Chapter 220 Female Thief
The trouble was caused by Base 37.
The reason was that Ning Xuan had previously caused trouble for Base 37, and at that time she directly defeated these people without killing them all.
However, Feng Yuan felt very embarrassed and harbored resentment towards Han Dongling, especially after another group of people in the base were incited by Han Dongling to join the Xinghuo Base.
With fewer and fewer people available at Base 37, Feng Yuan, the base commander, is no longer as powerful as he used to be.
However, Feng Yuan knew he was no match for Han Dongling, so he kept quiet and waited for an opportunity to retaliate against Han Dongling and the Xinghuo Base.
This opportunity came quickly. Previously, Wu Jian's team had a burrowing ability user named Huang Liang. His ability was upgraded. After the upgrade, he could burrow randomly for about 1 kilometer, but now he could burrow at a fixed point within 2 kilometers. Moreover, his mana regeneration time was reduced by half.
After Huang Liang was able to teleport underground, his superpower was no longer just for escaping. Feng Yuan and his group's first reaction was that it could be used for bad things.
Their base is much smaller now, and they're being asked to do jobs that weren't previously their responsibility, which has made them very unhappy.
"Brother Yuan, Huang Liang's abilities have been upgraded now, so we don't have to go through all that trouble searching for supplies ourselves anymore. Why don't we just go to that woman's base and bring the supplies back?" One of Feng Yuan's subordinates immediately suggested this idea, which was exactly what Feng Yuan wanted to hear.
Wu Jian and Tong Xuyang, who had been to the Xinghuo Base, looked embarrassed. Feng Yuan saw this and asked, "What's wrong with your faces? Just say what you have to say, don't act like those sissies!"
"It's like this, Brother Yuan, Xu Yang and I went to the Starfire Base before, but their base was very strange. At that time, there were only mutated thorn vines as walls and gates, but we couldn't get in at all. We couldn't even throw our weapons in. It was very strange." Wu Jian recalled that unsuccessful mission. Although he wanted to get back at Han Dongling immediately, he also knew that Han Dongling's strength was unfathomable.
"But I'm even stronger now. Although I haven't leveled up, I feel like my abilities have gotten stronger recently. Besides, I still have Ah Liang. This time, I'll go and be the vanguard of a five-person team."
That night, Wu Jian and his team conducted a night raid on the Xinghuo Base, but Huang Liang discovered that even if they burrowed underground, they could not enter the Xinghuo Base.
Because they attempted the test from 2 kilometers away, not close to the Xinghuo base, and Han Dongling happened to be out at the time, they did not realize that the other party had come.
After realizing he still couldn't get into the Spark Base, Feng Yuan flew into a rage, but quickly calmed down.
"Forget it, if we can't get in over there, let's not go in for now. Let's go to other bases first." Feng Yuan changed his strategy, planning to steal supplies from other bases first, develop stealthily, and then try his best to win over any "like-minded" superhumans he encountered. He actually managed to win over quite a few people.
Afterwards, the major bases in this area also discovered that their own supplies had been stolen again. At first, they thought it was an inside job, but when they found out it wasn't, they began to increase the defenses of their warehouses.
Feng Yuan's strategy of stealing supplies from other bases was thwarted again, but he quickly came up with another wicked plan. He had people spread the word at various bases that it was Xinghuo Base that was stealing supplies from them.
To be honest, the other bases didn't believe it. After all, they traded frequently with Xinghuo Base, Han Dongling was very generous, and she had a lot of supplies. It didn't seem like she was capable of doing something like this.
"Are you stupid? How could she have so many supplies? Even though the things she traded with you weren't in your possession, who knows if she got them from a more distant base? You've probably heard about that woman's strength. I heard she went to Base 37 and practically took everything, leaving it empty."
"They took almost everything? We've heard that too, but wasn't that because Base 37 offended her first?"
"That's true, but what's most important right now is definitely supplies. Base 37 didn't even do anything to Starfire Base, and that woman just went and acted so ruthlessly. Who knows what she'll do to the other bases? Is she just too embarrassed to be so direct with you guys?"
Thus, Feng Yuan instructed his men to spread rumors about Han Dongling's "shameful deeds" whenever they encountered people from other bases.
As more and more people started talking about it, although the commanders of the various bases still didn't quite believe it, some cynical people below started to jeer and clamor for the bases to go out and demand an explanation and find out if it was Xinghuo Base that was behind it.
In order to appease the base members, the leaders of the major bases had to meet and discuss the matter, and find an excuse to visit the Xinghuo Base.
Their goal was to avoid directly offending Han Dongling, but Feng Yuan wasn't willing to let them visit so politely. He sent his men to cause trouble, turning the agreed-upon visit into an attack. When Base 37 learned of the departure dates of the various bases, they also planned to take advantage of the chaos that day.
The base commanders were unaware that malicious elements had infiltrated their ranks. As soon as they arrived outside the Spark Base, a member from Base 37, mingling in the crowd, angrily shouted, "Female thief! Open up! You dare to steal supplies, but you're too afraid to open the gate! Open the gate now and give us an explanation!"
"Open the door, you thief!"
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The voices of female thieves rose and fell outside the Starfire Base. The base guard went from being confused to angry, and he quickly sent someone to notify Han Dongling, Cheng Hui, and Lu Lu.
Han Dongling arrived quickly because she already knew when someone arrived at the base entrance. Since she wasn't far away, she used her divine sense to check the situation and spotted the familiar base commanders, as well as a few people with shifty eyes and malicious expressions mixed in with the crowd.
When Han Dongling appeared at the base entrance, the thugs in the crowd became even more excited, while the heads of the major bases turned green with anger.
"Hey, no, shut up! You haven't even figured things out yet, what are you yelling about? Which base are you from?"
"Aren't you from your base?"
"It's not from my base either."
Han Dongling used her magic to pull the troublemakers mixed in with the crowd aside, and then said to the other base leaders, "Please come in, everyone. Tell us what happened, and we'll investigate together to find out what's going on."
The other base commanders didn't want to offend Han Dongling directly in the first place, and seeing Han Dongling pull this stunt, their attitudes improved even more, and they quickly explained their purpose.
"Ms. Han, please rest assured, we trust you. It's just that our subordinates are insisting on finding out the truth, so we have no choice but to disturb your base."
The members of Base 37, frozen in place, looked at each other in bewilderment: How come this is different from what the boss said? There was no chaos at all, so why do the other bases trust Spark Base so much?
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