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Chapter 516: 223 Honesty and Trustworthiness_1
Chapter 516: Chapter 223 Honesty and Trustworthiness_1
“He agreed.”
When Wang Tao and Jiang Shixue came back, Lan Yulian blurted out these four words to him.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
“What?”
Wang Tao was somewhat puzzled.
Taking a deep breath, Lan Yulian’s face bore a mix of excitement and seriousness.
“The General agreed to give up the Zijin Base as a reward for saving them!”
“Uh, that was quick?”
Wang Tao was a bit surprised.
He thought it would take a few more days, but who would have expected the General to cave so quickly?
“From his words, I feel that he is not only afraid of dying but is even more afraid of falling behind in the Ascension process…”
Lan Yulian explained a bit.
The General had been subtly inquiring about news of Level 3 ability users during his interactions with her. In the end, he directly asked Lan Yulian how many Level 3 ability users were there with her.
Thinking about Lu Yingfeng, who hadn’t woken up yet, Lan Yulian said there were more than three.
The General then asked when these Level 3 ability users had ascended, and Lan Yulian replied it happened these past few days.
So, the General, who was initially hesitant, immediately agreed to give up the base in exchange for their rescue.
Lan Yulian could somewhat understand the General’s thoughts as a leader herself.
Simply put, the General panicked when he saw so many people reaching Level 3 in a short period while he himself was stuck.
From the beginning of the apocalypse till now, the General had always been in the leading group, never left behind. But now, if he were to fall behind—not if, but since he had already fallen behind!
Others had reached Level 3, not just one or two, but more than three! Yet he was still at Level Two.
This was like a math class during one’s school days—when you bend down to pick up a pen you dropped, and by the time you look up, you can no longer understand what the teacher is saying. If you don’t understand that lesson, you might never catch up with the teacher’s pace again!
There’s a saying: one step behind, always behind!
This was something the General couldn’t accept.
And it wasn’t just the General; the Prison Head and Kong Xiu couldn’t accept this either.
Especially Kong Xiu, his strength may not have been the strongest among the three, but his Level was at the pinnacle of Level Two, with all four abilities at +10. He was just one Ascension crystal core away from reaching Level 3!
But he had tried fusing with three Level 3 White Ascension Crystal Cores, and all attempts failed!
Although he knew that the success rate with White Crystal Cores was low, the triple failure still hit him hard.
He failed, while others succeeded! That made him somewhat anxious.
If they dragged this on, even if they were successfully rescued, their strength would still be a notch below others, which was obviously unacceptable! No one wants to live in someone else’s shadow forever.
It was the same for the Prison Head; he too had secretly tried fusing with a White Ascension Crystal Core and failed. Now, learning from the General that there were at least three Level 3 ability users with Lan Yulian, he became unsettled. He had to get out; he had to ascend to Level 3!
Thus came the General’s decision to give up the base.
You can rebuild a lost base, even take it back. But if you can’t keep up with the group, you might be stepped on by others for a lifetime!
“I see…”
Wang Tao nodded his head.
Lan Yulian’s analysis made sense.
“So… should we rescue them now?”
Lan Yulian asked.
This was a bit different from the original plan.
“Of course, we must rescue them. We are honest and trustworthy people, and since he is willing to offer the reward, we must keep our promise. However, we should take control of the base first, and as for how to rescue them, we need to study that…”
Wang Tao gathered everyone to prepare for a meeting to discuss the rescue.
It was now nighttime, and Lu Yingfeng had woken up.
“Leader! Wang Tao!”
After waking up, Lu Yingfeng immediately greeted Lan Yulian and Wang Tao.
Wang Tao looked at her attributes.
[HP: 30000/30000]
[Mana: 13600/13600]
[Grade: Level 3]
Hidden attribute: Hate the wicked as if they were enemies]
[Internal Impurity: 12%]
“Not bad!”
Wang Tao nodded.
Her attributes were fine, not much different from Nie Siyan’s. However, her strength was certainly much stronger than Nie Siyan’s.
“Now we have three Level 3 ability users!”
Lan Yulian clenched her fists excitedly.
After congratulating Lu Yingfeng, they all began to discuss the rescue operation together.
In the end, Wang Tao made a decision: first, they would look for a Zombie Lord near the dive hall, which was the Mother Zombie. If one exists, they would find a way to kill it. If not—impossible, there had to be one! Wang Tao was firm in his judgment.
Without killing this zombie, they can’t carry out the rescue, as no one knows the abilities of this zombie. If an accident occurs during the rescue, that would mean big trouble.
Moreover, they still need to improve everyone’s strength to ensure the group can cope well with any unexpected situations.
So, for the next few days, they would search for the Mother and Zombie Lords and increase their strength by killing other zombies.
The next day.
Everyone gathered on the rooftop of the building.
After the vehicles were repaired yesterday, the injured had returned to the base.
But some people stayed behind.
That included Lan Yulian’s 8 subordinates, Nie Siyan’s 5 subordinates, and 6 others from two smaller forces.
The people from the two smaller forces had merely sent their injured back; their leaders each brought two others to stay, which was somewhat unexpected to Wang Tao. It only showed that the leaders of these two small forces had great foresight.
Choosing to stay at this time was indeed dangerous, but that also made them half their own… and Wang Tao never mistreated his own people.
The crowd stood in rows, with only one person at the very front of the crowd—Wang Tao himself.