This Fate (v1c62)
"Hmm, when Ah Mu and the others come, I'll definitely ask them." Ye Sheng nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice, with obvious fear in her dark eyes.
She was not only worried about the others, but also about herself.
After all, Ye Sheng couldn't stay at home forever. She had planned to stay with Xiaodongxi for a few days and then continue scavenging in the wilderness... But what if she ran into a brutal Black Spring Freemasonry out there? She would be dead in an instant!
Ye Sheng didn't think she could match the mercenaries!
The Black Spring Freemasonry mainly hunted mercenaries...
Thinking about how lucky she had been lately, Ye Sheng didn't dare to rely on her luck.
"Don't worry too much. Maybe I'm overthinking it. Those gangsters might have picked up the badge by chance and brought it back, thinking they could exchange it for points."
Gu Luoyu still needed Ye Sheng to find energy stones to heal her wounds, so she didn't want to let Ye Sheng sink into fear.
She changed the subject and shifted the focus, "The symbol of the Black Spring Freemasonry is a crow. The crow has many meanings, but the Black Spring Freemasonry chose it for two reasons: 'scavenging' and 'announcing death.'"
Gu Luoyu's words piqued Ye Sheng's curiosity, and she tilted her head in confusion.
When she first found the iron badge, Ye Sheng examined it carefully. She looked at it from all angles and could only tell that it was a bird... But the little girl just rubbed it with her fingers and even knew the species of the bird.
Amazing!
"Crows scavenge to adapt to different environments and get food, they have a strong survival instinct, and they announce death..."
"I know that. The death announcement is a warning to the base officials!"
Ye Sheng learned to answer questions quickly.
She was right.
Seeing that Ye Sheng regained her energy quickly, Gu Luoyu felt relieved. According to the current situation of the base, after the Gu family searched the safe zone, they wouldn't leave the mitigation zone untouched.
Luckily, the safe zone was huge, and a thorough search would take a long time. She had to seize this opportunity!
She didn't have to recover her full strength, she only needed to recover a tenth, and then she could go hunting in the wilderness.
Besides eating normally, polluted creatures also liked to eat energy stones to evolve.
It was better to hunt polluted creatures than to look for energy stones everywhere, as the chance of finding energy stones would be higher.
There were very few people like Ye Sheng who could stumble upon energy stones every now and then... As long as she absorbed enough energy stones, the energy in her body would circulate on its own, and it would only take time to fully recover.
"It's best to keep the news about the Black Spring Freemasonry a secret. Once someone hears about it, there will be endless trouble."
Ye Sheng didn't know that Gu Luoyu just wanted to hide her identity, and she thought that Xiaodongxi was worried about her. She felt touched, thinking that bringing Xiaodongxi back was the right decision!
If she lived alone, there would be no one to consult with when something happened.
Ye Sheng couldn't help but smile brightly at the little girl, with sparkling black eyes, as clingy as a coquettish cat: "Yeah, yeah, I know!"
The cheerful tone made Gu Luoyu stunned.
She turned her head away unnaturally, thinking that Ye Sheng was really a naive fool.
…
The night passed without a word, and dawn came in the blink of an eye.
Even though she had gone to bed late last night, Ye Sheng woke up early because she had something on her mind.
She got dressed and washed, and then started waiting.
Waiting for the mercenaries Ah Mu and the others to come.
But since she needed to hide Xiaodongxi, Ye Sheng decided to take them to the wilderness for a chat. The grass there was tall and lush, making it a very good place to talk.
While waiting, Ye Sheng didn't waste time and continued to practice with the hand crossbow.
Compared to small hoes and daggers, Ye Sheng preferred long-distance weapons like hand crossbows, which were safe and powerful!
After Ye Sheng practiced for more than an hour, the mercenaries Ah Mu and Lan Zhang finally arrived!
"Ye Sheng, it's all thanks to you that we were able to catch those guys last night. This is a small token of our gratitude."
In the wilderness area near the mitigation zone, Ye Sheng and the other two squatted in the grass. After Ah Mu finished speaking excitedly, he handed her a box the size of a basketball.
Ye Sheng looked at the box in surprise, not expecting that they had brought her a gift!
What a pleasant surprise!
Of course Ye Sheng wouldn't refuse anything that came her way.
But she didn't plan to open the box on the spot. She would open it with the little girl when she got back~
Now, the most important thing was to find out who the gangsters who attacked her home last night were.
And whether they were members of the Black Spring Freemasonry!
"Ah Mu, do you know who the gangsters are? I don't have any enemies with anyone, so why did they attack me?"
"The base has already interrogated them. The gangsters are all thugs from the relaxation zone. They usually loaf around and rely on the base's activities to fill their stomachs. But since the spring harvest activities were suspended, they got interested in robbery."
After Ah Mu said this, he paused, then raised his hand and scratched his head hesitantly, not knowing what to say.
Lan Zhang on the side rolled his eyes at him and answered right away: "The reason why they targeted you is very simple, because you are an orphan, and if you go to the plantation again, you will earn something. And they thought they could get something from your house by ransacking it."
"The leader of this robbery gang is called Li San. His family is no good. He has extorted money, bullied the elderly, weak women and children, and so on. He has been to your house before, so after seeing you on the list for the spring harvest event, he chose you as his first target."
"But he didn't expect that you had a crossbow in your hand and killed his son Li Qiang! After that, we worked together to catch these scumbags..."
Ye Sheng was stunned after hearing this.
So it was the Li family who had scared the original owner to death!!!
After getting a small revenge on Wang Li and Li Qiang last time, Ye Sheng still planned to work hard to become stronger and deal with the Li family when the time came, but she didn't expect that this time she would wipe out the Li family completely!
Wow, this fate...
Ye Sheng sighed quietly, and then pretended to say casually: "These people are so bad! They are all big and strong. Instead of going to the wilderness to find food, they only rob others!"
Ah Mu agreed wholeheartedly: "That's right, among these people, only Li San went to the wilderness to scavenge last month, the others are all lying at home depending on their families to support them, and they also harass women. They are really worthless!"
With Ah Mu's words, the scope narrowed down.
If one of the gangsters was really a member of the Black Spring Freemasonry, it had to be Li San!
Ye Sheng wanted to ask about Li San, but before she could speak, she caught a suspicious glance from Lan Zhang.
Unlike the careless A Mu, Lan Zhang was cautious and shrewd.
Ye Sheng was at a loss for words. She hadn’t said anything revealing… Why was Lan Zhang eyeing her like that?
She decided not to ask any more questions.
But just as she made up her mind, Lan Zhang confronted her, “Ye Sheng, are you hiding something from us?”