Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 366 Counterattack and Origin

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei ignored Luo Ping's complaints; they still had enemies, and now was not the time to complain.

There are still many enemies, and they haven't recovered from their surprise attack yet. It's a great opportunity.

Missing such an opportunity is a crime.

The two immediately pounced on the nearest Newtype, scattering all the tile shards in their hands at any enemy they could reach as quickly as possible.

We don't care who's type A and who's type C anymore; we'll kill whoever we can.

Tang Er, Liu Hua, Chou Nu, and the others quickly followed, not wanting to waste this great opportunity.

The situation reversed instantly. Under the leadership of Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei, the counterattack from the 923rd base was swift and devastating. The remaining enemies didn't even have a chance to escape and were almost completely annihilated in the blink of an eye.

However, the group ultimately spared one survivor. Lao Yao, Lao Tang, and Lu Laoshu were still in the hands of the enemy, and they needed to keep one alive to check on the condition of the three prisoners.

Moreover, Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei could now confirm that in this short period of time, marks had appeared on their bodies. Whether they were infected by Luo Ping and his group or planted by this group of enemies, the marks had indeed reappeared on their bodies.

Therefore, whether or not to eliminate all the enemies is no longer important. It's better to leave one alive.

The survivor was a Type A new human, someone Yao Wei had seen when she was a child.

In the end, he was in Yao Wei's hands. Yao Wei's face turned slightly cold, and in the blink of an eye, she twisted and dismantled the man's limbs, turning this Type A new human into a brand new human stick.

Yao Wei had done this defensive measure countless times. Whenever they caught an enemy and needed to interrogate them, Yao Wei would turn them into human sticks.

Logically speaking, Lu Xi'an should have been used to it by now, but seeing Yao Wei turn people into human sticks again, Lu Xi'an inexplicably felt a chill down his spine and cold sweat seeped out from his back.

Why does Yao Wei seem so terrifying this time?!

Not only Lu Xi'an, but everyone else felt the same way, and the feeling was even stronger. Everyone felt that it was the suppression of the aura of a strong person.

The Type A new human was in so much pain that his eyes rolled back, and cold sweat soaked his forehead. Now that he had lost all four limbs, he couldn't move at all. His face was deathly pale, and he was determined to bite his tongue and commit suicide.

However, Yao Wei had already sensed something was wrong. She swiftly reached out and dislocated the jaw of the Type A new human before the Type A new human even had a chance to bite off its own jaw.

—This trick was learned from Lu Xi'an. Yao Wei had seen Lu Xi'an do it before, and now she learned it with great ease.

Luo Ping and the others watched from behind, and they couldn't help but rub their chins, feeling as if their own jaws had been dislocated as well.

Lu Xi'an sighed inwardly, took Yao Wei's hand, and comforted the woman who was caught in hatred and anger, saying, "Relax, leave it to me."

Yao Wei paused for a moment before coming to her senses, then nodded and said, "Mm."

Lu Xi'an pulled Yao Wei behind him, and after giving Luo Ping a few brief instructions, Luo Ping directed everyone to search the corpses and check the surrounding area.

These enemies have been lingering outside the 923 base for so long, I wonder what they might have left behind on Qinshan Mountain? And I wonder if they have any useful "legacy" on them.

These all need to be carefully inspected; confiscate what needs to be confiscated and remove what needs to be removed. This is something that must be done right now.

Of course, not everyone needs to do these things. After arranging things for the others, Luo Ping stayed behind with Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei to see if they could be of any help when Lu Xi'an interrogated the enemy's Type A new human.

Lu Xi'an asked the first question: "Where are our people being held?"

After he asked that question, the Type A new human in his hand made a weak, inexplicable, and incoherent sound in his throat. His eyes kept glancing down, seemingly looking at his helpless chin. The meaning was obvious: he was asking Lu Xi'an, "How should I answer this?"

Lu Xi'an raised his hand and slapped the Type A new human's chin back down.

The Type A new human immediately opened his mouth and was about to stick out his tongue and bite his teeth.

This guy even tried to bite his tongue and commit suicide!
Without saying a word, Lu Xi'an removed his jaw again with a "snap".

"Want to see if your mouth is faster or my hands are faster?"

Lu Xi'an sneered and said, "If you want, you're welcome to try. I'm very patient. If you want to play, I don't mind playing with you a bit more."

Luo Ping glanced at Lu Xi'an beside him, pondering his words. He thought to himself, "I've learned something! Big brother's words are really impressive, both intimidating and cool. I must remember them well and learn from them."

Then Lu Xi'an reattached the man's jaw. The man still didn't believe it and tried to bite his tongue to commit suicide again.

Before his mouth could even close, Lu Xi'an dislocated his jaw again. Luo Ping perked up, carefully observing Lu Xi'an, wanting to hear what Lu Xi'an would say next.

Lu Xi'an asked calmly, "Would you like to try again?"

The Type A new human's eye twitched, and a hint of despair appeared on his face.

Luo Ping observed every detail of Lu Xi'an, thinking that the key to his elder brother's words was not what he said, but his demeanor and tone. This indifferent and calm tone could indeed exert tremendous psychological pressure on people.

Coupled with the pressure from his older brother's previous words, and the helplessness and despair of never being able to commit suicide and having his jaw dislocated if he made the slightest move, it would be strange if this Type A new human could withstand it.

Cold sweat poured down the forehead of the Type A new human, his eyes fixed on Lu Xi'an, unsure whether to compromise or not.

Lu Xi'an put his jaw back on, and he finally stopped trying to bite his tongue to commit suicide. However, his eyes moved away from Lu Xi'an and landed on Yao Wei.

"I've seen you."

He suddenly blurted out such a sentence, and then returned to Lu Xi'an, saying, "Actually, I should have recognized you a long time ago. Many of us should have recognized you, but we just couldn't believe it."

"Now that I see the two of you, I can confirm it's you. We were careless after all..."

Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei exchanged a glance.

The words of this Type A new human were inexplicable, but Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei both instantly realized something. Even Luo Ping, who was standing to the side, looked thoughtful.

But none of the three showed any emotion. Lu Xi'an said, "Stop talking nonsense. You haven't answered my question yet."

The Type A new human then replied, "We're in Jiangnan now, but we probably won't be there anymore after a while. You've been looking for us, and we don't dare stay in one place for too long."

Lu Xi'an felt a slight tremor in his heart.

You've been hiding from us...

It's easy to deduce from this statement that this group, capable of suppressing Luo Ping and his companions, had been hiding from others. Such a powerful group, with such numbers and abilities, was actually afraid of others!
And this person in front of me mistook Lu Xi'an and Yao Wei for that group of people. Who could that group be?
Lu Xi'an's mind raced, and he quickly came up with a possibility—

This Type A new human dared to say that they had long suspected Luo Ping and his group's identities. What was so special about Luo Ping and his group that made these people treat them as one of the others?

What is the existence of the base? What is the form and scale of the organization? Or is it the strength far exceeding that of ordinary New Humans, and their scientifically trained combat skills?
When this Type A new human was confirmed, he looked at Yao Wei as he spoke. Why did he look at Yao Wei again?

What did Yao Wei's image remind this Type A new human of?
Lu Xi'an recalled the photos he had seen in the abandoned spaceship escape pod in Jiangdong City, and a vague answer came to him.

He turned to look at Yao Wei, whose expression remained calm, revealing nothing unusual. But he knew that with Yao Wei's intelligence, she must have connected the dots, though she too remained rational and showed no sign of it.

"You go on."

Lu Xi'an said something to the Type A new human again, his tone still indifferent, as if every word the Type A new human said didn't matter.

The Type A new human continued, "Back in Wanquan County, we were almost surrounded and killed. After we escaped, we were marked and wandered to many places, but we were never able to shake you off."

"Later, we were forced into a corner and figured out a way to cover up the markings, which allowed us to escape from you."

"But we're still not at ease. Your leader—I think it's your dad? He's too powerful; he always manages to crack our methods and re-lock onto us."

“He locked onto us, found us, and left marks on us that were difficult to erase for years, and then continued to hunt us down.”

"So we kept running and hiding, never daring to stay in one place for long."

"Over the years, we have been teaching others some of the ways we enhance our strength, and we have also been modifying the methods of concealing our markings to confuse you and avoid being caught by you."

"But we don't want to hide anymore. I don't keep track of time, but it feels like it's been at least twenty years. We've been hiding and running around like rats."

“What’s the point of living like this? We’re going to launch a counterattack, we’re going to fight you properly, the winner lives and the loser dies, it’s better to risk our lives than to be chased like a rat by you all the time.”

"So we want to gather more people, and with enough strength, we might as well just go and kill our way to Donghai City. We heard that there might be a very powerful group here who killed everyone in the counties south and north of the Yangtze River, and also slaughtered Xuan Xiaocao's group in Jiangbei."

"So we thought we'd come here and bring you under our wing. But we never expected... alas, we made a fatal mistake, and it was you who caused such a commotion!"

(End of this chapter)