Chapter 693: Two Old Schemers

The wait was agonizing, but those sea anomalies were ultimately retreating back into the ocean, bit by bit.

By the time the last sea anomaly vanished along the coastline, the temperature at the base had fully warmed up.

The dark clouds overhead had long since dispersed.

Sunlight once again fell upon the world, scattering all those monsters and demons from before.

The space between heaven and earth was clear and bright.

The dense crisscross of footprints on the beach served as proof that the sea anomalies had been there.

Not only that, but several of the base's vehicles were riddled with holes.

When the sea breeze blew through those gaps, they made a "wooo~wooo~" sound.

As if someone was weeping there.

The sea anomalies had returned to the ocean a few minutes ago now.

Everyone's mood was incredibly anxious.

But no one dared to get out of their vehicles at this moment.

Even the boarding-up over the windows hadn't been removed.

Yet beside nearly every window, a pair of eyes was scanning back and forth, each hoping someone else would be the first to step out.

Everyone's gaze hid anxiety, anticipation, excitement, and a barely suppressed terror.

Second by second, time crawled by.

Second by second, people kept waiting.

Chen Ye was waiting too, waiting for someone else to be the first to test the waters.

Although his superhuman instincts told him those sea anomalies had already gone far away, Chen Ye still wasn't willing to take that risk.

Through the cracked-open corner of a window, a blood-red pair of eyes surveyed the surroundings.

"Hey, Captain, Yezi, are we getting out or not?"

That was Dantai Bie's voice.

That guy always had way too much to say.

"Captain, those things seem to have already left!"

Even the most timid Gong Yong was saying this.

"How about I go down and test it out!"

That was Sun Xixi's voice. This little girl, relying on her bold skills and high courage, wasn't afraid of those anomalies attacking.

"Hold on, wait for someone else to go out and test it first. Someone's bound to not be able to hold it in!"

"Don't rush. If someone's going to die, let them die first. We're not in a hurry for this moment!"

The first sentence was said by Chu Che.

The second sentence was said by Chen Ye.

Although the wording differed, the two of them meant the exact same thing!

Captain Chu Che said it a bit more tactfully.

Chen Ye said it a bit more bluntly.

"Two old schemers!"

No idea who it was, but someone muttered quietly through the Bluetooth earbuds.

Chen Ye gritted his teeth when he heard it.

No need to guess, this was definitely that guy Dantai Bie talking.

Chu Che also heard it, and his face turned black.

Damn it, wasn't he just being a bit cautious? How did that make him an old schemer?

"Ahem... Captain, aren't you the pathfinder? Can you sense whether those things have already left?"

Sure enough, Dantai Bie seemed to realize his muttered remark had been picked up by the Bluetooth earbuds as well.

He quickly coughed a couple of times, planning to change the subject.

Chu Che gritted his teeth, silently noting this debt of Dantai Bie's in his heart, but still answered: "The seawater blocks my sensory abilities quite a lot. I can only vaguely sense that there are most likely no anomalies nearby. Anything more detailed than that, I can't do!"

"Uh..."

For a moment, Dantai Bie didn't know how to respond.

Dantai Bie didn't know how to respond, but Chen Ye, that brute, didn't care about any of that. He directly shoved back at the captain.

Even as a superhuman, he'd been cooped up in the small space of the Monster Pickup Truck's bed for nearly a week now.

He'd long been unable to hold it in. There were still a few bottles of yellow liquid in the corner, and the pungent, rank smell kept drilling into his nostrils.

He really wanted to get out too.

Now, hearing Chu Che's ambiguous words, he couldn't help but get annoyed.

"I mean, come on. When you're not supposed to be useful, you go around using your abilities all over the place. But when you're actually supposed to be useful, you can't deliver. What's the point of keeping you around?"

As soon as these words came out, Chu Che on the other end of the Bluetooth earbuds was so angry his eyes rolled back in his head.

This son of a bitch...

Through the Bluetooth earbuds, there were even faint sounds of "heh heh heh..." and "hic... hic... hic..."

That was suppressed laughter.

Chu Che gritted his teeth, mentally recording Chen Ye, Dantai Bie, and Gong Yong into his little book of grudges.

Right at that moment...

Not far away...

The door of a migration vehicle slowly opened.

In an instant, countless pairs of eyes turned toward it.

It seemed that across the entire base, the Fair Convoy wasn't the only one with two old schemers.

Anyone who'd managed to survive this long was a ridiculously cautious bastard.

Those careless, reckless types had long since died who knows where.

Under everyone's watchful gaze, that vehicle door slowly began to fold and retract.

When a pitch-black door opening appeared before everyone's eyes.

The crowd held their breath.

They all waited for someone to step out of that door.

Right at that moment...

A figure clad in a crimson battle armor stepped out. With a head of wavy, jet-black long hair, and a waist so slender it could be held in one hand, she swayed her hips, striding out of the vehicle door with a bold, casual air.

On her feet were a pair of red combat boots, and at her lower back hung a slender, long blade.

Her face was one that could enchant all who gazed upon it.

Only her eyes seemed somewhat weary.

Perhaps due to the stifling confinement of the past several days, her spirits seemed slightly diminished.

But that fatigue vanished in an instant. Her phoenix eyes narrowed sharply as she glared viciously at all the prying gazes.

It was Jiang Rou!

This woman...

Truly worthy of being the number one fierce fighter at the base.

However, no one at this moment was concerned about whether their disrespectful gazes would invite Jiang Rou to settle scores later.

Everyone held their breath, waiting for what would happen next.

Chen Ye looked toward the direction of the sea.

Waves crashed against the sandy beach, forming white foam, then receding back again.

Those long-necked creatures did not appear.

One second... two seconds...

Jiang Rou let out a cold snort, her gaze sweeping over everyone with undisguised disdain.

She even seemed to deliberately glance toward the Fair Convoy.

Whether she was looking at Sun Xixi, her arch-rival.

Or perhaps at Chen Ye, that troublemaker.

Either way, her gaze was filled with extreme contempt.

As for that contemptuous look, Chen Ye simply didn't see any of it.

Sun Xixi, on the other hand, could barely contain her fury.

Contempt from others was one thing, but Jiang Rou's disdain in particular made Sun Xixi extremely irritated...

Before Chen Ye and Chu Che could even react.

The door of Sun Xixi's off-road vehicle was pushed open directly...

Then, a youthful, energetic girl with pink hair stepped out, a sword hanging at her waist, her eyes locked on in direct confrontation.

Jiang Rou's gaze flicked over, and she sneered: "As expected, a little girl. Still so young and impulsive!"

Sun Xixi wasn't about to let Jiang Rou have the last word. The two had already clashed several times before.

Sun Xixi sneered back: "At your age, still so reckless. What a waste of a life!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the two glared at each other.

It seemed as if sparks were flying between them for all to see.

The tension instantly shot up to the peak.

The air froze solid in an instant.

"Hahaha... It's fine. Those two stupid women are going down, so we're definitely fine too!"

"Hahaha... It's fine! It's all fine!"

Stupid women?

Sun Xixi and Jiang Rou's brows twitched violently, their fury intensifying.

They both turned their heads at the same time.

A burly man in the Silent Council uniform was laughing heartily as he charged out from the Silent Council Shop.

From a distance, it was hard to tell if he was a human or a bear.

But Sun Xixi and Jiang Rou understood in an instant. This was that Xiong Baochun from the Silent Council.

Actually, to be fair, Xiong Baochun wasn't that stupid. He wouldn't deliberately provoke the two most powerful women at the base.

It was just that he'd been cooped up for way too long.

Besides, he felt like he'd kept his voice low enough.

But he'd forgotten that across the entire coastline, aside from himself, no one else was speaking at that moment.

So his voice sounded extremely jarring in the silence.

On top of that, Jiang Rou and Sun Xixi were both Sequence 4 superhumans.

Jiang Rou flew into a rage. Her figure flickered, and she appeared right beside Xiong Baochun in an instant. She raised her long leg, bringing with it the sound of wind and his screams...

Sun Xixi wasn't about to be left behind either. She drifted over gracefully, carrying a good amount of fury...

And then, screams filled the air over the entire base.

But even the people from the Silent Council didn't come out to say a single word of fairness for Xiong Baochun at this moment.

Chen Ye stretched his limbs: "Getting out. Damn, I've been cooped up for so many days, I'm about to go crazy!"