This time, Zuo Feng and his group stayed at Huo Yao Base for seven days.
The reason for their extended stay was mainly to deal with the zombie materials from the recent zombie horde. Zuo Feng and his group helped Huo Yao Base resist the zombie horde, and they were the main force among the Mutants.
Lu Zhuoyan was naturally extremely grateful and initially planned to give Zuo Feng half of the materials obtained from the zombie horde.
But Zuo Feng politely declined. Huo Yao Base had suffered heavy losses this time and was in urgent need of rebuilding. Zuo Feng deeply understood the importance of supplies to them. He only took half of the loss crystals that were three-line or above.
This time, the harvest of loss crystals alone made Zuo Feng extremely satisfied:
three-line zombie crystals: over 20,000
Four-line zombie crystals: over 2,000
Five-line zombie crystals: nearly 200
six-line zombie crystal: 17
Note: (loss crystals produced by five-stripe mutated zombies are six-line zombie crystals)
As for the zombie corpse materials, Zuo Feng did not want them, but he also didn't want to disregard Lu Zhuoyan's kindness, so he suggested entrusting Lu Zhuoyan to forge a batch of weapons.
To express his gratitude, Lu Zhuoyan even mobilized all the blacksmiths at Huo Yao Base to work overtime, crafting a large number of various high-quality weapons of Tier 3 and above for Zuo Feng. Although these weapons were numerous,
the materials used for them were less than one-tenth of the materials obtained from the zombie horde.
Most of the Long Xu Needles and arrows used by Da Mi Tao and Xiao She Jing during the zombie horde were recovered by people sent by Lu Zhuoyan.
Although a small portion of six-tier Long Xu Needles and arrows were lost, fortunately, the Long Xu Needles and arrows made of a-grade metal were all recovered.
To satisfy these two 'spendthrift girls,' Zuo Feng also custom-ordered a batch of a-grade metal Long Xu Needles and arrows, as well as six-tier Long Xu Needles and arrows for them.
Xiao She Jing's current inventory: 999 a-grade metal Long Xu Needles, 99 a-grade metal long needles (20 cm long), 9999 six-tier Long Xu Needles.
Da Mi Tao's current inventory: 99 a-grade metal arrows, 999 six-tier arrows.
Their inventory directly expanded tenfold. Zuo Feng's action delighted the two girls so much that they even proactively cooperated with massages.
Moreover, Zuo Feng also prepared corresponding a-grade metal weapons for the two new female students he planned to recruit to stay at the base.
Although Huo Yao Base suffered heavy losses in this zombie horde, the gains were also immense, and Zuo Feng also reaped a rich harvest.
Of course, in return, Zuo Feng also provided materials, allowing Lu Zhuoyan and the two deputy leaders each to acquire an a-grade metal weapon.
On the morning of the seventh day, Zuo Feng bid farewell to Lu Zhuoyan outside the base, and both sides agreed to help each other in the future.
The group once again embarked on their journey through the apocalypse, their destination unchanged: H City.
This time, Zuo Feng and his group no longer took the highway but sped along the national road. The scenery along the way was completely different from the highway, with the ruins on both sides of the national road highlighting the desolation of the apocalypse.
Indeed, taking the national road was much smoother. In three hours, Zuo Feng and his group arrived at the outskirts of H City.
H City, once a prosperous quasi-first-tier city, was now scarred and ravaged. The towering architectural remnants resembled the skeletons of giant beasts, and abandoned vehicles and broken signs were visible everywhere on the streets.
H City, which was already heavily congested before the apocalypse, was even worse now. Driving was slower than walking, with the roads completely covered in abandoned vehicles; Zuo Feng and his group had no choice but to proceed on foot.
As a large safe base not far from H City, Huo Yao Base naturally had some understanding of H City's situation.
Currently, H City has three large safe bases: the Steel Fortress in the East District, the Glory of Light in the South District, and the Spear of Victory in the West District. The population of each safe zone is no less than 500,000! They are truly large safe bases.
As for the North District, it is relatively chaotic, without a unified large safe base. Instead, it is scattered with multiple small strongholds, each fighting for itself, collectively known as Dream City.
As for the central area, it is said to be completely fallen, becoming a dead and uninhabited zone, overrun by zombies and full of dangers.
Zuo Feng's original plan was to visit the three major safe bases to see them, but unexpectedly—his girls, whether due to inflated strength or a greater interest in evil genes or wickedness, all clamored to go to Dream City in the North District.
Zuo Feng was helpless, unable to resist the girls' chattering and their threats of no massages.
Zuo Feng had no choice but to change his plan and lead them to Dream City in the North District.
Their current location was at the junction of H City's North and East Districts. The East District was to the right, and the North District was to the left.
Zuo Feng looked around, abandoned buildings covered in vines, and the air filled with the smell of decay.
Soon, Zuo Feng's gaze fixed on a row of shared parent-child bicycles. Although they were currently at the junction of the North and East Districts, H City was too large. If they were to truly cross it on foot, it would probably be dark by the time they reached Dream City.
Since they couldn't drive, these shared parent-child bicycles were extremely suitable.
Of course, Zuo Feng did not intend to cycle directly to Dream City. Instead, he planned to first use these bicycles to quickly cross the junction area, and after reaching the edge of the North District, he would then use the cleared roads, made by Mutant teams for easy material scavenging, to proceed.
Zuo Feng called the girls to quickly get on the bikes. Da Bai Tu carried Kong Ling, Da Mi Tao carried Ying'er, Da Yuanyuan carried Huo Er, and Zuo Feng carried Tiegada, with the smart Xiao Mi Tao, who didn't want to ride, sitting in front.
As everyone cycled through the ruins, the bicycle chains made faint sounds. H City truly lived up to its former reputation as a prosperous city. Before the apocalypse, it was densely populated, and after the apocalypse, it was densely populated with zombies. In just a short ten-minute ride, the group encountered and disturbed nearly twenty zombies.
Meanwhile, Pang Duddu huddled in Kong Ling's wide white robe. Any zombie that tried to approach was swiftly cut down by its spatial blade.
As Dream City was a place of chaotic order, Zuo Feng naturally would not directly expose the existence of Kong Ling and the others. They all wore wide white robes, tightly wrapped, and their companion beasts were all tucked inside the robes, not easily exposed.
Lu Zhuoyan had told Zuo Feng that although Dream City was not a safe base,
if one were to truly assess it, Dream City was the strongest force in H City.
This was because it gathered countless top-tier Mutants and powerful survivors. The reason they liked it here was that Dream City coexisted with freedom and chaos, with the law of the strong prevailing. There were no restraints here; as long as one had the strength, anyone could become a hegemon here.
Despite the inherent risks, there were also many talents from various industries here. As long as one had the strength and ability, they could recruit elites from various industries here and bring them back to Firefly Base to strengthen their own team.
When the group arrived at a clear road, after confirming that no one was around, they quickly retrieved two commercial vans from the kongling crystal. Zuo Feng directed everyone to get in quickly. The commercial vans started smoothly and drove along the road towards Dream City.
Fortunately, this road had been cleared by Mutants; they encountered almost no obstacles along the way. Occasionally, a few zombies approached, but everyone ignored them and quickly shook them off.