Chapter 161 Reunion

Kong Xiang and Wang Yuanqiang, along with another seven or eight people, escorted Li Chenzhou into the lobby of a residential building. The lobby was quite well-decorated, resembling a high-end hotel from before the apocalypse!

"The person who designed these residential buildings used to work in the hotel industry, so he just moved the lobby of his hotel here. In fact, the structure above is similar to a hotel, just with different room layouts!"

Seeing Li Chenzhou examining the lobby layout, Wang Yuanqiang laughed and pulled Li Chenzhou to sit on the sofa by the window. With a wave of his hand, two people walked over carrying two large bags and placed them on the coffee table.

"Brother Li, these are all the mutated crystal cores we've accumulated. They're all here! Take them!"

Looking at the two large bags in front of him, Li Chenzhou suddenly felt amused.

Ever since he learned that the Slaughter System could recycle mutated crystal cores, he had been imagining such a scene: entering a base, being treated as an honored guest, and then having someone bring out a large bag of mutated crystal cores to exchange for items they needed!

But he never expected that when this scene became reality, he wouldn't care at all.

Roughly estimating, the two bags probably contained around two thousand mutated crystal cores. This was definitely a significant number, as only strengthened zombies produced mutated crystal cores; ordinary zombies didn't have them.

More than two thousand strengthened zombies were a remarkable achievement for the survivors of Wu Village Base. Moreover, they wouldn't have put all their mutated crystal cores here; they would definitely use some to strengthen their own people.

Furthermore, it had only been a little over two months since the apocalypse began. This number was indeed impressive, and under normal circumstances, Li Chenzhou would have been quite happy.

But the problem was that Li Chenzhou had already been to the Duoluo World. He didn't even know how many mutated crystal cores he had recycled, possessing billions of Slaughter Points. So, he didn't care about these mutated crystal cores in front of him at all.

He knew that these mutated crystal cores were probably all Level 1. Even if there were Level 2 cores, there might only be a few. How many Slaughter Points could they be exchanged for?

"We kept all the mutated crystal cores we obtained before, but you didn't come for a long time, and the strengthened zombies in the city kept increasing. Yuanqiang and I couldn't hold on! So, we used some mutated crystal cores on a few guys!"

Seeing Li Chenzhou looking dazed, Kong Xiang seemed to have realized something and主动解释 explained proactively:

"The rest are all here. There should be a total of two thousand and twenty-three!"

"Okay! What do you want to exchange for? The deal I mentioned before is still valid!"

Li Chenzhou finally came back to his senses and nodded readily.

"Brother Li, these mutated crystal cores aren't for trading. They're a gift!"

Hearing Li Chenzhou's words, Wang Yuanqiang and Kong Xiang exchanged glances, then looked at the others and suddenly laughed. Wang Yuanqiang said:

"We've thought about it for a long time. Without you, we might have died a long time ago, not to mention having a base of this size. The evolution potion you gave us allowed us to survive in this apocalypse.

"And most importantly, it allowed us to take the lead. To put it in game terms, you gave us the first top-up, so we're naturally much better off than ordinary players!

"Since you said you wanted to trade for mutated crystal cores, it means this stuff is useful to you. So, this first batch of mutated crystal cores is a gift. If you want to trade, we'll start trading with the next batch!"

"Brother Li! Actually, we wanted to give the base to you. After all, this place was actually built by you. Yuanqiang and I just took over a ready-made base, which is like managing it for you. It's just that you didn't seem interested in the base at the time!"

Kong Xiang said from the side:

"However, I think you've been wandering around for so long, you should know that the apocalypse isn't a good world for traveling. It's better to be safe and sound. And you've seen it, our Wu Village is doing pretty well now. Why don't you just stay? You can be the leader of the base, and Yuanqiang and I will assist you! What do you think?"

While speaking, he subconsciously looked outside the base.

Li Chenzhou noticed at this moment that Kong Xiang and Wang Yuanqiang, as well as the others, were looking at him with strange expressions. He understood what was going on in an instant.

He had come alone this time, riding a motorcycle, and was wearing nothing but a combat suit.

In the eyes of others, Li Chenzhou was undoubtedly down on his luck, and Duan Lei, Gray Bear, and the others were likely in dire straits. That's why Li Chenzhou had returned here alone.

Li Chenzhou recalled that when they first met him, Wang Yuanqiang seemed to want to ask him something, but Kong Xiang stopped him. Now that he thought about it, Wang Yuanqiang must have wanted to ask about Duan Lei and the others' whereabouts.

Understanding this, Li Chenzhou couldn't help but find it both amusing and heartwarming. These two thought his team had encountered an accident, leaving only him, yet they were still willing to give the base to him. Not to mention in the apocalypse, even in a normal world, such people were rare!

"Hahahaha! Old Wang, Old Kong, you've misunderstood!"

Li Chenzhou laughed heartily, then patted both of their shoulders and said:

"Did you think that I encountered some powerful creature, resulting in the annihilation of my team, and I was the only one who escaped back?"

"This..."

Kong Xiang couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, because he was the one who had guessed that. But judging from Li Chenzhou's laughter, he must have guessed wrong. Otherwise, how could he be laughing so happily if his team had been wiped out?

"Haha, see? Old Kong, I told you Brother Li and his team were so strong, they would definitely be fine!"

Wang Yuanqiang also laughed loudly, then looked at Li Chenzhou and asked:

"Why didn't the siblings and the bear come back? I wanted to ask earlier, but Old Kong stopped me and whispered to me that you might have encountered an accident and told me not to ask!"

"Little Lei and her sister are in Qi City, and as for that bear...he's even further away! But don't worry, they're all doing well!"

Li Chenzhou answered with a smile, Gray Bear was in the Duoluo World now, so he couldn't tell them that. He just let them know that he was far away.

"Then you must have come back this time for something else, right? It can't be because of these things!"

Kong Xiang asked, pointing to the mutated crystal cores on the coffee table.

Earlier, when he saw that Li Chenzhou's face didn't show any emotion when he saw the mutated crystal cores, he thought that Li Chenzhou was in a bad mood because his team members had died.

Now that he knew the team was fine, and Li Chenzhou didn't have much reaction to the mutated crystal cores, then there must be something else going on. He couldn't have made a special trip back just to see Wu Village Base, could he?