Gu Yicheng’s indifferent expression and tone further provoked Wu Yinchuan’s desire to fight. After using his hammer to support himself and climb up from the ground, his whole body burned with pain, as if he had been brutally punched all over.
This was the same feeling he had when that zombie had thrown him into the wall at the supermarket last time. His whole body had hurt then too. At that time, he had broken two ribs. His injuries had not fully healed yet, and now that he had suddenly been knocked to the ground by this man, he had probably aggravated his old wounds.
“Pah! I refuse to believe I can’t beat you.” Wu Yinchuan’s hand holding the hammer was trembling. It was unclear whether it was from anger or pain. Right now, he did not even have the strength to lift the iron hammer that weighed more than ten jin.
He threw the hammer aside and glared viciously at the man opposite him. A ball of scorching flames emerged from his palm. He did not believe it. He must have lost so quickly just now because he had not been paying attention. This time, he would definitely beat this man until his teeth were scattered all over the ground.
Gu Yicheng’s ability had already reached Tier Three. Dealing with a Tier Two fire-type ability user who was injured and unable to move flexibly was simply an easy matter.
So this time, without much effort, he once again knocked the man flat onto the ground.
Wu Yinchuan was quickly beaten down again. At the same time, with a crack, his hand hit a stone, and the bone fractured.
Gu Yicheng had long since noticed the relationship between the person in front of him and the burly man from the service centre in Area D. The two had similar brows and eyes, and both were left-handed.
However, he had no interest in bullying someone weaker than himself, nor did he care to entangle himself too much with him. If this person had not taken the initiative to come looking for trouble, Gu Yicheng would not even have wanted to make a move.
Gan Lan, watching from the side, felt that Wu Yinchuan’s miserable state was becoming a little hard to look at.
Wu Yinchuan’s popularity within the team was not very good. Because he relied on his high ability level and strong attack power, he somewhat looked down on people without abilities or those with lower-level abilities. The other members of the team often dared to be angry but did not dare speak up. So after seeing him get beaten, not a single person in the Dragon-Tiger Squad took the initiative to step forward and help. Of course, among them, fear was also a reason.
Only when Gan Lan felt that if the beating continued, someone really might die did she walk over. Taking advantage of his lack of attention, she struck him at the back of the neck with a hand chop and knocked him unconscious.
Wu Yinchuan’s sturdy body collapsed.
Gan Lan coughed lightly twice. Originally, she could have come over earlier to resolve this matter, but these days, this fellow had also caused her no small amount of annoyance. Every day, his malicious behaviour irritated her endlessly. It was only because they were on the same team that she could not do anything to him and could only endure it. Now that someone happened to be teaching him a lesson, she deliberately wanted him to suffer a little more.
Only now, after he had received his lesson, did Gan Lan step in and save him.
“Everyone, I’m truly sorry. My teammate here has some problems with his brain. I hope he didn’t waste too much of your time,” Gan Lan said sincerely. Now, she could only hope that the people in front of her had decent tempers. Otherwise, with Wu Yinchuan’s tendency to stir up trouble, it would not be easy for their Dragon-Tiger Squad to leave here completely unharmed today.
Gu Yicheng’s tone was indifferent. He patted the non-existent dust from the corner of his clothes and said, “I hope you’ll manage the people in your team properly in the future. Don’t let mad dogs come out and bite people everywhere.”
Since he said this, it meant he would not do anything more about Wu Yinchuan’s offence today.
“I definitely will.” Sometimes, Gan Lan also felt that Wu Yinchuan really was like a mad dog. He did not care about the occasion and would randomly bite people. She truly hoped that after this lesson, he could become a little smarter in the future and stop looking down on everyone.
Gan Lan was someone with self-awareness. Her strength was about the same as Wu Yinchuan’s. Since he had been knocked down so quickly, she would probably not last long under this man’s hands either.
After Gan Lan had people carry Wu Yinchuan back into the vehicle, she immediately sent a strength-type ability user from the team to move the broken-down vehicle out of the middle of the road, clearing a path for the team behind them to pass first.
“Vice-Captain Gan, are we really just letting them leave like this…? They beat Vice-Captain Wu into such a state,” someone asked weakly from the side.
The people of the Dragon-Tiger Squad had always been the centre of attention in the base. Many of them, or perhaps every one of them, took pride in being able to join the Dragon-Tiger Squad. Because they were the strongest team in Base Three. Today was the first time they had been slapped in the face by another team. Although the one beaten was not them, they still felt a little uncomfortable. It was just like their disastrous setback at the supermarket a few days ago.
“Otherwise? Do you want to go avenge Vice-Captain Wu? If you want to go, I won’t stop you. But if something happens, you’ll bear the consequences yourself,” Gan Lan said rationally. She did not develop any dislike toward the Morning Light Squad because of this. After all, they were the ones who had been rude first. Wu Yinchuan had only been beaten and suffered some superficial injuries. That was already a blessing amid misfortune.
“No, no, no.” When the person who spoke heard her say this, he quickly shut his mouth.
Even Vice-Captain Wu had been beaten into this state. How would he dare go provoke that team again?
Gan Lan named a few people, then said, “You few, hurry back to the base and drive another vehicle over to pick us up. The captain is still waiting for us. We can’t delay any longer.”
If Wu Yinchuan had not insisted on going over to cause trouble for that small team, and if they had simply gone back decisively to get another vehicle at the time, perhaps the people sent over would already have reached the base and driven a vehicle back by now.
At the entrance of B City’s First Food Processing Factory.
Ten people stood there, alert to their surroundings. They were all wearing long-sleeved shirts and trousers that were convenient for movement, with leather boots on their feet.
“Vice-Captain Gan and Vice-Captain Wu are taking so long this time,” one person said. “Could something have happened on the road?”
“That shouldn’t be the case, right? When we came along this road, we didn’t encounter many zombies. With the strength of the two vice-captains, there definitely shouldn’t be a problem.”
All ten of them were members of the Dragon-Tiger Squad. Standing in the centre was their captain, Zeng Yi.
The purpose of their visit this time was the large food processing factory behind them.
The development of the base required food.
Aside from places such as supermarkets and shopping malls in the urban area, various food processing factories located in the suburbs were also within their search range. However, for a large food processing factory like this, even if it was mechanised, the number of workers inside would not be small. Likewise, after the apocalypse, there would also be many zombies. By conservative estimate, there were at least over a thousand zombies inside.
However, the Dragon-Tiger Squad did not need to go deep inside this time. They only needed to carry out reconnaissance and clarify the situation around the first few cold storage areas. As for collecting and transporting the supplies afterward, that was not something a small team of a few dozen people could complete.
Because there were still matters at the base to handle, in order to save time, Captain Zeng Yi first brought a small group of people over to scout the situation. The two vice-captains would then bring the others over later to regroup with them.
But the agreed time had already passed. They had waited here for half an hour and still had not seen the two vice-captains arrive with the others.
“Eh, a few vehicles seem to be coming over there. Could that be Vice-Captain Gan and Vice-Captain Wu?” someone suddenly said, pointing at the three vehicles coming from not far away.
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To the Morning Light Squad, the matter with Wu Yinchuan was only a minor incident not worth mentioning. Very soon, they threw it to the back of their minds and set off again.
After driving for another twenty minutes or so, they stopped their vehicles at the entrance of a factory.
This food processing factory was much larger than the one Gu Yicheng had taken Ruan Ning to for killing zombies back then. It was also the largest food processing factory in B City.
The Morning Light Squad was not lacking food. With the supplies currently stored in Gu Yicheng and Ruan Ning’s spaces combined, let alone supporting the dozen or so people in the team on the road to the Imperial Capital, there would be more than enough to last them for several years.
But what Gu Yicheng wanted to do was far more than simply lead the team to the Imperial Capital. He wanted to quickly establish a foothold there and develop his own force. In that case, supplies were indispensable. The supplies in their spaces alone were not enough.
Last time, after his spatial ability upgraded, he had collected the supplies from the meat processing factory on the outskirts of S City. And this largest food processing factory in B City was the second supply point he had set his sights on.
However, before they arrived, someone had already come here ahead of them.
Zeng Yi and the people beside him also saw the group getting out of the vehicles. They were not the teammates they had assumed.
He stepped forward and asked, “Did your team also accept the factory mission?”
Some missions in Base Three were not exclusive. If one team accepted them, other teams could continue to accept them too. This factory mission was one such example. In fact, this mission had been hanging in the mission hall for several days already. Even just scouting the situation was very tricky. The Dragon-Tiger Squad was simply the first to accept it.
Ruan Ning noticed that this group of people were also wearing gold chest badges with a tiger showing its claws.
They were from the Dragon-Tiger Squad.
Because Ruan Ning’s space would also be needed to collect supplies, she naturally knew that the reason their team had stopped this time was for the supplies in the cold storage.
No wonder that group whose vehicle had broken down halfway had been going the same way as them all along. It turned out that the Dragon-Tiger Squad had the same target as them.
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