Not all the superhumans around Wang Shi are cold-blooded and selfish.
Jiang Huaisheng's men all went out to resist the invasion of the monsters outside, while Wang Shi's team remained still, listening to the roars of the monsters outside and the screams of their injured comrades. Some of them showed reluctance.
Wang Shi had a history of currying favor with people, and he could quickly guess their inner thoughts from their expressions.
For such indecisive people, you must reason with them, appeal to their emotions, and then tempt them with money. There is no one they cannot win over.
“The base is short of supplies right now. It’s already difficult enough to protect our loved ones. Are you really willing to share your supplies with those unfamiliar, lowly people?” He smiled warmly, as if he were genuinely concerned for his men.
He said very generously, "Since Jiang Huaisheng has now handed over the key to the private vault where the crystal cores are stored."
“Now I’ve decided to distribute all the 10,000 crystal cores he just acquired. Our most important task is to improve our ability level as soon as possible. Isn’t Jiang Huaisheng relying on his son, who is a mid-stage level three ability user?”
"Once we all reach level three, they will be no threat at all."
"Don't forget, all sorts of advanced weapons, including nuclear bombs, are currently stationed at headquarters. Do I need to tell you what the future holds?"
His tone was slightly harsh, stirring up strong anxieties about the future in the hearts of the superpowered individuals.
"Once I'm promoted to headquarters, I'll definitely recommend more powerful individuals with special abilities to headquarters. I'm sure you won't want to continue suffering in this wretched place."
Most of the other ability users who were still hesitating were persuaded by his words.
"But didn't Manager Jiang say those crystal cores were to be returned to City Lord Gu?"
A female superhuman raised a question: as a woman herself, although she also joined Wang Shi's team because she didn't want to risk her life for ordinary people, she still couldn't help but feel a sense of goodwill towards Gu Mingyue, this powerful woman.
Wang Shi gave the woman a dangerous look, then beckoned with his little finger. The guards who were standing close to him saw his signal and immediately drew their guns and killed the female superhuman.
The shot had a deterrent effect. Even the few remaining superhumans who were still hesitant dared not utter a single word after seeing the female superhuman's head wound from the bullet.
Seeing that no one continued to ask questions, Wang Shi immediately arranged for more than twenty powerful individuals with special abilities to go to the private vault where the crystal cores were stored. Without saying a word, they killed the space ability users and others sent by Jiang Huaisheng who wanted to transfer the crystal cores.
Then he ordered the closure of all inner city passages and the extermination of all Jiang Huaisheng's supporters within the inner city.
If Gu Mingyue had come in earlier, she would have discovered that this was a harbinger of the destruction of the Hope Base in her previous life.
In this life, however, Wang Shi is even more shameless and has a bigger appetite. He not only steals Jiang Huaisheng's research results to claim credit, but also...
He even swallowed Gu Mingyue's deposit of 10,000 crystal cores!
Wang Shi believed he had everything under control and could now live a carefree life as a local tyrant in the 23rd branch of Hope Base, comfortably relying on those high-frequency sonic cannons to wait for promotion.
He excitedly joined his men in greedily rushing into the pile of crystal cores that the entire base's people had fought and lost together, stuffing them into their mouths like peanuts, looking just like a starving white pig lunging at its trough.
He even swallowed the first-level early-stage crystal core, which was of little use to him, without considering the other low-level ability users who were fighting with guns and cannons.
After downing an extremely extravagant sip of grain liquor, the precious crystal cores became his snacks, and in his drunken stupor, his superpowers steadily increased until they stopped at the early stage of level three.
Before long, he lay drunk in the pile of crystal cores, his face flushed, embracing a group of pretty ordinary men and women.
Like a piece of cooked pork, he held a bottle and poured alcohol into them, enjoying the scene of these young, handsome men and beautiful women being drunk and at his mercy.
"Haha, this is delicious! From now on, I'm the local tyrant here. Once Jiang Huaisheng dies in battle, everything here will be mine to control. Burp~ Keep drinking, turn all the grain into wine..."
While Wang Shi indulged in extreme pleasures, Jiang Huaisheng, with his full head of white hair, stood on the watchtower outside the city, working hard with the people developing the high-frequency sonic cannon to debug it, as the machine was sometimes responsive and sometimes not.
Those level-three membrane monsters, as clever as humans, have already figured out the pattern of when the machine stops.
They always manage to swoop down quickly when the machines stop running, taking the lives of some people. With a hook of their two claws, they grab several superhumans and their monster companions, working together to tear people in half alive in mid-air.
Moreover, they have never stopped destroying the inner city's defenses. The fact that the people in the inner city can now safely hide in their homes and pray for the monsters to leave is all thanks to Jiang Huaisheng and Jiang Shenglin's desperate efforts to protect them.
Seeing more and more ability users being captured by the Level 3 Winged Membrane Monster and thrown into the sky, Jiang Huaisheng became frantic.
"Why haven't these injured superhumans been brought back to the inner city for treatment? They can't even lift guns and cannons if they stay in the outer city, and it will only increase unnecessary sacrifices. Hurry up and go back to the inner city."
“Manager Jiang…” His superpowered bodyguard, with red eyes, uttered words that chilled people to the bone with great difficulty.
"All the gates to the inner city are closed. We are now trapped in the outer city, unable to enter or escape. We can only wait for the monster to leave, or... I'm afraid we will all die here today."
"What!"
Jiang Huaisheng looked incredulously at the inner city's steel walls behind him, which resembled a fortress.
The events of the past few days have aged him considerably. Two intense battles have left this gray-haired middle-aged man exhausted. Upon hearing this shocking story, he was so angry that he fainted on the spot.
It was Jiang Shenglin who used a mild electric shock to wake his father. Jiang Huaisheng held his son's hand and struggled to stand up.
“Damn it, you beast…” Jiang Huaisheng, who had never sworn before in his life, recited every swear word he had ever heard.
"Sheng Lin, I really wish I could skin this beast alive!" Jiang Huai angrily spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Something terrible has happened!" Someone ran over shouting, his head covered in blood, to report the incident. Jiang Shenglin calmed his father down and stopped the man from further agitating Jiang Huaisheng, who had just woken up.
"Captain... Captain, our weapon supply has run out. We've run out of bullets and shells mixed with meteorite particles, and all we have left are ordinary firearms. Those weapons can't stop the monsters' wounds from healing, and we only have a few energy cores left for the ability users. What are we going to do?!"
Jiang Shenglin glanced at his teammates, who were all exhausted and covered in blood from their bloody battle, and said resolutely, "Gather all the survivors and the guards at the main city gate in the south. Let's fight the monsters together and not split up. That way we might be able to hold out for a few more days."
“But if that’s the case, the inner city walls are unprotected and will definitely be breached by level three monsters.” The man’s eyes flickered.
Jiang Shenglin's attitude was firm: "Even if we die in battle, the inner city will still fall. Do as I say."
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