Chapter 278: Conspiracy
Translator: Insignia Editor: Svjohn
Luo Yuan looked at him in surprise. "You know me, cadre?"
"You can call me Xu Zhiqiang. Nice to meet you, Mr. Luo. I didn’t recognize you earlier. I’ve only seen photos and videos of you, but I have been watching you."
Luo Yuan was stunned. He had not realized that he had been recognized. His earlier transformation was not merely to get out of danger, but also to show his abilities at the same time. He was concerned that his rebelliousness would cause conflict. It seemed like none of the people at the top of the military or political ranks were ordinary people.
"Okay, is there anything I can do for you?" Luo Yuan asked.
"Can I talk to you in private?" asked Lieutenant Colonel Xu Zhiqiang.
The two of them walked to a corner while all eyes remained on them. Everyone was stunned. Xu Zhiqiang thought for awhile before he said seriously, "I realize that this mission is very unusual. I was not notified of your existence, and that should never have happened. I was skeptical at first, but now that I have met you, I understand what’s going on."
Luo Yuan frowned as he said, "I think you might have gotten the wrong guy. There’s nothing special about me."
"No, the Desert City doesn’t have the right to mistreat a level-5 evolved person. From what I understand, the government considers you a VIP. But that’s just one of my many doubts!"
"I don’t think I have anything to do with this. I’m not interested in politics."
Xu Zhiqiang’s expression did not change at all as he continued, "Mr. Luo, this has nothing to do with politics. You don’t realize how serious this problem is. The evolved humans gathered here are made up of more than 90% of all evolved people in the Desert City, and all the artillery weapons I requested before the mission were rejected without any valid reason."
"Are you saying that the Desert City is planning to wipe out all evolved people?" Luo Yuan stared at him coldly. He was concerned that this might involve Huang Jiahui and the rest, who were still in the Desert City, and he was exuding a terrifying vibe.
Luo Yuan’s force field had reached a state where it was no longer predictable and he could not control it himself. On normal days, nothing happened, but when he was agitated, it could be released through his Will.
Ordinary people’s anger was scary, yet harmless, but when Luo Yuan was furious, it could cost the life of at least one light-blue level beast. Nobody could stop him. Although this happened unintentionally, it was unbearable for ordinary people. For a second, Xu Zhiqiang had difficulty breathing and his temples pulsed hard, but he managed to endure it thanks to his strong Will.
"Is this the difference between a level-5 and a level-4?" he thought to himself. Luo Yuan looked terrifying as he transformed, and Xu Zhiqiang knew that his gigantic body and powerful abilities gave him the strength to kill as many people as he wished. Once a mutated creature reached light-green level though, it would slow down for a while.
Xu Zhiqiang had never killed a level-5 creature on his own until now. His official evolution level was still level-4, and he had always thought that there was not much of a difference between level-4 and level-5. Unfortunately, he had totally underestimated Luo Yuan’s abilities. He was not a level-5, but a level-6.
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"Your abilities are so much more powerful than what they’d estimated!" Xu Zhiqiang said helplessly with a poker face. "You need to calm down though."
Luo Yuan felt his heart beat hard. He forced out a smile, the terrifying vibe he’d exuded earlier vanishing. Relieved, Xu Zhiqiang said, "What you said just now might be possible, but the chances are very small. They would be digging their own graves if they did that. The New Capital City would never do something that was not in its people’s favor. What I’m suspecting is that the Desert City is controlled by someone else."
"Who could control Desert City? And what would they do with these 10,000 people in this cruel world?"
"The idea might sound ridiculous to you and me, but those village farmers are full of themselves. Our world has never lacked foolish or greedy people, especially during recent years. We have seen so many of them," Xu Zhiqiang said solemnly. He seemed to be recalling something unpleasant.
Luo Yuan frowned, thinking for a while before he said indifferently, "So what do you want me to do? If it’s going to put me in a difficult situation, you can forget about it."
Xu Zhiqiang did not mind his attitude at all, as he had been told to be cautious of evolved people and try to please them. The great purge had caused most of them to avoid politics, and especially such sensitive incidents. Luo Yuan’s attitude was understandable. Not many were as passionate towards authority as he was.
"It will not put you in a difficult situation, but rather in a neutral one."
"I will pretend that I don’t know anything," Luo Yuan said calmly.
Xu Zhiqiang gave him a satisfied smile, "Of course I’m just guessing. Perhaps the situation is better than we imagine. Anyway, we should discuss this after we have pleted the mission."
As Luo Yuan was leaving, he looked Xu Zhiqiang deeply in the eyes. Now that his Intelligence was
14, even a quick, unintentional scan could give him an almost perfect analysis of one’s instincts. Xu Zhiqiang was using his power to show his abilities, trying to persuade him to plete the mission instead of going back to the shelter to find out what was going on. This man certainly had an agenda of his own. He possessed a strong desire to control others, so he was without a doubt a very dangerous person.
Unfortunately, this was not some mon mission, but a Grade D mission. "Hopefully, I will not die in the process
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