The more Xia Yixin listened, the more intense the anger in her heart burned.
It turns out that most of them had heard the radio broadcast more than a month ago saying that "Dawn Base is a paradise on earth," and followed the broadcast's directions to the so-called "Dawn Base."
Everything was fine at first. They sent a car to pick them up in a small town, which was actually just a high-end residential area with a dozen or so villas.
Some of the seemingly happy residents there are actually there to lower their guard.
After they checked in, the nightmare began.
The so-called superpowered members of the Dawn Base broke into the room and killed the man without superpowers and the elderly woman.
The rest were young children or young girls and boys. They were separated and locked in the basement. In addition to taking possession of the supplies they brought, they were also turned into a kind of commodity.
“I heard them say they were going to sell us to the ‘exchange.’ In their eyes, we’re no different from pigs, cows, or sheep. I even saw them take dead babies… They’re not human, they’re beasts! If Sister Liu hadn’t brought us out, we might have already been sold.” The girl’s eyes still held fear and lingering dread.
An exchange is a place where goods are exchanged and bought and sold in a province, city, or multiple bases. Most of them choose small towns without strong defenses for safety reasons. In these places, in addition to food, drinks, and firearms and bullets being hard currency, women and even people with superpowers can become "goods" and be exchanged for equivalent value.
It even has a casino and an underground arena, offering thrilling shows.
The girls lived together in a large bedroom, and a somber atmosphere filled the room.
I don't know who said it first, "I want to go home... sob sob."
Immediately, all the girls in the room burst into tears.
Liu Lan had been holding back her tears, but she couldn't help but cry. Liu Lan's experience was similar to theirs. She was originally struggling to make ends meet with her daughter and husband in another province. In other bases, they had no special abilities and could only be third-class citizens. After hearing that the Dawn Base had no ranking system, she decided to take a risk and drove for more than a month to seek refuge in the "Dawn Base". Unexpectedly, she entered a den of demons. Her daughter was taken away and her husband was killed.
Liu Lan cried, and the baby in her arms also started to sob. Xia Yixin quickly took the baby and skillfully comforted him.
Xia Yixin knew they needed to vent, so she didn't stop them. She held the baby who had fallen asleep again and suppressed her anger.
The Dawn Base had never made any public announcements before, so this so-called "Dawn Base" is simply a fake base that is all talk and no action.
They dared to use the name of Dawn Base to do such a heinous thing! She would never tolerate them! After crying for a while, they gradually calmed down.
An eleven-year-old girl pleaded, "Sister, can you help us get revenge?"
Xia Yixin raised her eyes, meeting their expectant gazes, and said, word by word, "Don't worry, I will definitely not let them off!"
Liu Lan and the girls' eyes lit up.
Before the girls rested, Xia Yixin explained the truth to them: they hadn't gone to the Dawn Base at all.
As she expected, the girls didn't know much about the truth, and few believed her, so Xia Yixin wasn't worried about that.
"Don't worry, I will definitely bring those bastards to you, and you can interrogate them and take revenge yourselves."
The girls were initially shocked, but then a determination appeared in their eyes.
In the post-apocalyptic environment, Xia Yixin letting these girls resolve their grudges by themselves is a way for them to grow, since she can't protect them forever.
After the girls had all fallen asleep, Xia Yixin returned the sleeping baby in her arms to Chen Lan, who had calmed down.
"Thank you, thank you all," Chen Lan said sincerely.
Xia Yixin didn't respond to her words. Instead, she took off the black jade ring from her hand amidst the other person's surprised gaze.
"Sister Liu, have you ever seen anything like this ring?"
When she was dealing with those scumbags, she vaguely sensed that another black jade ring was with Liu Lan.
The other girls were fast asleep, and the only light in the bedroom came from a few candles.
The black jade ring exudes a soft and warm glow, and the energy it contains makes it unique.
I saw the ring.
Liu Lan was shocked at first, then quickly took out another black jade ring from her pocket.
"They didn't kill me because I knew some first aid. About a week ago, they took me to the exchange to bandage a man's wounds. They told me that Qin Shou had found the man nearby and didn't care at first, but after discovering that he had a fifth-level metal-type ability, he wanted to win him over, so he asked me to treat him. However, the man's recovery ability was very strong. In just a few hours, all of his dozen or so wounds were completely healed. Later, I was sent back to the base. I found this ring in his bloodstained clothes."
Xia Yixin had a strong intuition that it was him!
Thinking back to the last time she saw Lu Yan, she guessed that he might have evolved into human form, but his consciousness was unclear. Otherwise, he would have chased after the lost jade ring. Perhaps he didn't even remember her.
Liu Lan didn't ask any more questions. As someone who had been through similar experiences, she could guess what was going on from Xia Yixin's expression; the meaning of the ring was self-evident.
Liu Lan placed the ring on her hand.
He cautioned, "Girl, although I haven't seen him since, I heard from people at the base that he was tricked by the base commander, Qin Shou, and made to work for him. He might not be the person you know anymore."
Xia Yixin didn't speak, but gripped the black jade ring tightly. If all else failed, she would knock him unconscious and bring him back. However, she was more worried about the elusive mental power user.
The few survivors quickly fell asleep, and it was already getting light outside.
Despite not having slept all night, the people at P base remained vigilant. In addition to interrogation, they strengthened security around the villa, since it wasn't just a few of them anymore.
While Xia Yixin was comforting the girls, Chen Zhe interrogated the only survivor left in the convoy. What Chen Zhe found out was similar to what Xia Yixin knew: there was indeed a "fake Dawn Base".
They built it two months ago in the Miramar villa area, 30 kilometers away from this villa.
It was initially established by a team of superhumans and third-class citizens who had escaped from the first riot at K Base. Later, after hearing about the Dawn Base, they started to have wicked ideas. The city lord of the fake base was named Qin Shou. He established a "fake Dawn" and gathered thirty superhumans and more than twenty ordinary people, all of whom were middle-aged men who committed all kinds of evil deeds.
They would broadcast messages to lure people or other small bases into their trap, then kill men and superhumans, stealing their supplies and young men and women to sell as commodities at the exchange.
The only difference is the information about Zhang Feng. This "Zhang Feng" is the name Qin Shou gave to Lu Yan, who had lost his memory and did not know his past.
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