Gu Yicheng adjusted the route.
Just when their team was about to turn around at an intersection ahead and take another route to Chaoyang Base.
Suddenly, smoke swirled in front of them, blocking their vision. Soon, the two cars they were driving were surrounded by orange smoke from the police, and visibility was very low. I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to see anyone walking in front of their cars.
"Brother Gu, it's bad. Someone is trying to steal the supply truck!" Jiang Jingchao saw the sudden situation and quickly activated his psychic ability to detect the surrounding situation. He said, "But they are not many in number. There are only five people in total. Now they have reached our supply truck."
"Brother, what should we do now?" When saying this, Ruan Ning's expression was still calm, and he was not too nervous about someone coming to steal the supply truck.
The supplies they were transporting had already been stored in the space, so they didn't have to worry about anyone coming to steal them. The only things on the truck were a few large boxes, and inside the boxes were a few stones they had picked up on the road.
This method was thought up by Ruan Ning. If someone really came to rob the supply truck, and they opened the boxes and found that they were full of stones, the feeling of disappointment would definitely be very disappointing.
The same was true for everyone else. They were angry, but no one was worried about the supplies.
What they have to do now is to catch this group of people.
The two people on the small truck transporting supplies had already gotten off the truck, as their movements were hampered by the smoke. Those who came to rob the supply truck were probably well prepared, so they quickly ran away under the cover of the smoke.
"Captain, the people coming here all have speed abilities. We can't catch up with them, so we let them run away!" said one person.
This time, they only brought a few people with them, so they didn't let the speedsters in their team follow them. Unexpectedly, these people took advantage of the opportunity, and now they can't catch up even if they want to.
"Brother Gu, the boxes we placed in the truck to cover up our tracks were also taken away." Jiang Jingchao checked the trunk of the truck and found that the boxes that were used to make it look like there was nothing in them were missing.
That is to say, among this group of people there is not only one person with speed ability, but also one with space ability.
This kind of configuration is rare. After all, speed esper is easy to find, but space esper is rare.
Ruan Ning was also surprised after hearing this. Fortunately, they did not take chances this time, thinking that the supplies they transported would not be lost, but had already stored the supplies in the space in advance. Otherwise, the supplies today might not be saved.
However, Ruan Ning suddenly began to look forward to the expressions on the faces of those who had robbed their supplies when they returned to their own territory, opened the boxes, and discovered that they were filled with stones. It would surely be a sight to behold!
"Let's ignore them for now. Let's continue driving to Chaoyang Base." Gu Yicheng said in a deep voice, his dark eyes as deep as ink.
Although the faces of those who robbed the supply trucks were not clearly visible, they still revealed a lot of noteworthy details, such as the model of the grenade they used and their familiarity with their route.
It is very difficult for unscrupulous people to get these things, and they have a clear goal. After releasing the bomb, they went directly to the supply truck without even looking at our off-road vehicle. This shows that the group of people who just robbed them most likely knew that their Dawn Team was going to transport supplies to Chaoyang Base along this route.
After several twists and turns, the Dawn Team finally arrived at the Chaoyang Base at four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day.
There are many wood-type psychics in the Chaoyang base. Although their combat ability is not good, they have an advantage that other bases do not have, that is, plant cultivation technology.
They would use the various edible plants cultivated by their wood-related abilities to exchange for the supplies they needed with people from other bases.
For example, the cold-proof supplies that the Dawn Team transported to the army this time.
"You want Captain Gu, who is sent by the base army to deliver supplies, right?"
At the notice of the guard at the gate, a tall woman in her thirties walked out of the base. The right half of her face was covered with large scars from being burned by the flames. The scars were crisscrossed and looked extremely ferocious. It was in stark contrast to the white and smooth left half of her face. She looked like a devil with half angel.
"Yes, we are from the Dawn Team." Gu Yicheng did not mention the incident of the supply vehicle being robbed on the road. It is not clear who did it. It could be the forces from Hope Base, Chaoyang Base, or even the group of people who were doing business with them.
Not many people in both bases knew that the Gu family army would let them transport supplies, and even fewer knew when they would deliver the supplies and which route they would take. So speaking out about this matter would not only be useless, but would also cause alarm.
The woman knew they were from the military, so she kept a calm expression and a lukewarm attitude, saying calmly, "Then follow me in."
The force that exchanged supplies with the Hope Base Army this time was the Chaoyang Base's training center.
Unlike other bases, wood-type esper has a high status in Chaoyang Base, and the training center gathers the vast majority of wood-type esper in Chaoyang Base.
Or to put it more accurately, it is the brilliant achievements of the training center in the last days that have created the absolute status of wood-type mutants in the Chaoyang base today.
The wood-type psychics in other bases do not have the good treatment they get here, so Chaoyang Base can now be said to be the dream place for all wood-type psychics in China.
Of course, Chaoyang Base relies on this technology to survive, and will definitely not leak the method of plant cultivation. If the wood-type esper from other bases want to imitate, it may not be so easy. They can only buy the varieties they cultivate and spend time to study them again. Moreover, Chaoyang Base will continue to develop new varieties. In this way, Chaoyang Base has gained a firm foothold and has a place among the major bases in the end times.
Just like the new fruit variety that Gu Yicheng talked about with Ruan Ning at noon, it was recently cultivated by the breeding center and the news was only released to the public this week.
"Aunt Yu Xian, please be more enthusiastic towards the customers and don't look so bossy. It will scare people away." A cute little girl with a ponytail walked out of the training center.
After seeing the little girl, Yu Xian's scarred face became a little gentler, and she said helplessly, "Yiyi, why did you come out? Didn't I tell you to stay in the incubator just now?"
Xu Yiyi stuck out her tongue and said, "It's boring to stay in the breeding room for a long time. I don't want to stay in there all the time. I want to come out and get some fresh air."
Yu Xian was helpless with her lively niece, but she was also worried that she would be in danger if she went out, so she could only say, "But I have to take these people to discuss something important now. You can only stay in the training center by yourself and can't go anywhere else."
"Okay, Auntie." Yu Yiyi was a little disappointed that she couldn't leave the training center. She rolled her eyes and said to the guests next to her: "Hello, my name is Yu Yiyi, I'm ten years old this year, you can just call me Yiyi."
Who wouldn't like a little girl with a cute appearance and personality? Seeing her like this, Ruan Ning couldn't help but smile kindly, "Hello, Yiyi."
When Yu Yiyi came here, she had noticed the sister in front of her who looked like a fairy. However, she was afraid that she would dislike her like the beautiful sister last time, so she did not dare to take the initiative to talk to her. Now when she heard her taking the initiative to talk to her, her eyes lit up and she said excitedly: "Sister, you are so beautiful." After saying that, she probably felt that this sentence was too abrupt, so she lowered her head slightly, a little embarrassed.
Ruan Ning hasn't met a child who speaks so bluntly for a long time since the apocalypse. Children who can survive the apocalypse are generally not simple, just like the powerful speed psychic Chang Shisi he met in H Province before, who was a junior high school student before the apocalypse, but he was like a little adult, knowing a lot of things, being cautious, and being good and pleasing.
Perhaps for this reason, after chatting for a while, Ruan Ning had a good impression of Yu Yiyi.
Gu Yicheng was going to trade materials with the people at the breeding center and discuss the follow-up of the transaction. Ruan Ning planned not to go with him later. During the time when he was busy, she went with the little girl named Yu Yiyi, because she said she could take her to the breeding center and introduce her to the current varieties of their breeding center.
Yu Xian was initially reluctant to let Yi Yi hang out with the people from other bases, but when she saw that Ruan Ning had a kind face, a good temper, and was smiling all the time, and did not look like a person with bad intentions, she hesitated for a moment before reluctantly agreeing.
Gu Yicheng glanced coldly at the little girl beside Ruan Ning, and seeing that she had no fighting power, he didn't say anything and let Ningning be happy on her own.
Yu Yiyi noticed the man's gaze on her, and she shrank unconsciously and hid behind Ruan Ning. The man's eyes just now were so scary! !
Ruan Ning followed Yu Yiyi around the first floor of the training center.
Vegetables were grown on the first floor. There were all kinds of them. Some of them Ruan Ning had seen in the restaurant at the Hope Base, some were varieties that had existed before the end of the world, and some were unheard of.
Yu Yiyi said that those new varieties were only recently bred and not many people knew about them yet. They would be used to exchange crystal cores and supplies with people from other bases.
Then, Yu Yiyi, with a tone and expression that seemed to be seeking praise, pointed to several new varieties and said that they were all cultivated by her.
After listening to this, Ruan Ning was a little surprised. Although she had just felt that this little girl looked very young when she came to the training room with Yu Yiyi, she should have a high status in the training center. Because along the way, other psychics in the training center would come over to say hello to her when they saw her, so they should all know her.
But I didn't expect her to be so powerful. It seems that her ability level should be quite high.
You can't judge a person by his appearance. You can't look down on someone just because he is young. Ruan Ning initially thought that Yu Yiyi was able to hold such a position in the training center because she was a relative of the woman who brought them in.
Yu Yiyi blinked her big eyes and kept clinging to Ruan Ning beside her. She liked the sister in front of her very much. She had no one to talk to except the uncles and aunts in the training center, because Aunt Yu Xian didn't let her play with outsiders, saying that they all had bad intentions and wanted to take over the training center, so she could only deal with various seeds and plants every day.
"Sister Ningning, what is your relationship with the brother just now?" Yu Yiyi asked curiously.
Ruan Ning was stunned for a moment: "Which brother are you talking about?"
"He's the tall, handsome one who stood next to you at first and looked at me with a slightly fierce look." Yu Yiyi was only in the fourth grade of elementary school in town before the end of the world. She didn't know many words, so she used the words she knew to describe the powerful brother just now.
Ruan Ning then realized that the person with the fierce look in Yu Yiyi's eyes was Gu Yicheng. He smiled and said, "...Brother and sister are boyfriend and girlfriend."
"Wow, boyfriend and girlfriend!!" Yu Yiyi exclaimed in surprise, then covered her eyes with her hands, with a shy smile on her face, and whispered, "Do you usually kiss?"
Her voice was a little soft, and Ruan Ning had to listen carefully to hear it clearly.
Now it was Ruan Ning's turn to blush. He coughed lightly and quickly changed the subject, not allowing the man to continue asking questions. He said in a stiff tone: "Yiyi, didn't you just say you would take me to see the cultivation room on the second floor? I'm very curious, take me there now."
Yu Yiyi stuck out her tongue, smiled playfully, and wisely didn't ask any more questions. The two of them took the elevator of the training center and went up to the second floor together.
The second floor is where the fruit cultivation center is located. Planted in the middle of a greenhouse is a locust tree that requires several people to hug.
Ruan Ning asked, "Why do you want to plant a locust tree here? Does it have any special meaning?" This locust tree is nothing special except that its branches are a little thicker. If she hadn't felt that it was a little similar to the mutant locust tree that the Dawn Team had seen at University B, she wouldn't have paid too much attention to it.
Hearing her asking about the locust tree, Xu Yiyi scratched her ponytail uncomfortably and said apologetically, "This is a secret of our training center. I'm sorry, Sister Ningning, I can't tell you."
Although she liked Sister Ningning very much, she also always remembered what Aunt Yu Xian had told her: the secret about the big locust tree could not be told to anyone.