It’s normal (v1c48)
For a moment, the scene was eerily quiet, with several people staring at each other.
A gust of breeze blew by. Ye Sheng blinked. Her first reaction was to look up at the Netherworld Jackdaw. It was silent. It seemed that the battle was over.
That meant the mercenaries were free to hunt the porcupine rats.
But what was good for others was trouble for Ye Sheng... After all, the rat hole was hers now.
The protective effect of the prop iron gate still worked. She wondered if the mercenaries had noticed it.
Ye Sheng wanted to convince herself, but she couldn't treat the mercenaries as fools. The huge rat hole was right there, so even a blind man could see it.
They didn't enter the rat hole because they must have been blocked by the iron gate.
"Little girl, are you okay?"
After a brief silence, someone finally broke the ice.
A burly man with a beard spoke with a smile, but his rough appearance and gestures made him look like a mafia boss asking for protection money, and he showed the ferocious grin of the wolf grandmother.
A timid person would have cried in fear.
But Ye Sheng was not a real fourteen-year-old girl, so she was very calm. Her mind was racing, trying to find a plausible excuse to distance herself.
She didn't want to be targeted by the mercenaries and sent to the laboratory.
Nor could she reveal her cheat.
But after thinking for a long time, she couldn't come up with a good reason. She couldn't explain it clearly while standing here.
So Ye Sheng decided to play dumb.
She was just an ordinary little girl in the mitigation area.
It was normal for an orphaned girl who had lost her parents to be brave.
Of course, besides that, she had to use some tricks to mislead the mercenaries. And Ye Sheng had control over the iron gate, which had several functions she could use.
"Um, may I ask, are you here to rescue me?"
Having already determined her role in her mind, Ye Sheng didn't act weak, but nodded calmly to the bearded man, and then asked a question.
At the same time, she quietly observed the uniforms of the mercenaries.
There were countless mercenary groups in the base security area. Each mercenary group had its own distinctive uniform, which was easy to identify outside and could also enhance the sense of solidarity.
The uniforms of these mercenaries showed that they belonged to the same mercenary group, and they looked familiar to Ye Sheng.
She thought about it more carefully, and remembered that the two mercenaries she met in the big truck when she arrived were also wearing the same outfit.
Wow, she had quite a fate with the Azure Phoenix mercenary group.
Although the mercenary Ah Mu said before leaving that he had something to do with her, Ye Sheng didn't want to expose herself at this time. Even if there were people in the court who were easy to deal with, who could say whether a stranger who they had only met once had bad intentions? No way!
She had to be careful.
"Yes, yes, we just finished taking care of the Nether Jackdaws and started chasing the porcupine rats. But these rats saw that the situation was bad and all ran here, only to be inexplicably blocked from the rat hole."
The bearded man explained in detail. During this time, he carefully watched Ye Sheng's expression.
There was something very strange about this place.
Not only were the porcupine rats blocked from the rat hole, they couldn't even get close.
They were stopped by an invisible force.
This surprised them when they first discovered it. To avoid any accidents, they quickly contacted the other members of the mercenary group and gathered here.
As he waited, a child emerged from the rat hole.
The barrier that repelled all living things had no effect on this little girl!
If it weren't for the polluted creatures that failed to fully transform into humans, he would have mistaken this child for a porcupine rat!
He had to secure this kid!
He had to wait for the deputy leader to arrive.
After hearing his words, the little girl in front of him looked puzzled at first, then seemed to realize something. A flash of understanding crossed her face, followed by a surge of nervousness.
It made the burly man with a beard suspicious.
But he suppressed the urge to interrogate her, thinking that he couldn't scare the little girl. He could only stand there and flash a menacing smile that resembled a butcher.
Even though Ye Sheng wasn't very afraid, she still found this smile terrifying.
And it hurt her eyes.
To stop the bearded man from grinning awkwardly, Ye Sheng had to feign ignorance and say, "I was chased by porcupine rats before, and I stumbled into this place by accident. I thought I was going to be dragged into the cave and devoured by porcupine rats, but then something strange happened. The porcupine rats couldn't get near me."
She furrowed her brows in confusion and added, "It's not that they couldn't get near me, it's that they couldn't get near the rat hole."
Ye Sheng gave herself 99 points for her acting skills. She deducted one point because she was afraid of being too proud!
It was useless to ask her anyway.
Even if they took her to a safe area for interrogation, they wouldn't get anything out of her.
Ye Sheng's superb acting skills obviously paid off, and doubt crept into the bearded man's face. He stared at Ye Sheng and said in a coaxing tone, "Little girl, are you sure you don't know anything? Think carefully, or something abnormal might happen. It could affect your body, and it would be awful if you had a crisis!"
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What did he know? Did he know that he was a bad old man?
He actually lied to a child!
Ye Sheng silently complained in her heart, but on the surface she shook her head, indicating that she was clueless.
Before the bearded man could press her further, another sound of footsteps came. Ye Sheng quickly looked up and saw a dozen more people approaching swiftly.
Seeing their matching mercenary uniforms, Ye Sheng remained calm. She couldn't escape right away anyway.
She would cross the bridge when she came to it.
So, even when Ye Sheng spotted the 'old acquaintances' Ah Mu and Lan Zhang among these people, she wasn't surprised at all.
But Ah Mu and Lan Zhang were utterly stunned, especially Ah Mu. When he saw Ye Sheng, his eyes bulged and his mouth gaped, as if he had seen a ghost.
He didn't expect to see this cute little girl again so soon!
How amazing!
The bearded man had reported something unusual here in great detail, so the two of them had followed the deputy leader and heard everything clearly. But when they arrived, they saw Ye Sheng sitting in front of the rat hole.
The mysterious barrier didn't stop her!
At this sight, Ah Mu was amazed and wanted to speak, but the next second he felt a sharp pinch on his thigh from Lan Zhang.
The merciless pinch made Ah Mu hiss, and with tears in his eyes, he swallowed the words back.
Xu Li, the deputy leader in front of the two men, glanced around with his fox-like eyes. His cunning face showed that he was not someone to be trifled with, which made Ye Sheng brace herself.
Unlike the bearded man's soothing approach, the deputy captain made some observations and spoke directly to Ye Sheng: "Wasteland survivor, I heard what you just said through the communicator. I didn't know you had such a special ability. Would you like to come with me and get a health check at the hospital in the safe zone?"
"Just call me Ye Sheng. A health check? Is it free?"
Ye Sheng didn't panic at all and asked casually.
But the condition was that it had to be free.
The deputy captain nodded briefly and assured her, "It's free. The Azure Phoenix Mercenary Group will cover the cost of your examination. You can go right now."
"I don't mind, but how do I get out of here?"
Ye Sheng smiled at the deputy captain with an innocent expression on her face, then took a few steps forward, raised her hand and punched the air. Circles of water ripples appeared instantly, blocking her way.