Even if you find her, are you sure you can be her match?
Yang Songming at Qiyuan Base was not in the same good mood as Ye Lin. He looked at Du Xueting, who had come to borrow a large number of superhumans, and felt a headache coming on.
He even felt a little regretful that he shouldn't have led Du Xueting to believe that Guan Zhiheng's death was related to that ice-type ability user.
He didn't know how powerful that person was, but considering that she had always been alone outside, without relying on the base for any living supplies, and could easily take out 50 crystal cores to search for someone, Du Xueting, as a level 3 wood-type ability user, could not have done that.
Du Xueting sneered, "With so many superhumans, are you afraid we can't take her down? Even if her superhuman level is higher than mine, how many levels higher can it be! Two fists can't fight four hands. Doesn't the base commander want to eliminate this threat?"
Yang Songming sneered and said, "I may prioritize my own interests, but that doesn't mean I'm stupid. Do you think I don't know your little schemes? You just want to avenge Guan Zhiheng. Don't use the base as a scapegoat."
"I'll say it again: you can take revenge yourself, but don't use the base's ability users. You know how many ability users died in our base recently, and why they died. If it weren't for a few survivors who recently came to join us, do you think I wouldn't have come after you?"
"Heh..." Du Xueting stood up and laughed sarcastically, "Didn't you say, Base Chief, that the base's ability users would be at my command? Why are you blaming me now? What about all the contributions I've made over this long period of time?"
"Is it because four more wood-type ability users have awakened at the base, or because the previous wood-type ability user at the base leveled up to level 2, that you think I'm useless?"
"Even if all these people level up to level 2, it won't make a difference. I can't kill the ice-type ability user, but killing these wood-type ability users who only know how to farm is no problem."
Yang Songming slammed his fist on the table and roared at her, "You actually threatened me!"
Was she referring to those wood-type ability users or him? Was she trying to tell him that killing him would be incredibly easy for her?
Seeing that the two were on the verge of conflict and Yang Songming was even at a disadvantage, Zhu Zhengzhong immediately stood up to act as a peacemaker.
"Calm down, everyone. We've worked together for so long and faced so many natural disasters together. Why ruin our relationship over this?"
Yang Songming turned his head away with a livid face, and after a long while said, "You can go and seek revenge, but the base can only send ten superhumans to your command. However, you must guarantee to deliver a thousand tons of grain to the base. When the thousand tons of grain are delivered, the ten superhumans will be given to you. You can do whatever you want."
One thousand tons... Du Xueting gritted her teeth. Ten superhumans were actually being sold for such a high price!
Given that she can only grow 50 tons per day, this means she'll have to stay in this base for 20 days! By then, that ice-type ability user will have long since disappeared!
That old fox really knows how to set a price. If that's the case, then she won't have any time to take revenge.
Fortunately, she had a secret plan with the base. Every time she planted grain for the base, she would secretly hide some of it herself. Now she only had a little over 800 tons of grain stored in the cellar under her residence. The remaining 200 tons could be finished in just four days, which was more than enough time.
After mentally calculating it, she finally nodded, "Okay!"
Yang Songming sat at his desk, watching Du Xueting leave, his face grim. He had long known that this woman had ulterior motives behind the base, but she was very careful with the grain, so he could only get it out this way.
Zhu Zhengzhong looked at Yang Songming with some concern, "Old Yang, are we really going to let her do this? Won't the ice-type ability user hold us responsible?"
He wasn't worried about the life or death of the ten superhumans who had been sold; he was worried that if they failed, their captors would seek revenge.
Yang Songming sighed, "Even if Du Xueting goes by herself, won't that ice-type ability user blame us for it? Everyone knows that Du Xueting is the captain of the ability team at Qiyuan Base."
Zhu Zhengzhong sat back down in his chair, speechless.
Yang Songming actually wanted to give it a try, just in case he could take down this ice-type ability user!
He suddenly asked Zhu Zhengzhong, "Has the lab figured out a way to give people mental power yet?"
Zhu Zhengzhong shook his head. "The people in the lab said that mental strength is something that people are born with, and it is very difficult to increase it from a little bit to a lot, let alone to have it from nothing. They said it will take a lot of time."
Yang Songming nodded. He knew it would be difficult, but who wouldn't want to have mental power and become a superhuman? "Understood."
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For a month and a half, it was extremely hot. Although the weather was very hot, except for the areas burned by wildfires, the entire forest was restored to its lush and green state. Although these revitalized flowers, grasses and trees were all man-eating monsters, they did look more pleasing to the eye than the bare landscape.
Lin Ruo rode on Afu's back at a slow pace, with survivors quietly following behind. Some were tempted by the 50 crystal cores Lin Ruo mentioned. If she could offer 50 crystal cores as a reward, then she must actually possess much more.
How could this not be tempting? Those following behind were all survivors from the periphery. Now that the water level at the foot of the mountain has risen, they can no longer go down to search for crystal cores, nor have they been detected as having special abilities by the base. They can only eke out a living outside, trying their best to kill mutated beasts. Death is commonplace for them.
They didn't actually intend to rob her, and they knew they were no match for Lin Ruo. They just followed her, hoping that if they could find her residence, they might be able to sneak in and steal some food while she was out, and then use the location of her residence to trade for supplies with other people.
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