Wang Yun had been unconscious for quite a while. Before the middle-aged man attacked “Old Xu,” Wang Yun had already started foaming at the mouth. Now that the skirmish was over, he still had not regained consciousness.
Fortunately, the middle-aged man had seemingly not wanted to take Old Xu’s life. Therefore, the poison in the hardtack was only to paralyze “him” and not to kill.
A group of people surrounded the unconscious Wang Yun, with four of them being his subordinates. They had stopped pretending and quickly checked on Wang Yun’s condition. They were only relieved when they could confirm Wang Yun was only unconscious.
After they checked him, the four of them looked at each other in dismay. Ever since they joined the team, all of them acted like they did not know each other and did not even communicate with one another.
But they did not find anything unusual with Director Wang Yun these few days. How did he suddenly get poisoned after taking a bite of the hardtack?
Could this be the doing of Director Wang Yun’s two other competitors in the Kong Consortium?
Although they had left the Kong Consortium, their supplies for the expedition were still collected through the logistics department of the intelligence agency. Judging by the methods of his two competitors, it would not have been difficult for them to poison the supplies as well.
Now that the race to become the intelligence director was at its most intense stage, poisoning an opponent to death could not be ruled out even if it might sound a little crazed.
Wang Yun did not tell them he had been starving for a day and a half either. After all, as a senior officer, it was a little embarrassing he ended up in such a state. Wang Yun thought it would be very easy for him to settle a matter like that by himself.
Therefore, his subordinates did not think too much about it. All they felt was that their superior might have been plotted against by a political opponent.
One of them muttered, “Director Wang’s supplies and ours were mixed together. I’m afraid that some of our hardtack could be poisoned as well.”
“But nothing happened when we ate them before,” someone replied.
“The other party might not have poisoned too many of the rations.” The person who spoke first explained, “It might only be one-tenth of the hardtack that was poisoned. But would you dare to bet your life on which ones are poisoned and which ones are not?”
There were still others around them, but these four people no longer pretended. Previously, they had acted like they did not know each other. Now that something had happened to their superior, there was no need to continue acting anymore.
“I wonder when Director Wang will wake up?”
“Director Wang is a superhuman, so he should be fine.”
It wasn’t until the next morning that Wang Yun slowly regained consciousness. When he saw his four subordinates keeping guard by his side, he bluntly asked, “How long have I been out for?”
“One night.” One of his subordinates recounted what had happened the previous night. “Sir, did you get poisoned by the hardtack we brought along for the expedition?”
Wang Yun was still a little weak. He hesitated for a moment before saying, “Yes.”
There was no way he could say he had used his superpower to steal someone else’s food in the middle of the night and even got poisoned in the process. He could not bring himself to say something so embarrassing.
Some people in the camp had already woken up to pack their belongings.
Wang Yun examined the campsite. He knew everyone in the campsite must know by now that the five of them were acquainted, so he looked at his subordinates and said, “I haven’t eaten anything all night. Go and get some food and water for me.”
In fact, Wang Yun had not gone hungry for just one night. He was so hungry right now he could not take it anymore. Since his subordinates’ identities were exposed, he should just quickly get some food from them.
However, one of his subordinates answered, “Sir, we’ll get you some water first. We mustn’t eat from our rations anymore. What if the rest of the food was also poisoned? I’ll go and get rid of the remaining supplies immediately!”
“Get rid of it?” Wang Yun was stunned.
“That’s right. Since you were poisoned, it must’ve been your competitors’ doing. That’s why we can’t eat our rations anymore,” the subordinate said matter-of-factly. “But that’s alright. We’ll go out again in the morning to see if we can find any food nearby. Don’t worry, survival in the wilderness won’t be a problem for us.”
With that, the subordinate went off to throw away all the rations they had brought.
Wang Yun wanted to cry but no tears came out. He was really at a loss of how to explain it. Moreover, he had just admitted he got poisoned after eating his own rations.
His subordinates threw away the rations they had brought with them. Yet, there were not even any signs of living things here in Mt. Shenchi. Wang Yun felt he would have to get out of this place as soon as possible. It did not matter where they went, but it should at least be a place where they could find food.
Wang Yun thought that if he became the first supernatural being to starve to death in this new era, he might as well kill himself right now!
“Help me up.” Wang Yun struggled to get up with the help of his subordinates. He walked to the center of the campsite and asked Cheng Yu, “What’s your next plan?”
Off to the side, Luo Lan chuckled and said, “We’re getting ready to leave now. Those who were captured by the tarantulas earlier are also able to move slowly now. Although their movements are not nimble yet, the Pyro Company has probably already set their sights on this place, so we can’t stay here much longer. How did you get poisoned? Look at your pale face. Shall we wait for you to recover and rest until the morning is over?”
“There’s no need to wait!” Wang Yun said firmly, “We’re leaving Mt. Shenchi immediately!”
“You’re quite strong,” Luo Lan muttered as he went to look for Zhou Qi to pack his things.
When Wang Yun heard what Luo Lan said, he nearly spat out a mouthful of blood. Strong? Wasn’t it all because he was fucking forced into such a situation?!
Ren Xiaosu looked at Wang Yun and the others, then whispered to Yang Xiaojin, “I saw that guy’s subordinates throwing away all their food just now. Could someone have really poisoned them?”
“That’s possible.” Yang Xiaojin said nonchalantly, “It looks like it.”
“Then I have a bold idea. They might not have anything left to eat now, but I still have quite a lot of rations,” Ren Xiaosu said.
“Why? You’re thinking of earning his money?” Yang Xiaojin glanced at Ren Xiaosu. “Why do you need so much money?”
“It’s useful, of course.” Ren Xiaosu said, “You think we don’t have to spend money in the future? I heard that getting married, having children, and buying a house are all things that involve money! How can I let our children lead a difficult life…”
When Yang Xiaojin heard this, she immediately rolled her eyes. She knew Ren Xiaosu was trying to take advantage of her through his words again. She got so angry that she nearly laughed. The guy in front of her was so cowardly in his actions, but he was really not shy at all with his words.
Ren Xiaosu walked up to Wang Yun and said, “Look, someone must’ve poisoned the rations that y’all brought along. We happen to have extra rations with us. We can sell them to you!”
Wang Yun’s eyes lit up. “Thank you, we happen to need it. May I know how much you’re selling it for?”
“One million yuan…” Ren Xiaosu was just about to say he would sell 50 hardtacks for one million yuan when he heard the palace issuing a new quest.
Nearby, Cheng Yu was watching the conversation. He felt Ren Xiaosu was really ballsy to even quote such a price. One million yuan was a lot of money, so Wang Yun was unlikely to accept it.
Then he heard Ren Xiaosu say, “Actually, you don’t have to pay for it. If you sing nursery rhymes with me, I’ll give you 50 hardtacks.”
Cheng Yu was confused. So was Wang Yun.
