When Jiang Shenglin escorted the completely drunk Wang Shi out, he saw a crowd of people craning their necks around a woman with golden curly hair, and he glanced at her suspiciously.
He was so busy assigning tasks and rescuing survivors in the inner city that he didn't even notice there was an extra person in the base.
Looking at that familiar, exquisite figure, he frowned slightly in thought, until the figure overlapped with that of the radiant woman in his memory, and his cold, icy face suddenly melted.
"Gu Mingyue?" he asked, slightly surprised.
During his two months at the Mingyue base, Gu Mingyue shocked him so much that he could recognize her just by looking at her back.
"Captain, what are you saying? How could it be Boss Gu? This woman just saved Wang Xuwen!"
"Yeah, yeah, Boss Gu has beautiful black curly hair, much prettier than this woman!"
The people surrounding Gu Mingyue shook their heads in disbelief.
But they were quickly proven wrong.
"My God, it's Lord Gu!"
"Little Sister Gu! It's you! You're amazing!"
"Wow! Boss Gu! You're the first person to break through the Black Domain!" Shocked voices rose in waves as they excitedly surrounded Gu Mingyue, completely different from their previous obsequious demeanor.
Jiang Shenglin, who had a hint of smugness on his lips and slightly raised his chin, now looked shocked upon hearing that Gu Mingyue had broken through the Black Domain, and stepped into the crowded encirclement.
"Boss Gu, you defeated the Lord of the Dark Domain?" He paused for a moment and asked, "Were you injured?"
"Hey, where did that guy named Xinghe who was next to you go?"
"Haha, I'm fine. Xinghe went back to base first." Gu Mingyue laughed heartily, giving high-fives to everyone around her.
Xu Lanyue and the others were so excited they wanted to throw Gu Mingyue into the air, but they held back because Hope Base had just suffered a battle between humans and monsters.
Wang Shi was still drunk. He was tied up tightly by the crowd, his mouth wasn't gagged, and he was dragged along, feeling extremely uncomfortable. He vomited.
She was not fully conscious, and only heard the name Gu Mingyue. She didn't even open her eyes, and murmured as she fell into the vomit.
"Gu Mingyue... Ha, she, hiccup... died in the Black Domain a long time ago, she hasn't come out for... several days, ugh."
"Tch, this dead pig, he can only understand half a sentence when he's drunk."
The person who came out with Jiang Shenglin pinched his nose and shouted at him, "Hey, Wang Shi, stop cursing people, you're the one who's going to die!"
Wang Xuwen's mouth was stuffed with a rag, and he was terrified as he watched them cheering and jumping around Gu Mingyue.
Is this woman Gu Mingyue? The super-powerful ability user who broke through the first dark domain!
He's such a fool, actually fantasizing that she could save him.
When he saw the drunken Wang Shi lying in his own vomit, he felt as if he were in the deepest hell.
...
Thanks to Gu Mingyue, the first black zone was breached.
The people in Hope Base, who were still suffering from the monster attacks, suddenly vanished upon hearing that a Black Domain was hiding tens of thousands of Black Domain monsters.
Feeling a surge of satisfaction, as if someone had avenged them, they became even more enthusiastic as they searched the ground for the humanoid monsters that weren't quite dead yet.
Gu Mingyue's success gave them hope. Look! Humans are not just passively enduring monster attacks; humans can fight back!
Jiang Huaisheng learned his lesson from this experience. Looking at his injured teammates on the ground, he wanted to prioritize the wounded and repair the base's defenses as soon as possible.
However, this time he held back, immediately took the specially made anti-theft satellite phone from Wang Shi, dialed the encrypted headquarters number stored inside, and reported everything that had happened here.
A serious voice came from the other end of the phone from the headquarters operator.
"Headquarters knows that you, Manager Jiang, have been wronged. Communication is currently inconvenient, so your branch managers must think more carefully and make more preparations."
"The heavy responsibility of rebuilding the Hope Base 23rd Division in the future will require you to continue to shoulder the burden for a few more days. Headquarters will soon send a new type of fighter jet to provide support."
Jiang Huaisheng cleared his throat and asked, "What are headquarters' thoughts on my previous cooperation with the Mingyue Base?"
"I previously received a deposit of 10,000 crystal cores for weapons from the Bright Moon Base, and also signed a contract for a joint attack on the humanoid monsters."
"Now that Wang Shi has consumed more than half of the crystal cores, the infected people in the base urgently need a large number of crystal cores to upgrade as soon as possible and counteract the monster mutation..."
"What? Ten thousand crystal cores?" Exclamations and discussions came from the other side. Wang Shi had clearly stated before that the Mingyue Base was just a small civilian organization formed by a few survivors in a neighborhood, and he had never mentioned ten thousand crystal cores!
"Please wait a moment." The operator's voice, though trying to sound calm, was tinged with urgency.
Ten thousand crystal cores! Could a small, self-proclaimed base really accomplish this? The entire Hope Base headquarters was in an uproar because of this number.
They hoped that even the base headquarters wouldn't dare to casually offer a deposit of 10,000 crystal cores! For a private base to be able to make such a large move, this base is truly extraordinary!
They underestimated the cohesion and leadership of the grassroots base!
In the most comfortable shelter at Hope Base headquarters, an extremely old man slowly opened his heavy eyelids.
"The timing of the first breach of the Black Domain has changed! The future is different now!"
The caregiver sitting next to him immediately stepped forward to help him get up: "Prophet, you're awake!"
"Yes, I need to see the Commander-in-Chief. There is finally a glimmer of hope for humanity's future. My previous prediction of humanity's extinction was wrong."
"I saw...I saw a blurry female figure. She might be able to fight against a level ten Dark Domain Overlord. I need to see her...Pfft."
The old man had just had a precognitive dream and was so excited that he spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted again.
The caregivers who were guarding him panicked and rushed to find someone to meet with the commander-in-chief.
The commander-in-chief had just received news that the 23rd branch of Hope Base was almost breached by monsters, and that a civilian base was willing to hand over 10,000 crystal cores.
Now, news has suddenly come that the prophet has vomited blood and fallen into a coma, and there is an important meeting assigned by the higher-ups to discuss next.
He was so anxious that he spun around in circles, eventually splitting into three parts that became three clones, each going in a different direction. Then he continued to create clones to deal with other matters.
It wasn't until late at night that those clones returned, gathering the day's dense information into one brain, buzzing loudly!
...
Jiang Huaisheng walked towards the conference room with a smile on his face. "It's done. No one will cause trouble this time."
He concealed from headquarters the fact that they had previously blocked his cooperation with the Mingyue Base. After opening the door, he sat down and looked at Gu Mingyue, handing her the high-frequency sonic cannon that they had discussed earlier.
Although Gu Mingyue had some connections with Jiang Shenglin and Xu Lanyue, she always kept business and feelings very separate!
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