There were dilapidated buildings, abandoned farmlands, and corpses at intervals.

Large tracts of land are barren.

After several years of development, the vegetation that had long been degraded has grown lushly again.

Although the area outside is not as old as the primeval forest yet, it is still covered with green bushes.

Headquarters area.

Before the times began to change, there were more than a dozen prefecture-level cities, hundreds of county towns, and tens of thousands of towns!
Nowadays, all the residential areas are gone, and they look like ghost towns.

Of the headquarters area, only Qi City remains.

Except for the area within a hundred miles centered on Qicheng, it is difficult to see any human habitation.

Therefore, every time the exploration team goes out, they must bring a lot of logistical supplies, otherwise they will starve to death outside.

Although the beast kings in the headquarters area have been killed and most of the beast tides have suffered several devastating blows, there are still many strange beasts.

These strange beasts have no beast king to support them, nor do they have large herds, so there is no way for them to form a huge beast tide.

But it does not mean that these strange animals are extinct.

They are still there.

In fact, they still have the absolute largest number in the entire headquarters.

There are still tens of millions of these strange beasts in this vast area of ​​the headquarters, which is definitely much more than the human race.

After the exploration team came out, these exotic beasts also became their food.

As long as you bring pots, pans, and other things with you, you can kill a few exotic beasts and eat them.

If you come across some exotic animals with delicious meat, you can kill them and have a satisfying meal.

That is, if you are unlucky and encounter a strong one, if an exploration team led by an S-level psychic encounters a monster that it has not killed before, it will be a real disaster!

You can't kill him, you can't beat him, and you can't run away.

All I can do is watch the team being slaughtered bit by bit. How can this not be considered despair?

Li Xiao and his team are now encountering such a team.

Within a few kilometers, they collected fifteen bodies.

The body has been there for some time, and basically the flesh is gone, leaving only some skeletons. No idea whether it was eaten or weathered away.

Judging from the time, it should have been eaten.

Li Xiao arranged for people to dig some pits for them, and then erected some nameless wooden signs. Everything that could prove their identities was gone, so this was the only way.

Li Xiao asked people to collect some things that could prove their DNA, and when they return, they will take them back for identification. After their identities are clarified, he will let Chen Xuan or two SS-level psychics go and try their best to bring the bodies back for collection while ensuring their own safety.

"I will erect a large stone tablet in Qi City and write down the names of all those who have sacrificed their lives for humanity."

"They are all people who have done glorious deeds for us. We should not forget them!"

Li Xiao said.

Several SS-level psychics were silent.

This doesn't mean that they don't agree with this matter, they agree very much.

They were not SS-level psychics from the beginning.

They are not beast kings that descended from the sky and are not so powerful right from the start.

They relied on their own efforts, fighting between life and death, and accumulating strength bit by bit!

It can be said that up to now, there is not a single SS-level mutant who has not been tempered on the brink of life and death.

There are few SSS-level psychics in the three regions, but does that mean there are a lot of SS-level psychics? There may only be about one or two hundred people in the three regions combined.

Considering the population of 20 million, it is still just a drop in the ocean!
Moreover, they are piled up from countless dead people, and the proportion is definitely not just just them among the simple 20 million population.

"Lord Li Xiao, there is no need to be sad. For the survival and re-emergence of the human race, this is what they and we should do."

"We are willing to follow you even at the cost of our lives because you are the hope of our race. You are the only one who has killed so many beast kings and given us hope in the dark ages."

“Their deaths were not meaningless, just like the team lying in the hospital right now. They knew the caves were dangerous, but they still explored them. There are some things that have to be done by someone, right?”

Wei Qiang, one of the five SS-level psychics who followed Li Xiao out to explore the cave this time, said so.

Li Xiao nodded, and he took Wei Qiang's advice to heart.

"Let's go. Let's continue our journey. According to the intelligence, the cave is about 300 kilometers away from us. It will take us another day if we travel at full speed."

Of course, one day is not the speed at which Li Xiao can travel.

This is the speed at which these SS-level psychics are traveling.

If Li Xiao was alone, he would have arrived by now.

Having seen too many unfair things along the way, several people are feeling a little gloomy.

There are very few words afterwards.

Just sit there in silence, rest, hurry on your way, rest again, and hurry on your way again.

Finally arrived.

This is close to the southwest.

This place is not within the West District, it is still in the headquarters, but if you go a few dozen kilometers further, you will reach a new area.

The southwest area is very strange, no survivors have ever come to the main area.

Maybe it’s because Qicheng in the headquarters area is too far away from here, and there are no survivors who can cross such a long distance to settle in Qicheng.

Li Xiao has no time to take care of the southwest region for the time being. He has just moved into the west and east districts, and there are a lot of things he hasn't had time to deal with. He can only devote his energy to the southwest region after these things are resolved.

And now, this cave in front of me.

It looks pretty ordinary.

Nothing special about it.

It’s similar to the cave dwellings in the north.

It’s just that it’s darker in here and looks deeper.

Li Xiao stood at the entrance of the cave and did not feel any energy fluctuations.

It’s weird.

"Throw something in and see?"

Li Xiao said.

Wei Qiang stepped forward and took out something from his backpack, which made Li Xiao's eyelids jump.

"Master Li Xiao, we have already made a plan. Don't worry, let's do it."

Then, Wei Qiang took out the drone that he had already placed in his backpack.

Then, under Li Xiao's gaze, he controlled the drone to fly into the cave.

Li Xiao was speechless, "Why didn't you take this thing out earlier?"

Wei Qiang smiled and said, "In fact, we don't need this thing normally. With the current abilities of superpowers, drones are not very useful. It's just that the situation today is special." (End of this chapter)