Abyss Summoner

Chapter 528 - 516: Despondent

Perhaps it’s been a long time since they’ve ventured out, so the people in the base are still somewhat cautious. However, upon seeing those terrifying ogres walking with difficulty, their feet bound with ropes, a bit more courage wells up in their hearts.

Chen Feng needs a large-scale plunder; all useful resources in this city must be transported away. With over a thousand warriors, besides daily precautions, there are simply no extra hands available. Therefore, Chen Feng turns his attention to the base.

In one year, some things are still within their shelf life.

Cigarettes, fine wines, and various drugs and medical equipment are all on the collection list this time.

Even though this world now has professionals who can heal injuries with their abilities, the population within Order has already exceeded 300,000. Relying solely on those few dozen healers is like a drop in the ocean.

To make a power flourish, a stable system and medical structure are needed. Otherwise, a simple flu could potentially claim tens of thousands of lives.

This is not an exaggeration.

In times of peace, the reason people regard the flu as a minor illness is that every city has a proper medical system in place. Once a flu outbreak occurs, the country will allocate personnel to research and cure it.

But here, it’s the wasteland. The medical system has been severely damaged. Although Chen Feng has been recruiting doctors, as long as they have certificates and some clinical experience, they are mostly put to good use, ranking among the top jobs within the power.

Even with Chen Feng’s strong support, talent reserves remain an issue. Besides that, the shortage of medicines is the most troublesome situation.

As a Golden Tier warrior, Chen Feng is not immune to all poisons, but ordinary flu and diseases do not harm him.

As for professionals, they also have abilities to protect themselves, and their resistance is much stronger than that of ordinary people.

However, ordinary people make up 95% of the power. Though their strength is not apparent, they are the main labor force for building the city.

Chen Feng’s ultimate aim is to establish an immortal city to counter endless crises and dangers in the future.

Currently, the issue of food within Order has been resolved. With Du Men’s mutated grain, although the taste is slightly inferior, no one starves to death anymore. So the next target is to establish a medical structure.

Therefore, besides the population, the medicines within a city are also a primary resource collected by Chen Feng.

The forces from Order have swept through Quanzhou, and any bugs or beasts that dare to show themselves and pose any threat to safety are uprooted entirely.

As a result, a thick scent of blood permeates the sky over Quanzhou, almost tangible, impossible to dissipate in a short time.

Women and elders stayed in the camp to handle the meat. Aside from a small portion for daily consumption, most of the meat was dried and used as reserve food.

The rest of the adults followed the warriors to gather supplies outside.

A group of people walked on familiar streets, initially with some excitement on their faces because this was a long-awaited step. However, after a moment, disappointment took over their expressions.

To the north was a plaza where people would play games after meals.

To the south was a school where middle-aged people would rush to the gate after work, looking in, tired but finding everything worthwhile as long as they could see their little princess.

To the east was a mall where a girlfriend would hold onto your arm, picking out clothes inside. Although each time left them exhausted, when looking at that not quite beautiful face, seeing it light up with a pleasant smile, a man’s fatigue would vanish entirely.

This city holds everyone’s memories.

But now, everything has changed beyond recognition.

The plaza was stained with bright red blood; it was a heavy disaster area of the zombie outbreak, everything occurred too suddenly, almost no survivors.

The school was occupied by insects, and the man frantically rushed over, finding nothing but corpses, missing that cute figure completely.

As for the mall, a fire had swept through there, and the magnificent building became a scorched land after burning for a day and night.

The group felt their throats were dry and blocked; they couldn’t say a word. Despite all being men, their eyes slowly turned red.

People closed their eyes, letting tears cascade down their cheeks. Although they had told themselves countless times to let the past be, standing on this familiar ground, swirling memories ruthlessly tore at their inner selves.

"How wonderful it would be if none of this had happened?"

This is the wish of everyone, but how could they not know that these words were merely meant to comfort themselves?

The warriors did not interrupt the thoughts of these people. Within Order, they, too, experienced such pain.

Fortunately...

They met Chen Feng earlier, following closely beside him. Even if the past could not be forgotten, a new life became their motivation to keep moving forward.

Tomorrow will be better.

The warriors involuntarily clenched their fists. They believed and were striving towards this future!

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Perhaps due to the increased number, the city quickly completed the collection task. Aside from some incidents like injuries during transportation, people did not encounter any organized attacks.

Chen Feng’s strength was beyond Li Linhua’s range of understanding, so much so that she started showing a low posture when facing him.

Besides Chen Feng’s strength, the action ability of Order also surprised her significantly. Compared with the survivors in the base, whose spirits had long been crushed by fear, the warriors from Order showcased a completely different spiritual state.

Fearless and advancing bravely.

But Chen Feng will not stay here; his journey of exploration has just begun. After a period of collection, the materials for the ships have been arranged properly.

Nine ships, leaving one warship behind to monitor ogres and guard against nearby monster retaliation, the other eight warships have completed their preparation early on.

Quanzhou is already abandoned; there is no reason to rebuild here.

In this situation, they only have one way to go: leave.

Perhaps after interacting with the warriors from Order during these days, upon learning that in a distant region exists a safe base, the survivors’ anxiety lessened significantly.

No matter how tragic the past was, people must get used to forgetting and embrace a new life.

Li Linhua gazed at the warships raising their sails, her eyes dazed. She couldn’t help but wonder, by the time she meets Chen Feng again, how powerful will he have become?

A safe base.

A powerful leader.

Li Linhua’s eyes gradually became blurry, and for the first time, she had expectations for the future.

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