On the fifth day after the base commander made the request, he summoned the Fang Qingdai sisters again.
"What did your friend say?" The base commander smiled kindly, his face relaxed yet dignified, like a high-ranking but still kind elder.
Fang Qingdai looked annoyed: "He doesn't want to talk to me."
The base commander frowned: "That's true. No one would be willing to give away the ability to subdue alien beasts for nothing."
"Here's what we'll do: you tell your friend that he can tell you what he needs, and I'll try my best to meet his needs!"
Fang Qingdai hurriedly asked, "If you switch places with him, will you still keep your promise to find my parents?"
The base commander laughed heartily and with great energy: "Of course, without you as the middleman, I wouldn't even be able to meet your friend!"
"Don't worry, go back and have a good talk with your friend. I already have some news about your parents."
Fang Qingdai's fingers twitched slightly, and her heart grew cold.
The base commander was indeed lying to her.
Saying there's news is just a way of putting out a trap, afraid she won't do her job properly!
Despite this, Fang Qingdai still had to put on a tense and anxious expression: "Really? What news?"
The base commander smiled easily: "Commander Li sent word that he found the escape route of those fugitives, and after following the trail, he saw your parents from afar."
"Commander Li is keeping a close pursuit; he should be able to bring them back soon!"
Fang Qingdai was overjoyed and flustered, constantly rubbing the hem of her clothes and excitedly saying, "Great, great, great! My parents are really still alive!"
"You must tell Commander Li to make sure he doesn't hurt my parents when he's chasing after them!"
Fang Qingdai's gratitude and trust eased the base chief's brow considerably. He was in a good mood and even gave Qingluan three mutated seeds.
Not long after Fang Qingdai left, she came back with a list.
"Base commander, this is what my friend wanted."
Handing over the long sheet of paper, Fang Qingdai looked apologetic: "My friend is a bandit from the wasteland. They're very poor, so..."
The base commander scanned the list from beginning to end, his brow furrowing slightly.
Fang Qingdai carefully observed the situation and immediately spoke up: "To be honest, the reason this friend helped me tame the beast is because I saved his life!"
“My friend got into a conflict with hostile forces and was surrounded and forced into a high-radiation zone. He was covered in injuries and burned by the high radiation, and his life was hanging by a thread!”
"I had just activated my spatial ability at that time. It was my first time leaving the base for a mission. I wandered into a high-radiation area like a headless fly and met him."
"I took him into the space, then I walked out a bit and went back into the space to hide for a while, then came out and moved a bit more... I was severely burned by radiation myself, and it was only with great difficulty that I managed to escape from the high-radiation area with him!"
The base commander listened intently to Fang Qingdai's story, but his eyes were sharp as an eagle's as he analyzed the truthfulness of her words.
Hearing her recount the difficulties of the process, the base commander nodded slightly.
Such a great favor moved even the bandits of the wilderness, who were willing to give their hearts to him.
Repaying with the ability to tame strange beasts would be a fitting way to repay this life-saving grace.
The base commander had also heard about Fang Qingdai's radiation burns.
Both Fang Qingdai and her sister possessed level five superpowers, with Fang Qingdai even having two level five abilities. Their future was limitless, and the base leader, taking a liking to their talents, had someone investigate their backgrounds, hoping to recruit them for his own use.
If you really want to investigate, you can find a lot of information about Fang Qingdai's activities in the shantytown, and it basically matches what she said, which makes the base chief more confident in the authenticity of the story.
While the base commander was analyzing Fang Qingdai, Fang Qingdai was also carefully observing the changes in the base commander's expression.
She was afraid of making a mistake, afraid of not being able to hide it from this old fox, so the story she told about Jing Yi was mostly based on real events, and there was no trace of fabrication.
She could clearly see the flicker in the base commander's pupils, and knew that he had just analyzed the situation. Fang Qingdai sighed slightly in her heart.
Even without evidence, she could tell that the base chief was not as upright and selfless as he appeared.
His secrets may not be any fewer than Li Weidong's, and even the fake Li Weidong may be his pawn.
With such deep planning and foresight, his schemes must be quite grand; Fang Qingdai can't outmaneuver him.
But that doesn't stop her from swindling money!
After all that buildup, Fang Qingdai finally got to the point: "I also think he's asking for too much, it's not good. How about I use my gratitude to ask him to ask for less?"
The base commander frowned, seemingly deep in thought.
The bandits in the wilderness have no fixed abode, live by robbing, and have no direct contact with the base.
However, the base commander had personally led teams to suppress many bandits in the wilderness in his early years and was well aware of their greed and brutality.
If it weren't for the fact that Fang Qingdai had shown such great kindness, it probably wouldn't have been easy to get on this good side.
The base commander was weighing the options: would haggling provoke the greedy wilderness bandits and cause them to break off the deal?
But if we don't haggle, the list is far too long; it's enough to support a single outpost...
He looked up at Fang Qingdai and saw her clutching the hem of her clothes, looking very uneasy. The base commander's expression flickered, and he composed himself.
"Okay, try talking it over. If you can reach an agreement, great. If not, I'll make other plans!"
"By the way, Commander Li just sent back another message saying that he has met with those fugitives and the two sides have negotiated several times. Your parents have softened their stance and are willing to come back!"
They've set up bait again!
If it weren't for Fang Qingdai's fortuitous encounter with a special space that could automatically hide living people, and her chance to rescue her parents and successfully deceive everyone, she would have been completely saved.
If it were anyone else, why would they doubt that the base chief was lying?
Even if the base commander racked his brains, he would never have imagined that someone in the world could have such a great opportunity to unlock a special space that had never been heard of before!
If there were any examples of spatial ability users whose space could be divided into several areas, the base chief wouldn't make such a grandiose promise!
Fang Qingdai gratefully agreed, then turned around and said she would go back and have a good talk with that friend.
After returning home, Fang Qingdai revised the list several times.
Last time, they mainly asked for daily necessities. This time, the quantity of supplies seems to have decreased significantly, but a lot more firearms have been added!
Any power that wants to grow must provide both food and firepower!
Fang Qingdai was initially worried that asking for firearms was too excessive and sensitive, and would be met with resistance from the base commander.
However, through the base commander's attitude, Fang Qingdai could see that his impression of the wilderness bandits as greedy was deeply ingrained. In that case, she had to portray the wilderness bandits more realistically!
Let's try asking for the lion's share; what if they agree?
Even if the base commander disagrees, the time allotted for negotiations will allow Xiao Mao to collect as many supplies as possible!
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