On the second day of staying at the Yellow River Base, Hou Ying’s team got up early in the morning and went to the team guild with Wu Nan’s group to take a D-level task.
For the D-level task, they only needed to hunt zombies in a safe area outside the city, and the rest was logistical work. The team’s gold card has a built-in identifier. When applying for a task, the card would be needed for confirmation. Due to the scorching weather, the working hours of the team guild were from three to nine in the morning, and five in the evening to midnight. Most people would pick up a task and leave the city around three in the morning, meanwhile, Hou Ying and the others woke up at four which was considered to be already too late.
After leaving the outer city, they separated from Wu Nan’s group.
Wu Nan was interested in cooperating with them, but after thinking about it, he finally gave up. They have not fully gained Hou Ying’s trust yet, so it was normal for the other party to hide their abilities’ attributes from them.
Concerned about the degree of safety in the Yellow River Base, the whole team was mobilized. Even Li Hou, who was sleeping soundly, was also brought out. Wang Hehe, Meng Hanghai, and Hou Ying would take turns to take care of him during their hunt.
It was no longer challenging for them to hunt first-level zombies and they were too lazy to use their abilities on them. Instead, they used guns to create a sense of tension so that outsiders could see that they were working hard to hunt zombies. They worked until eight o’clock, that was when Li Hou woke up. After feeding a bottle of milk, he clamored to go outside. This little thing was very picky and domineering as soon as he was born. Hou Ying had to carry him into the cab and let him look out through the glass. If he saw Li Xuanyuan or Wang Hehe and Meng Hanghai, he would clap his hands happily and laugh. However, if he saw other people or zombies, his cheeks would puff up and look disgusted.
Hou Ying almost burst out laughing.
Gongsun Jing was the closest to him. Seeing his frown, she knocked on the glass window and motioned for Hou Ying to lower the car window. Using her ability, she conjured three small crystal clear water balls that sparkled colorfully under the sun for Li Hou to play with.
This was Li Hou’s favorite toy besides the crystal nucleus and Li Xuanyuan’s vines. He stretched out his hand to catch the water balls but could not quite reach them every time so he yelled in displeasure. Gongsun Jing decided that she had teased him enough so she put the water balls into his hand. Li Hou clutched the balls with his big eyes still having the same curiosity and love when he first saw them. After a while, thunder and lightning surrounded the entire water balls. He gave the treasures he just got to Hou Ying, but when he saw that he did not want them, he angrily threw the balls crackling with lightning and thunder at Gongsun Jing who was waiting for him to smile.
“Little bastard!”
Gongsun Jing was almost hit by the electrically charged water balls, and she avoided them exaggeratedly. Li Hou immediately laughed, revealing his pink gums. He stared at the water balls and let them chase her. Until she ran around the front of the car for a few laps and was exhausted by this repeated game, Hou Ying shook Li Hou’s small hand to detract his attention from Gongsun Jing who had made several distress gestures to him.
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Breakfast was eaten early, and lunch was arranged at ten in the morning.
At this time, the temperature climbed up, so everyone stopped working and rested in the car with the air conditioner on. They would wait until 4 o’clock in the afternoon to start working again.
Li Xuanyuan and the others, who had not touched a gun for a long time, were quite excited at first, but after the novelty wore off, they immediately got bored with it. It was better to play with the little ancestor Li Hou than the zombies using this method. What’s more, after being hit by a bullet and digging out the crystal nucleus, the energy inside had already leaked out, making it more impure than the nucleus they had hunted before.
Gongsun Jing and Su Fenghe counted the crystal nuclei that they had hunted in the morning. They did not work very hard in the past five hours, but they still hunted hundreds of crystal nuclei. For the Yellow River Base’s level of first-level teams, it was already an extraordinary feat.
After eating, Qiao Daye said, “Those guys outside have been staring at us all morning. They are very patient.”
He and Hou Ying had already seen the three groups of people nearby. After hearing their conversation, they were certain that they came for them. Two of them are civilian teams. They did not belong to the top ten of the Yellow River Base’s team, but their strength should not be bad after hearing their arrogant tone. They were waiting to see if Hou Ying and his team were worth being accepted. The remaining group was the members of the S-class Xuri Team. It seemed that their captain, Shen Xu, had some interest in Hou Ying and his party, so he sent someone to contact them.
Liu Zhan replied, “Since there’s a purpose, there will be action. We’ll just wait for their tricks.”
As soon as he finished speaking, someone knocked on the rear compartment door. It was the people of the Xuri Team.
When the cool air from the air conditioner rushed towards his face, the man looked pleased. He jumped into the back compartment, “Do you mind if I come to cool off? Don’t worry, I won’t use your things in vain.” He took out an iron box from his trouser pocket and handed it to them. There was three level 1 crystal nuclei in it. He stared at the empty plates left on the table, and the smell of the food still lingered in the carriage, making him who had planned to rub some food regretfully smack his lips.
The visitor introduced himself as Miao Feng, a first-level core member of the Xuri team.
“We heard yesterday that you rejected Jiu Wei. Our captain was very happy, so he specially asked me to come and see if you would like to come to our team.”
Several people looked at each other. Wang Hehe asked confusedly, “Your captain has a grudge against the Jiu Wei team?”
Wang Hehe was the youngest in the team aside from Meng Hanghai and Li Hou. He has a tender face and looked seventeen or eighteen years old. At this moment, he looked at Miao Feng curiously. His eagerness for knowledge still retained the freshness and vigor of the pre-apocalyptic youth. Miao Feng was stumped for a moment before he smiled, “An irreconcilable one. There are many people in our base who know about their feuds. It’s no secret basically.”
“Do you know why Wu Huan was dismissed from the army formed by the base?”
Wu Huan, the captain of the Jiu Wei team was the first person discovered to have a special ability.
Seeing that they knew about this matter, Miao Feng said, “The elder brother of our captain was also on that mission, but Wu Huan accidentally injured and blinded his eyes. Although Wu Huan said that his ability went out of control, they still wouldn’t get along with each other. And there’s even the possibility of public revenge. Besides, our captain’s brother had enhanced eyesight. Losing his eyes is tantamount to losing his ability. In the apocalypse, who doesn’t want to fight to survive? It’s already a blessing from God that he has his relatives by his side. Wu Huan did that, so the Shen family and our team won’t reconcile with him.”
Everyone understood.
They had learned the current situation of the management of the Yellow River Base from Wu Nan and his team. The decision-makers were the founder of the base, Fang Zonghe, and his cronies. These people act as the managers of the base on the bright side. In addition, there were four big families in the base, which only participate in the decision-making of major events in the base and have great autonomy without being involved in the various regulations and agreements of the Yellow River Base.
They were the Duan family with the Xiongshi Team, the Shen family from the Xuri Team, the Chang family from the Changhong Team, and the only low-profiled and almost non-existent family, the Xuanyuan family.
Facing the recruitment of the Xuri Team, Hou Ying could not be as casual as the Jiu Wei Team. After all, Shen Xu was the heir of the Shen family, and the Shen family was a giant in the Yellow River Base. Even if they relied on their abilities, they were not willing to make enemies with them.
Seeing their hesitation, Miao Feng said, “I had watched your fight from afar. Your team members have tacit cooperation, accurate shooting skills, good fighting awareness, and strong overall fighting capacity. But bullets are consumables after all, and they are almost useless when facing zombies above level 2. Our team not only provides the crystal nucleus required for upgrading the members’ ability but also helps train them. We dare say that this training is more advanced than the army base. It will certainly benefit you.”
This condition was very attractive to the ability users who wanted to survive at the end of the world.
Hou Ying thought for a while and apologized, “To tell you the truth, we came here all the way from the Yangtze River Base to find our relatives. We just created this team so we can have the money to live here, joining another team was never in our minds. Nevertheless, I am very grateful to Captain Shen for his recognition. When we change our minds in the future, we will definitely inform you. Mr. Miao, could you also please tell Captain Shen that we promise that if we don’t join the Xuri Team in the future, we will never accept the recruitment of the Jiu Wei Team.”
Miao Feng raised his eyebrows and said with a hearty laugh, “Okay, that’s what I want.”
He didn’t force anything and he didn’t care about Hou Ying’s tactful rejection. He took off his water bag and asked them to help fill it up, and then said, “Alright, I’ll take your words for it. As for finding your relatives, I’ll ask the captain to help you take care of it. I wish you all the best. Then I won’t disturb you anymore.”
Miao Feng took the jug, thanked them, and then left happily.
Most of them could not figure out the intention of the Xuri Team or the Shen family so they all looked at Hou Ying. The man in question said, “I think the Xuri Team is only a part of the Shen family’s combat power. They should also have the same team of ability users in their family just like the army base. We haven’t been taken seriously by them. In this way, Miao Feng’s words can be trusted. It was Shen Xu’s personal wish that he comes to solicit us, to fight with the Jiu Wei Team and make them unhappy.”
Miao Feng was a very good public relations personnel, showing a good team image for the Xuri Team, which was many times stronger than that of the Jiu Wei Team yesterday.
Of course, this was also because Miao Feng had sufficient confidence. The Xuri Team and the Shen family have an equal relationship. Eleven level 1 ability users were not something they have to fight for with each other.
Jiang Tao touched his gun and said, “I hope it’s not the little devils who will suffer when the kings of hell fight.”
Hou Ying replied, “Let nature take its course. I’ll stand vigil with Xuanyuan later, you all go to rest. In the afternoon, Xiaohe, you will accompany Xiaohai to read and take care of Li Hou. As for the rest, continue to hunt crystal nucleus. We will return to the city at eight o’clock in the evening.”
Under the ambiguous eyes of everyone, Hou Ying could not wait to pull Li Xuanyuan to the cab.
Still no sign of the army buddies… Thanks for the update 🤣❤️
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Thanks for the update. Waiting for more!!!
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Hou Ying is so naughty~