At the same time, the Government Building of Section A.
"Yun Che, the damn bastard! Go check it! Check exactly what he had said before!"
Liu Xizhao couldn't help smashing his phone when hearing the news. He had racked his brain to think of such a plan to retaliate against Yun Che, but it was in vain so soon. What's worse? They had already given out the supplies. That was to say, if Lin Hongzhi couldn't make it to become the president, they couldn't be able to borrow anything to cover the shortfall, not even with everything the Liu family had. Given the captains in the army were in trouble with him already, if… well, he might not only lose his power as the president but also the power in the army.
"I'm afraid that was exactly what he had said at that time."
Zhu Ping pushed his glasses up his nose. Somehow, he was quite calm. But Liu Xizhao was too furious to notice that. Instead, he roared at Zhu Ping, "Didn't you hear me? Now go check it! I don't need your bullshit!"
That was the last thing he could count on. As long as he could prove that Yun Che hadn't said anything like that, he still had hope.
"Yes, sir."
This time, Zhu Ping didn't say anything but left directly.
"F*ck you, Yun Che! You'd better wish that you would never be caught by me, or I'll skin you piece by piece!"
Liu Xizhao sank back on the chair, full of rage. He was no longer as calm as he was before.
"Who is it?"
Some black vaporous thing condensed in the office. Liu Xizhao raised his head in a rage. Soon, the thing grew more and finally condensed like a man, "You want to seek revenge from Yun Che? Well, that I can help. On one condition, though. You have to be my slave!"
The old and strong voice echoed in the office repeatedly.
"Slave? What the hell are you anyway?! Now get out of my sight!"
Liu Xizhao used to be a talent who was admired by many people at a young age and had become the president when he was middle-aged. How the hell would he compromise to some weird thing coming from nowhere?
Right after he said that, a strong stream of water rushed to the black shadow and dispelled its form immediately.
"You will need my help sooner or later. Remember to call out 'I agree' if you change your mind. Hahaha!"
However, although the shadow was not in its form, it didn't just disappear. The presumptuous laughter sounded before the shadow finally disappeared. In a daze, Liu Xizhao looked at the water stains and recalled what the shadow had said to him.
"President, what happened?"
The two guards pushed the door open without knocking it. Seeing the stains on the floor, they were curious.
Liu Xizhao finally regained his consciousness, "It's okay. Out!"
"Yes, sir."
The guards looked at each other before they got out. Liu Xizhao then waved his hand and cleaned the stains. Thanks to the shadow, he cooled himself down eventually. He was still the president, so he hadn't lost the battle yet. If Yun Che and his team thought doing this was enough to defeat him, that was not gonna happen!
In the villa area of Section C.
"So, Yun Che, you sure you don't want to wander around in the Northeast Base?"
Gao Wei once again paid his attention to Yun Che, the one who had so many things that he was after. As long as Yun Che was willing to go to the Northeast base, he would make sure to keep him stay. Unfortunately, things didn't go as he wanted.
"Sorry, at least not now."
"If I do go to your place, your base will be doomed!"
That was what Yun Che was thinking inwardly. But on the surface, he still played nice and had a smile. No matter it was in the previous life or this life, he had no intention to go there. But if he did, it wouldn't end nicely.
"What a pity! Then, for the sake of my childhood friendship with Xing Feng, would you like to sell me the secret of cultivation?"
Gao Wei was not upset by the refusal. On the contrary, he made a more straightforward request. The rest couldn't help but wonder why he asked this even if he knew clearly what the answer would be. He was not stupid to play such a boring game.
"Does it sound realistic to you?"
Yun Che took out a bottle of water from nowhere and took a glance at Gao Wei. He was curious as well, but he chose to play humble. Gao Wei must be up to something, so they just needed to wait.
"Not possibly."
Gao Wei sighed, pretending to be upset, and then he covered Heiyu's head all of a sudden, "Then, how about you give Heiyu to me instead? This shouldn't be too much to ask. How many supplies and materials do you need? Just name it."
He wanted Heiyu? Was it a joke?
Everyone looked at him this time. His words and expression had shown that he was joking, but each of them could tell that he was serious about this. So, after so long, what he really wanted was to bounce out Heiyu's value? When exactly did Heiyu become popular?
However, wouldn't it be too ignorant to mention materials in front of Yun Che? Nobody in China would dare to challenge him on this.
"Do I look like being short of supplies? I'll tell you what? If you were just joking, I make no judgment; but if you were serious, I have to warn you to drop the idea. See, I don't like others coveting my things. Otherwise, even if you had grown up with Feng, I won't be nice to you. Now, you should go home. Guess we are done here."
The comfortable air was suddenly replaced by sternness. Yun Che snapped his finger, and then Heiyu got rid of Gao Wei and jumped up on Yun Che's shoulder. Gao Wei's eyes turned sharp, but soon, he pretended as if nothing had happened and got up elegantly, "Sorry I may have offended you, Yun Che. Please excuse me for that. I was joking anyway. It's getting late. I'll visit you another time."
After speaking, Gao Wei nodded toward them with a smile and then left the villa with his men.
"Off you go."
Yun Che's voice sounded indifferent. Gao Wei paused for a moment and then kept going without hesitation. It was until he got in the car outside the house that his smile disappeared. He took a look at the villa through the window and then enjoined in a deep voice, "Move!"
"Yes, sir."
As the car started, Gao Wei closed his eyes and leaned back. It was out of his expectation that Yun Che changed his attitude all of a sudden. It wouldn't be easy to get Heiyu from him. But nothing was eternal. He got enough time to deal with them.
"See, master? I'm popular and valued by others. But you are the only one who sees me as nothing."
After Gao Wei left, Heiyu showed off in front of Yun Che. He was clever enough to realize that Gao Wei was here for him, and he didn't resist only because he wondered how far Gao Wei would go to get him. Heiyu was quite disappointed actually. Gao Wei didn't even dare to fight with Yun Che directly, then who the hell was he to get him?
"I see. How about I send you to him? You would probably have a more handsome face when we meet next time."
At least a human face was much better than a dog face, wasn't it?
"Them? Oh, come on, even if I just lie there and let them do whatever they can do to me, they wouldn't be able to hurt me, alright?"
Heiyu knew what Yun Che was saying, but he didn't care at all. His body was tough enough to bear any sharp weapon in the earth, not to mention changing his head.
"Sure, you got the strongest body and the simplest mind, alright?"
"Oh, man, once again you…"
Heiyu was pissed immediately, but Yun Che became serious all of a sudden, "Heiyu, don't you ever underestimate human beings. Now that he is after you, he surely knows how to deal with you. Remember to keep alert!"
Wasn't the mutant beast's body still not hard enough? But those had never stopped trying to remodel them. Somehow, Yun Che had a feeling that Gao Wei was about to make a move.
"I got it. Guess I'll have to be staying at home afterwards."
Realizing that Yun Che was serious about this, Heiyu stopped messing around and rested on his shoulder directly. Yun Che looked around and asked, "Guys, what do you think?"
"He's up to Heiyu. That's no question. I don't think he knows that we already know about mutant human beings. We've been claimed to the outsiders that Heiyu is a mutant beast who can talk and think like a human. It's inevitable that he believes Heiyu has high research value. That's also the reason why he came here to test your attitude. Now that it's impossible to exchange Heiyu with supplies and you have refused him directly, I'm afraid he will play dirty next."
They had to admit that Gao Wei's trick was brilliant. Taking advantage of his relationship with Xing Feng, he joked and tested their attitudes. If they hadn't known anything about the mutant human being, they would have considered that he was just kidding. However, if Gao Wei wasn't such a smarty and played the show today, they would be defenseless to deal with his dirty tricks.
"People are changeable."
Mo Wenyang couldn't help sighing. Gao Wei had not been as cruel as he was now. It had been only a year and a half after Doomsday. There would be probably more people losing their humanities in the days afterwards.
"What Che had always said to us occurred to me all of sudden. He had warned us repeatedly that zombies were never the scariest thing in Doomsday, human hearts were."
Zhou Zeyu shared the same thought. If he hadn't met Yun Che before, he would probably have no chance to sit here right now. It was Yun Che who had helped them adjust the creepy world in the shortest possible time.
"Any news from Fei Ye?"
Now that their opponent had made a move and didn't seem to quit, they had to be prepared. And to do that, they had to defeat Liu Xizhao first. Earlier the last time, Fei Ye had made it to infiltrate Liu's army. But he hadn't sent any message back ever since. Yun Che wasn't worried about his safety. After all, he could simply disguise himself as others easily. And that was enough to guarantee his safety. But now Yun Che was tired of waiting and decided to end the game in advance.
"Not yet."
Gu Mingxuan shook his head. Yun Che then took out his computer and sent an email. He also said to Chenchen, "Chenchen, I'm hungry. Go call your mother and let's go have dinner in the space."
"Okay."
Chenchen wriggled out of his father's arms and ran upstairs right away. Heiyu had made his way to Chenchen's head as well with an adult white fox on his back. It was his pet, and it had acquired the knowledge of cultivation under his guidance. The fox would surely become Chenchen's most reliable demon beast friend in the future.
"Let's go trigger the array."
Ye Xingchen said briefly and then walked out with Jiang Shang. Since they had been staying in the space recently, Heiyu had taught them how to set arrays in case anyone might rush in. Once they performed it, nobody would be able to get in.
"About Gao Wei, how will you deal with him?"
When they were still waiting, Xing Feng asked casually.
Yun Che's eyes turned sharp, "He dared have his eyes on Heiyu, then I'd love to destroy what he most values."
Yun Che's voice was quite calm, but the rest couldn't help quivering when hearing this. They had seen Yun Che with full killing intent. But combining with indifference was the first time. It was true that he had quarreled with Heiyu almost all the time, but that also showed how important Heiyu was in his heart. This time, Gao Wei was indeed out of the line.