"Madam, madam."
Xu Qian blinked her dark eyes, pursed her lips and smiled, "This is a good thing, we must prepare well."
"Mhm!"
Three days before the meeting time, a piece of news broke out, and rumors spread like wildfire.
Consuming the crystal cores of ability users can rapidly increase their ability levels.
With this news breaking, everyone in the base was restless, and several cases of female ability users going missing occurred.
Xu Qian almost immediately guessed who was behind it.
Song Xiaoping!
Only he knew, only she knew.
Guan Weiyun called her in a hurry to confirm the situation. Xu Qian closed her eyes and said in a deep voice, "It's true."
"Xiao Ping and I have known about this for a long time, and it's highly likely he leaked it."
Guan Weiyun pressed his throbbing temple and finally calmed down.
"Is there any way to resolve this?"
Human nature cannot be tested; where there are good people, there are also evil people.
Moreover, in the apocalypse, everyone is a killer, and not everyone can resist the temptation of becoming stronger.
Xu Qian pondered for a moment and said, "We can't control those outside, but within Hope Base, we can promulgate regulations. Those who arbitrarily kill will have their abilities crippled and be expelled from the base.
Furthermore, we must quickly apprehend the perpetrator of the recent disappearances as a warning to others."
Guan Weiyun's eyes flickered, and he readily agreed.
Mo Tianran had already taken charge of this matter, but the person was too well-hidden, and there was no progress yet.
Suddenly, Guan Weiyun asked out of the blue, "Madam, can you cook a meal tonight?"
Xu Qian raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Of course, what good day is it today? Could it be... the birthday of our esteemed leader?"
A deep chuckle came from the other end of the line. After a while, he said, "Madam, today marks our third year of knowing each other."
Xu Qian's eyes slightly lifted, and a faint smile touched her lips.
"I'm glad you still remember. Alright, I'll prepare well tonight."
"Good, I'll be waiting for you." He deliberately lowered his voice, his tone carrying a hint of electricity.
Xu Qian's ears tingled.
They hadn't been intimate for nearly two months.
Both of them were very busy. He was busy with the internal affairs of Hope Base, constantly on the go, basically sleeping in his office, and even when he returned, it was late at night.
She was out fighting zombies, dealing with the remnants of the Yu Corporation, eradicating the mutated humans scattered in G Province, and traveling from city to city. She was also extremely busy.
Now that they had finally found some respite, this incident had occurred.
Things were happening one after another, not giving them a moment to breathe.
[Ding, system reminder, the little zombie is showing signs of agitation.]
Xu Qian's thoughts stirred, and she flashed into her space.
The little zombie could no longer be called a little zombie. Its size was the same as a normal zombie. In less than four months, it had already become a level three zombie.
Normal humans transform into zombies from level one, then level two, then level three. However, this creature was born as a level two zombie, and its growth rate was too fast.
If such a thing could be mass-produced, this world would surely be doomed.
Fortunately, she had intervened in time.
It cradled its head in its hands, writhing in pain on the grass, its eyes flashing between purple and orange. Xiao Dai flew around it anxiously.
Xu Qian narrowed her eyes slightly. Was it about to upgrade to a level four zombie?
[Ding, yes, too much nutrient solution in the space will accelerate its mutation.]
"Then it can't be kept."
With a thought, the girl conjured the Buster Blade in her palm.
She didn't hesitate, swinging the hilt and aiming directly at its crystal core.
"Xi... sister..." At the most crucial moment, Xu Qian stopped.