Chapter 583: Zhao Qiang's Strategy
"The Henren Team gained a foothold by absorbing other teams. Now, it can't be said that they have the final say in the entire Mengbei base, but it's almost the same."
Ning Yuan explained in detail, "Moreover, the brothers of the Wen family are really united. They used to be a team in business, and now they never suspect each other. Our base is already attracting enough attention. At this time, we just need to demonstrate our capabilities and prevent others from coveting us. There is no need to set a trap."
Lin Yimu also explained to Li Qing, "One move affects the whole body. Our best situation now is not to have a conflict with any base team."
"The instructor is right." Li Qing behaved like a docile puppy in front of Lin Yimu and responded without saying a word.
Ning Yuan looked at him with disdain, took out an attributeless crystal core from his body and handed it to Li Dongsheng, "The ore they sent has a substandard content. It can't reach two crystal cores, at most one and a half."
"Ask them whether the remaining ones should be exchanged for an S-grade one in the next delivery, or whether they should exchange them for other grades this time."
"I understand." Li Dongsheng kept the crystal core close to his body.
"There's no need to hide the level. It's best to scare them so much that they don't dare to have any ideas," Ning Yuan reminded.
Li Dongsheng thought for a moment, "What if..." He pointed to the dense green on the West Island and asked. "Will it be more intimidating if I bring it with me?"
"Who?" Ning Yuan looked in the direction of his finger and saw what seemed to be some huge monster moving quickly on the West Island, but all he could see was green, and he couldn't see what it was specifically for a moment.
Li Dongsheng saw that the people around him were tense when facing the cargo ship that suddenly appeared on the sea. After thinking about it, he decided to talk about it later, "Let's talk about it later. I'll send the crystal core over first."
Ning Yuan didn't think of asking any more questions at this time. Li Dongsheng was about the same age as Xiong Jie in the team and was the most calm. He didn't think that the other party would do anything wrong. He gritted his teeth and said, "Look, these bastards dare to cause trouble for me."
"Yes, Brother Li, there is no need to hide your strength. Be more domineering and show your full aura. It should be written on your face that I am not someone you want to mess with. It would be best to scare the shit out of these people and completely stop them from spying on us."
"That's right. These bastards, when the base was under their command, they kept their heads down and tried to curry favor with us all day long. Now, before their hair has even fully grown, they're already thinking about bullying us."
"Are we so easy to bully?"
Everyone was talking at once and giving suggestions to Li Dongsheng, but Li Dongsheng just listened with a good-natured smile. He waited until Ning Yuan raised his hand to stop everyone from talking. Then he touched the crystal core in his arms and said, "In the past, the base commander always stood in front to protect the team. This time, the base commander is not here, and I will definitely not let us suffer any loss."
Ning Yuan patted his shoulder, his eyes filled with sourness. Their team had come all the way here, and Lu Weiyi, who had upgraded the fastest, had always played the role of protector. Now it was their turn to guard their home with all their strength.
Li Dongsheng, Li Qing and the members of the second team drove the motorboat towards the direction where the freighter was docked, carrying the expectations of the entire island's people.
"Do you think they will take action?" Ning Yuan stood on the artillery tower with a calm face, reminding everyone to be prepared at any time. However, when he was carrying people on his back, he asked Lin Yimu with a nervous look on his face.
"More than half of the high-level psychics in our base have gone to Kyoto. Winter is coming soon. I think the sea has been restless recently. I wonder what the situation will be like this winter..."
He muttered in a low voice, "It seems that the Mengbei base is quite powerful. They can even take out things like freighters. They must have a lot of other reserves. If they have any intention of targeting us..."
"Brother Da Mu, why don't I contact the Pingjin base? Zhou Xue from the Blizzard team and Lin Ya from the Tiger team were both promoted by us. Mingxu told me a way to force them to help. Why don't I..."
"Ning Yuan, relax!" Lin Yimu put one hand on his shoulder, looked at the blue eyes, and said in a steady voice, "You are too nervous."
"There are already psychics who have checked on the people on the other ship and scanned them with infrared scanners. The number of people is definitely correct. Even if they want to, they won't do it this time. This is just a test," Lin Yimu said calmly.
Lin Yimu is older than Ning Yuan, and as they both come from combat units, he is also an instructor leading a team. His experience and judgment are superior to Ning Yuan's, so he is not panicked at all at this moment.
Like a stabilizing force, his certainty and calmness made Ning Yuan take a deep breath and gradually calm down.
"Just wait and see, they are just here to gather information and will leave soon."
Just as Lin Yimu expected, Li Dongsheng led the team back soon. "They asked for a crystal core and said that the other supplies would be put aside first and they would send another batch in a few days. After all the supplies were collected, they would be exchanged for S-level crystal cores."
Ning Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "They came all the way here, and you didn't even invite them to dinner?"
"I said," Li Qing had already dismantled the gun on his body neatly, "I said it's inconvenient to go to the island, you can give them some mutant seafood to try."
"They said next time," Li Qing shrugged.
"It's mainly because Brother Li is too good at intimidating people," Lei Jun laughed and talked to others about Li Dongsheng's image at the time, "His face was serious without a smile at all. He looked down at the other person condescendingly without saying a word. He just gave a crystal core in the end."
“The look of extending the hand doesn’t look like alms, but you didn’t see the other person’s expression, haha…”
"It's not that exaggerated..." Li Dongsheng smiled and looked honest.
As soon as we said goodbye, the news was transmitted back to Kyoto. More than one base knew that someone in Yueban Bay had successfully upgraded.
Now some people became more polite to the members of Yuebanwan, while others were gritting their teeth in hatred. Zhao Qiang was one of the latter.
He felt that he had always had a share of the crystal core obtained by Yuebanwan, and that Yuebanwan's upgrade now also took away his share. Every time he heard that an S-level crystal core had been absorbed or exchanged, it was as if someone had snatched it away from him.
Knowing that Yuebanwan had indeed sent the crystal core back to the base and that it had been successfully upgraded, he was so angry that his teeth felt like breaking.
Sun Lin, who was following him, knew rationally that his idea was wrong, but it was undeniable that money was attractive. With such a large amount of crystal cores in hand, the overall strength of their team would be improved by more than a little.
They thought of all kinds of interception methods, hoping to snatch a few from the other side, but all this was based on the premise that the crystal cores were still outside. Now that they had entered Yueban Bay, all that was just empty talk.
"Sheriff, are our deployments..."
"Don't retreat." Zhao Qiang's eyes were full of viciousness, and he looked extremely sinister against his short stature. "Even if we can't get the crystal core, we will skin them alive."
Thinking of something, he turned to look at Sun Lin, "How is the incitement to Zheng Miao going?"
"She has already believed that cooperating with us can help her take revenge on Zheng Yi and avenge her parents."
Zhao Qiang finally smiled and tapped the table rhythmically with his index finger, as if he was waiting for the fish to take the bait. "It shouldn't be long before she comes to see me."
"She proposed it twice and was rejected by our people. She probably won't be able to hold back for long, but..." Sun Lin looked at Zhao Qiang, pursed his lips and hesitated for a long time, and finally spoke, "Captain, Zheng Miao's identity can't be an unnamed lover. Are you... planning to marry her?"
Zhao Qiang didn't say anything. He lowered his eyes and looked at his palm as if he was thinking about something.
"In fact, our team is already considered the best in Kyoto. The Zheng family looks gorgeous on the outside, but there is nothing inside. Lieyan has never been competitive..."
"If we were the best, we wouldn't be so passive this time. We could have vetoed Yuebanwan's attempt to take the crystal core from the very beginning." Zhao Qiang gritted his teeth, a look of determination on his face.
Sun Lin was the first person to follow him and was considered Zhao Qiang's confidant. He knew many things that other people in the team did not know. It could be said that apart from Zhao Qiang, Sun Lin was the one who had the final say in the guard team.
Seeing Zhao Qiang like this, we knew that he had made a decision, but he still wanted to struggle, "What about Madam and Young Master..."
Before the end of the world, Zhao Qiang was not valued in the Zhao family because of his height, but given his family background, many people were interested in his marriage. In the end, he chose Liang Le, a tall, gentle and considerate woman.
There was no passionate relationship between the two, but Liang Le was a stable person, and their married life was relatively harmonious until Liang Le's child was born.
The birth of Zhao Hua made Zhao Qiang very happy for a while, especially his long legs when he was born. People around him said that he would look like Liang Le when he grew up, which made Zhao Qiang more satisfied with his choice of Liang Le as his wife.
When he was young, he doted on Zhao Hua very much, but as time went by, Zhao Hua's height slowly stopped growing, and the doctor finally judged that he had inherited Zhao Qiang's genes.
This made Zhao Qiang depressed and sad for a long time. He felt that he had ruined the child. He had vowed to treat his wife and the child he owed well, but the end of the world had come.
His supernatural powers awakened early, and more and more people followed him. The feeling of being in a high position and being looked up to by others made up for his inferiority complex and also changed his attitude towards Zhao Hua.
As the team grew bigger, Liang Le and Zhao Hua faded out of everyone's sight under his deliberate concealment. Even now, many people think that he has always been single.
Women are sensitive and Liang Le had noticed the change in her mentality a long time ago. However, unlike other men who would flirt with other women, Zhao Qiang never got too involved with other men or women and was as generous to his family as ever.
In this difficult period of survival, as an ordinary person, she had no better choice than to leave Zhao Qiang and could only make do with her son.
Zhao Qiang clenched his hands unconsciously, and after a long while he whispered, "Liang Le is so seriously ill..."
Sun Lin looked at him in surprise.
Liang Le just caught a cold from the snow, Zhao Qiang was planning to...
Zhao Qiang met his gaze, and a flash of determination appeared in his eyes.
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