203: Chapter 23 Gets Darker and Darker

Huo Sixian rubbed his aching head; sometimes, encountering problems he didn't know how to handle was truly troublesome.

Fortunately, at this moment, Zuo Yuxing arrived.

"Everyone, please trust The Authorities, trust the Official Base."

"No matter what happens, as long as the Official Base is here, I believe we will definitely be able to overcome these difficulties."

Huo Sixian looked at the smiling Zuo Yuxing and felt his head throb with pain.

After being away for a few days, Huo Sixian had been so busy he almost forgot someone like Zuo Yuxing even existed.

But then again, how could Huo Sixian ever truly keep a love rival in mind?

Huo Sixian looked at Zuo Yuxing with sunken eyes, his gaze clearly saying: What are you trying to do?

Zuo Yuxing didn't react to this; instead, he continued to soothe the crowd.

"Rest assured, everyone."

"Please trust us."

"The priority is to resolve the current issues."

"We need to crack these difficult problems one by one."

Huo Sixian felt a surge of anger watching Zuo Yuxing handle things so skillfully over there.

Lu Huan, on the other hand, looked at Zuo Yuxing and then at Huo Sixian.

He suddenly understood that the natural talent between people really is different.

Huo Sixian truly wasn't suited for management.

However, Lu Huan could only complain like this silently in his heart; he didn't dare say it out loud.

Seeing Zuo Yuxing handle those matters with a smile, Huo Sixian simply took Lu Huan and left.

He didn't want to deal with those things anyway; he was better off doing practical work.

Huo Sixian looked at a plot of land prepared for expansion and began planning in his mind how to start.

Just then, a white-haired old man arrived.

The old man wore a pair of thick reading glasses, but even so, he didn't see Huo Sixian.

He was about to walk straight into Huo Sixian.

Huo Sixian reached out a hand to stop the old man.

"Elderly sir, where are you trying to go? This is a new area the base is preparing to expand into; it's very dangerous."

Who would have thought the old man would look left and right, then suddenly break into a wide grin: "Good, good, good!"

"I knew I wasn't useless! This is the place! The place I was looking for is right here!"

Huo Sixian was still a bit confused when he heard Zuo Yuxing's voice behind him.

"Old Dong, your legs are more nimble than mine; I thought you wouldn't be able to find your way here."

Hearing Zuo Yuxing's words, the old man laughed heartily: "Hey! Who do you think I am! How could I not find it! You kid underestimate me too much!"

"Let's get started quickly!"

"Once we're done here, I still have to get back to work!"

Huo Sixian looked at Zuo Yuxing and the old man with a speechless expression.

He was gritting his teeth so hard they nearly shattered, wishing he could tear Zuo Yuxing into pieces.

Now that Zuo Yuxing had arranged everything, it made him look quite useless.

But he didn't want to speak to Zuo Yuxing either.

He just silently listened to the old man's instructions, staying busy using his Gold-element ability to expand the perimeter fencing of the base.

Then he laid the foundation.

By the time he finished all this, Zuo Yuxing was long gone.

However, Lu Huan's face looked terrible: "That... Boss, Zuo Yuxing said for you to go find him in the office after you're done here..."

Lu Huan was trembling with fear as he spoke.

Zuo Yuxing was indeed too bold.

Initially, he thought about whether to sugarcoat the message for Huo Sixian.

But after thinking it over, he decided to deliver Zuo Yuxing's words verbatim.

After all, in this world today, it wasn't like before the Post-Apocalyptic World; Huo Sixian really didn't handle many things as well as Zuo Yuxing did.

He still had some say in the Army, but in terms of base affairs, Huo Sixian was a bit lacking.

Lu Huan felt that continuing like this was not a good sign, so he took it upon himself to relay Zuo Yuxing's words to Huo Sixian exactly as they were.

As for what Huo Sixian would do next, that was up to him.

Sure enough, in the next second, Huo Sixian left with an extremely dark expression.

Fortunately, at this time, Kong Ziyi brought over the Ability Users and survivors he had called upon to build houses together.

Lu Huan took a deep breath, eventually deciding it was better not to get involved in the conflict between Huo Sixian and Zuo Yuxing.

The house construction went very quickly once the Ability Users joined in.

However, the people in the base were far from happy.

Even Ye Qingqing had a worried look on her face.

Ye Qingqing had been very uneasy for the past few days.

As time passed, the blood-red hue in the sky grew thicker and heavier.

It looked okay during the day, with the sky just being a bit reddish.

But at night, that red sun turned into a blood moon.

It looked extremely eerie.

This atmosphere of unease permeated the base, and everyone's heart was hanging by a thread.

The researchers in the base were also busy and overwhelmed.

But they hadn't detected the cause of this blood-red sky, and they had even checked for natural disasters like earthquakes or tsunamis.

However, it was none of those; there was no obvious movement in the earth's crust, and for the past few days, nothing had changed except for the blood-red sky.

Huo Sixian had also taken Kong Ziyi and a few others out to investigate if there was any unusual movement among the zombies.

But these zombies were the same as before, with no upgrades at all.

In fact, there wasn't even a hint of progress.

They were exactly the same as before.

All research seemed to have hit a bottleneck; no one knew what would happen next.

But everyone also knew that *something* was going to happen next.

This was the fundamental reason for the panic in the base.

If they could predict what would happen next, things would be easier to handle.

But as of now, even Ye Qingqing didn't know.

Deng Jiayu saw Ye Qingqing's worried look and took her hand: "Qingqing, don't worry. No matter what happens, as long as our family is still together, that's the best thing."

Ye Qingqing forced a strained smile onto her face.

But she couldn't help but worry in her heart.

"Grandma, how is the research on that Genetic Medicine going?"

Hearing Ye Qingqing mention this, Deng Jiayu's expression instantly became solemn.

"Qingqing, once this Genetic Medicine is developed, the consequences..."

Deng Jiayu was only halfway through her sentence when a strange noise came from outside.

Ye Qingqing immediately became alert and stood up to check.

At this moment, Ye Qingqing saw that the horizon, which had still been a bit white, had now turned completely blood-red.

The sun hung high in the sky, but it was no longer blinding.

To the naked eye, the sun was becoming darker and darker.

A black sun hanging in a red sky was as eerie as could be.

And along with the movement of this black sun, the ground also began to stir.