Just as Mingmei said, she really overestimated those people. Even when Mu Chen and his group impersonated superhumans sent out by higher-ups and infiltrated back into the base, they hadn't been discovered.
The only thing that Mingmei could praise was these people's keen will to survive?
These people actually sent a lot of people here before receiving news of Mu Chen's entry into the city. A group of people aggressively blocked them in the courtyard.
Battle is about to break out!
"Take them to the basement."
Lou Jia kept his eyes fixed on the people who had arrived, and whispered to Mingmei standing beside him, "Xiao Feng will tell you where it is."
After saying that, he took another step forward, completely blocking the way for Mingmei and the others to retreat back into the house.
The reason was simple: Lou Jia had just seen the grenades carried by the people in that group.
"You must be careful."
After Mingmei finished speaking, she quickly led the ordinary people and children present to the basement along with another earth-type ability user.
Seeing one group retreat into the house while another group stepped forward, the group said that Mu Chen and his group had absconded with the grain, and now the base was going to arrest and interrogate the remaining people.
"If you want to find fault, you can always find a pretext."
As soon as they finished speaking, a fight broke out between the two sides. Just as Mingmei was about to jump into the basement, there was a loud "boom!"
An explosion came from above her head. Amidst the surging air, Mingmei, who had just jumped down, lost her balance and crashed heavily onto the basement floor.
"Ouch!" The pain was so intense that tears welled up instantly.
However, Gui Gui told her that she just bumped into something and it hurt, but there was no fracture or crack, which was fortunate.
"Lou Jia really had foresight!"
In the darkness, the earth-elemental ability user lit a candle, illuminating the small basement. Lou Jia had even installed an invisible ventilation shaft here, as if he was afraid they would be buried and suffocate.
"yes."
Mingmei and Wang Wenying, along with the children who seemed frightened by the explosion, looked around. In the small basement, there were several quilts and mats, and some clean food and water were piled on a brand-new, unpainted wooden shelf.
Even the candles from earlier were taken from here.
"How worried is he that he prepared so many things?"
The earth-elemental ability user was also quite surprised. He looked up at the basement and exclaimed, "Huh, there's an earth-elemental ability enhancement here. No wonder the place above exploded. This basement, dug by an amateur, is still intact."
"I helped my brother dig this."
Two of Lou Jia's five children possess special abilities. The eldest boy, Xiao Feng, has an earth-based ability.
Hearing the child's voice, Mingmei couldn't help but glance at the boy beside her who was holding and comforting his youngest sister. Although he looked rather aloof, she saw pride radiating from his eyes as he said, "Brother is amazing!"
"Yes, that's impressive."
...
"Are you crazy? Why didn't you notify us before they came?"
The expressions of the people fighting above were slightly distorted at this moment.
Li Yuan was dumbfounded. Lu Gui had said that if there was any emergency, Julian would send someone to inform them, but obviously no one knew that this guy was carrying both a gun and a grenade!
These are flesh and blood, after all. If they were really hit, would they even be able to live?
"Never mind that, let's repel them first!"
As he spoke, Zhen Hu conjured a ball of lightning in his hands and hurled it at the opponent. The opponent, outnumbered and outgunned, dodged Zhen Hu's attack and opened fire. With a few "bangs," a patch of vines suddenly rose from the ground in front of them, blocking their vision and the bullets.
"Wow, Loujia is amazing!"
"So-so, it won't last long." Lou Jia felt no joy at everyone's praise; instead, he became even angrier because of the fact that these people had just thrown grenades and blown up the house.
If he hadn't prepared a basement beforehand, none of those people who had just hidden in the house would have escaped!
Upon considering this possibility, Lou Jia's composure began to crumble, and faint traces of bloodshot appeared in his eyes.
Be good, don't come out...
Pushed into the cramped safety room by his mother, Lou Jia watched helplessly as his mother's figure, which hadn't made it in, collapsed instantly...
Now, it's as if the roles have been reversed. He's sending the children he's raising into the safe basement he built himself, while he's outside, guarding it for them.
...
"Why?"
Before she died, Merita stared wide-eyed at Julian, who had ambushed her, and asked incredulously.
What orders did you just give?
Instead of answering Merita's question, Julian asked her about a secret order he had given to her after leaving another old stubborn man's office.
Upon hearing Julian's words, Merita immediately laughed, seemingly finally understanding why she had been killed by him.
“You…didn’t you already know?” Merita clutched the dagger embedded in her chest, blood gushing from her mouth. “Why? Why did you have to be with those people…even though we have such…”
What is our identity?
Julian suddenly laughed, a mocking glint in his eyes, and looked at Merita. His lips moved as he whispered the final, chilling words: "Since you value status and bloodline so much, it would be a real shame if you didn't go to the Empire."
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