The sacred tree is about to pass, and the cannon fodder's wish countdown is coming

She originally wanted to play here for a day and then go back to the base, but the system told her: time waits for no one.

After Lu Shi told Du Xiao and the others what happened, he planned to take Fu Ji away first.

As for Du Xiao and Yu Hang, they are free.

After that, they could go wherever they wanted without Lu Shi restraining them.

But judging from their expressions, they didn't seem very happy.

But it is understandable. After all, this kind of "job" that provides food, shelter and safety will no longer exist in the future, and they are about to return to the days of hiding and living in misery.

Lu Shi found it a bit funny to see them crying. "You don't have to worry too much about your safety. The cufflinks I gave Yu Hang can protect you three times. Yu Hang knows how to use them."

In order to prevent the spiritual weapon from being too special and attracting attention, Lu Shi turned it into the shape of a cufflink.

"If you still want to follow me, come to the survivor base east of Hai City. I may have to stay there for a while."

Du Xiao and Yu Hang both nodded obediently.

Lu Shi didn't know what their choice would be, and she didn't have time to guess what they were thinking at the moment.

The system's tone was urgent, and something big must have happened in the base.

Her little neighbor was still at the base, and she couldn't let him make any mistakes.

Taking advantage of the night, Lu Shi set off with the sleeping Fu Ji in his arms.

In order to ensure the speed of travel without waking up Fu Ji, Lu Shi had to use his supernatural power so that Fu Ji would not feel the bumps.

After rushing all the way, when Lu Shi finally arrived at the base, the sky was just turning pale and the dawn was breaking.

However, the scene before her left her dumbfounded and shocked beyond words.

It was completely different from the orderly and well-organized scene she remembered when she first entered the base. Now, the outskirts of the base were actually crowded with zombies.

They were baring their fangs and howling, and the bustling crowd was huddled together, surrounding the entire base.

Lu Shi was so claustrophobic that he developed trypophobia.

Fu Ji in his arms was still asleep. In order to prevent the noisy and harsh sounds from disturbing him, Lu Shi gently covered his ears.

Then, she flashed and leaped up like a ghost, lightly tapping the heads of the zombies with her toes. She quickly passed through the layers of encirclement like a dragonfly skimming the water and successfully entered the base.

The towering walls blocked the chaos and noise outside, and temporarily blocked Lu Shi's sight.

It was not until this moment that she truly understood the crisis the base was facing.

She returned to the mansion that Yu Sheng had allocated to her. Zhang Haoming and He Chen were not there, and the little black cat was not at home either.

After she carried Fu Ji into the room, she set out to look for Yu Sheng.

Yu Sheng was obviously surprised when he saw Lu Shi. "I notified you last night, and you arrived this morning? Then I underestimated you again."

Lu Shi smiled and raised an eyebrow, "Is it urgent? How long has the base been trapped?"

Speaking of this, Yu Sheng's face turned serious. "It's been seven days. Because the base was surrounded by zombies, the base team couldn't go out to collect supplies. The current supplies in the base can only last for a month at most."

The supplies at the base can only last for a dozen days. The extra time is because Yu Sheng took into account the food in his own space.

But even if all of them were contributed, it could only help the base last for 10 more days.

The most urgent thing for the base right now is to deal with the problem of zombies surrounding the base.

"What do you think?" Yu Sheng looked at Lu Shi seriously, with a hint of expectation in his eyes, hoping to get some constructive opinions from her.

Lu Shi narrowed his eyes slightly, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "What about you? From what I know about you, you are not the kind of person who will sit and wait for death."

Yu Sheng took a deep breath and said slowly, "The base has a lot of powerful weapons stored in it, as well as a large amount of artillery shells. Coupled with the tacit cooperation of the psychics, if we really have to engage in a fierce battle with the zombies, we have about a 50% chance of winning."

Having said this, she paused for a moment, then added, "Based on the current situation where there are so many zombies and so few people with special abilities, this is the most optimistic inference I can make."

Hearing that there was only a 50% chance of winning, Lu Shi couldn't help but frown, clearly dissatisfied with the result. She shook her head and muttered to herself, "50%...it's still too little."

Yu Sheng sighed helplessly and explained, "There's nothing we can do. Reality is just so cruel. Every time we fight, we lose people, and our numbers are only getting smaller and smaller. But it's different with the zombies. Not only will they not decrease, but new members may continue to join us."

Thinking of this, Yu Sheng's mood became heavier, and she rubbed her eyebrows tiredly.

During this period of time, in order to deal with this sudden crisis, she has not been able to get a good night's sleep for a long time.

Lu Shi was also well aware of the seriousness of the situation. She closed her eyes and began to carefully search her mind for various solutions to this crisis in the plot, but she still had no clue.

There seems to be no scene in the original plot where zombies surround the base, because this group of zombies is controlled by the villain Fu Ji, and Fu Ji has no interest in occupying the human base.

But this time Fu Ji was taken away by Lu Shi, so a higher-level zombie replaced Fu Ji, controlled the group of lower-level zombies, and besieged the base.

"How is the development of the zombie virus serum going?" Lu Shi asked suddenly. His voice was not loud but carried an oppressive feeling that could not be ignored.

Yu Sheng was slightly stunned when she heard this, and her movements unconsciously stopped. Finally, she sighed deeply, "Sure enough, I can't hide anything from you."

As Yu Sheng spoke, he gently shook his head, a hint of helplessness and bitterness on his face. "Everything was going smoothly, but in the past few days, we encountered a huge bottleneck, and the entire experimental process was suddenly stuck."

The original plot was the same, and the progress only continued after Fu Ji became an experimental subject.

Lu Shi nodded slightly to show that he understood.

Yu Sheng suppressed the sadness in his eyes, his tone filled with regret, "If the zombie virus serum had been developed, we wouldn't be so passive now. Maybe we would have returned to our pre-apocalyptic lives long ago..."

"It's not too late." Lu Shi interrupted her sigh with a serious face. Her voice was firm and powerful, bringing a glimmer of hope to Yu Sheng.

In the original plot, it took less than a month to fully advance the remaining half of the progress. If the zombies did not move abnormally, there would be enough time.

"Yu Sheng, I have a way to advance the experiment."

Yu Sheng became instantly excited when he heard this.

The Lu Shi she knew was not the kind of person who would speak without thinking. Since she said this, then she really had a way.

She almost couldn't wait to ask, "Comrade Lu, please tell me. If you have any conditions, you can raise them."

Hearing this, Lu Shi shook his head slightly. His eyes were calm and firm, and he slowly said, "No need. Didn't I owe you a favor before? It just happened that we are even now."

Then, Lu Shi paused for a moment before continuing, "As for the method I mentioned...it's actually very simple. It's just to change the experimental subject."

"Change the experimental subject?"

Yu Sheng couldn't help but frown when he heard this, then shook his head slightly, denying it and said, "We've tried this method, and the effect is minimal, almost no difference."

"That's because the experimental subjects you replaced were useless."

Yu Sheng's heart skipped a beat, and she wondered if there was something behind Lu Shi's words. She stared into Lu Shi's eyes and asked, "Do you have a suitable test subject?"

Yu Sheng felt that Lu Shi would not say such a thing for no reason, and a hint of inquiry flashed in his eyes.

"Have."

"But before that, I have to tell you a secret."

Under Yu Sheng's shocked gaze, Lu Shi's originally normal pupils began to gradually turn a layer of scarlet blood, his face turned grayer and grayer, and his teeth became sharp.

She raised her eyebrows slightly, reached out to brush away the strands of hair that fell on her lips, and chuckled softly: "Actually, I'm a zombie..."