Chapter 46, Making Trouble
Noticing two girls whispering to each other at a signpost, Gu Yunqing approached and asked, "What are you discussing?"
"Here." Su Qin tapped the sign with her finger. "There's a base nearby."
"Huh?" Gu Yunqing was surprised. "Is it built here?"
Without second-guessing the intentions of the people who built the base, Gu Yunqing simply pulled his boss over and said, "Let's go take a look."
Si Xu screwed the cap on the mineral water bottle and said, "You guys hurry up, I'll take Jiang Ran with me."
"ah?"
"With so much supplies, the convoy needs to return to the base as soon as possible and not get delayed on the road." Si Xu said, "I'll take Jiang Ran with me and show her around Xiling Base."
Gu Yunqing muttered, "If you want to spend some time alone with Ranran, just tell me. I won't laugh at you."
Si Xu changed the subject as he wished: "I want to be alone with Jiang Ran. You're just a nuisance."
Gu Yunqing: "..."
Seeing her boyfriend looking for trouble and being choked to the point of being speechless, Su Qin sighed deeply and dragged Gu Yunqing away by the collar.
"Seventh Brother, you and Ranran, please be careful on the road. We're going back to the base first." After saying hello to Si Xu, Su Qin didn't forget to say goodbye to Jiang Ran, "Ranran, see you at Xiling Base."
"Well, bye."
…
After separating from the convoy, Si Xu threw Jiang Ran into the driver's seat.
"Just follow the signs."
"I know, but Si Xu..." Jiang Ran held the steering wheel, at a loss, "I can't drive."
"Yes." Si Xu's expression remained unchanged. "I'll teach you."
With this sentence, Jiang Ran suddenly became interested: "Okay!"
Such a spacious highway, once she learns to drive, she will definitely drive at 180 mph!
…
After walking and stopping, it was already evening when the two of them found the small base following the signs.
The setting sun leaves a red glow on the horizon, like a burning flame.
Red looks very unlucky.
Like the village we passed by before, the small base in front of us was also built on the basis of the village, with a simple protective net established around it.
The car stopped steadily at the gate of the base. The two men got out and the man standing guard at the gate immediately pointed his gun at them.
"You! Stand still! Don't move!"
Upon hearing this, Si Xu took two leisurely steps forward, stopped Jiang Ran behind him, blocked the man's gun, and obediently stood still.
"We came from Takenaka City and saw the sign on the roadside and came here."
Sensing the young man's protective gesture, Jiang Ran quietly reached out and grasped his sleeve, calling out, "When the disaster first struck, we heard on the radio that a Xiling base had been established in the northwest. Is that where it is?"
The man stared at the two of them for a moment, then said coldly, "Stand still. A staff member from the base will come and inspect you. Only after you pass the inspection will you be allowed to enter the base."
He avoided answering Jiang Ran's questions.
Jiang Ran was not in a hurry: "Okay."
After receiving the news, someone wearing a wind-type ability badge came out with a doctor and took the two to a narrow isolation room for examination.
Si Xu's examination was quickly concluded. The wind-type psychic stared at Jiang Ran, rubbed his chin, and whispered a few words to the doctor. The doctor glanced at Si Xu, walked over to Jiang Ran, and ordered: "Take off your clothes."
Jiang Ran: "Ah?"
"Routine check." The doctor said, "Take off your clothes. I want to see if you have any wounds."
Is this how routine inspections at the base work? Jiang Ran twitched his lips and pointed at Si Xu, who was standing leisurely to the side: "Why doesn't he have to take off his clothes?"
"He's a mutant. Even if he's bitten by a zombie, he won't transform." The doctor said impatiently, "You're an ordinary person. What if you accidentally bring the virus into our base?"
"Then you should get a female doctor!"
"Just take off your clothes when I tell you to! Why do you have so many demands?!" I have never seen people who are so troublesome. Those who came before were all begging to be let into the base. How could anyone not cooperate?
She is a girl and asked for a female doctor to examine her. Why does that cause more trouble?
Jiang Ran had noticed the eye contact between the doctor and the psychic a long time ago, and knew that the two of them were now fearless.
She turned around and glanced at Si Xu, who nodded slightly.
Understanding Si Xu's meaning, Jiang Ran folded his arms in front of him, looking uncooperative: "If you don't change to a female doctor, don't even think about examining my body."
"Miss, you've entered our base now. If you don't cooperate with our inspection, according to the base's regulations, we can use coercive measures." The wind-type psychic standing behind the doctor, watching the show, glanced at Jiang Ran and said lazily, "I advise you to cooperate well to avoid physical pain."
This woman came with the space-based psychic, and it seemed like they were a couple.
Although the man was a psychic, he was a space-type person and had little combat power.
This girl is pretty, and it would be great to have her around if you trained her.
In short, teach them a lesson here first, and then they won’t dare to resist no matter what you do to them.
"Force?" Jiang Ran sneered, "The rules of your base stipulate that two grown men should forcibly strip a little girl's clothes? If this is the kind of base you're in, then we shouldn't live here anymore."
After Jiang Ran finished speaking, he packed up his coat and acted as if he was leaving.
"Leave?" This spoiled little princess seemed to have never suffered any hardship. The psychic sneered and moved to block the door. "What do you think of our base? You can come and go as you please?"
"Hey, what do you mean?" Jiang Ran pretended to be surprised. "Xiling Base is one of the four major bases, but that's not what they said on the radio..."
"Who told you this is Xiling Base?" the man interrupted Jiang Ran. "Xiling Base is still to the north. It will probably take you another month to drive there."
"A month?" Su Qin had said that a large convoy would only take three days, but he said two people traveling light would take another month? He was obviously lying. "Don't lie to me. I looked at the map and the Xiling base is nearby."
"Haha, if Xiling Base is nearby, why don't we go to Xiling Base instead of setting up a base here?"
I need to ask you guys! How would I know? Jiang Ran rolled his eyes: "We are going to Xiling Base. Since you are not here, then get out of the way and we will leave immediately!"
"Didn't I just tell you that you can't leave..." The man teased Jiang Ran like a cat teasing a mouse, using a tone and gesture that was clearly teasing, completely ignoring Si Xu standing beside him. "Little sister, haven't you heard of a saying, this... Ouch!"
After a few words of conversation, he realized that the girl was a hot-tempered person. He was still thinking about what fun it would be to train such a woman, but he never expected that the girl would take direct action.
Looking at the smoking pistol in Jiang Ran's hand, the severe pain in his leg made him cry out belatedly.
The man covered his legs and fell to the ground screaming.
Jiang Ran decisively moved the gun towards the doctor.
The doctor who wanted to get a piece of the action after the psychic showed his power and subdued the girl was put to the point of having the black muzzle of a gun pressed against his forehead. He was so frightened that his legs went weak and he fell to his knees.
In order to find out the situation of this base, Si Xu did not take action immediately and let Jiang Ran play freely.
Seeing Jiang Ran's brutality at this moment, he just curled his lips, very satisfied with her prompt decision.
Walking over to Jiang Ran, Si Xu held down her gun-holding hand, glanced at the psychic clutching her thigh wound, and said, "Jiang Ran, you did well. However, next time you attack a psychic at close range like this, remember to shoot them in the head—their bodies are stronger than ordinary people, and failing to shoot them in the head gives them a chance to counterattack."
Jiang Ran listened carefully to the lecture: "I understand."
"You." Si Xu took Jiang Ran's gun, hugged the girl and stepped back two steps. He pointed to the door and said, "Go and call the person who is in charge of your base."
After being allowed to leave, the doctor crawled out of the examination room.
…
Soon, there were chaotic footsteps outside.
Looking out the window, the hut was surrounded by people with special abilities wearing various badges.
A man took two steps out from the crowd of people with special abilities and waved to the people around him. The man who looked like an assistant immediately stepped forward, raised his loudspeaker and started speaking.
"Everyone inside, listen up! You're surrounded. If you want to survive, hand over the hostages and squat at the door with your hands on your head! Otherwise, all the superpowered people in our base will attack together..."
The man howled at the hut relentlessly until his mouth was dry. He then put down the loudspeaker and looked at the head of the household, saying helplessly, "Brother Liu, there's no response. What should I do?"
Brother Liu spat out the cigarette butt in his mouth and waved his hand absentmindedly: "It exploded."
The assistant reminded: "But Brother Zhu is still in there."
"Who made him so useless?" Brother Liu said impatiently, "Let's blow it up together."
The assistant nodded and said, "Yes, yes, let's blow it up together."
He said to the psychic behind him: "Did you hear Brother Liu's instructions? Explode!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the window of the hut exploded with a "bang", and a figure flew out of the house and fell heavily in front of Brother Liu.
"Oh my god!" Brother Liu was so scared that he took two steps back and almost tripped over his untied shoelaces. Fortunately, his assistant helped him in time.
"I haven't even let you do anything yet!" The man, who had finally managed to stand, angrily shouted at his companions behind him, "Who the hell blew it up? Stand out! I'll skin you alive!"
Behind him, those psychics were also startled by the explosion. Before they could recover, they were yelled at again. They immediately retorted aggrievedly: "Brother Liu, it's none of our business. We haven't done anything yet!"
"It's not you?" The man held his breath and roared, "Then who is it?!"
"Liu, Liu, Brother Liu..." When the smoke and dust cleared, they could clearly see what had fallen at their feet. The assistant grabbed Liu Yan and stammered, "Look..."
"What are you looking at?!" Liu Yan shook off his assistant and said, "I'm telling you, I..."
The rest of the words got stuck in my throat when I saw the curled up thing at my feet.
The window exploded and threw a person to their feet. He looked like a doll whose joints had been broken by its owner, with his limbs twisted out of shape. His eyes were wide open, and he kept making painful "cluck" sounds from his mouth, but he couldn't utter a complete sentence.
Liu Yan stared at the figure at his feet with wide eyes, and it took him a while to recognize who this person was.
The man was both frightened and angry. He took a deep breath and roared, "What are you standing there for? Call a doctor!"
How could he be saved? The assistant bravely squatted down, sniffed the man's breath, and retreated to Liu Yan's side with trembling hands.
"Brother Liu, there's no need to call a doctor. Brother Zhu is already dead."
"Dead?" Brothers who had been through thick and thin together, often disliked each other, but when they truly lost someone, they still felt sad. "Those two did it!"
Lao Zhu was thrown out of the house. There were only the two newcomers in the room. It must have been those two who did it.
Furious, Liu Yan roared, "Kill them!"
As soon as the order was given, all the psychics took action together, and all kinds of superpowers rushed towards the examination room.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Thunder and lightning were accompanied by explosions. The flimsy inspection room was razed to the ground by the attack of supernatural powers, and the flying dust blocked everyone's vision.
"Cough cough!" Liu Yan covered his mouth with one hand and waved the other hand in front of his eyes. In his blurred vision, he saw two shadows walking out of the smoke and dust.
The two men walked towards them at a moderate pace, as if they were strolling in their own yard.
They're still alive?! Are these two guys still human?! They look completely unharmed despite such a massive attack!
Liu Yan murmured: "Ghost... ghost..."
The "ghost" stopped a few steps in front of him, not giving him a chance to react, and one of them raised his hand.
The sharp blade flashed and blood splattered.
(End of this chapter)
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