Stripping Scam

She, Ren Anhua, didn’t need anyone’s protection.

She should be the one fighting on the front lines, a man representing strength and power.

Not like Ke Xiaoshan, being protected in the back, holding a pistol to provide healing for her teammates.

For Ren Anhua, only her own power could provide her with a sufficient sense of security.

“I didn’t expect that your purpose was really this,” the silent ability exchange in the hall was broken by an external sound.

Wan Xingbang, leading the army, had directly surrounded the team.

“Toiling year after year to press the golden thread, only to make clothes for others.
Ren Anhua, why did you choose this team?
The military has offered you so many benefits and promised so many preferential treatments, yet you chose an unknown team that you’ve only known for less than two days.
I really can’t understand.
Clearly, your ability could create more value,” Wan Xingbang said lightly, with an air of having the situation completely under control.

“What do you mean by that…?” Ren Anhua was extremely weak, in a state of both powerlessness and Ability Stripping, but the detailed information Wan Xingbang revealed made her have to pay attention.

“What do I mean?
Ren Anhua, you’re not a stupid person.
You should finally understand now, right?
From the moment this team met you… no, it should be said that long before they met you, from the moment they obtained that information that didn’t belong to them, this team’s actions were aimed at your ability.
The things you’ve experienced… ha, I can probably guess.
Warmth?
Friendship?
Care?
Those were just plans made to target you.
They knew very well what you longed for,” Wan Xingbang said with a smile.

“Ren Anhua, don’t listen to him!
Although the team did hide some things from you, our feelings for you are absolutely not fake.
You joined our team, so you are our member, our family!” Lu Shanshui quickly retorted Wan Xingbang’s words.

After Wan Xingbang came in, the entire RV team had directly entered a state of combat readiness.

The situation was on the verge of erupting, and a heavy air pressed down on the open-air hall.

“So you’re family, that’s really nice.
It’s exactly as I wrote,” Wan Xingbang said, still calm and composed in this situation.

“You don’t have to be so nervous.
For me, what you do to Ren Anhua is not important.
What’s important is that his ability wasn’t wasted by some ignorant fools.
And your strength is also quite good.
For an excellent ability-user team like yours, the military’s first choice is always to recruit, not to fight.”

“You can completely join the military and fight for the future of all mankind.
Of course, there is no conspiracy against your abilities in this, you can rest assured… oh, of course, I don’t mean that we simply want to harvest Ren Anhua’s ability.”

“Besides the inherent strength of his ability, his development of his own ability can also be called a genius.
We certainly won’t waste his value.
We will give him a very good new ability, just like you are doing now.
Perhaps the new ability we give him will be more to his liking.”

“As for his original ability, to be honest, such an excellent ability should be used to protect more important figures, for example… Commander Peng.
Of course, it’s not too late now.
The transfer of abilities is not limited to once.
You still have the opportunity to swear allegiance to the military now, and then receive preferential treatment and generous rewards.
The military always welcomes the joining of excellent members.”

Unexpectedly, Wan Xingbang did not make a move, but instead extended an invitation to the team.

Join the military?

The team members looked at each other.

They were all used to being free and were not used to being controlled by any force.

And after getting that information, they could never completely trust Wan Xingbang.

Although from Ren Anhua’s point of view, the RV team had no right to talk about trust.

But if they didn’t join… Lu Shanshui looked at the surrounding military members, who were almost all fully armed and in a state of combat readiness.

It really didn’t look like they would let them leave.

“I… can go to your mother’s!” Under the stalemate, a weak curse came from Ren Anhua’s position.

The small figure was almost completely wrapped up by the roots of the tree.

The replacement of her ability had made her very weak, but a small hand still stubbornly stretched out from the gap, and made a standard middle finger.

“You want my ability?” A crazy smile was faintly visible through the gap in the roots.

“I’m not giving it to you!”

As soon as her voice fell, the mutated tree roots began to churn frantically, as if they had been thrown into a pile of salt.

This precious mutated plant, as if it had suffered a heavy blow, had a severe spasm like an animal.

Ren Anhua continued to do what she was good at, that precise control of energy flow and… the nova-like energy burst.

Although this Kapok tree had unique properties, its ability strength was at most only Level Two.

It was just that the long-term Ability Stripping had allowed it to accumulate a large amount of energy flow.

And this huge amount of energy flow was Ren Anhua’s chance to turn the tables… or rather, a chance for a last mad dash.

Ren Anhua could use her high-quality energy flow and precise control to disrupt the mutated Kapok tree’s ability circulation, creating a chain reaction like dominoes, in order to… achieve the purpose of destroying this mutated plant.

As for getting her own ability back?

Ren Anhua hadn’t thought that far ahead for the time being.

She now only felt that she was living in a lie.

The team was deceiving her, the military was deceiving her, and even the words that Zhao Sanyan had said that day must have been a lie.

It was a scam from beginning to end, a stripping scam designed for her ability.

Bastard, she had actually had a little thought of joining the military at that time.

Although she had chosen the team later, what was the difference between this situation and joining the military?

She was now only angry and wanted to retaliate against all who dared to deceive her.

“Ren Anhua!
Stop this irrational behavior, do you know what you are doing!
If you continue to be so stubborn, the military will issue a warrant for your arrest!” Wan Xingbang rarely showed a flustered expression.

Any negotiation had a bottom line, and his bottom line was this tree.

The meaning represented by this tree was not just about ability exchange.

For the military, this tree was a new era’s arsenal, a Midas touch that could turn worthless things into treasures.

He would never allow any accident to happen to this tree.

The mutation of abilities was bizarre and varied.

Who knew when the next mutated plant with the same properties would appear, or rather… it would never appear again.

“Kill her!” Wan Xingbang decisively gave the order.

“Xu Huairou!” Lu Shanshui shouted nervously.

However, before he could speak, Xu Huairou had already set up a spatial barrier to protect Ren Anhua, so she was not harmed.

“Is the conversion complete?” Lu Shanshui asked Ke Xingmei the most crucial question at the moment, using the RV as cover.

“It’s already complete.
According to the feedback from the parasite, Ren Anhua only made a move after completely handing over her ability… it’s affinity…”

Ke Xingmei felt a trace of guilt towards Ren Anhua.

Ke Xingmei did not tell the truth.

Ren Anhua had already been exploring how to use the guidance of energy flow to destroy this mutated plant to escape.

But after hearing that her own ability was the real antidote for Ke Xiaoshan, she had stopped.

Ke Xingmei felt that perhaps she should not have treated her like that in the first place.

After discovering that the bullets were all blocked, the army decisively sent out ability-users to fight.

But the Kapok tree’s riot was getting more and more serious, and there was almost no place to stand near this plant.

What was worse was that the familiar roar of the RV team came from outside the hall, the kind of scream that seemed to be a mixture of the voices of men, women, old, and young.

The riot at the aquarium had attracted a Zombie Broodmother.

The scene became more and more chaotic.

But for Lu Shanshui, this was a great opportunity.

“Get ready, let’s rescue Ke Xiaoshan and that little one first.
It’s time to run.”

Confidence returned to the man’s face.

Lu Shanshui drew his sword and rushed towards Ren Anhua.