Stirring Things Up in the Wasteland 166

Chapter 166

At 8 AM the next morning, the North China Region Base Conference officially began.

The location was the First Base’s conference room. It had to be said, the room was quite large, and it was fully equipped with fans and air conditioning. It was quite cool upon entering.

Song Xun’s group had all eaten breakfast before they came. Of course, they had cooked for themselves in their dormitory. They hadn’t gone to the First Base’s canteen for the supplied meals.

For one, the weather was too hot, and it would have been a hassle to walk there. And for another, there was no need. They didn’t lack food and could eat well.

As they entered the conference room, a blast of cool air rushed over, dispelling some of the oppressive heat from their bodies.

The conference room was very large. The names of the participating bases had probably been arranged in advance, and the tables and chairs had already been set up. In front of each seat was a sign with the name of a base, but the number of seats was limited.

But this was also normal. After all, it was impossible for a dozen or two dozen people from each base to come. The room, no matter how large, couldn’t accommodate them all. It wasn’t a pre-apocalypse stadium where tens of thousands could fit.

The seating arrangement of the bases was probably based on strength. In any case, the Ning Mountain Base was seated at the front. But perhaps because of what had happened last night, their position was separated from the Sunshine Base’s, with several other bases in between. Song Xun had never heard of them and didn’t care.

How to put it? It all looked quite formal.

The people who had come from Ning Mountain this time, besides Song Xun, were Chang Wan and the indispensable Wang Qingyao.

It wasn’t until almost 8 AM, when the conference was about to start, that Sang Shu arrived. He had already changed into a new pair of glasses, and the bruises and cuts on his face from Song Xun’s attack had disappeared. He looked no different from usual.

Medical technology couldn’t have done this. He must have found a healing-type ability user.

A healing-type ability user other than Ji Tang?!

Song Xun narrowed her eyes, her gaze thoughtful as she looked over.

There were a few people with Sang Shu, but they weren’t the ones she had seen last night. From their expressions and gazes, they didn’t seem to be controlled. Were they new people from the Sunshine Base?

As if sensing Song Xun’s gaze, Sang Shu also turned to look over, smiling faintly and nodding. He still looked like a scholarly gentleman, as if he hadn’t taken last night’s probing and conflict to heart at all.

To be honest, Song Xun still admired him for this, because she knew she definitely couldn’t swallow her anger like that.

At 8 AM, Xia Jin arrived with her people and sat in the front seat, facing the crowd. This also meant the conference had officially begun.

The noisy chatter below quickly quieted down.

The conference had only two main topics. The first was the announcement of the ability user levels, researched and speculated by a total of 16 official large bases from all over the country. Song Xun already knew this, so she didn’t care.

But after today—no, perhaps from now on—the apocalypse would truly begin a new chapter in the era of ability users.

The second topic was about high-temperature-resistant crops.

As for selling and planting the high-temperature-resistant crop seeds or mature crops that her own base had developed to the entire North China region, Song Xun had no objection.

For one, she would not refuse such a thing that would benefit the human survivors. After all, this was her basic bottom line as a human. And for another, to use these crops and seeds to exchange for the things she needed, why not?

Anyway, she had already basically gotten a clear picture of the situation from Guan Yang yesterday. Although the price for selling the high-temperature-resistant crops and seeds was to be set by herself, the First Base would not force it.

But Song Xun still planned to follow the First Base’s price. Perhaps a little higher, but definitely not so expensive that people couldn’t afford it.

After all, she didn’t want the human survivors to be wiped out, did she? And there was no deep hatred. But the Sunshine Base was an exception.

If they wanted her crops, then she would definitely extort them once.

On the stage, after Xia Jin had finished speaking, she invited representatives from the Sunshine Base and Ning Mountain to come up and explain the matters concerning the high-temperature-resistant crops and the exchange price for purchase and supply.

As for the Sunshine Base, their high-temperature-resistant crops had been cultivated, but they couldn’t even reach the level of the First Base, let alone compare with the Ning Mountain Base.

It was like heaven and earth. In this respect, the exchange price was naturally different.

Song Xun didn’t know the person who had come up from the Sunshine Base. And as for the Ning Mountain side, it was none other than Wang Qingyao who went on stage.

This woman was not stage-shy at all. She was wearing shorts and a T-shirt, her back straight, and her short hair was tied in a short ponytail at the back of her head. Because it was too short, a lot of black hair hung down. Paired with her face, which had gotten a little darker from her work, it had to be said, she looked much more heroic and dashing than before.

As she stood up and went on stage, a mouthful of professional terms made Song Xun’s head spin. Anyway, she didn’t understand. But she was more interested in the selling price after that.

But in reality, most of the small and medium-sized bases did not have the conditions for planting high-temperature-resistant crops. But there was no harm in trying. Maybe after the apocalypse, because the soil quality in different places was different, there would be a surprise, right?

People, after all, had to have dreams and hope.

Before she had come, Guan He had told her about the base conference. Although it was not certain at that time, to be on the safe side, Song Xun had still brought a lot of high-temperature-resistant crops.

This was a good time to sell them all. If it wasn’t enough, then there was nothing she could do. The bases that wanted them would have to come and buy them in person. They couldn’t just have the people from Ning Mountain deliver them all over the place.

At 1 PM, the base conference came to a successful conclusion.

The people from the Sunshine Base, led by Sang Shu, were the first to leave. Song Xun found an opportunity to have the little ball of light go invisible and follow them, just in case.

Watching their figures disappear, Xia Jin came over and was about to speak when she was directly stopped by Song Xun. “Hold it, hold it, Old Xia. You know what can be said and what can’t, right? If you’re here to plead for him, then forget it. I don’t want to hear it.”

Xia Jin was speechless. Plead for what? Did she not know Song Xun’s dog-like temper?

In the end, she could only sigh and say in a low voice, “I’m not here to plead. I’m just giving you a word of advice. This Sang Shu is not simple, and the Sunshine Base is not so simple either. Be careful.”

Song Xun smiled, waved her hand, and left with Wang Qingyao and the others. Xia Jin watched her leave and, in the end, didn’t say much more.

After leaving the conference room, while maintaining contact with the little ball of light to monitor Sang Shu, Song Xun also didn’t go back to the dormitory building with her people, but went straight out of the First Base.

Early in the morning, Ji Tang and Ji Chao had taken the cubs and the others out of the base to wait, just in case Sang Shu tried something.

To be honest, Song Xun wasn’t afraid of Sang Shu, but she was afraid that something would happen to her family. After all, these people, don’t look at them as if they are good at fighting, but if they run into a type like Sang Shu who doesn’t play by the rules, they would definitely be helpless.

So this was also just in case.

Through the little ball of light’s surveillance, Sang Shu and his men had probably packed up and had also come out of the dormitory building. Song Xun hadn’t seen a single one of the people who had fought her last night, and she didn’t know if they were dead or alive. This time, the twenty-something people behind him were all new faces. And on their way out, more people had joined them one after another.

Where did these people come from?

But Song Xun didn’t care. Maybe they were ability users he had recruited from the First Base, or maybe they were people from other bases. Alright, that wasn’t important.

After meeting up with Ji Tang’s group quickly, they set out in their RV. The Sunshine Base and the Ning Mountain Base were in different directions, but there was a section of the road from the First Base that was the same.

At the intersection of that road, Song Xun got out of the car.

Ji Tang was sitting in the passenger seat, her eyes full of worry. “Be careful. Come back early.”

“Don’t worry.”

Song Xun waved her hand and beckoned for Ji Chao to hurry up and drive away.

The Sunshine Base’s convoy was about to arrive. And here, this would become a battlefield. Song Xun didn’t know how far Sang Shu’s mental ability could control, but for safety, it was better for Ji Tang and the others to be as far away as possible.

At 3:30 PM, it was not yet dark, and the oppressive heat was still relentlessly baking the earth.

Song Xun wiped the sweat from her head, a popsicle in her mouth. She found a shady spot and sat down against a rock, slowly waiting for the people from the Sunshine Base to arrive.

It was just 4 PM, not a second late. With a “rumble,” the Sunshine Base’s convoy appeared in her field of vision.

As if not expecting her to be so brazenly blocking the middle of the road, in the first van, Sang Shu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, couldn’t help but be taken aback.

Unlike Song Xun’s plan, what Sang Shu was thinking was to take this opportunity to wipe out the Ning Mountain Base. This way, not only could he get rid of Song Xun and get his revenge, but he could also take all of Ning Mountain’s resources, high-temperature-resistant crops, and so on, killing two birds with one stone, right?

So he had no intention of attacking Song Xun and her group now. In his eyes, the Ning Mountain Base had only so many people. Even if Song Xun was strong, she was just one person. What could she do?

But he had never expected that Song Xun would actually be so bold, blocking the road to kill him…

But after a brief moment of shock, Sang Shu couldn’t help but sneer. In reality, wasn’t this also a good thing?

The few vans of the Sunshine Base all stopped. The doors opened, and about 60 people jumped out, all holding knives and guns. They weren’t the familiar faces from last night, but there were indeed many people Song Xun had seen in the intel from the little ball of light.

“Song Xun, alright. Since you’re looking for death, then I’ll just grant you your wish.”

It was getting dark, and he was in a hurry to get back. Sang Shu clearly didn’t want to make any unnecessary moves.

“Go, kill her!”

And he clearly had no intention of giving Song Xun too much time to prepare. The moment the order was given, the 60-something people immediately unleashed their abilities, and with their respective powers, they slammed down on her.

Song Xun looked up and watched as the various abilities of different forms rapidly enlarged in her pupils. She stood up, a sneer on her face.

“Kill me? That depends on whether you have what it takes. Don’t just talk big like last night.”

Sang Shu frowned, then quickly relaxed his expression, not saying a word.

The battle was about to break out.

And this time, without Ji Tang or the cubs to take care of, and without her own people to hold her back, Song Xun’s attack was undoubtedly more fierce and sharp than before. With a grip of her palm, the long, black Miao Dao was in her hand, on which crackling lightning flashed.

With just one step, she was completely enveloped by the attacking abilities. But Song Xun was not flustered at all. The power of her lightning erupted, and she directly slashed out.

Boom!

A silvery-white lightning exploded out, bringing with it a low and piercing sonic boom. The countless fireballs, ice swords, and other abilities that were coming at her, after a stalemate of only about two seconds, were all blasted apart by her lightning-infused slash.

Only a long trail of not-yet-completely-dispersed dust was left, with the crackling sound of residual sparks, showing its former existence.

“How… is that possible!”

Just this one move, and Sang Shu was stunned. The strength Song Xun had shown was even far beyond the level of last night. Could this be this person’s full strength?

“Sang Shu, are your people really this weak? It’s not enough to kill me with this.”

A silver light flowed in Song Xun’s eyes, and the long Miao Dao in her hand was lifted and swung. The blade, filled with the power of lightning, whistled down like a thunder god in control of all things in the world.

Rumble!

The air was directly blasted apart, and the silvery-white current exploded, shattering the rocks on the dry ground within a certain range. Even the originally clear, extremely hot sky seemed to have darkened at this moment.

That was the heavy pressure of the overflowing lightning.

Sang Shu’s face darkened. Looking at the crowd that was afraid to advance, he directly unleashed his current maximum level of mental power.

Crackling!

It was not a deliberate attack, but being within this range, Song Xun was naturally affected. The electromagnetic barrier automatically deployed, making a sound.

But within this range, other than Song Xun, no other living being could be immune, whether it was humans or mutated animals.

And so, they were in trouble.

The wilderness was already sparsely populated, but there were many mutated animals. In just one minute, the nearby ones began to gather, and the distant ones were also running over. And with the original 60-something people, the number was now up, and so was the pressure.

Roar! Roar!

Awooo! Awooo!

The first to arrive were a pack of mutated wild wolves, who leaped over Sang Shu’s head and, in coordination with the 60-something controlled people, rushed at Song Xun, biting.

After that, other mutated animals arrived one after another. The scene immediately became bloody.

But Song Xun was not afraid.

This situation was also within her expectations.

So there was no need for her to fight these beasts, right? Her opponent, from beginning to end, was only one.

Sang Shu—