A few days later, Su Han went to the base's exchange and took out a few ordinary zombie crystal cores, placing them on the table in preparation for exchanging them for a few bottles of water.

Uncle Wang collected the crystal core and took out a pitifully half-empty bottle of water.

"Uncle Wang, that's not fair of you. These crystal cores could usually be exchanged for two bottles," Su Han said, dissatisfied.

"Sigh... It's not that I'm deliberately giving you less, it's just that the base is facing a water shortage lately."

In the post-apocalyptic world, almost all outdoor water resources are contaminated by corpses, and bottled drinking water is extremely scarce.

The base's daily operations rely on the high-cost disinfection and filtration of water, as well as the production of water-based ability users.

Zhao Guang is the only beginner-level water-based ability user in the base, and he can usually support almost one-third of the base's drinking water consumption.

"Why is there a shortage of drinking water?"

Seeing Uncle Wang's expression, Su Han silently placed another crystal core on the table.

Uncle Wang smiled, his eyes narrowing, and quietly pocketed the money.

"Zhao Guang has had a falling out with our leader and hasn't provided our base with drinking water for two days."

Su Han feigned surprise, "Really? Isn't Chief Wang Zhao Guang's savior? Isn't that common knowledge?"

"You have to admit, it's human nature..." Uncle Wang shook his head.

"Uncle Wang, do you know exactly what their conflict was? Hehe, don't laugh at me, I'm genuinely curious." Su Han took out two more crystal cores and placed them on the table.

Uncle Wang stared at the crystal core on the table, making no attempt to hide the greed in his eyes. But he truly didn't know why Zhao Guang had turned against the leader.

"Nobody knows, except that a few days ago, someone saw Zhao Guang storming angrily from the west side of the city straight into the leader's office building."

The west side of the city is where Zhao Guang's sister lives.

Su Han knew she probably wouldn't get anything out of Uncle Wang, so she pushed the two crystal cores towards him. "Alright, thanks, Uncle. Half a bottle is half a bottle, I'll just bring more crystal cores next time."

Uncle Wang couldn't stop smiling.

*

At the same time, Wang Jiafu, sitting in his office, was furious.

Standing before him were several guards in black combat uniforms, and next to him was Tang Qiao, the equally dark-faced captain of the guard team.

"You're utterly useless and only cause trouble! Can't you control your lust?! I know Zhao Guang's sister is indeed beautiful, but is now the time to mess with Zhao Guang?!"

"The entire base depends on him! What will you drink without him?! You bunch of useless trash!"

God knows how bewildered he was when Zhao Guang stormed into his house early this morning and pointed his finger at him while cursing.

Later, Wang Jiafu learned that Zhao Guang was so angry because some guards had insulted his sister the night before!

Damn it, he spent a lot of effort to get rid of this stubborn and difficult person by threatening Zhao Guang, but now that one of his men has lost control of his lower body, he is about to lose half of the wealth he has worked so hard to build!

If Zhao Guangzhen were to reveal that matter, it would be all over, but because of the other party's identity, he dared not kill him directly.

Wang Jiafu raged, then turned his attention to Tang Qiao.

"Captain, tell me, what are you going to do about the fact that your men aren't controlling their lower bodies?"

There were four people guarding Zhao Guang's sister, and none of them admitted to doing it.

Tang Qiao hesitated for a moment, then said, "Since none of you will admit it, then all four of you will die together."

In an instant, purple lightning danced at the man's fingertips.

The four guards panicked instantly. "Captain, it really wasn't us. We were on our regular shifts yesterday, and we were all resting when the incident happened."

Tang Qiao went up and slapped the man who was speaking to him.

"Do you think I'm an idiot?"

All four of them were resting. Could it be that the ghost did that?

The guards were in a difficult position and could not explain themselves. They all knew that whoever dared to admit it would face certain death.

Wang Jiafu felt a throbbing pain in his temples.

He waved to Tang Qiao, "Take all four of them to the square and shoot them. That will give Zhao Guang an explanation, and let the survivors see what happens to those who don't follow the rules."

Let the survivors see what happens to those who dare to defy him.

Upon hearing this, the four guards immediately became excited.

However, before they could even shout, Tang Qiao raised his hand, and a surge of electricity instantly coursed through their bodies.

Several men fell down without a sound.

"You have to pay the price for what you did wrong. Giving you a quick death is already being very lenient with you."

Tang Qiao's gaze was cold and sinister; he looked at the group of people as if they were dead.

*

Su Han had just left the exchange when she heard that someone was going to be executed in the square near the mission hall.

He could guess who was going to die even with his toes.

Su Han followed the crowd to the center of the square and saw four men in black combat uniforms kneeling on the ground, looking dejected.

Su Han had never seen the man standing next to her before, but judging from the respectful attitude of the others towards him, she guessed that he was probably the captain, Tang Qiao.

Tang Qiao stood beside the four men, his face cold and stern. He rarely appeared in public, but these four men were exceptionally skilled, and only he could control them, so he had to stay with them.

He arranged for a guard team to maintain order around the area, and if anyone asked, the guard team would briefly explain what had happened.

Su Han listened casually and learned that these four men had harassed Mr. Zhao Guang's sister, violating the base's rule against insulting women, so the leader ordered them to be shot in the street.

For a moment, Su Han felt as if she had returned to feudal society.

Upon hearing this, many survivors in the crowd regained a glimmer of hope on their previously numb faces.

"Chief Wang is truly... fair-minded. He's even willing to kill his own elite troops."

"In this world, it's not easy to find people who still follow the rules and protect the families of people with superpowers."

"At our Hope Base, as long as you follow the rules, you'll have a chance to survive..."

However, those who could say such things were mostly relatives and friends of the "upper class." The "lower class" present had already suffered terribly from Wang Jiafu's policies and would no longer have any goodwill towards this leader.

But since Wang Jiafu wanted to use these four lives to win people's hearts, Su Han would not do as he wished.

"Wait, wait!"

Su Han suddenly jumped out from the crowd.

Tang Qiao's gaze immediately locked onto the seemingly harmless boy.

He remembered this person; he was exceptionally skilled, but had unintentionally caused some negative rumors about Chief Wang within the base. Therefore, the chief ordered him to send someone to keep an eye on this Ahan.

"Did your guards even hear what anyone was saying? I clearly said that I saw a strange person in the base that night. He was dressed in black and ran away as soon as he saw me. I chased him for a long time but couldn't catch him. In the end, he disappeared near West Street in the west of the city."

Su Han spoke with righteous indignation, staring straight into Tang Qiao's eyes without the slightest fear.

"His suspicious behavior clearly indicates he's not a good person, and given that it was an accident that happened the night Mr. Zhao Guang's sister was killed, why isn't anyone investigating?"

Tang Qiao narrowed his eyes.

"Little brother, lying will get your tongue cut out."

"I'm not lying. I immediately reported it to the nearest patrol team after I lost them. You can ask them if you don't believe me!"

Su Han was not lying; there was indeed a strange man in black that night.

He did indeed inform the nearest guard team about the existence of the man in black, and all ten members of the team heard it clearly.

He also knew that the man in black was the real culprit who "insulted" Zhao Guang's sister.

Because that man in black was Su Han.

He was the one who borrowed the black combat uniform from Shen Chengyin, the one who disguised himself as a guard and infiltrated Zhao Guang's sister's house, and the one who made a deal with Zhao Yue and fabricated the illusion that Zhao Yue had been humiliated.

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