Nanxing and the others exchanged bewildered glances. The person who had just swallowed wasn't themselves, nor was it the other person. So who was it? Was it haunted?
Banxia couldn't help but feel annoyed. Why did she keep running into idiots lately?
Since they dare to openly set up stalls and conduct transactions, how could they not have a couple of trump cards up their sleeves? How come just any Tom, Dick, or Harry dares to covet their things?
Without hesitation, she pulled out a bucket of paint and splashed it towards the source of the swallowing sound. Suddenly, a short man appeared out of thin air in front of everyone.
The short man was surprised that he had been discovered in just one glance. He tried to run away in a panic, but was tied up by Zhao Xuan's supernatural vines.
"Invisibility ability?" Su Yao curiously kicked the short guy's waist, which hadn't been rubbed by paint. "This is the first time I've ever seen this ability."
Not to mention him, everyone except Banxia was seeing him for the first time.
Banxia held a knife to the short man's neck and demanded, "Who sent you?"
Invisibility abilities have no offensive power and are generally used for reconnaissance. They rarely appear in public. This person probably got greedy when they saw the crystal cores in their hands, which is why they accidentally gave themselves away.
The short man moved back in fear, trying to dodge the sharp blade. As he dodged, Banxia moved the blade forward as well, not giving him a chance to escape.
"Don't try to play tricks. If you anger me, I might just flick my wrist and your head will be gone."
The short man trembled with fear and pleaded humbly, "Beautiful lady, my wife is sick and can't work, and my baby is only three months old. If I die, they definitely won't survive. Please hold the knife tight!"
He seemed to be thinking of something sad, and tears streamed down his face uncontrollably.
Banxia was almost speechless. If you said he was timid, he would dare to do bad things; if you said he was brave, he would scare himself to tears.
She patted the short man's arm with the knife: "Answer my questions honestly, and I might consider letting you go."
A thousand emotions flashed across the short man's face in an instant, before he finally raised his chin and said, "You might as well just kill me."
Su Yao sneered, "Oh, you were just saying you couldn't die because you had a sick wife and young child at home, and now you're begging us to kill someone? You were lying to us all along!"
"I'm not lying to you!" the short man cried out anxiously. "I don't want to die either, but my wife and children are in the hands of my employer, and I can't afford to offend him!"
He burst into tears, "If I had known, I wouldn't have spent so much money on the superpower serum to awaken my superpowers. Nothing good has happened. Instead, I'm either sent to dangerous places by the base to gather information or threatened by powerful people to find out the enemy's secrets. Why is my life so miserable!"
Banxia and the others suddenly felt like crows were flying over their heads. How could this person cry so suddenly?
Su Xiao stammered a word of comfort: "Your wife and children are by your side, you're already luckier than 90 percent of the people in this world."
The short man's sorrow turned to joy, and he laughed so hard he blew a big snot bubble: "You're right, my wife is gentle and kind, and my daughter is clever and cute. Who in this world could be as lucky as me!"
He sighed deeply, "I just don't know if my daughter will dislike me for being short when she grows taller in a few years. It's all because of this damn power potion. Before I evolved my powers, I was a handsome guy who was 1.8 meters tall!"
Banxia and the others remained silent. With your height of less than 1.5 meters, it's really hard to believe that you used to be 1.8 meters tall!
Seeing that no one believed him, the short man raised his chin to argue, but Banxia quickly interrupted him, saying, "Stop talking nonsense. I'll ask you a question, and you answer. Nod if it's yes, and shake your head if it's no. If you dare to remain silent, I'll send you down."
She asked herself, "Is your employer a woman?"
The short woman's face turned pale, seemingly unable to understand how she had guessed so easily, but she still forced herself to remain stiff and stubborn, putting on a show of utter defiance.
Banxia raised an eyebrow: "You don't actually think that as long as you don't betray your wife, your wife and children will survive, do you?"
The short man looked at her innocently, "What else?"
"Are you stupid?" Su Yao couldn't help but worry about this blockhead. "If you die, you'll be worthless to threaten your wife and daughter. I'm sure you know what happens to someone who's worthless."
The short man's face paled, but he still refused to believe it, or rather, he didn't want to: "My wife is gentle and kind, and my daughter is clever and adorable. How could anyone be so heartless as to harm them..."
He fell silent as he spoke. Although he was slow-witted, he was not incapable of distinguishing right from wrong, especially since others had explained the reasoning to him in detail.
"I'll tell you the employer's information truthfully, please help me save my wife and daughter, okay?"
My wife said that people who patiently reason with him are good people, and since they are good people, can we ask them for help?
Banxia and the others: ...
Have you figured it out? They're the enemy. Why are you asking them for help?
Banxia pinched the bridge of her nose. Although the blame should fall on the "employer" who arrested them, the short man's family had indeed suffered an undeserved misfortune.
Since someone wanted to harm them, she naturally couldn't just sit idly by and wait to die. She had to find a way to nip the crisis in the bud, and helping the short family out of the way wasn't out of the question.
“If I happen to be there, I’ll help you out,” Banxia said, throwing the knife back into her spatial storage. “Tell me carefully what your employer asked you to do.”
According to the short guy—no, Lu Zhuocheng—his special abilities made him extremely suitable for reconnaissance work, making him somewhat well-known within the base. Last night, his family was sleeping soundly when they were suddenly knocked unconscious by a group of masked men and taken to an unfamiliar room.
After he was awakened by being splashed with water, a masked woman told him that if he wanted his wife and daughter to live, he had to find a way to put a sleeping potion into Banxia and the others' food.
But no one expected that because he saw so many crystal cores for the first time, he couldn't resist his greed and unfortunately exposed himself, and was even bewildered on the spot.
Banxia looked at him with a half-smile: "You should be glad you didn't have time to administer the drug, otherwise you would already be a corpse."
Possessing wood-type superpowers, ordinary medicines have absolutely no effect on her.
"You keep saying you can't afford to offend your employer, do you even know who she is?"
Although there is a 99% chance that the person behind the scenes is the "division commander's wife," there is still a 1% chance of something unexpected. Only by asking clearly can we avoid wrongly accusing an innocent person.
Lu Zhuocheng hesitated for a moment, then gestured and said, "Although she was wearing a mask, I've seen those hands. In the entire base, only the division commander's wife wears a ruby ring on her hand."
In this day and age, most people can't even afford to eat, let alone have the extra energy to dress themselves up. Besides, that ring is very special; once you've seen it, you'll never forget it.
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