Chapter 376

As the words fell, the room was silent, and everyone’s breathing slowed down involuntarily.
Zhao Zhuqing, leaning on his crutches, slowly stood up from his seat.
He chuckled, raised his hand, and slapped Yi Chongde hard across the face.
Zhao Zhuqing’s strength was astonishing, knocking out two of Yi Chongde’s teeth. Blood flowed down his swollen mouth and dripped onto the floor with a thud.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Zhao! Please spare my life! I spoke without thinking!”
Yi Chongde did not hesitate for even a moment, kneeling at Zhao Zhuqing’s feet without any delay, his body trembling with fear.
The man before him was mysterious and powerful, and a rare dual-ability user, someone he couldn’t afford to provoke.
Zhao Zhuqing curled his lips, then relaxed his strength and sat back in his seat.
“In front of me, remember to treat yourself like a dog.
Everything you have now was given to you by me, and I can take it back whenever I want.
Including your life.”
Yi Chongde shuddered violently, ignoring the excruciating pain on his face, he kowtowed and apologized, his posture extremely low.
Yi Long, who had just wanted to seek more benefits for himself, also closed his mouth silently, not daring to say another word.
They were all afraid, afraid of losing their lives.

Lin Qianhuan sat cross-legged on the carpet by the fireplace, carefully observing the location of Yi Long on the screen.
Building 37!
He was actually in Building 37!
She looked at the flashing red light in disbelief and gently tugged at Jiang Xing’s sleeve.
“Look.”
Jiang Xing looked down at the screen, raising his eyebrows slightly: “Building 37? He actually lives in the same building as Yi Zhonglin?”
Lin Qianhuan nodded: “I didn’t expect these people to play the ‘hiding in plain sight’ trick.
Yi Long deliberately wandered around the living area for a long time to avoid being discovered, and finally ran back to Building 37 when people weren’t paying attention.
They are clever, knowing that we wouldn’t focus our attention on the residential buildings where the base’s higher-ups live.
But I do find it a bit strange, where exactly are they hiding in Building 37?
Yi Zhonglin comes to the building every so often to register the residents’ living conditions and check for contraband.
Logically speaking, hiding in a residential building would definitely expose them.”
Jiang Xing pondered for a moment: “Could it be that he has an inside man in the building?
The inside man took them in and deliberately helped to cover them up, which allowed them to avoid detection again and again.”
Lin Qianhuan stroked her chin and suddenly slapped her thigh.
“Oh! We both forgot, there are also those with invisibility abilities!
We encountered one at the Yuncheng subway station. Not only can invisibility ability users hide their own tracks, but they can also apply the effect to their teammates at the same time.
Relying on visual detection alone, it is impossible to see their location!”
Jiang Xing’s eyes lit up, and he nodded slightly: “Indeed, but this also proves that Zhao Zhuqing has an inside man in the base.
Not just Yi Chongde and Yi Long, he must have other people under his command.”
“Yes, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to hide under our noses for so long.
But no matter how deeply they hide, I will dig them out and get rid of them.”
She clenched her fists silently, her eyes filled with determination.

Suddenly, the communicator on her wrist began to heat up.
Lin Qianhuan looked down, it was a video call from Lin Wansheng.
She quickly answered the call, smiling at the camera: “What’s wrong, Second Brother, do you miss me?”
Lin Wansheng’s face was serious, and Lin Yixuan was sitting beside him.
“Stop being glib. Has something happened to the Xiangyang base?
We heard that you and Yi Zhonglin had a falling out and are fighting for the position of base leader. Is there such a thing?
Didn’t I remember that you two had a pretty good relationship? How did it come to this?”
Lin Qianhuan was a little surprised when she heard this: “Oh, your news is quite well-informed.
Where did you hear it from?”
Lin Yixuan sighed: “There is always communication between bases. Whether it’s official or among ordinary residents, news spreads very quickly.
There is no wall that doesn’t leak, not to mention your situation is so big, it’s hard not to know.”
Lin Qianhuan didn’t plan to hide it from them, and smiled as she explained the whole story.
Lin Yixuan and Lin Wansheng were both very surprised: “Acting? You are quite bold, actually fooling all the survivors in the base.”
Lin Qianhuan smiled a little embarrassedly: “Only if all the residents take it seriously, will Zhao Zhuqing and the others be fooled, and the plan can proceed smoothly.
I suspect that Zhao Zhuqing has other forces behind him, and their target is not just me, but the entire Xiangyang base.”
Lin Wansheng hesitated for a moment: “Could it be the Salvation Society? Only they would cause trouble everywhere.”
“Maybe, the first thing I suspected was the Salvation Society.
But if the enemy is the Salvation Society again, the trouble will be great.
Now even the Xiangyang base has been infiltrated by them again, what will happen in the future?”
Seeing Lin Qianhuan looking worried, Lin Yixuan and Lin Wansheng didn’t feel much better either.
“Yes, the Salvation Society is like a virus. As long as one person in the base rebels, many people will be infected immediately.
It’s a pity that we still know very little about them, we don’t know their headquarters, and we don’t even know their next plan.
Even if we are careful, there will always be accidents.
After all, people’s hearts are unpredictable, and some people will do anything for profit.”
Lin Qianhuan sighed quietly when she heard this: “That’s true.
Big Brother, do you have any news there?
Have the teams sent to find the traces of the Salvation Society still not found any useful information?”
Lin Yixuan shook his head: “No.
Not only that, but the situation in the Kyoto base is not optimistic now, everyone is so busy they are at their wit’s end, and they don’t have time to worry about this matter.”
Lin Qianhuan was a little puzzled: “What’s wrong? Not enough supplies?”
“There are enough supplies. The residents in the base are all using the planting boxes bought from you, so there is no need to worry about food for the time being.
But I heard that Blue Star is about to usher in another full-scale cooling.”
“Again?”
Lin Qianhuan was so shocked that she stood up directly, turning her head to look out the window in disbelief.
The blizzard blurred her vision, and a layer of frost formed on the glass. The situation was indeed not optimistic.
“The current outdoor temperature is -34℃. If the temperature drops again, can humans still survive?”
Her heart sank to the bottom, and a large stone seemed to be pressing on her chest.
Lin Yixuan sighed a long time: “God is probably really trying to cut off our way out.
If the temperature drops again and again, not to mention whether the crops in the planting boxes can continue to grow, there won’t be enough firewood alone.
The Xiangyang base uses fireplaces, but the Kyoto base and the Beiling base can only use braziers.
In order to save resources, one brazier has to supply more than a dozen people, and many people have more or less frostbite.
If the temperature continues to drop, the consequences will be disastrous.”
Lin Qianhuan pursed her lips, already making a decision in her heart.

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