The post-apocalyptic world has a space full of supplies.

Chapter 249 Wang Qiang

The failure of synchronization between Wei Guo and the mecha was something Lu Yuan had never expected. After all, according to the part of Lu Yuan's memories that remained in his mind, after his mecha was completed, it was connected to Wei Guo's chip. For a long time afterward, including after he accidentally returned to Earth, Wei Guo had been with him. But now, synchronization had failed.

"What do we do now?" The starship system was also a bit confused.

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?" Lu Yuan was even more confused than it was.

Just as the individual and the system were completely bewildered, a dialog box for access messages appeared on the starship system's screen.

"12 o'clock tonight, north gate of the base." Lu Yuan had just agreed when he saw this message. Thinking of the look Wei Guo had given them earlier, Lu Yuan guessed that it must have been sent by Wei Guo.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Weiguo and his 14-person patrol team reaped a bountiful harvest. After Weiguo took the corresponding number of crystals according to the base's standards, the other 14 people were extremely excited. This was their biggest harvest since the apocalypse.

When Wei Guo led his team back to the base, it was almost dinnertime. Apart from the 14 team leaders who stayed behind to divide the spoils, the rest of the team members rushed to the base canteen.

As for Wei Guo, he needed to personally report the special circumstances of this mission to Wang Qiang, since he had disappeared for a night and had suddenly reappeared.

"Wei Guo?" Wang Qiang was quite surprised to see Wei Guo, after all, he never expected that Wei Guo, who had disappeared for a night, would be able to return unharmed.

Their base's communication equipment isn't very good right now. The base lacks experts in this area, and they've always been using the system provided by the government. If you're far away from the base, it's basically just a brick.

The AI ​​robot's transmission system is relatively stable, so the patrol team will deploy an AI robot every time. It can basically transmit the team's specific situation back in real time. However, after Wei Guo disappeared yesterday, his signal source was also cut off and has not been restored yet.

"Report to the commander!" Wei Guo placed the crystals he had collected on Wang Qiang's desk. He took back the level eight fire crystal and some small level one crystals.

“This…” Wang Qiang usually doesn’t ask the AI ​​robot to bring back the highest-level crystals that the team has collected each time, because the crystals are useless to him. He saves these crystals to exchange for supplies with other bases or to negotiate with people with superpowered abilities. So he still doesn’t quite understand why he sees this level eight crystal in front of him.

"If you can absorb it on your own, you will gain superpowers." Wang Qiang was somewhat skeptical of Wei Guo's words. Their base originally had a professor who researched pathology, and it was Wei Guo who had previously controlled Du Wenqing and the others to conduct research.

The pathology professor swallowed a crystal the moment he discovered it, and then immediately turned into a zombie. Fortunately, the base's defenses were good, and he was killed immediately. So Wang Qiang actually wanted to become a superhuman, but he was very resistant to the method of taking crystals.

Some of the later superhumans in the base were people who wanted to go to the Huaxi Base from other places but chose to stay here when they passed through. Others were people who secretly took crystals and did not turn into zombies.

“It’s not about eating it, it’s about absorbing it.” Wei Guo explained in detail, but Wang Qiang still looked at him with a puzzled expression, completely unaware of where his theory came from.

"Don't worry, Commander, it won't have any impact if you can't absorb it." Wei Guo pushed the level-eight crystal towards Wang Qiang again, looking at him seriously. "The base needs a powerful ability user as its commander."

"Okay, I'll give it a try." Wang Qiang didn't really know why Wei Guo seemed to have more emotions after returning this time, and it seemed that he knew a lot of things. But for a long time, he had relied on this reliable AI. It was hard to believe that a human and an AI had actually formed a deep camaraderie in the apocalypse.

Wang Qiang reached out and took the fist-sized crystal that shimmered with a fiery red light; it was the largest crystal he had ever seen. To be honest, if Wei Guo really wanted him to swallow it, he wouldn't know how to bring himself to do it.

"This..." As Wang Qiang's hand touched the crystal, he felt as if his hand was being burned by raging fire, itchy but without pain. Then he saw the entire crystal turn into a liquid, seeping into his body from his fingertips.

Wang Qiang, a man in his forties, never imagined that such a special change would happen to him. All that he saw was a scene from the cartoon that his daughter, whom he used to despise, loved to watch.

A crimson light enveloped his entire body, and he suddenly felt a surge of power. The back pain he had been experiencing from working at his desk seemed to have vanished, and his bald patch felt like hair was starting to grow back. In Wang Qiang's eyes, all of this could only be described as miraculous.

When the light faded, Wang Qiang felt that he hadn't changed much. He was still the same as before, with his bald patches still there. However, his lumbar spine was no longer in pain. He clenched his fist, and a ball of fire enveloped it. So this is what it feels like to be a superhuman.

"We succeeded!" Wang Qiang was now as excited as a teenager or a young man in his twenties, and his eyes were full of confidence and hope as he looked at Wei Guo.

Weiguo is, after all, an AI robot. Its behavior is not as exaggerated as Wang Qiang's, but it is clear that it is also very happy at this moment.

Within ten minutes, the news that Wang Qiang had become an eighth-level fire-type ability user spread throughout the base. Everyone was very excited, since their base's commander-in-chief was not an ability user, which was actually a bit of a disdainful act by other bases.

In fact, besides the four major government bases, China currently has many other bases like Wang Qiang's that were originally part of the government but refused to leave and eventually became independent. There are also bases where people from the original government bases went to the four major bases, and ordinary ability users occupied these areas, later strengthening and establishing their own. There are also many small, independent bases.

These small bases might be located in a sparsely populated residential complex, a remaining warehouse area, or a CBD, with a dozen or so people making up the entire workforce. When they run out of food, they'll seek out larger bases for food and lodging. After staying at a base for a day or two, they'll secretly steal food from the larger base. Wang Qiang's base has encountered this several times.

After helping Wang Qiang become a superhuman, Wei Guo, carrying new memories, went to the basement of the main building of the base. The main building of the base was the original city center hospital, and the basement here was the city center hospital's ice storage, which contained thousands of frozen people, all of whom were temporarily unable to afford surgery. Among them was Lu Yuan's father.