Big Strong and Thorn had actually joined forces for the time being.
Chen Luo only learned of the Thorn Queen's appearance that evening.
Wasn't Little Mantou, whom Yuri had sent, acting as their mole? Shouldn't he have known right away?
At the crucial moment, Yuri had been dead asleep and hadn't been watching.
Yuri couldn't read Little Mantou's memories, either.
The team that had encountered Thorn and Big Strong only reported what had happened after returning to the base that evening.
A suspected mutant.
When they had looked back, they had seen four unusually tall thorn constructs.
Chen Luo smiled. A Nature-type?
He happened to be short on Nature-type crystals.
Yuri sent a message. "Big Strong suddenly has a hundred more zombies with him. I was asleep at the time, so I didn't notice how they got there."
What could Chen Luo say? Tell Yuri not to sleep?
Chen Luo wasn't that demanding.
Chen Luo wondered if Big Strong had killed that mutant.
He didn't mind letting Big Strong have other crystals, but he was short on Nature-type ones right now. He would have to go ask for it.
It was also time to put Big Strong in his place.
Besides, some of Big Strong's underlings had actually dared to entertain the idea of eating his people. Unless he showed them a little of his strength, they wouldn't understand why Big Strong feared him.
If he found Big Strong the instant his members returned, Big Strong would surely wonder how Chen Luo knew his location.
But he couldn't let Big Strong absorb too much of the Nature-type crystal, either.
He would go at midnight.
Big Strong leaned against the wall of a city high-rise, dozing. Nearby, Thorn had taken out a mirror and was applying lipstick.
Big Strong scoffed. "Vain