"Xing Feng and Yun Che have gone into the mountains?"
In Wei Army's compound, Wei Kan frowned slightly upon receiving the news. He wasn't in the best of moods even though he was taking the lead this time. Firstly, It wasn't easy to run a school. Since this was announced solely by Wei Army, they wouldn't be able to use the public resources in the base and had to bear all the expenses, manpower and materials. Secondly, he had gotten the news from Chaoyang. He was also fearful of Xing Feng and Yun Che, whom he thought were simply his natural-born enemies. Neither of them were easy to deal with, and he believed they wouldn't just suffer in silence. However, they had now gone into the mountains, acting as though nothing had happened. Wei Kan simply couldn't figure out what was on their mind.
And it was precisely because he couldn't see through them that he was so worried!
"According to the soldiers who came back with them previously, Yun Che wanted to get Xing Feng an Eagle King as a pet. They could have purely gone into the mountains without having anything up their sleeves. Don't read too much into it, Commander."
Also in the office, Lin Xian said as he pushed his glasses up on his nose. After taking advantage of Xing Feng and Yun Che this time, he finally felt better after a period of depression, and was still immersed in great joy at this moment. Moreover, since even the military didn't dare to go into the mountains at will, he felt that Yun Che and Xing Feng were simply too conceited to think that they could come and go anywhere freely. Things could get interesting if they died in the mountains.
"Of course I know they didn't go into the mountains to plot against us. The problem is that they didn't fight back after being taken advantage of by us, but went into the mountains to idle their time away instead. You think that's normal?"
Wei Kan gave him a hostile glare before turning to others.
"How can they fight back? Although Captain Xing has the Xing family backing him up, the Xing family's influence is limited to within the capital, and they are now too far away to render him any help. Xing Feng is nothing more than an ordinary superfunction squad captain in the Southwest Base. So what if they are powerful? They can't do anything to us, can they?"
Lin Xian snorted in disdain, and was even a little unhappy with Wei Kan, thinking that he was lauding their enemies and belittling themselves.
"Lin Xian!"
Wei Kan harshened his tone. He was aware that Lin Xian held a grudge against Xing Feng and Yun Che because of what happened previously, and that he always wanted to bring them down whenever he had the chance. This kind of mentality was understandable if they were ordinary people, but how could they as generals leading tens of thousands of soldiers be so narrow-minded? Holding grudges excessively would only affect their judgment, and the result could be fatal.
"Please calm down, Commander. Major General Lin has his reasons for saying so. Mo Army would be the one leading even if they were to fight back. Peak and Chaoyang are merely two insignificant superfunction squads."
"That's right, Commander, we should be more wary of Mo Army. Isn't it a good thing that Peak and Chaoyang aren't taking any actions?"
"Maybe they're really at their wits' end, thanks to Major General Lin…"
"That's right…"
Despite feeling indignant, Lin Xian didn't dare to say anything more after being reprimanded. The other generals came forward to mediate the dispute, and Wei Kan stared at Lin Xian for a long while before looking away, "How many times must I tell you not to underestimate Xing Feng and Yun Che? Haven't we suffered enough because of them? Do you really want to be played for a fool by them every time?"
Wei Kan was getting a little exasperated, and there were times when he would even secretly envy Xing Tianlan and Mo Jiancheng. The Southwest Base would be theirs sooner or later if he also had people with brains and courage like Xing Feng and Yun Che assisting him, but unfortunately… Wei Kan let out a deep sigh again looking at his generals—they weren't stupid, just that they continued some of the vices they had from before the doomsday and thought that the army was the most powerful. If the commotion caused by the superfunction possessors this time still didn't serve to alert them and increase their sense of crisis, would they come to their senses only when the foundation of Wei Army was shaken? It would be too late by then.
In the meanwhile, in Wang Army's compound.
"You haven't found him? You idiots! Mobilize all our soldiers for the search and track the invisibility superfunction possessor down by hook or by crook!"
Wang Wei flew into a rage in the office. He had been boiling with anger ever since he received the anonymous video, and the officers didn't dare go into the office unless necessary.
"Commander, we've cleaned up the entire place but didn't find any traces of outsiders. Could it be that someone deliberately made that video to sow discord?"
The major in charge of reporting back to him was in a fix. They had yet to find any clue even though they had combed everywhere right after receiving the video, hence they couldn't help but doubt the authenticity of the video.
"Our spies at Mo Army have just reported that the invisibility superfunction possessor who sneaked in has been caught."
Wang Wei had just calmed down a little, and the soldier's announcement incurred his wrath once more. He glared and shouted again, "Continue with the investigation. I don't believe he can escape without being seen!"
"Yes…"
The major dared not question about the video anymore and quickly ran out. Wang Guo'an, who had been pushed out by his comrades to appease the fire-breathing monster, took a cup of tea and served it to Wang Wei, "Calm down, Brother, our entire army will be in chaos if this goes on…"
He knew that his wrath wasn't entirely caused by the invisibility superfunction possessor, but largely because of Wei Army's announcement on running a school in the morning. It was something that would really benefit the people and, if done well, would not only help Wei Army gain popularity in the upcoming election but also bring them good reputation for years to come. As their opponent, Wang Wei naturally didn't want to see things going so smoothly for them, and it so happened that he concurrently got to hear about Wei Army planting an invisible superfunction possessor in their army. Anyone in his shoes would flare up.
"I'll try."
Wang Wei still sounded a little exasperated after taking the teacup. How could he not be worried when they had already fallen behind Wei Army, and Mo Army had always been the one leading?
"Brother, we have invisibility superfunction possessors too. Why don't we send them out if you're really upset?"
Although there weren't many people with invisibility attributes, it wasn't surprising for an army with tens of thousands of soldiers to have a few of such people, just that they hadn't been held in high regard in the past as they had no fighting capabilities. However, after Wei Army took the lead, it was now time for these invisibility superfunction possessors to get into action.
"You're right. Go check out the number of invisibility superfunction possessors we have right now, best if we could send one each to Wei Army and Mo Army. If we have enough of them, send one to Chaoyang Community too. Besides the election, I've got a feeling Xing Feng is doing something behind the scenes requesting for the research institute. Get the invisibility superfunction possessors to investigate this."
Wang Wei suddenly got so excited that he almost stuttered.
"Yes. Mo Army wouldn't think that another invisibility superfunction possessor would sneak in after they've just gotten rid of one. I'll go make the arrangements, Brother. Cool down, everyone is feeling intimidated because of you.
After Wang Guo'an got up and went out, Wang Wei finally showed a faint smile on his face. However, they would never expect Yun Che and Xing Feng to have already gone to search for the item that could counter invisibility superfunction possessors, and sending their invisibility superfunction possessors over now was simply sending them to their doom.
The Longmen Range stretched for tens of thousands of miles and spanned several provinces in the southwest. Trees and beasts were abundant in the mountains, and no one dared to dabble in the deepest part of the mountains even before the doomsday. After the doomsday, other than the Southwest Base, survivors from other provinces and smaller bases within the province had also explored the Longmen Range in order to hunt animals and look for fruits and vegetables to eat, but the outcome was the same for all—none of those who went in came back alive, and the mountains gradually became less explored.
"Look at the number of mutant beasts here!"
Riding on Heiyu through the forest, Yun Che exclaimed while looking at the air panel, but Xing Feng was rather calm, "Beasts are aggressively territorial and will not leave their territory easily. We don't have to worry about them running down the mountains."
Just like human beings who yearn for cities and are used to living in crowded and prosperous places, beasts are used to living in places they are familiar with, regardless of whether they are solidarity or live in groups.
"Yep, mutant beasts retain their pre-mutation habits, but there will still be mutant beasts going down the mountain after some time. The weaker beasts have to look for food elsewhere as they have less ability to survive in the forest."
And it was without a doubt that human beings were the most delicious to them.
"We just have to be on alert then. Where do the blood vines you said usually grow?"
He could feel the sound of the surrounding woods even without an air panel. There were also some mutant plants that were significantly larger than those before the doomsday, particularly the mutant trees. Some of them were so thick that they looked like they've been around for centuries, but it was impossible to have so many centuries-old trees in the outskirts of the Longmen Range where they were still at. Other than having unusually luxuriant branches and leaves, some of their flowers and fruits were also bigger than those before the doomsday. Fortunately, they did not actively attack them like what Yun Che had said, or they might not be able to walk so effortlessly in the forest.
"On cliff edges if I'm not wrong. Heiyu, see if you can find any cliffs."
The Bone-dissolving Blood Vine sounded terrifying to people who didn't know about its characteristics, but it really wasn't a big deal. As Yun Che didn't study much about it in his previous life, he only knew of its existence but wasn't sure of its growth environment.
"Sure!"
Heiyu jumped straight up into the air, took a glance at where the cliff was, and ran over by stepping on the treetops. The poor Wolf King wasn't as powerful as him and could only try to catch up with him from below.
"Pah…"
Suddenly, just when Heiyu was about to jump straight to the edge of the cliff, several tree roots swept towards them. Heiyu swept away two of them with one paw while Yun Che and Xing Feng cut a few others with the knives in their hands.
"Ah…Hanhan…"
"Cheng!"
"Roar…"
After jumping off Heiyu's back and before they could figure out which mutant tree had attacked them, they heard Yun Cheng screaming as well as Leng Yehan and the Wolf King roaring from behind. The three of them quickly turned around and made a dash, but…
"You dirtied my clothes, get lost!"
"Bang boommm…"
Yun Cheng shouted unhappily again. When Yun Che and Xing Feng rushed over, they saw Yun Cheng grabbing the roots of the tree that was wrapped around his waist and had pulled him off the ground. Then, the roots of the tree exploded section by section, as though someone had placed explosives on them. At the same time, the branches that were twined around the Wolf King and Leng Yehan also shook and retracted.
"Is this…the coercion of the Super Zombie?"
Xing Feng's mouth twitched as he felt at a loss for words. They all knew how difficult it was to deal with the mutant trees, but Yun Cheng… should they call him awesome or powerful?