Miao Feng came to remind Hou Ying about their appointment.
Of course, Hou Ying did not forget, so when their meeting was set for tonight, he did not refuse. He also took the initiative to talk about their thrilling experience on this mission. He did not intend to hide their encounter with the third-level zombie fly, but he omitted the tens of thousands of first-level zombie flies.
When Miao Feng heard that it was a zombie fly with corrosive ability, he immediately became interested. Again, Hou Ying generously asked someone to take out the crystal nucleus.
Seeing the third-level crystal nucleus, which was much larger than the second-level nucleus, Miao Feng immediately said, “You don’t have much use for this crystal nucleus, Captain Hou. Let me buy it, just name your price.”
Hou Ying replied, “We got this only after a narrow escape, but as Mr. Miao said, it’s not very useful to us. However, it seems that there are no corrosive ability users in Mr. Miao’s team. May I ask, do you want this crystal nucleus to deal with Captain Wu Huan?”
“It’s really comfortable talking with smart people. That’s right. To be honest, Wu Huan would do anything to get this crystal nucleus even if he went bankrupt. If it were in your hands, he would most likely use force to take it. But if it’s in our captain’s hands, he could only use civilized means.”
Miao Feng took the nucleus, looked at it carefully, and even threw it up to test its feel.
Hou Ying smiled wryly and said, “Mr. Miao is really setting a difficult task for me. You’re clearly trying to kill two birds with one stone. If Captain Wu knew that we had obtained this crystal nucleus and handed it over to his sworn enemy, he wouldn’t do anything to Captain Shen but would target our team instead. At that time, we can only seek the protection of Captain Shen, isn’t that right?”
Miao Feng laughed loudly, “Talking to Captain Hou is really delightful. You’re right, but it’s not that I’m forcing you, it’s that God made a choice for Captain Hou. As long as this crystal nucleus is in your hands, no matter who gets it or you decided to keep it, there will be endless troubles. What Captain Hou just said is currently the most appropriate solution.”
“It seems that I can’t refuse?”
Miao Feng patted his hand and said, “Captain Hou doesn’t have to think so badly of our team. Although there will inevitably be some conflicts in the team, everyone is generally good and won’t deliberately make things difficult for anyone. Our captain is even more famous for treating his team members well so no one is losing anything.”
Hou Ying replied, “We can sell this crystal nucleus to Captain Shen, but let’s wait until that step for further details.”
Miao Feng more or less guessed his plan. They had never encountered a third-level corrosive ability zombie, but they knew how powerful it was.
Hou Ying’s team consisted of only seventeen people, including an ordinary person and an infant. They were able to return without casualties, even successfully killing the third-level zombie fly, which demonstrated the strength of the team. Perhaps they still had some trump cards that had not been revealed. And Hou Ying, as an ordinary person, could stabilize the entire team, his capability and tactics should not be underestimated. Another thing was certain, that was, Hou Ying has great ambition.
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He thought when Hou Ying and his party went through hardship, sooner or later they would take the initiative to join the Xuri Team so there was no need for him to push too hard now.
Miao Feng no longer entangled himself with this topic, handed back the purple third-level crystal nucleus, and said, “I will go to the guild with you when you submit the task. This time, you encountered a third-level zombie fly, which means that the difficulty of this task has exceeded level B. You can use this crystal nucleus to request the guild to increase the task level and receive the proper subsidies and rewards.”
Hou Ying knew that he was not doing this out of kindness. Miao Feng wanted to announce the existence of this purple third-level corrosive crystal nucleus, and by accompanying them, he wanted to let Wu Huan know that their team had close ties with the Xuri team.
As expected, Hou Ying and his team had just left the guild when Wu Huan got the news.
“Are you sure it’s a third-level corrosive crystal nucleus?”
Wu Huan asked, suppressing his agitated mood.
Xu Ru’an affirmed, “It has been confirmed by the guild, so this news is not false.”
“Excellent,” Wu Huan became excited, and the sofa beside him suddenly became a pile of scrap. He asked, “Where’s Hou Ying’s team now?”
Xu Ru’an paused, bowed his head, and said, “They’re currently having dinner with the members of the Xuri team, with Shen Xu personally serving as the host.”
“Shen! Xu!”
Wu Huan’s eyes flashed with a fierce and sinister light.
On the other side of the story. Hou Ying and Li Xuanyuan attended the banquet of Shen Xu’s Xuri team, while the others stayed at their house to take care of everyone who had just recovered from their serious injuries, and also guarded against the Jiu Wei team’s troubles.
Hou Ying first expressed his apology, but Shen Xu did not mind. Although neither of the other two main second-level ability users in their team was present, he knew Hou Ying’s intention for such an arrangement, even though he doubted whether those two people could really resist Wu Huan’s methods.
The Shen family used to be a big family in the imperial capital, and after the apocalypse, they were promoted to one of the four major families in the Yellow River Base. The situation of the Shen family has always been good.
Shen Xu still retained his pre-apocalyptic noble temperament and treated people with gentle and elegant manners. Hou Ying liked to interact with such people because he liked to use intelligence to crush strong opponents, rather than relying on force. After the apocalypse, these methods of his were useless. Unexpectedly, he rediscovered this joy today.
After a brief encounter, Shen Xu, who did not really pay attention to this ordinary person before, re-evaluated Hou Ying.
This was a very difficult person to deal with, much more difficult than Wu Huan and even the powerful people he encountered before. He almost had the illusion of seeing the shadow of the old fox Fang Zonghe in Hou Ying. At this time, in his heart, he felt very lucky. Fortunately, Hou Ying was just an ordinary person without any abilities, otherwise, the forces of the Yellow River Base might have to be reshuffled over time.
The conversation was very pleasant. Shen Xu asked someone to take out all the red wine he had collected.
As a gesture of respect, Shen Xu first served Hou Ying and said, “This glass of wine is my apology to Captain Hou and your teammates for getting you into unnecessary trouble. I, Shen Xu, promise here that whenever Wu Huan troubles you because of me, I will never sit idly by.”
“Then I’ll thank Captain Shen first,” Hou Ying drank the glass with a smile, accepting his apology. Then, he said with a smile, “Actually, I have always had a question in my heart, can Captain Shen help me answer it?”
“Oh? Please tell me, Captain Hou.”
Shen Xu refilled Hou Ying’s cup, while Miao Feng politely poured wine into other people’s wine glasses.
Hou Ying shook his red wine glass and asked, “I’ve never heard of zombies with corrosive abilities before so that got me curious. Without the corresponding crystal nucleus, how did Captain Wu Huan manage to be a third-level ability user?”
Shen Xu was in a quandary, but in the end, he clinked his wine glass with Hou Ying’s and solved the mystery for him.
“This is a confidential matter for our Yellow River Base, but the experiment has stopped now so it’s okay for me to tell you. But please, don’t spread it to the public.”
“Definitely! Please rest assured, Captain Shen.”
Hou Ying promised.
Shen Xu’s serious expression melted away, replaced with his previous gentle smile, saying, “Wu Huan’s ability was very powerful at the start, more lethal than the five-element and natural-phenomena ability. It’s a great weapon for maintaining public order in the Yellow River Base and hunting zombies. But before the weather changed, the base detected the appearance of second-level zombies, which posed a great crisis for everyone. So the base tried every means to upgrade Wu Huan’s and other people’s abilities. The function of the crystal nucleus was only discovered at that time, but Wu Huan did not have the corresponding crystal nucleus to upgrade.”
“To increase the base’s safety, the base conducted some experiments on some ability users who volunteered. In the end, they successfully extracted energy from their ability glands and injected it into Wu Huan, which promoted his level.”
“Ability glands? Can energy still be extracted?”
Hou Ying was greatly surprised.
Shen Xu nodded, “That’s right, but it’s not convenient for me to discuss the details with Captain Hou.”
“After Wu Huan was upgraded to level three, the Jiu Wei Team had a certain level of strength. My family certainly didn’t want to see him grow stronger, so they put pressure on them to stop the experiment. Of course, Wu Huan was unwilling to give up this shortcut. Several ability users had disappeared from the base for no reason, and everyone pointed their fingers at Wu Huan. Later, the management put pressure on him and forcibly prohibited his crazy action.”
As he spoke, Shen Xu showed an ambiguous smile, “The base needs guardians, not selfish people. If it wasn’t for Wu Huan’s third-level ability, the base would not have tolerated his existence a long time ago. Now that there are more and more level three ability users, Wu Huan is no longer a scarce commodity. He probably feels that the Fang family is about to abandon him, so he has been working hard lately, constantly recruiting talents into his team to increase his bargaining chips. But ultimately, the most important thing is one’s strength.”
“So, he’ll never give up on this corrosive crystal nucleus. That’s why we intervened, putting Captain Hou in a dilemma. But really, we blocked a disaster for you. Later, show mercy and don’t carve out my family fortune.”
He cleverly led the topic to the sale of the third-level crystal nucleus.
Hou Ying laughed and knew that the topic of the ability gland and the experiment on the ability users was no longer suitable for further discussion, so he followed his words and said, “Of course. Well, our team risked our lives to obtain this third-level crystal nucleus. How about giving each of my team members two appropriate second-level crystal nuclei as a trade? What do you think, Captain Shen?”
“Deal.”
The crisp sound of the red wine glasses clinking together was followed by the voices of two foxes chatting happily.
At this moment, Hou Ying’s team residence welcomed the members of the Jiu Wei Team, with Captain Wu coming in person.
Happy trade! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️
Happy trade hope they are ready for a supris3 and thank you for the update 😈
Thanks for the update