"You want to kill me to silence me?" Lin Ruo's voice was extremely cold, and the killing intent in her eyes was palpable.
“No! He was just trying to stop you,” Ye Lin knew that if he said the wrong thing, all three of them would be finished today. “I was reckless just now. I shouldn’t have asked you what you wanted it for. I agree to your payment.”
Thinking of the two crystal energy cannons, Lin Ruo finally withdrew her hand that was about to strike. The blue light in her eyes faded, and the ice arrow that had almost pierced Chen Yu's body turned into blue light spots and disappeared.
At this moment, Jiang Yue quickly reached out and pulled Chen Yu, whose arm was broken, behind him, while looking at Lin Ruo warily.
Ye Lin breathed a sigh of relief. If he had spoken even a second later, not only would Chen Yu have died, but all three of them would probably have been killed as well.
Chen Yu, whose face was pale from the pain, looked at Lin Ruo with a hint of shock. He thought that in terms of martial arts alone, he could at least block a few of her moves, but in reality, he couldn't even block a single move, and he couldn't even see her movements clearly.
"Can we sit down and talk now?" Ye Lin took a deep breath, having a new understanding of the danger posed by the superhuman in front of him.
Given her skills and powerful abilities, she certainly had the right to say what she said earlier. Even if she couldn't kill everyone in the base, taking down a few high-ranking members wouldn't be a problem.
Lin Ruo stared at him for a long time before walking back over and sitting down, looking at the fire in silence.
The air seemed to freeze. After a long silence, Ye Lin finally spoke, "Can you guarantee that we can bring the supplies back?"
Although the opponent is powerful, the price they paid was too high, and they need some guarantee in return. If the resources they spent cannot guarantee the return of food, then they will suffer a great loss.
Lin Ruo remained calm and composed. Upon hearing this, she scoffed, "There are only two reasons why you kept me here. First, all your ability users have gone to the Qiyuan Base, leaving you with no other choice. Second, you have already confirmed my strength."
"So what do you want me to promise?"
Ye Lin clenched his fists slightly. Yes, they seemed to have no other choice.
Large weapons cannot be brought to the base, and small weapons are useless. The superhumans in the base are either dead or have left. If they want to transport this batch of food back, they can only find other superhumans to cooperate with. And among the superhumans who have not joined the base, she is the only one the base knows.
“However,” Lin Ruo noticed Ye Lin’s subtle movements and spoke again with a hint of seriousness, “the safe delivery of food to the base is part of our deal. Once the food arrives at the base, you pay me. It’s that simple.”
Ye Lin's eyes lit up. What this person meant was that she would only receive payment after the food was delivered to the base.
"Alright!" Ye Lin stood up, with the air of someone about to die a heroic death. "In that case, I'll leave this mission to you."
Lin Ruo nodded, and the deal was finalized.
Before leaving, Ye Lin wanted to exchange radio contact information with Lin Ruo, but Lin Ruo shook her head and said, "I don't have any."
These radios can be monitored, and their signals can be tracked. She finally managed to move to the northern suburbs to avoid crowds, so why would she use this kind of thing?
Helpless, Ye Lin could only agree on a departure time and place with her, which was to meet at the South Suburb Municipal Building at 8:00 AM seven days later.
Lin Ruo memorized the time and place, then quickly left in the northwest direction on her skateboard.
Ye Lin stood at the door watching Lin Ruo leave before immediately turning to Chen Yu with concern, "Are you alright?"
Chen Yu shook his head, turned to look into the distance in silence, and after a long while, he finally spoke, "You can rest assured, she is very capable."
Ye Lin nodded. From her sparring with Chen Yu just now, it was clear that even a dozen or so Chen Yus combined wouldn't be a match for her.
Chen Yu glanced down at his arm, then pointed upstairs, his eyes burning as he said, "She had been hiding upstairs the whole time. She just jumped down from upstairs, but I didn't notice. The fact that I couldn't even catch one of her moves says a lot."
Ye Lin understood Chen Yu's meaning. Chen Yu had practiced martial arts since childhood and was extremely sensitive to people's auras. He must have been on guard the whole time, but he hadn't noticed the presence of that ice-type ability user.
Moreover, he has always looked down on the superhumans at the base because none of them were his match, even though they possessed superhuman abilities.
Although Lin Ruo had broken Chen Yu's arm, his eyes still shone with starlight as he continued, "Even in the world of superhumans, there are strong and weak."
None of the superhumans he had encountered before gave him this feeling. They were too weak, so weak that he could take their lives even without awakening his superpowers. Therefore, he had always thought that superpowers were somewhat useless.
But this person was very strong, stronger than anyone he had ever met. He could sense that even if he used all his skills, his chances of winning were still zero!
She overturned his previous one-sided understanding of people with superpowers and made him want to become one himself. But how can one become a person with superpowers?
Only then did Ye Lin put aside his concerns. Someone whose strength could be recognized by Chen Yu was worth even 10% of the resources as a reward!
Lin Ruo glided through the streets like a black shadow on her skateboard. Any mutated animals she encountered along the way were dealt with and taken away by her with a single ice arrow. Two kilometers away, Afu and Ashou were waiting obediently.
They had originally planned to go ice fishing on the sea today, but they couldn't cancel their trip because of this "deal".
After she met up with Afu and Ashou, she put her skateboard into her storage space, jumped onto Afu's back, and Afu looked up and shouted before quickly running towards the bay.
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