Chapter 163 None of you are allowed to come out!
Upon reaching the gates of the Starfire Base, Wu Jian and Tong Xuyang, enraged to find that even as ability users, they couldn't breach the wall made solely of thorny vines, launched into a tirade against Cheng Hui and Lu Lu, who were guarding the gates.
"You ungrateful bastards! The base has supported you for so long, and you dare to defect to the base and even drag others down with you!"
Cheng Hui retorted, "I admit that at the beginning, I might not have been able to survive without the base, but I have always made contributions at the base, but how has the base treated us?"
"The base's supplies are mainly brought back by us superhumans. You're either ordinary people without superpowers, or your superpowers are terrible. Aren't you enough that we can give you food and a place to stay?" Wu Jian said dismissively.
"Are we supposed to be huddled in dorms like pigsties? And no matter what we do, we get very few points. Prices at the base are high, and we don't even have enough to exchange for food and water to survive each day. But while we're living worse than pigs, you guys are all beaming with health..." Lu Lu's eyes welled up with tears as she recalled her days at the base. But they really didn't have the courage to leave the base back then. They could still survive there, but it was much more dangerous outside.
"We've contributed enough to the base over the years to repay its kindness. We're not taking any other supplies that don't belong to us when we leave. We're even! You should leave now. Considering we were once on the same base, I advise you to leave quickly. Our base commander isn't someone to be trifled with," Cheng Hui shouted.
"You weaklings, your superpower is good sleep quality? It's the apocalypse, are you going to sleep like a pig and wait to die? And your superpower is that your hair grows fast. What's the use of growing fast? Will there be water to wash your hair in the apocalypse? The faster it grows, the more trouble you'll cause~" Tong Xuyang knew how to hit Cheng Hui and Lu Lu's sore spots. They didn't believe that these weaklings could find any powerful backers, otherwise they wouldn't have only established a base now.
But to be fair, the base's setup is indeed impressive, with such excellent mobile homes. These are from before the apocalypse. After the apocalypse, not many of the ones that could be dug up and preserved are in such good condition. They were very tempted to take them, otherwise it would be a waste to give them to these weaklings.
That's right, the base that wanted to attack the base was Base 37, where Cheng Hui and Lu Lu had previously stayed. This base was not an officially established base, but one built by civilians.
The base leader's name is Feng Yuan. When the apocalypse came, he was lucky enough to be trapped in a supermarket warehouse full of supplies. Then, an earthquake buried the warehouse, but there was a gap where Feng Yuan could breathe.
With water and supplies, Feng Yuan survived smoothly. Because of the buried warehouse and its secrecy, he was not discovered. Later, he became one of the first people to awaken their superpowers. With these large supplies and superpowers, he quickly gathered a group of people and established Base 37.
However, Feng Yuan was not a good manager. He established the base more to experience what it was like to be a king, and to have a group of people search for more resources for him. All he had to do was enjoy himself at the base.
However, in order to win people's hearts, he treated the superhumans relatively well, especially a few superhumans who shared his interests. These few people lived in Base 37, and their lives were no worse than before the apocalypse, or even more luxurious. After all, before the apocalypse, they were ordinary people and would not have been so extravagant as to eat five dishes and a soup every day.
However, Feng Yuan, Wu Jian, and a few others, because they controlled all the base's supplies, lived a more extravagant life even in the apocalypse. It had been almost six years since the apocalypse, and most people were pale and malnourished, but these few were full of oil and fat, clearly enjoying a very rich diet.
However, this standard of living was actually enjoyed by exploiting ordinary ability users or ordinary survivors like Cheng Hui. This led to the decline of Base 37, with the people below complaining bitterly. However, their strength did not allow them to rebel directly, which is why it dragged on for so long. They finally decided to leave when Wu Jian and the others went out because they could no longer bear it.
Cheng Hui's superpower is improved sleep quality. No matter when or where, as long as he wants to sleep, he can fall asleep instantly and wake up refreshed. During this time, even if the sky falls, he won't wake up.
This ability is indeed useless and dangerous in the apocalypse, so he always stays with his trusted friends. He sleeps close to his friends so that if something really happens, although they can't wake him up, his friends can carry him away.
Lulu's special ability is that her hair grows very quickly and is very strong. She has to spend a long time every day using scissors to cut her hair short, otherwise it would be too troublesome to maintain such long hair. In the apocalypse, water is scarce, and it is impossible to maintain such long hair.
But regardless of whether their superpowers are good or bad, their bodies have indeed become much stronger and more resistant to heat and cold because of them. So they feel both inferior about their superpowers and grateful for them.
Seeing that neither of them, two level-three ability users—one a metal-type ability user and the other a strength-type ability user—could push open the broken thorny door, Tong Xuyang and Wu Jianshi, impatient with their verbal sparring, started clamoring for Cheng Hui to call out their base's commander.
If Han Dongling is nice, they might let her join Base 37. Compared to the large Base 37, Spark Base is only nicer in terms of buildings; it doesn't even have a proper gate or wall.
Han Dongling returned to her room via her personal teleportation array, then put away the puppet and headed towards the gate. Before she even reached it, she heard Wu Jian call out with a disdainful look from afar: "I heard your base leader is a woman? Calling you weaklings is not an exaggeration. You actually found a woman to be your leader. Could it be that she's good in bed and slept with you?"
When Cheng Hui and Lu Lu heard Wu Jian slander Han Dongling like that, they were so angry that they wanted to open the door and go out to fight him, even though they knew that it would be like throwing an egg against a rock. The others had been won over by Han Dongling's skills and character these days, so they were also furious.
Han Dongling saw that these people intended to resist, but Wu Jian, though harsh in his words, had to admit that Cheng Hui and his group were indeed very weak against Wu Jian and his fellow ability users. She quickly spoke up: "Cheng Hui, Lu Lu! Take some of the people from the base and retreat. Just watch the battle from inside the base. You are not allowed to come out without my permission!"
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