WMSR — QT Chapter 151

 

WMSR – QT Chapter 151

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Following years of development, the Lingxiao Survivor Base was no longer what it used to be; it was no longer an ordinary survivor settlement tucked away in a corner. Instead, it had annexed several other survivor settlements, growing into a behemoth-like existence—arguably the largest survivor base in the Huaguo region.

Having expanded its territory and gained more manpower, the Lingxiao Survivor Base naturally overflowed with formidable experts. The three leaders spearheading this group of ability wielders all possessed presences that could not be underestimated. If Lin Jiawen were present here, one of them would undoubtedly make him want to kill him with a glance—and that person was precisely Gu Song.

However, although Gu Song was among these three leading ability wielders, he was clearly not the one with the most authority and even appeared somewhat marginalized. Meanwhile, the more active of the other two ability wielders muttered complaints while carefully scouting ahead: "I really don't know why Boss Xiao wants us to bring that zombie back, and even explicitly specified not to harm it. Wouldn't it be fine to just deal with a seventh-tier zombie right here? What's the point of dragging it back to the base?"

Hearing this, Gu Song could not help but chime in: "It can't be done that way."

Hearing Gu Song suddenly speak up—perhaps because he was usually overly silent—both ability wielders could not help turning back to look at him. In the end, the one with the most authority said: "Since Boss Xiao said to bring it back intact, we just do as we're told. Why so many words?" Both of these ability wielders were later additions to the base and did not understand what had transpired in the early days of the Lingxiao Survivor Base. In fact, even among the original old-timers of the base, very few knew the whole story from beginning to end. Therefore, apart from a few insiders like Gu Song, most of them only knew their mission was to hunt down the top-tier ability wielder Lin Jiawen, as well as the seventh-tier zombie that Lin Jiawen had always kept by his side.

What many failed to understand, however, was why they were ordered to hunt down a dangerous criminal like Lin Jiawen—after all, that fellow had ambushed their Boss Xiao countless times and even caused him severe injuries in the past, meaning such a menace had to be eliminated before he triggered a massive catastrophe. But the command that followed baffled them completely: they were ordered to bring back the zombie beside Lin Jiawen. If a situation arose where they could only bring back either Lin Jiawen or the zombie, bringing back the zombie took top priority, and they were repeatedly instructed not to injure it.

What kind of fantasy command was that? Come to think of it, did that zombie really hold some kind of secret? Otherwise, someone as powerful as Lin Jiawen wouldn't need to drag a zombie wherever he went. Could there be something special about that zombie, or could an anti-zombie virus vaccine possibly be extracted from it? The active-minded ability wielder couldn't help letting his imagination run wild.

Just as the group of ability wielders cautiously dispersed with clear division of labor around the target building, waiting for a command or an opportunity to storm inside and catch the occupants off guard, without any warning, a deafening "boom" echoed out. A violent blast of air rushed down from above, causing everyone to instinctively dive to the ground for cover. Only after a shower of shattered stone and glass came crashing down along with that airflow did they raise their heads to look—only to see that the top floor of the building had already been swallowed by raging flames.

Inside the dim virtual space, Lin Jiawen, whose memories had fully returned, stood there in a daze. Tears streamed unceasingly from his wide, hollow eyes. Yes, he remembered; he remembered everything. He was Lin Jiawen, but he was also Su Yuanhang.

And the Ling Mengchen he deeply loved was also his Brother Chen.......

The trajectories of his lives in the two worlds were completely different, but one thing remained the same: he had failed to protect his beloved once again, and he had let him down yet again........

He had promised him he would wait for him to return, yet he had let him turn into a zombie........

Thinking of that smiling, handsome face forever etched into his mind—now reduced to the appearance of a zombie missing a hand—Lin Jiawen could not help closing his eyes tightly. The liquid streaming from the corners of his eyes carried a faint trace of blood.

After a long while, he spoke in a hoarse voice to the system orb that kept buzzing around him: "Send me to the next world."

Su Yuanhang had wandered the apocalypse for years with the status of a top-tier ability wielder like Lin Jiawen. Even though he had returned to the system space and all his abilities had vanished, his mental strength had genuinely been tempered, undergoing a near earth-shattering transformation from its original state. The oppressive weight carried by his command made the system orb—which had originally wanted to grumble that the host's plot completion progress for this world was 0% and the emotional progress between the portrayed protagonist shou and protagonist gong was 0%—too terrified to voice those complaints.

After hesitating for two seconds, the mung-bean eyes on the spherical body shot out a beam of light, and without daring to delay any further, it cast the host directly into the next world.

Chapter 78: A01, Modified into a 0

Unlike every previous time where waking up in a new world immediately followed death, bringing an overwhelming wave of crushing crises, Bai Yichen discovered that after this death, his consciousness did not recover quickly in a new world; instead, he drifted within a realm of illusion.

Just as he began to feel a sense of unease, that familiar electronic chime sounded once more: "Detected that the host survived for five years and nine months in the previous high-risk world. The basic mission requirement was to survive for one month. The host exceeded the survival duration by a total of five years and eight months, earning a total of 68 reward points. The next world is about to open. Does the host choose to use points?"

Bai Yichen was stunned for a moment, then immediately asked: "What can points be used for?"

"The system mall has been unlocked. The host may browse at will."

No sooner had Bai Yichen heard this than a massive window popped up before him, filled with a dazzling array of items available for point exchange. Glancing through it hastily, Bai Yichen breathed a sigh of relief because he found that his points seemed to hold considerable value; the scenario he worried about—where even the most basic items required hundreds of points—did not happen. In fact, the exchange costs for items on the first few pages were all single-digit figures, meaning his 68 points could definitely buy him quite a few things.

Thinking of these points, Bai Yichen inevitably thought of the man who had protected him for so many years and enabled him to earn those points. A look of complex emotion could not help surfacing in his eyes, but in the end, he took a deep breath, suppressed those complicated feelings, and focused his attention earnestly on the mall panel.

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