Chapter 586 You're weak, you deserve it

Pei Xiu's words were not unfounded.

With four Level 6 ability users and the number of survivors, the Farview Base is indeed powerful.

Of course, this may be related to the large population and abundant food in Ningxia Province.

Upon hearing this, Duan Kun and the others gave an awkward laugh.

Zhou Hang sensed something was wrong, so he asked, "What's wrong? Is what Brother Xiu said wrong?"

No, that's right.

Lin Qian shook her head: "It's just that there are many experts and many people with superpowers, which means that it's also difficult for us low-level people with superpowers to survive."

"Is this why your team only has four people? Because your ability level is low, so the others look down on you?"

Before Lin Qian could answer, Pei Xiu denied it himself: "That's not right. Even if the ability level is low, it's still easy to find some ability users with similar ability levels. Surely there's more than enough people to gather seven, right?"

"We've offended someone, so we can't get enough people for the team."

"ah?"

Pei Xiu had never thought about this, since he had never encountered anything similar before.

His eyes immediately lit up, and he looked like a gossip: "Tell me about it?"

Zhou Hang also looked very interested.

Lin Qian thought about it and decided not to hide anything, so she told them what had happened. She hadn't told them before because she was afraid that if the news got out from Pei Xiu and the others, they would be suppressed even more severely.

But now, seeing the strength of the big shots, Lin Qian and the others realized they had been overthinking things.

Moreover, they do have a desire to confide in others, since at the Far Vision Base, almost no one pays attention to them, and they can only huddle together for warmth.

Seeing that Pei Xiu was interested, the four of them began to tell him the story, one after another.

Actually, things aren't complicated.

Duan Kun used to have a beautiful girlfriend, but in this apocalyptic world, without the strength to protect her, it's no different from carrying a gold ingot on the street.

Duan Kun's girlfriend caught the eye of the leader of a supernatural team at the base, who gave Duan Kun and his team a choice.

If you offer your girlfriend to him, he will allow Duan Kun and his friends to join his superpowered team.

This person's superpowered team is indeed very strong, ranking among the top ten in the base. It's really impressive. If Duan Kun and his friends could join such a team, it would be a real stroke of luck.

The only requirement was that he exchange his girlfriend for her.

Anyone with a conscience wouldn't agree to this, and his girlfriend didn't agree either.

The captain of the superpowered team was immediately enraged. He had given Duan Kun and his group face, but they didn't expect them to be so shameless.

This is the apocalypse. He originally wanted to just rob you directly, but now he's giving you the opportunity, allowing you not only to choose but also to receive benefits. And you're not choosing? This is simply disrespecting him.

So, during one of Duan Kun's missions, the captain ambushed them, stole Duan Kun's girlfriend, and even tried to humiliate her in front of Duan Kun.

Duan Kun's girlfriend also had a fiery temper; she immediately ran into a wall and died before Duan Kun and the others even had time to stop her or react.

After his girlfriend died, Duan Kun naturally wanted to seek revenge on the captain. However, they were simply not strong enough. Not only were they humiliated and beaten, but the captain also told the people in Duan Kun's team that they should leave Duan Kun's team, otherwise he would target everyone in Duan Kun's team.

Everyone else left, fearing they would be implicated, leaving only Lin Qian and a few others behind.

The captain didn't kill Duan Kun, but he targeted them in every way in the base, making their lives miserable.

According to the captain, it means: I won't kill you, I just want you to see that in the apocalypse, the strong are respected. So what if I'm wrong? I'm strong, so I'm right. You'll have to watch me get better and better, and live in pain for the rest of your lives.

It has to be said that this act of attacking someone's conscience is truly disgusting.

It was precisely because of this that Duan Kun's mentality was honed to a high level. At the beginning, every time he talked about it, his eyes would turn red, his veins would bulge, and he would look like he was about to kill someone.

Now, he is able to calmly recount his experience.

Of course, this doesn't mean he has forgotten the hatred; it just means he understands that some things are best left unsaid and done silently.

Otherwise, such actions would only make the other party think that he is a clown who is destined for failure.

Pei Xiu hadn't expected that this gossip would be about Duan Kun's painful past. He wanted to comfort him, but seeing that Duan Kun didn't seem to mind, he breathed a sigh of relief and continued to ask, "What level is the leader of that superpowered squad?"

"He is ranked fourth on the expert list and is a level six dual-elemental ability user of fire and water."

"It's actually a dual element of water and fire! That's very rare."

Generally speaking, it is difficult for the five elements of metal, wood, water, earth, and fire, which are mutually destructive, to coexist.

Duan Kun nodded, then smiled bitterly and said, "With the opponent's strength, it's highly unlikely that I'll be able to take revenge personally in my lifetime. I can only hope that he'll be gone after completing his mission, so I can take revenge indirectly."

In the apocalypse, the weak are preyed upon and the strong are respected.

There's no such thing as law or morality. The truth doesn't matter either. If he's strong, then he's right. If you're weak, then you deserve it.

It was because of this incident that Duan Kun came to a profound understanding of this principle, and his mindset changed from one of bitterness and resentment to one of recognizing reality.

Upon hearing this, Pei Xiu patted Duan Kun on the shoulder, saying nothing more, everything was understood without words.

He didn't say he intended to help the other party.

There are so many injustices in this end times; how can we possibly manage them all one by one?

Moreover, the worst thing to do in the end times is to help others.

Little do people know how many times you help someone only to be pushed into a zombie horde – such acts of ingratitude are common.

They only lived a sheltered life because Ling Ran was powerful. Because you are powerful, you only encounter good people.

But this doesn't mean that Pei Xiu and his group were unaware of the complexities of human nature, especially in the apocalypse.

Putting everything else aside, just look at the supplies Ling Ran brought out, including the impurity-free crystal cores. If she didn't have the matching strength, Ling Ran might have already become a puppet of some base, spending her days purifying crystal cores for others.

Are base commanders just good people?

It can only be said that human nature is complex; to Ling Ran, they are good people, but to others, they are bad people.

A person cannot be simply categorized as either good or bad.

Zhou Hang asked from the side, "So, was your mission sabotaged this time?"

"Um."

Although the task was supposed to be accepted voluntarily, the person had connections and left you a trap, only to find out after you accepted it that you couldn't do it.

If they couldn't complete the task, they would need points to cancel it, but they were running out of points and resources, so they had no choice but to grit their teeth and do it anyway.

As they were talking, Pei Xiu had already cultivated a lot of vegetables and fruits, which he put into various baskets, making Lin Qian and the others swallow hard.