The Rebirth of the Last Days and Return to [Fang] Hao

As the convoy continued to advance, the commander of the operation in the command vehicle was frowning. He suddenly remembered something and asked: “Who was the one to notify that something was wrong last night?”

The adjutant said quickly: “It was one of those team members on the night watch.” Although last night’s situation was too messy to know who, it’s definitely one of those people with abilities.

The commander nodded and didn’t ask any more. He remembered that the mutant animals attacked from the ten o’clock direction. That direction happened to be the direction defended by the ability teams. It was normal for them to be the first to find out.

Fang Hao woke up in the afternoon with a growling stomach. He got up in the middle of the night and tried his best to treat the injured early in the morning. How can he not be hungry if he didn’t eat breakfast or lunch?

“Wake up? Eat something quickly.” He Zizhong smiled and spoke to the back when he heard the protest from Fang Hao’s stomach from the the driver’s seat.

Fang Hao’s face was slightly red. Not pretending to be polite, he took out the curry rice that he had left before from the space and ate a mouthful. Tuanzi next to him stared at Fang Hao’s spoon pitifully with a pair of watery eyes that chased after every movement of the spoon.

Both of them felt Tuanzi was gluttonous, but no one paid any attention to it. It had to sleep as soon as it ate, and could not wake it up. What if there was an emergency and they needed its help? Anyway, it won’t starve if it doesn’t eat.

“Where have we reached?”

“The expressway. We can go straight down to city P from here, which is near our destination.” The military base is built on the outskirts of the city, and is not far from city P.

“It’s estimated that it will take another day or two.” Looking at the tortoise-like speed of the car, Fang Hao delivered a spoonful of curry rice with tender beef to He Zizhong’s mouth.

Although He Zizhong had lunch – he just ate some more convenient foods in a hurry while driving – he opened his mouth when Fang Hao came over and ate it.

 

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“Upgraded, upgraded, really upgraded!” Eyes bursting with excited light, a man in a white coat extremely enthusiastically grasped the armrest of the bed in front of him.

The person on the hospital bed drew back subconsciously. He stretched his hand again at the other person’s command. A fiery red flame soared up in his palm, its size and temperature were all higher than that of his previous level 1 ability. A lot stronger.

“Congratulations, you are the first volunteer to be promoted to Level 2 in this experiment.” Upon hearing the news, some base leaders rushed over to confirm there was nothing wrong with the participant’s ability after being upgraded. Later, some whispers reverberated around him before someone walked over to the bed.

The person with the ability was also very happy, and looked at his hands over and over. He didn’t expect that his ability could actually be upgraded like in the rumors. Fortunately, he agreed to their experiment.

“What? Only five hundred crystal nuclei are needed to upgrade to level 2?”

“Are you sure there are no other side effects after the upgrade?”

“Very good, immediately send out the previously stored crystal nuclei.”

…

In fact, during the two-day siege, several people discovered the usage method of crystal nuclei. This was the reason the base gave priority to recovering nuclei after the defense was over. Originally, they were still a little worried whether there were side effects after using nuclei to upgrade. Fortunately, the military lab has also increased its efforts to experiment. If not for the there being a daily limit to nuclei absorption, the experimenters would have long been able to reach the number required to upgrade from level 1 to 2.

But even so, the results now are enough for them to use the remaining nuclei quickly.

After all, after the zombie tide, although most of the zombie crystal nuclei were snatched by the mutant plants, the remaining crystal nuclei were divided by various forces! It’s enough for each of them to create a high-level ability team!

When He Zizhong and the others went out, a small number of second-level abilities quickly emerged from the base. They were all abilities that were first cultivated under the major forces. Crystal nuclei were also officially listed as a top priority acquisition within the base.

There is no impermeable wall in the world. Especially after a small number of second-level abilities appeared in the military and major forces, news of using crystal nuclei to improve abilities also spread like wildfire at the base. Those who were able to tried every possible way to find out the real usage of crystal nuclei. Although the vast majority of people were still kept in the dark, that crystal nucleus can indeed increase the power level has become a solid fact.

After all, given that the military sent people out to clear our the zombie remnants near the base, crystal nuclei are inevitably dug out. So this news is definitely true.

 

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The convoy continued to advance along the originally planned route. Even though it wasn’t He Zizhong and Fang Hao’s turn to be on shift, the two put on their jackets and got out of the car at night, running to the vehicle where Guo Bing and the others were in the drizzle.

“What’s the situation? Is it inflammation?” He Zizhong asked as soon as he entered the door.

Guo Bing’s face turned pale, as he lay weakly behind the car. What surprised He Zizhong was that he was not the only one who fell ill in the car.

Fang Hao was stunned, and quickly leaned over to touch Guo Bing’s exposed arm.

“They all fell down. Except for the two who were not injured, Le Tian and Chen Ning, as well as Ding Minggang and the others who had no fever.” Guo Bing’s voice was a little weak, and he smiled weakly at them. He didn’t hide it. Obviously aside the layer of skin on the outside,1Recall, there’s some scarring Fang Hao helped them heal their injuries… but it was really useless.

“It’s okay…”

“Huh? What’s okay?” He Zizhong looked at Fang Hao in surprise.

Fang Hao also looked at He Zizhong in a daze, and pointed to Guo Bing who was lying down in front of the two of them. “He is okay…”

“Why does he have a fever?” Chen Ning frowned and handed the water to the weak and powerless Guo Bing. “Is it because of the previous injury and excessive blood loss, which led to low resistance?”

Fang Hao frowned and shook his head, then touched the arm of another person with a fever. “I don’t know, but the injury on his body is gone. He is healed, and no virus was found in his body… and he is fine!”

Each person was checked. Although all seven ordinary people who were injured this time had a fever, there was no trace of zombie virus in their bodies. Fang Hao could not find out at all where they are “ill”.

“Feverish?” Hearing the sound, the man in military uniform in the command car shouted coldly. “Gather the feverish people on the No. 4 truck and let a few soldiers look at them with guns. If there is a change, they will be shot immediately!” With a fever, they’re afraid that the next thing will be zombification… Because the blood the people shed was not black, they originally thought it shouldn’t be zombification. Perhaps there are some who are lucky enough to produce antibodies. If they wait until they return to the base, perhaps they can help the lab produce antigens to conquer the zombie virus… But that doesn’t seem possible now?

Fang Hao circled around the vehicles, before returning to the Predator. After entering the door, he shook his head at the occupants. “They’re all the same as you. No virus.” If Fang Hao said that if there is no zombie virus, there really shouldn’t be any… But what’s the situation with the fever?

He Zizhong suddenly brightened his eyes and looked at Guo Bing and several people: “Maybe this is the same as the situation on the first day of the apocalypse?”

“What? What situation?” As someone with an inexplicable fever, Guo Bing will naturally worry. It’s okay if his guns and swords falter against a zombie, but if because of some unexplainable reason, he became a zombie… He neither wanted to chase after others to eat their flesh, nor did he want to die in the hands of former comrades-in-arms and friends.

Guo Bing did not react, but Chen Ning and Fang Hao understood what he meant.

“You mean… to inspire abilities?!” Chen Ning’s voice trembled a little. Even these abilities users did not know how they got the abilities in the first place, how could they tell ordinary people the reason for having abilities? And now, if all the people in the team get the opportunity to have abilities because of this… that’s a real opportunity!

“Wait, wait, what do you mean is… after a fever, it is possible to… have abilities?!” Knowing that he might be able to have abilities, Guo Bing couldn’t help but get excited.

“I also think there is such a possibility.” Fang Hao nodded. “A lot of people had a fever before the end of the world. Some people who had the same fever became zombies and some gained abilities. Although these are similar, I think the conditions of the mutation should be different.”

Guo Bing’s originally pale face was flushed at this time, and a star of expectation appeared in his eyes. “It’s best to have abilities. Damn, the injury this time is worth it!”

Chen Ning sent Fang Hao out of the car, leaving Guo Bing, who was full of expectation alone. On the way to the Cavalier 15, he asked in a low voice: “What’s the likelihood of gaining abilities after a fever?”

Fang Hao and He Zizhong looked at each other, and both shook their heads slightly.

He Zizhong whispered back: “This is just a possibility…”

Chen Ning took a deep breath and nodded. “Got it. If even you can’t virus and they turn into that thing… there is really no way.”

The three of them are all smart people. Gaining abilities after a fever is certainly one possibility, but another possibility is to become a zombie. After all, it is too exaggerated to say that seven people are simultaneously feverish, let alone all these people were previously infected with the zombie virus?

The previous remarks were of course comforting Guo Bing and several people, but it was also a kind of hope in their hearts.

“You guys need to prepare well… we’ll come back in a while.”

Chen Ning shook his head slightly with a heavy expression. “It’s okay, we can handle it by ourselves. After all, as brothers for so many years, if it really is… I will send them off first.” As he spoke, he raised his hand and patted He Zizhong’s arm, before turning and going back to his vehicle.

That night, He Zizhong and Fang Hao remained awake. The sparse rain outside the car kept hammering the roof and windows of the car, making them even more irritable. Until the next morning, a very familiar and energetic voice suddenly came from the green walkie-talkie: “Brother He two people, come over for breakfast!!”

 

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