Chapter 340 Goodbye Mute

"I'm fine. How about you?" Qiao Yu hurriedly pulled Jiang Zhan's arm and looked him up and down. "Are you hurt anywhere?"

Jiang Zhan shook his head, "I'm fine too."

The two men stood up, dusted off their clothes, and walked over to the car that had been smashed beyond recognition to take a look.

"It seems like something blew up the rear of the car?" Qiao Yu frowned slightly.

At this time, the front and rear of the car were completely unrecognizable.

There was an unknown reddish liquid at the rear of the car, and both rear tires had blown out, leaving them in tatters. The car's sudden loss of control was probably due to the blown tires.

"Have we... been attacked by mutant plants?"

Jiang Zhan frowned slightly upon hearing this, "It wasn't an active attack. I didn't sense any energy fluctuations from the attack."

"...So...it's a passive-aggression?"

After the end of the world, there will indeed be a very small number of passive defensive mutant creatures.

This creature usually doesn't initiate an attack, but once touched, it will activate its self-defense ability, such as explosions, poison gas, etc. And once this self-defense ability is triggered, it often rushes to the purpose of dying together with the enemy.

However, this type of mutant creature is extremely rare, and its rarity is no less than that of natural mutants.

I actually ran into Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan today...

Qiao Yu's expression was a little complicated for a moment, "Gu Nanyu's energy field... is it too strong?"

Last time we encountered a swamp, this time it was a passive defensive mutant creature...

"Ah Zhan, I think... we should come to Gu Nanyu's place less often in the future..."

Previously, Gu Nanyu said that Jiang Zhan didn't seem to be afraid of him, but judging from these two situations, she was probably seriously influenced by Gu Nanyu, and even Jiang Zhan's aura was not enough to protect her...

I can’t afford to offend him, I can’t afford to offend him… I’d better stay away from him from now on.

Jiang Zhan didn't refute what he said, but just raised his eyebrows, "Are you still going to return the car?"

"..." Qiao Yu's mouth twitched slightly. Looking at the car in front of him that had been completely destroyed, he silently covered his forehead and said, "...Let's go to the black market."

What is this?! Is it the frame?

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Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan returned to the black market and used the mental barrier to enter the black market again.

At this time, the black market was in chaos.

The bodies of those people Chen Wanning had killed before have been found, and everyone is shocked.

Everyone was wondering who had the power to massacre so many people without anyone noticing.

"How is this possible?" a man murmured palely, "I just walked through this alley at noon. How could so many people die in just a few hours..."

"Don't talk about you... I live on the street behind this alley. I've never been out of the house and I haven't heard any movement here. It's really weird..."

Jiang Zhan and Qiao Yu swaggered through the crowd, listening to the discussions among them, and passed by without changing their expressions.

Qiao Yu sensed the location of the jade seed and found that Cao Yanba was at his home in Taipei City and had not come here to join in the fun. So he took Jiang Zhan and went directly to his home.

It was not known whether Qiao Yu's previous warning had worked, or whether the base had recently cracked down more harshly, but Nu City was no longer as prosperous as the last time they came.

The doors of every household on the street were closed. Even if there were a few that had their doors open, they were only selling some miscellaneous daily necessities. There was no trace of "slaves" at all.

There is little sunlight in the black market, and against the backdrop of such streets, it looks like a "ghost town".

"It's only been a short while since the base issued the mission, how come there aren't any slaves left?" Qiao Yu frowned, his eyes scanning the windows of the shops he passed by. "It's impossible that they were all sold out so quickly, right?"

The perimeter of the black market has been completely surrounded by the base's military. People in the black market can't leave, and people outside can't get in. There's no way the news got in so quickly. And judging by the state of these people in the black market, they don't seem to know they're going to be cleared out.

Why is the slave market suddenly so deserted?

Jiang Zhan pursed his lips and said, "Those who were abducted were most likely taken away by someone in advance."

I heard from Tang Minghui and others before that the slave market was very rampant some time ago and a lot of people were abducted.

This shows that there must have been a sharp increase in demand in the slave market.

In a short period of time, with the business model unchanged, this phenomenon occurred. Jiang Zhan felt that this must not be due to a sudden increase in the number of buyers, but a sudden increase in the demand of a certain buyer.

When Qiao Yu heard Jiang Zhan say this, an idea suddenly came to his mind.

"It's Han Ming and the others!" Qiao Yu pursed her lips and whispered, "When we were in City A before, I heard Dr. Ruan's assistant say that their partners are temporarily unable to provide them with medicine and test subjects. It must be because Nu City is under control!"

"The people who were kidnapped before were most likely taken away by Han Ming and his men!"

Jiang Zhan touched Qiao Yu's hair and said, "Let's go ask Cao Yaba and find out."

Jiang Zhan and Qiao Yu soon arrived at the door of Cao Yanba's house.

Like other houses in the slave market, the door of Cao Yanba's house was also closed.

Jiang Zhan used his spiritual power to scan the area and whispered, "He's underground, with a group of people around him. They should be slaves."

Qiao Yu raised an eyebrow. "This mute Cao really hasn't changed his ways. It seems that what he has here are probably the last batch of slaves that haven't been transported away yet."

Jiang Zhan nodded, "I'll ask him to open the door."

"No need." Qiao Yu reached out to stop Jiang Zhan who was about to use mental influence on Cao Yanba, and shook his head slightly, "I'll do it."

Cao Yaba was counting the last batch of slaves in the dungeon when he suddenly felt something strange in his legs. He just lowered his head and saw the strange vine that Qiao Yu had planted in his body suddenly broke out of his body and pulled him towards the dungeon stairs.

Cao Yanba was caught off guard and was tripped to the ground by the force of the jade vine.

Cao Yaba endured the pain and climbed up. He felt that the jade vine was still pulling him up the stairs. Although he felt strange, he did not dare to delay and hurried up the stairs.

After he returned to the room, Yu Teng continued to pull him towards the door. Now Cao Yanba understood a little.

——Qiao Yu is here.

Cao Yanba opened the door tremblingly. Although he didn't see anyone at the door, he still took two steps back and made way for the entrance.

Sure enough, after he stepped aside, the door closed automatically.

The next second, Cao Yanba saw Jiang Zhan and Qiao Yu suddenly appear in front of him.

Qiao Yu raised his eyebrows and smiled at him. His expression was very friendly, but his voice made Cao Yaba feel inexplicably terrified.

"Mute Cao, long time no see. How are you?"