Chrysalis

Chapter 1397: An Eye for an Eye

By combining their powers, the three finally killed the level-seven zombie. It might have been easier if that zombie didn’t have metal power.

Yun Meng returned to the base with that level-seven zombie’s nucleus and some level five and six nuclei. She found Lin Qiao and poured the tens of nuclei on the latter’s desk while saying, “This is our harvest this time.”

Lin Qiao looked at those nuclei and said with surprise, “Oh, you even got a level-seven one!”

By rights, Yun Meng, as a level-seven zombie, shouldn’t have been able to kill another level-seven zombie by herself.

“Yeah,” Yun Meng nodded and said, “Lili and Lin Kui showed up just in time. That zombie found me. I couldn’t have killed it alone.”

Lin Qiao nodded as she picked up the nucleus and gave it a closer look. After learning that it contained metal power, she put it aside and said, “Metal power… Emm, we have quite a few level-six ones with metal power. Who should I give this to?”

Old Guo, Eight, Mo, and the other two level-six zombie soldiers from her army all had metal power. Among them, Old Guo had served under her command for the longest time. Should she give the nucleus to him?

Yun Meng stayed quiet. She didn’t care whom Lin Qiao would decide to give the nucleus to.

Lin Qiao thought for a moment and then decided to give the nucleus to Old Guo. After all, he was the first metal-powered zombie to follow her lead.

“Oh, Lili said that you have a new task for me. What is it?” As Lin Qiao had made the decision, Yun Meng asked her about the new task.

“Yeah,” Lin Qiao nodded and said, “Sea City Base wants to borrow some people from us. I want you to lead the squad and act with them. You have two tasks: one, cooperate with Sea City Base to rescue a man, and second, find out about Si Kongchen’s new plan, such as what he plans to do to Sea City Base and us next.”

“Rescue a man?” Yun Meng looked at her with curiosity, saying, “Who?”

Lin Qiao looked at her and said, “You know Li Yueshan, don’t you? He’s one of the moles who got caught in Sea City Base this time. Huaxia Base has his little brother. Do you understand?”

Yun Meng surely understood her meaning. Huaxia Base had his little brother, meaning that he was threatened. Yun Meng didn’t know Li Yueshan well, but had heard about him.

“Oh, so he has a little brother,” said Yun Meng to Lin Qiao with surprise.

Lin Qiao nodded and said, “Yeah, that’s what Sea City Base people said. They said that his brother is kept in a lab in Huaxia Base. They’re doing some kind of experiment on him.”

“That again?” Yun Meng said with a frown, “Huaxia Base is really… How come they always use living humans as bait or experimental subjects?”

Lin Qiao smiled and said, “Si Kongchen will soon be suffering the consequences of that.”

The batch of people who had been brought to All Beings Base by Lin Feng earlier could prove Huaxia’s evil deeds. Also, Sea City Base planned to do more than just rescuing that man this time.

Huaxia Base had nearly two million residents. Those people might not have any idea about what Si Kongchen had been doing to people. If they were all informed about that, he would probably be in trouble.

A base was supposed to protect human survivors, but instead of doing that, Huaxia Base used living human beings as bait and experimental subjects. That was against the meaning behind the existence of human bases.

Yun Meng blinked as she looked at Lin Qiao and asked, “Eh? Are you saying that we’re going to strike first?”

“You think I’ll let him keep harassing our base?” said Lin Qiao, her eyes glowing with a cold light, “We’ll fight back sooner or later! This time, Si Kongchen’s main target is Sea City Base, so Wu Chengyue and Xiao Yunlong will deal with him. He’s learned that his plan is already exposed, so he’ll certainly make a new plan. He taught us how to stab someone in the back. Well, let’s say… An eye for an eye.”

Yun Meng paused briefly with surprise, “But, do we have enough time? He’ll soon start to carry out his new plan, won’t he?”

Lin Qiao said to her with a meaningful tone, “We don’t need a lot of time. Spreading the message won’t take us long. As long as you and the others expose his secret labs, we’ll ask the people that Lin Feng earlier brought back, who were supposed to be used as baits, to stand up and prove Si Kongchen’s evil deeds. I guess they all hate Si Kongchen’s guts now.”

Anyone who was treated in that way would have hatred in their hearts, not to mention the fact that most of the superpower possessors among those people were sentenced to death only because of their dissatisfactions with Huaxia Base, or because they had found out about Si Kongchen’s dirty deals.

“Are you saying that we’re going to throw his base into chaos when he comes out to attack Sea City Base?” said Yun Meng, her eyes glowing. That was indeed very similar to what Si Kongchen had planned to do to All Beings Base earlier.

…

That afternoon, Yun Meng left for Sea City Base with five level-six zombies. All of the five new level-six zombies possessed nature power. They were good at hiding their own traces, and that made them perfect for that task. She also conveniently brought Lin Qiao’s plan to Wu Chengyue. After learning about it, he decided to give his full support.

In the meanwhile, Lin Qiao started discussing the plan with Lin Feng and Yuan Tianxing. Lin Feng was responsible for convincing those victims to testify against Huaxia Base.

The enemy’s enemy could be a friend, and those victims from Huaxia Base agreed to Lin Feng’s request without hesitation. Not all of them had agreed to help though; half of them were still lying in the hospital.

Since Lin Qiao had made Lin Wenwen and Yuan Tianxing work together, Lin Wenwen had recently become his assistant. She couldn’t stop herself from looking after him. She worked very hard on those materials to lighten his burden and also took care of his daily life.

Yuan Tianxing was still healing, and he felt tired all the time. He was still able to work, but not as hard as he used to. He wanted very much to work harder, but Lin Wenwen strictly forbade him from doing that. She was currently staying by his side with a fair reason, and he had to listen to her.

About that, Yuan Tianxing felt a little helpless. He didn’t know what to do. He did not want to follow Lin Wenwen’s words, but his body did. He was often exhausted and powerless.

His body was nearly disabled. What else could he possibly say?

“Alright, it’s dinner time. Drop that file!” As Yuan Tianxing was thinking about how useless he currently was, Lin Wenwen’s voice was heard from near the door.

“Can you please let me finish this file?” he asked helplessly. He liked to finish a part of his work each time, but she always interrupted his work and called him for meals. He was really not used to that.

“No,” Lin Wenwen gave him a cold glance and said, “You have to eat regularly, so that you can heal better. You know that your body needs rest. Take your body seriously.”