Chapter 192: Back, a Knife
"Let's talk about it here." Xiao Tang stood in front of the door.
The girl looked around.
There was no one else in the empty corridor and the night was very quiet.
"But it's not convenient here. I want to talk about...something about your companion." She gestured with her eyes to Qiao Lan's room not far away and spoke in a lower voice.
"Who are you?" Xiao Tang asked.
"I'm the sister of Chief Ye at the base. I work in logistics. I was the one who led you here when you moved in." The girl was surprised that Xiao Tang didn't remember her.
"Ye Qi's sister." Xiao Tang pondered.
Then make way.
The girl went into his room and waited for Xiao Tang to come in. She reminded him to close the door.
"You awakened ones have good hearing. If we talk in the corridor, I'm afraid Qiao Lan in the room over there will be able to hear us," she explained.
Xiao Tang lit the candle on the table.
The candlelight illuminated his gloomy face.
He checked his watch, "What do you want to say? You only have five minutes. I need to go to bed on time."
Zhan Qing nodded. "I know you only come back from training at this time every day, rest at midnight, and then go out to train hard again the next morning. Mr. Tang, I've moved into the room across the street for several days, so I know you're very hardworking. But I'd like to ask you, what's the point of all your hard work?"
Xiao Tang looked at her silently, not interested in talking.
Zhan Qing then continued, "You definitely don't know about this kind of work and rest schedule. Not long ago, my brother stayed in Qiao Lan's room for a night."
Xiao Tang's eyelids twitched.
"Mr. Tang, you love Qiao Lan, right? Don't rush to deny it. When I brought you here that day, I saw the look in your eyes when you looked at her, and I understood everything."
"I understand you and love her, but I've never said it out loud. I just watched her silently in the corner and treated her like a brother." Zhan Qing smiled bitterly, tears welling up in her eyes. "Because, like you, I've always been my brother's sister. I thought it could go on like this forever, but..."
"You just came to tell me this?" Xiao Tang frowned.
"Mr. Tang, we have to work hard! Feelings hidden in the heart will never be known to the other person. If she doesn't know, she will ignore you, and you will never have a chance. But obviously, you have known her longer, right? Besides, are she and my brother really suitable? Maybe they would be better as comrades. How would they have time to take care of each other's lives? On the contrary, I can take good care of my brother, and you can also be very considerate to Qiao Lan, right?"
"Please go out." Xiao Tang opened the door.
"Mr. Tang, I hope you can seriously consider what I say, because..."
Before Zhan Qing could finish her words, Xiao Tang released a light shield and pushed her out of the door twice in a row.
The door closed, Zhan Qing's eyes were filled with tears and she bit her lips.
Inside the door, Xiao Tang lowered his head and stood quietly for a while before he silently extinguished the candle and lay down on the bed.
A light shadow, originally resting on the door frame above, quickly flew away the moment Zhan Qing walked out.
It fluttered out of the guest room building, quickly passed several buildings in the night, and finally flew into where Ye Qi lived.
Ye Qi was absorbing the crystal core on the bed. After hearing a knock on the door, Cha Cha, who was lying on the bedside table, jumped over and opened the door.
The budgie fluttered in.
"Mr. Tang, you definitely don't know that my brother spent a night in Qiao Lan's room not long ago!"
"Mr. Tang, we have to work hard!"
The mutant parrot had a clever tongue and chirped, repeating what it had overheard in a bird's unique tone.
Ye Qi opened his eyes while holding the crystal core.
His brows unconsciously furrowed.
What's wrong with this girl Zhan Qing? She does these inexplicable and useless things!
This reminded him of what happened not long ago, when the parrot also imitated others' words. That time, Zhan Qing argued with Qiao Lan, saying that Qiao Lan was not qualified to be his girlfriend.
He was extremely busy and wanted to find Zhan Qing to give her a lecture, but he forgot about it for a moment.
The two mistakes this time made him decide to deal with it immediately.
So they called Cai Jinbao, the grain store owner who was introduced by Qiao Lan and was one of the logistics managers.
"Didn't I tell you to schedule her for the normal shifts, including both day and night shifts? Why has she been staying in the guest room building for several days?"
All logistics staff can live in a unified dormitory to facilitate rotation and overtime work.
Cai Jinbao quickly smiled apologetically: "Miss Zhan is your sister, and she is weak. We dare not assign her heavy work. How can we explain to you if she gets too tired? So I arranged for her to run errands and pass messages on weekdays. This way it is easy..."
Ye Qi's face darkened. "Even I have to follow the rules. What's so special about my sister? I arranged for her to go to the logistics department and asked you to take her with me so that she can quickly familiarize herself with the base operations, not so that she can enjoy herself. As one of the logistics supervisors, if you continue to show favoritism and take care of this and that, you will no longer be a supervisor."
"Ah? No, no..."
"Let Zhan Qing work like everyone else." Ye Qi ordered coldly, "No, give her an extra job. Move her back to the staff dormitory. Who told her to enjoy herself in the guest room building?"
Let her be busy and tired, so that she won’t be idle all day long.
What kind of living environment is there in the apocalypse? Do you still have the energy to do these trivial things?
"Ah... yes, yes! I'll arrange it right away!"
Cai Jinbao left in a cold sweat.
Ye Qi put the matter aside, quickly adjusted his mood, and continued to absorb the crystal core.
The little dog Cha Cha gave the parrot a small piece of his hidden ham sausage as a reward.
Hehehe, good job, little bird! This time, the time chosen to complain was much better than last time, so the man dealt with it on the spot, so he wouldn't forget about it when he got busy.
Anyone who destroys the relationship between me and my master and affects the quality of my life will be severely punished, woof!
Qiao Lan didn't know about this little episode.
Even Ye Qi himself would forget about it after dealing with it.
There are too many things waiting for him at the base.
For example, at noon that day, the base's gate guard team rushed to report that people from the Star Park forces had come to surrender, and more than 30 awakened people had arrived at the gate.
Ye Qi arrived with his men.
He didn't let the other person in and stopped them outside the door to talk.
The once arrogant boss of the park, the second-level fire element, now looked dusty and in a rather embarrassed state.
The attitude has also softened a lot.
He immediately expressed that he would consider Ye Qi's proposal to form an alliance with each other, and was willing to move into the Crimson Dawn Base immediately to contribute to the construction of the base.
Ye Qi said directly: "Were you defeated by the Earth Temple? I heard that your park has been occupied."
The Earth Temple is the power base of the Goddess of the North City. It is now understood that their Goddess is the "Merciful Earth Goddess." In the center of the base stands a dome-shaped building called the Earth Temple, which houses a statue of the deity.
The Park Boss wasn't even bothered by Ye Qi's revelation. He just smiled awkwardly and nodded, "I underestimated the enemy. After less than ten days of fighting, more than half of my hundred awakened men have been killed or wounded, leaving only about thirty or so. Chief Ye, these are elite soldiers. I wonder if you dare to accept them."
"I dare not." Ye Qi said, "Please go back. Accepting you would mean becoming an enemy of the Temple. I dare not."
"Wait! Chief Ye, we are willing to give you high-level crystal cores, so let us live in it, right?" The boss of the park quickly took out a crystal clear mutant beast crystal core from his pocket.
The colors are pure and rich, and the quality is obviously high at first glance.
"Why are you still standing there? Take out the best crystal cores you have!"
At the command of the park boss, more than 30 men behind him rushed out to take out the crystal cores.
As expected of a powerful force, the crystal cores these people took out were not ordinary low-level ones. They were at least level one, most of them were level two, and there were even several level three ones.
The colorful crystal cores sparkled in the sunlight, causing a burst of amazement.
At this time, there were some ordinary survivors who came to seek refuge at the gate of the base, as well as several groups of soldiers in the base who heard that something happened at the gate. Some awakened people from the training ground also came. When everyone saw these crystal cores, they felt that this Star Park was a bit too extravagant.
Ye Qi glanced at the surprised expressions of the crowd and thought to himself, what's the big deal? You haven't seen the inventory of my Lan Lan.
He remained unmoved. "These crystal cores could significantly increase your combat power, yet you'd rather give them up in exchange for a place in our base, where you can live and hide. This shows just how much you fear the Earth Temple. Why should I risk offending the Temple by protecting weaklings like you?"
"We're not weak, it's just that group of psychopaths outnumber us and bully the weak!" The park boss said with a bitter face, "As long as we join forces, we won't be afraid of them because of our numbers. Chief Ye, look at this crystal core. I got it from a mutant wild boar outside the city. That boar is very difficult to fight, and it has fangs that can discharge electricity. Do you think it matches your lightning system?"
He smiled attentively, held the crystal core in both hands, and respectfully handed it to Ye Qi.
The mutation happened at this moment.
A bright flame rose from under Ye Qi's feet!
The raging flames enveloped upwards, and in the blink of an eye, Ye Qi's figure disappeared!
At the same time, there was a loud explosion.
Immediately afterwards, swords, axes, sticks, flying stones and knives, as well as various supernatural elemental attacks, all exploded in an instant!
All attacks were concentrated on where Ye Qi was standing.
"mean!"
The awakened ones and warriors at the Crimson Dawn base reacted quickly and fought back.
These despicable guys from Xingchen Park pretended to surrender and took the opportunity of offering the crystal core to attack secretly. More than 30 people only greeted Ye Qi!
All everyone could see was the concentrated flashes of light from various weapons and supernatural powers, which engulfed Ye Qi and made him completely invisible!
It just so happened that Qiao Lan had just returned from street sweeping outside. As soon as she reached the gate, she saw Ye Qi being attacked.
She was so angry that she picked up her gun and started shooting at the group of people.
——If anything happens to me, the angel, I will beat you all into a bloody pulp!
In just a few seconds, the two sides were in chaos.
The survivors around them hurriedly covered their heads and fled, fearing that they would be affected.
Ye Qi's cold and hard voice rang out from outside the battle group: "Concentrate your firepower and destroy them!"
At the same time, a purple electric net snapped and covered the park boss's head.
Everyone in the base was stunned for a moment, surprised and happy.
Ah! Captain Ye dodged it! It turns out they didn't sneak up on us at all!
"Captain Ye is so awesome! He reacts so quickly!" Many people cheered while fighting.
If it were someone else, they would definitely not be able to avoid that lightning-fast sneak attack.
Ye Qi released his supernatural powers and thought to himself, it’s not that I’m that great...it’s nothing, it’s just that practice makes perfect.
I remember when Lanlan threw ice cream in my face, she came forward with a smile and said nice things - every experience makes you wiser, I will never do that to you again.
"Don't worry about the others, just kill Ye Qi, only his life!"
The park boss grabbed one of his men and threw him towards the electric fence, barely avoiding Ye Qi's attack. In the fierce melee, he was furious and shouted at his men to focus on attacking Ye Qi.
The more than 30 awakened ones were extremely vicious. Although there were not many awakened ones coming from the base, with Ye Qi and Qiao Lan to support them, they fought in groups and were evenly matched, with casualties on both sides.
The battle was very stalemate.
It soon developed into close combat, and Qiao Lan couldn't hold her gun and fire, otherwise she would easily hurt her own people. She switched to a knife and rushed into the battle, fighting with martial arts.
Ye Qi was besieged by the park boss and several other people, and various long-range and short-range supernatural powers frequently exploded around him.
Although he was strong, his opponent was not weak either. The tiger was besieged by a pack of wolves and it was difficult to determine the winner.
Suddenly a silver light fell from the sky, bang!
Directly blocked several supernatural powers around Ye Qi.
Xiao Tang arrived at some point and rushed to Ye Qi.
He shouted briefly, "You deal with the enemy leader, and I'll block your attacks!"
"Okay!" Ye Qi immediately released more energy, forming two dense large nets and attacking the boss of the park.
The opponent's flames were thrown over, but were firmly blocked by the light shield condensed by Xiao Tang.
"Brother, when did you upgrade?!"
On the other side of the battle group, Qiao Lan was pleasantly surprised. Xiao Tang's shield was not only larger and better quality, but also had a faint golden glow on its silvery shimmer, likely due to a new skill gained after the upgrade.
Xiao Tang smiled at Qiao Lan and said, "The day before yesterday."
boom!
The enemy had earth and stone elements, and a rain of stones hit Ye Qi.
Xiao Tang raised his hand, and a silver cocoon of light tightly wrapped Ye Qi, blocking all the stones that were thrown at him.
Ye Qi had no worries and continued to emit lightning attacks from his palms, making the enemies scream in pain.
Seeing that they were stable, Qiao Lan focused on dealing with the enemies in front of him.
whoosh.
Suddenly, a black shadow passed by close to the ground, like a ghost, and pounced towards Ye Qi swiftly.
Xiao Tang's light cocoon also wrapped around Ye Qi's feet, blocking the black shadow's assassination.
Ye Qi lowered his head, condensed a ball of lightning and threw it at the black shadow.
Bang!
The black shadow suddenly disappeared.
The thunderball smashed a deep hole in the ground.
Ye Qi felt a chill on his back and numbness in his ankles, while his entire body was hit hard from front to back and left to right.
It was as if all the strength in my body was drained away in an instant and I couldn't use any strength.
Relying on years of fighting instincts, he subconsciously kicked away the sneak attacking black shadow at his feet and turned to look back.
Xiao Tang was holding a short knife with black and gold mixed in it, the tip of the knife was stained with blood, and was about to stab out.
——Are you going to stab me a second time?
——Is the blood on the knife mine?
Ye Qi's body was faster than his thoughts, and his fighting skills blocked Xiao Tang's knife-wielding action.
"Team Ye!"
"team leader!"
There were a few exclamations around.
The few awakened warriors closest to the scene couldn't believe what they saw.
Why did the young man who was originally cooperating with Captain Ye in offense and defense... suddenly let go of the protective light shield, allowing the sneak attacking black shadow to quickly invade and chop at Captain Ye's ankle?
Also let the silver light wrap up the flying rocks that just hit, and attack Team Ye from all directions with greater force?
Moreover, he stabbed Captain Ye in the back!
The light shield that had been protecting Captain Ye was blocking flying rocks and assassins one second, and letting them all in the next... So, were the previous blocks just to confuse Captain Ye and make him lose his guard?!
Three attacks in an instant, what happened to Team Ye!
"Xiao Tang?!"
When Qiao Lan heard the scream, she turned around and saw Ye Qi, with blood coming out of his back, fighting with Xiao Tang.
Xiao Tang was born into a military family and his fighting skills were quite good.
In just a few seconds, the shaky Ye Qi fell down in front of him.
His body was covered with bruises and large swellings from being hit by flying stones from supernatural powers. Blood was oozing from the corners of his mouth and back, and he fell straight down.
Xiao Tang stepped on his face.
The cold expression sent chills down everyone's spine.
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