Chapter 348: Chapter 333: She Is Looking Forward to It

The toad seemed to get the hint. After being kicked by Qi Xiang, it even croaked twice, as if on cue—

CROAK! CROAK!

Everyone: "..."

After the toad’s little performance, Liu Bo couldn’t bring himself to speak up for Yang Xi anymore.

Otherwise, it would be like falling into a mud puddle—even if it wasn’t shit, it’d look like it, and he’d never be able to explain himself.

With no one left to object, the matter of Gu Xi taking over City A seemed to be settled.

Liu Bo and Tang You exchanged a glance. ’Taking over a major base is not that easy.’

’They’d just have to wait and see.’

It was Zhou Jinyu who suddenly spoke up. "Why don’t I see Jun Han?" He turned to ask Liu Hao, who was squatting on the ground, watching the toad with great interest. "Where’s your Mr. Ye?"

Just as Liu Hao was about to speak, he looked up and saw his captain walking over from the woods by himself.

"Isn’t that him?" Liu Hao pointed, then his gaze returned to the toad in front of him. ’This thing might be ugly, but at least it’s a big lump of meat. And so fat, too. I wonder if we can chop it up and eat it?’

Zhou Jinyu looked over, his brow furrowing slightly. He was surprised to see a hint of killing intent in Ye Junhan’s usually indifferent, cold expression!

’That was a rare sight.’

Ye Junhan walked straight toward Gu Xi.

Gu Xi was also taken aback when she saw the killing intent in his eyes. ’He left so suddenly last night. Where did he go? Why has he come back emanating such a murderous aura?’

Ye Junhan walked over, gave her a faint nod, and then found Zhao Qingxiao to arrange for them to break camp and leave.

Gu Xi glanced at him but didn’t say anything. She just lowered her head to flick the small green sprout on her fingertip, warning it to behave.

After lunch, the convoy prepared to depart.

Tang You didn’t want to go back, but under the circumstances, it was clear he had no choice—Gu Xi was taking over City A, so as the base commander, he had to return with them.

With no other option, Tang You left a few trusted subordinates behind and dejectedly boarded Shen Yue’s vehicle.

Liu Bo had planned to stay behind under the pretext of securing the site, but before they left, Ye Junhan found him and said something to him.

In any case, when it was time to leave, Liu Bo sullenly got into a vehicle.

For some reason, Yang Xi, who could have stayed behind, insisted on returning to the city and even chose to ride in the same vehicle as Liu Bo.

Liu Bo: "..."

He had absolutely no desire to be with this "promiscuous toad," lest he get into a heap of trouble without even a taste of the forbidden fruit.

But for some reason, this woman, Yang Xi, had latched onto him, even though Zhou Jinyu was still at the Land of Death...

The convoy soon departed.

Ye Junhan opened the front passenger door of the command vehicle, got in, and glanced toward the back.

Gu Xi was sitting by the window, her eyes lightly closed, lost in thought.

He shut the door, pressed the button on his walkie-talkie, and said coldly, "Move out."

The massive convoy slowly began to move in the direction of City A.

A breeze drifted by. Gu Xi leaned against the half-open window, her eyes lowered as she fiddled with the small green sprout on her finger.

Suddenly, she looked up toward the front...

In the front passenger seat, Ye Junhan’s hand, which was resting on the window frame, paused slightly.

Their gazes met in the rearview mirror.

After a long moment, Gu Xi spoke. "A while ago, I had Li Xiao deliver something into City A... It has now entered No. 176."

Ye Junhan didn’t ask what the item was, only frowning slightly. "Mr. Li won’t be happy about this."

Gu Xi lowered her eyes.

’The Hybrid Monsters and the mutants must be connected to the Abnormal Ability Research Institute. But even after all these years of investigating, Ye Xin has never managed to uncover the core of it. At the institute, the only ones who could hide things from Ye Xin were the Chen sisters. Originally, Li Ming’s idea was to take a long-term approach, figuring that with Ye Xin on the inside, the truth would be dug up sooner or later. But Gu Xi... she didn’t want to wait any longer. After all, compared to the backstabbing and intrigue of the Central Base, she much preferred life in South City. So, upon learning about the Chen sisters’ situation, she had unhesitatingly used her own blood as bait. And as expected, the Chen sisters couldn’t resist... But while the two sisters were controlled by Gu Xi’s blood, their submission was only on the surface. In fact, the sisters were plotting to turn the tables and control Gu Xi themselves. That was why the two sisters refused to show themselves. Not only were they hiding many things from Gu Xi, they were even planning to mislead her... Take the matter of the Hybrid Monsters and the mutants, for example. Gu Xi didn’t know the origin of the Hybrid Monsters for the time being, but the mutants... to be able to raise so many mutants in captivity, it had to be connected to No. 176 at the base. For years, all the major bases had been extremely strict in their monitoring of X Energy. In addition to regular examinations, there were frequent spot checks. Anyone showing the slightest sign of mutation was sent to No. 176 and imprisoned. Because of this, even the top factions, if they wanted to raise mutants on a large scale, would have no choice but to start with No. 176. Therefore, Gu Xi concluded that City A’s mutant enhancement experiments were likely hidden within No. 176 itself! Coincidentally, Yang Chi had recently uncovered something. That was why Gu Xi had directly given Li Xiao some of her blood and told him to find a way to get it into No. 176. And once the Chen sisters caught the scent of her blood... No. 176 in City A was bound to get very lively.’

And Gu Xi was very much looking forward to it.

’Some people love to play with plots and schemes, don’t they? This time, she would let them know that in the face of absolute power, all their machinations were nothing more than paper tigers!’

「Meanwhile, in vehicle number two」

Shen Yue lazily shot a sidelong glance at Li Xiao. "Mr. Li, look at what a mess this has become... How about I have someone send you back by helicopter?"

Staring ahead with dead-fish eyes, Li Xiao said expressionlessly, "No need."

’Hah, if you really wanted to send me by helicopter, you should have said so earlier,’ Li Xiao cursed inwardly. ’We’re already halfway there. What’s the damn point of saying that now? Then again, this son of Shen Zhennan’s... he used to seem so unassuming, but now... I’m afraid everyone misjudged him back then. We all underestimated this Mr. Shen.’

Just then, Li Xiao’s personal terminal beeped.

He opened it, glanced down, and saw it was a supply request form.

Looking closer, he saw the request form was a dozen pages long!

Li Xiao skimmed the contents of the list, and his expression changed instantly.

’Son of a bitch!’

’They’re trying to clean out the entire stash I’ve been building up for years!’

’That bastard Shen Yue is ruthless.’

Li Xiao stared at the line after line of supplies on the list, his expression growing darker and darker.

And of all times, Shen Yue chose that moment to lean over. "Mr. Li, this is the first batch of supplies urgently needed at the front lines. Take a look, and if there are no problems, please approve it quickly. The brothers at the front are all waiting."

Looking as if he’d lost all will to live, Li Xiao glared at Shen Yue with his dead-fish eyes, really not wanting to say a word.

’He never should have gotten involved in this mess.’

Li Xiao was filled with regret. Just as he was about to engage in some non-violent non-cooperation, Qi Xiang, sitting in the front passenger seat, suddenly turned around.

"Mr. Li, as you know, people like us are decent at fighting and killing, but we don’t actually have any experience managing a large city..."

Qi Xiang gave him a look that said, ’You get it, right?’

Li Xiao: "?"

He suddenly realized something, and his dead-fish eyes instantly lit up with astonishing brilliance.

Seeing this, Qi Xiang shot a smugly raised eyebrow at Shen Yue. ’See? Told you your method wouldn’t work. If you want the horse to run, you have to let it graze, right?’

Shen Yue laced his hands behind his head, leaned back lazily, and gave her a silent ’Heh.’ ’If I hadn’t wielded the big stick so effectively earlier, do you really think your little sweet-talking would have worked?’ 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Nearby, Li Xiao looked from one to the other, the corner of his mouth twitching. ’Could you two show me a little respect? Stop making faces at each other right in front of me, for crying out loud.’

He wasn’t blind.