Chapter 97 - Setting out to be a spy
Chapter 97 - Setting out to be a spy
Ning Fei stayed at the Tianyue Base for a few days and then left the base on a convoy transporting supplies.
If he didn't go out, he would be taken out for morning exercise as soon as the sun came out. Morning exercises have become a trend at the Tianyue Base, and everyone is trying to keep fit. Children get up early in the morning while still half asleep and half awake to run. Not to mention Yue Fengping, who came from the special forces, and his comrades and subordinates, all would do a few kilometers of training in the morning before having breakfast. Yu Zhou was actually picked up by Yue Fengping for morning exercise, but his training volume was only half or one-third of Yue Fengping's. Basically, when Yue Fengping and his friends ran back, they picked up Yu Zhou and took him home.
It’s not that Yu Zhou can’t afford to train for a few kilometers, it’s just that being lazy is more cost-effective. Yue Fengping didn't train him as his own soldier. He was just afraid that his physical condition would deteriorate and he wouldn't be able to escape when in danger, so he half-coaxed and half-forced him to be brought out for training. It was the first time that Ning Fei was woken up by the noise of morning exercise. He got up to watch the fun and saw Yu Zhou wandering around there after being left behind. So Ning Fei asked him upstairs: "They have all run away, why don't you just go home? Who are you putting on a show for?"
Yu Zhou waved his hand: "There are his spies everywhere in the base. If they see me slacking off, they will complain to him. This is not a problem of training volume, but an attitude problem."
The latter sentence was clearly said in an imitation of Yue Fengping's tone. Ning Fei mocked him, "You still say you're not in love?"
Yu Zhou pointed at him and said, "I'll have someone drag you out for morning exercises later, believe it or not?"
Ning Fei sneered, stepped back and closed the window. Yu Zhou sneered, turned around and jogged away.
Later, Yue Fengping really talked to Ning Fei about morning exercises, and even said considerately that his dormitory was next to his comrade's room, so his comrade could call Ning Fei when he was doing morning exercises. Ning Fei immediately waved his hands and said "no, thank you" three times in a row to refuse.
Yue Fengping wanted to persuade him: "Although you are a level 3 psychic, basic physical training is still necessary, otherwise it will be troublesome if you don't have the physical strength at a critical moment in the future. I am also a level 4 psychic, but sometimes psychic powers are not omnipotent. Health is your own, there is no harm in exercising more."
Ning Fei, for Yu Zhou's sake, continued to decline patiently: "No, I know what I am doing, and I am responsible for my own health."
Yue Fengping said, "When you don't have other work, why don't you go to participate in the superpower training in the afternoon? I'm level 4 now, and I still go there often. On the one hand, I train myself, and on the other hand, I train coordination."
Ning Fei: "No need. I'm going to leave the base and I probably won't be back for quite some time. Don't worry about my training."
Yue Fengping was puzzled: "Where are you going? Didn't Yu Zhou say that you had already come to our base? Is there anything wrong with our care?"
Ning Fei: "I didn't fail to take good care of him. I came to Yu Zhou for help, and Yu Zhou threw me out, that's it."
Yue Fengping: “…Ah?”
After this incident, Ning Fei complained to Yu Zhou: "Why is he so long-winded? You don't seem to like this style, do you?"
Yu Zhoule said, "He tried to persuade you with words for my sake. If it was someone else, he would just throw them to the training ground and beat them up. Then he would ask, 'Can you beat me? If not, get out of here and go to training!' What do you think?"
Ning Fei said: "I may be able to beat him."
Yu Zhou said: "That may not be the case, but why are you wasting your energy? You have nothing to do."
On the other hand, Yue Fengping also talked to Yu Zhou about the content of this conversation. It was at this time that the base commander learned that Yu Zhou was planning to send Ning Fei to another base as a "spy."
He wanted to recruit some people from other bases to Tianyue, but a head-on confrontation would be troublesome, so he decided to let Ning Fei, whose reputation was not yet widespread, to contact and persuade them privately. Ning Fei is a level three wind type, a relatively advanced psychic. He is also smart and can move around easily in any base. Once he gets in touch with the target, negotiates with the target, and cooperates with the internal and external parties, he will become more active.
Yue Fengping would not question Yu Zhou's decision, but only asked: "Who do you want to poach? The biomedical research team you investigated a while ago?"
"Yes. Mainly including them." Yu Zhou smiled. "Chen Yikun said that the team had a lot of insights into vaccine development before the zombie outbreak, but unfortunately they hadn't produced any official results at the time, so they weren't well-known. Their situation isn't very good now, and if we poach them, we might be able to support them in developing a vaccine as soon as possible, so that the threat of mutants to humans can be greatly eliminated."
"If this can really be achieved, then the restoration of normal social order is just around the corner." Yue Fengping sighed, "I haven't even considered other bases. You've considered it comprehensively. Thank you for your hard work. If you need any support, just tell me and I'll try my best to cooperate."
Yu Zhou said: "There is no need for you to cooperate with anything at the moment. Ning Fei is enough. Let's wait for him to send back good news."
"Is he so powerful?" Yue Fengping confirmed, "Is he really 100% reliable? You haven't seen each other for so long, do you really understand what happened to him before? He only came for a few days and then left, nothing will go wrong, right?"
Yu Zhou said: "Don't worry, it's 100% reliable and 100% capable."
Yue Fengping raised his eyebrows: "...Do you trust him so much?"
"Haha, are you jealous, Commander Yue?" Yu Zhou smiled softly and went forward to straighten the man's collar. "Don't worry, there's no chance of that happening between him and me."
***
The night before Ning Fei left Tianyue Base, he had a "farewell dinner" at Yu Zhou and Yue Fengping's home, and went to Yu Zhou to get small things like coffee and cigarettes to relieve his boredom. The next day, he really left Tianyue Base.
Of course, Yu Zhou also gave him a lot of points and useful supplies to help him go east. Although the convoy took the cleared and regularly maintained main roads, they would occasionally encounter mutant animals or zombies. Ning Fei will go and clean up with the convoy's guards and psychics. He usually looks lazy, but once he starts fighting, he is fast, fierce and accurate. Plus, he was easy to arrange on the road and didn't care about his food or sleep, so he got along pretty well with the team.
The leader of the convoy was a middle-aged man in his thirties, a second-level fire-type ability user, a truck driver, and had driven special vehicles before. He looked like a rough guy who had been through wind and rain. In order to make the journey smoother, Ning Fei secretly gave him two cigarettes. As a result, when they were about to reach the Huichuan base, the team leader sought out Ning Fei for a one-on-one chat.
He wanted to keep Ning Fei in the convoy.
Ning Fei refused of course, but the team leader didn't give up immediately and said, "I didn't invite you just because I wanted to strengthen the team. There are also some personal reasons. I can see that you are... my kind."
The word "same kind" was a little unclear, but Ning Fei immediately understood what the other party meant. He didn't flirt with the man during this trip, and he wasn't curious about how the other party figured it out. He simply rejected him again and said, "I'm not interested in you either."
"At this time, it would be nice to try something new, right?" The leader tried again, trying to get closer to Ning Fei and said, "Or, let's not confirm our relationship first, let's try to see if we are compatible in bed?"
Ning Fei took two steps back: "No appointment, thank you."
"...Okay, we'll be staying in Huichuan for a while anyway, and you have my phone number." The team leader shrugged, "If you change your mind, call me."
He was obviously still somewhat unwilling, but he pretended to understand and took a step back. But he was soon completely discouraged because on the last night while waiting to enter the Huichuan base, Ning Fei discovered that two packs of his cigarettes had been stolen.
The reason he checked was that when he came back from solving a personal problem, he ran into a team member who was leaving in a hurry. He felt that the man looked strange and immediately checked his bag. I didn't count the snacks before, so I'm not sure if there were any missing; the amount of dry food was correct; the coffee was a whole box of instant coffee, which had never been opened and was still there; but there were two packs missing from the opened carton of cigarettes.
To be honest, it wasn't a big deal to him, but it was just the right excuse to say goodbye once and for all. So he told the team leader about it, and the team leader questioned everyone together, but no one admitted it.
Even the member that Ning Fei bumped into, stood in the back row with his back hunched, not saying a word as Ning Fei kept staring at him.
The team leader was a little embarrassed by the situation and said to Ning Fei, "How about this, I will check each person one by one and tell you when I find out. How many points do you have for your cigarettes? I will compensate you first, okay?"
Someone in the team said, "You didn't steal it, so you don't have to pay for it, right? Just catch the thief first. Besides, who knows if it was stolen..."
This is questioning the authenticity of Ning Fei's claim that she was stolen. The team leader looked at Ning Fei and said, "Why don't you step aside for a while? I'll talk to them. They feel a bit stressed with you here. Let's think about it ourselves first. Maybe someone just got distracted for a moment..."
"No."
Ning Fei found it funny to see such obviously xenophobic remarks. It's really humorous that such a team still wants to stay.
So he walked straight towards the member hiding in the back row while laughing, and suddenly attacked, knocking the other person to the ground with one punch!
Everyone in the transport team:! ! !
"Is it fun to steal my cigarettes?" Ning Fei stepped on the man's hand and sneered, "It's because I don't have a gun. If I did, you would know what 'reaching out will lead to being caught' means."
“Ah…!” The man’s hand was in severe pain. He couldn’t pull it out or get up. He could only cry out in pain. The team leader frowned and strode over, reaching out to pull Ning Fei away: "Stop it first, don't do this!"
However, his grab missed, Ning Fei's wind ability worked quickly, and he flashed two or three meters away in the blink of an eye.
"This is the ethos of your team, petty thefts, shielding criminals, and questioning victims. You still want to recruit new talents with this? Ha, funny." Ning Fei said as he walked to the side and picked up the bag he had packed, sneering, "I'll give you those two packs of cigarettes as medical expenses. Oh, by the way——"
He carried his bag and said a final "farewell" to the group of people: "I will find a way to report to the major bases that your convoy will steal customers' things."
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