Chapter 35 - The Base

Chapter 35 The Base

The captain, Ma Haobo, expressed his determination with a firm tone.

In his opinion, the crops in this base were too important.

It could be said to be the foundation for the establishment of a new world!

Even as new humans, their survival on the wasteland was only slightly easier than ordinary humans.

Sometimes, it would be even more difficult due to their large appetite.

Therefore, getting a stable source of food was one of their goals when they traveled through the wasteland.

When he thought of this, Ma Haobo suddenly admired himself.

If he had not cared about anything and killed indiscriminately like his ignorant fourth brother…

They might miss out on the precious seeds of the crops here!

As he thought about it, Ma Haobo rolled his eyes at his fourth brother.

Having sensed that he was being scorned, his fourth brother was a little confused.

“Let’s go and take a look.”

“Let’s see if this unique base will continue to surprise me.”

Ma Haobo took the lead and walked in front.

Not long after, the six of them arrived in front of the lake.

When he saw a little girl drinking water by the lake, he was stunned.

Ma Haobo immediately frowned.

Even for new humans like them, polluted water could be life-threatening.

Even if they didn’t die, they would be seriously ill and their body would not be as good as before.

Therefore, when they saw the little child drinking the water in the lake, their first reaction was that the little girl would die.

Ma Haobo hesitated for a moment before running over to stop the little girl.

Although they called themselves new human beings, they still evolved from ordinary human beings.

Naturally, they still had a sense of familiarity with human cubs.

Besides, in the current era, having children was a very difficult thing.

Most women found it difficult to get pregnant.

Even if they could get pregnant, they would usually not choose to have children.

This was because it was too much of a burden.

Not to mention food and water, there was no clean and hygienic place to give birth in.

It was rare to see children in the wasteland.

In addition, ordinary children could also become new humans.

Therefore, Ma Haobo only hesitated for a moment before setting his mind to saving the little girl.

However, just as he reached the lakeside, his outstretched hand froze in mid-air.

It was because Ma Haobo saw that the lake water wasn’t the foul-smelling polluted water that he had thought it was.

Instead, it was so clear that one could see the bottom. It was almost transparent.

There were even fish swimming in the water.

The others followed Ma Haobo to the lakeside.

When they saw the crystal clear lake water, everyone was shocked.

The group walked slowly to the lakeside and looked into the water in a line.

The water surface reflected their dumbfounded expressions.

Ma Haobo came back to his senses. With a complicated expression, he reached out for a handful of water and brought it to his mouth.

The moment it entered his mouth, it tasted sweet!

The other five people did the same. They scooped up some water and took a sip.

In an instant, everyone’s faces were filled with enjoyment.

This was because they had not drunk such clean water for a long time!

Ma Haobo calmed himself down and asked with a kind expression,

“Little friend, do you know why the water here is so clear?”

The little girl Guoguo looked at them curiously. She wasn’t afraid at all.

She even wanted to touch the horns of the goat-horned man and the tail of the scaled

man.

Hearing Ma Haobo’s question, Guoguo didn’t reply. Instead, she asked,

“You, why do you have four arms?”

Ma Haobo was startled for a moment before revealing a smile. However, before he could reply, Guoguo asked,

“Are they deformed?”

“Where’s your mother? Did she not want you anymore?”

“Poor thing, you are even more pitiful than Guoguo!”

“Guoguo is very healthy, and I have my older sister by my side.”

“I can eat my fill every day now. Guoguo is very happy.”

Ma Haobo’s head went blank as he listened to the little girl’s mumbling.

Deformed? Abandoned by his mother?

This way of thinking…

“She’s just a little kid,” Ma Haobo comforted himself.

The fourth brother laughed naively, which immediately attracted the little girl’s attention.

“Uncle, your beard has grown to your chest. How can you not shave it? it’s too unhygienic!”

“Also, did you eat too much sugar and have your teeth eaten by a parasite?”

“You can’t eat candy anymore. Give them to Guoguo, Guoguo will share your burden!”

Instantly, the fourth brother’s face turned darker than the fur on his chest!

This caused the others to burst into laughter.

Guoguo then chose her next target.

“Sister, are you hungry?”

“Your waist is so thin. You must be so hungry! Your body is nothing but skin and bones. Too pitiful!”

“Guoguo knows how it feels to be hungry.”

“Ah, sister, what happened to your tongue?”

“Oh, I understand!”

“You must have been too hungry the last time you ate, so you ate too quickly and bit your tongue in half!”

“Sister, you’re even more pitiful than the deformed uncle!”

Suddenly, the woman who was flicking her tongue stopped laughing. Her vertical pupils narrowed as she stared at the little girl in front of her.

Should she eat this little girl alive, or should she dig for her crystalline core after turning this little girl into a zombie?

She was seriously considering these options.

This time, the others were all holding back their laughter.

They were afraid that the innocent sharp-tongued youngling would target them next.

At this moment, a shrill scream was heard.

Not too far away, Ling Xue saw the strange-looking people surrounding her sister and immediately screamed in fear.

She rushed to the lakeside as fast as she could and pulled Guoguo into her embrace.

Ling Xue vigilantly stared at the six ‘monsters’ in front of her.

She was one of the higher-ups that Zhou Yuan had personally recruited into the base and had been promoted by Zhang He several times.

She knew much more than those who did farm work.

She understood that these people in front of her most likely did not have good intentions.

Therefore, when she saw her sister being surrounded, she almost went crazy!

Looking at the beautiful woman in front of him, Ma Haobo asked again,

“Hello, do you know why the lake water is so clear?”

“Do you guys usually drink the water from here?”

Ling Xue replied to his question with a cold

face,

“This is the secret of our base!”

“If you want to know, go ask Mr. Zhou!”

After saying that, she quickly left with her sister.

Looking at the two sisters leaving, Ma Haobo didn’t feel dejected.

Instead, a look of excitement appeared on his face.

He turned around and looked at the lake. He couldn’t help but say,

“It seems that Mr. Zhou is much more interesting than we thought!”

They called themselves new humans and thought that they were of a higher level than ordinary humans.

In the past, fancy actions in movies and TV shows, such as flying on roofs, walking on walls, and having immense strength were all seen as a kind of divine power or spell.

They were capable of doing all these.

However, they could not make the crops grow in ten days.

They could not make a lake full of clear water appear on the polluted wasteland.

To be able to do this, one was almost like a

god!

However, there was someone who could achieve all these that they couldn’t do.

And this someone was in a base of ordinary humans.

The instigator was also an ordinary human.

For a moment, the six of them had the same thought in their minds.

What kind of person was this Mr. Zhou?