Apocalypse: After Being Reborn, I Stocked Up on All Supplies

Chapter 138: Chapter 138: Flame Base

The torrential rain had paused for those few days, and the official base’s boats took away the youngest and most vigorous group of people from the neighborhood.

After the second onslaught of torrential rain, Ma Longbiao and his crew began an unrestrained control and selection of the remaining inhabitants.

After experiencing extreme heat and the Blood Mosquito incident, each homeowner felt endangered. Coupled with a general attitude of detachment, Ma Longbiao’s crew quickly subdued everyone with their well-prepared tactics of intimidation and enticement.

This bunch was treacherous and cunning, adept at disguise, and did not reveal their true colors from the start.

By the time some people realized what was happening and thought of uniting with others to resist, they discovered that all the food and potential weapons were already confiscated, just like theirs.

Not to mention the other side already had guns powerful enough to shock and awe.

The children and wives of those homeowners had also been controlled by the adversaries, become shackles binding them.

Moreover, among the homeowners, there were many like the braided painter, who, for self-preservation and food, personally pushed their wives into the thugs’ clutches.

Then, as water levels gradually rose and living space shrank, Ma Longbiao’s crew started to filter and divert the neighborhood’s inhabitants.

Women under forty years old, children under sixteen years old, were continuously and covertly transported away by COzOsb:YgtMiZXcIsTUbtx.

As for where they were taken, it was most likely to their safe house outside.

The remaining homeowners, whether they were rebellious, poorly behaved or weak and disabled, were all unequivocally sent to places like the 22nd floor or were killed and tossed into the water.

The food and supplies scavenged from the homeowners’ homes were also picked over; only the good quality ones that weren’t moldy or spoiled were packed up and taken away.

As such, Shallow Bay looked more like a temporary outpost for Ma Longbiao’s crew to harvest their ‘crops.’

In just a minute or two, Jiang Yan had roughly pieced together the situation in Shallow Bay based on what Zhou Wei and Sun Jingtao had said.

However, many questions remained unanswered.

Jiang Yan snapped out of her thoughts and looked coldly at Dao Yinping, “Who is Young Master Xue?”

“Young Master Xue?” Upon hearing this name, Sun Jingtao frowned slightly.

Moreover, he hadn’t asked this question earlier.

After all, Jiang Yan and Ye Qing had overheard the conversation while they were spying, which he was not privy to.

He also didn’t know that among Ma Longbiao’s crew, there existed such a person.

“No, I don’t know…” Dao Yinping’s gaze darted, stammering in reply.

It was then that Jiang Yan noticed the array of fresh wounds on Dao Yinping’s face.

There was a purplish bruise at the corner of his eye, his right eye was shot with blood, and he was missing several teeth, with some dried blood at the corner of his mouth.

His right cheek and eyelid were swollen.

Probably the work of Ye Qing just now.

He was a young man full of vigor, and he was so angry earlier.

The fact that he only had these wounds probably meant that Ye Qing had gone easy on him.

It was only because the man still had some use that Ye Qing hadn’t cut him to ribbons yet.

“Are you truly unaware, or are you pretending not to know?” When Jiang Yan asked the question, Ye Qing had already cooperatively produced a dagger.

That dagger gleamed with a cold light, sharp and exceptional.

“I really don’t know! He’s very mysterious, truly so! He’s someone us ordinary people cannot afford to mess with!! I advise you all not to inquire or get involved! Otherwise, you’ll die a horrible death!!” Dao Yinping shivered, shaking his head like a rattle.

“Oh, so formidable? Now I’m even more curious!” Jiang Yan’s lips curled into a sneer, her gun already clicking as she chambered a round and aimed it at one of his battered limbs.

“I—I beg you, ma’am, could you please move the gun away just slightly? I’ll talk! I’ll talk!”

Damn, what a sadist!

A myriad of alpacas stampeded through Dao Yinping’s mind.

But all he could do was grit his teeth and confess:

“Our boss at Golden Shield Security Corporation is just a lackey trailing behind his ass. They say he’s so powerful he reaches the skies, and his background and connections are really tough; beyond that, I really don’t know anymore!”

Jiang Yan raised an eyebrow.

Golden Shield, even before the apocalypse, was known to straddle the line between legal and illegal dealings.

The so-called security company and the like were probably just a front for some legal ventures.

About the illegal activities? There were plenty.

Seeing her furrowed brows and the unwavering gun in her hand, Dao Yinping looked at her imploringly, almost crying:

“Ma’am, I swear I’m telling the truth! Otherwise, may the heavens strike me dead!! Please, just grant me a bullet! I will repay your generosity even if it means being a beast of burden in the next life!!”

He simply couldn’t bear the torment for another second!

Jiang Yan’s eyes grew colder as she threatened:

“You’d best answer my questions truthfully. I might just grant you a bullet after I’m done asking. But if you don’t answer properly, then I’ll bless you with a bunch of bullets, making you wish you were dead!”

“Ma’am, it’s all the truth, I swear!! Otherwise, let me be struck by thunder!!” Dao Yinping regretted not killing himself by crashing into the door earlier.

But now, with death inevitable, he only wished for it to come quickly.

“I’ve just remembered something. That Young Master Xue, he stealthily started building a private base before the high temperatures began, which was called…” Dao Yinping suddenly twisted his mouth in recollection, squinting his eyes, and then he said:

“Flame Base!”

“He predicted the coming of high temperatures and torrential rains, talking about the apocalypse! Though these things, I only learned about them a couple of days ago. Initially, we all thought Brother Ma had the foresight. Later, we found out that he was just following instructions from above.”

Jiang Yan was inwardly shocked.

So it turned out that the real Reborn was this Young Master Xue.

Sun Jingtao and Ye Qing also exchanged glances.

If Ma Longbiao’s crew was merely a lapdog for Young Master Xue, then they were not going to be easy to deal with.

“Where is Flame Base located?” Ye Qing inquired.

“It’s a secret, but it’s probably to the north.”

“North?”

“Yes, before, the geomancy of this city favored wealth in the south, nobility in the north, poverty in the east, and lesser luck in the west. He really believes in this, so he chose the north.”

“And where is Ma Longbiao’s safe house?”

“I, I really don’t know. Every time he goes there, it’s always just him and his third man; he never takes me.”

“Then let me ask you, does Ma Longbiao contact you via walkie-talkie when he’s out at the safe house?”

Dao Yinping, unsure of her intentions for the question, nodded.

“Has he contacted you today, on Young Master Xue’s birthday?”

Dao Yinping shook his head. “No, not from morning till now. He’s a very suspicious person; usually, if he’s not around here, he checks on me every hour.

That’s also a big reason why I hate him! Dammit, distrust doesn’t breed trust – keeping tabs on me all day long makes me look like a fool in front of my brothers!”

Jiang Yan ignored his complaints and musings, as she had already found her answer within.