After they had eaten and drunk their fill, everyone's attention returned to those who had been chasing them.
Yang Yitian knew about the group that was chasing his elder brother, but he wasn't very clear about the specifics or their relationship.
Yang Yijie stood in front of the group, and Yang Yitian asked, "Why are these people chasing you? For resources?"
Yang Yijie shook his head: "It's not really a resource, it's just that our existence is in the way of others."
Speaking of this, Zhang Hong became indignant, his voice rising louder and louder: "It's understandable that we blocked their way back to Oubei to hunt them down, but we never expected that these people would be willing to be their lackeys!"
Through their descriptions, Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian roughly understood their situation. The base they were currently in was only a small to medium-sized base, initially built mainly by people with superpowers. Later, due to severe internal divisions, the power of the original builders and protectors of the base was divided among the outsiders with superpowers. Eventually, it gradually transformed into three factions.
The leaders of the three factions are:
Qiu Ping (a level 6 fire-type ability user) was one of the main forces who initially established the base. Later, due to the recognition he received from various ability users, he naturally became the leader.
Ding Mu (a level 7 wood-attribute ability user) has a gentle nature. Because the wood attribute has certain healing effects, he enjoys considerable prestige within the base and is also quite close to the ordinary people there. He actively advocates for equal rights for ordinary people and ability users, and is deeply loved by the common people.
Pei Xiong Yi (a level 7 ice-type ability user) is arrogant and, as the supreme ruler among ability users, has recruited a large number of them.
Initially, under Qiu Ping's leadership, the base adopted a system of exchanging resources for contributions, which meant that many ordinary people had to make tremendous efforts just to have enough to eat.
Later, Ding Mu joined the base. Because of his wood-type ability and his ability to remove toxins from infected people, he was highly sought after by the base people from the beginning, and later recruited many people to work for him.
Once he had accumulated enough power and gained some influence within the base, he began to advocate that people with superpowers should protect the speech of ordinary people, and that ordinary people should have more rights instead of living such a difficult life.
These words immediately made many ordinary people dissatisfied with their current state of hard work, and they protested to their superiors.
This matter originally troubled Qiu Ping greatly, but before he could worry for long, Pei Xiong Yi suddenly rose to prominence as the base's first level seven ability user. He led his group of ability users to kill dozens of ordinary people who were protesting and causing trouble, which made those ordinary people hesitate to act against him.
Qiu Ping breathed a sigh of relief, realizing he didn't have to play the villain and offend these ordinary people, nor did he have to offend Ding Mu.
Unfortunately, before he could catch his breath, Pei Xiong Yi made the statement that ordinary people are weak, not only contributing little but also being restless and constantly changing their roles, and only worthy of being slaves to those with superpowers. Furthermore, because of the previous incident of ordinary people rebelling, he quickly recruited a group of people with superpowers.
Pei Xiong Yi is the strongest superhuman in this base, and Qiu Ping obviously can't do anything about him; he can only watch him develop step by step.
Fortunately, he was caught in the middle. Because Ding Mu and Pei Xiong Yi's ideas were quite different, Pei Xiong Yi did not focus on him and instead concentrated on dealing with Ding Mu.
Under Pei Xiong Yi's crackdown, some of Ding Mu's superhumans were recruited by Pei Xiong Yi, since not everyone wants to be a saint. Others, however, stubbornly refused to cooperate and "disappeared" while on missions.
There are too many ways to manipulate things here; everyone knows what's going on.
After Ding Mu's men scattered, he had no choice but to submit. Although Ding Mu's men were scattered or dead, Pei Xiong Yi, coveting Ding Mu's special abilities, did not kill him but instead kept him in captivity. If Ding Mu tried to escape, Pei Xiong Yi would kill him without hesitation.
After dealing with Ding Mu, Qiu Ping, a well-established and publicly recognized leader of the base, naturally became a thorn in his side.
With Qiu Ping around, the base still operates on the same system of earning points. Although ordinary people are a bit tired, they are not likely to starve or freeze to death.
What Pei Xiongyi really wanted was to treat the ordinary people in the base as slaves.
Many of these superhumans resisted, because although they were superhumans, they also had ordinary family members, so most of them sided with Qiu Ping. Yang Yijie was one of the superhumans who supported Qiu Ping's faction, while Zhang Hong and others were in the same group as him and also supported Qiu Ping's decisions.
The group of men tied to the ground were also Qiu Ping's subordinates. However, since they had intended to kill Yang Yijie's entire team during this mission, they had likely already betrayed him.
What Yang Yijie found most unacceptable was that one of the people in the group, Bai Yuan, was someone he was very close to. The reason Yang Yijie's group was traveling with Bai Yuan's group was because of Bai Yuan's request, and he only agreed out of respect for Bai Yuan. Who knew it would end up like this?
"What do you want to do with these people?" Yang Yitian was not surprised to hear such things.
Yang Yijie said, "Let's ask them about Pei Xiong Yi's plan first, and what kind of people they've recruited, before deciding how to handle it."
Zhang Hong said angrily, "You can handle it like this?! This kind of traitor should of course be killed."
Yang Yijie reassured them, "Killing them isn't necessary. Let's see if they cooperate first." In reality, he also wanted to kill these people, but if he told them they would die now and they thought, "We're going to die anyway, so let's not tell them anything," then they would get less information.
Zhang Hong turned his head away somewhat unhappily: "You say it's the captain, so of course you have the final say!"
Qi Zhiheng was the first to step forward: "I'll lend you a hand."
He directly invaded the mental seas of these people with his soul power and manipulated them. These were all just Qi Refining stage ability users, so naturally they couldn't resist Qi Zhiheng's mental guidance.
After they finished, a look of confusion appeared in their eyes.
Qi Zhiheng removed the gag from one of the men, allowing him to speak.
After doing all that, he stepped back a few paces and said, "Now you can ask me any questions you have."
Yang Yijie found their methods somewhat magical, similar to mental control, and his attention returned to the person in front of him.
Yang Yijie asked a few random questions, and the other party answered them obediently without any resistance. The few Earthlings present found this very amazing.
"Stop playing around and get down to business," Zhang Hong urged from the side.
Yang Yijie stopped asking pointless questions: "Your original plan was to kill our team?"
"right."
"Tell me the specific plan."
"First, lure the Xingfeng Squad into the city, let the zombies kill them, shift the blame to the zombies, and then return to the base to collect the reward."
"Besides that, what about Pei Xiong Yi's plan?"
"After the death of the Xingfeng Squad, they captured their families and gradually dismantled Qiu Ping's faction."
Hearing this, Yang Yijie and the others were furious. The Xingfeng Squad was their team's name, and they never expected that Pei Xiongyi would not only kill them but also target their families—it was truly despicable!
Yang Yitian was also furious! Weren't his elder brother's family his family too? How dare someone try to harm their family? He immediately said, "Let's go back to your base! I'm going to stuff that Pei Xiong Yi thing back into his mother's womb! How dare they even try to harm my family? They're tired of living!"
After he finished speaking, he quickly prepared to leave with them.
Yang Yijie said, "Wait! I have a few more questions to ask."
After he finished speaking, he walked back to the person who had just answered the question and asked again, "Yang Yijie is now a level six ability user. What if this ambush fails?"
The man's eyes remained lifeless. Upon hearing a question, he immediately replied, "There are ambushes on the way back. If any escapees return, they will be dealt with by the ambushers."
This is much more acceptable than the idea that these people want to capture their families, but some people are still worried: "The way back is also ambushed. What should we do? If we wait any longer, I'm afraid our family members will all be killed."
Yang Yitian said confidently, "This is not a big problem. We have transportation, so we can get back quickly and avoid those people's eyes and ears. Even if we can't avoid them, it's fine as long as we can fight them!"
Upon learning of his younger brother's extraordinary abilities, Yang Yijie decided to stop hesitating and said, "That's right, let's go back quickly. If we go back now, Qiu Ping might still be saved."
"What about these people?" Zhang Hong pointed to the people lying on the ground.
Yang Yijie said coldly, "Didn't they want to lure us in to feed the zombies? Then let them experience that taste for themselves."
Qi Zhiheng understood their meaning, dragged the group out first, and threw them into the pile of zombies along with the ropes, instantly releasing them from control.
These people were unable to move and could not escape even if they wanted to. They could only watch in terror as the zombies pounced on them, tearing at their flesh piece by piece, while all they could do was scream.
After confirming that none of these people could be saved, they retrieved the ropes binding Bai Yuan and the others, and Qi Zhiheng left.
Back at the previous house, Yang Yitian had already taken out his flying artifact and released it at the door, beckoning people to come in.
Everyone was amazed by what he produced out of thin air; it was yet another ability that resembled spatial powers.
One by one, they climbed onto the flying spirit boat, but none of them had any idea how to use the flying spirit artifact.
Seeing Qi Zhiheng return, Yang Yitian quickly waved and said, "We're here, come over here."
Qi Zhiheng leaped into the air, his modern attire making him appear dashing and elegant, creating a somewhat inexplicable sense of incongruity among the people on the spirit boat.
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