Rebirth: Love in the Apocalypse-Chapter 181: Sea Queen

"All the members of team Legends are people we can trust to watch our backs. Only that kind of person can become our teammate." Qin Wu said with a meaningful expression.

"I understand." Hong Lan nodded and began explaining.

"I am a fox mutant. Specifically, a nine-tailed fox." She said and the others couldn’t help but be surprised.

Fox mutants weren’t rare but they weren’t common either.

However, a mythical beast mutation was the proverbial white whale.

In her previous life, Qin Wu had met a phoenix mutant who could fly and had an extremely powerful natal fire.

Thinking of the Phoenix mutant, Qin Wu looked at Hong Lan with curious eyes.

"Is it convinient to tell us your innate ability?" She asked and Hong Lan nodded.

"I have three abilities." She began.

"The first is charm which makes me innately charming and irresistible to most men."

[Chu Wan’er also has that ability but I wonder how she compares to a nine-tailed fox.] Qin Wu transmitted and Mo Chenxuan smiled but didn’t say anything.

In his eyes, only Qin Wu was different.

"What are the second and third abilities?" Qin Wu asked.

"The second is illusion and the third is mind control."

"Mind control?" Mo Chenxuan asked and subconsciously narrowed his eyes.

He and Qin Wu were level four ability users and lower level superpowers couldn’t affect their minds.

Most importantly, Mo Chenxuan was a spiritual ability user and was immune to most mind abilities.

However, he couldn’t help but be wary of mind abilities.

After all, his subordinates were not immune to mind control and would suffer if they encountered a malicious ability user.

"Don’t worry, Lord Mo. I wouldn’t dare to use mind control on you." Hong Lan said and Qin Wu chuckled.

"We don’t suspect you." She said and quickly continued.

"We are just curious about your ability."

"I see." Hong Lan nodded with a thoughtful expression.

She had always been perceptive and her mutation enhanced that instinct.

Because of this, she knew that only the truth would get her what she wanted. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have revealed such sensitive information to Mo Chenxuan and Qin Wu.

"My charm ability has a long lasting effect and victims remain charmed even when they are away from me." Hong Lan said, her tone revealing a hint of pride.

"However, the illusion and mind control abilities only work when I am around. Fortunately, after being controlled, the victim doesn’t remember and doesn’t even realise that something is wrong."

"Your information is related to your abilities." Mo Chenxuan stated and Hong Lan nodded.

"I..." Hong Lan started, hesitated but eventually continued.

"I am a sea queen that has not come to shore." She said in an unapologetic voice, causing Qin Wu to chuckle and Mo Chenxuan to forcibly suppress his amusement.

"Sea queen? What does that mean?" Uncle Zhang asked in a confused voice.

"It means, Miss Hong likes to play the field. She wades among flowers without letting a single leaf fall on her." Qin Wu explained and Uncle Zhang nodded.

’She could have just said that she has many men.’ He thought but his fcce remained expressionless.

"Miss Hong, your lifestyle is your business. We will never interfere as long as you don’t contradict our territory rules." Qin Wu said and Hong Lan nodded.

"One of my lovers came to see me three days ago." She started and quickly continued.

"The person is a high-level leader in the Wei territory and has access to many secrets."

"You have to understand that I normally wouldn’t pry into a person’s secrets. However, that day, he asked me if I would be willing to leave with him if something happened."

Mo Chenxuan, Qin Wu, and Uncle Zhang exchanged glances when they heard this.

After all, a seige was about to happen!

Who in their right mind would leave at this time?

"I sensed that something was wrong so I secretly controlled his mind and interrogated him."

"What did you find out?" Qin Wu asked in a calm voice but her heart was uneasy.

"The Wei leaders plan to divert danger if the seige is more than they can handle." Hong Lan revealed and the other three immediately became more serious.

"Divert danger? How and where? Are they planning to use our District Eight as a scapegoat?" Qin Wu asked but Hong Lan shook her head, surprising her listeners.

"They are planning to divert danger to the Chu family’s territotry." Hong Lan revealed and Mo Chenxuan nodded in understanding.

"Makes sense." He said and Qin Wu turned to looked at him with an eyebrow raised.

"First, the Chu family’s territory is far from the Wei territory. Diverting danger to the Chu territory will open the widest window for escape." He started.

"Second, the Chu territory is powerful and should be able to deal with most of the danger it encounters. Even if it can’t, it should be able to hold the enemy for awhile, giving the Wei leaders an opportunity to flee."

"Finally, the Chu and Wei leaders have contradictory views. It’s difficult for them to coexist so the Wei family may be taking this opportunity to deal with the Chu family."

After saying that, Mo Chenxuan lowered his head and a trace of killing intent flashed in his eyes.

The apocalypse was a place where the strong thrived while the weak died.

However, Mo Chenxuan couldn’t tolerate those with skewed priorities.

"How do they plan to divert danger?" He asked.

"The Chu and Wei territories have recently signed a trade deal." Hong Lan started.

"The Chu territory will provide crystal weapons and the Wei territory will give supplies. However, time is tight and the deal will likely take place during the seige."

"The Wei territory plans to tamper with the supplies?" Qin Wu asked and Hong Lan nodded.

"They plan to smuggle rigged bloodbags to the Chu territory. If something happens, they will trigger the explosives, causing the blood to splatter everywhere." She said and Qin Wu narrowed her eyes before speaking.

"With enough blood, they could drag most of the zombies to the Chu territory." She said and Hong Lan nodded.

"That’s the plan." She confirmed.

"Do they have enough blood?" Mo Chenxuan asked.

"My man wasn’t sure but he thinks so. After all, the Wei has been buying blood under the guise of research."

Mo Chenxuan and Qin Wu frowned when they heard this.

At the same time, they felt a sense of urgency since their intelligence networks hadn’t picked up on such a big thing.

"Miss Hong, why didn’t you go to Chu Wan’er?" Qin Wu asked and Hong Lan stuck her tongue out before explaining.

"Wan’er and I have never gotten along." She said and quickly continued.

"Also, I thought you could use this information to gain some benefits from the Chu territory."

"We can certainly use it, thank you." Qin Wu said.

"Dont mention it." Hong Lan said but her lips curled in a happy smile.

"Chief Zhang will help you settle down. We will talk more after the seige."

After that, Uncle Zhang and Hong Lan left, leaving Mo Chenxuan and Qin Wu in a solemn silence.

"I will confirm the information first." Mo Chenxuan said and Qin Wu nodded.

A moment later, Mo Chenxuan used his spiritual ability to infiltrate the Wei territory, eavesdropping on all kinds of conversations.

Half an hour later, he withdrew his spiritual ability and looked at Qin Wu with a solemn expression.

"She didn’t lie." He said and Qin Wu stood angrily.

"What are they thinking?!" She shouted and began pacing.

Qin Wu didn’t think the plan would work as flawlessly as the Wei leaders envisioned.

However, she was sure that the Chu territory couldn’t withstand such a powerful provocation.

No matter how powerful the territory was, they wouldn’t be able to handle an endless wave of determined zombies.

"Chenxuan, shall we inform Chu Wan’er?" Qin Wu asked and Mo Chenxuan nodded.

"We must inform her but..."

"But?"

"This incident makes me wonder what the other territories are planning." Mo Chenxuan said.

Although he frequently used his spiritual ability to check the base, he rarely used it to eavesdrop on private conversations.

However, after learning what the Wei family was planning, he felt it necessary to spy on several suspicious groups.

After all, in the apocalypse, right to life tramped right to privacy.

"I know what you mean." Qin Wu said and nodded.

"Why don’t you check on the Fang family?" She asked.

"Wait." The man said and released his spiritual ability to infiltrate the Fang territory.

However, barely five minutes later, Mo Chenxuan paled and his eyes redenned.

"Bastards." He cursed, shocking Qin Wu who was quietly waiting.

"Whats wrong?" She asked.

"The Fang teritory has a similar idea to the Wei family but their plan is more reliable." M Chenxuan said.

"What do you mean?"

"They plan to use a black stone."

"Black stone..., you mean... "

Qin Wu was horrified by what she heard and she lost the strength to pace.