Seizing the Opportunity

Since the renovation of the house had been handed over to Ye Xingchen, Yun Che didn't bother asking about it. After Meng Xu recovered, Yun Che began to personally lead his squad on quests. Like what Gu Mingxuan said, the new squads were indeed very strong, and had gained much popularity in less than ten days. When Yun Che arrived at the Superfunction Association with his men, he happened to see the female squad named Overlord Girls recruiting. Leng Yehan told him that these squads had been recruiting solo superfunction possessors the last few days, regardless of their superfunction level. As long as they were willing to join, they would accept them together with their families. The only difference Overlord Girls had from the other three squads was that it only recruited female superfunction possessors. They could bring their family members in, but the one joining the squad had to be a woman.

Many superfunction possessors joked that they were discriminating against men, but the women didn't get upset and even joked that they liked all types of men, leaving the men feeling embarrassed.

"Hey Xinlan, I see you're doing recruitment again, aren't you taking up any quest today?"

The captain of another superfunction squad came forward, and it was obvious from his leering eyes that he was up to no good. Feng Xinlan, captain of Overlord Girls, stood up at once. Just when everyone thought she was going to fly into a rage, a smile appeared on her pretty face, "Are you thinking of free-riding on us again, Captain Zeng?"

Captain Zeng backed off immediately after hearing this. Women had been looked down upon by men in China, and the status of women got even lower after the doomsday where everything depended on one's abilities. Therefore, Captain Zeng was embarrassed about having to rely on a group of women for completing his quests.

"Haha…what an interesting woman, what's her superfunction attribute?"

Seeing this scene the moment he got off the vehicle, Yun Che smiled and asked casually while carrying in his arms Heiyu who had shamelessly shrunk into a puppy again.

"No idea, we haven't worked with them. Are you thinking of recruiting her, Che? This is a good idea. Our squad has too many men, which was why all of you turned gay. Just recruit a few more women, preferably pretty ones, and I guarantee all of you will turn straight."

Before others could say anything, Zhou Zeyu made a long speech in a low voice. Leng Yehan and the others, whom he said had turned gay, ignored him and went straight into the Superfunction Association. The only one who saved him from embarrassment was Yun Che, who turned and took a glance at him sideways, "You're overthinking. Trust my instincts, even Haixuan has married into Xing's squad, the next one will be you."

"Erm…"

Yun Che walked away after speaking, leaving Zhou Zeyu standing there dumbfounded with his mouth twitching. There was no way he would turn gay! His goal had always been to find himself a woman with a pretty face and a great figure. How could a man be as huggable as a woman?

"Captain Feng, was that Captain Yun Che of Peak Squad? He looks weak, are you sure he's very powerful?"

While they saw Overlord Girls, Overlord Girls also noticed them, especially Yun Che who appeared for the first time today. One of the women leaned over and whispered in Feng Xinlan's ear, her face filled with doubt.

"Shut up!"

Feng Xinlan turned and reprimanded in a low voice, "How many times have I told you that it is now the doomsday. One's physical fitness is important, but his superfunction is even more important. It could be misinformation if only one or two people say that Yun Che is powerful, but that can't be the case when everyone says the same thing about him. Don't forget that he's a possessor of three superfunctions— thunder, air and space. Aren't these three superfunctions sought after by everyone? Commander wants us to get close to them and find a way to destroy their reputation among the superfunction possessors, we are not here to despise him."

"Yes, Captain Feng!"

The squad members instinctively stood at attention after being reprimanded, and anyone with slight general knowledge could tell their backgrounds. However, most people were blind and could only see their pretty faces. The military seemed to have put some thought into this—all the ten women from Overlord Girls were very good-looking, especially its captain Feng Xinlan.

"Yun!"

It was early in the morning and many superfunction squads were taking up quests in the hall of the Superfunction Association. Seeing Yun Che coming in, everyone took the initiative to greet him. Among them, Lei Dashan from the Loser Squad was the most enthusiastic. Together with him was Chen Hua from Joy Squad, who also turned and waved at him, but he seemed to have something on his mind and wasn't as lively as he usually was.

"Hi Lei, hi Chen, I'm here too."

Heiyu, who was pretending to be dead in Yun Che's arms, suddenly jumped on his shoulder, raised his front paw and greeted them enthusiastically, leaving both Lei Dashan and Chen Hua stunned. With their mouths twitching, they looked at Yun Che and seemed to be wondering why he brought Heiyu here.

"Behave yourself, Heiyu, is that how you should greet them?"

Yun Che, who was also dumbstruck, smacked his head as a form of warning. Heiyu said unhappily, "What's wrong? I'm much older than them…"

Before he could finish talking, an unwrapped energy bar had been stuffed into his mouth, stopping him from shooting his mouth off.

"Why are you guys together? What quest are you planning to take up?"

After finally fixing Heiyu, Yun Che started the topic awkwardly, but Lei Dashan and Chen Hua both pulled a long face. After a while, Chen Hua pointed to a corner not far away and said, "Shall we talk over there?"

"Sure."

Knowing that it had to be something important, Yun Che signaled with his eye to Leng Yehan and the others not to take up any quest before walking to the corner with the two.

"Why do both of you look so solemn, what happened?"

The three of them sat down on the one-seater sofas in the corner, and Yun Che took out three bottles of normal mineral water. Most people were discussing their quests at this time and not many people noticed them.

"Let me do the talking."

The two of them looked at each other, and Chen Hua sighed before saying, "I guess you must have heard about the squads that suddenly appeared and took up the top ten positions while we were on a quest with the military? One of the squads, Doomsday Shura, even brought us down to the fourth place. I can't complain since we are not as strong as them, but Doomsday Shura has been pushing it too far. They've been participating in all the quests I took up for the past few days, and they even brought other squads along. I'm fine with this since everyone gets the points and rewards after completing the quests. But they've been deliberately hindering us after they completed the quests, and they've done this every time on purpose. They're just afraid of being outnumbered and that their ranking would drop after we complete the quests. Screw them, I can't take this lying down."

Chen Hua got so agitated that he even started swearing. Lei Dashan patted him on the shoulder and said, "Doomsday Shura is obviously disrupting the order of the quests on purpose, and it's not just them. Other than the Overlord Girls, the other two squads are also behaving the same way, and many of the top 20 squads are annoyed by their interference. We've reflected this to the Superfunction Association but they haven't done anything about it. I've just discussed with Captain Chen to take on a more difficult quest together to smack them in the face, but all the recent A-level to S-level quests have been taken up by them, and the remaining SS-level and SSS-level quests are too challenging. I'm worried that there will be casualties if we take them up on impulse. It's not worth gambling with the lives of our brothers just to prove ourselves to them."

After that, the two let out a deep sigh again. Yun Che took out cigarettes and gave them one each. After lighting them, he said, "Do you know why the Superfunction Association hasn't dealt with them?"

After some thought, Yun Che decided to be frank with them, for this could be a good opportunity to help Mo Wenyang get full control of the Superfunction Association.

"Is there…something going on behind the scenes?"

Neither of them were stupid. After exchange glances, both of them became suspicious. Yun Che nodded and created an air membrane around them, "As you know, the base is now headed by the three armies and the government, but the meagre power of the government police is nothing compared to the three armies, and they are just there to play the role of a mediator for the three armies. The three armies are the ones in power."

"The three armies are like the three kingdoms, refusing to give in to yet unable to get rid of each other. They pretend to be on amicable terms with each other but are in actual fact capable of all sorts of unethical behavior. However, Peak and Chaoyang have been on quests with everyone for more than two months, and have built up a good reputation among the supperfunction possessors. Both of you are aware of the relationship between Captain Xing and Major General Mo. If we have to choose an army, we will definitely choose Mo Army. This is obvious to anyone with some brains, and I'm sure Wei and Wang Armies know this too."

"Why was there suddenly a project to clear Shengling Expressway during the previous quest? I guess you probably thought that Major General Mo knew about it beforehand? In actual fact, he only received the order when setting off. What does this mean? It means that there were people who didn't want us to come back too early, or worse still, they didn't want too many of us to come back."

"Right after we left the base, there were rumors of me hiding my water superfunction. You guys must have also heard a lot of slanders against me when you came back, which I don't believe is a coincidence. And even more coincidentally, several squads with strong abilities have suddenly appeared in the base. Don't you think that what they've been doing is a complete imitation of Peak and Chaoyang? Now I guess you should know why the Superfunction Association controlled by the government doesn't dare to deal with them?"

Yun Che wouldn't say this to them if they weren't people whom he trusted. Telling them this was equivalent to getting them to his side. He believed that they weren't stupid and should understand what he was trying to say.

"All the four squads are from Wang and Wei Armies."

After Yun Che put things across, they would be fools if they still couldn't guess it. Chen Hua gritted his teeth and wished he could question the two armies. How could they, the ones holding power in the base, treat the superfunction processors as dirt in order to achieve their goals? How long could a base like this last?

"Wait, what you mean is that Wang and Wei Armies deliberately discredited you and brought in these four squads because they are wary of your reputation among the superfunction possessors and also worried that you will support Mo Army? At the same time, they are also jealous that Major General Mo got the right to lead the army with your support, so they deliberately conveyed the notice to clear Shengling Expressway just before setting off in order to delay our return? And those squads are now hindering us so that they could maintain their ranks or even move up the list, and at the same time win the superfunction possessors over so that we will not only value you guys but also rely on them? If they are really from the military and we really rely on them, wouldn't it be the same as us joining the army? Wouldn't all the superfunction possessors be under their control in the end, and have to be at their beck and call?"

After a long silence, Lei Dashan finally figured everything out, and his boorish face was already filled with hostility. The military had made generous offers to the superfunction possessors, but they didn't join the military simply because they didn't want to lose their freedom and become a pawn. What Wang and Wei Armies did was equivalent to making them join the army in another way. They would be fools if they allowed those unscrupulous people to replace Peak and Chaoyang!

"Yep!"

Yun Che leaned against the back of the sofa and nodded subtly, "That's not all. Everyone knows that the superfunction possessors are strong during the doomsday, so controlling the superfunction possessors is equivalent to getting half of the power to make decisions. We all know how dangerous the previous quest was, so why were they jealous of Major General Mo? Why did they send a captain of the same rank as Major General Mo to stir trouble? It's simply because they were afraid that Major General Mo would take the opportunity to please the superfunction possessors. Although there were just one hundred of us superfunction possessors, those who went on the quest together were either squad captains or someone with outstanding abilities who most likely had the support of more superfunction possessors. Winning us over would be equivalent to getting the support of about half of the superfunction possessors in the base, so how could they not be jealous and stir trouble?"