Chapter 59 (1/2)
Chapter 59
Xiao Sa turned around to look at w.a.n.g Hongwei and calmly asked another question. ”You mean to say that they robbed the police station and the military base?”
w.a.n.g Hongwei nodded quickly. He did not understand the reasoning behind Xiao Sa's words, but after a period of reflection, he had a vague idea in his heart. It would be great if he could stay with these people. Just by looking at their situation, with their weaponry, it was much safer to stay here than to follow their boss no matter how he looked at it. Once the threat of losing his life was removed, his thoughts turned much quicker and he was more open-minded, willing to speak without reservations. Little did he know, his fate had been decided up on early on.
Bai Jing was confused: ”Since they robbed the police station, why are they still l.u.s.ting over our weapons?”
Xiao Sa touched his head and did not speak, although he secretly scolded in his heart: Silly child, the arms that he smuggled were all high-end arms. Could they be compared with what ordinary police and the army could provide?
Everything that w.a.n.g Hongwei knew poured out of his mouth. He suppressed the pain in his arms, and his brain was very active as he spoke enough to fill up entire barrels. ”What you don't know is that in our small county town, even if we have weapons, there is nothing with a wide range of attack. That woman gave a very exaggerated and colourful description, saying there were even submachine guns and grenades. The boss was really anxious listening to her. Otherwise, he would have killed her a long time ago. Once they discovered what direction you were headed in, the boss immediately ordered people to set up an ambush, and killed more than a dozen people to lure the zombies over.”
Bai Jing was speechless. He just knew that women could not be underestimated. In order to live, they had at least a hundred little tricks, and sometimes they could even cause great chaos. However, at the end of the world, greedy people were everywhere. Even he could not help admiring the ambush that had been set up today. The boss was a real talent, but unfortunately his morality was not in the right place.
Xiao Sa was silent for a moment before asking w.a.n.g Hongwei about how many of them had abilities, what they were, and how many of them were level one ability users.
w.a.n.g Hongwei answered the questions one by one. There were a total of a hundred and nine people, of which seventy-two were ability users, and seven were first level ability users. The boss was a lightning user, and his deputy was an ice user, but he didn't know the rest since he had only joined the team recently, and had not entered the inner circle. The boss was cold-hearted and vicious, his means were cruel, using underhanded ways to kill people, and he was always on guard. w.a.n.g Hongwei spoke back and forth, and what had originally been an interrogation turned into a complaint session. He basically just spoke about how he was miserable, how he had been helpless, how he had been forced to join the gang of bandits, how bad the boss was, and how innocent he was…
n.o.body paid any attention to his nonsense. They were only surprised to learn that there were seventy-two ability users in such as small group. But thinking about the existence of the Inst.i.tute, it wasn't so strange. Since the army had been trying to capture people, there must have been more than a few ability users. They must have some strengths and advantages in order to rob the police station and occupy the military base.
”Oh, by the way, the nucleus in animals' brains seems to be able to help ability users advance. Other than weapons, the boss is also looking everywhere for those. When we found two of them two days ago, he took them away before they even had a chance to turn warm in my pocket…”
”How did they find out?” Bai Jing's gaze turned cold. The questions in his heart were cleared away in an instant - no wonder they would have level one ability users. Only, he remembered that in the past life, this kind of method only showed up one month later.
w.a.n.g Hongwei was scared by Bai Jing and trembled all over. ”It should have been from data found in the research inst.i.tute. I don't remember very clearly, but I remember that most of the people who were experimented on turned into zombies, and a few people who were bitten by dogs also turned into zombies. If you don't believe me, you can ask Yang Chonghui…”
”It's true.” Yang Conghui nodded his head quickly before everyone's gazes had turned to him. Today's incident had had a great impact on him. He had killed zombies before, but killing people… when he thought of Zhang Bo who had been dragged out by people who didn't even bat an eye, he felt a chill in his heart. Only, as he listened to w.a.n.g Hongwei's words, he once again thought that they could still be considered benevolent. At least, Yang Chonghui could see that these people had their own moral code, and although they were cruel, they would not attack anyone who had not first offended them.
Bai Jing was silent for a moment as a fierce light flashed across his eyes. He finally asked gloomily, ”Where is the base?”
w.a.n.g Hongwei opened his mouth to speak: ”It… It… It's in Wuli Town, where the 8735 army division used to be…”
”You guys, guard him carefully.” Bai Jing spoke coldly. They already knew what they needed to know, and it was pointless to talk more now. Having the courage to attack them, they really didn't want to live.
Xiao Sa thought carefully for a moment before looking around at the crowd that had gathered around them. His gaze swept over them lightly as he ordered, ”Continue with your work after eating. Those who haven't eaten yet should hurry up and try to finish everything in two hours.”
”Yes, Brother Sa!” The crowd scattered at his command.
Finally, Xiao Sa looked at Bai Jing and said with concern: ”Go and rest first. I will help them out, and then come over when it's finished.”
”No, come and accompany me.” Bai Jing also knew what was important. Although he knew that Xiao Sa was anxious over the bad weather, his effect on the overall workload was negligible. Not to mention, Zhou Ji and Cao Lei had both returned and could help after eating. Being the boss should come with some privileges.
Xiao Sa was somewhat helpless, but even before he could speak, Liu Hua had already laughingly spoken up. ”Brother Sa, rest a.s.sured. Go and accompany your wife and leave the rest to us.”
Bai Jing gave him a hard look. Liu Hua put oil on the soles of his feet and slipped away as though he was flying. Everyone then hurriedly got back to work.
With no way to vent his annoyance, Bai Jing did not hesitate to give Xiao Sa a hard time, pulling directly into the tent and asking with an icy expression, ”How many crystal nuclei have been collected?”
Xiao Sa smiled bitterly as he scolded Liu Hua in his heart for poking at Little Jing's temper despite knowing that he was quick to anger. Finally, the man ran away after lighting the fire, resulting in him getting attacked even though he had been an innocent party lying to the side. Although he very much liked the address of 'wife', it was enough to just use it in his heart. Little Jing's ego was sensitive, but there would eventually come a day where he made the t.i.tle reality.
Xiao Sa brought out all the crystal nucleus from his pocket and very earnestly handed it all over to Bai Jing just like a husband handing over his salary to his wife. ”Thirteen.”
”Humph!” Bai Jing glanced at him out of the corner of his eye. He was very dissatisfied that Xiao Sa didn't seem to have considered who he had collected these nuclei for. He pushed them all back towards him, and said, ”I can't use them, what are you giving them to me for? Hurry up and use them to upgrade your powers right now, you hear?”
”Yes—” Xiao Sa gave a small smile, really loving the way Bai Jing looked when he acted like the manager of their household. He felt a little warm in his heart as he remembered the kiss from earlier today, reaching out his cold hand and leaning forward to directly capture Bai Jing. Since they were in the tent, he was not concerned about being seen by others.
”Hey! What are you doing?!” Bai Jing's heart was tight, and he looked like he was defending against a wolf, his eyes wide and round.
”Don't be nervous.” Xiao Sa's voice was low as he held Bai Jing tightly in his arms, his gaze fixed on his face as he watched his panicked expression, suddenly realizing that it would be necessary for him to take the initiative. Otherwise, he would probably not be able to eat meat for his entire life.