After chatting with Luo Wen’an and others for a long time, they finally reached a consensus. Yue Zheng stood up and smiled at them, “Why don’t you come over to our place?”
Luo Wen’an and the others exchanged glances, showing some hesitation. If it was just Yue Zheng and Xu Song, they wouldn’t mind disturbing them, but there might be Xu Song’s mother over there.
“Well… how about we leave it for today and visit another day?” someone suggested.
“Yeah, there’s too much going on today.”
Seeing that they were reluctant to come over, Yue Zheng didn’t insist and pointed towards their temporary residence not far away, “We are staying over there. If you need anything, come find us.”
After bidding farewell to them, the two turned and walked back. They needed to discuss the situation when they got back.
After walking a few steps, they unexpectedly ran into familiar faces.
“It’s really you.” Fan Wenbiao nodded at them, “I saw your car from a distance just now, figuring you should be around here.”
If someone wanted to find Yue Zheng and others, it was quite convenient, considering that their team’s car was quite conspicuous. As long as they knew the name of their squad, they could easily inquire and find out where their team was parked.
The open space was not large, but it was not small either. When someone was determined to find others, they could always locate their target by exploring a bit.
Seeing Fan Wenbiao approaching, Yue Zheng looked at Xu Song, and Xu Song looked back at him, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
“You go and tell Mom; I’ll be back later.”
Although Xu Song was worried, he nodded and couldn’t help but say, “Come back early.”
Seeing Xu Song leave, heading toward the direction of the RV, Fan Wenbiao led Yue Zheng toward their temporary residence.
Not far away, Luo Wen’an and others saw them from a distance. Su Daji, with the best eyesight, noticed the markings on those people: “They are from Panlong.”
Several people looked at Yue Zheng’s figure with envy, watching as they walked further away, sighing, “For a C-class team, how much discount do they get when buying bullets?”
None of them belonged to the strong attack type of ability users. Luo Wen’an had speed, and Su Daji had vision, both falling into the scout category. Wang An’s earth-based ability was defensive, while Liu Shishi and Zhao Xin were both controllers. Not to mention He Nian, a completely dedicated logistics personnel.
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Xu Song returned to the car, reported today’s outing to his mother, and then allocated some mental power to ensure Yue Zheng’s safety. Of course, he didn’t forget to bring Tianyou along, the big and small partners collaborating to care about the family member who was alone outside.
Even knowing that he was being monitored by the person at home, Yue Zheng, the good man who would never complain, and the leader of Panlong, had arrived at their temporary residence.
Panlong truly lived up to its reputation as the number one guild in the base. Firstly, 0246 arrived at the base relatively late, and secondly, they rarely appeared in public. Additionally, they had not returned to the base for a long time. Therefore, for most people in the base, the numerous members of Panlong were undoubtedly the most formidable guild in the base.
Various formidable modified cars surrounded this area, numbering around twenty to thirty. Each one was modified to look incredibly fierce, with each car able to carry at least seven or eight people.
In addition to the vehicles surrounding the open space, there were many members of Panlong gathered inside, busy with cooking, packing, and organizing their belongings.
Seeing Fan Wenbiao bringing back a stranger, everyone silently turned their attention towards him, as if wondering if their leader had recruited a new ability user.
For most people in the base, Yue Zheng’s team was known by name but not in person. Therefore, at this moment, they assumed that he was a new recruit brought in by their leader, a potentially promising individual.
Yue Zheng calmly followed the group, heading towards a modified Land Rover reserved for the team leader.
Seeing him confidently board their own vehicle with the others, Fan Wenbiao couldn’t help but sigh silently. Nowadays, as the team grew more prominent and larger, he started to value safety more.
It wasn’t just him; other team leaders were the same. After an incident where a team leader unexpectedly died, leading to the quick dissolution of the team, the safety of team leaders had been elevated to another level.
Unaware that, as he entered their vehicle, Yue Zheng had already identified several convenient locations for instant teleportation and retreat, his ability to teleport had increased in both range and speed since reaching level four.
Now, escaping when others had no idea about his capabilities was as simple as it could be.
Both sides took their seats separately, and Yue Zheng, along with Fan Wenbiao, initiated the conversation.
“It’s like this: the base intends to completely separate ordinary people from ability users. I wonder if you have any opinions on this matter?”
Opinions?
Yue Zheng felt slightly surprised but calmly inquired, “We’ve been on missions outside for a while and haven’t been back to the base. We just happened to encounter the bird tide this time, so we’re not very clear about the situation inside the base… I was just about to ask Captain Fan for guidance.”
Before the apocalypse, Fan Wenbiao was just a straightforward technician. He wasn’t skilled at communicating with others. However, after the apocalypse, due to the unexpected growth of the ability team, he learned to interact with the leadership and other team leaders when necessary. Still, someone without proper training would always appear more composed.
“How can I guide you? It’s just…” Fan Wenbiao hesitated for a moment before bringing up their main concern, “Previously, each base didn’t have a favorable attitude towards ability users. Although B City base didn’t oppress us too much, they also didn’t actively support us.
“Now, with such a big incident in the base… we’re afraid that separating ability users and ordinary people might… after all, among the leaders, the majority are ordinary people.”
So, they were worried about the potential suppression of ability users from above? Hence, they wanted to form an alliance?
Yue Zheng didn’t want to get involved in such matters, just like he didn’t want to get involved in Rich Rong’s plan against S City.
Even though the reality proved that once ability users gathered, their power was beyond ordinary people’s expectations. But Yue Zheng never forgot that he, or rather all ability users, were originally transformed from ordinary people.
The power prevalent in the world today didn’t convert everyone into ability users, nor did it annihilate all ordinary people. Both coexisted, and those ordinary people also had the right to survive.
Perhaps in the future, ordinary people would gradually diminish until they completely disappeared. But even then, Yue Zheng believed that it would be a lengthy evolutionary process. As the current ordinary people aged and their descendants gained various abilities, integrating fully into this new world, it would be the true nature of natural selection.
It was absolutely unacceptable to let those without abilities be considered “weak” and thus be subjected to death at the hands of their own kind or be enslaved by other “powerful” peers.
Otherwise, what happens after all the ordinary people are gone? Continue killing weaker ability users? Continue survival of the fittest? Don’t joke!
Yue Zheng, who had already made a decision, wore a humble and friendly professional-grade polite smile on his face, and reminded, “Do the current influential leaders among the ability users in the base really have any real power?”
It doesn’t matter how many ordinary people hold positions of power above, but the importance lies in the positions where the ability users are. Do they have real power? That’s what matters.
Why, after the apocalypse, could Wu Lao still hold significant influence? Every command he issued was swiftly implemented throughout the entire base?
Simply put, it was because he held military power.
Fan Wenbiao’s eyes lit up. Now, under Wu Lao’s command, there was Commander Sun, who had significant military force. Wasn’t he an ability user?
Yue Zheng continued, “Now, the base is planning to rebuild the East and West Zones, and everyone’s starting point is the same…”
In the future apocalypse, ability users would inevitably take the initiative; this was an inevitable result.
Because their killing power was simply too strong. A pure combat-oriented ability user could easily kill a large group of ordinary people.
In fact, the best course of action now would be, just like Wu Lao’s arrangement in the beginning, to let the ordinary people without abilities stay in the base, responsible for production and construction, while the ability users went out to search for various resources. Everyone could cooperate and build together.
Unfortunately, human nature was lacking.
Following Fan Wenbiao’s words, Yue Zheng accompanied him in discussing their concerns for a while, politely declined the invitation to stay for dinner, and vaguely expressed that if he returned late, he might end up sleeping on the couch. Only then did Yue Zheng manage to take his leave.
An afternoon, dealing with two groups of people in succession. If it weren’t for the relatively relaxed conversation with Luo Wen’an and others, Yue Zheng would probably have had a headache by now. Despite receiving specialized training, it had been a long time ago, and fundamentally, he was a somewhat reserved person.
If Xu Song knew what Yue Zheng was thinking at this moment, he would surely praise him, “You’re not reserved, but rather reserved and alluring!”
Back at the doorstep, hearing Xu Song’s footsteps approaching the car door, Yue Zheng’s expression softened. He opened the door, casually hugged Xu Song’s waist as he was about to speak, pushed him against the iron plate beside the door, and gave him a deep kiss. The little head peeking out from the car tailgate, trying to eavesdrop, couldn’t help but burst into giggles.
“What are you doing?” Xu Song, who struggled out after a while, was a little breathless. After thinking for a moment, he frowned and asked, “Did they use a beauty trap on you? Otherwise, why are you acting crazy?”
Yue Zheng chuckled, pulled him back towards the car’s interior, and by now, Mother Xu had already heated up the meal and was placing it on the coffee table.
“Eat while talking,” she said to the two.
At this moment, people from various households and teams in the open space outside had started cooking their dinner.
Inside the base, there was a busy and lively scene everywhere. The ability users in the East Zone mostly had their small organizations, so having dinner was not an issue. Some clever ones even managed to secretly pick up a few migratory birds that hadn’t been taken away by the authorities when they evacuated from the air raid shelter.
Yue Zheng briefly explained, “Panlong’s people are afraid that if the authorities separate ability users from ordinary people, it will be a disadvantage for ability users. But I think they are probably trying to recruit our team, and I managed to divert the topic.”
Xu Song’s brows furrowed, sighing lightly, “There’s a group of brain-dead people in Zone A right now, and the lower-level people are fighting each other. Could Panlong be thinking of imitating what Fu Rong did back then?”
“It’s not likely now. They probably just want to expand their influence. Seeking us is also a way of trying to recruit us,” Yue Zheng explained.
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