Why did you provoke me?

Yu Meng nodded. "It's not that I'm ungrateful. I'm just a bone painter. I have no power, no connections, and not even a place to settle you. I don't know what reason I should give to keep you here."

Xiao Wen and Du Wen exchanged a glance. "What if we have a place?"

Yu Meng gave them a strange look. "You had this planned all along?"

"No, it was Secretary Wu who suggested it. We all contributed money to buy the Jingchuan base, but it's just an empty shell. All the equipment inside has been moved out, leaving only a few buildings."

Yu Meng's eyes lit up. "Secretary Wu is great, but what should we focus on as our main business? It's not easy to support so many people. We need to have a profitable business."

"If you agree to join us, Secretary Wu has several plans. What we lack is a leader to keep things in check. After all, we have experienced the horrors of the Xenomorphs, and we are not naive outsiders."

Yu Meng extended her hand, "Then it'll be a pleasure to work with you!" Xiao Wen and Du Wenhe both shook hands with Yu Meng.

Everyone was delighted; they hadn't expected Yu Meng to agree to their terms without even mentioning any conditions.

"Don't worry, we won't let you suffer any losses. You are our guarantee of survival, and all our will is for your sake," Xiao Wen said very seriously. "We will write all of this into the agreement; it's all official documentation and will be filed with the relevant authorities."

Yu Meng laughed, "I only have a bit of talent in aliens, I don't know anything else."

Xiao Wen understood what Yu Meng meant; she didn't want to get involved in those trivial matters.

"There are still some of us left; we can always find someone to do these jobs."

Yu Meng nodded, as long as he understood what she meant.

She had a premonition that this was just the beginning, and who knows what trouble might follow. Going it alone was definitely not going to work.

These base warriors, their aliens—if they need Yu Meng's help, she has the right to refuse. That's why she agreed without any conditions.

Although she started from a low point, she's strong. She's not afraid of any aliens, just look at Nian Nian's current state. In her eyes, they aren't dangerous aliens, but delicious feasts that can satisfy the Lineage's hunger.

"Then let's go take a look together tomorrow. We'll need to come up with a new name." Du Wenhe relaxed, a smile appearing on his face.

Because Yu Meng agreed to their request, the group of people who came felt relieved, and the atmosphere became cheerful. Someone brought out the wine they had brought, and they wanted to celebrate.

Yu Meng, of course, wouldn't spoil the fun. Niannian went inside and brought out a few bowls. She loved lively atmospheres, even though she couldn't drink.

Yu Meng saw someone running from the direction of the town. "Captain, something's happened. Yan Lei and the others are being attacked, their resources have been stolen, and two of them have mutated and sent out messages for help."

Xiao Wen and Du Wen stood up and looked at Yu Meng. Yu Meng didn't hesitate and said, "Niannian, let's go."

The group packed up their belongings. "The car was parked at the village entrance to avoid disturbing the villagers," Xiao Wen said as they walked.

Yu Meng nodded. "Will it be enough time to drive back?"

The alien won't wait for you to return; once it takes root in your blood and qi, its growth rate will be very fast.

"It's alright, we have helicopters outside the town," Du Wenhe said softly.

Yu Meng narrowed her eyes; she seemed to have underestimated these people. "Fourth Sister, are we going to take a plane? I've never been on one before!"

"We're not trying to lie to you, we just thought that if we were in a really bad situation, maybe you would take pity on us. Then we could beg you, and if you soften your heart, we wouldn't have to worry anymore," Xiao Wen explained cautiously from the side.

Niannian, puzzled, asked, "Fourth Sister, when we're looking for partners, shouldn't we look for capable people? Why would we look for poor people who can't even afford to eat? What would we gain from that?"

Yu Meng nodded, "Niannian is right, Fourth Sister was wrong before."

Xiao Wen panicked, "We were really sincere, but we may have used the wrong method. I apologize, and I promise that this will never happen again."

Yu Meng didn't dwell on the matter. "I like to be upfront. I do intend to cooperate with you; otherwise, everything you do will be in vain. To be honest, I hope you have as many trump cards as possible, but I don't want to have to think about whether I should hold back my trump cards when I'm doing something."

Xiao Wen and Du Wenhe both understood that this matter was over. If it happened again in the future, Yu Meng might do something when retrieving the alien. Although they were threatened, the two nodded at the same time, "There will absolutely be no future."

Yu Meng wasn't afraid of being schemed against. If her parents had enough wealth, even siblings would scheme against each other, let alone people from different families. She wasn't the kind of person who would suffer a loss without fighting back.

Niannian had already gotten into the car. "Fourth Sister, did you tell Eldest Sister?"

Yu Meng looked at Niannian, who was precocious for her age and remembered everything.

"No rush, it's late now, we can talk about it tomorrow."

Yu Meng looked at Xiao Wen, "Ask Yan Lei what kind of alien it is parasitizing? How is the situation?"

They are soldiers of the base, and they have special communication channels among themselves.

Yu Meng watched as Du Wenhe took out a small device, tapped it a few times with his finger, and several special symbols appeared. The other party responded with symbols as well.

"They say it's a little flower alien, and it's already mutated. The person is unconscious, and there are many wrinkles on its body. It's probably not going to make it. The problem is that we're afraid it will find another host," Du Wenhe explained to Yu Meng while typing symbols.

Yu Meng had no good solution either. These alien creatures had existed for over a hundred years, and no one had been able to figure them out. When her mother-in-law was alive, she could only seal them into her mind, which ultimately led to her own death.

Yu Meng touched the small backpack on her body, where the little flower-shaped aliens she had taken from her mother-in-law's mind were still. These were the earliest aliens to appear and also the fastest mutating aliens. After she peeled off their skins, they became still. Their energy had been absorbed by Yu Meng's domineering line, but they hadn't died.

Yu Meng shaped the dough into a small teardrop and hung it on her backpack. Yu Meng didn't know why she did it, she just felt it was good for her.

"We'll be there in ten minutes. Get ready." Xiao Wen's voice rang out. "I'm counting on you this time." He looked at Yu Meng and bowed deeply.

"I'll do my best." Yu Meng used lines to weave another mask on her face, a big smiling face.

Everyone on the plane saw it, but they remained calm. Niannian saw it too, and following suit, she made herself a mask with a crying face and her mouth drooping down.

It was only then that they seemed to see Nian Nian's abilities. She was able to work in sync with Yu Meng, so her abilities were naturally not weak. Moreover, Nian Nian had helped them with the examinations several times, but she hadn't been able to remove the alien. They had just thought she was being silly, but now it seemed that they had underestimated this little girl.