I was reborn after playing a good hand badly

Chapter 664 Western Continent

As time went on, Sumo's proficiency in pest control increased during pest control operations.

With high efficiency and speed, the mother nest in the Eastern Continent was quickly cleared out, taking only seven or eight months in total.

Unfortunately, throughout this process, Su Mo was unable to discover the hiding place of the force that was secretly causing trouble in the shadows.

She had already traversed the Eastern Continent once, and Su Mo couldn't risk searching it all over again just because of the hidden forces that had been alerted and had hidden even deeper. Continuing the extermination operation was ultimately more important.

Su Mo did not return to the academy to rest, but went directly to the Western Continent.

The academy already has a mature system in place, and even if Su Mo is not there, the managers she has hired can handle most things.

The tasks she has recently arranged, whether it's collecting materials for Yuan Qi or assisting the association in promoting mental martial arts, are all being handled by others.

Su Mo only needs to occasionally check the work reports sent by Zhou Wei or make decisions on major events.

So it doesn't matter if she doesn't go back.

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Blue Star, Western Continent.

The Western Continent is different from the Eastern Continent. The Eastern Continent is a vast and complete landmass, while the Western Continent is relatively smaller and is divided into two parts, upper and lower, and north and south, by a trench running through it.

The northern part of the western continent is mostly occupied by country A, while the southern part is mainly occupied by country Y. In addition to these two countries, there are also some small countries surrounding it.

Country A and Country Y are both severely affected by this insect plague, and each has many problems.

In the southern part of the Western Continent, the various countries, led by Country Y, experienced a more diverse range of species than those in the Eastern Continent when they were invaded by the Zerg, due to some unknown complex influences. It was like a mixed stew.

The area was already in chaos when it experienced its first insect plague, making life even more difficult for the already struggling population, turning them into survivors whose lives were even more miserable and whose survival became even more difficult.

During the second insect plague, many survivors from Y country and some surrounding small countries who could not survive fled together. Although Xia country is quite far from Y country by land, wave after wave of survivors chose to move to Xia country.

To be fair, they left in time. Under the inaction of the government and the extreme oppression of the remaining survivors by powerful forces, the Y country could not hold out for long and was almost wiped out by the Zerg in just a few years.

This region was not rich in resources even in peacetime. The fighting over resources after the insect plague resulted in some waste, and what was left was also ravaged by the unscrupulous insectoids.

Even if some skilled survivors can find more secluded places to hide and avoid repeated raids by the Zerg, they will still die if they are without supplies for a long time.

After a few years, there were hardly any people left.

Country A, located in the northern part of the western continent.

After the insect plague in Country A, few survivors chose to leave the country.

They didn't trust the authorities, but rather the major corporations and conglomerates in Country A, believing that the top capitalists in their minds wouldn't abandon them.

They even naively believed that life would be better for those of them who remained after the departure of the survivors.

They have a higher chance of getting into the safe base. Capitalists always need people to do things for them, don't they?

The survivors who remained initially did indeed receive some of what they wanted.

The scattered safe bases built by Country A are actively recruiting survivors. In the early stages, in addition to the safe bases built by the top companies and groups in Country A, the more famous ones also included the Fire City built by the Fire Spirit Clan.

Unlike Fire City, the larger safe bases in Country A are relatively enclosed underground buildings. Once survivors enter, they are provided with a relatively safe environment, at least enough to close their eyes and sleep peacefully.

Outside the base, there are naturally soldiers and artillery to defend against the Zerg.

But the peaceful days didn't last long. Country A faced another crisis besides the Zerg: nuclear radiation.

The consequences of Country A's reckless use of nuclear weapons in the early stages of the insect plague were that after the government used nuclear weapons to strike the insectoids, no one took responsibility or controlled the situation. As a result, the radiation gradually spread over time, affecting the entire Country A and even small countries outside the country.

In the later stages of the second insect plague, the entire northern region of the western continent was affected.

Even the invading Zerg could not withstand the radiation, especially the mother hive, which underwent severe mutation after being stimulated, and the mutated Zerg were subsequently bred in the mother hive.

The radiation, which even the Zerg could not withstand, certainly did not spare the survivors on this land.

One by one, the exposed bases were destroyed. Even the Fire Spirit Clan only left a portion of its members to guard the secret passage to their clan's territory before migrating away.

Underground bases are better, but it's difficult for people living in them to leave. It's okay in the short term, but if they don't leave in the long term, the base's supplies can't cover the huge expenses.

Therefore, some of the survivors who had initially found peace and stability in the base were reassigned to missions outside the base.

They ultimately couldn't escape this ordeal. Once outside, they could easily be infected by radiation. Unfortunately, the makeshift isolation suits at the base weren't of high quality.

Anyway, once the radiation level exceeds the threshold after the radiation test, those who do not can return to the base. They can only wait in the temporary sheds built on the ground outside the base, where the base will provide them with medication.

Some survivors were in milder condition. They took medicine and persevered. Although their bodies were damaged afterward, their threshold dropped, and they were able to return to the underground base within a safe range.

Those with particularly severe cases will be expelled directly from the base. At that point, medication will be useless, and they will die from the disease after being driven out.

Those in the middle category are among the worst off.

They couldn't live, nor could they die; after being exposed to radiation, they were stimulated into becoming mutants.

With widespread genetic mutations, it's safe to say that such individuals are no longer the same species as humans.

Mutants no longer possess human emotions or rationality. Due to mutations, they have even lost many sensory abilities, such as the ability to feel pain. They are left with only instincts, such as the instinct to eat.

They are still alive, able to run and jump even stronger than humans, and no longer need protective suits to move freely across the land of Country A.

Even when faced with the Zerg, they have the ability to resist even when they are unarmed.

The mutants are not afraid of encountering small squads of Zerg.

However, the unorganized and unarmed mutants are no match for the insect swarm, but they have no difficulty escaping or hiding.

This situation was quickly discovered by the base's higher-ups.

Especially Dr. T, the biggest and most insane research fanatic hidden in the underground world of Country A.

The appearance of mutants was a pleasant surprise to him.