Bai Yaoyao lightly licked her lips. The Main Base? I spent four years at the A City Main Base in my previous life and never heard anything about this Ji Family.
Sure, I didn't pay much attention to family rivalries and power struggles, but how could I not even have known about such a major force...?
Seeing Bai Yaoyao's expression, Lulu gently took her hand and gave it a squeeze.
Bai Yaoyao smiled. One step at a time.
After Xia Tian left, Fat Brother asked Bai Yaoyao, "Are we heading to the A City Main Base?"
Bai Yaoyao nodded and said, "The Main Base is the center of the power struggle. Originally, I didn't want to go there so soon. I wanted to wait until things became clearer, but now that I think about it, I was being too naive.
"Maybe we could take a different approach? Go into the heart of that power struggle and stir things up."
Fat Brother suddenly said, "Sister Yao, there's something I've never been able to figure out."
"Go ahead."
"Our people have always been careful. You said we were wiped out by an Emperor-Class Zombie, but why did we take it on? If we couldn't beat it, couldn't we run?" Fat Brother asked.
Bai Yaoyao froze. After thinking back, she slowly answered, "We did run, but we couldn't get away. Back then... it was a mission from the Authorities. The man in charge was Lin Zhiqiang, Meng Qilin's older paternal cousin. We'd worked with him for years, and things had always gone pretty smoothly, so we didn't think much of it.
"We encountered the Emperor-Class Zombie during the mission. I always thought it was a coincidence..."
"The Authorities are full of parasites and two-faced bastards. Some people are experts at putting on an