In that instant, Yang Songming understood. With those crystal energy cannons so tightly protected, how could anyone have tampered with them? There were only two keys to this warehouse, one in his hands and one in Zhu Zhengzhong's. It was obvious who had done the tampering.
Zhu Zhengzhong smiled and pulled out the dagger. A spurt of blood gushed out, and Yang Songming could no longer stand. He fell heavily forward to the ground.
Zhu Zhengzhong didn't even glance at Yang Songming on the ground. He just nodded to Ye Lin and then said to the surrounding superhumans, "Our base and the B City base originally came from the same source. Now that we are in the apocalypse, we should work together to fight against natural disasters, instead of scheming against each other and exhausting the last hope of mankind. On behalf of myself, I am willing to surrender to the B City base!"
Upon hearing Zhu Zhengzhong's words, coupled with the threat of the fighter jets circling overhead and the menacing gazes of the hundred or so superhumans, everyone knew what to choose: "We are willing to surrender!"
Yang Songming, clinging to his last breath, heard the deafening shout. His pupils contracted, and a mocking smile appeared on his lips. He knew he was outmatched.
Ye Lin listened to the deafening shouts but felt nothing. His heart had become incredibly strong after so long in the apocalypse, and he would never be emotionally agitated by such a trivial matter again.
He stepped forward, squatted down next to Yang Songming, and looked at his swaying figure with a very serious expression. "Base Commander Yang, after scheming for so long, how do you feel about ending up abandoned by everyone?"
"You win."
After saying those words, Yang Songming's face turned ashen. His chest, which had been rising and falling slightly, became still. He died with his eyes wide open, unable to rest in peace.
Yang Songming died just like that. Ye Lin looked at Yang Songming. Back then, when he and Zhu Zhengzhong insisted on splitting up the B City base, he hated him. But now, seeing this man die in front of him, his heart was completely unmoved.
Because of Yang Songming's death, the deafening cheers at Qiyuan Base fell silent, and the entire venue was shrouded in silence.
Zhu Zhengzhong's expression was even more inscrutable.
Ye Lin and his men stayed at the Qiyuan Base for three days. When they returned, the Qiyuan Base had become an affiliated base of the B City Base, and Zhu Zhengzhong had become the base director of the Qiyuan Base.
When he left, he took with him all the underground ore from the Qiyuan base, some important supplies, and all the research personnel.
From now on, Qiyuan Base will also have to pay a certain amount of supplies to B City Base every month.
As Zhu Zhengzhong stood in front of everyone, seeing Ye Lin and the others off, he was still clutching his chest. He never expected that the poison that Qiyuan Base intended to use to control the superhumans and the high-ranking officials of City B would be used on him and all the high-ranking officials of Qiyuan Base, and that the antidote was in Ye Lin's hands.
From now on, he will be a puppet, unable to escape his grasp.
Zhu Zhengzhong lowered his eyes. How could he be willing to accept this? But one must live. Even if he didn't become the one who betrayed them, the B City base had plenty of ways to resolve this matter; it would just take a little more effort.
Now, only Yang Songming has died in the entire Qiyuan Base, and it has returned to the B City Base. Even though it is under the control of others, the superhumans below know that the B City Base is behind these high-ranking people. So they no longer need to worry about these superhumans eyeing them like before.
Unlike the higher-ups, the survivors of the entire Qiyuan Base were visibly happy when they heard the news. They had long envied the survivors of the B City Base, thinking that their lives would be better after Qiyuan Base became an affiliated base. Little did they know that the B City Base had no intention of taking on their lives at all.
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Under the dark moonlight, a giant mutated peregrine falcon swept across the sky, its enormous wingspan casting a large shadow on the ground as it flew past, stirring up a strong gust of wind.
The peregrine falcon had just flown across the sky and its figure had not yet completely disappeared from sight when it suddenly vanished from the sky. When the eagle reappeared, its enormous body was already fifteen kilometers away.
This eagle is Lin Ruo in disguise. This is her new way of traveling. Combining water-based and spatial abilities, this mutated peregrine falcon flies extremely fast. With Lin Ruo's spatial folding skill, it can travel more than a thousand kilometers in an hour.
Although City C is more than 2,000 kilometers away from City B, Lin Ruo can reach it in less than two hours at his speed, which is much faster than a helicopter. However, this consumes a lot of his supernatural power, and Lin Ruo doesn't know if he can make it to the destination with his current reserves of supernatural power.
Because she was thinking of returning home soon, Lin Ruo didn't bring her family members with her this time.
Throughout the journey, Lin Ruo tried her best to keep her power consumption to a minimum. She had never tried long-distance flight before and didn't know how long she could last, but she wasn't too worried, since she had power recovery potions on hand.
To avoid attracting attention, Lin Ruo activated her invisibility water shield the entire way, while also maximizing her mental power to constantly observe the movements below.
After such a long period of apocalypse, the land below is devastated. The seawater has been completely dried up, and now the earth is cracked and parched by the scorching sun.
Mutant birds flew overhead constantly. These flying mutant beasts could only come out at night to look for food, as it was too hot at high altitudes during the day, and they would probably be roasted alive if they flew into the sky.
The people living there are also struggling to survive. The mutated plants and animals on there can only desperately obtain energy in order to survive, and the source of this energy is naturally killing—killing their own kind or killing humans.
Along the way, Lin Ruo had encountered many humans being chased by mutated animals. In their panicked escape, they accidentally ran into the hunting range of mutated plants. Instead of being killed by the mutated animals behind them, they were dragged deep underground by the mutated plants.
They couldn't even cry for help; they could only be eaten alive by these mutated plants or animals.
Although people know how to become superhumans because of the B City base, only a very small number of people with mental strength can become superhumans. There are many ordinary people who cannot become superhumans, and they face danger everywhere in this world.
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