LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 511 - 221 Rescuing People_2
Chapter 511: Chapter 221 Rescuing People_2
“Do you think they’ll keep their promise?”
Kong Xiu asked the General. Those Crystal Cores they had just handed over included his share, and it pained him.
“I don’t know.”
The General truly didn’t know, as many things were now beyond his control.
“Heh, hopefully they’ll stick to their word. But what I fear is…”
The Prison Head hesitated, seemingly with more to say.
“Afraid of what? Afraid they’ll take the Crystal Cores and run?”
Kong Xiu turned to look at him.
But the Prison Head just shook his head.
“I’m afraid that after getting these Crystal Cores, they won’t be satisfied and will keep demanding more Crystal Cores from us for other reasons, and eventually bleed us dry… Damn it, if that’s the case, it’d be better off dead!”
Towards the end, the Prison Head’s face was filled with irritation.
Of course, when he said it would be better off dead, it was just an expression of frustration. After all, if one can live, who would choose death…
…
Nie Siyan had just come back when Wang Tao also arrived. His fight with the Blue-skinned Night Demon had been brief and did not delay him much.
“Brother Wang!”
Upon seeing Wang Tao’s return, Nie Siyan hurriedly handed him two bags of Crystal Cores.
“The larger bag contains the Crystal Cores given by the General and his men, over three thousand in total. The smaller one has the Crystal Cores given by other survivors, more than two hundred.”
She had just handed the Crystal Cores over to Lan Yulian, who hadn’t even bothered to look at them before telling Nie Siyan to pass them directly to Wang Tao. Since she now owed Wang Tao a sizable debt, these Crystal Cores were his; rather than suffering from the sight, she chose not to look…
Wang Tao opened the two bags to take a look.
“Wow, not a small number, huh!”
They were all Level 2 Crystal Cores; there were no Level 1s, but also no Level 3s.
They were mostly white, but to Wang Tao, the quality didn’t matter.
Indeed, easy come, easy go wealth.
“So, when do we act to save them?”
Lan Yulian asked.
“Definitely not now, it’s too soon! We can’t save them until we’ve squeezed them dry. After all, you wouldn’t bring back a few troublesome foes for yourself, would you? They’re not going to die anytime soon, let’s skin them properly, preferably making it impossible for them to ever compete with you again…”
Wang Tao began speaking with a sly grin.
“…”
Lan Yulian was at a loss for words, finding Wang Tao much more calculating than she was.
At that moment, Nie Siyan suddenly spoke up again:
“Oh right, I overheard something else!”
Nie Siyan quickly relayed what she had overheard about the General’s discussion on base Self Detonation.
After hearing this, Lan Yulian and the others were astonished.
“That’s ruthless!”
Wang Tao was also taken aback.
He had seen ruthless people, but not to this extent.
But on reflection, the General’s words… did seem to make some damn sense—if the base really fell, many survivors would be infected and become zombies, and the stronger the survivor, the more formidable the zombie they’d become! Blowing up the base would, in a way, indeed be a method to reduce the zombie population…
However, there were probably very few who could truly make such a decision. This General was a ruthless man, a rational madman!
As for whether there actually were bombs in the base or if the General was bluffing… Wang Tao preferred to believe it was true. It’s always better to be cautious.
“This base is too dangerous! We can’t stay in such a perilous place!”
Wang Tao immediately said.
The others nodded in agreement.
“Exactly, we have to leave the base—”
But before Lan Yulian could finish her statement, Wang Tao cut in:
“We have to take control of this base, such a dangerous thing must be in our own hands!”
“…”
Lan Yulian was speechless again.
“But what if the base does explode…”
Xu Xiaojun scratched his head as he spoke.
“Didn’t the General say, anyone not appointed by him was stealing the base illegally? Which means someone appointed by him would be legal. So the focus is on him. As long as we deal with him, it’ll be fine, and right now he’s trapped in the diving gym, we have plenty of time… What do you think, Lan Yulian?”
After finishing his point, Wang Tao looked towards Lan Yulian.
“…Whatever you say!”
Lan Yulian nodded.
She didn’t have much say in front of Wang Tao, and besides, she felt that what Wang Tao said also seemed reasonable?
“Good, now we focus on improving our strength, and at the same time, think about how to rescue them… Let’s head back first, after all, it’s still too dangerous at night,”
Nie Siyan and Xu Xiaojun might be strong, but without Night Vision, nighttime was still risky.
“Yes!”
Everyone agreed.
On their way back, Wang Tao handed the Night Demon Blades to Jiang Shixue.
“These are for you, see if you like them.”
Upon taking the two daggers, a look of surprise flashed in Jiang Shixue’s eyes. She could feel that the blades were powerful. She tried them out and found they even increased her attack speed!
“Thank you, Brother Wang, I love them~”
Jiang Shixue looked at Wang Tao with a happy expression.
“Glad you like them.”
Wang Tao smiled and tousled her hair.
…
Upon returning to the building, it was the latter half of the night.
Lan Yulian and the other woman went to rest—after all, the area was still dangerous, and they needed to maintain their condition.
Wang Tao told Nie Siyan and Xu Xiaojun to rest as well, while he and Jiang Shixue examined the Crystal Cores they had acquired that day, picking and choosing.
The General had been generous this time, not all the Crystal Cores given were trash. Although most were white, under Wang Tao’s Synthetic skills, they could immediately turn red or orange.
“These Crystal Cores should allow us to create quite a number of Level 2 pinnacle Ability Users… but this General clearly has many more secrets. They must have killed quite a few Level 3 zombies, but not even one Level 3 Crystal Core is here… we have to squeeze it out of them!”