The woman, beaten into silence, could only glare resentfully at Fu Yunting.
The man wiped his hands and appraised Fu Yunting with a ruffian's smirk.
"Heard you're seventh-tier, not bad. My base only has nine seventh-tiers, a bit short."
"That's why we're always in a stalemate with the other two bases."
"If the three of you joined us, our base's strength would significantly increase."
Fu Yunting replied, "I'm not interested in your blueprint. My decision to join a base also depends on the opponent's strength and conditions. You have plenty of people, but without combat power, it's all for naught."
Jiang Nan added, "Exactly. When we entered, we saw a lot of ordinary people. In a base of hundreds of thousands, more than half are ordinary people. Do they have any combat power?"
Jiang Bei continued, "We just want to find a comfortable place to stop drifting. If we have to take care of a crowd after joining, it'll be too tiring."
The three of them refused to be suckers.
This was understandable.
But the man still felt uncomfortable.
If it were anyone else, he would have gotten angry.
However, before him stood three seventh-tier powerhouses.
Only those with power had the leverage to negotiate.
"I'm Liu Dazhuang, the boss of this base. This place was formerly a military base, government-owned."
"After I took over, I felt the management style of those people was too effeminate and unfair to the strong."
"Like you said, why should the strong help the weak? We should naturally get more."
Liu Dazhuang opened the door to the sixth level and, after exiting the metal passage, arrived at a fingerprint lock.
Liu Dazhuang pressed his fingerprint and said, "I instigated a rebellion and took over this base. Moreover, I established a rule."
The large door opened, and Fu Yunting stepped inside, seeing a warehouse full of weapons.
He touched the guns and ammunition and said indifferently, "What rule is it?"
"In our base, there are only two shortcuts to advance: either bring me enough supplies, or kill your opponent on the arena. After ten consecutive wins, you can become an officer."
"I'm quite fair, aren't I? Everyone has a chance to be an officer!"
Fu Yunting walked around the armory.
Wang Meixia also found it strange, "Are you even listening? The boss is talking to you!"
Cao Feng quietly advised, "High-tier gods can be a bit temperamental, please forgive him!"
Wang Meixia, who had just been slapped, still had blood at the corner of her mouth and dared not speak out of turn.
She could only glare at Fu Yunting with resentful eyes.
Jiang Nan said, "It seems your foundation is very solid. Having a powerful place as a backer puts our minds at ease."
"So, have you decided to join?"
Liu Dazhuang extended his hand to Jiang Nan. Jiang Nan shook it, feeling the other man's power trying to probe into his body.
Jiang Nan, without hesitation, reflected the power back.
Liu Dazhuang, also a seventh-tier fire element user, hadn't expected Jiang Nan to so easily repel his attack.
This startled Liu Dazhuang.
They were both seventh-tier, both fire element users, so why was this guy so much stronger?
A wicked thought immediately crossed Liu Dazhuang's mind.
Jiang Nan had led a base before; he knew what these leaders were thinking.
*I am the best, how can I let others step on me?*
Any potential threat must be eliminated if it couldn't be utilized.
Liu Dazhuang immediately became wary of the three of them.
Liu Dazhuang said, "I've shown you the equipment. Is that sincere enough? Shouldn't you also show me your sincerity?"
Jiang Nan asked, "What sincerity do you want to see?"
"I see you are all capable people. How about this: show us your abilities. Ten consecutive wins on the arena, and I'll directly make you leaders, how about that?"
Liu Dazhuang had already decided to keep only Fu Yunting and send the other two underlings to the arena.
Liu Dazhuang put his arm around Fu Yunting's shoulder and said threateningly,
"You also want to quickly establish a foothold in the base, right? The arena is the best choice!"
Fu Yunting had already walked nearly halfway around the room.
He turned and nodded.
"I've finished here."
Jiang Nan let out a sigh of relief, "Finally done. I can't stand such a stinking place for a second longer."
Liu Dazhuang realized something was wrong and hurled a fiery punch at Jiang Nan's head.
The immense force, laced with intense heat, struck. Jiang Nan's head flickered like a ball of fire.
Liu Dazhuang froze, looking at Jiang Nan with an expression akin to seeing a ghost.
Jiang Nan twisted his neck, and his head returned to its normal state.
He chuckled, "Why would you sneak attack someone without warning? We're all civilized people, don't you understand the principle of courtesy before force?"
"You, what are you?"
He had never seen a human like this.
Jiang Nan smiled, "I'm just a fire element ability user, but I'm almost eighth-tier!"
Jiang Nan's smile vanished, and he transformed into a ball of flame that enveloped Liu Dazhuang and his lover as they ascended.
He smashed through the ground and shot towards the sky.
Sha Xing announced, "The signal is here, charge!"
All the zombies emerged from the snow caves and charged towards the base.
The sudden appearance of one hundred thousand zombies threw the base's guards into chaos.
They quickly retreated into the base, shouting, "Close the gates quickly! As long as the gates are shut, they can't get in!"
"Artillery, bring out the cannons! We're under attack by a zombie horde!"
Dozens of cannons were moved out and aimed at the zombie horde.
Just as they were about to fire, a bizarre scene unfolded.
The cannon barrels decomposed!
All the cannon barrels began to disintegrate, fading into nothingness.
Everyone was dumbfounded. What was happening?
Was it an illusion?
Or were they all hallucinating collectively?
"God, the walls, what happened to the walls?"
Everyone saw the walls, just like in a science fiction movie, develop large holes.
Those inside, engaged in their activities, suddenly found their vision illuminated.
Seeing a dark mass of zombies rushing towards them, they foolishly pinched themselves.
"Ouch, it hurts! This isn't a dream!"
Feitian was the first to charge into the base, biting through someone's head.
"Hahaha, I got the first kill!"
The people of Honghui Base were stunned.
The base, their impregnable fortress, their sanctuary.
Why was it breached in an instant?
They never imagined that Fu Yunting had only smeared a bit of blood on the walls, allowing it to seep through the base's steel plating.
It was simple to create an opening in such a large base.
But ability users would quickly seal it.
The best method was for it to collapse from within.
The base began to crumble, and the weapons became unusable.
Caught completely off guard, like lambs to the slaughter, these people were wiped out in an instant, clearing out all the members on the first floor.
The second floor quickly lowered the emergency steel plates.
The emergency system was independent of the other systems and was not affected by the blood.
However, it didn't matter.
"Slow down!"
Sha Xing reduced time to one ten-thousandth of its normal speed, looking at the people below the gaps, and chuckled.