Friends from the Previous Life

"Meng Xu, what the hell are you doing?"

"No, I didn't mean it…"

"Brother…"

Right after dawn, there were the sounds of flustered footsteps and cries. The guards outside the service station intended to check things up. Suddenly, two shadows fell from the sky. After taking a clear look, the soldiers stood at attention. "Captain Xing! Captain Yun!"

During this adventure to the provincial capital, these soldiers had grown more respect for Xing Feng and Yun Che, especially Yun Che. The soldiers had not only respect but also gratitude for him. Yun Che made them feel they were valued and respected.

"It's OK, guys, go inform Major General Mo, we have visitors. Captain Xing and I will go have a look."

Yun Che and Xing Feng walked out of the service station after a quick greet with the soldiers. The soldiers made eye contact and followed the order. Two level-3 soldiers silently followed them. One stayed here on guard, another went back to the canteen inside the service station.

"A group of people are chasing three guys despite being chased by all those zombies. What the hell happened?"

Wrapped by air membrane, Yun Che and Xing Feng stood in the middle of the road side by side. Two men, one woman ran in their direction from a distance, followed by a group of superfunction possessors who were followed by dozens of menacing zombies.

"Most likely someone cheated on someone. Since when are you interested in things like that?"

Asked Xing Feng when he looked sideways at Yun Che. To his knowledge, Yun Che would never care about stuff like this.

"Hehe, I'm not interested in the matter itself, I'm more interested in the two dudes, uh, don't get me wrong, not sexually."

Yun Che coaxed Captain Xing right after he received a warning glare. He wasn't going to come downstairs but superfunction possessors got perfect eyesight, he changed his mind the moment he saw the face of one of the men. It was a perfect chance to get that guy on his side.

"So, who are they?"

On Xing Feng's grouchy face, his eyes still held hostility as if he would punish Yun Che once he even heard one wrong word from him again. Yun Che cleared the air with a grimace on the face. "One is called Meng Gang, a water superfunction possessor. Another is called Meng Xu, wood, space. My squad needs a water and a wood."

Meng Gang was the super strong water superfunction possessor that Yun Che often mentioned, Meng Xu was his brother. Yun Che had met them in the previous life. At the time, Meng Xu was blind, no squad would accept him even though he had two attributes, one of which was even the rare space superfunction. Meng Gang was a water superfunction possessor, so people just assumed he couldn't fight. Every squad had shaken head at them, so they chose to survive the doomsday on their own. Afterward, all the superfunction squads wanted Meng Gang on board when they witnessed how destructive water superfunction could be. But Meng Gang was a proud dude, he bluntly and stoutly turned down every squad that tried to recruit them, accepting no negotiation.

The Meng brothers lived a pretty decent life by means of their superfunction. Despite being stubborn and proud, Meng Gang wasn't a fool. Whenever he was invited to a quest and if he would get paid well, he would join the inviter. The acquaintance of Yun Che and Meng Gang was kind of a coincidence. Back then, they were neighbors when Yun Che was still on the lookout for his sister and brother in Southwest Base. Yun Che didn't join any squad either and Han Mingzhu was still a common guy without superfunction, so Yun Che and Meng Gang would often do quests together.

Meng Gang was powerful, but he didn't have his own Space. He wasn't able to take too much stuff back from every quest. Yun Che was a thunder/space superfunction possessor, so they started the mutually beneficial collaboration. Over time, such collaboration grew into friendship, both of them held admiration for one another. Meng Gang even told Yun Che how to use water superfunction in combat but sadly, the Meng brothers later left Southwest Bast. The last thing Yun Che heard about them was that they received the recruitment invitation from Chaoyang. That was it. If there was anyone that Yun Che would call friends in his previous life, it would the Meng brothers.

"Don't pick up random stuff anymore."

Xing Feng sensed Yun Che remembered something. Watching his boy's reminiscent face, Xing Feng didn't ask more questions, which was kind of his act of approval.

"They aren't stuff. They're my friends."

"Help! Help!"

As they spoke, the three people keep running over to them. As soon as the woman with the Meng brothers saw Yun Che and Xing Feng, she dashed toward Xing Feng, meaning to take a plunge into his arms. But Xing Feng dodged the woman, she nearly fell face down to the ground. Yun Che didn't even spare a look at her, all his attention was on the Meng brothers. Meng Gang helped Meng Xu walk, Meng Xu's eyes were closed and he seemed injured. Yun Che felt bad, but he held in the urge of rushing over to them. After taking a closer look, the Meng brothers were covered in wounds and bruises. Meng Xu's left thigh seemed to have been stabbed and was bleeding.

Yun Che was happy to see them——the only two people that he would call friends——again in this life, but he managed to curb his impulse, acting as calm as usual. Only Xing Feng, his closest one, could perceive what really was going on on the inside of Yun Che.

"Who are you?"

Meng Gang stood still before Yun Che and Xing Feng. His eyes were full of vigilance. His bearded face wasn't showing much emotion, but again, he seemed quite alert. Meng Xu couldn't open his eyes. Not until he heard his brother talk did he realize they had run into someone. His pretty face was contorted. Maybe he was in pain or worried about something.

"It doesn't matter who we are, but those people are going to catch you up."

Yun Che pouted at the people behind them. A bunch of muscular dudes were less than 100 meters away from them. Meng Gang looked back at them and said, "I don't know them."

He spoke the truth. Last night, their base was attacked by mutant trees. The sap of one mutant tree splashed into Meng Xu's eyes. It hurt at the start, then he couldn't open his eyes altogether. But not long ago from this moment, Meng Gang noticed that they were followed by some cars. They had to abandon theirs because the way was blocked by zombies. What surprised them was, this woman jumped out of the trunk of their car, calling for help. Meng Gang didn't respond to her because he was supposed to take care of his brother, but somehow, the three of them ended up being chased together.

"Who are you? Stay out of it. We're just after the woman and the adulterer."

Those chasers stopped and warily kept two meters away from them. Behind them were a large number of incoming zombies, which the crowd had drawn. But apparently, these people were well-trained, they noticed something wasn't quite right when they saw Yun Che and Xing Feng here. They neither stepped forward nor went back to dealing with the zombies.

"Adulterer? Watch your mouth, I told you so many times that we have nothing to do with her."

Meng Gang shouted at these people before Yun Che said anything. He didn't even know who the hell this woman was.

"She admitted it. Are you trying to deny it?"

The leader of the crowd scowled and pointed at the woman behind Xing Feng. Meng Gang couldn't stand the nonsense and didn't care about the woman's feelings. He shouted angrily at her, "Can you give me a fucking explanation? Which one of us did what with you? Hell, I didn't even know you were in the trunk of our car."

This woman was bullshitting.

"I…"

The woman tried to say something but she cringed the moment she made eye contact with the leader of the crowd. She kept hiding behind Xing Feng's big body and answered, "He's my man. You just leave, I won't go back with you."

"Shit!"

Everybody heard her loud and clear. Meng Gang was livid, he cursed and wished that he could choke the woman to death. The face of the man on the opposite side darkened more.

"Won't go back with us? Well, I'll kill him and feed you to the zombies!"

The man snarled viciously. A bolt of fire flared on his palm. Meng Gang immediately lifted one hand. "What? Am I afraid of you?"

Booom!

Bang! Bang!

As soon as he finished speaking, a water-blade dashed out from his palm. The man threw out the fireball. But the fireball was cut in half. Everybody was shocked by the power of water superfunction. This was definitely beyond their knowledge.

Yun Che almost sniggered. He put the back of his hand on the mouth to stop making a sound. Xing Feng seemed to understand why they had to be here. He let down his guard at last.

"Let's get him!"

The man called for aid since he knew he was no match for Meng Gang. His gang took the offensive stance by conjuring superfunction energy. Meng Gang couldn't fight all these people even though his superfunction was powerful, because he had to protect his blind bother who was also injured on the thigh. Yun Che spoke at this point, "Join my squad. I'll help you deal with them."

"OK."

Meng Gang said yes after briefly looking back at Yun Che. He didn't have a choice, did he?

"Don't meddle in this!"

Those people caught themselves right before launching the attack because Xing Feng and Yun Che looked too clam. They hesitated.

"Meddle? You heard him, they're now the members of my squad. Will you leave or do you choose to die right here?"

"Xing Feng, Yun Che!"

"Captain Xing, Captain Yun!"

As if planned, Mo Wenyang came with a group of soldiers and superfunction possessors. Now that the military was here, these muscular dudes had to give up. They quenched the superfunction energy. Their leader took a glower at them before leaving in anger. "Let's go!"

It was a wise move that they chose not to mess with the military or it would get really ugly for them.

"Wait."

Yun Che stopped them. He then dragged the woman from Xing Feng's back and threw her back to the man. The woman shrilled and crashed into the man's chest. "She was obviously lying. A woman surely seeks security from the man she trusts in desperation instead of hiding in a stranger's back. Figure things out with your woman before you try to hunt someone down, OK? Also, deal with all those zombies over there."

Then, Yun Che turned around, indicated Zhou Zeyu to give Meng Xu a hand. All of them went back to the service station.

"Fucking bitch!"

*Slap*

"Aahhh!"

Behind them were the curses of the man, the sound of a slap in the face, and the scream of the woman, as well as the roars of zombies. But none of Yun Che's gang looked back. To them, those were just total strangers who they didn't need to give a crap about.