Chapter 2 Rebirth of Unfair Treatment
“Brother Ji An, Brother Ji An…” Tang Tang pulled Ji An back from his overwhelming hatred, and turned to see Tang Tang’s young and beautiful face. The cute little girl was pretty and gentle, with a sweet and innocent voice, “Brother Ji An, give the thunder zombie crystal core in your hand to Brother Pengcheng. Brother Pengcheng is at the peak of level two, and with this crystal core he can break through…ah…”
As Tang Tang was talking, she felt something was wrong. She looked up and met Ji An's eyes filled with hatred. The hatred in his eyes was like a huge wave, ready to engulf Tang Tang. She was so scared that she couldn't help but scream out.
A man flashed out from behind Tang Tang. It was Song Pengcheng, who also looked several decades younger. At this moment, his face was still free of the vicissitudes and wrinkles of decades ago, and was full of youthful vitality.
Song Pengcheng glared at Ji An unhappily and scolded him, "What kind of look is that? You scared Tang, don't you know that? Tang is also doing this for the good of the base. If I can successfully upgrade, there will be one more level three psychic in the base, which will be more beneficial to the base. Can you not be so selfish and not want others to upgrade just because you haven't activated your own psychic powers? Don't you think about it? If there weren't psychics like us, how could the base be as safe as it is now? How could an ordinary person like you without psychic powers live so carefree!"
"An, Pengcheng really needs this crystal core. Give it to him. Just think of it as a loan from you. I will return it to you after I hunt zombies. Okay?" Chen Chen, who had been silent all this time, started to persuade him.
For a moment, Ji An couldn't tell what time it was. Why did the enemies in front of him become younger? These conversations and characters had a strange sense of familiarity.
Some memories emerged from the dust, and Ji An suddenly remembered that it seemed to be not long before Tang Tang murdered him. They went on a mission together, and he hunted zombies and obtained a high-quality thunder zombie crystal core.
Song Pengcheng in the team happened to be at the peak of level 2 at this time. With this crystal core, he could try to break through.
When Tang Tang saw it, she asked for it on behalf of Song Pengcheng. Ji An had long regarded Tang Tang, the girl he had rescued from the zombies and raised, as his own family. He didn't think much about it and didn't want to lose face in front of others for a little thing, so he just gave it to Song Pengcheng.
As a result, Song Pengcheng was not grateful to him, but instead credited this gratitude to Tang Tang. He became more and more fawning and ingratiating to Tang Tang, treating her as his adopted parent.
Ji An frowned, but didn’t this happen decades ago? It has been a long, long time. What is going on?
Ji An looked around at the people in front of him, and then his eyes fell on the green coat on Chen Chen.
It was a birthday gift he gave to Chen Chen shortly before his death, and Chen Chen almost never took it off since then. It was because of this piece of clothing that Ji An thought that the person surrounded by zombies at that time was really Chen Chen.
After his death, Chen Chen never wore the green dress again, and even after discovering that it was missing, he did not try to find it.
Ji An's gaze fell on the faces of several people when they were young, and suddenly he understood something.
He stretched out his hands and found that his hands were real and could touch any part of his body. His heart was beating vigorously in his chest and he could breathe the air freely. He was alive.
"An, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me." Chen Chen walked to Ji An and wanted to hug him, but when he stretched out his arms to try to hug him, Ji An pushed him away fiercely, causing Chen Chen to stagger back several steps before he could barely stand.
"Don't touch me!" Ji An yelled, as if Chen Chen was some disgusting bug.
"Ji An, don't take advantage of Brother Chen's kindness to you and go crazy at him!" Tang Tang ran over, supported Chen Chen who had already stood firm, and said indignantly: "Brother Chen is a fourth-level superpower. If he didn't like you, do you think you could treat him like this? He can kill him with just one finger!"
Chen Chen also looked at Ji An with hurt eyes. Although he said nothing, that look seemed to express all the grievances he had.
He is back, he is reborn!
Ji An finally understood the situation and knew when he would come back. This was the scene when they were on a mission shortly before his death. It was this crystal core in his hand that made Tang Tang's licker Song Pengcheng promoted to a third-level superpower.
Ji An rolled his fingers and put away the third-level zombie crystal core in his hand. He would not give it to Song Pengcheng again. If he wanted to upgrade his superpowers, he should go hunt zombies by himself. Don't use his things and hate him.
Ji An blinked twice and suppressed the surging hatred in his eyes. Now was not a good time for revenge. They were all superpowered people, but he was not. What's more, there were so many of them. He could not fight against four people with his two fists and was no match for them at all.
Since he was given the chance to be reborn, he must live well and live better than these people. He cannot die again just after coming back.
After regaining his usual demeanor, Ji An said calmly, "Why, did I do something unforgivable that you treat me like this? I just don't want to give the crystal core I got from hunting zombies to Song Pengcheng. I remember the base has a rule that whoever hunts the zombie crystal core will own it, and the owner can dispose of it at will. If others want it, they have to exchange it with supplies."
Perhaps because he didn't expect Ji An to say that, Chen Chen was choked.
In the past, whenever Ji An got something good, as long as Tang Tang or Chen Chen asked, Ji An would agree without hesitation and give the thing away. There were things that were more precious than this third-level crystal core.
What happened to Ji An today?
Song Pengcheng said: "Okay, at worst I can trade supplies with you."
Tang Tang seemed to remember something and said, "Brother Ji An, you can ask for any supplies you want."
Chen Chen also said: "It just so happens that we have just received a batch of supplies. We can let you choose what you want first."
"Let me choose first?" Ji An smiled, "Are these supplies exclusive to Song Pengcheng? I seem to remember that we searched for these supplies together. They are from the base. Don't you think it's funny to use the base's things to exchange for Song Pengcheng's personal interests?"
"Ji An, what do you want?" Song Pengcheng's chest heaved with anger, and he glared at Ji An with hatred. If eyes could kill, Ji An would have died hundreds of times. "This is not okay, that is not okay, don't go too far!"
Ji An was just stating a fact. When did stating a fact become excessive? Ji An just felt funny and he actually laughed, "I just don't want to exchange the crystal core with you. This is excessive! Song Pengcheng, let alone you, even Chen Chen, the commander of the base, has no right to force a sale, right?"
Song Pengcheng was like a madman about to burst with anger, his eyes bulged out, staring at Ji An with a murderous look on his face.
As the person who knows Ji An best, Chen Chen knows what a stubborn person he is. Once he makes up his mind about something, he will not change it even if he is torn to pieces. For example, loving him.
It seems that no matter what, Ji An will not give the crystal core to Song Pengcheng today. There is no point in saying more. He can only look for other suitable opportunities in the future.
Chen Chen said, "Forget it, let's talk about this later. Let's go back to the base first. It's not safe here now."
The team had no objection and drove back to the base.
Whenever the base receives the message and sends a base team out to search for supplies, the supplies obtained will be divided 70% between the base and the team. The base gets 70% and the team gets 30%.
This is also the reason why Ji An said it was funny when Chen Chen proposed to exchange the newly obtained materials for the crystal core in Ji An's hand.
Why should we use our supplies to exchange for benefits for Song Pengcheng? Moreover, even if we say that we are using Song Pengcheng's share, that would be even more ridiculous.
In the seventh year of the apocalypse, all the supplies that could be found had already been found. The supplies that had not been found by others were all small or invaluable supplies. This time, Ji An and his team found very few supplies. After removing 70% of the base, each person got very little, which was at most enough for one day's food consumption.
Even this depends on the contribution of each member of the team. With Song Pengcheng's contribution, he might not even get enough food for one day.
The zombie crystal core in Ji An's hand was of very high quality. If he wanted to take it to the auction at the Beijing Joint Base, he could exchange it for supplies for half a year or even more, which was more than all their gains this time.
Even so, they still acted like Ji An had gotten a great advantage. How could Ji An not find it funny!
He usually doesn't care, but that doesn't mean he's a fool. He just thinks that his lover Chen Chen is the commander of the base, and the improvement of other psychics in the base is good for the base, which is also good for him as the commander. Moreover, this is also a disguised way of buying people's hearts in private, which is beneficial to the stability of Chen Chen's position as commander, so he never cares about it.
But from this moment on, it will never happen again.
Because the amount of supplies found this time was very small, the base accountant verified it very quickly and calculated the supplies obtained by the team members on the spot. They were distributed immediately without having to wait until the next day.
Ji was in the queue. When it was his turn, the staff member in charge of distributing supplies was a young girl named Ningxia. She was stunned and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Ji, your name is not on the list?"
"I participated in this mission and successfully hunted down a level three peak zombie during the mission. I am also the main contributor to this mission. Why am I not included in the mission reward?" Ji An asked.
"Sorry, I don't know. I'll go ask Commander Chen right now. Maybe there's something wrong with the list and you were missed." Ningxia ran to find Chen Chen who was a few steps away. The two said a few words. Chen Chen glanced at Ji An and then led Ningxia over.
"Aan, what's wrong with you today? Haven't you and I always kept our supplies with Tang Tang? She has spatial abilities, so it's convenient for her to collect supplies. Besides, all the supplies that easily expire won't go bad if they are stored in her space." Chen Chen didn't understand what was wrong with Ji An today, and why he was being so picky everywhere.
"I don't want to leave it with her anymore, is that not okay?" Ji An asked back.
"Of course you can, but..." Chen Chen frowned and said with embarrassment: "When we first formed a team, because you are an ordinary person, the superpowers were unwilling to team up with you. At that time, I said that I would take you with me, protect you, would not hinder the team, and would not take the team's supplies, so the superpowers were willing to team up with you.
It has always been like this over the years, so you are not paid."
Ji An was so angry that he laughed. "So, have I been playing for nothing all these years? Then why did I go through life and death and fight with level 3 zombies? Because I didn't die fast enough?"
Ji An really didn't understand. Whether in public or private, shouldn't Chen Chen favor him?
Publicly, this was to maintain fairness in the base, and Chen Chen had always been a fairly fair person. Privately, he was his lover, so he should be biased towards her, and he would share the supplies he got with Chen Chen without any stinginess.
"Chen Chen, I just want to ask you one question. When other ordinary people cooperate with superpowers, don't they share the supplies? Why is it that when it comes to me, it's just a waste of time?" Ji An said angrily: "I am never inferior to any superpower. I killed the third-level zombie this time. Otherwise, you might not have escaped by now and would have fought with that zombie again!"
Chen Chen choked up, not knowing how to answer. Indeed, there were teams of people with special abilities and ordinary people in the base. In such a team, the people with special abilities usually contributed the most, while they also shouldered the responsibility of protecting ordinary people, so the people with special abilities took the lion's share, while ordinary people took the smaller share. However, some people just took the lion's share.
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