Jin Xiao was so choked by He Zhuo's words that his face turned pale and his chest heaved violently before he stubbornly retorted.
"He Zhuo! Are you fucking funny or what?!"
We came here with good intentions, bringing our elite troops to help, so why are you being so sarcastic and cutting to the bone with every word?
He Zhuo crossed his arms, raised his chin slightly, and chuckled, his disdain practically overflowing.
"Jin Xiao, what can I say to you? Even if your brain was unfortunately chewed up by zombies after the apocalypse, those two eyes on your face aren't just for show, are they?"
He Zhuo pointed a finger at Lu Nange and her group...
"Look! Open your eyes wide and take a good look at your two holes!"
There are about ten of us siblings, and our faces, bodies, from head to toe, every pore exudes the same aura—disgust!
If you have your eyes open, I don't believe you can't discern anything because your eyes are empty!
Do we have to carve 'Jin Xiao, get lost...' into a monument and stand it in front of you before you'll understand?
Jin Xiao was so angry at his long string of retorts that he trembled all over, the veins on his forehead throbbing merrily. He pointed at He Zhuo, stammering for a long time, but couldn't manage to utter a complete sentence.
"You...you're simply..."
"Brother Jin! Brother Jin! Calm down... Calm down, say less!" Lin Shuang quickly stepped forward, grabbed Jin Xiao's arm, pulled him back forcefully, and lowered her voice.
"You're not... cough, it's not the first time He Zhuo has retorted to you. When have you ever come out on top? Why bother? Why do you have to put your face up to get slapped?"
Pepper: "Yeah, Brother Jin Xiao, you're not some kind of despicable person, why did you have to go up there and get scolded!"
Jin Xiao was still angry when he heard this. He suddenly turned to look at Lin Shuang and Pepper, his eyes filled with disbelief and a hint of grievance.
"Xiao Shuang...are you guys...insulting me?"
Lin Shuang instinctively shook her head and waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no! Absolutely not!"
Pepper, standing next to Lin Shuang, silently rolled her eyes.
[My God! Jin Xiao is all height and no brains!]
That comprehension, that reaction speed—even zombies would be impressed!
Amidst the noisy argument, Si Sheng, who had been silent all along, looked past the chattering group and fixed his gaze on Lu Nange.
After these few encounters, he noticed that Brother Yan, Brother Qi... all seemed to subtly follow her lead.
This girl wearing a mask is the true core of Yan Ge's team.
Si Sheng: "Miss Lu... Rock Base is far more complex than it appears to be, a barbaric force practicing slavery."
The darkness and danger hidden within the rock are far beyond imagination...
Miss Lu, I know you are powerful, but with only a few dozen people, it may be difficult to completely eradicate Pan Shi, and you may even be caught in a fierce battle, causing unnecessary casualties.
Our Starburst team may not be the strongest overall, but the members we've brought this time are all elites from within the base.
This can be considered a significant boost.
With one more person, the chances of success increase, and so does the safety.
Miss Lu, Brother Yan, everyone... why be so distant?
Lu Nange: "Chief Si, you seem to know a lot about Pan Shi?"
When Si Sheng saw that everyone's eyes, including Chi Yanzhou and Gu Qi's, were focused on him because of her words, his heart tightened slightly.
Subconsciously, he lowered his gaze, staring at the ground in front of him, his hands clenching involuntarily, his fingernails digging into the hem of his combat uniform.
"The slave system in Rock is a facade! They enslave and exploit people, but their ultimate goal is... to send these people, whose value has been squeezed dry, into laboratories!"
They... seem to be experimenting on living people who are barely clinging to life!
Those slaves will eventually be turned into zombies! And, somehow, they seem to be able to... control the zombies they've raised!
[Using living people for experiments! Controlling zombies!]
[Raising zombies?]
Si Sheng's words caused a huge uproar in the hearts of Lu Nange and her group.
The group quickly exchanged glances. Although their faces remained expressionless, they all read the same message in each other's eyes!
[It seems coming to the right place was worthwhile! The 'boss' who's been hiding behind the scenes is very likely right here!]
Chi Yanzhou: "How do you know so much about the rock?"
Si Sheng: "Our Starry Sky Base isn't far from Rock..."
For a long time, our base frequently experienced mysterious disappearances.
They disappeared without a trace, neither alive nor dead... We sensed something was amiss, so we deployed people to try and infiltrate the rock to investigate..."
Gu Qi: "Since you have solid evidence that is enough to incite public outrage, why didn't you choose to spread the news?"
Wouldn't it be more logical to unite with other survivor bases to exert pressure or even launch a joint attack?
Seeing Si Sheng with his head down, hands gripping his trouser legs, Lin Shuang's face flashed with helplessness: [The base commander is like a completely different person when he's with Captain Chi and the others! What happened to his ruthless and merciless nature?!]
Jin Xiao, who was about to speak after stamping his foot, spoke up himself: "Miss Lu, Captain Chi..."
After the apocalypse, people's hearts are no longer the same as before.
Each base basically operates independently, and it's already difficult enough for them to take care of their own affairs.
If this news gets out, not to mention how many people will believe it, even if they do, how many bases would be willing to provoke a tough opponent like Rock with unknown strength for some 'unrelated' strangers?
In the end, it might not only fail to solve the problem, but could also alert the enemy, causing our fallen comrades to pay a price in vain.
Lu Xici: "Base Chief Si, do you know who the base chief of this Rock Base is? Or what his characteristics are?"
Si Sheng shook his head: "Nobody knows...at least not at the levels we've explored."
Their base commander never appears in public, and no one even knows whether he is male or female, old or young.
Within the base, most affairs, large and small, are handled by a division of labor among several team leaders...
The people who infiltrated us only ever made contact with the team leader level at most...
Huang Pan, whom you... took care of at the Flameheart Market, was one of them.
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