137: The Divine Turtle of Peach Blossom Spring, the Fountain of Immortality

Chairman Wang led a group of people back to Jiangcheng City to search for survivors. Although Jiangcheng City was now overrun with Infected, there were still many survivors.

When the Doomsday Game descended, a considerable number of people successfully chose a Shelter, and many of them had not emerged from Jiangcheng City.

Even excluding those with Shelters, there were still many ordinary survivors; never underestimate the tenacity of human life.

In a rental house in Jiangcheng City, Ye Zhixia looked at the regional announcement for a base called Xingyao outside Jiangcheng City. She got up to pack her belongings, preparing to head there.

Below the announcement was a forum link containing pictures and videos of the Xingyao Base. This was the best base she had observed in the Jiangcheng City region over the past month, without exception. Moreover, the mental state of its people was significantly better than that of other bases.

Although she possessed an S-rank Talent, it was merely supportive, so she needed to find a strong backing. However, she didn't want to casually join any base, as she might end up being imprisoned and becoming... But this newly announced Xingyao Base was different, not only because of its powerful strength but also because its leader was a woman.

Ye Zhixia's gaze sharpened. She packed everything into a thermos cup, which was a shelter item.

Looking at the shelter item in her hand, Ye Zhixia was momentarily stunned again, but quickly recovered, gripping a knife, and headed downstairs.

The regional announcement from Xingyao Base quickly caused quite a stir in the Jiangcheng City region.

Many people had already begun packing their bags, preparing to head to Xingyao Base.

Not for any other reason, but primarily because this base was very strong.

Secondly, this base was very strong!

Even though Xingyao Base had only announced one Level 4 A-rank Talent Holder, Chairman Wang.

But now, Level 4 was already considered top-tier. Regardless of the level of experience stone used, just going from Level 3 to Level 4 required a thousand experience stones. This amount was a massive number for anyone less than a month into the apocalypse.

Even many lucky individuals who entered experience dungeons could generally only upgrade to Level 2 or Level 3. Only if their combat power was already strong when entering the dungeon, and they were lucky enough to encounter a treasure tree, could they upgrade to Level 4.

Otherwise, they could only rely on the Safe Zones established by the officials. But even Safe Zones couldn't have existences above Level 4, because it wasn't necessary for those below A-Rank Talent, and those above A-Rank Talent required too many experience stones, a full ten thousand. The higher the level of the experience stone, the rarer it was. Although official Safe Zones had large populations, they inevitably represented complex power dynamics, making it difficult to concentrate all resources to cultivate such a person.

Unless a major danger like a Level 5 Calamity Beast was encountered, but currently, the highest Calamity Beast was only Level 4. So these complex official Safe Zones would rather use these ten thousand experience stones to cultivate ten Level 4 powerhouses, allowing various factions to divide them, than cultivate one Level 5 individual and create a 'tyrant' above them.

For them, balance was most important.

Therefore, a small, suddenly emerging base with a Level 4 A-rank Talent Holder, a type usually only found in official Safe Zones, instantly attracted the attention of many people in Jiangcheng City.

Below the announcement post, there were many messages from players in the Jiangcheng City region.

"A Level 4 Talent User? And an A-Rank Talent! Are you kidding? How could a small base have a powerhouse of that level!"

"Exactly, exactly, it must be fake. Where would they get so many a-rank experience stones? That's over a thousand a-rank experience stones! As the leader of a base with hundreds of people, I struggle to gather that many F-rank and E-rank experience stones, let alone A-rank. Do you really think they're like those official Safe Zones?"

"They're probably boasting, hoping survivors will run over themselves, saving them the trouble of searching."

"Damn! Clever! I'll boast a bit too later!"

"Can you guys finish reading before you speak? A bunch of noobs, look at their base's forum before talking. Can that video be Photoshopped?"

"I can prove it, it's all true, even stronger, because I'm in this base. I was lucky enough to follow them out from the beginning. Now I have no worries about food and drink, and there's something even more shocking that you might not believe. In short, you will definitely not regret joining Xingyao Base."

"That's right, although our base currently has fewer people, there are certainly no shortage of powerhouses. To tell you the truth, we have more than one existence like Chairman Wang in our base."

"Hehe, you can really boast. I could also say our base has a Level 5 powerhouse!"

"Folks, don't go! They want to use you as two-legged sheep!"

"I think you're the ones who want to catch people as two-legged sheep."

"I suggest those without much brain not to come to our base, it's easy to lower our base's average IQ."

"Plus one, our Xingyao Base doesn't accept just any survivor."

"Our Chairman Wang has already gone to Jiangcheng City, let her show you our Chairman Wang's strength!"

Xingyao Base quickly spread throughout Jiangcheng City. Many other bases, large and small, tried to discredit them, but most people had the ability to make their own judgments. The daily posts and battle posts on the Xingyao official forum were enough to explain many issues.

Some people with Shelters, seeing that hope for rescue from the Daxia officials was gone and the city was becoming increasingly dangerous, began to move their families towards Xingyao Base.

It is foreseeable that within the next month, the survivor population of Xingyao Base will experience a surge, completely widening the gap between it and other bases in the Jiangcheng City region.

North Ridge, Peach Blossom Spring Wonderland.

Just a few days passed, and the sacred spirit peach tree had grown from over twenty meters to over fifty meters.

Peach blossoms covered the branches. As a gentle breeze swept through, petals drifted across the entire lake island and the lake. Finally, the petals fell, some eaten by birds, beasts, insects, and fish, while others merged into the soil, mountains, and water.

This region, under the influence of the peach blossoms, gradually became extraordinary.

At this moment, an old tortoise, surprisingly carrying a spring on its back, headed towards the Peach Blossom Spring Wonderland.

Tao Yumian sensed the aura and slowly raised her head from the medicine field: "They're here."

The peach tree behind her swayed, seemingly delighted.

The old tortoise swam across the lake and finally reached the island. The mysterious spring also settled beneath the peach tree.