Chapter 205: New Car

I know this matter, but it's not as simple as you think.

Song Yu rubbed his brow and said, "However, I will talk to the principal about this, at least show some attitude of rectification."

"That would be even better."

Liang Yan also didn't dare to bring up this matter further; although he had just defected to the camp, Song Yu valued him highly, but he still needed to keep things in measure. He changed the topic: "I don't know how An Ruosuo and the other managed to sneak out; logically, they shouldn't have gone unnoticed."

"They were the ones who replaced you and Xin Ping to monitor the No. 9 gathering point, so their defection in the heat of battle went unnoticed for a long time."

"But even Senior Xia Qing doesn't know?"

"Xia Qing... heh." Song Yu sighed, "The apocalypse and special abilities really changed many people, like Xia Qing and that Chen Mu; back when you were in school, you had never heard of these two people's names, right?"

"Um... senior, there were rumors before that Tong Bin said you and Chen Mu..." Liang Yan didn't continue, but the meaning was already clear.

Song Yu laughed and said, "We only met once; after that, we learned a bit about his recent situation from Zhaotong and Yangbu'an."

"Then why does it seem like you know him so well, senior?"

"You seem not to trust my judgment?" Song Yu asked with a smile.

Liang Yan gave an embarrassed laugh: "No, I'm just curious about that person."

"You've also seen him; what do you feel?"

"Not much, just that he reacts extremely fast and acts decisively; a master like Xin Ping would be taken out in a single encounter." Liang Yan sighed.

"Since Xiao Yang's defeat, I've been promoting this person within the organization, hoping to raise everyone's vigilance; who knew it would backfire? Speaking of which, regarding Xin Ping's matter, I do bear some responsibility."

"How can that be blamed on you?" Liang Yan, instead, hurried to defend Song Yu, saying, "With Xin Ping's temper, trouble was bound to happen sooner or later."

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After driving away the Qingbei people, Dong Junwei again instructed the on-duty personnel to patrol more carefully and not be negligent.

Chen Mu thought of something, summoned Tang Jing, and came to the door again.

The ability user named Wu Zimo left the toad in place, but he himself was taken away by the Qingbei people, and it's unknown how injured he is.

At this point, the roughly juvenile half-grown toad had already been played with by Little Yellow and Little White to the point of immobility, its life or death unknown.

The cats weren't very interested in dead things, and perhaps because of Du Jia Jia, they also had no intention of eating the toad.

Chen Mu felt a bit sorry for the two cats; ever since having Du Jia Jia as a 'good friend,' their food now has to be judged by appearance.

"Tong Bin's ability I somewhat don't understand, but this pit on the door is his masterpiece."

Chen Mu pointed to the shallow pit on the door that Tong Bin had made earlier.

That pit is located at the lower edge of the door, at eye level; if it were really made into a hole, it would certainly not be good for defense.

Tang Jing stepped closer, looked for a while, then touched it, rubbing the wood powder between her fingers, and said:

"It seems like a crushing and disintegrating type of ability."

"But it can actually be released from a distance." Chen Mu frowned.

"Indeed."

"I don't know if it can be directly used on a human body; when I provoked him earlier, he didn't respond."

"Logically there should be a limit in that regard, otherwise it would be excessively strong, but we can't ignore it; maybe the distance is just insufficient." Tang Jing said.

I also think distance and the material of the object are his biggest limitations.

Chen Mu said while speaking, reaching out to touch the door.

Soon, the pit was gradually leveled.

"He could hold off Song Yu for this long; he certainly isn't weak." Tang Jing said.

"And there's Wu Zimo; I don't know if, besides the toad, he can control anything else." Chen Mu also found the endless stream of experts from Qingbei a headache.

"From the fact that he suffered backlash, we can see his connection with the controlled object is far closer than Du Jia Jia's with the cats, but this also shows he cannot easily switch controlled objects; perhaps even re-controlling a toad would take a long time." Tang Jing explained.

"So there are advantages, naturally there are also disadvantages."

"Not bad; this is the current rule of special abilities—it won't let any one person become unreasonably strong."

"Perhaps Tong Bin and the others will return and soon realize that Little Yellow and Little White aren't actually that scary." Chen Mu worried.

"So we still need to develop our own strength." Tang Jing nodded: "We rely too much on grenades now; we should add other means of defense and attack."

"What else could there be?"

"Do you remember, when Yi Zhong attacked last time, that stone ball?"

"You mean using rolling wood and stone?" Chen Mu asked.

"This is just one option; previously, grenades weren't very effective against Qingbei's shield, but imagine if a brick-sized object fell from the sky—could they block it?"

"Are you talking about that kind of brick before? Real bricks?"

"Hmm."

"But how do we lift the brick to a high place?"

"For now it's definitely impossible, even using an engine won't work, but we still have another option."

"What?"

"Have you thought about it—if that fireball from Yi Zhong back then wasn't an illusion but real, what would the consequences be?" Tang Jing asked.

"The door would catch fire." Chen Mu said.

"Exactly, if next time a fire-type ability user comes up and sets our main gate ablaze, how should we defend?" Tang Jing asked.

Chen Mu said: "Actually, I had considered using the water in the water reservoir to extinguish the flames, but the outlet's position was wrong, and there wasn't enough water."

"That's the problem."

Tang Jing said: "So, storing some water for firefighting is also necessary."

"But how exactly should we do it?"

"For example, build a large water tank on the roof."

"Roof?"

Chen Mu recalled that Tang Jing had previously said they would install a solar water heater on the roof; now they need to build a water tank, and this project keeps getting bigger.

Tang Jing said: "This is a two‑birds‑one‑stone approach: build an open‑style water tank, use rainwater to replenish it. Not only can it extinguish fires at critical moments, but this volume of water is enough to wash away all the enemies at the gate."

"The idea is good, but the workload is really huge, and how are we supposed to get onto the roof?"

"Take it slow." Tang Jing chuckled.

……

The vehicle modification project interrupted by Qingbei resumed again in the afternoon.

Adding the tracks and installing the engine are both technical tasks that demand considerable craftsmanship and precision, leaving Chen Mu hardly able to attend to anything else.

Day seven.

The sky was still dim.

Wei Dalei was sleeping soundly when Chen Mu yanked him awake.

"What the hell, boss? It's not even light yet." Old Wei rubbed his eyes and looked out the window.

"Just keep sleeping; the new vehicle's debut will be handled by He Ying." Chen Mu said.

Wei Dalei woke up instantly and sprang out of bed with a swish.

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