In Oil City.

Faced with the series of questions raised by Li Yu, Qingyang pondered for a few seconds before speaking:

"Corpse Speaker."

"???" Li Yu and the others were shocked, very puzzled about what the connection was.

Qingyang continued: "Actually, it's like this. When I went down the mountain with my fellow apprentices, near the Chang City area, many survivors were having a very hard time. The zombie threat was one aspect, but the main reason was the oppression and threats from two forces: the Corpse Speaker and that prison on the outskirts of Chang City.

At that time, there was a large survivor base at Poyang Lake, led by a person named Dongfeng. We had been there.

By chance, we witnessed Ma Jun and his group from the Chang City prison coming to the Poyang Lake base, forcibly collecting grains. They had guns, and people had to surrender.

Later, we moved around.

We dealt with the Corpse Speaker, who lurked among the zombie tide, luring zombies over and causing us considerable trouble.

At that time, we were also in Jinxian, and at the crossroads, we saw a few cars with Gan City plates. In hindsight, it should have been your people. Later, we heard gunshots and saw those cars with Gan City plates coming out at the crossroads. When we entered Jinxian, we found the corpse of a Corpse Speaker and knew that you should have eliminated them.

Later, when we returned to Dongfeng, he mentioned that the prison people didn't show up anymore.

On a few occasions afterward when we were in Chang City, we saw people with Gan City plates again, seemingly searching for supplies in Chang City. There was one person I remember very clearly, a man over two meters tall, strong and powerful, with a team full of vigor.

We then shared this information with Dongfeng. Just around that time, several heavy rainfalls affected Poyang Lake significantly. So I suggested that if he couldn't hold out, maybe he should try his luck in Gan City to the south..."

.....

As Qingyang spoke, no one interrupted him.

Li Yu, however, was somewhat speechless, not expecting that a single car plate could reveal information.

After the incident with the Western Alliance last time, he had ordered all car plates removed. Unexpectedly, before the Western Alliance incident, someone had already seen the plates and knew of his group's existence. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Though only a rough area was known, they perhaps didn't know the exact location of the Big Camphor Tree base.

Beside him, Li Tie leaned over to Li Yu and whispered, "That two-meter-tall guy Qingyang mentioned should be Zhu Xiao and their group, right? I remember their team often goes far to collect supplies."

Li Yu nodded and said, "It should be their group."

Afterward, Li Yu thought for a while and recalled that this Taoist wasn't encountering them for the first time, just that they hadn't had direct contact. It's quite a coincidence.

After pondering, Li Yu looked at Qingyang and said slowly, "Earlier, you mentioned looking for your fellow apprentices. When did you get separated?"

The young Taoist looked up at the sky and said, "More than half a year ago, during a series of natural disasters. When the weather got hot, the volcano erupted, and the world was in darkness for days. Food was scarce, and when I went out to find food, I encountered a zombie tide, and we got separated then.

Since then, I haven't seen them again. I've searched near Dongfeng, at our original base, and even waited on Sanqing Mountain, but there was no trace of them..."

Hearing this, Li Yu nodded; terrifying natural disasters were indeed troublesome.

Extreme heat, water shortages, volcanic eruptions, volcanic ash covering the globe, and then long periods of darkness followed by sudden cold and drastic temperature drops...

That wave of natural disasters posed a huge threat to humanity.

Perhaps Qingyang's two fellow apprentices had met their fate, but naturally, Li Yu wouldn't say that.

After all, Qingyang had been searching for so long, and he seemed to be a person of deep emotion and loyalty.

Moreover, he admired this Taoist.

[Amidst the chaos, descending the mountain to save people]

He thought he couldn't do this, but it didn't stop him from admiring such people.

With the continuous expansion of the Big Camphor Tree base, talents like Ju Tianrui, Luo, Ma Di, Jackals, Ant, Old Qin, Old Dong, and Kong Shuang were recruited. They played a big role in the development of the Big Camphor Tree base.

This made Li Yu pay more attention to talents; as long as their character was okay and they wouldn't affect the base due to compassion, having the ability meant they were best absorbed.

From what Qingyang mentioned, he appreciated and approved of Li Yu's actions against Ma Jun from the Chang City prison and the Corpse Speaker group.

From this, it was clear that this person was not inflexible.

He had a heart for saving people but wasn't blindly ignorant.

This point is crucial.

Thinking of this, Li Yu turned to Qingyang and asked, "I understand the overall situation. What plans do you have next?"

Qingyang heard this, shook his head with some sadness, and said, "I don't know. I'll continue looking for my fellow apprentices. If it doesn't work out, I'll go back to the mountain."

Hearing this, Li Yu smiled. Having no plan was a good thing.

So he said, "We haven't seen your fellow apprentices. This side of Oil City is just a branch for us. How about this, you come with me to Gan City. We have many collaborators who carry out tasks everywhere, and we can help you inquire about them.