Chapter 1115: Cracks

A few people, what's the team's ranking?

The fleshy-faced Watching Huo Zhun gave a mysterious smile. "All of this is the team's core classified information. You two aren't team members yet, you don't qualify to know. But I can guarantee you that, apart from me, every team member is an existence standing at the very top of the Blue Star pyramid. Combat power ranking? Heh."

After finishing his laugh, Watching Huo Zhun turned and left.

"Like hell I believe you!"

Wu Lianmin furiously threw a shoe. Watching Huo Zhun, who had long anticipated this move, leaped more than five meters away. The missed shoe flew out the door and landed on the ground, quickly attracting a few flies.

Wu Lianmin cursed as he hopped out on one foot to put his shoe back on, then returned to his own little room.

An existence at the top of the pyramid? Di Ming rubbed his temples. Was this guy talking about Zhang San, or… the evolved wolves of the Northern Wolf Pack?

Watching Huo Zhun went back to his room to stew for over half an hour. When Li Ziyan came out to do laundry, he went over and directly placed the tail-cut seahorse in Zhang Yi's hands.

Watching Huo Zhun didn't know what to say, so he simply said nothing.

Zhang Yi held the seahorse in stunned silence for a few seconds, then with trembling hands pulled a hand-rolled evolved cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and took puff after puff.

Watching Huo Zhun still said nothing, quietly keeping him company.

After finishing one cigarette, Zhang Yi finally spoke in a hoarse voice. "On the way here, your sister-in-law was already restless. I thought she couldn't bear to part with Huiyi's formal job. At noon when we ate, she mentioned to Xia Qing that she wanted to go to the Ninth Center. I was actually pretty happy at the time, thought she liked the place…"

Watching Huo Zhun offered comfort. "Sister-in-law did it for the children too."

Zhang Yi nodded. "Yanzi, come over here."

The auditory-evolver Li Ziyan, who had been doing laundry outside, quietly walked into the room.

Once things were laid bare, her heart actually calmed down a great deal. "I was originally planning to wait until the lord of Territory Seven healed your injuries before saying anything. I didn't expect Captain Yan already knows. It was Captain Jiang's wife Wen Xiaohong who came to me. She told me the Ninth Center is a good place, that working there would be good for both me and the children."

Watching Huo Zhun asked, "Sister-in-law, she only said that, nothing else?"

"If she said too much more, wouldn't I have caught her with something to hold over her? Didn't Captain Yan also only send over one tail-cut seahorse, and you all figured it out?"

This rotten world—she was truly sick of it!

The emotions Li Ziyan had been suppressing for days burst forth at that moment. At the instant tears welled up, she turned away. "As long as the children are safe and sound, I don't care where I am or what I do."

After speaking, Li Ziyan went outside, squatted by the water basin, and vigorously scrubbed the clothes.

Watching Huo Zhun began to analyze. "This is the higher-ups' intention. They probably want to use sister-in-law's ability to keep an eye on the Ninth Center and Territory Seven."

Zhang Yi nodded, smoked another cigarette, then pulled out his phone and tapped a few times. "Hammer, please find a vehicle to take us to Hui-Three Safe Zone. I booked a flight to Lan-One, the six o'clock one."

Watching Huo Zhun spoke with difficulty. "Brother Yi, I…"

Zhang Yi patted his shoulder. "I know. Lan-One is my hometown. I had originally planned to get my injuries healed here, then go back and claim a plot of land, live a steady life. You know what Jiang Fei's temper is like too. If we stay here, the moment our two kids leave the territory they'll be in danger. The sooner we leave, the better."

Watching Huo Zhun gritted his teeth. "I really want to kill him!"

"He's nothing but a dog for the higher-ups. Killing him won't do a damn bit of good." Zhang Yi stood up with feigned ease and stretched.

"Don't worry. I still have some connections in Lan-One. I'll take your sister-in-law and the kids back there to lay low for a while. If Hui-Three's territory reform succeeds, it'll be rolled out nationwide soon. Lan-One's territory will also set up planting centers and schools. The kids' schooling won't be delayed for long."

Watching Huo Zhun stood up as well and handed over a slip of paper. "This is the prescription the lord of Territory Seven wrote for you to recuperate your body. You can take this prescription long-term; the higher the quality of the medicinal ingredients, the better the efficacy. Once I find the herbs, I'll mail them to you. We're pretty far from the safe zone here. Brother Yi and sister-in-law pack up, I'll go to Territory Two to borrow a vehicle."

"Hammer." Zhang Yi called Watching Huo Zhun to a stop. After a few seconds' pause, he said, "Follow the lord of Territory Seven and Xia Qing properly. You'll definitely make something of yourself in the future."

Watching Huo Zhun nodded, and soon drove back Tang Huai's flashy off-road vehicle.

From the Northern Zone One territory to the safe zone was over two hundred li. Accidents could happen on the road at any time. Watching Huo Zhun borrowed several guns from Tang Huai, had Wu Lianmin and Di Ming come along, and escorted Zhang Yi's family to the safe zone to catch their flight.

Li Ziyan put the freshly washed but not yet hung-out-to-dry clothes separately into a bag, picked up the large and small pieces of luggage that had been unloaded from the vehicle that morning and never even opened, and set off on the road again.

The last to board, Zhang Yi walked over to Wang Man, who stood coldly in the distance, and finally spoke the words he'd kept bottled up in his heart for over two months. "Manshe, please tell the Electric Ray for me, that on July 6th it was me who…"

"I hate trouble, and I don't want to be a messenger." Wang Man cut Zhang Yi off coldly.

Zhang Yi opened his mouth several times, but finally only let out a sigh and turned to get in the vehicle.

After watching the plane carrying Zhang Yi's family take off, Watching Huo Zhun finally asked, "What exactly happened on that mission at the beginning of July?"

On July 6th, in the area of the former Gui-Three Base that had been swallowed by the sea, large marine creatures and the sky overlord giant eagle went to war. The Flood Dragon Special Ops Team charged at the very front line to intercept the sea beasts, preventing them from slamming into the cliffs and causing seawater to pour back and flood the Gui-Five Safe Zone.

During that mission, a Flood Dragon Special Ops Team member codenamed Electric Ray was hit in the calf and foot by a massive rock, resulting in a comminuted fracture.

Wu Lianmin sighed. "That day, the one paired with Electric Ray was Zhang Yi. With Zhang Yi's ability, he could have blocked the rock the giant octopus hurled up, which is why Captain Yan didn't send anyone to support."

But at the time, for whatever psychological reason, Zhang Yi didn't push the rock away with full force, causing one corner of the rock to strike Electric Ray, who was carrying out a sniping mission.

After that mission, Yanlong talked to Zhang Yi and demanded he retire.

"…We all thought Manshe would beat him up, but Manshe never made a move."

Manshe and Electric Ray had a very good relationship. After Manshe retired, she left half of the points she'd earned to Electric Ray, to be used for Electric Ray's ongoing recovery treatment.

Di Ming picked up the thread. "Manshe no longer considers Zhang Yi a teammate. If she'd made a move, she definitely would have taken Zhang Yi's life."

Only now did Watching Huo Zhun understand why everyone had stopped calling Zhang Yi by his codename.

Someone who doesn't go all out on the battlefield truly doesn't deserve to stay in the Flood Dragon Special Ops Team. No wonder Jiang Fei set his sights on Zhang Yi and his wife. Whatever the reason, the moment Zhang Yi failed to push away with full force the rock that was hurtling toward his teammate, a crack appeared in his mindset—he was no longer the same as before.

Di Ming swiveled his head left and right, turning the page on the matter. "While the safe zone gate hasn't closed yet, shall we drive back through the night?"

"Of course! A rare chance like this." Driving at night, there was an eighty percent chance they'd run into some clueless people blocking the road to rob them—perfect for robbing the robbers.

They were retired now, free to get rich quick!

Watching Huo Zhun reminded his two brothers, "I'm driving a luxury car today. Even a small scratch will cost tens of thousands of points."

"Then don't let it get scratched. Let's go!"