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Chapter 449: Chapter 200 Zijin Base_3
But soon after, the others were somewhat shocked.
“Energy Level Two, Impurity Grade 2, passed…”
“Energy Level Two, Impurity Grade 2, passed…”
“…”
“Energy Level Two, Impurity Grade 1, passed…”
The inspectors called out several times, and Zhu Han, the four Ability Users, Nie Siyan, and Xu Xiaojun all passed smoothly.
“Holy shit! Seven Level 2 Ability Users?”
Everyone was somewhat dumbfounded.
Those who did not recognize Nie Siyan began asking which power she belonged to, while those who did recognize her were even more baffled.
Hadn’t the Skull Club lost several Second-order Superpower Owners before, and now they even changed their name to the Firefly Club, how could they still have so many Level 2 Ability Users?
Even the inspectors and soldiers curiously sized up Nie Siyan and her group.
Although there were quite a few Level 2 Ability Users in their base, this didn’t mean that Level 2 Ability Users were a dime a dozen. Level 2 Ability Users were the top-tier combat power of the Zijin Base and were highly respected.
Nie Siyan enjoyed the various curious and astonished gazes around her. She loved this feeling of showing off!
As for Wang Tao, he ignored the crowd and looked at Jiang Shixue in front of him.
“Hello, I need one of your fingernails—no, I need to pluck one of your hairs.”
The inspector initially wanted to ask Jiang Shixue for a small clipping of her fingernail, but he suddenly paused and then changed his request.
“Okay.”
Jiang Shixue was expressionless.
The inspector eyed Jiang Shixue’s beautiful black hair, and his gaze landed immediately on a strand that was sticking up.
Without a word, he plucked that strand of hair.
Though he said “pluck,” he didn’t use any force at all. Based on his frequent hair plucking experience, this strand clearly wasn’t growing from the scalp! But at that moment, he was unaware, and he naturally placed the strand into the machine.
Then he looked at the information on the machine and began:
“Energy Level Zero, Impurity Grade 0, passed…”
Jiang Shixue walked through without any issue.
The observing crowd nearby nodded to themselves.
This beautiful girl was indeed an Ordinary person, a vase kept by those big shots.
Wang Tao, who watched the entire scene, was somewhat amazed.
The strand of hair on Jiang Shixue’s head clearly wasn’t hers; it had been surreptitiously plucked by Wang Tao from an Ordinary person while they were lining up and placed on Jiang Shixue’s head.
Jiang Shixue had previously told Wang Tao that she remembered how to use her Hidden Attributes, the “Eyes of Contract”! And her Eyes of Contract could influence, even control the inspector!
[Eyes of Contract: Night Vision, partial control over someone else’s thoughts]
So, under Jiang Shixue’s influence, the inspector, who initially wanted her fingernail, changed his mind to taking her hair instead, and he directly took that strand away!
After Jiang Shixue entered, the inspector showed no reaction; he took out nail clippers.
“Sir, I need a piece of your nail.”
“Here.”
Wang Tao extended his hand.
Soon, the inspector spoke again.
“Energy Level Two, Impurity Grade 1, passed…”
Wang Tao also walked through successfully.
Once Wang Tao and his group entered, the nearby people immediately started whispering to each other.
“Damn! Their convoy has only nine people, and eight of them are Second-order Superpower Owners, that’s terrifying!”
“Is this the Firefly Club that used to be the Skull Club? This is much stronger than the Skull Club before!”
“They must have Level 2 Ability Users guarding their homes too, right? I guess they have at least ten Second-order Superpower Owners!”
“We should keep a low profile when we see them in the future. After all, our entire force has only two Second-order Superpower Owners…”
…
Elsewhere.
Nie Siyan found it odd, she remembered Wang Tao saying that Jiang Shixue was an Ability User, so how did she become an ordinary person?
However, this was Wang Tao’s business, and she wisely refrained from asking too many questions.
After a few people got on the vehicle, someone came over specifically to show them the way, and Zijin Base had arranged a place for them to stay.
“It’s really big…”
As she looked around the base, Nie Siyan felt a bit emotional.
Wang Tao nodded.
The base was indeed large; it was said to have been constructed to accommodate a hundred thousand people.
Unfortunately, it was only a half-finished product; the base cooled down before completion.
Now although it had been taken over by successors, there was no way to continue the infrastructure construction; they could only make do with what was available.
Of course, even as a half-finished product, it was still a very nice place.
There were buildings, green plants, roads, and even artificial rivers everywhere. But most importantly, there were many people!
In other places, one could only occasionally see human survivors, but in this place, the streets were full of them!
Although many had said before that the survivors of the Zijin Base were being exploited and oppressed by their leader, it didn’t seem as severe as the rumors suggested. Because it was clear to see that the nutritional status of the survivors on the streets was better, much better than that of other survivors.
Wang Tao reckoned that these survivors could eat at least two meals a day.
In a post-apocalyptic situation like this, ensuring an ordinary person one meal a day was considered pretty good; guaranteeing two a day was definitely a high welfare benefit!
Especially since this Zijin Base claimed to have a population of ten thousand, being able to manage the food and drink for so many people was quite impressive…
After some time, the group was led to a place that looked like a farmstay – the lodging specially arranged by Zijin Base for them. The place was large enough to accommodate other survivors.
In fact, it was originally a farmstay.
When Zijin Base was established, it simply enclosed certain building areas and then constructed city walls. It wasn’t about encircling a piece of empty land and then constructing various new buildings from scratch; that project would have been too huge… The farmstay was naturally one of the constructions that got enclosed.
Wang Tao’s convoy immediately drew a lot of attention as they arrived. It had taken them two days to get there, making them among the later arrivals.
After parking their vehicle, Wang Tao and a few others were led by staff to a front desk reception.
“Chairwoman Nie, please choose the house you would like,” said the staff member, handing a blueprint to Nie Siyan. After all, Nie Siyan was the leader in public.
“Do these houses have any differences?” asked Nie Siyan with some curiosity.
“Here we have various options like siheyuan, detached houses, suites, single rooms, and dormitories.”
“The ones with a Red mark are already occupied, and if you like a place that’s taken, you can challenge the occupants to a sparring match. According to the rules of Zijin Base, the winner gets the priority…”
Nie Siyan looked at the blueprint, which was dotted with red, and it seemed like only the dormitories had space left, and not much at that… This made Nie Siyan’s expression turn somewhat unpleasant.
Wang Tao, who had been silent beside her, raised an eyebrow.
This Zijin Base is interesting… Are they trying to divide us right from the start?