Chapter 1751 Mark Ability

Li Nana stood behind Qin Fenglin with her back straight. Even though her face was as pale as paper and she was completely exhausted, the earth-type power aura in her palm did not dissipate.

Her voice was slightly hoarse from the shock of the ordeal, yet every word was clear:

“We’ve long since run out of water and compressed biscuits. We just heard the convoy’s engines and saw zombies being attracted by the sound in the distance. If we hadn’t met you, we wouldn’t have made it through today.”

Qin Fenglin took a deep breath, suppressing the grief in his heart. Just as he was about to emphasize the reliability of the shortcut again, he saw Li Luo suddenly raise her eyes, her gaze sharp and probing, and ask:

"How can you be sure we're going to the Youzhou base? And how do you know we don't know the shortcut?"

The question came suddenly, but Qin Fenglin remained calm. He wiped the dust off his face and spoke frankly:

"I can tell just by looking at your cars!" Qin Fenglin spoke quickly and explained clearly, "The Youzhou base has exclusive 'marked ability users.' All vehicles that go out on missions, as well as residents who awaken their abilities or advance in level, will be marked with a faint 'sensory mark.' People from the base can vaguely sense it when they get close enough, which prevents zombies from accidentally entering and also makes it easier for companions to identify each other."

He pointed to his wrist, where there was a faint, almost invisible golden mark. "When we came closer, we couldn't sense any markings or signals, so we knew you were an outside team. Besides the Youzhou base, there's no other outpost nearby that can handle large-scale supplies and accept outside mission teams, so we guessed you were probably heading to the base."

Upon hearing this, Li Luo's heart suddenly stirred.

In her previous life, she spent five years at the Jinling Base, living from the outbreak of the apocalypse to her death. She had seen all sorts of superpowers, but she had never heard of "marking superpowers," which could imprint sensory marks on people and objects.

For a moment, she inexplicably felt like a country bumpkin who had never seen the world.

I used to think that the survival system of Jinling Base was already perfect enough, but now I realize that leaving that closed little circle and coming to the "new map" of City B has hidden so many new elements that I have never encountered before.

This realization caused a fleeting, almost imperceptible look of surprise to cross her eyes, which she quickly suppressed. However, her fingers, hanging at her sides, subtly curled slightly as she began to make rapid calculations in her mind.

Marked abilities...

This thing is so useful!

Let's leave aside the past life and talk about the Jinling base in this life. Companion identification is still stuck in the old methods of password exchange and token verification.

It is both time-consuming and tedious. In emergencies such as sudden attacks by hordes of zombies or encirclement by enemies, there is simply no time to check carefully.

What's even more dangerous is that this method is very easy to exploit. The enemy can imitate the code and forge the tokens with just a little investigation.

She had heard many complaints about raiders disguised as her companions sneaking into the edge of the group, almost stealing supplies and injuring people. Fortunately, they were discovered in time to prevent a major disaster.

The situation is even worse for squads going out on missions. Once they are separated by a horde of zombies or encounter an emergency, they have no way to accurately locate or communicate with each other. They can only rely on the pre-arranged meeting point and try their luck.

However, her "pocket-hunting gang" never encountered these kinds of troubles.

After all, the team is strong enough that it does not need to cooperate with other teams. It always operates independently and does not need to worry about identification errors that are more likely to occur in joint operations.