"Xiao Le? What's wrong?" Luo Shu looked at Luo Xiao Le's expression as if she were about to go to a heroic sacrifice.
Luo Xiao Le told Luo Shu about the protective shield blocking the ability, and Luo Shu was shocked.
"Didn't abilities only start to awaken gradually for everyone recently? How could someone have something to counter abilities so early? Is it really not a coincidence..." Luo Shu usually appeared cheerful, but she often managed to grasp key information.
Luo Xiao Le frowned. It was indeed the case.
They still didn't know who had activated the protective shield, cutting off the base.
But a protective shield that could envelop an entire small military base shouldn't be something that could be mastered in a short time.
This person must have known about abilities, and even possessed them, before others awakened theirs.
However, judging by the color of the protective shield, this person's ability likely wasn't part of the same power system as others.
After all, she had seen others' energy cyclones as white, while this protective shield was green.
These details could only be unraveled later.
The most important thing now was to head to the office building opposite.
...
Since the stealth invasion incident yesterday, the number of people on the training ground had significantly decreased.
Although everyone knew that such monsters mostly attacked at night, there had been cases of people being attacked during the day before.
The news spread quickly throughout the base.
The training ground had become rather deserted, with only a few people who were truly out of food and had been hungry for days, pulling out their last provisions to exchange with others in the dormitories and on the training ground.
Luo Xiao Le and Luo Shu didn't see the other members of their team; they had likely completed their missions and returned to their dorms.
Seizing the opportunity when a few people were walking around the training ground, the two quickly skirted the edge of the field and reached the office building opposite.
There were four soldiers at the entrance, armed with guns, guarding the entrance to the office building.
"It's just an office building, why do they have to guard it like this every day? What treasure is inside?" Luo Shu seemed to have discovered something incredible, her eyes wide with excitement as she peered inside.
"Wait, we can't get in. Why don't we find something to lure them away?"
Luo Xiao Le looked around and tilted her head, thinking.
She simply took out a few thumbtacks.
Luo Shu was terrified and grabbed her arm.
"Xiao Le! To deal with them, using thumbtacks, won't you misjudge the force? What if their heads get busted open..."
Luo Xiao Le was also taken aback. "Have I always given you the impression of only stabbing people with thumbtacks?" Hadn't she only ever stabbed zombies?
She would never directly use thumbtacks against living people; that would be too insane.
"I swear I won't stab them, okay?" Luo Xiao Le said with amusement.
Then, with a flick of her wrist, she aimed at a wall not far from the office.
She swung her wrist with force, sending several thumbtacks flying out in a straight line.
The thumbtacks encountered no obstacles and, like small cannonballs, embedded themselves deeply into the wall with several thudding sounds.
Several craters appeared in the wall, dust flew everywhere, obstructing vision.
"What's going on! General alert!" The soldiers instantly raised their guns and moved towards the wall, maintaining a vigilant posture.
The higher-ups had just issued an order that there were still mutated zombies at large, and they dared not be careless.
As they moved towards the wall, they didn't realize that Luo Xiao Le and Luo Shu, who had been hiding in the shadows, had already slipped silently into the office building.
The office building was only five stories high, not very tall.
But its grade appeared to be significantly higher than the dormitory buildings.
Luo Xiao Le surveyed her surroundings and found the entrance to the basement was closest to them, so she decided to search the basement for supplies first.
As she descended the stairs, Luo Xiao Le noticed many scuff marks on the walls.
It seemed they had transported a lot of good things inside.
Upon reaching the bottom, the large door in front of them had been replaced with an incredibly sturdy titanium alloy door, comparable to a bomb shelter.
Luo Xiao Le looked at the door, but felt no fear; instead, she was somewhat excited. The higher the level of protection here, the more good things there might be?
She raised her small knife, its skill enhanced by the World's Blade.
The next second, the knife was inserted into the door and sliced horizontally.
The locking mechanism in the middle of the door was directly broken, and even a section of the door's edge was sliced off.
Luo Xiao Le pushed hard, and the door opened with a slight creak.
The moment the door opened, a dazzling light inside directly flashed into Luo Xiao Le's eyes!
She looked closely and saw that the basement was enormous.
It was filled with compressed biscuits, energy bars, flour, rice, oil, and other food items. There was even a dedicated snack section storing plenty of cereals, oatmeal, and coffee powder.
In a pool that looked filled with water, there was a whole pool of intact cartons of Twellv milk and other oat milk...
It was unclear how they were preserved, but they hadn't spoiled...
There were even several large cabinets full of champagne, red wine, and cigars, all valuable consumables.
The golden light earlier was from the reflection of the lights on the luxurious packaging.
They were displayed separately on an ornate wall, looking like someone's private collection.
"A cancer... these are all cancers of capitalism... in a post-apocalyptic world where others can't even find food, these people are living such luxurious lives!" Luo Shu's eyes gleamed as she saw this, but she still clutched her chest and cursed out loud, looking heartbroken.
Luo Xiao Le was only shocked for a second.
Then she quickly rushed to the food and began searching for food items she hadn't yet stored in her space.
This was a golden opportunity that wouldn't come again! 138 Reading Network.
Once her food stall was unlocked, she would have all these things too.
Soon, she took one of each type of food and transported it twice into her space.
Finally, she heard the system's pleasant broadcast.
[Detected that the host has collected 10 different types of food.]
[Food types collected: 100/100 completed.]
[Mall coin accumulation progress: 117750/200000.]
Yes, she still needed to find more weapons to enhance for trading, striving to earn enough money to activate her food stall as soon as possible.
"Xiao Le, look, my goodness, this place is like a pirate's treasure trove..." Luo Shu exclaimed from the other side. Luo Xiao Le quickly ran over.
She saw that the other side was filled with all sorts of weapons, from knives to cannons, all good equipment, and they didn't seem to be the same type as those carried by the soldiers at the entrance.
It seemed the "leader" of this base had secretly hidden a lot of good stuff!
Luo Xiao Le's eyes curved into a smile as she saw the pile of very sharp weapons before her.
The stock here was plentiful, but the knives didn't have much lethality against the zombies outside.
With a thought, she activated her enhancement skill.
Luo Shu also picked up a small piece of cheese and started nibbling on it, silently waiting for Luo Xiao Le to enhance the weapons.
The protective shield hadn't been lifted yet, so he couldn't use his spatial ability either. With so many good things, he could only watch with longing.
[72 weapons enhanced, costing 14400 mall coins. Remaining balance: 103350 mall coins.]
Not bad, she could enhance 72 weapons in an hour.
Luo Xiao Le clapped her hands and put the 72 newly enhanced knives into her small pocket.
She casually picked up another 20-odd sheathed knives, and she and Luo Shu divided them.
Her mental energy was almost depleted; she could take some of the unenhanced ones back to strengthen later.
After all, these few weapons were just a drop in the bucket compared to the inventory in this vault.
As they left, Luo Shu also stuffed some physical items into his pockets, filling them to the brim.
The two decided to leave the vault first.
...
The guards at the entrance saw that the outer wall had been damaged by something, but it didn't look like zombie tracks.
They immediately returned to their posts.
One of them, feeling uneasy, called another soldier. They seemed to have searched the office building from top to bottom.
They happened to be at the stairs leading to the basement.
"It seems only the basement is left to check. Should we go down?" the two soldiers discussed.