58: Small base city, zombie crystal core discovered

In an instant, a three-dimensional teleportation gate glowing with a faint light suddenly appeared before Long Feiyang.

Long Feiyang took a deep breath, his eyes revealing determination and resolve, then strode into the teleportation gate.

The feeling was as if he had merely stepped through an extremely thin doorframe, and in that instant, the surrounding environment had completely changed.

The sky here was also pitch black.

Long Feiyang looked around and was astonished to find that this was the very place where he had met his demise in his previous life.

Scattered around were some zombies, dragging their heavy and sluggish steps, aimlessly wandering.

The air was filled with a nauseating, pungent stench of decaying zombies.

"Huh, what's going on?" Long Feiyang suddenly acutely noticed that the air seemed to contain a peculiar energy, and it was continuously being absorbed by his body.

The energy he had consumed earlier when using his Ultimate Transformation Ability to transform into a zombie was replenished in just a short moment.

"Could this be Superpower energy?" Long Feiyang was filled with doubt.

In his previous life, he had never noticed such Superpower energy in the air. Could this be an unexpected gain from his Superpower upgrade?

Thanks to transforming into a zombie beforehand, Long Feiyang's appearance did not attract any attention from the surrounding zombies.

Behind him stood the building that once belonged to him, his former residence.

He recalled how, relying on his Transformation Ability, he had painstakingly collected various materials and resources, reinforcing it into a safe hiding place.

However, when Long Feiyang turned to look closely, he was surprised to find that the once familiar building was now obscured by a towering, massive wall.

This wall was seven meters high and stretched far, like an insurmountable chasm, separating the area he was currently in from his former residence.

In just a few days, such a tall wall had appeared. This was definitely not something ordinary people like Wang Kai and Zhen Lifang could have accomplished.

On the other side of the wall, lights glowed brightly, indicating that there was still electricity supply capable of powering lighting equipment.

On the wall, an unfamiliar young man held a gun, his expression vigilant as he watched the distance.

Along the wall, at regular intervals, there was another young man, similarly armed, standing guard.

Long Feiyang's current position was Just right covered by the shadow of the wall, so he was not discovered by the young men on the wall.

[How strange. Has this place already been occupied by others? Or has the Great Qin Dynasty army taken action? Only the army would possess such powerful operational and infrastructural capabilities to build such a tall wall within a few days.]

Long Feiyang pondered silently, not acting rashly.

He knew that whether he used his Transformation Ability to fly over or his flea-like jumping ability to leap over, he would very likely be detected.

If this was a shelter built by the Great Qin Dynasty army, then logically, he should be able to enter it safely.

But at this moment, a crucial question suddenly flashed through Long Feiyang's mind: Since the Great Qin Dynasty army could react so quickly and build such a tall and sturdy wall in this remote small city on the Nanqin Continent, why did the Super Teleportation service still indicate that this world was a Zombie Apocalypse World?

[Could it be? These zombies can continuously grow stronger? Even to the point where the Great Qin Dynasty army struggles to contend with them?]

Long Feiyang's brows furrowed tightly into a 'Chuan' character. He knew this was definitely not good news.

His previous peaceful life was built under the unified rule of the Great Qin Dynasty.

If zombies truly possessed the ability to continuously grow stronger, then all of humanity would be plunged into a huge crisis, and the Great Qin Dynasty would also be in peril.

Long Feiyang cautiously walked slowly along the wall, intending to leave this place and find an entrance to the Base City.

"Red Queen, can you connect to the internet?" Long Feiyang asked softly.

Since the Red Queen subsystem was installed in his smart brain bracelet, he could communicate with Red Queen normally.

Red Queen: [Master, successfully connected to the internet.]

Hearing Red Queen's reply, Long Feiyang felt a little relieved.

It seemed the Great Qin Dynasty's infrastructure capabilities were indeed extraordinary; even today, the internet was still functioning normally.

"Help me find some information about this city, especially what's going on with this wall."

Long Feiyang gave the command to Red Queen, hoping to obtain some useful information from the internet to resolve his many doubts.

Red Queen: [Okay, Master, please wait a moment.]

Long Feiyang stood quietly in place, patiently awaiting Red Queen's search results.

A moment later, Red Queen replied: [Master, this place is a small Base City jointly constructed by the Great Qin Dynasty's Ninth Army Group's Seventh Heavy Synthetic Brigade and the Army. Survivors wishing to live here must undergo facial recognition and physical examination. Only after confirming no abnormalities will they be permitted entry.]

Hearing this, Long Feiyang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

As expected, this was the work of the Great Qin Dynasty army, and it was spearheaded by the extremely powerful Heavy Synthetic Brigade.

However, in an instant, Long Feiyang keenly sensed that something was amiss, and it was extremely amiss.

What kind of force was this Heavy Synthetic Brigade? He pondered to himself.

The so-called Heavy Synthetic Brigade is a new type of combat force organization in the Army, a product of the military's modernization process. It possesses a high degree of synthesis, informatization, and mechanization, making it an elite unit among brigade-level combat units.

Its high degree of synthesis enables its various combat units to coordinate closely, with extremely sophisticated equipment, high informatization, powerful firepower, the ability to maneuver rapidly on the battlefield, and robust defensive capabilities.

Logically, such an elite force should be able to easily wipe out all the zombies in the entire city.

"The troops are so powerful, why are there still zombies in this city? Red Queen, can you find out the reason?"

Long Feiyang asked, full of doubts.

Red Queen quickly responded: [Master, due to sudden changes in the world, many Soldiers unfortunately turned into zombies. Under their frenzied biting and infection, the Great Qin Dynasty army suffered heavy losses, with less than one in ten surviving. Currently, the Seventh Heavy Synthetic Brigade and the Army Brigade are severely understaffed. The reason they were able to build this small Base City's isolation and protective wall is primarily because this city has the largest number of construction material factories on the Nanqin Continent, ensuring ample material supply. Coupled with the concerted efforts of Superpower users and construction equipment, this achievement was made possible.]

Upon hearing this, Long Feiyang truly had not expected the situation to be so dire.

If zombies also possessed the ability to evolve, then this would undoubtedly be a huge crisis for the entire world.

He sighed helplessly; what was done was done, and more worry would be useless.

At present, the most important thing was to make himself stronger, to fulfill his desire for revenge, and then to live a peaceful and comfortable life.

Long Feiyang's gaze fell upon the hideous and terrifying zombies, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind: These active zombies, can they be taken into the exclusive divine artifact Prison World? If they could provide emotional value, then he would no longer have to worry about not having enough emotional value in the future.

No sooner said than done, Long Feiyang spent 10,000 emotional value without hesitation to purchase the exclusive divine artifact.

However, this divine artifact had a limitation: the zombie had to be completely incapacitated before it could be collected.

Considering that he couldn't directly kill the zombies, Long Feiyang thought that perhaps he could only disable their mobility.

He mused that humans rely on the spinal nerves to control movement, so zombies, being transformed from humans, should also be similar, requiring spinal nerves to move.

So, Long Feiyang picked up a rebar from the side and slowly approached a zombie.

The zombie heard the sound, turned its head, only sniffed its nose, and not detecting any signs of life, it ignored Long Feiyang again.

Long Feiyang gripped the rebar tightly with both hands, raised it high, aimed at the back of the zombie's neck, and swung it down with all his might.

With a crisp 'crack,' the back of the zombie's neck was directly severed, its head instantly separated from its body, and it crashed to the ground.

"Oh, I used too much force."

Long Feiyang then realized that his current strength had reached 210 kilograms; that last strike was clearly a bit too heavy-handed.

"Hiss-roar..." Unexpectedly, the zombie's head was still hissing and roaring.

"Good thing it's not dead yet," Long Feiyang secretly rejoiced.

However, the zombie head's roars attracted a group of zombies.

A horde of over a hundred zombies quickly rushed towards the direction of the zombie head.

The running Speed of these zombies was roughly similar to that of an ordinary person.

They swarmed in, and an intensely putrid stench assailed Long Feiyang, almost making him vomit.

A moment later, the group of zombies surrounded the zombie head, sniffing incessantly in place, but they seemed to not see Long Feiyang, automatically avoiding him.

Long Feiyang bent down, reached out and picked up the still roaring zombie head, trying to put it into the Prison World, but it failed.

[Is it because it hasn't completely lost its ability to resist?]

Long Feiyang secretly guessed.

Then, he tried putting it into the Super Warehouse, and this time it was surprisingly smooth.

This result indicated that zombies could not be placed into the Prison World.

"Huh?" Just then, Long Feiyang looked in surprise at the zombie head in the Super Warehouse, its information displayed as follows:

Item: Zombie Head

Weight: 5 kilograms

Contains 50 grams of low-level variant virus.

Contains one ordinary zombie crystal nucleus with a diameter of one millimeter.

Low-level variant virus: Can promote the evolution of ordinary zombie crystal nucleus.

zombie crystal nucleus: Can evolve life constitution, activate variant Superpower, and evolve variant Superpower.

Long Feiyang never expected that this was the legendary zombie crystal nucleus, so small, no wonder he had never been able to find it before.