Apocalypse: The Supporting Actress Made a Comeback
Chapter 526 - 288 Hearing the News (Second Release)_2

Chapter 526: 288 Hearing the News (Second Release)_2

The people who dug out the Crystal Cores didn’t dare to keep them. Although they had killed zombies too, Fang Yuxin and Bai Ye had saved their lives, so these Crystal Cores could be considered repayment.

However, Fang Yuxin didn’t accept their "repayment", as it was only dozens of Crystal Cores which she didn’t even value. After distributing the deserved Crystal Cores to them, Fang Yuxin and Bai Ye began to inquire about the situation in Beishi City from these people.

Although Bai Ye was a Beishi person, he hadn’t been back for a long time, and he was completely unaware of the current situation in Beishi. Now that they had encountered people, it was good to gather some information before entering the Safe Zone.

These people thought they had just arrived in Beishi; such occurrences weren’t unheard of, but they were rare, and almost all those who made it here belonged to larger groups. Small groups like Bai Ye’s had not been seen before.

The man who spoke up was a Level 1 Middle Stage male Fire Element Superpower User named Wan Lin. He briefly explained the situation in Beishi, focusing mainly on the rules within the Beishi Base, so Bai Ye and the others wouldn’t go in blind and accidentally break any taboos.

Their small group wasn’t a Mercenary Team, but a Corpse Hunting Team, which took on the righteous task of hunting zombies. Because of the large scale of the Beishi Base, it was different from other bases - with many rules and very good order. Establishing a Mercenary Team was difficult, and such teams often had many restrictive rules that left little freedom. Except for the Advanced superpower users, many people from lower tiers preferred to form independent Corpse Hunting Teams to hunt zombies.

This was riskier, but it was better than joining Mercenary Teams where others controlled their lives and they never knew when they might become cannon fodder.

However, many of the rules in the Beishi Base were quite similar to other Safe Zones, such as the requirement for Mercenary Teams to accept missions to hunt zombies daily. And as Mercenary Teams rose in rank, they had to complete more tasks, which implied that with greater power came greater responsibility.

Despite the heavy burden of these tasks, the rewards were also rich.

In the Beishi Base, there was also a system of Contribution Value; the more complex and numerous the missions completed, the greater the Contribution Value earned. This value was used to measure a Mercenary Team’s status in the Safe Zone and the perks they could enjoy, such as discounts when shopping, the distribution of materials, and the shops that Mercenary Teams could own.

Beishi was a large city with a large population. The amount of food and water needed by so many people was not insignificant. It wasn’t possible to rely solely on the power of one faction; every available resource had to be utilized.

Thus, the Base had established numerous farms, breeding grounds, and factories. Of course, due to tight electricity supplies, these "factories" were essentially workshops aimed at producing food that could stave off hunger.

Most of the agricultural products and livestock raised on the farms and breeding grounds were sent to factories for further processing, resulting in storable food items. Previously discarded food scraps were now all being utilized. Except for those with decent abilities who could still eat normal meals, most people had to eat a type of compressed biscuit.

Due to the lack of seasonings and flavors, one could imagine the taste of the compressed biscuits produced by the factory. Luckily, people had endured hardships and as long as they could fill their stomachs and survive, that was enough.

When Wan Lin reached this point, he specifically rummaged through his bag and took out a compressed biscuit to show Bai Ye and Fang Yuxin.

This compressed biscuit was dark yellow in color, vacuum-packed, not very large, about four centimeters long, three centimeters wide, and only half a centimeter thick. According to Wan Lin, such a biscuit could barely satisfy an Ordinary Person, while a superpower user would need at least two to stave off hunger.

Besides these biscuits, there were also ham sausages made with minced meat, which were pricier than the compressed biscuits. While they didn’t fill you up, their taste and nutritional value were better.

However, these ham sausages were more expensive than the compressed biscuits, so they only bought some occasionally to change their diet. This time, they didn’t have any on hand to show Fang Yuxin and others.

Additionally, beyond what was manufactured by the factories, some shops sold various preservable food items like vacuum-packed smoked meats and candies, which mainly came from Mercenary Teams finding them in supermarkets or food processing plants, and they were quite pricey.

Fang Yuxin wasn’t interested in these items. Although she had quite a few supplies, she would never sell them. The warehouse had a preservation function, so there was no need to worry about things spoiling.

What caught her attention was that the Beishi Base had already come up with an Energy Detector. This device could detect the energy fluctuations on a person, and although it still couldn’t discern a superpower user’s attribute, it could accurately detect the user’s level.

One thing that Wan Lin mentioned made her particularly concerned; he said that the researchers were working on a device that could identify Space superpower users, essentially an upgraded version of the Energy Detector. Once developed, it would be able to determine a superpower user’s attribute. If there were any Space superpower users, they would surely be discovered!

Because the Personal Space opened by Space superpower users required superpower energy to maintain, their energy fluctuations were extremely active and couldn’t be concealed.

Fang Yuxin didn’t know if such a detector would reveal her Qingmu Spiritual Mansion. Just the thought of that possibility sent chills down her spine!

Seeing that her expression hadn’t changed, Bai Ye quickly squeezed her hand and sent a message through his voice transmission, "Xinxin, don’t panic just yet. Didn’t he say the detector isn’t out yet? Don’t disrupt your own composure!"

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