The crystal nuclei of the Jiu Wei team disappeared without a trace overnight.
As the uncrowned king of civilian teams, even without the support of an aristocratic family, the Jiu Wei team was almost comparable to an S-level team. It was also one of the earliest established teams. One could just imagine how many crystal nuclei the team has accumulated.
And they disappeared overnight!
Disappeared as if they had evaporated!
Not even a scrap of residue remained.
This weird phenomenon inevitably attracted the attention of the top management of the Yellow River Base, and the object of suspicion was directed at the Xuri team. Shen Xu did not come forward to deny this the first time, although he was also very shocked by this and did not know what had transpired exactly. It was not until Fang Zonghe invited the four major families to discuss this matter that Shen Xu made it clear that this matter had nothing to do with him.
Seeing that Fang Zonghe still had doubts, Shen Xu’s father, the current head of the Shen family, became dissatisfied. He said, “Does Mr. Fang have any doubts about the credibility of our Shen family? When we do something, we take responsibility for it, so please don’t force us to take the blame for things that have nothing to do with us.”
Everyone present knew that the Jiu Wei team was being advertised as a civilian team, but really, the person standing behind Wu Huan was Fang Zonghe. He did not have absolute control over the base’s army. Deploying more than 500 troops required the joint decision of the four major families. Due to this, it was understandable for him to cultivate his own personnel, and the four major families did not stop him.
Fang Zonghe said with a smile, “Why did Patriarch Shen say that? We’re just discussing the matter as it is. After all, there were nearly six hundred thousand crystal nuclei in that batch, with thousands of second-level crystal nuclei. How can we not get to the bottom of this?”
“I don’t care whether you investigate or not. Anyway, my son has already said that he didn’t do it. Don’t hold my Shen family accountable for unfounded charges, and I won’t interfere.”
Patriarch Shen expressed his position.
Fang Zonghe frowned, and said, “But the only person with storage space ability in the base is under the command of your son, and only that person has the capability—”
“Mr. Fang, are you saying that my son’s first-level space ability user is the culprit in this incident? A joke!” Patriarch Shen sneered, “You all know that the storage space of that ability user is only one cubic meter. Calculate for yourself how many things it can hold. If he did it, how many times would he have to go back and forth to successfully transfer this batch of crystal nuclei? Could it be that the five-sense ability users of the Jiu Wei team are all dead, so they didn’t notice anything unusual?”
Where each team stored its crystal nuclei was the most confidential and the most tightly guarded place. If people could come and go freely like this, then the Jiu Wei team’s ability had to be evaluated.
Fang Zonghe was put on the spot.
Another person chuckled lightly.
This sound came from the only woman present, the head of the Xuanyuan family. She said, “I heard that Captain Wu Huan didn’t give our Xuanyuan family any face yesterday. I haven’t heard anything from him until now. It made me wonder if it was Mr. Fang’s idea. Hey, I didn’t expect the wicked to reap their rewards. However, I really want to know whether those crystal nuclei grew legs and ran away, or were they embezzled.”
She raised her hand like a queen mother and sat next to her with a rugged and robust-looking man, her husband, who was also the strongest third-level ability user of the Xuanyuan family. At this moment, she was carefully polishing her nails.
Fang Zonghe’s unkind gaze fell on Patriarch Xuanyuan, and the man who had never looked at the others raised his head. A dagger appeared in front of Fang Zonghe’s eyes in an instant, almost piercing his eyes. “Sorry, my ability is out of control.”
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He paused, and continued, “Everyone hasn’t forgotten the fourth-level zombie we discussed in the last meeting, right? I originally speculated that it was near the base, but now this incident has confirmed my thoughts.”
Fang Zonghe’s words finally attracted the attention of the leisurely four families.
Patriarch Duan asked, “Does Mr. Fang thinks that this fourth-level zombie did it?”
“I personally lean towards this conjecture,” Fang Zonghe nodded. “There were no traces of crystal nuclei left at the scene. If they’re not stored in the space, then they’ve been swallowed by zombies…”
Thinking that the fourth-level zombie they had been carefully guarding against finally came, and even got mixed into the Yellow River Base, everyone’s expressions were very solemn.
At this moment, the “fourth-level zombie” they spoke of was being worshipped by Dongfang Bai and the others.
“Long live, Brother Hou!”
“Great job, Brother Hou!”
“It’s so cool! Hahahaha!”
When they learned that Hou Ying had stolen all of the Jiu Wei team’s assets, a tit-for-tat, everyone laughed so hard and was full of excitement. They felt that they could run around for three laps!
Hou Ying suppressed his smile and said to them strictly, “Having absorbed so many, the quantity is also equivalent to the energy of fourth-level crystal nuclei. Our top priority now is to let you all upgrade. Let’s celebrate later.”
Everyone’s ecstatic expressions reached a new height!
More than half a million crystal nuclei, goodness, this was equivalent to a fourth-level crystal nucleus! And there must be more than one!
Seeing that they were so happy, Hou Ying could not say anything more and finally burst into laughter. He coughed and said as seriously as possible, “I originally planned to decide who to join in two days, but now it’s temporarily postponed. When the guild starts in the early morning, we’ll go and accept tasks. The farther the distance and the longer the deadline, the better. By the way, we can also retrieve our previous supplies.” Speaking of this, he paused and said, “There’s one thing I want to seek everyone’s opinion on now.”
Everyone quickly straightened their expression and listened.
Hou Ying said, “I plan to formally recruit Wu Nan and the others. What do you think?”
They all understand what formal recruitment means. They would be informed of Brother Hou’s special features and they would also help them upgrade without reservations.
Liu Zhan, the most thoughtful one on the team, spoke out first, “Based on current observations, I believe their character is still credible. However, the story of Brother Hou being bitten by a zombie and recovering from it must not be disclosed.”
How Hou Ying defeated the zombie virus was still beyond their understanding. But there was no doubt that if this characteristic was known to everyone, Brother Hou would definitely become an experimental object and it would still be justified. At that time, no matter how powerful their abilities were, they would have to face the pursuit of the entire ability users.
Hou Ying nodded, “Apart from the fact that I can absorb and transmit energy from crystal nuclei and borrow other people’s abilities, I didn’t intend to proactively inform them of anything else.”
Everyone else nodded at his words.
They did not exclude newcomers, but their trust in Wu Nan and the other four had not yet reached an unreserved level.
So they agreed on this decision. The next day, they waited outside the team guild to pick up a mission and left the base before three o’clock in the morning, leaving the staff who came to claim compensation come in vain. The staff directly approached the guarantor of Hou Ying and others, that was, Shen Xu. After learning that the other party had accepted a mission and was very active in repaying the debt, they agreed to postpone the signing of the claim agreement until they returned from the task.
Seeing off the staff, Miao Feng could not help but say, “Do you think they will be scared away by the huge debt and leave the mess for us, Captain?”
Shen Xu could not be sure either. He replied with his head aching, “I can only take a gamble.”
If his gamble failed, he could only shamelessly beg his father to plead with Xuanyuan’s family to let them go of this matter.
Hou Ying and the others were not aware of Shen Xu’s worries. Once they were far away from the safe area of the Yellow River Base, he explained to Wu Nan and his team their intention of officially recruiting them and informed them that he was not an ordinary person.
Wu Nan and the other four were blown away by Hou Ying’s ability to freely absorb and transmit crystal nucleus energy followed by the four fourth-level ability users in their team. After Hou Ying and the others finished discussing who should upgrade first, they still had that stunned expression.
The Jiu Wei team had a very strong background. Among all their crystal nuclei, the five-element were the most, followed by the five-sense and strength-type. The attributes were very complete. There were even ten psychic white crystals!
Hou Ying decided to let Dongfang Bai and Jiang Tao upgrade first, then Liu Zhan if the remaining five-element crystal nuclei energy was still enough. Just after them were Wu Nan and Su Fenghe, followed by Ji Yao and Wang Hehe.
Next would be Zhou Tianyi and Li Dong, both of the five-element attributes, and Ye Huizhong, who also had the five-sense ability.
Their mission this time did not have a specified mission location, so they drove directly to Jicheng to retrieve the two heavy trucks and the supplies they had saved before. They would also use this place as their temporary stop to focus on upgrading the team.
Their mission this time was issued by a company commander of the base’s army named Peng Haodong. He exchanged a third-level wind-type blue crystal nucleus for a third-level lightning golden crystal nucleus. This kind of mission issued by individuals was not common, but this Peng Haodong also had a certain status in the base. In addition to his position as the company commander of the army, he was also a third-level ability user.
Peng Haodong was one of the earliest ability users, and his attributes were well-known to everyone in the base. He was a rare dual natural-phenomena ability user, possessing both wind power and lightning power.
He was already a third-level ability user of the wind system. He was willing to give up a third-level blue crystal nucleus, which meant that his lightning ability had reached the second-level high-level and was waiting for a third-level lightning gold crystal nucleus to help him break through. This was not a mandatory task that must be completed. It was just similar to a transaction between individuals, the team guild just provided a platform.
Hou Ying and the others just wanted an excuse to stay away from the base, which could not be more perfect.
Five days later, the team successfully completed this level breakthrough.
Hou Ying, fourth-level intermediate-level auditory ability user.
Li Xuanyuan, fourth-level high-level wood-type ability user.
Qiao Daye, fourth-level intermediate-level five-sense ability user, and fourth-level low-level speed ability user.
Jiang Tao, fourth-level low-level fire ability user.
Liu Zhan, third-level high-level water ability user.
Gongsun Jing, fourth-level low-level mutated water healing ability user.
Dongfang Bai, fourth-level low-level metal ability user.
Ji Yao, fourth-level middle-level wind ability user.
Su Fenghe, fourth-level low-level strength ability user.
Li Hou, first-level high-level thunder and lightning ability user.
Wang Hehe, first-level high-level clairvoyance ability user.
Meng Hanghai, low-level space attack ability user.
Wu Nan, with the ability to plunder the five senses, was a third-level intermediate-level ability user.
Ye Huizhong, voice ability user, third-level low-level.
Zhou Tianyi, fire ability user,second-level intermediate-level.
Li Dong, earth ability user, second-level high-level.
Gao Xiaoming, gravity ability user, first-level low-level.
Leveling up is such a great team building experience 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Thanks for the update 🤣❤️
Thanks for the update