Because the team members had just recovered from their injuries, coupled with Wu Huan’s potential threat, the team did not disperse this time but concentrated in Hou Ying’s house.
The seven injured people and Li Hou had already gone to bed early. Gongsun Jing was planning to take a rest seeing that they were fine, but at this moment Qiao Daye suddenly signaled.
“They’re here.”
Qiao Daye stood up and asked Gongsun Jing to not go to bed just yet. At the same time, according to Hou Ying’s arrangement before leaving, he asked Ji Yao and Dongfang Bai to guard the sleeping people.
Feeling uncertain, Gongsun asked, “Is it really okay?”
Qiao Daye cracked his knuckles while replying in eagerness, “I’ve been waiting for them for too long. Damn it, I’ve almost suffocated myself in the past few days.”
Seeing his excited appearance, Gongsun Jing said to Liu Zhan, “I’m worried about Wu Huan’s corrosive ability. Watch after them. I’m so exhausted today so I won’t follow you.”
Liu Zhan nodded with a smile, and Gongsun Jing entered her room with great unease.
When Gongsun Jing left, Qiao Daye’s relaxed smile disappeared. He put his arm around Liu Zhan’s shoulders and said to Jiang Tao and Su Fenghe, who were also staying in the living room to confront their enemy, “The next battle is going to be a tough one. Let’s make a big move, brothers. Let’s not give Brother Hou and Xuanyuan a chance to see our jokes!”
Qiao Daye’s hearing was well-developed. He had already heard Wu Huan and his subordinates’ arrival two minutes before they rang the doorbell.
The style of the Jiu Wei team was really consistent, going with the principle of ‘try fair means before resorting to force’. Qiao Daye rolled his eyes and went along with them.
Seeing them, Qiao Daye blocked the door and said in a bad tone, “Who are you?”
“Let me introduce myself. I am Wu Huan, and these two are my team members. You should have met them before.”
It was Wu Huan, Xu Ru’an and Dou Xiaokang.
Only then did Qiao Daye let the door open, “It turned out to be Captain Wu. I’m sorry, I usually can’t remember other people’s appearance if they’re not that important. Please come in quickly.”
Qiao Daye’s words and actions were equally impolite. He let go of the door and walked into the living room on his own, not forgetting to turn around and tell them to close the door to prevent the cold air from leaking out. Before Wu Huan’s team could even express their intentions, they were caught off guard by the strong air coming from the central air conditioner. You should know that in these residences, apart from the original decoration, everything such as air conditioning, refrigerators, and beds has been taken away by the base. If you want to use them, you need to spend crystal nuclei to buy or rent them at a high price.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
Even they may not be willing to waste such a large amount of air conditioning in the living room.
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Xu Ru’an’s face changed. What he said just now was actually more of a polite gesture, making a face for the other party. Could the Jiu Wei team not get what they could get? It was not that Qiao Daye did not understand his intentions, otherwise, he would not have brought up the Xuri team in his reply.
Wu Huan asked in puzzlement, “I’m here to visit Captain Hou, but it seems that he’s not here. However, this gentleman seems to have a lot of hostility towards us. May I know why?”
Wu Huan was not very old, only in his early thirties. He looked thin and wore a pair of glasses, looking gentle and elegant. Rumor has it that before the apocalypse, he was a lawyer, so he had the shrewdness and sensitivity of this type of profession.
Qiao Daye sneered, “You don’t have to pretend, we all know what you’re really here for. The members of the Xuri team had said that you have a problem with them, but this has nothing to do with us. Now the crystal nucleus has been taken away by them, if you want it, go find them.”
“It turns out that’s the case. It seems that I’m bothering you,” Wu Huan did not mind his rudeness. He smiled, “Captain Shen of the Xuri team has some personal misunderstandings about me, but I also want to ask everyone not to be hostile to me just because of his one-sided words. Today, I sincerely want to invite everyone to join our Jiu Wei team. Since Captain Hou is not here, I will visit again another day.”
He said and simply left.
When they got into the elevator, Qiao Daye heard Dou Xiaokang say, “Captain, there’s indeed only one corrosive crystal nucleus, and it has been taken away by the Xuri team.”
When the elevator reached the first floor and the door opened, Wu Huan replied, “Understood.”
When Qiao Dayo could not hear them anymore, he said, “It seems that the Jiu Wei team is quite afraid of the Xuri team. I originally planned to fight them for three hundred rounds—what the hell!!!”
“What’s wrong?!”
Liu Zhan was shocked.
“Damn it! Hurry up, it’s starting to corrode! Fuck, damn that underhanded Wu Huan! Move the things away quickly and wake everyone up!”
Qiao Daye sharply saw that the curtains began to rot and quickly spread, next were the glasses, tiles, sofas, and various electrical appliances, followed by the door. Qiao Daye and several others ignored the dead objects in the house and each carried two people quickly. The corrosive ability did not stop until everything had been corroded.
When Hou Ying and the others came back, they saw that their carefully selected house had turned into a rough cement house, with all the furniture inside turned into a pile of scrap metal.
“Fuck!”
This word was no longer enough to describe the irritability in Hou Ying’s heart.
After listening to the ins and outs, Hou Ying finally understood why Li Xuanyuan’s ability did not respond when the corrosive zombie flies attacked before. It was because of the delay in the ability!
The third-level corrosive ability could be used for timed or remote attacks. By leaving behind a physical attack decay point, you could manipulate the corrosion speed.
And Wu Huan was too ruthless. You know, they only had the right to use this floor of the house and most of the furniture. The contract clearly states that if it was damaged, not only will the deposit be lost, but they have to pay twice the amount for these things.
Roughly speaking, with the addition of the three houses that were destroyed just now, they would owe the Yellow River base millions of crystal nuclei!
Liu Zhan apologized, “I’m sorry, Brother Hou, I was careless.”
Hou Ying gritted his teeth and shook his head. He asked Qiao Daye to invite Miao Feng to come over to help them arrange a temporary residence and negotiate this matter. Miao Feng was also outraged by Wu Huan’s shamelessness, but he did not dare to make any claims about the arrears of so many crystal nuclei. After arranging a place for them, he said he would ask Shen Xu to help them deal with it.
After arriving at their new residence, Hou Ying said, “If someone visits later, just tell them that Xuanyuan and I are busy and could not be disturbed. Let them return tomorrow for anything.” Then he turned to Li Xuanyuan, “Xuanyuan, please accompany me out for a trip.”
Hou Ying and Li Xuanyuan stayed up all night and finally appeared in front of them at 10 o’clock the next day.
Liu Zhan and the rest did not even bother asking what they did yesterday. Not long after, Miao Feng arrived. He looked at Hou Ying and said jokingly, “I really admire Captain Hou’s heart.”
He never thought that Hou Ying could still roll in the sheets with Li Xuanyuan when even he, an outsider, was in such a hurry. Hou Ying’s face was as thick as a wall. Facing his teasing, he smiled calmly and said, “I drowned my misery in alcohol, making Mr. Miao laugh.” He generously showed the dense hickeys on his neck and said to Miao Feng, “This matter was already beyond my ability, so I can only rely on Captain Shen.”
“After all, we also have an unshirkable responsibility for this matter. However, this crystal nucleus is not a small amount. Our team leader can only strive for the repayment of the original price for everyone. Forty percent of the remaining arrears will be paid by our team in one lump sum, while the rest can only be repaid in installments without interest, for up to ten years. What does Captain Hou think?”
Hou Ying frowned, and Qiao Daye could not help but interject, “Why! It’s not us who broke things!”
“Lao Er.”
Hou Ying gently stopped him.
Qiao Daye looked dissatisfied. Miao Feng could understand his anger, so he was not offended by his aggressive tone. He only sighed, “If you have a way to have Wu Huan repay this debt, it is certainly the best way.”
But everyone knows that this is impossible, otherwise, Shen Xu would not admit defeat so easily.
Hou Ying said, “Can’t we use items to offset it?”
Miao Feng shook his head, “This regulation was jointly issued by the Administration Bureau and the four major families. It’s originally for the crystal nuclei. Other things are fine, such as electrical appliances and furniture, you can use double the number of materials to offset and compensate a little bit. Our team leader can also handle this matter for you. The problem is that the house has been greatly damaged… You probably don’t know that the ownership of these houses belongs to the Xuanyuan family, and the crystal core you compensate for is not for the base, but for the Xuanyuan family. Even our captain can’t fight for anything more.”
Xuanyuan family.
Was that the most low-key family in the legendary Yellow River Base? Hou Ying tentatively asked Miao Feng if all the land in the base was owned by the Xuanyuan family.
Miao Feng gave an affirmative answer, “The Xuanyuan family is a bunch of freaks. What they have in their hands is far more than that. You must remember that you can offend anyone, just not that family.”
After a pause, Miao Feng Feng continued, “The next thing is my personal wish. If you’re willing to join our team, Captain Hou, I will do my best to persuade the captain to bear eighty percent of the debt…”
“There’s no need.”
For a minute, Miao Feng forgot what he was about to say next. This was the first time he had heard Li Xuanyuan speak and his tone was still so firm.
Li Xuanyuan said coldly, “Please tell Captain Shen that we are grateful for his help, Mr. Miao. However, I will definitely let whoever caused this debt pay this!”
According to his words, he would confront Wu Huan. Miao Feng wanted to dissuade him, but in the end, he still kept his mouth shut.
He had been waiting for Hou Ying and his team to hit the south wall. Was this not the best opportunity? So he just smiled, comforted them with a few words, and then went back to report to Shen Xu.
The penalty for double crystal nuclei has been waived, but there were still more than half a million crystal nuclei left, which was almost the sum of all zombies in a medium-sized city. The forty percent payment also made Shen Xu feel unbearable, after all, Hou Ying’s team had not yet shown him they were worth paying such a high price. But ultimately, he was not willing to give up on these people, so he must show this attitude.
Upon learning that Hou Ying and his team were preparing to confront Wu Huan head-on, Shen Xu and Miao Feng had similar ideas and even looked forward to that day.
But before they could communicate their thoughts about Hou Ying and his team again, a team member rushed over and said, “Something big happened to Wu Huan’s team, Captain! Our auditory ability users heard that their crystal nuclei had all disappeared overnight!”
Imagine that…
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