"Ability Awakening Potion? You're not joking, are you?" a middle-aged man exclaimed in surprise.
It had only been two or three years since the apocalypse, and they were all racking their brains to build up their own forces. Their base's advantage was its military background. They knew the locations of several military factories, which provided them with a large number of thermal weapons. It was precisely this that allowed their base to be established and to become the largest base in the north. However, their base did not have many ability users. Now, the role of ability users was becoming increasingly significant, and their status was rising higher and higher.
He also wanted people to research how to awaken abilities, but apart from knowing that being infected with the zombie virus offered a certain probability of awakening an ability, there was no other clue for awakening. However, he couldn't gamble with his subordinates on this probability, so his power had been diluted by some ability users.
"What is the success rate?"
"Taoyuan Base claims it's one hundred percent."
"Really!" The teacup in his hand dropped directly, but he no longer cared. "Did Taoyuan Base say how much they could provide?"
"They said as long as this side has enough crystal cores, they can exchange for any amount." When he heard this news, he couldn't believe it and had confirmed it several times.
"Go and fetch Yang Jia. We must send someone to Taoyuan Base as soon as possible." This was an opportunity, an opportunity for him to gain greater power.
"Yes, I'll go get Young Master Yang Jia right away." With that, he turned and left.
More and more people traveled to Taoyuan Base every day, and more and more people awakened their abilities. These newly awakened ability users all chose to stay in Taoyuan Base, but now Taoyuan Base was running out of housing.
The people of Taoyuan Base were preparing to clear out the neighboring city for housing. In fact, the city had already been largely cleared. Wandering zombies were almost invisible, but there were inevitably a few stragglers.
Recently, as the new ability users learned that crystal cores could enhance their abilities, they had all begun to form teams to clear out zombies. Not only to enhance their own abilities but also to enhance those of their loved ones. The newly awakened ability users found jobs within Taoyuan Base, earning points for their daily living expenses.
"Although the city is good, its defense is more difficult, so fortifications must keep up."
"Yes, it's already being planned. However, I'm afraid many people will be unwilling to relocate, as they are used to living here."
"Just move the network over. When there's no one to maintain it here, they'll naturally move."
"Will Teacher Lin move? If she's among the first to move, many people will likely follow her."
"Teacher Lin will definitely move. Her experimental equipment is too rudimentary. She'll definitely find better equipment in the city."
"That's true. It's just that many of these newcomers' specialties don't quite match, otherwise, we could find more assistants for Teacher Lin."
The responsible persons of this base were gathered together, discussing the matter of relocation. It wasn't that they couldn't expand their living area further, but without houses, expansion was useless. Having ready-made houses was better than building new ones. The population of Taoyuan Base would only grow. Although they could build now, the construction time was too long and would delay other matters. Therefore, when one of them proposed relocation, everyone thought it was feasible.
"Let the new residents endure for a few more days. Once we finish building the fortifications over there, we can move the people from here. However, this place shouldn't be abandoned. It can serve as a supply point and reception area. We've contacted other bases ourselves, and they should send people over soon."
"That sounds good. Let's send some people over first to tidy and set things up there, and then we can talk about moving. Things must get better and better. It's impossible for the other side to be worse than here."
"That's true." After discussing for a long time, they decided on the matter. However, it was certainly not possible to move now. Once everything was ready, they could move slowly.
The base of Wen Yi Tong was the most impacted by the Ability Awakening Potion. This was because many people awakened their abilities here and then chose to return to collect their belongings before settling in Taoyuan. When these people returned, their abilities surprised many. Since there was no requirement for secrecy, this news quickly spread among the lower strata of the base. Such a potion made them all restless. They all wanted to go there to awaken their abilities. Although they heard it was very painful, could it be more painful than having their dignity trampled underfoot? Especially after hearing the news spread by those people about Taoyuan Base, everything made them yearn for it. Did such a paradise truly exist in this apocalypse?
By the time Wen Yi Tong found out about this, half of the ordinary people in her base had already left.
"Ability Awakening Potion, why didn't you tell me about this?" Wen Yi Tong was very angry. If this potion was real, then all the preferential treatment she had given to ability users would become a joke. If everyone became an ability user, what would be left for her to remain so high and mighty? She was unwilling to become like that. This apocalypse was originally her opportunity. She had awakened a special ability, which could not only simulate but also attack. This allowed her to transform from an ordinary person into the owner of a base. She had so many subordinates who admired and respected her. She enjoyed the feeling of giving orders. Although this was not her absolute domain, she was still the most powerful person.
Seeing that this Ability Awakening Potion was exchanged for crystal cores, did it mean that the use of crystal cores had been discovered? So, had her secret been known by many people? She also wanted to upgrade her ability to a higher level as soon as possible. However, her ability consumed too many crystal cores. Even after collecting so many, she was still unable to break through to level four. She truly hated it. Why was the potion for awakening abilities invented at this time? Such a killer weapon should have been developed in the later stages of the apocalypse after countless hardships. Why was it developed now? Was heaven playing tricks on her? No, even if they awakened their abilities, so what? They were just more laborers!
"Taoyuan Base seems a bit too ungracious. Our two bases are so close, and they didn't share such good news with us." Wen Yi Tong quickly managed her emotions.
"Indeed. We should visit them a few more times and exchange for all those good things. I heard they are planning to turn the city over there into their base. They're truly generous." His tone was filled with envy.