It's no longer a secret that Lin Tantan is a five-element mutant. Just because she uses the fire and water elements so frequently and doesn't try to hide it, people both inside and outside the Zhengyang Brigade have long speculated about it.
It just hasn't been announced publicly yet.
Now that the news had spread outside, even the most obtuse and uninformed people knew about it, and suddenly more people began to pay attention to Lin Tantan.
In addition, the second half of the rumor, saying that the Zhengyang Brigade had developed so smoothly and well thanks to Lin Tantan, and that any force with her was halfway to success, made her a hot topic for a while.
The most important thing is that all other bases that can connect to the communication network also received this news. Within a day, the whole country knew that Lin Tantan was a five-element mutant.
Ye Xiao's face was as gloomy as water. Bai Cheng shook his head. "Min Yande doesn't have the time or energy to really do anything himself. Is he trying to instigate others to cause trouble? These rumors are detrimental to Tan Tan. Do you want to refute them?"
Ye Xiao looked up at him and said, "Why are you trying to dispel rumors? This is the truth, isn't it?"
Bai Cheng was stunned.
"If we hadn't talked, Meimei wouldn't have survived, and I might have drowned in the river long ago. Take the zombie tidal wave in June, for example. Without her, the burrows wouldn't have been dug so smoothly, the zombie ambush wouldn't have been so effective, and we wouldn't have known about the leader's terrifying abilities so early and eliminated it in time. The nightmare left by that zombie still lingers to this day, and it's no less terrifying than the terrifying zombie leaders in the capital. Take the zombie tidal wave that surrounded the city. If she hadn't helped us sleep and quickly recover our energy, our losses would have been much higher."
Ye Xiao spoke calmly one by one. He had never forgotten these things. As for the Zhengyang Brigade, he believed that his contribution was not as great as Lin Tantan's.
Bai Cheng was silent. It was indeed true.
He seemed to understand something: "Since there are no rumors to dispel, do you want to let it go, or do something about it?"
Ye Xiao looked at his palm and said, "I remember someone told me before that with Tan Tan's abilities, she shouldn't be buried in this small base. If she went to a big place like the capital, she would not only be able to play a greater role, but also be treated as a guest of honor, praised by everyone, and enjoy the best of everything."
"I also want to give her the best, but now it seems that it is still far from enough."
He hated it most when someone used Lin Tantan as a prey and treated her like a soft persimmon. The reason why he didn't target Commander Fan but instead targeted Min Yande was simply because Commander Fan was targeting him, while Min Yande was planning to target Lin Tantan, which he couldn't accept.
Now that Min Yande is in a difficult position, he still wants to find a way to gain advantage from Lin Tantan, stir up conflicts, and even sow discord.
Ye Xiao's expression was calm, but he was quite annoyed in his heart.
"Suppose Tan Tan and I weren't in the same relationship as we are now," he asked Bai Cheng, "and she wasn't even a girl. How much leverage would we need to put up to keep her?"
Bai Cheng was stunned by his question.
There were many talented people in their team now, and all of them had joined because they were attracted by their unique conditions, treatment, atmosphere, and prospects. The most outstanding people had higher conditions than ordinary people, and their attitude towards others would also be different.
Even for the four mercenaries who went to the capital, we agreed to some unusual conditions in order to get them to do things.
Compared to those people, Lin Tantan's value is obviously several times higher, even difficult to estimate simply. The price to pay to keep her is naturally extremely high.
We should also be cautious and respectful in our attitude towards her, and show enough protection to the outside world. For example, if someone uses her to stir up trouble this time, let alone refuting the rumors, the first thing we should do is to calm her down.
Bai Cheng completely realized that he had taken things for granted. Perhaps because they had such a good relationship, he seemed a little disrespectful to Lin Tan Tan.
He said, "I know what to do."
So not long after, the Zhengyang Brigade released the news saying, yes, our brigade is able to go so smoothly because of Lin Tantan, this powerful and magical five-element superpower user. She is electricity, she is light, she is the biggest lucky star, and our Zhengyang Brigade is so lucky.
When Lin Tantan heard this, he almost fell off his chair.
She was about to squirt, what was going on?!
Then, she, who stayed in the compound all day and didn't leave, relying on patients to bring her the latest news, finally heard what people outside were saying about her. They said she was indispensable to the rule of the world. What the hell was that? Was her role really that important? The team even joined in the fun, saying, "Yes, she is that powerful."
Lin Tan Tan...so embarrassing!
The patients and injured in the team looked at her with a strange look in their eyes, as if they were looking at shining gold. It just so happened that today there were two seriously injured patients who came in through the green channel from outside. They were bitten in the vital parts by the mutant beasts. Their companions also carried the two people in. There was a hint of surprise and admiration in the eyes of these people when they looked at her.
After Lin Tantan finished his work, he heard two people chatting in the corner: "Your medical team leader is really that amazing!"
"Of course. It's clearly stated above. If she hadn't spent so much time in the clinic treating everyone's injuries and illnesses, she would have already made a name for herself outside."
The outsider added, "Then you better keep a close eye on us. I'm afraid a lot of people will try to steal your girl away from you... I'm even thinking of asking our boss to come and steal her away."
"Go to hell, Doctor Lin is from our Zhengyang Brigade."
Lin Tantan felt even more embarrassed after hearing this.
She became a celebrity overnight. It seemed as if everyone wanted to use good words to describe her, and their eyes were shining when they looked at her. But instead of discussing her being a five-element mutant, everyone seemed more interested in discussing the attitude of the Zhengyang Brigade towards her.
Zhengyang Brigade even held a small meeting specifically for this purpose, the content of which was roughly how to praise her highly and how to hold accountable those who treated her as a subject for casual discussion and ridicule.
For this purpose, the Zhengyang Brigade even set up a public relations group, or an external publicity group, to list out all the things that Lin Tantan had done, from Yang City to the present day, and compiled a long list to prove how useful and benevolent she was.
Lin Tantan wanted to stop all this, but couldn't. Ye Xiao told her to leave it alone. Lin Tantan complained: "Why leave it alone? This is my own business. Isn't this too much?"
And as she looked at those things one by one, she felt that she was about to be written as a saint, radiating glory all over her body. She even doubted whether it was herself.
Ye Xiao said, "Min Yande had people spread rumors and announced that you were a five-element psychic. He had two main purposes: one was to make more people covet your abilities, and the other was to create a rift between you and me."
The main reason was that it created a rift between her and the leadership team of the Zhengyang Brigade.
If she had not been indifferent to power, if Ye Xiao had not understood and loved her, if she had not saved Mei Baisheng's life, and if they had not cared about these false names, the mere fact that she was elevated to a level that surpassed everyone else would have caused conflicts among them.
The intention of this plan is very vicious.
Ye Xiao laughed at himself. He asked Cai Chengliang to disrupt the harmony between the Min and Chen factions, and Min Yande gave him a similar gift in return. It was a tit-for-tat, but his plan was successful, but Min Yande had no chance of success.
"The news about the five-element psychic is sure to excite many people. You've already become completely famous, so they might as well just follow the rumors and acknowledge your role and status, which will also be a shock to some people." The weight of a five-element psychic who is alone and a five-element psychic who is regarded as the most indispensable core figure by the entire team and is respected, loved and supported by the entire team is completely different.
To put it bluntly, anyone who wants to have an eye on her should think twice before reaching out to Lin Tantan and decide whether they can defeat all her supporters first.
Ye Xiao said, "Besides, he's not wrong. You've indeed done a lot, and this is the honor you deserve. On the other hand, we also want to make you the living signboard of the Zhengyang Brigade. Are you willing?"
There is no living signboard that is more useful than titles such as the five-element superpower user and the strongest wood element. Lin Tantan is really very suitable for this role. Whether for public or private reasons, Ye Xiao must make this happen.
He also had another idea, unknown to others but known to his small group: Lin Tantan had been able to save the infected at the dawn of the apocalypse. If this ability were exposed, it could either instantly elevate her to fame or become her demise. Rather than wait until then to make his stance clear, he should make her the most special and essential member of the team.
"But this is too high-profile." Lin Tantan murmured, "Besides, I'm not that good."
Looking at the series of events compiled by the PR department, she was silent for a moment before finally whispering, "They say I'm willing to take on new psychics and teach them, and that I'm open-minded or something. Actually, I just want to get more psychics. To put it bluntly, I want more laborers to make our collective strength stronger."
"They also said that I was kind by providing free medical treatment to people in the shantytowns. In fact, the situation was too serious at the time. Too many people died and too many people were infected, which would also affect us." In fact, the truth was that she thought the early arrival of the rainstorm might be related to her time travel. She didn't want to bear such a heavy debt, so she tried her best to save people.
"When I treat people, I earn some money in the form of supplies or contribution points. It's not selfless."
"I'm doing my part in the zombie crisis for the sake of the collective, but I won't be well until the collective is well. I don't want the place where I live to be devastated, I don't want the people around me who are familiar to die, and I don't want you to suffer too much."
"And helping kill mosquitoes is really easy. I have plenty of energy and can save a few people just by raising my hand. I don't want too many people to die, so I can just set some fires and floods. I don't think it's a big deal."
Lin Tantan raised his head with some difficulty and looked at Ye Xiao. "Actually, I'm not a particularly good person. I only consider saving others when I'm sure I won't suffer any loss or damage. And that only when the other party is unable to save themselves due to force majeure. For those who can obviously save themselves but insist on waiting for others to help them, I have no regard for them and can watch them die coldly."
Family members know their own affairs. Lin Tantan knew very well that she was not a saint at all. As a therapist in her previous life, she had a professional therapist certificate, not a professional doctor certificate.
She has never sworn an oath, and she does not have the spirit of saving lives and sacrificing herself for others. Most of her clients are powerful people. Occasionally, she organizes free clinics, which are activities arranged for her by the hospital and even the country to establish a positive image for her, to publicize the inspirational deeds of a five-part disabled person, to gain admiration from other countries and to achieve higher political goals.
She is not a cold-blooded person. She does have a soft-hearted, kind-hearted side and loves life, but she is definitely not what is written on the paper, or what many people think, like a pure and flawless saint who saves everyone she sees without regard for her own safety.
Perhaps it was because many things that others thought required a lot of effort and dedication to achieve were simply too easy for her? Her starting point for doing something was: she didn't have to put in too much effort, yet the result was beautiful and beautiful, and it would also make her feel satisfied and happy, or make Ye Xiao feel more relaxed, so she happily did it.
She didn't think she was noble.
The more she spoke, the more she felt that this misunderstanding was a bit too big. Looking at Ye Xiao's face, others thought she was a fairy or a saint, but what about him? She asked carefully: "Do you have any misunderstanding about me?"
Ye Xiao was indeed a little dazed. After a while, he looked at her and said, "I don't think you are a saint either."
Lin Tan Tan breathed a sigh of relief, then heard him say, "But."
But what? He didn't say anything directly, but instead showed a thoughtful expression.
But he didn't expect that she was thinking this way.
Rather than being compassionate, helpful, or concerned about the greater good, she seems to be indifferent to whether or not she has to contribute, or how much, because it's so easy. Many people might hesitate to move a huge rock, but when it's just a small stone, easily kicked away, why not kick it? What's the big deal?
He didn't expect her to be in such a state of mind.
It was a bit unexpected, but also felt a bit practical.
Ye Xiao himself wasn't a completely good person. He might have had more selfish and dark aspects than anyone else, but he had a much higher standard than most people. He knew right from wrong, what was permissible and what wasn't. Lin Tantan's beauty was part of what attracted him to her. In his mind, she was pure, innocent, harmless, a little confused, and yet sharp and unyielding.
But now it is discovered that her pure kindness and harmlessness, as well as her occasional confusion and naivety, seem to be ignored and unconcerned simply because of her great strength.
Ye Xiao laughed. This feeling... was quite strange.
It seems that I don't have to worry about her being disappointed and disgusted after my imperfections are discovered.
Lin Tantan felt confused. What was he laughing at when he said that?
She pushed him: "Speak, but what?"
Ye Xiao pulled her over and ruffled her hair with a smile: "You are so cute."
Lin Tan Tan: “…” Why did the topic suddenly change so quickly?
But looking at this, the situation that she is worried about shouldn't be the one she is worried about, right?
She breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little uneasy: "Aren't you angry, aren't you disappointed?"
"What's there to be angry or disappointed about? I was worried that your soft-hearted personality would lead to losses, but if you understand everything clearly and do everything within your ability, then I have nothing to worry about."
Ye Xiao looked at the half-finished promotional materials in her hands and mused, "But you can't say that to the public, and there's no need to make it too corny." It's not easy to take off the saint's hat once you put it on. He said, "I know what to do."
Lin Tantan looked at him trustingly, and when he said he knew what to do, she was no longer worried.
Ye Xiao thought for a moment and pulled her to sit down: "Let's talk. Now that we're here, let's be frank. Do you want to step forward, meaning, stop hiding in the clinic and doing logistics?"
"Why?"
"With the exception of Wood, any of your five abilities would surpass most other abilities. You're more than capable of leading a combat team or serving as a manager. It's a waste of your talent to only be in charge of a medical team."
Lin Tantan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head. "Wouldn't leading a combat team mean going out often? I'd rather stay inside and manage. You mean someone like Bai Cheng? I can't do that either. Just thinking about it makes me feel like there's so much to do, so annoying. The clinic is more suitable for me. Treatment is what I'm best at."
The rest are just for fun. Occasionally digging a hole, killing a zombie, or killing a mosquito is fun and exciting, but she definitely can't stand doing that every day. In essence, she is still a person who loves to enjoy life. She likes to bask in the sun every day, stroll around, eat and drink, give the little cuties a bath, do some work that doesn't tire herself, and then go to bed on time. This is the life she likes.
"And am I not already the vice-captain?"
But that's just in name. A leader should not only be respected but also feared, and she hasn't done that yet.
But Ye Xiao really didn't want her to work so hard. Since she herself didn't want to, he thought for a moment and said, "Okay, as long as you like it, but there's something I want you to do."
Lin Tantan immediately sat up straight and asked, "What's the matter?"
"I want you to make an example of someone else."
…
Knowing that a small disturbance had been stirred up in the Ning City base, Min Yande was very satisfied and stopped paying attention to what happened next. He also had no time to take care of these trivial matters and focused all his energy on dealing with Chen Xing.
So he didn't know about the Zhengyang Brigade's outrageous actions, and actually used the rumors he created to elevate a woman to a very high position. He also didn't know that in Ye Xiao's plan, that woman only needed a real opportunity to establish her authority, and for this authority, Ye Xiao chose Min Yande, who was as annoying as a plaster and kept making small moves.
He knew nothing at the moment, and only discussed with Chen Xianyi where to ambush Chen Xing and how many people would be needed.
As a big boss in the capital base, Min Yande naturally has many experts under his command. It is not difficult for him to ambush Chen Xing with his deliberate plan. The problem is that Ye Xiao knew about his move in advance.
Ye Xiao has accumulated some connections over the years, and these connections did not disappear with his departure. Before, he had been able to obtain information from the capital base through just a few people, but this time it was a little different.
News of Ye Xiao's transformation of the divine machine and his repulsion of the zombie tide had given him a bright and majestic aura. More precisely, everyone who saw him saw a bright future in him. Consequently, those who had previously simply favored him based on old friendships were now increasingly willing to do him a favor. This time, it was someone close to Min Yande who was willing to act as his spy and reveal Min Yande's plans to him.
At the same time, Ye Xiao arranged four mercenaries on Chen Xing's side, although those four people mainly followed Cai Chengliang.
On the day the incident happened, Chen Xing had to leave the base for something, and Ye Xiao asked the four people to persuade Cai Chengliang to go out with him. When the ambush happened, the four people rescued Chen Xing. In the end, only Chen Xing, Cai Chengliang and a few others were left alive.
Chen Xing fled back to the base in a panic, and then someone sent him a recording of Min Yande and others plotting to harm him. The recording was divided into several parts, one of which contained Chen Xianyi's voice.
Chen Xing sneered and first captured Chen Xianyi quietly, and then he used various tortures that were not known to outsiders.
Because she was the most crucial person in saving Chen Xing, Ni Lan was highly valued by Chen Xing. She gave Chen Xing a tip, and then there were various conspiracies and arrangements that lasted for several months.
"It's not easy to eliminate someone like Min Yande. He has a deep foundation over the past six months and has many capable people under his command. If we want to deal with him, we must gradually disintegrate his strength. Chen Xing is the best entry point."
Ye Xiao said to Lin Tantan, "They have been partners since the beginning of the apocalypse. Min Yande is one level lower than Chen Xing. To curry Chen Xing's favor, Min Yande even forced us to let Cai Chengliang go. Although this matter was later resolved by Min Yande and there was no conflict between the two sides, it is an indisputable fact that Min Yande was weaker than Chen Xing from the beginning."
"Over the past six months, as they've divided up the population and resources, the two have gradually become evenly matched, becoming the two largest players in their respective factions. They might want to see the other disappear forever, allowing them to take all the spoils, but neither is completely sure of their chances."
"I gave them a reason to start a fight. Min Yande is a bit eager for quick success and suspicious. If he thinks Chen Xing is going to attack him, he will definitely strike first. Chen Xing certainly didn't expect him to be so crazy at first, so he will be easily fooled. As long as he is not dead and has prepared himself, Min Yande will have no chance. And how could Chen Xing, who almost lost his life, let Min Yande go?"
"Chen Xing is older, has more experience, and is higher-ranking than Min Yande. He may not be able to bring down Min Yande on his own, but if he gives others the power, he can easily find people willing to join him in dealing with Min Yande."
Ye Xiao sighed, "In the past two months, Min Yande has lost a lot of territory and manpower. In order to build good relationships with some of the research institutes under him, he has captured many lone psychics and sent them in. Chen Xing has been collecting evidence. Once the evidence is solid, expelling him from the party will be a piece of cake."
Lin Tan Tan asked, "Just expulsion from the party?"
Ye Xiao smiled and said, "That was my suggestion. Even if a centipede dies, it's still alive. No matter how down and out he is, he still has a trump card in his hand. Forcing him into a desperate situation will only cause him to rebound. Expelling him from the Party and driving him out of the Capital Base will prevent him from being so decisive."
Lin Tantan stared at him blankly.
Ye Xiao took a sip of water. Lin Tantan made the lemon passion fruit water himself. The lemon grew on a mutant lemon tree he had found. The passion fruit was kept by an unknown space ability user and sold at the base market. People who bought it gave it to Lin Tantan as a thank-you gift to the doctor after the patient was discharged from the hospital.
Then she asked Jiang Xiaotian to help her download some information, and she started tinkering with it herself. The final product tasted very good because it was added with honey, and it was sour and sweet. It was chilled in ice water, and drinking a glass of it on a hot day was very refreshing.
Ye Xiao took a sip of water and looked at the fair and clean girl sitting under the shade of the tree without a trace of sweat on her body. He felt that she was indeed more suitable for such a leisurely and relaxed life.
Lin Tan Tan was waiting for him to continue: "Can we really get him out successfully?"
Ye Xiao said: "Yes, as long as Fan Wuyong cooperates."
Fan Wuyong is the name of Commander Fan.
Lin Tantan wrinkled his nose and said, "I don't like this person."
Compared to Min Yande, she hated this commander even more because he wanted to kill Ye Xiao without knowing any reason. Ye Xiao didn't die, but that cannon shot really hit him, but Ye Xiao didn't care and even cooperated with him.
She took a sip of passion fruit juice, puffed up her cheeks and silently struggled with the seeds inside, eating every one of them before spitting them out, leaving a small pile on the table.
Ye Xiao didn't say much to her about Fan Wuyong, but instead said, "It won't be long before Min Yande is kicked out. Are you ready?"
The author has something to say: I don't know if this is clear enough. They are not saints. From the beginning, I never said that Tan Tan was a selfless and kind person. She is not pretending to be anything. In this world, she only cares about Ye Xiao, but within her ability, she is also willing to do something. In addition to respecting life and not wanting to see unnecessary death, a very important reason is that this is Ye Xiao's world. To say that she is very kind is not necessarily true. She herself has not had an easy life, so it is not easy for her to sympathize with others' experiences. She has a cold and cold side in her heart.
And because of her own experience, she particularly dislikes people who put all their hopes on others and don't work hard themselves, so she doesn't save everyone.
Also, if you want to analyze a person between the lines, don't be too one-sided and only analyze certain actions or words. That's it, just this one explanation. Some people may still disagree, but this is the protagonist and story in my mind. I apologize for disturbing everyone by saying so much.
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