AWB Chapter 256 Moon City - Beginning
Chapter 256 Moon City - Beginning
[July 20, 2022]
I finally escaped the neighborhood and managed to find food in a vending machine. I survived. It was all so terrible. My parents had turned into monsters, and I couldn't contact anyone I knew. There were man-eating monsters everywhere.
I'm so desperate... Maybe I should just end it all?
Just as I made this decision...
■...A shelter?
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Moon City and Dream City are quite far apart, and with some roads in between damaged, the journey was not smooth.
Especially at night, the mutants are very active, making it difficult for people to sleep.
Song Qiming blew up another mutant that flew out to attack him halfway, complaining, "There have been too many mutants along the way."
“This area used to be a bustling place with lots of people,” Tan Ling said, biting into her bread.
The more people there are, the more dangerous it is now.
Song Qiming dug around and found a green crystal core inside the mutated creature's corpse.
"Forget it, at least these few have crystal cores, so it's not a loss." In just two seconds, Song Qiming had already made up his mind.
It was lunchtime, so they found a small shop that looked relatively quiet, ate something together, and stretched their muscles.
These past few days of car rides have been truly unpleasant.
"Would you like some water?" Yao Yue took a bottle of mineral water from the shelf and handed it to her.
"Thanks." Tan Ling took the water, then suddenly noticed red blood under her nose and pointed, "You're having a nosebleed again."
"Huh?" Yao Yue touched her hand and found it was indeed covered in blood. She quickly pulled out a few pieces of paper from her pocket and covered her nose.
"You're not just absorbing crystal cores the whole time, are you?" Tan Ling asked.
"Yes," Yao Yue said in a muffled tone.
Keeping his promise, Elder Lu took out half of the crystal cores from the warehouse in one go. Miao Yin counted them, and there were two hundred in total.
Thirty of them were yellow crystal cores, and there was even one pink crystal core—this was an astonishing number.
It truly lives up to its reputation as a refuge for the military.
She calculated the current levels of the team, took the pink crystal core and a portion of the remaining yellow crystal cores, and distributed the rest among them in turn.
Miao Yin hoped that as many of them as possible could reach S-rank before the armory opened.
Their abilities are much easier to upgrade than those of the Blood Guanyin, and the absorption of crystal cores is practically instantaneous.
The most significant achievement was made by Ji Yuanzhou. He was already on the verge of advancing, and this time he directly entered A-level. Perhaps after some time, he will be able to break through to S-level and become the strongest lightning-type ability user he was in his previous life.
Gong Jingming, You Wenwen, and Song Qiming also successfully reached Level A.
Yao Yue's progress was slightly slower. Her body had some difficulty absorbing the crystal core, and if she went even a little too fast, her energy pool would look like it was about to explode.
Therefore, I've been getting nosebleeds lately because of the sudden increase in strength.
Tan Ling: "You don't need to be in such a hurry. Anyway, your special ability won't be used on the front lines."
Yao Yue shook her head: "It's okay, I can't always be a weakling."
Having said that, Tan Ling decided to ignore her.
"Hey, where's Sister Yin?" Song Qiming suddenly realized that someone was missing.
"It seems like they've gone out," Yao Yue said, pointing outside the convenience store.
At this moment, Miao Yin was standing at the crossroads of the street, and Yan Shuzhou ran out after her, and the two of them took a walk on the street.
"Sister, what are you looking at?"
"Watch the road."
Miao Yin's gaze swept across the surrounding high-rise buildings and then down the seemingly endless road. The traces of the mutants' lives were left on the buildings, reminding her of the dangers hidden here.
"Road?" Yan Shuzhou asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Sister Yin!" Song Qiming called out from afar.
"It's nothing, it's time to get on the bus. If nothing unexpected happens, we should arrive in Moon City today."
"Mm." Yan Shuzhou nodded.
After eating and drinking their fill, they rested for a while, got back into the car, and continued on their planned route.
As the sun was about to set, they finally saw Moon City. Today marks the fourth day.
"We've finally arrived." Even Lian Ling couldn't help but sigh.
Compared to the antique architecture of Dream City, Moon City looks more modern.
The city is located in a relatively remote area and is not even considered prosperous. The life of living by the mountains and water makes it very peaceful. It is only in the summer when the moon demon flowers bloom that it becomes particularly lively.
Fortunately, the apocalypse arrived in March, the off-season in Moon City, when there were the fewest people.
The leader, Hu Hai, used the police station as his first refuge, saving a large number of people, and continued to expand the area of the refuge from there.
They manufacture their own weapons, recruit people with superpowers, train in martial arts, and actively eliminate the mutants in their surroundings.
Fortunately, Moon City is not as fraught with danger as the ancient capital. Under Hu Hai's leadership, the shelter has gradually expanded.
They imitated the layout of Dream City, building a protective net outside the shelter, living together inside, bartering, and even setting up a job board so that capable people could take on missions and actively search for supplies.
In this way, Moon City Shelter grew up and gradually cleared out all the mutants in the city, turning into a survivor base based on the city as a whole. At its peak, it housed more than 20,000 people.
The construction history of Moon City Base sounds simple, but only those involved know the immense hardships involved.
It is worth mentioning that, apart from the Dream City base, it is the largest refuge in Jingzhou, and one of only two areas under government control.
A 20-meter-high iron fence appeared before them, with countless sandbags inside obscuring their view. The fence was stabilized, and rows of cameras were pointed at the outside.
Moon City's geographical location is quite remote, so there are not as many outside survivors as in Dream City. Right now, there are only a few of them outside.
The SUV was parked outside the city. Several people got out of the car, and Miao Yin put the car away and looked around at the surrounding environment.
It's very safe; it seems the people inside regularly clean the outside.
“The rules and regulations here in Moon City are simpler than in Dream City. There’s no need to queue up and go through a bunch of checks. Song Qiming and I were already registered as hired ability users, so we could just enter after our identities were confirmed,” Tan Ling said.
"Row."
Miao Yin didn't care about any of that.
Mengcheng and Yuecheng have always communicated. As early as when she told Pengsi that she would be leaving early, Yuecheng had already been notified.
She was never worried about not being able to get in.
Tan Ling skillfully located the hidden entrance and pulled the long black rope hanging outside.
The rope swayed and rang the golden bell on the other side. Soon, a small window was opened in the door.
"Newbie?"
Tan Ling took out a blue badge from her pocket and showed it to him: "A superpowered individual on the Hire Ranking."
The man looked at it carefully, then nodded: "Wait."
The small window closed, and the sound of mechanical gears turning came from inside the door. After a while, the door opened, and several armed guards came out.
They first glanced around warily, and only began to speak after confirming that it was safe.
"Are they all from the hiring list?"
“She is me.” Song Qiming also took out a badge to prove his identity. “But we’re all on the same team now, brother, take another look.”
"So, are you guys new recruits?" the guard asked, looking at Miao Yin and the others.
"We're from Dream City. Someone must have notified you, right?"
"Dream City?" The leading man immediately realized something. "Are they the special ability users they hired over there?"
Miao Yin said silently: Armory.
The man's expression changed, and he immediately dropped his probing look.
He had already been notified that several ability users who were going to the armory would arrive in Moon City ahead of the army to investigate the situation. This matter was basically top secret, and no one outside knew about it.
After calculating the number of people and some physical characteristics, everything matched up.
He quickly confirmed the identities of several people.
"We've been waiting for you for a long time. You've come from afar, thank you for your hard work. Please come in with me."
The guards behind him made way for the man to walk in front.
Miao Yin and the others followed him through the gate, and the gears turned, locking the entrance once again.
Once you push open another door, you'll find yourself in the bustling Moon City.