“That’s true, but dying outside is better than dying in your own base.” Termite shrugged, seemingly not very concerned about the situation at the Northern Phoenix Base. “If too many people die in their own base, it could lead to disease outbreaks, so expelling people from the base is actually the best course of action.”
"Has the Beihuang Base ever considered seeking assistance from other bases?" Ji Yueyao asked, somewhat astonished, as she looked at some of the alarming expulsion records on the Beihuang Base's website.
"Who to look for?" Termite shook his head. "In winter, every base will be short of clothes and food, and even survival is barely maintained. However, the situation at the Beihuang base is the worst, which is why the method of expelling people from the base was chosen."
“The Nanxiao Base is close to the Forbidden Forest, so the soil should be quite fertile… Logically, there shouldn’t be a severe food shortage, right?” Ji Yueyao thought about it carefully and suddenly realized that even with fertile soil, the Nanxiao Base wouldn’t have enough food because it wasn’t a unified entity. The factions within it were fragmented, and no one would specifically cultivate food to supply the entire Nanxiao Base.
The ruins where she and Lin Xuan trained their supernatural abilities were a case in point. It was such a vast area, and even if it was abandoned, no one would use it.
"Tsk." Ji Yueyao scratched his head in annoyance, leaned back in his chair, and looked out the window.
"Captain, why did you suddenly bring up the Northern Phoenix Base?" Lin Xuan sat up from the sofa, putting his book aside. "Do you intend to use the people at the Northern Phoenix Base to help us fight against Qin Lichang and his group?"
Hearing this, Kachi chimed in, "Thinking about it that way, it's not a bad idea. We can supply some food to the Beihuang base and ask them to do us a favor."
"Everyone in the world is driven by profit. If you want the Northern Phoenix Base to not expel people, how much food would you need in exchange?" Ji Yueyao glanced at Lin Xuan and Kaqi, a half-smile on her face. "Who's going to gather all that food? You? Me?"
“That’s true.” Kachi was a little discouraged; she really knew nothing about these things.
“It’s not that we can’t help them, but it’s absolutely not possible right now.” Ji Yueyao closed the file in front of her, stood up and stretched. She felt stiff from sitting for so long, and she didn’t know how she managed to sit still all day when she was in school. “Besides, no one would tolerate having a spy planted in their own territory.”
“Hey, but no matter whose faction it is, there will always be some other people in it.” Kachi asked, puzzled. “I think the First Seat Chongyuan doesn’t seem to care much about the people from other factions under his command.”
“If the water is too clear, there will be no fish. It’s not strange for a faction to have a few outliers.” Ji Yueyao stepped forward, pinched Kaqi’s cheek, and shook her head. “But do you know how much an outsider can gain by helping us kick a faction down? They might sit next to you and listen to you discuss all the secrets of the base. Or they might just slowly devour the base until they take it over.”
"Is it that serious?" Kachi was stunned.
At this moment, the termite added, "That's why emperors in ancient times were generally very wary of the generals who fought alongside them."
"Ancient emperors?" Ji Yueyao glanced at Bai Yi with some confusion. Not to mention in this world, she had heard such a somewhat familiar term before. "You actually used this as an example."
"...Huh?" Termite scratched his head, a little confused. "There are many books about these ancient events in the adult's study. Sometimes the adult will allow us to go in and browse them at will."
Ji Yueyao fell silent. Did Mu Yanxuan still like these things?
But putting those things aside for now, Ji Yueyao looked at the snowflakes outside, her eyebrows furrowed in a mess. She really didn't like going out in this season.
Honestly, she's most afraid of the cold.
...
"What's wrong?" Xia Yaoxuan sat on the truck, looked at the car that had stopped in front of him, opened the door and jumped out.
"Boss, we can't go any further." The truck driver in front jumped out of his vehicle with a conflicted expression, pointed ahead, and his face scrunched up.
Upon hearing this, Xia Yaoxuan looked up and saw a huge sandstorm swirling over the desolate land not far ahead. His gaze narrowed slightly, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "A sandstorm?"
"Hmm... Boss, let's find a place to take shelter from the sandstorm as soon as possible." Chu Sheng followed behind Xia Yaoxuan, looking at the fierce sandstorm ahead, and naturally knew that they could not move forward.
Xia Yaoxuan gritted his teeth and could only choose to temporarily take cover. Encountering a sandstorm in a desolate place is extremely unfortunate. Not to mention the sand and dust filling the sky, the huge winds could easily overturn the car.
Xia Yaoxuan sat back in the car with a gloomy expression. As the car turned around and drove away, he clenched his teeth so hard that blood could be seen seeping out.
According to Shadow's account, the Ji Yueyao who was by Mu Yanxuan's side was very likely the Ji Yueyao he was looking for. But he knew how spoiled that girl was. To be able to live in this world and still be by Mu Yanxuan's side... he really couldn't imagine what she had been through.
Meanwhile, in the villa of the third seat at the Nanxiao base, Ji Yueyao was sitting opposite Qian Wenyu with a faint smile, looking like he wanted to have a long talk.
Lin Xuan stood behind him, his face serious.
"I wonder what the nineteenth seat is doing here?" Qian Wenyu's narrow eyes flashed with a lewd light. He glanced at Ji Yueyao, making Ji Yueyao feel quite uncomfortable.
"The person speaking to you now is my captain, not me. Show some respect." Lin Xuan glared at Qian Wenyu, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked.
"Heh, I've never had the habit of talking to women on an equal footing." Qian Wenyu glanced at Ji Yueyao, who was sitting on the sofa with a calm expression, his disdain evident.
"That's awkward." Ji Yueyao shrugged, then casually added, "Just today, the Sixth Seat suddenly died in his own villa, right?"
Qian Wenyu's eyes instantly turned vicious, his gaze becoming as venomous as a snake's. He had done his best to suppress this news, how could Ji Yueyao still know? "Did you do it?!"
"Oh, oh, oh... how can you say that? How did I do it?" Ji Yueyao stared directly at Qian Wenyu. Perhaps she hadn't experienced enough negotiations, because her feet were slightly numb. Fortunately, she quickly adjusted herself and made herself look very natural. "You also know that this was all done by... Second Seat Wei Qin."
Qian Wenyu narrowed his eyes and remained silent. He had indeed received news that Wei Qin planned to deal with both him and Chong Yuan at the same time, but... everyone knew that Ji Yueyao was now Chong Yuan's man, so he naturally couldn't rule out the possibility that Chong Yuan was behind it all.
"You say so, so it is?" Qian Wenyu sneered. (To be continued.)
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