ATDIWR Chapter 111

Chapter 111: Matsumoto Ben Regrets, Gu Jinsheng Appears at HSD Base…

Ji An controlled the hovercar and appeared in the dungeon in less than a minute. Thunder Dragon shot a thunderball, blasting open the dungeon door, and roared at the people inside: “Get in!”

Inside the dungeon, two people were held separately, they were precisely Li Mo’s parents. They hadn’t figured out what was happening yet, dared not get in, and cautiously watched the people on the hovercar.

Thunder Dragon had already recognized Li Mo’s parents by this time. It turned its head and grumbled to Gu Jinsheng: “Gu Jinsheng, there are only two people in here, they are the parents of that Li Mo who traded our Jing Shi Base’s technology for people.

Didn’t that guy already make a deal with R Country? We probably don’t need to bother with them anymore, right? How about we just leave?”

Hearing Thunder Dragon call out Gu Jinsheng’s name, Father Li and Mother Li immediately associated it with Gu Jinsheng’s signature ability materialization. Coupled with the fact that they could clearly see familiar faces on the vehicle, all of whom were Xia Country compatriots locked up with them.

Father Li and Mother Li understood what had happened. Gu Jinsheng must have used some special means to break into the R Base to rescue them.

Father Li and Mother Li also knew that what their son had done was not glorious. They were afraid of truly being left behind like this, so they scrambled onto the hovercar.

Thunder Dragon watched Father Li and Mother Li, its big scarlet eyes rolling, and flew towards the Unicorn next to Ji An, muttering extremely loudly to the Unicorn: “How boring, didn’t their son already reach an agreement with Kobayashi Ichirou? Why are they still trying to ride in our car? How shameless!”

The Unicorn looked at Thunder Dragon gently, lightly licking Thunder Dragon’s big head. Thunder Dragon, soothed, narrowed its eyes and emitted a comfortable purring sound.

Ji An glanced at Father Li and Mother Li, who had curled up in a corner after getting into the car, trying to minimize their presence, and said nothing else.

“Cough cough cough…” Gao Wanli, on the other hand, was a bit agitated and coughed several times in a row, each cough more severe than the last, coughing up blood clots with every sound.

Gao Wanli’s friend immediately said to him: “Gao Wanli, don’t get agitated. You were injured by Kobayashi Ichirou, your internal injuries are severe now, absolutely don’t get agitated. We have already escaped, you absolutely cannot die on the road, you must hold on.”

Someone else said: “Chief Commander Gu, do we have a high-level Healing-type Power User in our vehicle? Gao Wanli is a Tier 5 Power User, only Tier 5 and above Healing-type Power Users can heal him. Although we have Healing-type Power Users here, we don’t have such powerful ones.”

Before Gu Jinsheng could answer, Thunder Dragon interjected: “Please, we are here to save you. We don’t even have enough combat personnel to bring, how could we bring Healing-type Power Users with low combat power?”

Gao Wanli’s friend couldn’t help but feel a bit desperate, but Gao Wanli laughed heartily: “It’s okay, if I can die on the way back to Xia Country, I will have no regrets in this life.”

Ji An shook his head and said to Thunder Dragon: “Thunder Dragon, don’t be mischievous.”

Saying this, Ji An stepped out. He took out a Treatment Pod from his space and placed it on the floor of the hovercar, saying: “This is a Treatment Pod. Gao Wanli, you lie down in it for a bit, it can heal your internal injuries in a few minutes.”

Gao Wanli and the others were stunned. They looked at the Treatment Pod and then at Ji An, all saying in unison: “Space Storage Item and Treatment Pod.”

Ji An nodded, “Yes.”

Gao Wanli covered his chest and said: “But Kobayashi Ichirou and Dewitt and others on the internet said that Space Storage Items are just children’s toys, not as magical as the Jing Shi Base claims at all. At most, they are like a pocket, only able to store a few small things.”

“They also said that Treatment Pods are fake, and everything is a scam by the Jing Shi Base.”

Ji An smiled, “I can only tell you that everything the Jing Shi Base says is true, and what’s online is fake.”

Gao Wanli got agitated again, spitting out a large mouthful of blood, “Really? Has our country’s technology really developed to such an exaggerated level?”

“Yes.” Ji An said: “It’s best if you get into the Treatment Pod now. It’s not too late to talk after your internal injuries are healed.”

Gao Wanli lay down in the Treatment Pod without hesitation. Everyone watched this miraculous scene. After about three minutes, the hatch of the Treatment Pod opened again, and Gao Wanli came out from inside, looking completely refreshed.

A low-level Healing-type Power User in the team said: “Gao Wanli, can I give you a full body check?”

Gao Wanli did not agree directly, but looked at Ji An. Ji An nodded, “Of course you can.”

Only then did Gao Wanli agree. The Healing-type Power User released their ability to examine Gao Wanli and found that Gao Wanli’s internal injuries were truly healed.

“This is real, Gao Wanli is truly healed.” The Healing-type Power User said with bright eyes.

Ji An said: “Of course.”

Gao Wanli sighed: “It turns out that the only ones telling the truth from beginning to end were the Jing Shi Base, and those of us living in other bases were frogs at the bottom of a well. Just because we hadn’t seen the sky outside, we thought the sky was only as big as the bottom of the well.

I’m truly happy that we were the frogs, and the Jing Shi Base is that vast and boundless sky.”

Ji An smiled: “You will find that the Jing Shi Base is far more magical and developing much faster than you can imagine!”

In the blink of an eye, the hovercar was out of the R Base. When it reached the entrance of the R Base city gate tower, Ji An stopped. There was a person standing at the entrance of the R Base city gate tower.

A sharp-eyed Power User saw the person on the city gate tower and exclaimed in shock: “Kobayashi Ichirou? How could he suddenly appear here? Does he also have a hovercar?”

Saying this, the hostages in the hovercar who had just escaped Kobayashi Ichirou were about to attack the person on the city gate tower. Ji An stopped them: “Don’t attack, he is not Kobayashi Ichirou.”

Gao Wanli said: “Then who is he? Why does he look exactly like Kobayashi Ichirou?”

Ji An said: “He is Wang Dazhi. A Power User who helped our Jing Shi Base.”

Someone immediately theorized: “Did he deliberately make himself look like Kobayashi Ichirou, then infiltrate the R Base to open the city gate tower’s protective shield to let us in, which is why Kobayashi Ichirou didn’t notice?”

Ji An nodded, “Yes.”

Ji An took out a Space Storage Item from his space and handed it to Thunder Dragon, “Give this to him. This was our prior agreement, we would give this to him as long as he let us into the R Base.”

Thunder Dragon grabbed the Space Storage Item and flew out, flying above Wang Dazhi, and threw the Space Storage Item to Wang Dazhi. Wang Dazhi caught it, swept his divine sense inside the Space Storage Item, and seeing that there were Treatment Pods, even a few more than originally agreed upon, Wang Dazhi nodded to Thunder Dragon, and Thunder Dragon flew back.

Wang Dazhi waved at Ji An. Ji An leaned his head out and said to him: “Wang Dazhi, take care!”

Wang Dazhi smiled, but did not answer.

Ji An watched the hovercar leave. Gao Wanli said: “I always felt Wang Dazhi was strange, his cosmetic surgery was too good, wasn’t it? He really looks exactly like Kobayashi Ichirou.”

Ji An said: “You noticed. Actually, Wang Dazhi is a clone of Kobayashi Ichirou!”

“What?” Gao Wanli and the others had never considered this possibility at all.

Ji An said: “The reason why the Power Users in R Country and M Country improved their ability levels so quickly is that they have been cloning zombies, cultivating Zombie Crystal Cores artificially through cloning, so that Power Users have a continuous supply of Zombie Crystal Cores.”

“At the same time, R Country and M Country also cultivate clones. These clones are specifically cultivated. Their purpose is to help the original body heal its defects. Just like Kobayashi Ichirou, he was missing a finger, but now he’s not missing it anymore, that’s because he transplanted a clone’s finger.”

Gao Wanli, as a scientific researcher, reacted the fastest. He said: “Even clones don’t necessarily guarantee that they will awaken the same ability as the original body.”

“So R Country and M Country create many clones simultaneously, just to ensure that there are clones who can awaken the same ability as the original body, for transplantation to the original body.”

The people in the hovercar never expected R Country and M Country to be so cruel.

“Wang Dazhi was one of them. He was just lucky enough to awaken a Mental-type ability. But his best friend, another clone of Kobayashi Ichirou, awakened the same ability as Kobayashi Ichirou. Kobayashi Ichirou then transplanted that clone’s little finger. Kobayashi Ichirou probably thought the clone whose finger he had transplanted was useless, so he dug out that clone’s crystal core.”

“Later, because of his Mental-type ability, Wang Dazhi was sent to our Jing Shi Base as a spy. He was accidentally discovered by Chief Commander Gu. We then told him about the cloning. That was when he learned about the tragic fate of these clones like himself and the terrible death of his best friend. He wanted to avenge his friend, so we secretly sent him back to the R Base.”

“He actually infiltrated back into the R Base very early, but he just hadn’t found a suitable opportunity for revenge. This time, when we were preparing to rescue you, it was Wang Dazhi who picked up the terminal we dropped into the R Base and contacted us on his own initiative.”

Gao Wanli asked: “Wang Dazhi initially looked like Kobayashi Ichirou, how come no one noticed?”

Ji An said: “Wang Dazhi’s real appearance is a younger version of Kobayashi Ichirou, not like the current Kobayashi Ichirou. The appearance you see now is an illusion created by Wang Dazhi’s Mental-type ability. After you go back, use the terminal to train your mental strength a few more times. Next time, you won’t be confused by the Mental-type abilities of Mental-type Power Users, and you’ll be able to see the real appearance behind their illusions.”

Just then, a loud ‘boom’ came from the R Base. A few people looked down from the hovercar and saw huge mushroom clouds rising.

Gao Wanli said: “That direction seems to be where the R Base Research Institute is located.”

Wan Xueying said: “It must be Wang Dazhi taking action. What Wang Dazhi probably hates most in his life is the Research Institute that created them, yet raised them like piglets, waiting to be killed at any time.”

Matsumoto Ben’s family, who had been kicked down by Gao Wanli, scrambled up from the ground in disarray. The hovercar above their heads was gone.

Matsumoto Ben’s father was still angrily cursing at this time: “How dare they, how dare they leave us behind? Weren’t they here to pick us up?”

Matsumoto Ben’s mother also said angrily: “They did it on purpose! They thought no one would know if they didn’t take us, so they deliberately left us behind! Son, we absolutely cannot let them off like this. Don’t you have that terminal? Go expose their actions on the terminal!”

Matsumoto Ben was also furious, “Okay, I’ll expose them on the terminal right now. Their actions this time are too excessive, this is simply harming our compatriots. I believe this time, both compatriots and foreign netizens will stand on our side and curse the Jing Shi Base. I must make Chief Commander Gu Jinsheng of the Jing Shi Base apologize to us personally, and personally come with a vehicle to the R Base to pick us up. Otherwise, we won’t go back, this matter is not over.”

“Right.” Matsumoto Ben’s mother said.

Matsumoto Ben’s father also said: “Make all the commanders of the Jing Shi Base apologize to us together.”

Matsumoto Ben immediately started his live broadcast. His face appeared in front of the camera. Matsumoto Ben said angrily to the camera: “Netizens, what happened today is truly outrageous. I never dreamed that as a commander of the Jing Shi Base, Gu Jinsheng would actually harm his compatriots. He clearly appeared at the Jing Shi Base, picked us up in the car, and then just watched with his own eyes as I was plotted against and got off the car by someone who was jealous of me. Everything clearly happened right under his nose, he saw everything, but he pretended not to see.”

“Gu Jinsheng is a selfish person. It’s one thing that he disregards the safety of all humanity and refuses to hand over core technology, but now he even frames his own compatriots. He’s not a human being.”

Matsumoto Ben’s mother leaned closer to the screen at this point and said: “Gu Jinsheng must personally come forward and give us an explanation, otherwise this matter is not over.”

The buzz about Gu Jinsheng suddenly appearing at the R Base was high. Everyone was paying attention to why Gu Jinsheng had suddenly appeared. Now, the people involved were live streaming, and soon a large number of netizens poured into the live stream room like crazy.

Netizens’ comments flew across the screen.

“So Gu Jinsheng really went to the R Base?”

“How did Gu Jinsheng do it? Did he fly there?”

“Was the Power User who attacked Kobayashi Ichirou really Gu Jinsheng?”

“Streamer, you absolutely cannot let this slide. Gu Jinsheng must give you an explanation for this matter!”

“How can Gu Jinsheng, as the Chief Commander of the Jing Shi Base, be like this? He is completely unworthy of being the Chief Commander!”

“Gu Jinsheng is a sinner of all humanity. Just watch, humanity will eventually be destroyed by the infighting among humans themselves.”

“Live stream is truly miserable.”

There were also people who recognized Matsumoto Ben as the one who publicly insulted Xia Country and immediately started cursing.

“You R Country lackey, you dog licking R Country’s ass…”

“I know the streamer. Isn’t the streamer that Matsumoto Ben who claims he has been an R Country person for a long time? The streamer also said he despised his Xia Country bloodline as dirty and wished he could change his blood. If that’s the case, then don’t claim to be a Xia Country person anymore!”

“I can only say that Chief Commander Gu Jinsheng did well. People like the streamer are not worthy of stepping onto the land of Xia Country!”

“Since the streamer likes R Country so much, just stay in R Country forever and be a dog for R Country your whole life. That’s the streamer’s best destination!”

“Support Chief Commander Gu Jinsheng!”

Matsumoto Ben had expected the internet to overwhelmingly side with him, but unexpectedly, quite a few people spoke up for Gu Jinsheng. He was instantly furious and said: “What the hell do you know? Xia Country is just a poor mountain ditch, you really think I care about going back? It’s not because you offended Chief Commander Kobayashi Ichirou, and R Country is unwilling to accept us anymore. Otherwise, I wouldn’t return to Xia Country even if I died.”

With a loud ‘boom’, the ground beneath Matsumoto Ben’s feet trembled, and a giant mushroom cloud rose in the distance. Matsumoto Ben and the others were all knocked down. Matsumoto Ben asked in horror: “What happened?”

A kind netizen replied: “Your master, Kobayashi Ichirou, was planted with mental suggestion by a Mental-type big shot from the Jing Shi Base. He led his command headquarters’ lackeys to self-detonate, and now the entire command headquarters has been blown into ruins!”

“Also, I watched live streams from other residents in the R Base. It seems like there was a problem at the Research Institute side too, it exploded.”

“I saw it too, the R Base Research Institute side is so strange, how come the people who ran out all look the same!”

“A kind word of advice to the streamer, if you can still contact someone from the Jing Shi Base, apologize properly to Gu Jinsheng. The R Base has now become a hellscape. I saw many places either bombed to ruins or besieged by zombies!”

At this moment, Matsumoto Ben still didn’t know what he was about to face. He still arrogantly said: “If Gu Jinsheng doesn’t bring a few commanders from the Jing Shi Base to apologize to us, we will never forgive them.”

“Streamer, stop daydreaming. I advise you to open your eyes and see the world. Gu Jinsheng is not some gentle person, he has tough methods. Let alone a traitor like you who publicly insults Xia Country, even the Jing Shi Base residents who marched over there to speak for you and tried to force Gu Jinsheng to comply, were directly sent over to the R Base. That streamer is called Zhao Tong, you can watch his live stream, it’s truly miserable!”

Matsumoto Ben saw this netizen’s comment and finally began to panic. He quickly opened Zhao Tong’s live stream and saw that Zhao Tong and others seemed to have been injured by the explosion somehow. Their blood had attracted zombies, and they were now being chased by zombies, fleeing for their lives.

Zhao Tong’s cries of distress echoed in the live stream room. He pleaded: “Chief Commander Gu, I know I was wrong. Back then, I was just possessed by a ghost and only thought about becoming an online celebrity. I was completely deceived by treacherous people!”

“Chief Commander Gu, please save us. We swear we won’t dare to do it again!”

“Chief Commander Gu, it’s all Zhao Tong’s fault, if you want to punish, punish him. Take us back, I’ll be your dog for the rest of my life, I don’t want to stay in the R Base!”

Matsumoto Ben grew more and more frightened as he watched. Just then, rumbling sounds continued to ring out. Matsumoto Ben saw a group of zombies staggering towards them in the distance with terror. “This is inside the base, how can there be zombies? Where did the zombies come from?”

Kind netizens on the screen answered Matsumoto Ben’s question, telling him that the zombies had run out from the Research Institute side. But Matsumoto Ben no longer had the chance to see.

These artificially cultivated zombies were all high-level crystal cores hoarded by Kobayashi Ichirou for high-level Power Users, so they were all zombies with very high ability levels. Matsumoto Ben and his family were no match for these zombies at all and were bitten on the neck by the charging zombies.

Before being torn apart by the zombies, Matsumoto Ben finally regretted it. If only he had known that Gu Jinsheng could really break into the R Base and really come to save them, he wouldn’t have said those things!

Over there, Zhao Tong, who was fleeing for his life, was no less regretful than Matsumoto Ben at this moment. His intestines were twisting with regret. It was originally none of his business, and there were no relatives of his among those hostages. Why did he follow the protest? Even if he protested, when Gu Jinsheng gave him a chance to apologize, why didn’t he apologize!

In the hovercar, Gao Wanli opened the terminal and saw the R Base which had become a human purgatory. However, no one paid excessive attention because they had to urgently rush to the next location to pick up people.

Ji An said: “Everyone sit tight, we are now going to the next base – HSD Base.”

The HSD Base did not have the help of clones, but they had their people inside the base.

Godfrey was from the HSD Base, but he also had Xia Country blood flowing in his veins. His grandmother was a Xia Country person.

Godfrey was raised by his grandmother since he was little, listening to her talk a lot about Xia Country, which gave him an inexplicable fondness and closeness towards Xia Country.

The reason he was willing to help Xia Country this time was because of his grandmother’s request.

They arrived at the entrance of the HSD Base. Godfrey had already opened the city gate tower’s door. Without the protection of the base’s protective shield, Ji An and the others entered the HSD Base as if entering no man’s land.

Feng Jiancheng and the others were all gathered on the most prosperous street at the designated coordinates. The Xia Country people formed their own group, hiding in corners or coffee shops.

They were all silently following what was happening on the terminal. When they saw Gu Jinsheng truly appear at the R Base and successfully rescue those hostages, Feng Jiancheng and others cheered with joy.

Subsequently, a strong sense of unease welled up in their hearts. Someone asked: “Gu Jinsheng went to the R Base, what about us here? The M Base is so far from the R Base, can they still come to pick us up?”

Feng Jiancheng said firmly: “They definitely will. It’s just about picking up people, it doesn’t necessarily require Chief Commander Gu to come personally. Other high-level Power Users can also do it.”

“But I saw netizens say that several commanders from the Jing Shi Base seem to be in the R Base.”

Feng Jiancheng comforted everyone: “The situation at the R Base is indeed a bit tricky.”

“Our side isn’t easy to resolve either. Charles won’t let Xia Country’s planes in that easily.”

A companion suddenly said: “Look, Chief Commander Gu’s IP address is starting to change rapidly again.”

Everyone looked at the constantly jumping coordinate location. Suddenly, an absurd and bold idea appeared in their minds. Feng Jiancheng, who was usually so firm, didn’t dare to say it aloud at this moment. He couldn’t help but swallow a mouthful of saliva: “Could it be, could it be that Chief Commander Gu has come to our base?”

Just as Feng Jiancheng finished speaking, they heard a commotion outside, with screaming crowds in every street and alley. Then, they heard a super loud voice shout: “Xia Country people, quickly get in the vehicle, the Jing Shi Base is here to pick you up and take you back home!”

Feng Jiancheng glanced at the location of Gu Jinsheng’s IP address at this moment, which was indeed the HSD Base. He shouted to everyone: “Quick, let’s go! People from the Jing Shi Base are here to pick us up and take us back home.”

Xia Country people surged out from all directions. Then they saw the floating vehicle in the sky and were all stunned in place.

It was only after Gu Jinsheng opened the car door and released his Thunder Dragon that Feng Jiancheng and the others dared to believe that this was truly the vehicle from the Jing Shi Base coming to pick them up.

That Gu Jinsheng, who was just at the R Base, actually appeared above HSD just a few minutes later.