Chapter 391: Chapter 391: It’s Tomorrow Base

Although the glass vials didn’t look like they contained any proper medicine.

Still, on the principle of it being a last-ditch effort, they gave a dose to each of the forty-plus unconscious people.

Some of them immediately coughed up a yellowish substance.

For others, it trickled out of their mouths and noses.

This startled the onlookers, none of whom had any medical knowledge.

They thought the victims were goners for sure.

"This medicine... COUGH, COUGH... it actually works."

Surprise filled Hartley’s eyes.

Only then did Minerva Whitman and the others notice that some of the people who’d been struggling even to swallow were now starting to stir.

The "Selfless Savior" trigger notification appeared again.

This time, the count had reached 864 people.

The number slightly stunned Nina Jacobs as well.

’A causal link...?’

’By saving them, I’ve ended up saving even more people.’

"It’s working! It’s really working!" someone shouted in delight.

"It seems what they’re coughing up is the toxin," Draven Coleman said. He had been slightly skeptical about Nina Jacobs’s talk of Tomorrow Base, but now he believed her completely.

Not only had she saved them, but she had also saved Captain Lucas and his people.

"Captain Lucas, hello. I’m Nina Jacobs."

Seeing that Valerius Lucas had sat up and was looking at her, Nina Jacobs walked over to introduce herself.

"Thank you. I never thought there’d be an antidote for this poison."

Even now, Valerius Lucas could hardly believe they had all survived.

"If you really want to thank me, why not come back to my base right now?"

Nina Jacobs glanced at the time.

’If we don’t get going, we’ll probably have to spend the night here.’

"A base? You mean Lornwood Base?"

At the mention of Lornwood Base, Valerius Lucas’s expression grew much more serious.

"Tomorrow Base."

Nina Jacobs quickly explained, "The base is short on people right now, and we don’t ration water. If you’re interested, I can guarantee your safety on the way there."

Hearing Nina Jacobs’s words, Raphael Chase and the others were already tempted.

A brand-new base.

Safe and civilized.

Who wouldn’t yearn for that?

"We all agree," Draven Coleman declared.

"Tomorrow Base."

Valerius Lucas murmured the name to himself.

Then he made his decision. "We still have matters to investigate, but that doesn’t prevent us from joining a new base."

"Cap, you’re agreeing?" Hartley asked.

"I agree. Miss Jacobs isn’t turning us away, so what’s there to hesitate about?" Valerius Lucas said.

They were also in dire need of a safe place to recover.

Most importantly, he worried that group would discover this location sooner or later.

"We have a vehicle! The school has a bus!"

Raphael Chase stood up.

’I can’t believe we can actually leave this place,’ he thought.

Half an hour later, with everyone helping each other, the group of a hundred people boarded two large buses.

Although Valerius Lucas and his men had been cured of the poison, they were still weak and feeble.

Nina Jacobs invited him and two others to ride in her SUV.

"I’m curious as to why you were all poisoned, and with the same toxin," Nina Jacobs asked as she drove.

Even with the route already planned by the system’s map, she also listened to Hartley’s directions.

This was because he was a Spiritual Element Superpower User.

"At first, we were just conducting rescue operations. Then we stumbled upon something..."

Valerius Lucas didn’t think there was any reason to hide it, so he slowly began to explain.

It turned out they used to be at Lornwood Base.

Valerius Lucas had even been one of the old base commander’s most capable subordinates.

But at some point, the base gradually stopped rescuing survivors.

Instead, its main focus became collecting supplies.

Because of this, Valerius Lucas clashed with the old base commander and often disobeyed orders.

For instance, abandoning supplies to carry out unauthorized rescue missions.

Eventually, the old base commander kicked them all out.

After discussing it with the others, Valerius Lucas decided to form his own rescue team and began carrying out missions throughout Keldorn.

"A few days ago, we discovered that supplies from Lornwood Base were being shipped out on a regular basis. We’re still investigating where exactly they’re being sent.

Then we ran into some suspicious people and tailed them, but they spotted us..."

A fight broke out between the two sides. Unexpectedly, a Water Element Superpower User on their side with a strange Skill suddenly attacked, directly Controlling a liquid poison to assault them.

Although they managed to escape thanks to Hartley, their Spiritual Element Superpower User, they were all poisoned by that Water Element Superpower User.

"So, do you have any leads on where those supplies were being transported?" Nina Jacobs asked.

"We only tracked it to a station, which we believe is their cargo terminus. Where the goods go from there is still unknown."

Hartley, sitting in the passenger seat, replied.

He had been carefully giving Nina Jacobs directions, as he could tell she wasn’t very familiar with the roads in Keldorn.

"What’s certain now is that those people are powerful, and they definitely have connections to the higher-ups at Lornwood Base."

"Is it possible they’re outsiders?" Nina Jacobs asked.

’This surely has nothing to do with The Aegis Conclave, or Tristan Lynch and his group wouldn’t have come away empty-handed.’

’But this pattern reminded her of the Ziegler Family from Veridia.’

’Using a base for profit to then support their own family... Could this be another one of the Ziegler Family’s strongholds?’

However, Hartley denied it. "They should all be Keldorn locals, or at least people who have lived in Keldorn for a long time."

"What makes you say that?" Nina Jacobs asked.

’The book on Ancient Martial Clans mentioned that the Ziegler Family’s main headquarters isn’t in Keldorn.’

"Their accents. For example, I can tell you’re not from Keldorn.

Your hometown should be in the south-central part of Drakonia, near City D, City F, or City J?" Hartley ventured his judgment.

The Keldorn accent isn’t strong, but certain pronunciations are genuinely difficult for outsiders to master quickly.

"Besides, they’re very familiar with every aspect of Keldorn, right down to the side roads."

As a Spiritual Element Superpower User, he could observe them from a more holistic perspective.

For instance, he believed this was Nina Jacobs’s first time on these roads. Although she handled them with skill, it was likely based on her general experience with road conditions since the apocalypse began.

After hearing Hartley’s analysis, Nina Jacobs didn’t deny it.

She had indeed turned off the system map after memorizing the general route. As long as the direction was correct, she didn’t mind listening to Hartley’s guidance.

After all, he was a Spiritual Element Superpower User.

"I am indeed from City D," Nina Jacobs said.

’Which means that group probably isn’t from the Ziegler Family.’

Hartley and the others didn’t press for more details.

Although Valerius Lucas and his group had taken the "Healing Potion,"

because they had been poisoned for two days, their bodies were still extremely weak.

Just moving to get on the buses had exhausted their strength.

After exchanging a few words, Valerius Lucas and one of the others gradually drifted off to sleep. Hartley tried his best to stay awake, but he couldn’t fight off the overwhelming fatigue.

He vaguely remembered Nina Jacobs getting out of the car a few times, seemingly to fight zombies on the road. On two of those occasions, there had been quite a lot of them...

He wanted to say thank you or express his concern, but when he next awoke, it was already night.

Under the lights, people were frantically checking on them as several Strength Element Superpower Users carried them into a large hall.

He also seemed to hear a familiar and delighted voice.

"It’s Captain Lucas and his team! They’re alive!"

The one who said this was none other than Felix Finch.

"You know them?"

Nina Jacobs vaguely recalled Felix Finch mentioning a group like this to her before.

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