Chapter 1535: Supplies Worth Three Hundred and Twenty Million

Northern Hui Three Evolution Forest, Hot Spring Lake Basin of Mountain 67, beneath the great tree where Daigua's family once lived.

Yang Jin pulled away the black cloth covering Liao Wendong's protective face shield and politely asked, "I'll ask one last time—does Captain Liao have anything else he wants to say?"

Liao Wendong blinked rapidly, then surveyed his surroundings. After recognizing where he was, his gaze fell on Xia Qing standing beside Yang Jin. In a hoarse voice he said, "The drug Miss Xia used to knock me out here a few days ago—is it the same one the Frost Squad used on Peng Yuancai four months ago? This drug with excellent effect and no obvious side effects—was it developed by Professor Fu Tianfeng? What did Miss Xia use to trade with Professor Fu Tianfeng for it?"

Xia Qing stood beside Yang Jin, watching Liao Wendong expressionlessly, and did not answer his questions.

"Heh…" Liao Wendong leaned against the great tree behind him and laughed in a hoarse, strained voice. "Besides the unpolluted spring water within the territory, Shi Jiaran is also in your hands, aren't she? Miss Xia truly has remarkable luck."

Xia Qing, carrying the sniper rifle on her back, turned and walked toward the sniper position. Yang Jin drew the two long blades at his waist and sliced open the grass ropes binding Liao Wendong's hands and feet. "Fair or foul, we've known each other after a fashion. I'll give Captain Liao a final choice—do you want to be shot dead or cut down by a blade?"

"Captain Yang never stirs without profit. You went to the trouble of bringing me here to be killed simply because the news that I fell into your hands has already leaked. For greater benefit, you chose to give up extracting intelligence and supplies from me. Let me choose? Heh…"

Liao Wendong let out a cold laugh. "For your own interests, Captain Yang has certainly arranged for Xia Qing to do the deed. My choice is meaningless."

"Even heroes can't pass the beauty test. Miss Xia has fallen into your hands—eventually you'll scheme her into losing both her people and her wealth." Seeing that Xia Qing's footsteps didn't change at all as she disappeared step by step into the fog-shrouded dense forest, Liao Wendong remained unhurried. "When does Captain Yang plan to make a move on Miss Xia? When you marry her and she bears your child, so you can legally seize the unpolluted spring water in Territory Three? Or when you've gained Professor Fu Tianfeng's trust through her and have Professor Fu Tianfeng firmly in your grasp?"

Yang Jin laughed. "If Vice Captain Liao won't choose, then let's see how lucky you are. I'll give you one minute. You can use that time to draft your defense in advance, so when you meet the Judge of the Underworld shortly, you can plead your case and prove that the several hundred wronged souls who died in the flames have nothing to do with you."

Having said that, Yang Jin raised his blade and slashed at the venomous snake that was crawling up toward Liao Wendong's shoulder, then turned and vanished into the misty forest as well.

"Slap."

Hearing the sound of the little snake hitting the ground, Liao Wendong, leaning against the tree trunk, looked down.

The pitch-black little snake, its head connected to its body by only a sliver of skin, convulsed violently on the grass. The muscles at the severed spot contracted uncontrollably, as if trying desperately to rejoin the broken parts. Ants and insects that caught the scent of blood quickly gathered at the snake's wound, scrambling for the prey.

When the convulsing snake tail whipped toward Liao Wendong's protective boots, he instinctively stepped back, snapping a small tree branch with a "crack." That sound—it was like the click of a sniper rifle's safety being released.

Liao Wendong retreated two more steps. Finding that Xia Qing hadn't fired immediately and Yang Jin hadn't rushed over to kill him either, he immediately turned and ran forward.

He couldn't die. He still had sixty-seven enemies he hadn't killed. He had no face to go see his wife and son. Even if there was only a one-in-ten-million chance, he had to seize it and escape from here…

"Bang!"

Liao Wendong's thigh was struck hard. He stumbled and fell, only then hearing the crack of the sniper rifle.

Even though the protective suit he wore was top-grade, and the bulletproof plate inside the suit blocked the sniper round, the sniper round slammed into his leg like a heavy iron hammer, shattering his thigh bone.

Liao Wendong endured the piercing pain, dragged himself up, and kept running with his injured leg—only to be kicked flying by Yang Jin, who had caught up. As he was sent soaring, Liao Wendong saw a giant bear four or five meters tall lunging at him and involuntarily let out a scream.

"Ah—"

"Brother Bear, don't move—let me handle this!!!" Before Liao Wendong's cry had faded, Xia Qing's voice rang out.

Liao Wendong landed flat on his back on the ground, staring in disbelief at the enormous bear paw suspended above his face. This one… was the brain-domain evolved giant bear from Mountain 61?

"Thud." Hearing the sound of a heavy object landing, Liao Wendong turned his head with effort and looked at the silver-gray giant wolf that had fallen to his left. His pupils contracted sharply.

Xia Qing had actually successfully tamed a giant bear and a giant wolf! How was that possible? Could she really have evolved the ability to tame beasts?

"Brother Bear heard my gunshot? Bad guys have broken into your territory again." Xia Qing blocked Yang Jin behind her and greeted Xiong Wang. "This human is Yang Jin, my companion. The one on the ground is an intruder—a bad guy. Brother Bear, don't swat! If you swat him with one paw, this protective suit will be ruined."

"Roar—"

Xiong Wang let out a furious roar. Liao Wendong once again felt the familiar palpitations and dizziness. He gripped his injured right leg hard, using the pain to keep himself conscious.

Xiong Wang's jet-black eyes looked at the food Xia Qing produced, and the great swatting paw flipped upward, extending in front of Xia Qing.

Xia Qing nimbly tore open the freeze-dried food and poured it onto Xiong Wang's big black paw. "Brother Bear, the skin condition on your body looks much better. Does it still itch?"

Xiong Wang retracted his paw and stuffed the food into his big mouth.

Liao Wendong, whose view had suddenly opened up, looked up at the mountain-like giant bear, then slowly turned his head to look at Xia Qing standing beside him and Yang Jin, who was looking at Xia Qing.

"Heh…" Liao Wendong was surprised for two seconds, then laughed. So the one who'd fallen for the beauty trap wasn't Xia Qing.

As Yang Jin raised his blade to slash at his neck, Liao Wendong, gasping violently, seized his last chance to speak. "Miss Xia, I can give you the supplies worth three hundred and twenty million that I've hidden, but I have one condition."

Xia Qing didn't even look at the fellow lying on the ground. She pulled another white radish from the side pocket of her backpack, placed it on the big paw Xiong Wang extended toward her, and kicked Yang Jin with her foot, signaling him to hurry up and act.

Otherwise, Xiong Wang's big paw was about to reach over again!

Liao Wendong, whose internal organs had been shattered by Yang Jin's kick, spat out a mouthful of blood and quickly stated his condition. "Miss Xia, have my ashes sent to the place where my wife and son are buried, and bury our family together. Then I'll give you all my property!"

Xia Qing, who had handed out another radish, looked down and asked expressionlessly, "I deliver them personally?"

Liao Wendong swallowed the blood in his mouth and replied, "No need. Just have someone you trust deliver them. I believe you'll keep your word."

Xia Qing stuffed another handful of freeze-dried food into Xiong Wang's paw and nodded in agreement. "Agreed."

Liao Wendong spat out a mouthful of blood that dyed his protective face shield red. His voice carried a laugh. "Thank you. The coordinates are that string of numbers Yang Jin obtained from my pocket. Give them to Professor Fu Tianfeng, and he can decipher them. Please, Miss Xia, for the sake of these supplies… while you're at it, avenge my wife and son…"

Liao Wendong stared with vacant eyes at the thick fog above and stopped breathing.