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Chapter 542: Chapter 542: Forcibly Taking for Oneself
Seeing the Level Seven Earth Element Zombie bound like a cocoon, Lu Hao swung his Tang Sword at its neck.
The Tang Sword, accompanied by flames, sent a gray head encased in rocks rolling to the ground.
Su Jin used vines to extract a Level Seven Earth Element Crystal Core and threw it into a basket nearby.
The basket used by the Heart Talk Team for collecting Mutated Crystal Nuclei was set on a vine plant by Su Jin, already filled to the brim with Mutated Crystal Nuclei. Although the people around looked on enviously, no one dared to tamper with the Crystal Nuclei—after all, so many pairs of eyes were watching from atop the city walls.
These days, Su Jin had been supplying her surplus Special Ability not just to her battlefield-bound family members but also to Mrs. Su Lin Tianhui at the temporary aid station since Lin Tianhui’s healing did not consume physical strength, but only Special Ability.
"Director Lin, your daughter really cares for you; she’s so busy, yet she still comes every day to accompany you,"
said Gao Zhenzhen, another Healing Element Ability User at the Base Hospital.
Lin Tianhui wasn’t familiar with Gao Zhenzhen, as she had been recruited into the Base Hospital as a new Healing Element Ability User just a month ago. Previously, she and Lin Tianhui were at the same Special Ability Level, but for Lin Tianhui, who had just advanced to Level Four, she was still a level behind.
"Yes, a daughter is a little padded jacket, always afraid I’ll get tired. She keeps me company and we chat,"
Lin Tianhui said, her expression unchanging as she continued to receive Su Jin’s Special Ability supply.
"Mom, is she trying to curry favor with you?"
Su Jin asked after the woman walked away, although she felt that there was no good intention in the woman’s tone.
"Who knows, ignore such people. Every time they see Dean Xu, they stick to him,"
scoffed Lin Tianhui.
Prior, she had heard that Gao Zhenzhen had also wanted a director’s position like hers, especially since both their Special Ability Levels were at Level Three healing element. After seeing Dean Xu unwilling to bother with her, Gao Zhenzhen started sniping coldly at Lin Tianhui whenever she got a chance.
So that was it, Su Jin realized.
Lin Tianhui being one of the hospital’s major stakeholders was a secret known only to Dean Xu and a few others like Liang Jiuhui; Gao Zhenzhen likely thought Lin Tianhui owed her director’s position solely to her Level Three Healing Element Ability status.
"Mom, come back with us today. We’ll drive back after we finish this afternoon,"
Su Jin said, their villa still had someone inside, and it was also time to resolve that matter today.
"I’ll come with you. Today the number of wounded isn’t as high,"
Lin Tianhui responded, the mornings had the most wounded, but she had already treated a long line of them. By afternoon, when Xiao Jin and the others entered the field, there should be fewer.
Special Ability Users watching from the city walls discovered that today’s Mysterious Fire Fan was actually being operated by a Wind Element Captain from the Base Guard Squad in coordination with a Fire Element Ability User.
"They say, you know, the Heart Talk Team is willing to lend the Mysterious Fire Fan to our base for a while, to specifically help ward off the Zombie Tide,"
"No way, no way, willing to lend out such a precious treasure?"
"If it were me, I’d definitely keep it hidden all day,"
"That’s why people say the Heart Talk Team is so generous, they’ve really contributed a lot to our base,"
"Tsk tsk, impressive, impressive,"
"..."
Shao Zian listened with satisfaction to the news he had spread around; it seemed everyone was interested whenever the Heart Talk Team was mentioned, so news of the Mysterious Fire Fan being lent to the base by the Heart Talk Team spread throughout the base in under an hour.
Naturally, Han Yue also heard about this, and while he considered himself to be unlucky, he felt a surge of irritation.
The Heart Talk Team was really incompatible with him!
What a time to lend it out!
...
At that moment, Wang Liang resignedly lay in the basement, having been captured on the spot by the members of the Heart Talk Team. It seemed his life was likely over now.
Poor him, with all his Invisibility Ability, how come it became useless at the S-city base?
Suddenly, in the darkness, he heard footsteps.
Listening, it seemed to be the people from the Heart Talk Team returning. Wang Liang imagined countless ways he could die, wondering how the Heart Talk Team’s people would torture him.
Immediately after, someone turned on the lights in the basement, and indeed, Lu Hao and Su Jin from the Heart Talk Team had returned, followed by a young, tall boy who he remembered should be an ice-element ability user from their team.
However, to his surprise, Su Jin actually unlocked the cage and lifted him out.
"Wang Liang, do you want to live or die?"
Lin Xiuyuan asked directly.
"I, I want to live!"
Upon hearing that he still had a chance to live, Wang Liang immediately chose the former without any hesitation.
"To live is possible, we will let you go back, but..."
Lu Hao paused for a moment and glanced at Wang Liang’s expression. Seeing his face light up with joy, he continued, "We need you to be our informant."
Informant?
Wang Liang was stunned. They wanted him to be an informant for the Heart Talk Team?
"What do you need me to do?"
Wang Liang asked nervously, swallowing his saliva.
"Continue as before. Whatever the Han Family asks you to do, just do it. Only when it comes to matters related to S City Base or our Heart Talk Team, you need to find a way to pass the information to us,"
Lu Hao said.
"I, I agree, but if I return to B City, I might not have any way to pass on the information,"
Wang Liang suddenly became unsure.
"Don’t worry, once you’re back in B City, just find a way to pass any information to Wei Junhao," 𝖓𝔬𝖛𝔭𝔲𝖇.𝔠𝔬𝖒
Su Jin’s gentle voice rang out, seemingly offering him a solution but actually making a demand.
The Wei Family?
The Wei Family and the Heart Talk Team, no, with S City, are they now on the same side?
Wang Liang quickly understood the relationships involved; as long as the Heart Talk Team was willing to spare his life, he could cooperate in the future.
"So you agree?"
Su Jin confirmed once more.
Seeing Wang Liang nod in agreement, Su Jin walked over to him, then crouched beside him, looking him up and down, apparently searching for something on his body.
Immediately after, Wang Liang felt a sharp pain in his back, making him involuntarily groan, but moments later, the pain in his back disappeared, as if the wound had already healed.
"I have implanted a few special seeds in your body. No need to worry for now; as long as you behave and listen to us, whether those seeds exist or not is unimportant,"
Su Jin continued, crouching down and looking directly at Wang Liang.
"What happens if I don’t listen?"
Wang Liang knew it wouldn’t be that simple.
"It will be like this, let me show you,"
Su Jin seemed to have prepared in advance and took out a phone with a video already queued up, playing it in front of Wang Liang.
In the video, there was a grayish-white mutated zombie.
It roared at something in front of it, and a thin vine suddenly penetrated its abdomen. Although this attack with the vine had no apparent effect initially, after a while, innumerable branches started sprouting from the zombie’s skin all over its body—including from its mouth and eye sockets...
"Otherwise, you’ll end up just like it,"
Su Jin said with a smile.
