She stored the motorcycle in her spatial storage, took a running start, and with a light leap, she appeared at the foot of the main peak.
The motorcycle then reappeared. She still needed to hunt for Afu and Ashou. She should hunt fewer mutated beasts on her own mountain. More mutated beasts would also deter humans from getting close.
However, when she was halfway there, her expanded mental energy detected three off-road vehicles, and the Qiyuan Base logo on these three vehicles was unusually conspicuous.
It's Qiyuan Base again. There are five superhuman crystal cores in the three off-road vehicles, including a level 2 green one, which belongs to the wood-type superhuman.
Lin Ruo stopped the car and put on a layer of invisibility water film. Three SUVs roared past her. What were so many superhumans going to do?
She turned to look at the direction the SUV was heading and suddenly realized that they were heading in the direction of the B City base. A look of doubt appeared in her eyes. Were they going to the B City base?
Considering that she hadn't been to the B City base for half a year, and that she didn't know how the crystal energy cannon was progressing after the extreme heat arrived, she felt she should go and check on it.
She turned her car around, caught up with the three off-road vehicles in front of her, put the motorcycle into her spatial storage, activated her spatial domain, and in a flash appeared on the roof of the off-road vehicle, following them to the B City base.
The car had the most crystal cores, with four people inside. Lin Ruo's forehead was covered in sweat. She wiped the sweat off her face and probed down with her spiritual power. She found that the four people below were all wearing sweat-absorbing long-sleeved sportswear and thin masks. The parts of their faces exposed outside the clothing were all red and peeling from the intense sunlight.
Everyone else in the car was there except for the wood-type ability user. They were unaware that someone was sitting on the roof and were still having a lively conversation below.
"How confident are we about negotiating with the base in City B this time?" the superhuman driving asked the superhuman next to him as he drove.
The superhuman scoffed, "What percentage? One percent! Didn't you hear what the base chief said? The B City base has developed a machine that can create superhumans. Once such a machine is available, there will be as many superhumans as we want. Superhumans will be everywhere. What can a few of us do if we go?"
Lin Ruo raised an eyebrow. The B City base had already found a way to become a superhuman, half a year earlier than Lin Ruo knew. Was it because the B City base had kept it hidden for half a year before announcing it to the public in her previous life, or was it because she was reborn and changed some things, causing the time to be brought forward?
Lin Ruo had no way of knowing; she only knew that the current time had changed.
"Didn't Sister Ting say that the B City base will definitely agree to our conditions? Although they have many ability users, even if there are wood-type ability users, it won't be enough to meet their food needs for the time being. They probably don't have much food left." An ability user in the back row joined the discussion.
"Hmph..." The ability user who hadn't spoken until now sneered, turning to ask the person next to him, "If you were the base commander, with so many ability users under your command, and you knew where the food was, would you trade such precious machines for it or steal it?"
A moment of silence fell over the car. Lin Ruo smiled slightly. She knew they would choose to rob her, and she would do the same.
She traded food for the crystal cannon before because she had plenty of food and didn't care, which saved her a lot of trouble later. But if she were to trade such a precious machine, she would most likely try to steal it.
Sure enough, she was selfish too. Lin Ruo's lips curled up silently. She thought being selfish in the apocalypse was good, at least she could live well.
"Why trade when you can steal it?" The superhuman concluded the discussion with his final words.
The atmosphere in the car gradually became tense, because they were all afraid that the talks would fall apart and they would not be able to leave.
Lin Ruo sat on the roof of the car, pondering the question from earlier. Putting aside the base commander of the B City base, if this choice were placed in front of Ye Lin, he would probably choose to switch, because he couldn't bear to part with the soldiers in the base. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to tolerate the Qiyuan Base provoking him so openly during the previous mission.
The fact that this base could split into two already speaks volumes. If it were up to her, she would have eliminated all the high-ranking officials who wanted to split off, but they didn't; they chose to compromise.
She lay on the roof of their car, gazing at the dark sky above, perhaps because they still held on to something.
Lin Ruo disliked the way the B City base operated, because they never gave her a reason to forcibly take it.
The car traveled at a high speed, and in less than an hour, they saw the gate of the B City base. At this time, there were already superhumans guarding the outside of the B City base.
Two large tents were pitched on either side of the entrance to the B City base, and people were living in these tents. These tents were not close to the entrance of the B City base, but were blocked by the barricades placed by the B City base.
These survivors wore dirty short-sleeved shirts, their bodies were tanned dark red, their faces bore the marks of sunburn, and their lips were cracked, making them look withered.
Many other quick-thinking survivors were also busy digging a few hundred meters away from the base. Lin Ruo knew what they were doing: digging a habitable place. Living underground during the hottest period was much more comfortable than living in a tent.
These people are digging this place because they intend to settle here permanently.
Even though the attitude of the B City base was very clear—that they would not protect these people—they still refused to leave.
They firmly believed that the B City base would not let the mutated beasts that had already reached their doorstep go unpunished; they would definitely make a move, and then they would still have a chance to survive, which was better than fighting alone outside.
Lin Ruo's eyes flickered, and he spotted a few familiar faces among them: Zhao Hui and his henchmen, who had set up a table with some food beside it. Behind them, the henchmen were all holding guns, ready to pounce on them.
Zhao Hui had also gotten much darker. He kept wiping the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve. Despite this, he was full of energy and was using the grain to buy crystal cores from the people outside. One level-one crystal core could be exchanged for about two and a half pounds of grain or three pounds of sweet potatoes or potatoes.
It weighs half a pound more than what the base sells to the public.
Lin Ruo's lips curled up. Zhao Hui actually had a good business sense, actually trying to steal business from the B City base.
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