After the typhoon was completely over, the base was left in a mess, with dirty streets covered in the severed limbs and blood of mutant animals. Fallen trees, scattered branches, leaves, and iron sheets were everywhere.

The logistics team, along with the civilians, began cleaning up.

The combat team members, exhausted, returned home to catch up on their rest.

They had successfully defended their home.

The death toll among ordinary civilians in the base was less than 200, which was considered low. The combat team suffered no fatalities but had over a thousand people seriously injured, though none of the injuries were life-threatening.

Because in the apocalypse, as long as a person still had a breath, a mutant ability user could be saved.

Humanity’s new breed had a lifespan that was significantly longer than regular people’s.

The stronger they were, the longer they lived.

**

When the little zombie woke up, her eyes immediately focused on the familiar yet unfamiliar ceiling.

She could hear people moving and talking in the living room.

“Do you think the squad leader will be shocked? She’ll definitely be scared, huh?”

“Enough nonsense, let’s get to work.”

…

There was some rustling noise.

But more importantly, she was suddenly drawn to something shiny!

Turning her head, the little zombie performed a flip and sat up in bed, staring in a daze…

Mutant nuclei!

Shiny mutant nuclei!

They had piled up into a mound as high as a small mountain! Her dulled sense of smell had returned as well.

The pale pink mutant nuclei even smelled faintly of fruit!

The little zombie widened her eyes in surprise, feeling like she was in a dream.

These mutant nuclei had filled half of her room!!

“How is it? Do you feel okay? Is your body not hurting? Surprised?”

With his keen nose and hearing, Qin Luo immediately noticed she had woken up and walked over, pushing open the half-closed door of the room.

Leaning against the door frame, he looked at her with a smile. “These are the mutant nuclei from the mutated bats last night, 23,000 in total.”

They were all one-star nuclei.

After the mission, everyone received a reward of 10,000 points each, plus ten boxes of marbles bombs.

“And this, this is from Xiaofei as an apology for bumping into you, as compensation for that. Lao Wang and Xiao Bai also joined in and bought some for you.”

There were a total of ten two-star nuclei. Xiaofei bought three for her, Wang Weihu and Bai Shu each bought two, and Qin Luo bought three as a reward for her rapid progress in ability.

Last night, the base had been attacked by rare mutated animals, all flying types—bats, various birds, and moths.

But they also benefited from this misfortune, as they ended up with a large number of mutant nuclei through the massacre.

Now, the price of mutant nuclei at the base had skyrocketed. A one-star nucleus was worth 5,000 points, and the other levels were even higher.

Especially since the advent of potions, the value of mutant nuclei had been greatly realized.

They were now worth more than gold.

Qin Luo told her to take them all. “After discussing it, we decided to leave them all to you.”

The little zombie needed nutrition.

Manyduo still hadn’t fully realized that they were really giving her all of this? These 23,000 mutant nuclei?

So many fragrant nuclei were all for her? But last night, they had killed so many mutated bats too!

She was stunned.

Qin Luo could tell exactly what she was thinking. “What are you thinking? Just take them, they’re for you. It’s not often that we get such a stroke of luck. It’s perfect for you to eat. In the future, you can use zombie nuclei for spending, since you don’t eat zombie nuclei.”

It was rare to find food she could consume, and the four of them agreed to leave all the mutant nuclei for her.

The team didn’t need the points. They weren’t wasteful and didn’t need to earn points for daily expenses.

They had enough points just from completing missions, so keeping the mutant nuclei for her was better.

Looking at her dazed expression, Qin Luo had already gotten used to the aftereffects of her overusing her abilities. Last night, he had urgently called Xiao Qiao to help her change clothes because their team was all big men.

Xiao Qiao was quite interested and also brought equipment to test. They found that Manyduo’s speed had already increased to 3.0 times.

She could now become a level-one speed-type mutant, just like Xiaofei back in the day.

Qin Luo had a sudden idea and decided to cover up Manyduo’s spatial ability by having Xiao Qiao classify her as a speed-type mutant and added that to her personal data.

As a result, her personal data now no longer showed [None] under abilities, but had been updated to [Speed-type Level 1 Mutant].

Xiao Qiao had praised how quickly Manyduo was growing. “Her speed used to be 1.5 times, and now it’s 3.0? Qin team is really good at guiding new recruits!”

She didn’t doubt this at all.

After all, Manyduo was the only zombie-mutated person in the base.

And zombies…

Their nature was to bite, claw, and suddenly accelerate to chase people.

So Manyduo’s speed ability didn’t raise any doubts from Xiao Qiao.

It was quite logical.

As for the aftereffects…

After Xiao Qiao checked her body, she found that fainting was a common side effect of overusing abilities. Although temporarily losing intelligence was rare, it wasn’t unheard of. “There were some cases where people became emotionally sensitive after overusing their abilities. There was even a middle-aged man who cried for his mother.”

Right now, no one could give a definitive explanation because the aftereffects were all so different.

But the aftereffects of overusing abilities would eventually subside on their own, so there was no major problem.

“But too much energy is very dangerous! Very, very dangerous. It can lead to death from bodily explosion, and that’s no joke. You guys need to be careful and not do anything foolish.”

After giving her the final warning, Xiao Qiao pinched the little zombie’s cheek and happily left. She was pleased to offer her services to the little zombie.

Everything was good.

The memory ended.

Once Qin Luo learned that Manyduo’s aftereffects wouldn’t harm her body, he stopped worrying. Anyway, she had only become a bit clingy, and it wasn’t a big deal.

Later, he urged her to go wash up since they needed to go receive their reward.

Last night, their team had made a huge contribution by wiping out the bat horde. The team’s efforts had been recognized because all the firepower had been focused on them, otherwise, these bats might have injured even more people. With the previous mutation of the snake-man, the headquarters planned to reward them with a ceremony.

“Ah, officials love these kinds of empty gestures, but we have no choice. We’ll just go through the motions and then return.”

Seeing her still in a daze, Qin Luo simply picked her up and carried her to the bathroom to save time.

Xiaofei, Bai Shu, and Wang Weihu were busy writing their thank-you speeches for the award ceremony!

They were scratching their heads in frustration.

Today, their camouflage abilities had all dissipated, and the little zombie looked at Qin Luo’s head, no longer seeing the dog ears.

She was saddened!

Xiaofei laughed and greeted her, “Aha! Good morning, squad leader! Did you sleep well? Are you surprised to see the mutant nuclei?”

Wang Weihu and Bai Shu also smiled, “Are you feeling okay, squad leader? Your ability overuse looks much better than last time.”