Chapter 25 I don’t like being wrongly accused. I want everyone to know…
Gu Jinsheng looked at Ji An, "What are you going to do?"
Ji An didn't expect that Chen Chen would actually exchange half of the supplies in the third base warehouse for him.
Yes, the supplies he had in his hands were far more than half of the supplies in the base warehouse, and he also had the treasure of the space necklace.
Besides, Chen Chen had said before that he had stolen half of the supplies from the base warehouse. Now they had no space and could not take half of the supplies from the base warehouse. If they were discovered by accident, they would not be able to explain it. It would be better to exchange him, which would cover up the lie and get their things back.
It turned out to be a good plan.
Kong Zhongcheng said: "That Chen Chen is really shameless. I don't know why he has to chase you?"
"Maybe it's because of the space storage item?" Ji An said.
"They know you can make space storage props?" Kong Zhongcheng's soul asked, "How dare they treat you so badly?"
"No." Ji An shook his head, "They don't know yet. Do you remember what I said when I came to the base before? I took back my necklace before I left. That was the space necklace. My future research will rely on it."
Ji An chose to confess part of the truth. Since his rebirth, what he wanted was never to cover up the secret of the necklace, but to create something similar to the necklace so that the necklace would no longer be a special existence.
"So that's how it is. Chen Chen doesn't know that space storage items can be manufactured yet, and he still thinks it is a unique treasure in the world. That's why he is willing to exchange half of the supplies in the base warehouse for you." Kong Zhongcheng suddenly realized.
Zhou Qin sneered, "Picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons. You are so capable that you can make a space storage tool by yourself. Why should I offend you for a thing you can make?"
Wan Xueying sighed, "With someone like him, he can be the commander of the Third Base. The Third Base will be finished sooner or later!"
Several people subconsciously thought that Ji An was hiding something, but no one mentioned it. In the end times, everyone has their own secrets. Besides, when it comes to treasures, whoever finds them belongs to them. They are not so short-sighted that they can't walk when they see good things.
"Since they have put the blame on me, wouldn't it be unworthy of their slander if I don't do something?" Ji An already had a plan in mind.
"Whatever you want to do, I'll accompany you. You're not safe alone." Gu Jinsheng said.
Ji An glanced at Gu Jinsheng and said, "Okay."
At night, two figures, covered tightly from head to toe, sneaked into the room where Chen Chen lived.
There were two people lying side by side on the bed, a man and a woman, they were Chen Chen and Tang Tang.
There was a hint of sarcasm in Ji An's eyes. He knew that even if nothing happened to these two people when he left, there would definitely be something after he left.
Tang Tang lost her ceremonial space and healing abilities, so she would definitely look for a backer. And who could be a more solid backer than Chen Chen, the base commander?
As for what Chen Chen was thinking? Maybe he was attracted by her beauty, or maybe it was due to Tang Tang's dual abilities, probably a bit of both.
In fact, Ji An had already expected that he would see Tang Tang sleeping with Chen Chen when he came to Chen Chen's room this time. How could Tang Tang miss such a good opportunity? She showed a little weakness and said that she was afraid of her low ability and did not dare to live alone. Chen Chen agreed without hesitation.
"Don't look." Gu Jinsheng tried to cover Ji An's eyes, but Ji An dodged.
"It doesn't matter. I don't care anymore." Ji An said in a flat tone. He had seen so much when he was a ghost and had let it go long ago. He also accepted the fact that Chen Chen didn't love him as much as he loved him.
"Wake him up." Ji An whispered.
Gu Jinsheng and Ji An stepped forward and covered one of their mouths to wake them up.
Tang Tang woke up and wanted to scream, but Ji An covered her mouth tightly, so she couldn't make any sound.
Chen Chen was much calmer than Tang Tang. He knew that these two people did not want to kill them. With their skills, they sneaked into his room without him being alert. Their abilities must be much higher than his. If they wanted to kill him, they could have done so while he was asleep without anyone noticing.
He must be woken up secretly now for some reason.
Chen Chen's brain worked rapidly and he soon thought of Zhou Qin.
It was very likely that Zhou Qin was tempted, but it was difficult for him to agree in front of so many officials during the day. If he betrayed the safety of the base residents for personal gain, once it got out, his position as deputy commander would be over.
Now, he should be coming to negotiate with him secretly.
Thinking of this, Chen Chen quickly calmed down, moved slightly, and signaled Gu Jinsheng to take away the hand that was covering his mouth, and he would not scream.
Gu Jinsheng let go of his hand. Chen Chen's voice was very calm, and he even deliberately lowered his voice, and asked in a low voice: "I wonder what advice you have for coming here so late at night?"
After hearing Chen Chen's voice, Tang Tang stopped struggling.
Ji An changed his original voice and said in a shrill voice: "I know you are here for a space storage prop."
Hearing the word "space", Chen Chen's pupils shrank sharply.
"Don't be afraid, sir. The treasure you want is in our hands." Ji An took out a space necklace that he had specially made before he came here according to the appearance of his own necklace. From the surface, they looked exactly the same and no one could tell the difference.
When Chen Chen saw the necklace, his eyes changed. Of course he knew this necklace, as it had been worn around Tang Tang's neck day and night.
When Tang Tang, who was standing next to her, saw the necklace, her breathing became heavy with excitement.
Ji An handed the necklace to Chen Chen, "Sir, can you check if it's the one you're looking for?"
The necklace had always been used by Tang Tang and Chen Chen had never touched it. Tang Tang thought Chen Chen would let her check it, so she naturally reached out to take it, but Chen Chen took it first.
Even though Chen Chen had never used it before, he still learned how to use it after a few tries. However, to Chen Chen's disappointment, the supplies inside were gone.
Chen Chen could understand this. Now that the secrets of the space had been discovered, how could those supplies be preserved? As long as the space treasures could be found back, it would be fine.
In order to ensure the authenticity of the necklace, Chen Chen also tried to collect the ornaments placed on the bedside and then released them.
He succeeded, this was really the necklace that Tang Tang had once owned.
For some reason, when Tang Tang saw this familiar scene, she suddenly felt a strong sense of uneasiness in her heart, as if something was about to change.
"What do you want?" Chen Chen's eyes flashed with a determined light. With it, even if he had internal injuries, people in the base would not dare to overthrow him.
Not to mention that he is usually relied on to collect supplies outside the base. Even if the base is forced to relocate due to some natural disaster or man-made disaster one day, he will still be needed to collect supplies.
"Seventy percent of the supplies in the third base's warehouse." Ji An said directly.
Chen Chen gasped, "Sir, don't you think you are asking for too much?"
"I don't think so." Ji An said, "If I take out a space treasure like this that can store things, I can also exchange it for much more supplies than this. But that's too dangerous. There are only two of us, and we can't stand up to a pack of wolves. I don't want to be killed and robbed before I can enjoy it."
Ji An's story was half true and half false, and Chen Chen believed it a little.
"In this apocalypse, we two brothers want to have a lot of supplies and play with women to live a happy life. We don't want to guard a treasure and have to work hard on missions to earn a little supplies to survive. It would be great if we could exchange them for supplies that we can enjoy for several lifetimes and live happily. What era is it now? Who knows which will come first, tomorrow or an accident?"
Ji An added: "The main reason is that I am a space ability user, I really don't care about this stuff."
As he said that, Ji An put the ornaments that Chen Chen had just collected back into the space, and then put them out again.
Chen Chen no longer had any doubts and said, "Okay, I agree to the deal."
Ji An said: "I am worried about you. I will follow you back to the base and collect the supplies myself."
"Can."
Chen Chen called his two confidants, and they left the gate of the Beijing base overnight.
As soon as he came out, Ji An released the two cars stored in the space. Chen Chen couldn't help but be suspicious. Ji An raised his neck and said, "I am also a space ability user after all. I can still get two cars."
Chen Chen thought about it and it made sense. Even if there were some space users with abilities in the Jing City base, they were still scarce, and the treatment for space users with abilities would still be very good. Two cars would not be difficult to obtain with the abilities of space users with abilities.
On the way, in order to scare a few people and prevent them from having bad intentions, they also walked quietly. Gu Jinsheng used his wind-related abilities twice, and the tornado that swallowed the sky and the earth turned the third-level peak zombies into meat paste. Chen Chen and others completely calmed down and did not dare to have any other ideas.
Chen Chen went out secretly and came back secretly as well, not to mention that he had to lead them to steal supplies from the base in person.
Ji An always let Chen Chen walk in front. It was hard to describe the feeling he had when he revisited the old place.
The person guarding the warehouse was Chen Chen's confidant. Chen Chen asked him to go away, but the man left without asking any questions or requiring any formalities.
Chen Chen personally opened the warehouse for Ji An and the others, "Hurry up and don't alert others if you delay for too long."
Ji An didn't move, but crossed his arms, and said with a half-smile: "I remember Commander Chen notified all bases around the world that your supplies were stolen by a mutant, but I see that they are full, it doesn't look like they have been stolen before."
Chen Chen's face turned cold. "Just collect the supplies. There's no need for you to know about our base."
"I'm just curious." Ji An shrugged, "And I want to know the truth. I don't want to get into trouble for no apparent reason. If Commander Chen is unwilling to be honest, then we won't do this business."
Chen Chen narrowed his eyes dangerously, "I'm afraid it's not up to you!"
Not only was Ji An not afraid, he also said casually: "I advise Commander Chen not to act rashly, otherwise I will howl and alarm the people in the base, and Commander Chen's secret will be lost.
By then, how will Commander Chen explain that there is no shortage of supplies in the warehouse? "
Ji An smiled, "I can ensure that the two of us brothers can escape, but Commander Chen, can you ensure that you can still hold the position of commander? And the secret of the space inside the commander's necklace will be lost."
Chen Chen's face turned pale, and he said in a cold voice: "That person stole my private vault. Is this explanation acceptable?"
"Okay." Ji An smiled, "I just don't want to get into any trouble for no apparent reason. Commander Chen should have said that earlier."
Ji An collected the supplies quickly, and in the blink of an eye the supplies in the warehouse were reduced by 70%.
After putting away the things, facing the empty warehouse, Ji An asked worriedly: "Commander Chen, this is a fair trade between us. I will use the space necklace to exchange for 70% of the supplies in your base warehouse. You will not slander me for stealing your supplies after I leave, right?"
"No." Chen Chen's patience was obviously running out, and he said impatiently: "I will blame it on that traitor in the base, Ji An. Then I will announce to the public that he stole everything."
"That's good." Ji An said, "As long as you don't cause us any trouble, we don't care who you find to take the blame."
Just as they were about to leave the warehouse, Ji An suddenly said to Gu Jinsheng, "Please go out for a moment. I have something to say to Commander Chen and the lady next to him alone."
Gu Jinsheng knew the grudge between Ji An and Chen Chen, and thought that he was going to say something to them, or give them some kind of mental hint, so he nodded and said, "I'm not far outside, call me if you have anything."
"Okay." Ji An replied.
After getting the space necklace, Chen Chen had lost his patience. He asked, "What do you want to say to me?"
Chen Chen's eyes met Ji An's and suddenly became dull. "Don't tell anyone about the spiritual spring in the space necklace, or you will have a mental breakdown and die of brain explosion."
Ji An's voice was so soft that only Chen Chen could hear it.
Chen Chen said slowly: "I don't...know...about...the spiritual spring."
Ji An was stunned for a moment, but then he understood. Out of selfishness, Tang Tang did not tell him the whole truth and only explained the space.
"Well, now forget about the spiritual spring, and also forget that I asked you about it. Nothing happened just now. We took the supplies and left."
Chen Chen replied slowly, "Okay."
"Brother Chen, what are you talking about?" Tang Tang saw the two men whispering something with their backs to her. Their voices were very low and she couldn't hear clearly, so she became suspicious.
"You are very sleepy now. You should take a nap standing up. No matter what happens, it will not wake you up. You will wake up in a minute. Then forget everything I asked you."
"good."
At this time, Tang Tang had already walked over. She asked again suspiciously, "What are you talking about?"
Ji An turned his head suddenly, and Tang Tang was caught off guard to meet his eyes. Strands of spiritual threads emerged from Ji An's eyes, flowed into Tang Tang's pupils, and then drilled into her brain.
"You can't tell anyone anything about the Space Spirit Spring in any way, otherwise you will have a mental breakdown and die from a brain explosion."
Tang Tang struggled briefly and slightly, but was almost immediately suppressed by Ji An.
"yes."
"After you wake up, you will forget the spiritual suggestion I planted in you. One day in the future, you will suddenly find that I can't tell anyone anything about the Space Spirit Spring."
"yes."
Ji An slowly left the warehouse. The mental connection was broken, and Tang Tang suddenly woke up. She was a little confused for a moment, but then she was fine, "Brother Chen..."
"Let's go." Ji An came to Gu Jinsheng, and the two of them quickly left the third base. In order to prevent someone from following them, the two of them took a long detour.
Gu Jinsheng asked: "Did you record everything?"
"Yeah." Ji An took off a pinhole camera from his clothes. This thing was common before the apocalypse, but almost non-existent after the apocalypse. But the Jingshi base was so big that it was easy to find one, and it was also easy to make one on the spot.
Ji An took out the memory card and suddenly found it funny. He was blinded by love in the past and couldn't see many obvious things.
Now that I’m no longer in love, I suddenly see through everything.
Chen Chen is a very goal-oriented person who will do anything to achieve his goal.
The only thing in his eyes from beginning to end was the space necklace, and he never asked about the original owner of the space necklace.
The secret of the necklace was discovered and the necklace was taken away. What good ending could there be for him, the owner of this treasure?
Not to mention anything else, even asking whether he is dead or not would complete their feelings for each other over the years.
But no, not a single word.
Before the end of the world, Chen Chen didn't seem to be such a person. Since when did the person next to him change and become so unscrupulous!
Ji An didn’t even know!
Gu Jinsheng looked at Ji An, his dark eyes showing no emotion, "Actually, you don't need the truth, it's not important!"
Ji An knew that Gu Jinsheng meant that they had gone to the trouble to set up such a trap just to get the truth out of Chen Chen.
"I don't like being wrongly accused..." Ji An suddenly smiled, "And I want everyone in the world to know that Chen Chen is an idiot!"
After letting go the two people who came to exchange for the space necklace, Chen Chen had thought about sending people to follow them and kill them, using the thieves to rob each other.
But thinking of the terrifying strength of one of the wind-type psychics, he decided to forget it. If he wanted to kill such a powerful person, it would be impossible not to cause a stir, and then his secrets might not be kept, and it might even shake his position as the commander-in-chief of the base.
No matter what, it is not as important as his position as the base commander.
Thinking of this, Chen Chen put the space necklace on his neck. Tang Tang, who had been waiting anxiously, was not happy.
"Great, the necklace is finally found." Tang Tang watched Chen Chen tuck the space necklace into his clothes, with no intention of giving it to her. She became anxious, "Brother Chen, please give me the necklace quickly. Chen Mo and his team have a mission to go out in a few days, so they asked me to follow them. With the necklace, my space ability can be restored."
Tang Tang spread out her palms and looked at Chen Chen expectantly and anxiously.
However, Chen Chen did not return the necklace to Tang Tang as she wished. Instead, he said in his usual gentle voice, "Tang, I've thought about it. It's safest to keep the necklace with me. You are only a level one early stage mutant. You have no ability to protect a treasure like the space necklace. You have already lost it once. We can't afford to lose it again."
Tang Tang's face was pale and there were tears in her eyes. This time she was not playing hard to get, but was really anxious.
"Brother Chen, what should I do?" Tang Tang said anxiously, "The people in the base are already dissatisfied with my ability not recovering for a long time. If I don't recover, they will definitely be suspicious."
Chen Chen showed a strange smile, "Who said your supernatural power has not recovered yet? Will you be able to recover tomorrow?"
"But..." Tang Tang's eyes fell on the necklace.
"I will go on the mission with you tomorrow. When we collect the supplies from the base, you just need to stand with me." Chen Chen still had that warm smile on his face, "I believe that as long as you pretend to be sincere enough, no one will notice, just like when the necklace was not lost before.
Tang, you can do it without letting anyone know, right?"
It was still that gentle smile and that almost soothing voice, but it made Tang Tang shiver for no reason, and all the hairs on her body stood up.
For some reason, Chen Chen at this moment made Tang Tang feel very strange, so strange that it was scary.
"I, I will."
"So good." Chen Chen asked softly.
A gust of night wind blew by, and Tang Tang shivered.
As soon as Chen Chen opened the door, his mother heard him in the bedroom. She hurriedly got up and came out, "Xiao Chen, you're finally back. Mom was so worried about you. I'm glad you're safe, I'm glad you're safe."
Chen's mother chanted a few words and said, "Are you hungry? Do you want me to make you some midnight snacks?"
Chen Chen hadn't had a good meal because he was anxious, worried and frightened along the way. Now that he was relieved, he really felt hungry.
"Thank you, Mom. It's so late, just two simple dishes will do."
Chen's mother was stunned. She just asked out of habit, but she didn't expect her son to agree. After all, her son was in a bad mood before and had no appetite for a proper meal.
Mother Chen thought of something and asked, "Son, are you in a better mood? Have those troubles been solved?"
"Yes." Chen Chen said easily, as if the mountain on his body had been lifted away.
"That's great." Mother Chen said happily, "We must prepare a few dishes so that we can celebrate properly."
In the middle of the night, Chen's mother cooked five or six hard dishes, including chicken, duck, fish and meat. The mother and son even opened a bottle of Maotai to celebrate.
Chen's mother was drunk and said, "Xiao Chen, you are not young anymore, it's time to have a baby. That bitch Ji An has been gone for so long, maybe she has climbed into some man's bed again, just forget about him. Stay with Tang Tang and give me a big fat grandson."
The relaxed smile on Chen Chen's face paused for a moment, and then he returned to his nonchalant tone, "Let's wait and see, her level is too low. I heard that children's awakening of superpowers may be inherited from their parents."
Mother Chen immediately said, "Forget it then. In that case, don't look for Tang Tang. Find a woman with a higher level of supernatural power to bear your child. As for Tang Tang, if you really like her, you can bring the child back to her to raise. That would be fair to her."
In the seventh year of the apocalypse, except for a few dozen or hundreds of mini bases that failed to restore signals, almost all other large, medium and small bases restored signals and could successfully receive information from other bases or transmit information to other bases.
The public signal segment, which usually does not sound except for major events, suddenly received a signal from the Beijing base.
That was a notice. There will be an online meeting at 9 o'clock tomorrow night, and the Beijing Base will show everyone something good.
Although this piece of news did not blow up the entire base, it still caused heated discussions in various bases.
"Aren't public channels always used to send out important news? What is the Beijing base sending out? Why is it like a joke?"
"As one of the largest bases in our Flower Country, the Jingshi Base shouldn't make such a joke. Maybe there really is something good for everyone to see."
"I wonder what good stuff it is?"
Although the third base is small, it has also joined the public channel and naturally received this notification.
Inexplicably, Chen Chen had a bad feeling, and he subconsciously wanted to conceal the news. Unfortunately, his rival Silent saw the notice.
Silently asked in confusion: "What good stuff is this? How come a base as big as the Jing City Base doesn't look serious?"
Du Ruanlan, the commander of the Los Angeles base, shook the goblet, watching the crimson liquid swaying in the transparent glass, and chuckled, "I like good things the most."
His girlfriend Ou Wenming was charming and seductive. She leaned over in a thin red sexy lingerie and held Du Ruanlan's handsome face. Her fingertips slid down his chest a little bit, and she said ambiguously and meaningfully, "I like good things the most, too."
Du Ruanlan's deep voice flowed with a magnetic sexiness, and the seduced woman softened her body.
Regardless of the reactions of the various bases, the Beijing base released a three-minute short video on the public channel as promised.
At the same time, almost every base had people watching in front of their televisions.
In the third base, whether Chen Chen was willing or not, Momo and Zhang Yu came.
However, since Tang Tang's supernatural powers were restored, she followed them on the mission today and successfully collected supplies from the base, which made Chen Mo and Zhang Yu's attitude towards her soften a lot.
Even when Tang Tang came in, the two of them took the initiative to say hello.
"I wonder what the Jingshi base is going to show us?" Zhang Yu asked curiously.
"I don't know, but we're about to find out."
Tang Tang felt a little uneasy, as if there were nails under her buttocks, fidgeting. She looked at Chen Chen anxiously and found that Chen Chen was frowning and looked unhappy.
At the Los Angeles base, Du Ruanlan sat on a large single sofa with his arms casually resting on the armrests. Owen sat in Du Ruanlan's arms with his arms around his neck, looking very charming.
"What lawsuit is the Jingshi base selling?"
Du Ruanlan's confidant Jiang Fuzhong stared at Owen until Owen looked at him and met his eyes. Jiang Fuzhong finally reacted and quickly looked away, earning Owen a charming smile in return.
Don't get me wrong, Jiang Fuzhong has no romantic feelings towards Owen, he is just simply bewitched by Owen's beauty.
Only a man as wise and intelligent as their boss can subdue a femme fatale like Owen.
After much anticipation, what arrived was not the face of a senior executive at the Beijing base, but a video.
The video should have been shot at night so the picture quality is a bit dim, but even so, the people in the picture can still be seen clearly.
The picture was shaking, showing a man and a woman lying on the bed. Soon, the man and the woman covered their mouths and woke up.
There was no need to watch the next scene, Chen Chen and Tang Tang knew what was going on.
Tang Tang trembled all over. How could there be a video? How could what happened that day be recorded on video and posted on a public channel?
"It's over, it's all over." Her secret was completely exposed, and she would die.
No, she doesn't want to die!
Tang Tang suddenly screamed and tried to flee. At the same time, Chen Chen looked panicked and threw a porcelain vase in the meeting room at the TV.
"You can't look! You are not allowed to look!" Chen Chen roared wildly, his expression ferocious, and the veins on his neck bulged.
Mo Chen immediately realized that something was wrong and said to his men beside him, "Hold them down and don't let them smash the TV."
Chen Chen and Song Pengcheng were both injured, and Tang Tang was powerless. Even though there were two psychics on Chen Chen's side, they could not fight two against five, and they were quickly defeated and controlled.
The video is short, but the content is very clear: a base commander framed a superpower in his own base for a space necklace. Then, in order to get the space necklace again, he embezzled 70% of the public materials in the base warehouse in exchange for the space necklace, and tried to push the blame onto the superpower who was framed before.
The video ended, and Kong Zhongcheng's nagging face appeared on the screen. He said in a voice that made people want to punch him: "Do you want a space storage treasure? You don't have to frame the base's talents, nor do you have to embezzle. You just need to come to the auction held by the Jingshi base on August 30th. As long as you can afford it, you can take it away!"
After Kong Zhongcheng finished speaking, he took the initiative to cut off the communication signal, leaving behind some confusing words, which made everyone, whose curiosity was aroused, really want to crawl in and beat him up in front of the TV.
"Space storage props, is it real? Are there really such treasures in the world?"
"The end of the world has come, what's impossible?"
"The person who posted this video is a big boss of a base like the Beijing base. The video was shot clearly. How could it be possible to fake something like this?"
"I really want to have one. I dream about it. Can I let my child have one? How much does it cost?"
"That commander is finished now. Everything has been exposed. I'm afraid he can no longer hold on to his position as the commander-in-chief."
At the Luo City Base, Du Ruanlan's thin lips curled slightly, "Space storage props, quite interesting."
Owen just felt that his man was so charming like this, but Jiang Fuzhong shuddered.
While the psychics in other bases were guessing whether the video was real or not, and which base the idiot commander was the chief commander of, the people in the third base had already recognized Chen Chen and Tang Tang.
Chen Chen, Tang Tang and Song Pengcheng were pressed to the ground at this time, especially Chen Chen, the commander-in-chief who was once so high and mighty, was now stepped on the face by Zhang Yu. His face was pressed against the ground, half twisted, his jaw unable to close, and saliva dripping all over the ground.
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