Chapter 644: Escort
Qi Le nodded and said, "Thank you for your understanding."
"Of course I should, but can I burn him myself?" Zhao Gang asked.
Qi Le did not answer immediately.
"The person is already dead, and it would be burned everywhere. Why not take advantage of this moment when everyone is here to bear witness together?" Zhao Gang asked the people around him, and finally asked the emotional little fat man, "It can be considered revenge, what do you think?"
"Yes, burn him!" said the little fat man viciously.
After he spoke, other injured people affected by the explosion also responded.
Qi Le chuckled and said, "Okay, then let's all witness him being burned together."
The fat boy volunteered to light a fire himself and piled dry firewood under the man. In a short while, the man's entire body was covered in flames.
Following Zhao Gang's instructions, Qi Guang stood beside Qi Le, staring at the scene intently. He saw a person who was alive just now being engulfed in fire, his skin and flesh being cooked, and the aroma of meat coming along with the burnt smell before it could spread. This made him feel physically disgusted, especially since he still had a piece of that person's clothes in his pocket at this time.
Zhao Gang didn't react at all, because he was on Qi Guang's back, half a body behind him, and he could clearly observe every micro-expression of Qi Le beside him.
He was dressed neatly, and there was no smell of blood on his body, but... if you got closer, you could smell the smell of burning hair.
The moisture on his head looked like he had just washed, or it might be the sweat from the anxious journey. There was no visible dirt, but Qi Le clearly saw a tiny bit of mud at the intersection of his ears and hairline.
Zhao Gang lowered his eyes and put away all his emotions, calmly watching the person in front of him burn to ashes. He knew that there must be a shining crystal core hidden in the pile of ashes, but unfortunately no one mentioned it.
Who could have secretly taken it away?
Zhao Gang felt that they might not be allowed to stay here any longer.
"Are you injured?" Qi Le asked the three people in front of him, "Let Tiantian help check you. I will personally investigate this matter thoroughly and give you an explanation."
"Then leave it to Mr. Qi. It would be best to figure out the route the other party came from. Otherwise, once they go crazy, so many ordinary people in the base will also be in danger."
"Don't worry, Tan Yun, you send the three of them back. Also, this gentleman seems to be injured, ask Tiantian for help." Qi Le pointed at Zhao Gang.
Sun Cheng followed the direction he pointed and found that Zhao Gang's clothes on his buttocks had been worn out by being dragged for a long time, and a layer of flesh inside had been scraped off.
The bleeding wasn't serious, it just looked extremely horrible.
Even though the air was filled with the smell of blood, they didn't even notice it.
"Okay, I'll go right away." Tan Yun made a gesture of invitation to Sun Cheng.
"Let Tiantian come here later. The injured people also need treatment," Qi Le instructed.
"good".
After Sun Cheng said goodbye to Qi Le, he took the three of them and left with Tan Yun.
When we were chasing them underground, we didn't feel far away, but when we walked on land, we found that they had run almost two kilometers.
When he returned to his residence, Du Wen was pacing anxiously in the yard. He was relieved to see that everyone had returned safely. "How is it? Did you find out who attacked us?"
"They are from Panshui Base. They must have set their sights on Brother Zhao's crystal core," Sun Cheng explained.
"These beasts are just like mad dogs," Du Wen cursed and put Zhao Gang back on the bed.
"You guys take a rest first, I'll go find Tiantian." Tan Yun also felt that these people were unlucky to be targeted by them. "Do you need to find your captain?"
"...Not for now. The person has been caught. Besides, you guys are keeping an eye on him, so nothing will happen." Sun Cheng replied after thinking.
"Okay, I'll let Liang Fei come over. You can find him if you have any problems." After saying this, Tan Yun left in a hurry.
After Sun Cheng asked the other teammates and found out that they were not injured, he walked towards the silent Zhao Gang.
Before he could ask, Zhao Gang shook his head slightly and said, "Please help me clean the wound. It's stuck with mud and stones."
"Okay," Sun Cheng responded, took the cleaning tools and didn't mention the matter again.
That night, Zhou He and his team heard about this incident as soon as they entered the training ground. They hurried back and were relieved to see that everyone was fine.
Before he could ask in detail, Qi Le came to apologize first.
"The matter has been investigated clearly. They..." He seemed to be unable to speak, and shook his head helplessly after a while, "There was a traitor in the base."
He smiled bitterly and said, "I spent a lot of effort to place people in the Panshui base, but I didn't expect that the other party's people were also quietly placing people here."
"This time it was our base's mistake that caused you to suffer an unexpected disaster. I apologize to you on behalf of the Mountain God Base." After Qi Le finished speaking, he bowed solemnly to the few people, and even the psychics who came with him followed him, to make it solemn.
But in fact, it seems that they are just talking, without any practical effect. Their people did not participate in the investigation from beginning to end, and they are not clear about the specific process. They can't even judge whether the other party is lying.
Zhou He saw it clearly, but Qi Le brought some young children with him. They could not see the deeper things and only saw Qi Le lowering his head. In their hearts, the master had already taken such an attitude and must be forgiven no matter what happened.
Qi Le didn't get a response and didn't stand up. The young men following behind him immediately glared at him and almost questioned him openly, asking what else he wanted.
This was tantamount to forcing them to accept such a result. At this moment, Zhou He seemed to have realized the advantage of being young as a psychic - not being able to distinguish between right and wrong.
"It's a small matter. Our people were not injured, and we even killed two of the enemy. We didn't suffer any loss at all." Zhou He helped Qi Le up. "But the fact that the enemy was able to enter the Mountain God Base means they might not have come for us from the beginning."
He looked at the several people with special abilities that Qi Le brought with him, "These are the reactions and special abilities they have developed after fighting zombies all day for five years. They are also good at dealing with emergencies, but you must be careful, because you never know when they might come back to attack you."
Zhou He successfully made the kids panic. He patted Qi Le on the shoulder and said, "It's not easy for you either. Let's not talk about it anymore. Today we caught an S-class mutant roe deer. I'll treat you to a meal. We've been out for too long and it's time to leave. How about this as a practice for us?"
"Are you leaving?" Qi Le was really surprised this time. He thought the other party would stay for a few more days, especially when it was obvious that people from Panshui Base were chasing after them. Unexpectedly, they didn't think of themselves and directly blamed it on the psychics from Shanshen Base.
"We have been out for too long. If we don't go back, the base commander will think something has happened to us." Zhou He followed his gaze and looked at the remaining injured people. "Their injuries can't be healed immediately. Let's go back and wait for a better situation."
"Is it because of what happened today?"
"That's not the case. I can't blame you since it wasn't you who did it. Besides, if they really wanted to attack us, the Mountain God Base wouldn't have helped us. I still believe in the Mountain God Base," Zhou He flattered, but his attitude to leave was firm. "We had already decided to leave early. The base has a time limit and we can't stay outside for long."
"When we go back, we will come to visit the Mountain God Base again in the spring of next year. Don't think we are disturbing you then, brother."
"How could that be? We're not even saying welcome yet."
Zhou He rejected all of Qi Le's attempts to persuade him to stay, and pulled him to the dining table, where they had a warm dinner.
It was almost twelve o'clock when Qi Le left. Those in the team who were still awake looked at Zhou He inquiringly. Zhou He shook his head at them and said nothing, "Everyone pack up, we will leave early tomorrow morning."
"yes".
"clear!"
After distributing the crystal cores harvested over the past two days, Zhou He and Zhao Gang looked at each other without saying a word.
Early the next morning, while Zhou He and his group were still having breakfast, Qi Le had already arrived with two teams of psychics.
"I'm really worried about you leaving like this," Qi Le said with a worried look on his face. "Tiantian said that they only seemed to have recovered, and they may not be able to endure the long journey. What's more, no one can guarantee that the Panshui base will not block them on the road again."
He sighed again, "After what happened yesterday, I can't guarantee that the Mountain God Base is an iron bucket. If something happens to you on the road, I will feel uneasy."
Zhou He lowered his eyes and listened to him say this, a hint of cruelty flashed in his eyes.
"After careful consideration, I decided to send two teams of psychics to escort you back. If there are any accidents on the road, they will be able to protect you." Qi Le looked as if he was thinking about you. If Zhou He refused, it would seem like he didn't know what was good for him.
He glanced at the psychics following Qi Le. They were of different ages. They were all people he had met once in the training ground and were not very familiar with each other. What they had in common was that their abilities were not inferior to theirs. Sun Cheng and Qi Guang recognized at a glance that one of the teams was the one that surrounded them during the explosion yesterday, and a little fat man was among them, staring at them coldly.
I wonder if these people are prepared for them or are really preparing for possible attacks?
However, seeing that Qi Le intended to bring people here directly, he probably didn't give people any chance to refuse. Everyone in the team saw this situation, and they couldn't think of a solution for a while.
Zhou He could only nod and thank him, "I was just thinking that the earth-type mutant in the team is not good enough, and the road might be difficult, so you sent someone over."
"Who among them said the earth-type mutant?" Zhou He asked Qi Le.
When two kids came out from Qi Le's team, Zhou He immediately laughed and said, "Then we'll rely on the two little brothers to help clear the way on the way back."
After that, he asked hesitantly and doubtfully, "Is their ability okay?"
"...Don't worry." Qi Le glanced at the two of them and said nothing more.
After a meal, the team set out on their return journey.
Zhou He carried Zhao Gang on his back as a fighting force, Qu Zhu carried Guan Wei, Yun Bai carried Zhao Lei, and the others were with Sun Cheng. With the people sent by Qi Le, Zhou He never thought of taking action on his own along the way, and directly placed a team of people from the two teams in the front and back.
Walking all the way to the entrance, Zhou He said goodbye to Qi Le who came to see him off. He turned around and just as he stepped into the open stone gate, he heard a voice behind him saying "wait a minute".
Zhou He turned around and saw a snow-white deer running towards them.
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