Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 784 - 308 Half Success_2

"Where?"

"Because monsters might appear and cause panic among the residents, the city hall has set up a temporary camp outside the east gate of the base."

"Alright, let’s go then," Wang Tao nodded, his anticipation for those energy crystal meteorites evident.

"Sure thing! Are you going alone, or…"

Wang Tao thought for a moment, preparing to bring Xiang Hongbin, Xu Xiaojun, and Nie Siyan with him.

He had already planned to get a better prosthetic for Xiang Hongbin, and this was a good opportunity to ask around; the city hall should have something like that.

As for Nie Siyan and Xu Xiaojun, they were naturally there to lend a hand with miscellaneous tasks.

However, Lightning, who had been playing with Lu Gang and the others, somehow sensed Wang Tao was about to leave and promptly ran over, nuzzling his head against Wang Tao’s leg.

"Alright, alright, I’ll bring you along too."

"Woof!"

Thus, Wang Tao set off with Nie Siyan, Xu Xiaojun, Xiang Hongbin, and Lightning in the car.

Cui Sheng had prepared several vehicles, including one elongated off-road vehicle, all bearing the city hall’s insignia.

After all, as a fourth-order superpower, Wang Tao might not care much for pomp, but he certainly had to pay attention to these details.

In the car, Cui Sheng briefed Wang Tao on the current situation.

"Currently, apart from you and our city hall, there’s also the Hope Research Institute, the Fourth Legion, the Rush Army, the Universe Alliance, the Loyalty Guild…"

After Cui Sheng’s introduction, Wang Tao had a general understanding of these factions.

It’s worth mentioning that the bald man who had opened the meteorite and released the monster was a member of the Loyalty Guild, or more precisely, an associate member.

Such associate members usually fall into two categories.

The first is those who simply lack the strength and are not accepted as official members, so they serve as associates, performing well and waiting for an opportunity.

The second is those who have the strength, but for some reason, want to join a faction without being too restricted, so they become associate members. The bald man fell into the latter category.

The Loyalty Guild was a major power, with its gang leader being one of the 23 committee members.

According to Cui Sheng, the city hall had not really punished the bald man but had symbolically fined him some money. After all, ignorance is no fault, and the bald man had, in a way, muddied the waters for them. Also, there were others who had opened the meteorite and released monsters, so it wouldn’t be fair to penalize everyone.

However, this morning, the Loyalty Guild severely punished the bald man in the square where the cockroach monster had been destroyed. With many onlookers present, the bald man, stripped naked, was beaten half to death. If not for the rational pleas of the bystanders, the bald man might have been beaten to death.

After punishing the bald man, the Loyalty Guild also provided a significant amount of money and supplies to the people injured by the cockroach monster and the families of those who had died, calling it compensation.

The citizens who received the money were immediately tearfully grateful, for they had not yet received compensation from the city hall, but they had already received the Loyalty Guild’s payment. They would be getting two compensations!

Hearing these things, Wang Tao raised an eyebrow.

From the perspective of the public, the Loyalty Guild had done nothing wrong. They had punished the root cause of the calamity and provided financial assistance to the victims.

But from the city hall’s perspective, these actions of the Loyalty Guild were quite intriguing.

After all, the city hall was the actual authority at Changhe Base, the official organization here.

You punished someone the city hall didn’t punish, you compensated someone the city hall hadn’t compensated yet… What are you trying to do?

"This is quite interesting! Are your leaders very upset?" Wang Tao asked with a smile.

Cui Sheng looked at Wang Tao with a surprised expression.

"Mr. Wang, how did you know? I got scolded by the leaders today… cough!"

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Wang Tao didn’t respond, suspecting that Cui Sheng’s surprise might be feigned, and instead asked,

"Is that bald man here today?"

Wang Tao was curious if the bald man had volunteered for this punishment. After all, no matter what, he was a level 3 ability user. To be humiliated in front of so many ordinary people…

"No, he’s been severely injured and is recuperating at home," Cui Sheng quickly replied.

Wang Tao nodded and didn’t say anything more, continuing to listen to Cui Sheng explain the other factions.

…

An hour later, the vehicle convoy arrived underneath the East City Gate.

While not his first time seeing the tall walls of Changhe Base, Wang Tao was still amazed each time. He had no idea how they managed to build such tall walls in such a short amount of time.

There were fully armed soldiers guarding the city gate. You had to register to leave, and you were checked upon entry.

Humming…

After Cui Sheng identified himself, one of the sturdy small doors opened.

The vehicles proceeded one by one through the gate.

Wang Tao wasn’t sure if it was psychological, but once outside the base, the air felt murkier to him.

"Mr. Wang, it’s just up ahead!"

Cui Sheng pointed forward.

Not far ahead was an area covered with military green tents.

Around the tents, there were parked infantry fighting vehicles, tanks, big guns, a large number of soldiers in mechanical exoskeletons, a couple of powered armors, and two armed helicopters sitting on the ground…

The size of this operation was staggering!

All Wang Tao could say was that the city hall was well-prepared.

Soon, the vehicle convoy arrived at the temporary camp. The stationed soldiers cleared the way, allowing the convoy to pass smoothly into the camp.

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In the car, compared to the quite unfazed Wang Tao, Cui Sheng seemed a bit excited.

He had rarely participated in events of this scale; if not for Wang Tao, he definitely wouldn’t have qualified.