The apocalyptic livestream attracted a lot of haters, alarming the government.

The Western-style street outside the base is bustling with activity, its shops wide open on both sides.

People could be seen coming and going everywhere on the street, and Ye Xiao realized that there were indeed quite a lot of people in this base.

The fans in the live stream were very interested in this place. After all, Ye Xiao had been trapped underground since entering the base and had never seen the real appearance of the base.

[Three Foxes: If we didn't know what was going on outside, this place would seem quite normal.]

[Tiger-Headed Soldier: This base looks huge, there are so many people!]

[Milk Egg Not Bland: This is what you call a lot of people? It's like having the size of our school.]

[Accompanied by flowing light: Finally, we don't have to be cooped up underground anymore. It looks so lively. Let the streamer wander around!]

[Ah Hao, who's eating dirt: Take a look at the local culture and customs]

……

Looking at the scrolling comments, Ye Xiao was speechless.

What kind of cultural style is this? What kind of cultural style can this crappy place possibly have?

They were all dressed like they came from the slums, their clothes were all dusty and worn.

Everywhere you look, you can see people pulling carts loaded with all sorts of scrap metal.

Zhou Hu led the way, with Ye Xiao and Chen Ge following behind.

Ye Xiao asked Chen Ge beside him with some curiosity:

"Hey, what did you say to Zhou Hu just now? Why did he agree so readily?"

Chen Ge smiled and said, "I've heard about him at the base. He's a loyal guy. I told him that you saved our lives, and not just once, and he agreed."

Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow. That's it?

Seeing Ye Xiao's confusion, Chen Ge smiled and said, "In the apocalypse, there are very few people willing to risk their lives. Those who would rather maintain a small group than expand their numbers are probably like us."

Ye Xiao understood Chen Ge's meaning; Zhou Hu and his group had probably been betrayed before.

We arrived at a small Western-style building, with a narrow doorway between two shops.

As soon as Zhou Hu opened the door, he saw an escalator extending towards the second floor.

Just as Ye Xiao and Chen Ge reached the door, they heard a noise coming from upstairs.

Zhou Hu was stunned for a moment as he pushed open the door, and before he could even say a word, he immediately rushed upstairs to the second floor.

Ye Xiao and Chen Ge exchanged a glance. "Has something happened?"

The two immediately followed and ran upstairs, up the narrow wooden staircase.

The two followed closely behind Zhou Hu and rushed into a suite on the right, which was decorated in a classical medieval style.

Zhou Hu strode into a bedroom and saw one person lying on the bed while the other two were holding his arms and shoulders down.

The man lying on the bed had his limbs tied to the four corners of the bed, but his body was still struggling frantically.

His face was contorted in a grotesque manner, with large patches of dark purple veins spreading across his neck and limbs, and continuing to spread towards his head.

The person on the bed looked to be around the same age as Zhou Hu, nearly thirty or forty. He seemed to have lost his mind, constantly letting out low growls from his throat, struggling desperately with his limbs, trying to break free of his restraints.

That appearance instantly reminded Ye Xiao of people possessed by demons in some Western fantasy movies.

Upon seeing Zhou Hu return, one of the men who was suppressing him with all his might shouted anxiously:

"Tiger, the captain is dying. He's already been injected with the inhibitor we borrowed, but it doesn't seem to be working!"

Zhou Hu's face paled instantly. "How could this be? Could it be that they've already developed antibodies to the inhibitors?"

Chen Ge stared at the person on the bed, his eyes widening, and exclaimed in surprise:

"Hey, isn't he about to undergo a mutation?"

Mutation?

Ye Xiao immediately turned his head to look at the guy on the bed whose body was almost covered with blood vessels. Zhou Hu couldn't care less about anything else at this moment and looked at Ye Xiao with a pleading expression.

"Brother Ye Xiao, we'll agree to any request you make. But could you lend us some seed cores? I need to go get my captain's injection right away!"

Given its condition, inhibitors are probably useless, right?

Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow and glanced at Zhou Hu. Not to mention that Zhou Hu was a gloating person, this accident was just too coincidental and exactly what he wanted.

Ye Xiao chuckled inwardly; this was the kind of person who loved doing favors!

Ye Xiao did not answer Zhou Hu, but instead pretended to reach into his pocket to take something out.

He had actually brought up the shop panel, redeemed a [Mutation Blocker] there, and walked to the bedside.

Ye Xiao reached out and took out the mutation inhibitor. Looking at the orange-red bright spots clustered among countless bulging blood vessels on the exposed chest, he threw the thing in his hand towards Zhou Hu.

"Inject it into his chest!"

Zhou Hu caught the object that was thrown to him and looked at the red liquid inside, feeling puzzled.

"what is this?"

"Mutation inhibitor, hurry up!"

Upon hearing Ye Xiao's words, Zhou Hu didn't even have time to doubt before he quickly injected the medicine into the chest of the person on the bed.

The red medicine was slowly pushed into the chest. Zhou Hu picked up the empty syringe and realized that he had injected the captain with something unknown without verifying it.

A few seconds later, the orange-red spotlight, which looked like a flickering flame, slowly began to subside.

The swollen, purplish-red blood vessels began to visibly lighten and flatten out, gradually fading away.

The restless people gradually calmed down, as if the possessing demons had been temporarily exorcised.

"It worked, Tiger, the captain seems to be alright!"

The two people by the bed, already drenched in sweat, looked at Zhou Hu with surprise. Zhou Hu stared blankly at the syringe in his hand, then turned to look at Ye Xiao.

Then, without saying a word, he knelt down directly in front of Ye Xiao.

"Brother Ye Xiao, thank you, thank you!"

As he spoke, he kowtowed to Ye Xiao.

Zhou Hu's sudden action caught Ye Xiao off guard, startling him with Zhou Hu's exaggerated behavior.

It seems that the captain they're talking about is very important to them!

Ye Xiao quickly reached out to help Zhou Hu, who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing loudly, saying:

"Hey, hey, we're brothers from now on, aren't you being distant?"

Ye Xiao looked at the person on the bed whose complexion was gradually returning to normal and asked, "Is this your captain? What happened to him?"

Seeing that something was wrong, Zhou Hu sighed and said:

"The captain was seriously injured once while saving us. Although he survived, his mutation rate has increased since then and he is very unstable, often requiring the use of large amounts of inhibitors."

Zhou Hu's face was full of helplessness. "However, it seems that the inhibitor's effect is not very ideal now."

He looked at Ye Xiao, his eyes filled with gratitude.

"If you need anything in the future, just give the order. My life, Zhou Hu's life, belongs to you."

Ye Xiao rolled his eyes and waved his hand, "Why would I want your lives? Didn't I say? If you join us, we'll form an adventure team, and from now on we'll be brothers."

"Isn't this a small matter?"

Just then, the man on the bed, with a resolute face and stubble, struggled to sit up and spoke to Ye Xiao:

"My situation is too unstable, brother. Thank you, but I have a favor to ask. Let my brothers join you. As for me, I'm a ticking time bomb, and my need for potions is too high. I'll only be a burden to you."

"I can't be a burden to them anymore."

"Captain! What are you saying? How could you be a burden?"

The two young team members in their twenties beside the bed retorted angrily, while the person on the bed just waved his hand and shook his head, seemingly having given up hope for his condition.

If the inhibitor is still effective, that's fine, since it's not too expensive.

But now the inhibitor has become ineffective, and a single dose of the [mutation blocker] is far too expensive. If he continues like this, he will only be a burden to others.

Ye Xiao had already seen through the captain's plan, but he also knew that his team members would not just abandon him and go with him.

However, it's quite rare to have such loyal and righteous team members in this post-apocalyptic world.

Just as the atmosphere in the room fell into an eerie silence.

Ye Xiao suddenly laughed and clapped his hands.

"Hey, what a coincidence! The biggest perk of our team is that we get free mutation inhibitors."

Seeing Ye Xiao's grinning face, Zhou Hu and the captain on the bed were both stunned.

Free mutation inhibitors?

No, is that thing free?

Ye Xiao's tone is too arrogant, isn't it?