Still in the kitchen, the atmosphere was completely different; outside, the morning light was gradually illuminating everything.
In Chen Zhe's mind, this person was a fifth-level superhuman, Qin Shou's henchman, and a threat.
But he keenly sensed that she didn't share his thoughts.
"Captain Xia, do you know this Zhang Feng?" Chen Zhe asked, guessing.
"It's not just about knowing each other, Lord Chen. Do you remember the black panther we saw during our last battle?"
Chen Zhe's eyes narrowed. "You mean that Commander Lu?"
Chen Zhe never believed the official explanation, after all, he had actually fought against it before, and it didn't seem like a simple zombie beast.
She readily admitted, "That's right. It wasn't convenient to tell you the truth when we were at the Dawn Base, but the black panther we encountered last time wasn't an ordinary zombie beast. His name is Lu Yan, and he's also my fiancé. There's a 90% chance that this Zhang Feng is him."
Although Chen Zhe already knew of such a person, hearing Xia Yixin say it still made him feel a tightness in his chest. What surprised him even more was what Xia Yixin said next.
"Lord Chen, thank you for your help before, but I want to handle this 'pseudo-Dawn' matter myself, since it's a matter for 'our own people'." Xia Yi thought that if he handled this matter himself, especially since Lu Yan was involved, Chen Zhe and the others would only be a burden if he wanted to resolve it quickly.
"No." Chen Zhe blurted out in a moment of impulsiveness. Just as he was about to add something, he suddenly heard a commotion outside the kitchen. His face immediately darkened, and he quickly pushed open the kitchen door.
Sure enough, Zhang San and his group were eavesdropping outside the door.
"City lord, we're just passing by..."
Chen Zhe's face darkened further, but he knew that now was not the time to deal with their eavesdropping.
He turned around and said firmly, "Since P Base has already gotten involved in this matter, I will definitely see it through to the end. Besides, those people will all be residents of our P Base in the future, so I have no reason not to get involved."
Perhaps because he was holding back his anger, Chen Zhe's attitude was exceptionally firm.
Xia Yixin could tell that he was determined, so she simply made an excuse to end the conversation.
Her actions were actually a delaying tactic; she still wanted to go alone, since using the "invisibility" skill was far more convenient than a direct attack, and frankly, she didn't want to owe Chen Zhe a "favor."
Seeing that Xia Yixin had actually left so decisively, Zhang San and the others felt extremely awkward looking at Chen Zhe's dark face. Moreover, Zhang San felt that he would definitely not escape Chen Zhe's punishment after returning to P Base. However, they had at least heard a great piece of gossip.
They weren't blind; they had long sensed that their city lord was interested in her, and they were initially happy to see it happen. However, Xia Yixin's words reminded them that they had indeed heard about her close relationship with Commander Lu at the Dawn Base.
But now it seems that our city lord was just being presumptuous?
Their suspicions were confirmed the following afternoon when Xia Yixin suddenly disappeared.
After Chen Zhe put away the letter left by Xia Yixin with a dark expression, he immediately led half of his men and drove at high speed toward the location of the fake Dawn base.
Chen Zhe originally thought Xia Yixin would go to the fake Dawn, but he realized he was wrong after he actually took control of that place.
The fake Dawn team is missing at least twenty ability users, and their fake city lord Qin Shou is also absent. The young men and women who were originally in the basement are also gone, including Liu Lan's daughter. They were taken away by Qin Shou in a car for a transaction just three hours ago.
Xia Yixin wasn't here either; she probably went directly to the exchange, and they came to the wrong place.
Despite the regret, this fake base still needs to be dealt with swiftly.
The people at P base broke the arms and legs of all the scum from the fake base and threw them into the zombie horde. They also confiscated all their communication equipment, including the radio broadcast, which was not destroyed to avoid alerting the enemy.
Just as Chen Zhe reorganized his team and prepared to go to the exchange with the goods he had collected along the way, Xia Yixin had already entered the exchange.
Not every province or city has an exchange, but wherever there is one, it's a chaotic place where people can die without anyone intervening. Murder and robbery happen frequently, and the law of the jungle prevails. However, a delicate balance is maintained, with a centralized trading session every three months. This is the last one after winter, so there are many people.
The trading point in Y Province is located in a large, unused supermarket in the development zone. It has five floors above ground and one basement level, and the supermarket is large enough for all forces in Y Province, large and small, to conduct trade of goods and people.
The "trading point" has been open for almost a week.
This place is home to more than 300 people from over 30 nearby bases, and without exception, all of them who can move around outside are men.
Xia Yixin confirmed before entering the exchange that there were no mental power users there, which was beyond her expectations.
Using her stealth abilities, she easily followed the other convoys into this chaotic place.
Although it was bright outside, it was dark and noisy inside. There were many people on each floor, and every fifty meters there was a gasoline drum with firewood and rags burning inside, serving as both lighting and heating.
If she hadn't known this was a trading post, she would have thought it was a homeless shelter, with fights and brawls everywhere, people dividing up loot on the spot, women screaming, and scenes of revelry.
Xia Yixin spread her mental energy across the five levels. The higher the level, the higher the level of the ability users, and the fewer the number of them. The highest level here was a fourth-tier strength-type ability user.
Unfortunately, she scanned the area but couldn't find Lu Yan. Impossible, she had scanned the area with her mental energy before going to the fake Dawn and found no trace of his mental energy before coming here.
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