When Chen Xiaofei heard that they liked to be active at night, he immediately said, “It’s over, it’s over, as soon as it’s completely dark, won’t this be the lizardmen’s world?”

Qin Luo then reminded him, “That’s why you should never go out alone in the future.”

He said this very seriously.

Everyone had a rough idea of the situation, and at the same time, the forum posted an announcement.

It was indeed the lizardmen’s doing.

The situation immediately exploded.

• “Damn, damn, damn!”
• “Oh my god! How are the lizardmen reproducing so quickly? They just showed up as soon as we mentioned them?!”
• “The headquarters has already listed them as the most dangerous type of monster. Everyone, please stay safe!”
• “The foundation and buildings in the residential area are being reinforced, tonight, all metal-type ability users and those with rock-like mutations have been called to help reinforce the ground.”
• “The foundations and buildings in the residential area were already reinforced before, and now they’re being reinforced again. It should be fine. The lizardmen probably won’t be able to break through. If they could, there would have been more attacks on the streets.”
• “Hiss, so terrifying! Just thinking about these things crawling everywhere makes me sick.”
• “Everyone, stay safe.”

Fortunately, it was still the Little Ice Age, so most ordinary people were indoors, and very few went outside. The person who encountered it today was one of those few who liked to wander around, the kind of person who feels like they’ll die if they don’t go out.

The base would gradually notify ordinary people to prepare psychologically.

Ability users and mutants were also reminded to avoid going out alone, and later, they would be notified to take turns going on patrol missions.

Xu Duoduo understood that for the near future, no one would be able to leave the base, and the new mission for each combat team was this.

However, the points earned from fighting outside would be much less valuable now. Life would become much tighter, and everyone would have to live on their savings.

Teams like 3A, who were wealthy, would be fine, but for some of the smaller regular teams, it would be harder.

Chen Xiaofei said, “I can’t even imagine it. Right now, our lives are so nice, where we can eat whatever we want. But if we have to live frugally, we’ll hesitate to eat anything. I don’t know how we’ll survive, it’ll be so hard, sob.”

It’s easy to indulge, but hard to live frugally.

Bai Shu nodded in agreement, “From now on, we need to be careful. Don’t flaunt your wealth.”

They couldn’t let others know that they had so many supplies, or it would only bring trouble to their team leader.

Wang Weihui said, “Without the team leader, it would definitely be hard. We’d be eating dry rations and drinking nutritional fluids every day. But for those with no food, having these things is still better than nothing. So we’re lucky to have the team leader.”

He was also grateful.

Qin Luo looked at Xu Duoduo, who was seriously reading about the lizardmen, and couldn’t help but smile. Indeed, it was great that everyone could reunite.

Since the first lizardman incident, the second and third ones were not far behind.

3A had just had a nap and discovered that, in the middle of the night, the base had experienced two lizardman attacks.

Wang Weihui and the others rushed to find Qin Luo. As soon as they entered, they saw the team leader was already there, and they froze.

The young couple were in the living room blow-drying their hair.

Xu Duoduo, who was rarely a little shy, thought, who would bring their partner to sleep halfway through the night?!

Earlier, they had agreed that Xu Duoduo would sleep in her own room, and Qin Luo said it was fine for them to sleep separately. But in the middle of the night, he had snuck over, pulled her up, and carried her back to his room.

It felt good to him.

So when Wang Weihui and the others arrived, they saw this scene.

Chen Xiaofei had to say, “Beast! Qin Ge, when did you bring the team leader over again? Sob sob!”

He couldn’t continue.

Because Bai Shu pulled him away, saying to Qin Luo, “Qin Ge, can I borrow the bathroom?”

His mouth was full of toothpaste.

“Uh, Qin Ge, I need to borrow the bathroom too,” Wang Weihui said, and then he followed Bai Shu and Chen Xiaofei into the bathroom to rinse their mouths.

The three of them slipped away in an instant.

Qin Luo was blowing Xu Duoduo’s hair and was a little puzzled. “Does our bathroom smell better? Is brushing teeth here more enjoyable? Strange.”

One by one, they all ran over early in the morning to borrow the bathroom.

Once Xu Duoduo got over her shyness, she started preparing breakfast—various buns she had made earlier, a bottle of sweet soy milk for each person, fried instant dumplings with oil sticks, tea eggs, and a few boxes of spicy sauce and a bottle of vinegar.

Now everyone had their favorite breakfast ready.

Qin Luo continued to remind her, “Don’t forget to eat your mutant core on time, don’t be picky.”

Although human food now tasted good to Xu Duoduo, it mainly satisfied her cravings and didn’t provide any real “nutrition.”

The energy from mutated plants and animals was still not enough for Xu Duoduo to grow.

Now that Xu Duoduo could eat human food, her desire for the mutant core had diminished, and she ate less than before.

Qin Luo began thinking, “Did you get tired of the taste before? Next time, I’ll find something different for you.”

He could talk a lot on his own.

Xu Duoduo had gotten used to his constant chatter, so with him around, it didn’t feel so quiet.

After Wang Weihui and the others finished washing up, they all sat down obediently. They praised the team leader for the breakfast before they started discussing the serious matters.

Bai Shu said, “Qin Ge, looking at you, it’s obvious you haven’t checked the forum.”

Chen Xiaofei opened a bottle of soy milk and hummed, “The team leader is here with you, I was wondering why you didn’t know anything. When the team leader’s here, you don’t even check your tablet, only we three single dogs do that first thing in the morning! We’re really too miserable!”

Wang Weihui told Chen Xiaofei to stop joking and peeled a tea egg, putting it in his bowl. “Stop fooling around, eat up. The headquarters is already arranging the patrol teams, and they’re going to announce the list at 8 AM. Who knows, we might be the first team.”

Chen Xiaofei told him not to jinx it. “If we’re going to be assigned, it’ll probably be later, right? It’s still early, we haven’t even finished breakfast!”

Bai Shu also informed Qin Luo and Xu Duoduo about the two attack incidents from the previous night’s forum. “Luckily, the two who were attacked were ability users, so they reacted faster than ordinary people. They only got some injuries, and judging by the claw marks, it looks like the same lizardman.”

If this lizardman wasn’t caught, the base would definitely fall into panic.

Qin Luo had a serious expression, not even caring about breakfast anymore. He started reading seriously, and Xu Duoduo quickly took out her tablet, tapping away with her claws, opening the pinned post. The first few images were of the injuries.

One was on the thigh, badly torn and very painful-looking, and the other was on the back and shoulder, also badly scratched, the wounds weren’t small.

The forum was where combat teams shared experiences, so there were no blurred images.

Xu Duoduo frowned after looking at it. It was terrifying, but not too bad—she had seen a lot of gruesome scenes, and there was nothing new for her.