The Dharma King frequently asked Chen Luo for ten to twenty jin of pork these past few days, using it to keep the silver wolf from starving.

He also diligently killed zombies and found crystals to feed the silver wolf.

He was acting like a good husband.

Plus, with the Dharma King displaying his might, the silver wolf seemed to be showing signs of submission.

This silver wolf had decent talent. At level two, it could absorb two level-three crystals. With the Dharma King’s help, it quickly reached level three.

The gray wolf was far behind.

Mi Li was the first to advance to level five, followed by Mi Ling, Mi Fan, Xia Haoran, Su Dazhu, and Shu Yun, who successively reached level five.

Chen Luo adjusted the members’ daily tasks to killing three level-three zombies per day.

In another half month, Chen Luo would increase this minimum task to five.

In fact, many members now killed more than five zombies every day, and the extra ones were all converted into points.

How could they earn points just by completing the minimum task?

Chen Luo recalled that zombies would evolve to level four in a little over a month.

At this time, people like Leng Chen, who originally had good talent and could absorb six crystals from the beginning, had reached level four with the help of level-three crystals, even though Chen Luo hadn’t given him any good crystals.

Survivors whose advancement speed couldn't keep up with the zombies would have a hard time, as there was a big gap between level three and level four.

When zombies reached level four, they not only improved in strength but also made a small improvement in intelligence. They would no longer wander aimlessly but would purposefully start searching for survivors.

Although the villa area was remote, it was still within the city. At that time, it was likely to be attacked by large-scale zombie hordes.

He had to start preparing a new base; he couldn’t afford to wait until the last minute.

Chen Luo had already planned where the new base would be. A small village more than thirty *li* outside the city was very suitable.

First, he would clear out the zombies there, and then organize manpower to start building the new base.

This morning, Chen Luo led more than four hundred people in sixteen trucks to their destination, Lizhuang Village.

Chen Luo had told everyone last night that there would be a mission today.

After more than an hour, they arrived at their destination.

This village had a population of about one thousand, but the area was large, so the zombies wouldn’t be densely packed. It wouldn’t be too easy for Chen Luo's people to eliminate them.

Chen Luo instructed, "Pay attention to the zombies, but also pay attention to insects and other creatures. They are likely to have mutated as well. They aren't deadly, but they are poisonous. It will be very uncomfortable if you get bitten."

Before coming, Chen Luo had specifically told everyone not to wear short sleeves and shorts.

The countryside now was no longer just thatched houses and mud houses. Almost every family had a two- or three-story building.

The supplies of a rural household were likely to be more than those of a city building. There might even be sweet potatoes and potatoes in the cellar.

Acquiring resources here wouldn't be difficult, but he didn't know if they had already been taken.

Chen Luo chose this place not only because of its good location but also because there was a sizable river nearby, so they could fetch water nearby and purify it with a water purifier.

Water purifiers couldn’t purify the viruses in the water. Drinking this water would affect the speed of advancement, but it wasn’t immediately obvious. It was a slow poison.

It would only have an effect if you drank a lot.

Chen Luo would provide elite members with his own reserved water resources. Ordinary members, well, they would have to drink purified water.

Ordinary members generally had average qualifications. Drinking any kind of water would be the same for them; their levels were fixed.

It would only have a big impact on people like Chen Luo, Mi Ling, and Mi Li.

Mi Fan was being held by Chen Luo. Perhaps he was uncomfortable, or perhaps it was his first time in the countryside, and he was curious about everything in the countryside. He climbed onto Chen Luo’s shoulder and held Chen Luo’s head with his two paws.

Chen Luo rolled his eyes. Only Mi Fan could climb onto the head of the Void Monarch.

A black butterfly with spots, bigger than Chen Luo’s palm, flew straight towards Chen Luo.

It looked very ugly.

Mi Fan screamed in fright.

To be honest, Chen Luo’s heart also crawled at the sight of such butterflies and insects.

It wasn’t fear of their strength, but a psychological reaction like girls having when they see mice or snakes.

Chen Luo could easily grab it and kill it with his hand, but how disgusting would that be?

Chen Luo took out the iron claw’s claws and used them as a fly swatter, using all his strength. The butterfly was immediately swatted into the mud.

Chen Luo came to the river and looked at the water quality. It was okay.

Mi Fan asked curiously, "Are there fish inside?"

Chen Luo nodded, "Yes, but they are very unpalatable, sour and astringent."

Having lived in virus-filled water for a long time, the fish’s meat had long since mutated.

It would become more and more unpalatable over time.

Just then, a shout came from afar: "There's a powerful zombie here, run!"

Chen Luo narrowed his eyes and immediately ran in the direction of the sound.

For this operation, Chen Luo had the twenty members act together as a group.

With the members cooperating with each other, it would be difficult for a dozen zombies to harm them.

A group of members cautiously entered a house to search and see if there were any zombies.

Who knew that a cunning zombie was hiding behind the door, and after the leading member entered, it suddenly grabbed his neck and laughed eerily.

"Peek-a-boo, you didn't see me, did you?"

The member saw its appearance. It was a zombie with an unusually large head, almost twice the size of a normal person, bloated, ugly, and very scary.

Then, its neck was snapped.

The others attacked one after another, but it basically had no effect.

Everyone's expression changed.

Seeing the big-headed zombie chase out, they quickly scattered and ran away, as many as could. At the same time, they shouted a warning.

Members killed by zombies could only blame their bad luck.

Chen Luo had specifically taught them that if they encountered a mutant, they should scatter and run, and not try to hold on.

Ordinary people couldn't beat them at all. Could twenty level-three individuals defeat a level-five or level-six, or even higher-level, mutant?

Saying not to abandon teammates meant dying together.

Although mutants were powerful, they weren’t so powerful that they could kill everyone. Their lifespans were limited, and they wouldn’t keep killing people. They would stop when they were full.

Otherwise, how could survivors survive?

The big-headed zombie killed two people and muttered to itself, "Enough for Iron Head to eat his fill."

Chen Luo arrived, and the fleeing members had a backbone, stopped running, and glared hatefully at the big-headed zombie.

The big-headed zombie was about to eat when it saw Chen Luo and seemed to sense that Chen Luo was very unusual.

The big-headed zombie warned, "I am Iron Head. My head is very hard. Get out of here if you don't want to die."

The big-headed zombie pointed to its head: "Come on, hit my head."

It had intelligence, but it was limited, like a naughty child.

Chen Luo was expressionless. It was a meat-based system. The iron claw's mutated part was in its claws, so the big-headed zombie's mutated part was its head.

Chen Luo stepped forward and kicked the big-headed zombie in the crotch. It wanted to dodge, but it couldn't.

The big-headed zombie's face instantly contorted.

Pain, too much pain.

The big-headed zombie said with difficulty, "I said my head is hard, not this part."

Chen Luo kicked it again fiercely.