New Work

This 'job' is the 'Black Witch' team's mission, and it is also a 'gift' that Yu Qiushui promised to give to Luo Yan.

Cheng Baisen's camp, 'Coyotes,' was originally intended to serve 'Black Witches,' serving as a node in a transportation route for 'Black Witches' on the surface.

However, this node recently betrayed them, seizing a batch of important supplies.

Luo Yan was supposed to accept this mission earlier, but it was delayed until now because of Liu Xiao.

Completing this task will not only earn you the contribution points offered by the 'Black Witch,' but the 'Black Witch' will also convert the value of the supplies into Undercity General Work Points and give one-third of them as a reward.

These are the ones that are publicly known.

As for the more overt means, such as recruiting the soldiers from that camp, seizing Cheng Baisen's personal assets, and other illicit income, it would also be a considerable fortune for Team 7, which is still in its development stage.

It's unclear what arrangements Yu Qiushui made, but in any case, this lucrative task was assigned to Team 7.

Only if 7 teams voluntarily withdraw can the other teams accept.

Without this arrangement, such a task would have been snatched up by other teams long ago.

After arranging the work, Luo Yan left.

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Wilderness, 'Coyote' camp.

At sunset, the campsite in the abandoned town was bustling with activity, smoke rising from its chimneys.

Although it did not reach the scale of Surface Base, thanks to the force built up by Cheng Baisen and his dozens of warriors, the 'Coyote' camp could not fight against the behemoths, but it was not a problem to fight against small groups of Giant Beast parasite.

Therefore, the camp also attracted many homeless survivors.

They lived here, earning meager wages through labor in exchange for the camp's meager living.

It was getting late, and the scavengers who had gone to the town to collect items were returning to their camp in small groups.

Only after paying one-third of their daily harvest upon arrival at camp can they return to the camp and enjoy its protection.

To facilitate management, Cheng Baisen used engineering equipment to bulldoze most of the buildings and other structures in the camp.

Low bungalows were set up on a large open space with a good view, and there were only tents around the perimeter. These were the survivors who had just arrived at the camp. They couldn't afford to rent bungalows and could only live in the simple tents.

It was already December, and the weather was cold. A layer of white snow had accumulated on the ground of the camp. The camp sent people to shovel snow every day, but they only cleared the main roads of the camp; the survivors had to take care of the rest of the area themselves.

However, the survivors, exhausted from a day's work, had no energy left to shovel snow. As a result, most of the returning people looked tired and trudged through the snow.

Deep inside the camp, barbed wire was erected and a cordon was set up, with soldiers patrolling with sizable wolfhounds.

This area is Cheng Baisen's stronghold and also Forbidden Land.

Survivors might be shot even if they approached, let alone entered.

Only with Cheng Baisen's permission and by being transported by vehicle could one enter his 'palace'.

As the local tyrant, Cheng Baisen lived in a much better place than the survivors; it used to be a shopping mall in the town.

After being modified by Cheng Baisen, it has become a combination of a residence and a fortress.

Easy to defend and difficult to attack, coupled with strict security, this Xiao Xiao camp has been able to survive to this day after the natural disaster.

On the rooftop of the main building, Cheng Baisen, with a cigar in his mouth, looked out at the camp under the setting sun, feeling a sense of accomplishment like a king surveying his territory.

Although he is not young, he still maintains a good condition due to his profession and the practice of Visualization Technique.

Behind me at the dining table, a chef wearing a top hat placed a piece of steak, only three-quarters cooked and still bloody, on a plate, added some garnish, and served it.

A tall, beautiful woman with straight legs, who was said to have once been a minor celebrity, picked up a bottle of red wine from the ice bucket next to her and poured about half a glass into a wine glass next to her.

Cheng Baisen then turned around and invited a cold-faced man next to him to sit down.

"Mr. Chu Yuan, you've come all this way, please be sure to try my chef's cooking."

Cheng Baisen smiled broadly and was very enthusiastic, even giving the former minor star a series of winks.

The woman understood and warmly took the arm of the man named Chu Yuan, her fiery body almost pressed against his.

Just then, a clever-looking young man quickly arrived.

Li Yu Cheng Baisen's right-hand man and also the commander of the camp's soldiers.

"Boss, I just received a message."

Cheng Baisen glanced at him and asked casually, "What news?"

"The Black Witch sent a notice ordering you to deliver the detained supplies to Silver Bay Base within three days and provide an explanation for the matter," Li Yu said quickly.

Cheng Baisen scoffed, glanced at Chu Yuan, and then said, "Ignore him." Li Yu frowned, as if to say something.

Cheng Baisen glared at him. "Little Li, can't you see we have important guests?"

"How can you be so insensible? Get out of here!"

Li Yu could only nod and turn to leave.

At this moment, Chu Yuan, who had one hand on the little star's long leg, coldly asked, "What's wrong?"

Cheng Baisen laughed heartily, "It's alright, Mr. Chu, try this bottle of red wine, it's really good stuff."

Laughter echoed from the rooftop.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, snowflakes were falling gently.

Li Yu glanced at the scene, sighed softly, and closed the door.

Behind the door, a short-haired woman opened a makeup box and applied lipstick to her lips.

"You got insulted, didn't you?"

The short-haired woman put away her makeup box and casually tossed her hair, which had reached her shoulders.

"I told you long ago, the boss has changed."

"Or rather, he's always been like this, but now that he's hooked up with that guy surnamed Chu, he no longer hides his ambitions and has simply unleashed them all."

"Stop talking, Liu Si." Li Yu took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth.

Liu Si ignored him and continued, "Now that the boss is in high spirits, why would he care about his 'former employer'?"

Li Yu lit a cigarette, took a puff, and sighed, "The Black Witch organization has been around for two years, and almost no one on the surface knows about it."

"So the boss doesn't take them seriously, but those people are no ordinary folks. Every time we deal with them, they're either well-equipped or highly skilled."

"In my opinion, this 'Black Witch' is not much worse than the 'Yellow Springs' behind the Chu family."

"But now the boss and the man surnamed Chu have hit it off, and he's even been persuaded by Chu to withhold the 'Black Witch's' supplies as start-up capital."

No matter how I tried to persuade him, it was no use.

He wasn't like this before.

Then voices were heard, and a dozen people hurriedly arrived, carrying a stretcher.

A person lay on the stretcher, bleeding from a head wound, breathing heavily.

Li Yu threw down her cigarette. "How could this happen?"

A long-haired man shouted, "Brother Li, you have to stand up for everyone!"

"Those guys surnamed Chu were causing trouble in the camp. We only tried to stop them verbally, and they beat Xiao Zheng half to death."

Li Yu's brows furrowed instantly.