The eastern section of the Yin Mountains.
The Dama Mountain Range.
A phantom soared upwards, appearing a thousand meters in the sky.
"Caw!"
Amidst sharp bird cries.
A mutated golden eagle with a twenty-meter wingspan, its sharp eyes locked onto the phantom, flew at high speed.
It opened its massive claws to snatch.
The result.
Its claws passed through the phantom.
The phantom was immune to most attacks.
Especially physical attacks, which were completely unable to touch it.
"Caw!"
The golden eagle, its strength already at level 6, was furious.
It opened its beak.
More than a dozen streams of light flew out, transforming into quill-like arrows, whistling and piercing towards the phantom.
"Seeking death!"
The phantom materialized into human form out of thin air.
It was Jin Qian!
She immediately used spatial displacement, evading all the quill arrows.
Spatial shredding!
*Puff…*
The golden eagle's head was torn into several pieces.
Jin Qian flickered again.
Grabbing a piece of flesh, she swiftly extracted a level 6 crystal and popped it into her mouth.
After a week.
With her formidable strength, she had slain numerous large mutated creatures and had firmly established herself at level 6.
Of course.
Hunting mutated creatures was just a casual affair.
Like the scene just now.
She had flown across Yan Mountain and several surrounding mountain ranges in the past few days.
Taihang Mountains.
Hengshan Mountains.
Qilaotu Mountains.
Dama Mountain Range.
From one survivor base, she extracted information about more surrounding bases.
This continued to spread.
Until.
She had traversed almost all the mountain ranges around Yan Mountain, visiting over a hundred bases.
Fortunately, her Shadow Shifting ability also came with flight.
If she had to rely on her legs, it would have been impossible to achieve this in such a short time.
After swallowing the crystal.
She transformed back into a phantom and looked down from high in the sky.
Indeed!
In the mountains not far away.
A team emerged from a base.
They were heading east.
A mountain range would have more than one survivor base.
At least three to five.
At most, ten to twenty.
As they all headed in the same direction, many teams would eventually meet, merging into larger groups, and continuing eastward.
Jin Qian knew that after her original core members were all dead, leaving her with not a single loyal subordinate.
In this situation.
Forcibly conscripting survivors was not feasible.
Any forceful conscription would likely breed resentment among the survivors. If it were just one or two bases, she was confident she could suppress them.
But only one or two bases…
How could she contend with Qin Feng?
It would be like throwing an egg against a rock!
And if she conscripted too many bases, she wouldn't be able to control them at all.
Therefore, she devised a plan.
After the plot of "2012" ended, the orogeny affected the entire globe, leading to the destruction of vast amounts of resources.
However.
Most survivor bases were located in the mountains.
Resources in the mountains were extremely scarce.
These bases used the deep mountains as their stronghold, sending out elites periodically to cities to kill zombies and bring back supplies.
Now, resources in the cities were dwindling.
The crucial point was that not only were there zombies in the cities, but also various mutated creatures in the mountains.
In short.
Survival was becoming increasingly difficult.
Jin Qian approached the various bases, first displaying her powerful strength and providing a series of corroborating evidence.
She let the leaders of each base know that there was a special base in Yan Mountain.
The leader of this base possessed dimensional space.
And had stored a massive amount of resources.
Enough for tens of thousands of people to consume for a long time.
What would the leaders of these bases do?
Multiple bases would join forces!
To seize the resources!
Jin Qian hovered in the air.
Watching as the survivor teams converged.
From two to three hundred people, they gradually grew to over a thousand. A sinister smile spread across her face.
"Qin Feng! Prepare to die!"
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"Husband… I've avenged you."
She thought of Walker again.
His melancholic eyes.
His stubbled chin.
And his six-pack abs had utterly captivated her.
What she didn't know was that Walker's eyes were melancholic because he saw her round face and her sturdy physique.
His back hurt.
His kidneys also ached.
His aesthetic sensibilities could barely withstand it.
The first few times, he had thrown up after they were done.
Later.
He got used to throwing up.
…
One could reach Yan Mountain by heading directly north from Nanzi Island.
They would also pass through the Taihang Mountain Range.
On the back of the Tiger-Headed Sea Eagle.
Qin Feng was contemplating how to allocate the crystals.
Over forty level 6 crystals.
Nine level 7 crystals.
Level 8 crystals…
Only one, which he and An Ling had already absorbed, its energy depleted by forty percent.
Crystals from giant mutated creatures were larger than those from zombies of the same level.
Their energy was approximately five times greater.
This meant.
One level 7 mutated creature crystal could allow five level 5 esper-users to directly advance to level 6!
First, he would upgrade an entire team to level 6.
Zhou Haiyang had previously brought back two level 7 mutant crystals.
Xiao Ruoruo and Liu Pi were already level 6.
Calculating this…
Two level 7 mutated creature crystals would be enough.
The remaining level 7 crystals would be divided into two portions.
One portion would go to Team One, for them to further break through to level 7.
The other portion.
Combined with the remaining sixty percent energy of the level 8 crystal.
He was going to attempt to reach level 8!
"What?!"
Qin Feng's pupils tightened.
While thinking about crystal allocation, he inadvertently saw below…
People!
Dense crowds of survivors!
If not for his exceptional eyesight, he might have mistaken them for a zombie horde.
How could there be so many survivors?
Generally speaking.
Even with large survivor bases, they would split into small teams for hunting expeditions.
This scale…
It was over two thousand people!
With so many survivors acting collectively, if they were all esper-users, the danger level would not be high.
There were almost no creatures on land that could annihilate them.
Should he try to recruit them?
Forget it!
Qin Feng dismissed the thought.
Such a large group would definitely not be willing to submit to another. He would not forcibly conscript these ordinary esper-users.
The Tiger-Headed Sea Eagle was already level 6.
Its speed was extremely fast.
At Mach 2, it wasn't long before the base came into view.
"It's Captain… Captain's back!" Cheers erupted.
It was evening now.
Qin Feng had specifically chosen to return at this time because everyone went out hunting during the day.
"Captain, your bird is really big!" Liu Pi said with great admiration.
The Tiger-Headed Sea Eagle, having reached level 6, had grown significantly larger than before.
Its wingspan was nearly 25 meters.
Liu Pi controlled two flying creatures with his soul manipulation.
In terms of size.
And aura.
They were far inferior to fierce birds like the Tiger-Headed Sea Eagle.
"How do you know if the Captain's bird is big or not?" Zhou Haiyang scoffed.
"Damn it…"
Liu Pi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. "Are you driving, you jerk?"
"Sister Ruoruo knows." Han Xiao muttered softly, a wistful expression on her face.
"Han Xiao!"
Han Ling glared fiercely at her sister.
This little brat.
Despite being a maiden, she was always spouting vulgarities.
"Alright!"
Qin Feng pointed at An Ling. "Everyone, let me introduce An Ling. She's a new member of Team One."
Team One?
Han Xiao cast a envious glance.
She was still in Team Two.
Everyone understood that anyone personally recruited by the Captain and directly joining Team One was definitely an expert.
Even if their current combat power was average.
They could quickly grasp things.
And become the backbone!
"An Ling, what's your ability?" Han Xiao asked, feeling a bit unconvinced.
"I…"
"Everyone, take a break first."
Qin Feng waved his hand. "Ruoruo, I need to talk to you."
*Pfft!*
Han Xiao almost burst out laughing.
It's just about going to bed, isn't it?
Can't they come up with a fresher excuse?
It's always "I need to talk to you."
Noticing Han Xiao's amusement, others also exchanged strange glances, but An Ling remained oblivious. "What's wrong?"