That leader, who was in his thirties, was big and tall in his full suit of green armor.
This person spoke rapidly to Mo Lian and the rest, rattling off like spilling beans, “I believe that everyone came to Jiaozhong Base for the same purpose and mission: clearing up the base as well as gathering supplies.”
“We set out from Rice City, but after coming here, we got besieged by many zombies. We have finally broken out of their encirclement after sacrificing 90 percent of our team members. Accordingly, should you not treat us a bit more friendly? We will not ask you to give us half of the supplies, but we should at least get a fifth or two-fifths of it so that we can turn in our mission after returning to Rice City!”
“Otherwise, this would be too unjustified.”
“Tsk.” A female mystic cultivator in Qiao Mu’s team scoffed, “Puh-lease, we are not a charity house. As everyone is here for their missions, we will not interfere with each other, and that’s all. Yet you make it sound like we owe you. That does not make sense, huh?”
“This friend, what you are saying…”
“Leader, what are you bickering with them for.” Kali suddenly pulled out an engraved token from beneath her dress and flourished it before everyone. “Jiaozhong Base was originally part of Rice City’s territory, so all of its supplies belong to Rice City. Right now, I order you all to hand it over, or else…”
“Oh! F*ck!” A small commotion came from the Rice City team.
Just as Kali was jabbering away, a middle-aged team member suddenly pounced over and latched onto her from behind. He then widened his mouth and bit the back of her neck.
“Ahh, oh!” The people from the Rice City team screamed.
“Heavens, this person has mutated!”
The leader turned around and used his blade to behead the team member that had pounced onto and bit Kali.
All the members of the Rice City team had scattered, emptying out a large area in the middle for Kali and that leader.
Kali held the back of her neck that was stabbing with pain as she let out a heaven-quaking screech.
“Don-Don’t be anxious!” The leader was about to speak when he saw everyone in Qiao Mu’s team positioned and ready to attack Kali.
“Don’t! Don’t, don’t, don’t! Don’t attack, don’t attack!” The leader motioned for everyone to stop as he sweated in anxiousness. “It will be fine! Nothing will happen!”
“You are just fooling yourself!” Brother Axe berated, “Someone in your team had actually mutated, yet you were all in the dark!”
“N-No, that is not it!”
“Stop wasting your breath, kill this woman!”
“No, don’t attack. Don’t, don’t, don’t! You’re all not allowed to move!” The leader retreated with Kali while protecting her. He then glared at Brother Axe and them as he questioned, “What are you people doing?”
“Did you not see that she has gotten bitten? She will mutate soon, alright?” Liang Qingqing remarked while knitting her brows. “You aren’t helping her by doing this. You are harming your entire team.”
“We have a way to inhibit the mutation.” The leader roared, “Nichang, Nichang come out!”
A 17 to 18-year-old girl with rosy cheeks, whose hair was tied up into braided pigtails, walked out from the back of the team.
That girl bit her finger as she cracked a silly grin. She stared besottedly at Duan Yue, unable to turn her eyes away nor move her feet to walk.
Qiao Mu and company all turned to look at Duan Yue.
The latter had originally been fanning himself with the raven bone fan in an elegant and restrained manner, but when he saw that girl’s infatuated gaze, his handsome face stiffened…
