#26 - Chapter 26 External Parties

Darkness enveloped everything.

Green Source Base was plunged into complete darkness.

Only a few safety indicator lights emitted a faint green glow.

Shua—

A slight commotion arose within the base.

Many people emerged from their dormitories, asking what was happening and why the power was out!

Has something happened!?

Many were filled with suspicion and uncertainty, worried that something might have happened to the base.

"Everyone, don't panic! Please return to your rooms first! The external power is out! Nothing has happened to the base! Someone has already gone to do repairs!"

"Our base has its own internal power supply! Please don't make a racket! Don't shout loudly! It won't be good if you attract the zombies outside!"

It was Wang Yang, Zhao Ling, and Tang Jinming, several base managers, who were calming the crowd.

They had long since received notice from General Manager Qin to prepare for water and power outages, and they didn't expect it to come true so quickly. At this time, they were somewhat prepared.

The crowd shut their mouths upon hearing this.

Indeed, it wouldn't be good to disturb the zombies outside if they made too much noise.

The combat team members who returned during the day had already told everyone about the situation: zombies chase sounds, and they heard that accumulated hordes of corpses could even reach several meters high!

They were shocked after hearing this!

They didn't expect the zombies outside to be so terrifying. They instantly felt that raising the walls was a necessary task, and some even wished tomorrow would come quickly so they could start working.

What they were building wasn't just a wall!

It was clearly stacking shields to protect their lives!

The managers quickly calmed everyone down. Before long, the base lit up again.

In Qin Jin's office, several managers had arrived and were reporting the situation to him one after another.

"General Manager Qin, the base has switched to internal power. Except for some essential power usage areas such as cold storage, storage room temperature control systems, and monitoring systems, and the lights in some places, all other unnecessary power has been turned off. We will turn it on again if needed."

"Also, the tap water is not cut off yet, but it is not expected to last too long. I know people at the Guangyuan City Water Plant. They should stop working soon after the power outage. Water storage and switching work will continue until the water is cut off."

Qin Jin nodded to them and said approvingly, "Good, save as much power as possible except for essential areas. Starting tomorrow, except for essential areas, all lighting will be turned off after 11 PM. Portable electric lights or solar-powered lamps can be used in rooms and dormitories, and people should consciously take them out to charge during the day."

"Also, starting tomorrow, we'll collect statistics on the current daily power consumption and the amount of solar charging. I want to get accurate figures to know if we can be self-sufficient!"

"Yes!"

Wang Yang, Zhao Ling, and Tang Jinming responded.

Qin's father and Zhong Yu were also here, and they simply decided on the base management after the power outage.

Tang Jinming consciously made a self-criticism to Qin Jin in the evening, giving Qin Jin, who had originally planned to demote him, another chance.

He told him that if he made any more mistakes in the future, he would go to repair the walls, which barely allowed him to maintain his position as one of the base managers.

He dismissed them to go back to rest.

Qin Jin continued to rest on the sofa in the office tonight. He had been very busy recently, and many plan details needed to be polished again. Staying in the office allowed him to handle work at any time, which would be more efficient.

Fortunately, he had built his office a bit larger and more comfortable when it was built, so now it could be used for both work and rest.

He also planned to have someone put some simple fitness equipment in here later so he could exercise at any time.

That way, strength and agility could evolve faster, right?

He thought to himself.

When he went out today, he felt occasional tingling in his feet, and that lightness became more and more intense, confirming that his abilities from his previous life had not been lost and had appeared even faster!

It seemed that his rebirth wasn't a bare one; at least his physical fitness was stronger than ordinary people!

He really looked forward to becoming stronger and stronger in the future and what it would be like in the end.

It was getting late, and the base gradually entered a state of rest.

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Outside.

Yang City, the provincial capital of Guangnan Province.

In a wealthy neighborhood, in a villa.

A young man was holding a mobile phone to light his way, feeling toward the window. Looking at the city outside plunged into darkness, he sighed softly, "Has the power outage finally started?"

"Ai—"

He turned around and returned to the three-meter-long bed behind him, falling down on it!

The soft bedding caught his body. He put his hands behind his head and thought wildly.

His name was Li Xu.

Twenty-nine years old this year, he was an unemployed vagrant (self-proclaimed), but in reality, he was a second-generation rich kid. His parents were in business and were away from home all year round, living in a wealthy neighborhood in Yang City.

The house was a detached villa. After the night of the mutation broke out, he hid in his room, did not mutate, and was not bitten by zombies, so he survived.

He liked to play doomsday survival games and outdoor survival. He often spent money on some gadgets and even made his own outdoor survival videos as a UP host.

Unfortunately, it didn't become popular, so he stopped playing.

However, he built several doomsday survival groups and outdoor survival groups. His online name was Skywalker.

Yes, he was the group owner of Qin Jin's survival group—Skywalker.

Three days had passed since the night of the mutation. Relying on some snacks, drinking water, and beverages that he usually put in the room, he had survived fairly smoothly until now.

This room even had a matching toilet, so he didn't have to be locked in a small room with nowhere to shit and piss like many survivors.

He thought of what "Qianjin" had said in the group just now.

Indeed, the zombies outside were weaker today. Even the mutated "nanny" in his villa no longer pounded on his door, which showed it.

Yes, he was lucky and very unfortunate to be hiding in his own home, with a zombie blocking the door next to him. Otherwise, it would be even better if he could move around the entire villa.

He had already planned to first solve the "auntie" outside, take back all of his "territory", and rely on the food in the other villas to survive for a long time.

But thinking of what "Qianjin" said, that zombies were getting stronger and mutating, he lived in a villa area next to the downtown area of Yang City, which didn't seem very safe!

What if the zombies really became stronger in the future? Wouldn't he become a turtle in a jar!?

But going to Guangyuan City so far away was a considerable challenge. He had looked at the map and it was more than two hundred kilometers away.

And no one knew the actual situation of "Qianjin". What if it was a trap?

A bit tangled.

Never mind, he would take it one step at a time and complete tomorrow's goal first!

Anyway, there were still ten days until the deadline, so there was still some time to consider.

Tomorrow, he would first kill the zombie and take back the villa!

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Shen City.

A quiet neighborhood.

These were all Western-style buildings. Although they couldn't be considered villas, they were still small, high-end self-built houses.

In a three-story building.

Compared to the darkness outside, there was still a faint light in a certain room here. The room was completely covered with sunshades, and the light couldn't get out at all. A conversation was taking place in the light.

Obviously, these were two survivors.

"Mom, don't worry too much. Dad will be fine. We'll go find Dad in a few days!"

This was the voice of a young woman.

Following the voice, you could see that the woman had fair skin. Even in the dimly lit room, her skin seemed to emit a faint white light, her muscles were like solidified fat, her cheeks were like peach blossoms, and her eyes were like stars.

She was standing by the window at this time, tall, nearly 1.7 meters, and graceful. She was definitely a beautiful woman!

Opposite her was also a dignified, plump woman who couldn't see many traces of time. The two had similar expressions between their eyebrows. From the words just now, it was not difficult to guess that they were a mother and daughter.

"Ai—Now even the power is out. It seems that the government has not organized a rescue. What if your father is still at the factory in Shan City!?

"I could still contact him by phone before. He was trapped somewhere in the factory, but now there is no network. We have completely lost contact. He is staying in the factory office by himself, and the food won't last long!"

The beautiful woman was worried. The power had just gone out, the network was also disconnected, and she had completely lost contact with her husband. She was at a loss.

The beautiful woman seemed to be her daughter, and she comforted her at this time: "I believe Dad will think of a way to save himself. You think he started from scratch and founded such a large company. Such an amazing person can't be solved by mere monsters, right?"

"Besides, he said there are still some other survivors in the company. As long as they unite to solve all the zombies in the factory area, it will be fine. Maybe it's even safer than us!"

"Ai, I hope so. I don't know what the world will be like in the future. Will there be a chance for rescue? What if there is no chance in the future? What should we do? Our food can only last for a month or two. We will always have to go out to find food in the future, right?"

The woman knew that her mother was not this kind of person usually, but she was temporarily attacked by the interruption of contact with her father and lost her sense of proportion.

She continued to comfort her: "It's okay, I can go out to find food in the future. Don't forget that your daughter is a sports expert."

Yes, this woman was not only beautiful, but also not weak at all.

She loved to run around since she was a child, and she also liked to play various exciting activities when she grew up. She never missed various skydiving, bungee jumping, and rock climbing.

Her name was Li Cai, now twenty-seven years old, originally from Shan City, grew up in Shen City, had a good family since she was a child, and had good academic performance. She completed her university studies at the age of 21 and studied abroad for three years.

She returned with a master's degree and had been working for three years. A few days ago, she was still employed by a large listed company in Shen City. She was a strong woman in the workplace and planned to go home to take over her father's class after a few more years of training.

Unfortunately, the world changed a few days ago, and all order collapsed.

At that time, she had just returned home from get off work and was eating with her mother when she heard all kinds of noisy sounds outside. Then she found that there were "people" eating people everywhere.

Familiar with film and television and fond of outdoor adventure extreme sports, she quickly realized that they were zombies!

Without wasting time, she immediately locked the doors and windows and told her mother to hide with her and not make any noise, carefully observing the development of the world outside.

This observation, from the scene in front of her and the news on the Internet, indicated that the original peaceful life had gone far away from her. Waiting for them in the future was unknown and terrifying.

During this period, she occasionally chatted in the doomsday survival group that she had added to somehow, learning other people's survival methods.

Now she also stored a lot of water at home, and all the rechargeable equipment was fully charged. Now there was a small lamp to use when the power was out, and there were also half a bag of rice and some other grains in the original home, which was no problem for the two of them to last for a month or two.

Unfortunately, her father was not by her side. He just went to the factory in Shan City that day to deal with things and was left there.

The network had not been disconnected these days, but she could occasionally communicate and know that the situation on her father's side was not good. Most of the workers in the factory area had mutated into zombies, and her father and several survivors were staying in one area.

A few days passed, and there was no sign of rescue. In addition, the performance of the network information, the survivors basically gave up on the rescue in the short term.

"Ai, I hope so."

The beautiful woman put away her worries and no longer created worries for the atmosphere of the two.

She was originally calm in character, but she was just temporarily out of control and soon adjusted. Life had to go on.

Li Cai breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this. She had been comforting her mother all the time, but she was actually holding on. She herself was also terrified and full of confusion about the future.

What can ordinary people do in this environment?

She couldn't help but think of what "Qianjin" said in the doomsday survival group, are zombies really getting stronger?

Then will they be submerged by zombies in the densely populated Shen City in the future?

Thinking about it made her even more frightened.

Is the safe place he said he built, with no worries about food and drink, real?

And the address he gave was just on the way from Shen City to Shan City, where she used to go to the factory with her father, and she remembered refueling at this gas station.

Many thoughts flashed through her mind.

Future.

Perhaps.

(End of this chapter)