Why did you provoke me?

Outside the Jingchuan base, Xu Jie stood there with two men dressed in black robes.

"Why can't I enter the base? I'm also a bone painter here!"

"I only received orders from the commander; he doesn't allow you to bring these two people in. If you're coming in alone, it's fine," the soldier guarding the base replied.

"This is ridiculous! They are soldiers from this base too. Why can't they go in and rest?" Xu Jie's loud voice quickly attracted the attention of some people.

"No base would allow soldiers infested with parasitic black spores into its base. Xu Jie, are you trying to destroy this base?" Nangong Tianshou's voice rang out at that moment.

Xu Jie looked up at Nangong Tianshou, who was slowly walking out from inside the base. "What are you doing here?"

"Yu Meng didn't want to destroy this place, so she left. I didn't want to destroy this place either, so I came." Xu Jie didn't understand the deeper meaning behind Nangong Tianshou's words.

"What did you say? Yu Meng is gone? What about these two?" Xu Jie pointed at the two people in black robes.

"You brought these people back, and as for how to deal with the black spores, Yu Meng has already handed it over to you. Therefore, what to do with these two is up to you." Nangong Tianshou didn't give Xu Jie any face. He hated this kind of self-righteous person.

Xu Jie lowered his eyes. "Yu Meng did teach me, but I'm not confident I can extract the black spore alien. I'm afraid I'll have to trouble Yu Meng with this."

Nangong Tianshou chuckled. "Yu Meng's body was damaged, and she has left the base. I'm taking over this base now."

Xu Jie looked up at Nangong Tianshou, "What did you say? Yu Meng is gone? You're the commander of this base now?"

Nangong Tianshou nodded with a half-smile, "Her little bit of goodwill towards the base has been worn away by you self-righteous people."

Xu Jie looked at Nangong Tianshou, "Since you are the commander of this base, how can you refuse the soldiers of this base the right to return for rest?"

Nangong Tianshou smiled and glanced at Xu Jie. "Should I find the roster and see if he's one of the soldiers who signed the agreement with the base?"

Xu Jie kept his lips tightly pressed together. He secretly cursed her; this little brat was indeed ruthless. She actually gave up the power she had already acquired so easily.

But what to do now? She's already recalled people from the battlefield and promised to rid them of the aliens. What to do now?

Nangong Tianshou looked at Xu Jie, who remained silent, and said, "These are two ticking time bombs. Since you were able to find them on the battlefield, you must be able to solve their problems. I will not allow them into the base until the problems are resolved, nor will I give you the opportunity to destroy it."

The two soldiers stood silently to the side, neither of them speaking. By this time, they had understood their commander's meaning.

Their recall from the battlefield was Xu Jie's own idea, not an order from their superiors.

There was indeed someone in this base who could retrieve their Xenomorphs, but unfortunately, that person has already left. Therefore, strictly speaking, their departure from the Xenomorph battlefield was a violation of the base's orders and the agreement they had signed.

Xu Jie concealed these details from them, only saying that someone at the base would remove the aliens for them, without telling them that these things were all Xu Jie's wishful thinking, and that Xu Jie was using them as the most useful pawns for some purpose.

Anger was certainly present, but the overwhelming emotion was deep sorrow. They were definitely not among the first batch of pawns, otherwise the base wouldn't have been so wary of them.

"Commander Nangong, these two soldiers have been recalled from the battlefield. As long as Yu Meng intervenes, they will be safe," Xu Jie said earnestly. "Yu Meng won't stand idly by knowing about this. Why don't we contact her and see what her attitude is?"

Nangong Tianshou was truly amused and exasperated. No wonder Yu Meng said she would destroy the base; given Xu Jie's actions, if Yu Meng didn't intervene, something terrible was bound to happen. If the base was destroyed, it would be Yu Meng's inaction, and she would be blamed by everyone. No one would remember that the instigator of all this was Xu Jie, the old man who co-built the base with Granny Hua and dedicated his entire life to it.

"When Yu Meng left, she said she had given you a complete account of the extraction process of the black spore aberration, but I checked the records and couldn't find any information on that. Professor Xu Jie, could you give me an explanation?"

"She taught me, but that method didn't work, so I didn't write it down," Xu Jie explained.

"You mean, Yu Meng taught you an incomplete skill. But Yu Meng said those five warriors were present when she taught you." Nangong Tianshou looked at Xu Jie. With Xu Jie's current mindset, how dare she covet the base her mother-in-law built?

"Furthermore, I've already had someone record what those five people repeated about what Yu Meng taught you," Nangong Tianshou said leisurely. "Teacher Sun has already reached the level Yu Meng described. As the base's leader, I've recalled a Black Spore Parasite from the Alien battlefield. So far, the results seem quite good."

Xu Jie was completely stunned. "What did you say? Teacher Sun has already learned this skill? How is that possible?"

Nangong Tianshou turned and left, saying, "Your mind wasn't focused on learning skills at all, so your failure was inevitable."

Nangong Tianshou did not allow the two soldiers to enter the base. This was Xu Jie's own doing, and she had to bear the consequences.

Although the two soldiers were innocent, the recall of soldiers involves a specific procedure; they aren't simply taken to the base gate by some instructor. Therefore, in a sense, they weren't entirely innocent either.

Nangong Tianshou, however, was the most unsettled. He couldn't understand how Yu Meng, with her small body, could possess such a far-sighted vision.

She realized that Xu Jie had deliberately let Yan Lei and the others return the first time. Because she had promised her mother-in-law to take care of her soldiers, Yu Meng didn't say anything and took action directly.

But the second time Xu Jie did it, Yu Meng dug a huge pit for him. Yu Meng didn't hold back; she meticulously taught Xu Jie every step, right in front of the soldiers. Tell me, if you knew such a secret skill, wouldn't you silently memorize it?

If he knew that Yu Meng had taught Xu Jie skills in front of five warriors, would he record what the warriors said and then find a loyal person to test it on?

The result was obvious: Nangong Tianshou couldn't resist the temptation, he conducted the experiment, and he actually succeeded. What does this show? It shows that Yu Meng hadn't been holding back, and Xu Jie's inability to learn was her own problem. Yu Meng completely absolved herself of any responsibility.

Yu Meng not only left herself this great gift, but also left herself the huge problem of how to deal with Xu Jie. Nangong Tianshou admired Yu Meng's foresight but also resented her for scheming against him.

Therefore, he felt very aggrieved. How could someone who had weathered so many storms allow himself to feel aggrieved? So he found someone to vent his anger on, and that person was Xu Jie.

Xu Jie stood at the base entrance for a long time, unable to react. What had she just heard? Yu Meng was no longer the only one in the base who knew how to extract the Black Spore Xenomorph. That wooden-like Teacher Sun had already learned how to extract it. Xu Jie had become a complete villain, a laughingstock of the entire base.

The two soldiers bowed to Xu Jie. "Thank you for your kindness, Teacher Xu. We cannot bring disaster to the humans outside, so we have decided to return to the alien battlefield."

Xu Jie opened her mouth as if to say something, but ultimately said nothing. She looked at the two of them apologetically, "How about I go find Yu Meng's address, and you two go find her directly?"

The two soldiers exchanged glances, then refused. "Yu Meng is currently in the rear. If we go there and handle things poorly, it could bring annihilation to humanity there. We don't want to become sinners against humanity."

Xu Jie sat at the base entrance for a long time before finally going inside. She wanted to find Qingyuan to ask about the situation. How could the base have become Nangong Tianshou's in less than a month since she left?