Chapter 258 Greed is Deadly
At this moment, the central tablet that Lei Zhe was carrying received feedback.
"Three intruders have been identified. Their combat capabilities are estimated to be equivalent to bombs, which would kill them with a single shot. Should we fire?"
Lei Zhe resolutely refused, "Don't launch! I'll go see for myself. Jiang Yuan, quick, take me there."
The bombs destroyed not only the invaders, but also the fields.
Besides, those low-level henchmen don't need to waste bombs.
Upon hearing Lei Zhe's shout, Jiang Yuan unfurled his wings, grabbed Lei Zhe by the back of his neck, and flew towards the sweet potato field.
Facing the howling wind, Lei Zhe was speechless for a moment. "What I'm saying is, can you give me a more dignified way?"
Holding me by the back of the neck, it feels like I'm carrying a small dog.
Jiang Yuan thought for a moment, "Then how about holding the belt?"
Lei Zhe: ...
"Never mind, I think it's decent enough as it is."
The three people who were lying in the sweet potato field, busy eating sweet potato leaves, were so frightened by the warning that they froze on the spot, still holding sweet potato leaves in their mouths, not daring to move.
They were all prepared to defend themselves, but after the three-second countdown ended, nothing happened.
The surroundings were quiet, without any sound.
Fang Cheng swallowed the sweet potato leaves in his mouth. "All that noise was just to scare people. I almost got scared."
Jiang Ming couldn't wait to dig up the sweet potatoes from the soil. "Even if the King of Heaven himself came, I'd still eat these sweet potatoes today."
No sooner had he finished speaking than several bolts of lightning struck from the sky, instantly turning the three men's heads into charcoal.
Luo Lei lay on the ground, his already short hair whipping around until it was smoking, his features almost completely obscured by the black smoke. He exhaled a puff of smoke.
"Steal? Who launched a sneak attack?"
Lei Zhe and Jiang Yuan descended from the sky and landed beside the group. They saw three charred sweet potato thieves lying on the ground, their eyes, which were white, rolling around and staring at them.
"So it was you three who stole our sweet potatoes?"
Jiang Ming shakily got up from the ground. "We didn't steal the sweet potatoes."
Lei Zhe scoffed, "Nonsense, we have surveillance cameras. You stole it."
Jiang Ming was furious. If he had really stolen it, he would accept it.
The main point is that he didn't even get to eat the sweet potato; he was struck by lightning before he could even dig it out of the ground.
“We didn’t steal the sweet potatoes, we just ate a few bites of sweet potato leaves, and you found us.”
Lei Zhe didn't care about any of that. "Stealing sweet potato leaves is still stealing. Tell me, how do you plan to compensate us?"
Luo Lei exploded, "You want to pay compensation? We only ate a few leaves, and you chopped us up like this. We're already being lenient by not holding you accountable."
Seeing that these people were stubborn, Lei Zhe looked at them and sneered.
"I'll give you two choices: either you leave your lives as compensation, or you bring the crystal cores as compensation. The choice is yours."
Having followed Meng Shiwan for a long time, their work style has also begun to resemble Meng Shiwan's habits.
Let's talk. If you keep babbling, I'll just kill you.
Everyone is busy; no one has time to waste here.
The group exchanged a glance, then turned and ran.
They chose neither of the two options.
Even if it costs my life, I can't give away a single crystal core that I found after a whole day of hard work.
If they escape back now, as long as they return to the base and tell the people there about the situation, they will surely come out in full force to raze this place to the ground.
By then, all the crops here will belong to their base.
They didn't know why these fields full of crops had suddenly appeared here.
What is now certain is that these crops are real and edible.
As Fang Cheng ran, he glanced back at the situation and saw the two young men standing in the sweet potato field, quietly watching them, showing no intention of chasing after them.
Fang Cheng was secretly delighted. As long as they returned to the base and relayed the message back, he could succeed.
All the good stuff here will belong to their base.
Lei Zhe sighed, "People are always like this; they have a way to live, but they insist on taking a dead end."
He slowly raised his hand, and a huge bolt of lightning struck down, engulfing the three running men in the lightning, making them twist and turn like three stick figures.
It was only then that the three of them suddenly realized that, despite being superhumans, they had absolutely no ability to fight back or defend themselves.
They were simply at the mercy of others.
This indicates that this lightning-type ability user is far stronger than them.
When the lightning dissipated, two of the three were already dead, leaving only Fang Cheng lying on the ground, desperately holding on.
He lay on the corrosive ground, large patches of his clothes and flesh decaying away.
Turning my head, I saw Jiang Ming and Luo Lei, already dead and charred black.
Ignoring the pain in his body, Fang Cheng roared with bloodshot eyes, "Lei Zi, A Ming, you two get up, you can't die."
He crawled towards the two of them, wriggling on the ground and corroding their flesh, leaving long trails of blood on the ground.
A pair of black shoes covered with a new type of metal stood in front of him.
Fang Cheng followed the shoes and saw Lei Zhe looking down at him, expressionless.
"I'm giving you one last chance. Do you want to live or die?"
Fang Cheng's eyes were practically spitting fire with hatred. He gritted his teeth and pulled a crystal core from his pocket.
"This crystal core is all I can give you as compensation. Is that enough?"
He must live; he cannot die.
He wanted to bring the news back to the base so that they could send people to raze this place to the ground and avenge his teammates.
Lei Zhe took two tissues out of his pocket, unfolded them, placed them on the crystal core, and wiped away the bloodstains.
"That's enough, get out of here. Don't come here to steal again, or you'll suffer a terrible death."
His nonchalant and indifferent attitude was, in Fang Cheng's eyes, an insult.
They only ate a little sweet potato leaves, and two people died and one was injured, and they still have to pay a crystal core as compensation.
This is so damn frustrating!
Fang Cheng used his metallized skin to forcefully stop the bleeding and ran towards the base.
Jiang Yuan watched the staggering figure, "They will come back."
Lei Zhe put the crystal core into his pocket. "I just sent him back to report. We've just arrived, and with so much food, someone's bound to want it."
Months into the apocalypse, people have become frantic about food and will undoubtedly fight tooth and nail for it.
We need to make an example of them, to let everyone know that even pulling out a single blade of grass here will come at a price. This will deter everyone and ensure peace in the future.
Jiang Yuan shrugged. "In the end, greed is deadly."
If they want to steal it, they should be prepared to be killed if they fail.
"Let's go back and call the others; we need to prepare for battle."
Reiji was lifted up again and flown back.
This time, I'm referring to the waistband.
Reizhe lay face down, looking utterly dejected. "Isn't there a more dignified way?"
Jiang Yuan: ...
"No."
Lei Zhe: "Actually, there is."
"What?"
"I'll ride on your back."
You want to eat shit?
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