CH 17

Chapter 17 – 1359 Base

Lu Sheng appeared in the familiar wilderness.

A sturdy zombie was the first to notice Lu Sheng and quickly pounced on him with a low roar.

There was no hesitation, Lu Sheng quickly rushed up.

He blocked, punched …

There was only an exchange of two moves before the zombie wearing an unrecognizable style of clothing had it’s neck snapped by Lu Sheng.

A black line of smoke quickly seeped into Lu Sheng’s body.

“A martial arts practitioner …”

Lu Sheng finished absorbing the memory of this zombie and exhaled gently.

“My strength has indeed increased …”

The fight just now gave Lu Sheng a more intuitive perception of his current strength.

He had encountered this type of physically sturdy zombie more than once already.

This new class of combat zombies were different from the ones wearing jumpsuits. They had varying strengths. Some were weaker than the gray jumpsuit zombies, while others were stronger than the blue jumpsuit zombies.

One could barely discern their strengths by observing the minute differences in their physiques.

Lu Sheng judged the strength of this zombie and concluded that it was strong. He could even say that it was the strongest out of all the zombies he had encountered so far. Both in speed and strength it was twice superior to that of a blue jumpsuit zombie.

“It’s CPI should’ve reached the ranks of Level 1 Martial Artist.”

But even so, it still couldn’t last more than two of Lu Sheng’s moves.

“The breakthrough I had is very powerful. I can utilize my skills with more ease and less effort. And against those below my skill level, me fighting them would be akin to an adult beating a child …”

Lu Sheng’s eyes showed some delight.

After finishing the zombie, Lu Sheng continued to walk forward.

He had been walking in the gray fog wilderness for an unknown amount of time, and according to his estimation, he should have been very close to Base 1359.

“According to the memories, Base 1359 should’ve been destroyed under the assault of the black fog and nearly endless tides of foreign beasts. I’ve also yet to encounter any foreign beasts, something seems very strange about that detail …

“Could it be that the beasts have taken the ruins [of the base] as their dwelling? Or did they withdraw after the base was destroyed?”

Lu Sheng did not know.

Although his martial strength had increased rapidly, the dream world was still a realm rife with dangers and unknowns for him.

So far, Lu Sheng did not once die in the dream realm, and he did not know what kind of ramifications he’d have to face if he died here, and he did not want to find out.

Along the way, Lu Sheng killed a few more zombies.

The martial memories obtained from these zombies quickly filled in the gaps in his knowledge about kicks, palm strikes, footwork, etc.,  and kept approaching another bottleneck.

At the same time, the attainments he’d gained in the field of hand combat had reached a new level, and continued to slowly but surely climb towards a higher level.

Just as Lu Sheng punched a zombie’s head and was absorbing its memories after having dealt with it, his eyes got transfixed at something.

Lu Sheng saw the gray mist disperse and flow like water in the direction directly in front of him. There were silhouettes of crumbling, magnificent buildings that were slowly being revealed as the gray mist cleared.

“Finally … I’ve reached it …”  The legendary Base 1359.

Lu Sheng’s was extraordinarily calm and cautious.

There were times when the unknown also represented danger.

What’s more, Lu Sheng had witnessed the base being destroyed over and over in the hands of the foreign beasts in the memories he’d inherited from all the zombies.

That desperate and depressing emotion would always be like a boulder weighing heavily on his heart.

Lu Sheng’s was fast, but his footsteps were very light.

The straggling zombies he’d encounter increased in frequency; their strengths and numbers increasing as he got closer and closer to the base.

Lu Sheng had encountered several dangerous auras as he closed in. These were the rare one he’d only encountered a few times.

The good thing was that the perception of these zombies did not increase with their strength. So as long he was careful he would not attract their attention.

He ran like the wind in the direction of the base.

Appearances could be deceiving, though it looked nearby, the distance was more than enough to kill a horse if it ran towards it in one go.

Lu Sheng had to run for more than half an hour before he gradually approached the giant city; this was only because he was running at full speed.

It can be imagined how big the base really was.

Finally, Lu Sheng came to the foot of the giant city.

He hid under a ruined wall and looked up to survey the city in front of him.

This majestic city was truly displayed in front of him.

It was hard to describe just how big this city was.

Lu Sheng needed to crane his neck to an angle close to the limit in order to barely look at the top of the city walls.

The entire city was surrounded by walls that towered into the clouds.

This reminded Lu Sheng of a certain anime that had giant towering walls protecting a city from the attack of evil giants, in his previous life.

[TL: Attack on Titans]

Compared to those walls in the anime, these walls were considerably much taller.

It was hard to imagine that there was any power in this world that could tear open such a solid defense line.

But instead, as if to challenge him, he saw huge claw marks on the giant wall that shook him to the core.

The entire city, from the outside, looked like a huge broken bowl full of cracks, breakage, and delamination.

The debris he was leaning on was one insignificant piece that was knocked off the dilapidated bowl.

Thinking about the memory of the desperate scene, Lu Sheng’s expression turned grave.

Looking at the site with his own eyes, he understood that the scenes he of destruction he had seen in the memories were but the ten thousandth fraction of what had really happened.

Height determines vision.

Those zombies that he could easily kill, and their despair induced memories, were undoubtedly only miniscule remnant dust of the sandstorm of a greater terror.

“Base 1359, that is, there are at least a thousand more bases like this.

“Base 1359. There should be at least a thousand more similar bases like this. Where are the rest of those bases? Are they still intact? What exactly have the people of this world gone through, and are there any survivors left?”

Many doubts arose in Lu Sheng’s heart.

Thoughts about the origin of this world, about the origin of the dream world, about the mysterious Body Refining Technique and the Breathing Technique …

He took a step towards the giant city.

He felt that the truth was waiting for him there.