Chapter 7 Traitor Bounty
Chen Chen grabbed Tang Tang and said, "Follow me!"
Tang Tang struggled, "Brother Chen, please let me go. I won't go out. How can I go out in this state? I will be laughed at to death by the people in the base."
It's already this late, and Tang Tang still has the mind to think about these things.
Chen Chen turned a deaf ear and dragged the man all the way to the meeting room.
When people passing by saw this scene, they stopped and stretched their necks to watch the fun.
"Remember this later. Don't say that the necklace was stolen by Ji An. Just say that the supplies in the warehouse were stolen by Ji An." Chen Chen reminded.
"I, I know." Tang Tang was not completely stupid after all, and she knew that the secret of the necklace could not be known to others.
Otherwise, everyone would want such a treasure. Outside the base, there are many superpowers who are more powerful than Chen Chen. If the secret of the necklace is leaked, there will be thousands of superpowers to grab it. What will they do then?
The top priority now is to find Ji An and get the necklace back. As for the rest, we have to wait until the necklace can be recovered before discussing it.
There was a radio in the base, and Chen Chen simply announced the matter through the radio, "Attention, residents of the base, attention, residents of the base, I am Chen Chen, the base commander.
First of all, I regret to tell you a sad news. There is a traitor in our base. Last night, he stole the supplies from the base warehouse and escaped! "
Early in the morning, except for a few people who went out to look for supplies, most people were at the base. When they heard the loud speaker that was usually only used for emergencies, they stopped what they were doing and listened attentively, fearing that they would hear some bad news like a zombie siege.
There was no such thing in Dead Rising, but it was even more infuriating that a traitor appeared in the base.
"Speaking of this traitor, I have to be the first to reflect on myself, because this traitor is my former lover, Ji An, a member of the base."
As soon as the name Ji An came out, the base exploded.
Although Ji An usually stays at home and rarely goes out to socialize without a mission, this name is well known to everyone in the base. He is the lover of the base commander, and he is also an ordinary person.
The huge gap in status made the people in the base pay much attention to Ji An. They envied Ji An's good luck that an ordinary person could be the lover of the highest commander of the base. They admired Chen Chen's character even more. Although his status was so high, he did not abandon his former lover who had fallen on hard times.
Because of these reasons, the base pays a lot of attention to Ji An, and almost no one doesn't know him.
So when they heard that he was the one who betrayed the base, the residents of the base became even more angry and thought that Ji An was an ungrateful person.
"Ji An was dissatisfied with the distribution of rewards after the mission yesterday, and held a grudge, so he went to the base warehouse to steal supplies at night." Chen Chen avoided the main point and did not mention the fact that Ji An had completed several years of missions in vain. He just lightly mentioned that he was dissatisfied with the distribution of rewards.
"They didn't want to be discovered by Ms. Tang Tang who was patrolling in the middle of the night, so the two of them started fighting, and in the end, she escaped." Chen Chen's voice was sad, and he even sobbed softly.
"I am ashamed and don't know how to face everyone in the base who trusted me. My lover, my former lover Ji An, actually did such a despicable thing. I hate it deeply."
Chen Chen's eloquent and emotional behavior completely angered everyone in the base.
"If it weren't for the commander's kindness, Ji An would have died long ago."
"Ji An deserves to be eaten alive by zombies. He is an ungrateful person. The commander was so good to him, but he betrayed the commander and stole the base's supplies just because of such a small matter!"
"How could the commander, who values friendship so much, fall in love with someone as heartless and ungrateful as Ji An?"
"Just wait and see. Ji An will not have a good ending! He thought the world outside was so good and he could survive as long as he had supplies. When the time comes, he will know that being caught by the commander is the best outcome for him."
"I don't know what the commander will do with him after he's caught. It would be a shame to kill him directly. Although Ji An's character is not very good, he is really good-looking. It would be great if we could give him to us to play with. It would be considered as making the best use of him. It can be regarded as his atonement..."
Chen Chen's tone was sad and angry, and those who didn't know the truth really heard it, "Now I want to tell you that this person is extremely dangerous. He may have recently awakened psychic abilities and can control people's minds.
If you are unfortunate enough to meet him, don't underestimate him. If ordinary people find Ji An, they should immediately ask for help from the supernatural. If the supernatural finds this person, they can unite to resist. Remember, don't look into Ji An's eyes, as this will break his mental power. "
Chen Chen finally said: "I promise again that no matter what the cost, I will catch Ji An and bring him back to the base to deal with him in public.
The base's supplies belong to everyone, and no one is allowed to encroach upon common property!"
Everyone in the base was so moved by Chen Chen's righteous words that they clapped and cheered loudly.
At this time, all the important psychics in the base rushed to the conference room. Chen Chen counted the number of people and dispatched almost half of the psychics in the entire base to hunt down Ji An. If all the psychics had left, it would have given other bases a chance to take advantage of the loopholes, and Chen Chen would have really dispatched all the psychics.
Chen Chen divided the psychics into seven teams and asked them to chase in the directions of the six bases closest to the base. He himself led his men to chase in the Jing City base.
Chen Chen remembered that the old couple that Ji An had saved and gave him the jade necklace were his professors at Ji An University. They were going to Jing City at that time. If they were not dead, they must be in the Jing City base.
Ji An is an orphan with no relatives in this world. He is not sociable and has no friends. The only people he can rely on are the old professor and his wife.
Moreover, as for the Jingshi base itself, it is the best and largest base among all the bases currently. It is very likely that Ji An will choose to join it.
Just as Chen Chen and the others were chasing after him, a staff member had already started to issue a reward at the base. Providing information on Ji An's location, the reward was fifty kilograms of food and fifty liters of water.
Before the end of the world, an average person could eat ten to twenty kilograms of food and drink thirty liters of water per month.
This is calculated under the condition of sufficient food and water. In the end times, all resources are scarce. If you live frugally, the bounty materials can be used for three to four months.
Just a piece of news could be exchanged for so many supplies. Everyone in the base was excited and wished they knew Ji An's location right now.
Of course, this is what ordinary people think. They can't beat Ji An, so they don't dare to think about catching him. But it's different for the superpowers. All they care about is what benefits they can get by catching Ji An.
What shocked them even more was that there were 100 kilograms of rice, 100 kilograms of flour, 50 liters of oil, 30 kilograms of meat, 10 kilograms of sugar and a lifetime of drinking water.
I really don’t know how much supplies Ji An stole, and the base actually offered such a huge reward for him.
If Ji An knew about Chen Chen's bounty, he would definitely be disdainful. He is a psychic with only a small bounty, so who would he look down on? Moreover, he still had supplies in the space, and the supplies alone were not enough to cover the bounty.
At this time, Ji An and Tang Ning, who were tired from walking, found an abandoned house. They hid in a corner where they could clearly observe the entrance and retreat at any time to rest.
"Mr. Ji, which base are we heading to?" Tang Ning realized that the direction they were heading was getting more and more remote. It didn't seem to be the direction of any of the seven bases closest to them that she knew of.
"Just follow me and don't ask so many questions." Ji An replied calmly, and Tangning fell silent.
Ji An seemed to be playing with the necklace in his hand casually, but he was actually studying the jadeite.
When Ji An was a ghost, he saw Tang Tang using the space countless times. It seemed that some kind of connection was established between the space and Tang Tang. Tang Tang could control it mentally and move her mind at will. Whatever she wanted to do with the necklace, she could collect and take out things in the space as long as she thought about it with her brain.
Ji An's mental power probed into the jade, but was blocked by an invisible barrier, preventing him from continuing to explore the spatial world inside the jade.
Very interesting!
A playful smile appeared on Ji An's lips.
Even though he didn't see with his own eyes how Tang Tang and the necklace established the connection, Ji An could guess that it was nothing more than a blood drip to recognize the owner or a mental link.
First of all, we can rule out mental connections. Ordinary people don't have special abilities, and no matter how strong their mental power is, it is limited. It is impossible for it to be strong enough to make it concrete.
If it was someone else, there might be an accident, maybe it was someone born with supernatural powers. But if it was Tang Tang, there was no chance, she was just an embroidered pillow.
Then there is only one other possibility left, which is to recognize the master by dripping blood. In fact, this way of recognizing the master is a disguised contract, but it is just through blood as a medium.
I wonder what kind of contract Tang Tang and the necklace have? Is it a strong one that means they will perish together, or can it be erased and be a secondary contract?
There are two types of overbearing contracts. In the milder type, after the owner dies, the space will become ownerless. After recognizing the owner again, it will be open to the new owner, including the materials in the space.
The other type of situation where both parties perish together is that the owner and the space exist, and when the owner dies, the space also dies.
Both types have a prerequisite that no one except the owner can open the space, no matter how high or low the level of the ability is.
In addition to the dominant contract, there is also a secondary contract.
This kind of contract is not reliable. Anyone with a higher level of mental power than the original owner can easily open the space and take the materials in the space at will.
If the intruder's ability is strong enough, he can easily erase the contract left by the previous owner, replace it, and take the space for himself. And the original owner will never be able to open the space again.
"Mr. Ji, you've been walking for so long, you're tired and thirsty. I have some food here, although it's not as good as what you usually eat, but it's a special situation, so you have to use it."
Tang Ning was thirsty and hungry, and couldn't help wanting to eat something. In the end times, food was precious, and there was nothing wrong with eating alone. But she was different from Ji An, and she still needed Ji An's care, so she couldn't eat alone. To be honest, the food was something she had looted from Tang Tang's house, and she put it in her backpack and carried it all the way.
They walked for a whole day and night with almost no rest, for fear that someone would catch up with them.
It's not that they are stupid and can't think of driving. It's that almost all factories in the last days are on strike, and trade between countries is becoming increasingly difficult. Whether it's diesel or gasoline used in cars, it's difficult to transport any kind of oil.
So at this moment, there are plenty of cars and they can be seen everywhere on the streets, but there is little oil.
There is gasoline and fully fueled cars in the base, but those are important supplies in the base and are managed by dedicated personnel.
Ji An had no way to get it out. If he made any noise, the sound of a car would be heard over there, and the whole base would be alerted. It was definitely no less rare for ordinary people to have cars than in the 1950s and 1960s.
Ji An didn't want to waste all his efforts at the last minute, so he could only escape on foot.
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