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

Chapter 126 Crystal

"Yang Xiao!" When Lu Yuan saw Yang Xiao, he couldn't help but want to rush up and give him a bear hug, but before he could do so, Lin Yun pulled him back.

"Don't you dare, or Yang Xiao might be gone."

"I advise you to calm down." Pei Sihao said indifferently beside him. Actually, he also wanted to rush up and give Gu Nanfeng a hug. He was afraid that they would separate again like last time, but he still held back his impulse and slowly walked over with Lin Yun, patting Gu Nanfeng on the shoulder like a good brother.

Unlike Pei Sihao's composure, Gu Nanfeng was quite agitated this time. He pulled Pei Sihao close, gave him a tight hug, patted his back gently, and breathed softly in his ear, "It's good that you're alright."

"Lu Xiaoyuan, why aren't you coming over?" Yang Xiao looked at Lu Yuan, who seemed no different from usual. In fact, there was a big difference. Before the sudden drop in temperature, Lu Yuan was already wearing a very thick protective suit, but now he was dressed very lightly.

For aesthetic reasons, Lu Yuan wore a simple winter outfit over his exoskeleton, so in Yang Xiao and Gu Nanfeng's eyes he just looked like a normal winter outfit with a strange helmet.

"This...you guys go first, I'll take my time..." Lu Yuan raised his hand and waved, trying to indicate that he would follow later, but unexpectedly this move completely destroyed the hotel front desk, which had been almost completely demolished by Wang Sanhai.

"Holy crap!" Yang Xiao stared wide-eyed at the mangled hotel reception desk.

"Although... well, I'll freeze to death if I take off this mech, so why don't I wait for you guys here?" Lu Yuan briefly explained the exoskeleton mech he was wearing to Gu Nanfeng and Yang Xiao. Lin Yun, after hearing that Qin Yuan was about to freeze, asked Lu Yuan for a protective suit and went downstairs to find the others.

"Do you still have any of this equipment? Get a set for the brothers too!" Yang Xiao circled around Lu Yuan several times. By now, Lu Yuan's winter clothes had been stripped off by Yang Xiao, and what appeared in front of Yang Xiao and Gu Nanfeng was the exoskeleton mecha. Originally, Lu Yuan wanted to remove the exoskeleton from his arm to show Gu Nanfeng and the others, but as soon as he opened it even a little bit, his arm that was in contact with the outside air stiffened rapidly, and even his breathing was affected because the mecha's circulation was interrupted.

"That's all. There's only one set in the whole space. I don't even know what material it's made of. When I found it before, I couldn't even tell it was a mecha. It looked like a few fiber rods. I only found this yesterday after I discovered the search method and searched for protective suits." After being stared at by Yang Xiao and Gu Nanfeng for a while, Lu Yuan put the clothes back on. Although he was still wearing clothes inside the mecha, he felt ashamed to be naked outside.

"When the temperature dropped earlier, even Team Leader Lin felt cold. I was freezing, so I took out all the protective suits to try on." Because he couldn't control the mecha well yet, Lu Yuan could only stay in the lobby for the time being. Otherwise, he was worried that if he went to the guest room area, he might accidentally dismantle the room.

"Did they all freeze to death?" While Yang Xiao was listening to Lu Yuan talk about mechs, Pei Sihao and Gu Nanfeng walked around the lobby together. There were many extinguished fires on the ground, all Lu Yuan's handiwork. Next to some of the fires lay the corpses of men, women, and children.

“They all froze to death. They froze to death very quickly, within minutes.” Gu Nanfeng nodded and pointed to the safety door. “This base originally had nearly a thousand people, but now there are probably only two hundred left.”

“Brother Feng…” Pei Sihao felt that Gu Nanfeng was different from before. They had encountered dead people before, and even seen people they knew turn into zombies, but Gu Nanfeng had never been so depressed.

"I actually regret it a little..." Gu Nanfeng sighed softly, but didn't continue with what he had wanted to say half an hour ago. He just smiled and whispered, "It's alright..."

After Lu Yuan finished explaining to Yang Xiao, Lin Yun brought Qin Yuan and the others up. Qin Yuan solved the problem of keeping warm, and his body quickly recovered its functions. He felt as if he had been reborn.

"How are you?" Seeing Qin Yuan and Ji Lang come up, Gu Nanfeng immediately went over to ask, firstly to inquire about Qin Yuan's current situation, and secondly to inquire about Li Minze's condition.

Ji Lang didn't answer, he just shook his head.

"What's wrong?" Pei Sihao followed over, looking at the others with a puzzled expression. He and Lu Yuan were completely unaware of the situation and were caught off guard by the current atmosphere.

"Sigh..." Qin Yuan sighed and slowly said, "The creator of this base was an ordinary person."

"Ordinary people?" Lu Yuan, who had slowly moved closer to everyone, suddenly understood. This temperature drop was an insurmountable obstacle for ordinary humans who had not yet evolved. After all, not everyone was like him, possessing such amazing mecha equipment that could withstand the severe cold.

"It's a pity about that level-three crystal..." Ji Lang sighed with some regret. He thought that eating that crystal while he was on the verge of death would be useful. Even if he turned into a zombie, it would be better than having no effect at all.

"Are you even human?" Yang Xiao glared at Ji Lang with annoyance. They had all been warming up in the lobby and learned about everything Li Minze had done from Liu Jia, the man in the trench coat. They were all college students, and Yang Xiao considered himself a reincarnated person. Compared to Li Minze, he was really pathetic.

"That's not what I meant..." Ji Lang wanted to explain, but although he had a mouth, it was less useful than not having one. After struggling for a long time, he could only grunt and turn to walk to a corner.

“I understand what Captain Ji means, but even if we had more crystals now, it would probably be too late. These people here have already frozen to death, and the situation at the base is still unknown. Our communication equipment is useless now, and we must get back to the base as soon as possible.” Gu Nanfeng saw Ji Lang’s appearance and roughly guessed that he hoped to use crystals to save more people, but it was clear that the ordinary survivors here were beyond medical help. The base was located near the equator, but it was unknown whether it would be affected by this temperature drop.

"If this temperature drop is a process of natural selection, then the ordinary people in the base will probably be..." Lin Yun, who also understood immediately, fell silent. As far as he knew, more than 80% of the people in the base were ordinary people. They didn't bring back many crystals, and most of them were level one crystals. After they came out, they didn't know the situation of the other mission teams. He had just seen downstairs that Li Minze had eaten a level three crystal. If even level three crystals were useless, then those level one crystals would probably be even more useless.

Just as everyone fell silent, "bang bang bang," suddenly came hurried footsteps from the emergency exit...