"You mean you can only befriend this person, not be their enemy?" Zheng Qiming understood the hidden meaning in Ye Lin's words.
Ye Lin nodded, "We have no choice but to make good relations. Our base is already struggling to cope with natural disasters. If we add such a powerful enemy to the mix, what will we do?"
"What if she goes on a rampage of robbery?" Zheng Qiming stood up, still somewhat worried about the unknown.
Ye Lin curled the corners of his mouth, "She won't. Although she always does things unpredictably, she still sticks to her bottom line. With her strength, there are very few people who can make her abandon her bottom line."
"Alright, since you admire her so much after learning about her, then we'll do as you say. If our crystal energy cannon can be successfully developed, you will be in charge of delivering her transaction reward."
Zheng Qiming turned his head and looked at Ye Lin with a smile.
Ye Lin nodded, "Yes, Commander!"
News of the food being brought back from the B City base quickly spread throughout B City. Many survivors who had left the B City base wanted to return, but they were all turned away at the gate.
"Starting today, the B City base will only accept survivors with superpowers or those who bring mutated beasts. Other survivors will not be accepted."
At this point, those who left the B City base finally understood why the base had cut up their resident cards earlier—the B City base had already planned this all along!
"This is a trap they set for us!"
"The B City base is ruthless! They've resorted to such a despicable trick to prevent us from enjoying that large quantity of grain!"
"I refuse to accept this! Why should I!"
A large number of survivors gathered and caused trouble at the entrance of the B City base. Jiang Yue stood on the city wall and looked down at the survivors below, feeling no emotion. He simply picked up a megaphone and shouted down, "You have ten minutes. After ten minutes, the B City base will begin machine gun fire on the survivors causing trouble below. No casualties will be counted!"
The survivors below paused, remembering the bloodshed that had occurred during their protests against the base's rule changes, and none of them doubted that Jiang Yue would actually order the shooting.
The survivors below still valued their lives. Although they were unwilling, they slowly dispersed in the face of the machine guns on the city wall.
At the same time, Zhu Zhengzhong also led his team back to Qiyuan Base in a sorry state.
Yang Songming didn't receive good news; instead, he received the devastating news of the loss of two superhumans. He frowned, "How could this be? The intelligence from the inside wouldn't be wrong. The force you brought there could have easily crushed them!"
How could Zhu Zhengzhong not feel resentful at this point? He threw the damp towel he was constantly wiping his face onto the table. "But they forgot one thing! The B City base hired a powerful outside helper this time for mission safety. This outside helper is the ice-type ability user that Guan Zhiheng mentioned before!"
"She single-handedly took down the two superhumans next to me in an instant, and they couldn't even put up a fight! Tell me how we're supposed to fight this battle?" Zhu Zhengzhong looked at the stunned Yang Songming.
Yang Songming lowered his eyes. "That ice-type ability user has joined the B City base?"
Zhu Zhengzhong sat down in the chair with annoyance, "How should I know? But they seem to be protecting them."
"This is going to be difficult..." Yang Songming had a headache. It was hard to say what level this superhuman was, but his strength was undeniable, and he was not someone to be trifled with.
"Report!" Just then, a woman's voice rang out from outside.
Yang Songming looked up and called out to the door, "Come in."
The person who opened the door and walked in was Du Xueting, who had previously worked at the B City base. She went straight to Yang Songming and asked, "Base Commander, where's Lao Guan? He hasn't returned yet?"
Zhu Zhengzhong slightly turned his head away. He understood this woman. She had powerful supernatural abilities and a deep mind, but she treated Guan Zhiheng differently. But now Guan Zhiheng was dead.
The fact that over a hundred trucks from the B City base returned is the best answer. If Guan Zhiheng were still alive, would they have let him steal the trucks?
“Xueting…” Yang Songming’s eyes darted around, his face showing difficulty, “I originally wanted to tell you in a couple of days, but Zhiheng must have sacrificed himself.”
"Old Guan sacrificed himself? Who did it?" Du Xueting frowned slightly, her tone cold.
“We don’t know either. It’s just that when the grain team from the B City base came back, they were still driving our base’s trucks,” Yang Songming sighed and continued, “I asked Lao Zhu to go and get them back, but Huaian and Fang Hua from our base were killed by that ice-type ability user.”
Du Xueting narrowed her eyes slightly, "An ice-type ability user..."
Lin Ruo, on the other side, was unaware that she was being watched. She returned to the bay with Afu and Ashou and took the fortress out of her spatial storage and put it away.
Afu, Ashou, and Aliu hadn't seen each other for several days, and they played around quite a bit. Aliu was also very happy, as it had been cooped up in its space for several days and was about to finish counting all the leaves on its body.
Lin Ruo smiled and let them be. She walked into the fortress, took out Duan Kejia's spatial crystal core from her pocket, and slowly probed the crystal core with her spiritual power to see the supplies left inside.
Inside were only some of her personal belongings, four or five bags of food, and a few weapons. Lin Ruo clicked her tongue slightly; this girl was rather poor.
She took out the food and weapons, and then threw the crystal core into the box where the superhuman crystal cores were kept.
As darkness fell, Afu and Ashou ate a little something and then went back to their den to rest. Although they had stayed in the car the whole way, it wasn't as good as resting at home, and they were sleepy as soon as they got back.
Lin Ruo also took a shower, ate something, and quickly went back to her room. She hadn't had a good rest for the past few days, and now that she was home, she could finally get a good night's sleep.
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