C47 Crater

"Did you hear? The white thing inside the meteorites is poisonous. You have to be careful in the future."

"Yeah, I heard that the two monsters yesterday were transformed by two children because they were too greedy and ate that thing."

"It's too scary."

"I don't know what the purpose of that thing is. He better not experiment on us."

The disciples of the Heaven Exploding Gang continued to collect the meteorites and Meteorite Eggs.

However, they were all extremely careful now, afraid that they would accidentally become monsters.

The rumor about the biological concentrated essence being poisonous was also spread by Zhou Heng.

Firstly, he didn't want more people to become monsters because of the concentrated essence.

Secondly, he had to control the strength of his subordinates.

Otherwise, if someone obtained a huge improvement from eating the concentrated essence, they would have the desire to rebel.

This was the nature of human nature.

Zhou Heng drove his domineering vehicle around the shelter to clear out any potential dangers.

In the past two days, he had used a large number of Meteorite Coins to exchange for meteorites.

Now, he had accumulated 600 Meteorite Coins.

The next step was to select a group of extremely loyal people from the disciples of the Heaven Exploding Gang and then modify their bodies.

The incident in the museum yesterday made him realize that if the entire Heaven Exploding Gang relied on him and Fann Yanglin's combat strength, it was far from enough.

He had to ensure that the Heaven Exploding Gang members had the ability to protect themselves, but he couldn't let their abilities be too strong.

Therefore, he found the "imitation biological evolution drug" from the shopping mall.

The price of this drug was 10 Meteorite Coins, half the price of the Genetic Evolutionary Drug.

The most important thing was that this kind of imitation biological evolution drug could allow a person's ability to evolve towards the biological direction.

As for what kind of biological ability the person who consumed it would evolve, that was not known. It was all determined by the person's physique.

After the evolution, the person's strength would be significantly improved, but in terms of overall strength, they would still have a certain gap with Fann Yanglin.

Not to mention comparing with Zhou Heng, the difference between them was like the difference between heaven and earth.

"It seems like there is no danger around here. The system did not give me any warnings of calamity in the past two days. I should be able to rest for a while longer."

Zhou Heng muttered to himself and prepared to drive back to the shelter.

However, just as he turned around, the ground in front of him suddenly caved in.

At the same time, a loud explosion sounded out.

The ground started to shake violently, as if an earthquake was happening.

The tremor lasted for half a minute.

The houses that had collapsed in the surroundings were ravaged once again. Bricks, tiles, and stones kept rolling down from the ruins.

Zhou Heng gripped the steering wheel with both hands and stepped on the gas pedal, dodging the rocks nimbly.

Only when the tremor stopped did he step on the brakes.

"System, what's going on?"

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? Is there another cataclysm going to happen here?"

He was checking the surrounding environment.

No natural disasters had been detected.

Warning! Warning! Detecting a large number of non-human life fluctuations in front of them!

Zhou Heng's heart sank. He quickly ordered the humanoid Combat UAV to check the situation ahead and drive away.

After he had run far away, he checked the image transmitted by the UAV.

He saw that a huge circular crater had appeared on the devastated ground.

The crater's diameter was about 300 meters.

From time to time, ear-piercing screams and deep roars could be heard from inside.

It seemed like something was about to rush out, but for some reason, it couldn't.

"This is similar to the craters that appeared in various places before the cataclysm. But why would this crater suddenly appear here?"

The craters represented disasters. The underground monsters had come to the surface through the craters.

"This place is so close to the Shelter. It seems like there's trouble!"

Zhou Heng pondered. He wondered if he should move the Shelter somewhere else.

With such a dangerous crater right next to the Shelter, he would definitely not be able to sleep well at night.

At this moment, two cars appeared in the image.

They were two military armored vehicles.

Zhou Heng did not continue to watch. He left one of the UAVs to monitor the situation from afar and activated the light refraction and invisibility function.

He still didn't want to deal with the military.

When they returned to the shelter, Huo Yun greeted them.

"Heng, the food is ready. Come and eat."

Huo Yun ran over and said with a smile.

She skillfully took the coat that Zhou Heng threw over and folded it.

"Mom, where's my dad?"

Zhou Heng asked as soon as he sat down.

Fann Qinghua walked over from the kitchen with a plate of stir-fried vegetables.

"He has been in his room the whole day."

"If he didn't respond to me, I would have barged in."

Zhou Heng was afraid that something might have happened to Zhou Guoqiang.

He quickly put down his chopsticks and knocked on the door of his parents' bedroom.

"Dad, come out and eat!"

"You guys eat first. I'm not hungry!" Zhou Guoqiang replied in a low voice. He didn't seem to be in a good mood.

"Dad, did something happen? If there's a problem, just tell me. I will think of a way to solve it for you."

"I want to be alone."

Zhou Heng knew that something must have happened to his father.

After a few seconds of silence, he clenched the door handle.

"Dad, I'm going in."

The door lock was as fragile as tofu in his hand.

In the bedroom, Zhou Guoqiang looked at Zhou Heng in surprise.

"Dad, what happened? Tell me. I can help you."

"Son, don't ask. I don't want to trouble you."

"Look, I'm your son. Your problems are my problems."

As he spoke, Zhou Heng sat beside Zhou Guoqiang and patted his back lightly.

At that moment, he saw his phone, which was hidden under his pillow, flashing on the screen.

Now that the communication satellites could be used again, the phone could still be used to surf the internet.

He suspiciously took out his phone and saw a picture on the screen.

On the picture was a middle-aged man with his upper body naked hanging from a tree. His body was covered in wounds.

However, he still raised his head and looked forward with bright eyes.

This scene was posted online.

"This person is Uncle Meng, right? Isn't he a high-ranking official in the military? How did he get beaten up like this?"

Meng Deyao was Zhou Guoqiang's childhood friend. He was Zhou Guoqiang's only friend in his life.

Meng Deyao was slightly younger than Zhou Guoqiang, so Zhou Heng had called him Uncle Meng since he was a child.

Zhou Guoqiang nodded heavily as tears started to fall uncontrollably from his eyes.

"I found this on the internet. Now, he is being treated like a monster in the Sanctuary and being abused to this extent."