniature intelligent instrument, beginning to decompose and calculate the genetic fragments contained in the blood, thereby inferring You Chen's innate abilities.