Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 1205 - 78: Flattery (Third Update)

Chapter 1205: Chapter 78: Flattery (Third Update)

"No, they ran away!" Regarding Zhou Meng and his group, Tang Zheng could do nothing but sigh. After all, he had known them for at most a day and had spoken less than a hundred sentences; he had tried his best to win them over, but when faced with danger, they still chose to flee.

"Might as well use them as cannon fodder." Tang Zheng gave up hope on them; it’s old classmates that are reliable, at least Rong He was good.

Dong Zixuan’s expression was not very good. After all, those people were her colleagues, and their ungrateful behavior made her lose face. When she woke up, she had seen Zhao Dongtao carrying her to escape, not her colleagues. The policewoman understood that if it hadn’t been for Tang Zheng’s orders, nobody would have taken along this comatose burden.

"No need for thanks. Just try harder from now on; everyone is counting on you." Tang Zheng’s lips curled into a smile, which caused his wound to pull, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"You are seriously injured; I’ll go find you some medicine." Dong Zixuan had just stood up when she saw Zhao Dongtao driving the Hummer over. Song Xin was sticking her head out and looking around, her face full of worry, "You really do have good luck with women."

"Thank you." Tang Zheng felt no attraction towards Song Xin and could only apologize.

"I should be the one thanking you." Dong Zixuan clenched her fist, feeling a surge of excitement. Although she was a girl, she had grown up loving superhero comics, which was one reason she had chosen to become a policewoman. Of course, the main reason was the activation of her ability, which even gave her a higher chance of survival than Tang Zheng.

"This is just the beginning of trouble. Other Trojan teams will surely notice this, and then we will also be facing ability users." Tang Zheng felt a headache coming on. The urgent task was to get his trustworthy teammates to activate their abilities as soon as possible.

Song Xin hopped out of the Hummer and ran over to Tang Zheng, tears streaming down her face as she looked at his injuries. Black Long Straight also wanted to help, but seeing Song Xin, she didn’t move.

"Stop crying, I’m not going to die." Tang Zheng comforted Song Xin and decided to use the Star Seed on her.

"Zixuan, what happened just now?" Zhou Meng saw that Li Wenbo hadn’t chased him; he had parked the Hummer not far away and observed. Suddenly, Dong Zixuan killed it by controlling magma, shocking him. He drove over without caring about Tang Zheng and directly asked the policewoman. Now that he had such an ability, his chances of surviving greatly increased.

"Is that what you should be saying?" Dong Zixuan didn’t give her colleague any face, "How could you abandon Tang Zheng and only think of your own escape?"

"Zixuan, it was a last resort for us too." Su Su took the policewoman’s hand, explaining her difficulties, then suddenly changed the topic, "How could the magma attack Li Wenbo?"

"It’s my ability, given to me by Tang Zheng." Dong Zixuan didn’t turn against Su Su, and as soon as these words came out, all the newbies stared at Tang Zheng’s face, especially the longing in the eyes of Ding Jian and Nie Jianhua, it was almost melting.

"Group Leader, if you had this power, why didn’t you use it sooner? We wouldn’t have had so many deaths then." Nie Jianhua knew Tang Zheng disliked him and took a roundabout approach, ready to coerce him with righteousness. If he didn’t speak, he would definitely become the target.

"Shut up, Tang Zheng obviously had his difficulties, didn’t you see how badly injured he is? If he had the means, he would have used it earlier." Zhao Dongtao was still supporting Tang Zheng, and Song Xin and Tao Ran also glared at Nie Jianhua discontentedly. As for the others, they fell silent, more curious about what was going on.

"Cough, you are really eager, aren’t you?" Tang Zheng was instructing Song Xin and Tao Ran to help clean his wounds while he glanced over the impatient newbies, "I know, but I just won’t tell."

"Tang Zheng, this is where you’re wrong. Enhancing everyone’s power would benefit the team." Zhang Antai spoke up bureaucratically, pulling the team’s interest to pressure him.

"Zixuan, come over and help." Tang Zheng ignored Zhang Antai, calling the policewoman to lend a hand, "Save time; we still need to go to New York to find the little girl Eve."

"You go." Ding Jian shoved Liu Binshi forward to speak up.

"Tang Zheng, please help everyone." The head miner pleaded miserably with Tang Zheng, "We all want to survive."

"Is surviving just about running away? You’ve all trained well enough," Song Xin mocked everyone. "Where were you when Tang Zheng was fighting? Seeing that we couldn’t win, did you just run away? Who would dare trust you?"

"We definitely won’t do it again, please believe us." The traffic police finally spoke up; he had the right to say this because he had indeed fought hard.

"To activate the ability, you need a prop and you also need to sleep for 12 hours. Do you think in such a state, someone will protect you and allow you to successfully activate your ability?" Tang Zheng’s tone was light, but the words he spoke terrified the newbies, especially the three including Zhang Antai, who were outright despairing.

"Don’t doubt I’m lying to you; Dong Zixuan has been asleep all this time, you saw it." Tang Zheng glanced towards the magma pit that burned Li Wenbo to death, disappointed that no Seed had dropped.

The newbies fell silent; at this moment, they deeply regretted not having earned Tang Zheng’s trust.

"Just to add, activating an ability is very dangerous. The policewoman volunteered for the experiment, and she deserves to be commended." Watching the self-reproachful expressions of the newbies, Tang Zheng was delighted but also took the opportunity to clarify as he didn’t want Zhao Dongtao and Song Xin to harbor any resentment.

"Rest for half an hour; I need to treat my wounds and then gather. Traffic police comrade, please fill the Hummer with gas." As soon as Tang Zheng’s words fell, a chorus of greetings erupted, especially from Ding Jian and Nie Jianhua, who were eager to come over and help him.

"That’s very kind of you." With free labor, Tang Zheng wouldn’t refuse, letting Ding Jian and Zhang Antai lift him.

"You guys go out; I need some fresh air." This was a room in a rest area inn, where Tang Zheng needed plenty of water to clean his wounds and medicine as well.

"Alright, we’ll go get you some medicine and food." While Ding Jian was reluctant, he still left.

The newbies also left. Of course, Song Xin and Tao Ran would definitely not leave, and Dong Zixuan had some issues she wanted to discuss with Tang Zheng.

"Dong Tao, wait a moment," Tang Zheng called out to his friend as he pulled off his pants.

Upon hearing this, the Newbies all cast envious and resentful glances at Zhao Dongtao, as Tang Zheng was evidently about to endow him with an Ability.

"Don’t move, be careful with your wound," Song Xin helped Tang Zheng with his pants, making him feel awkward.

"Has your wound scabbed over?" Dong Zixuan noticed Tang Zheng’s lower body tightly wrapped in underwear, a significant bulge, and involuntarily spat, though she was immediately stunned by the dense wounds, feeling that if it were her, she definitely wouldn’t be so calm and would have cried her eyes out long ago.

"Dong Tao, I have one more Seed, but I plan to give it to Song Xin because we still have to fight, and I need your help."

"Yeah, I understand," Zhao Dongtao didn’t blame Tang Zheng, "As we agreed, I want a strong ability."

"That depends on individual luck, I have no say in it," Tang Zheng gave his friend a pointed look, "when we get back, I’ll introduce you to some friends."

Tang Zheng took out the Star Seed and handed it to Song Xin; he liked Black Long Straight, but Song Xin clearly cared more about him, and besides, in terms of combat power, Tao Ran was slightly stronger. The class beauty was almost a burden, better to let her sleep to activate her Ability.

Song Xin was captivated by the dreamily beautiful Seed, unwilling to let it go, while Tao Ran experienced a slight disappointment but soon adjusted her mood.

"Tao Ran, use this," hesitating for a few seconds, Song Xin still handed the Seed to Tao Ran, surprising everyone present.

"What are you doing?" Zhao Dongtao frowned, not trusting Black Long Straight.

"I’m too weak; Tao Ran can help Tang Zheng more if he uses it," Song Xin said with a bitter smile, aware of her own limitations and not cut out for combat. She could also tell that Black Long Straight had some feelings for Tang Zheng and definitely wouldn’t desert him in battle.

"I don’t want it," Tao Ran stubbornly refused the generous offer.

"Stop arguing, Song Xin will use it, during this time, I will teach Tao Ran how to fight," Tang Zheng, whose side had little combat power, planned to give the girl an intensive crash course, "Dong Tao, you’ll need this too."

Tang Zheng endured severe pain, took a shower, washed off the blood, applied some medicinal powder, and half an hour later, the Fleet set off.

Song Xin fell into a deep sleep, Dong Zixuan drove while Tang Zheng tutored them, with Liu Man sitting aside, suppressing her dissatisfaction.

Tang Zheng had no interest in appeasing Liu Man, who was also a woman that would definitely run away and abandon him in danger.

The long journey lasted four hours, draining the survivors’ energy. During the trip, in a Rest Area, Tang Zheng discovered a Vending Machine, but it didn’t perform as Yin Shangwu had described, disappointing him.

The journey took longer than expected, and it was evening by the time the Bus entered New York City. Tang Zheng and his group switched vehicles at a garage, where they welded iron fences to the Bus windows and sprayed it with yellow paint.

The map showed a detailed location. It took twenty minutes for the Bus to arrive at the Residential area where Eve lived.

"Stop the car here. I won’t go up. Zixuan, you lead the team and pick the people," Tang Zheng, after giving orders, leaned back in his seat to rest.

"Okay," Dong Zixuan didn’t hesitate and chose the six strongest.

"Wait, Nie Jianhua, Ding Jian, Zhang Antai, Zhuo Yijie, you guys go too," Tang Zheng walked up to Dong Zixuan and whispered in her ear, "Don’t foolishly lead the charge, let the Cowards do it, to build courage. If they disagree, let them leave."

Dong Zixuan agreed, unaware that Tang Zheng’s words were merely a cover for using the Newbies as Cannon Fodder.

Nie Jianhua and the others dared not defy Tang Zheng; desiring Abilities, they followed orders.

"Don’t slack off, everyone. Keep an eye on the surroundings and see if there are any Vending Machines." Tang Zheng took out some US dollars and handed them to Qin San, "Go, buy some dinner."

"What should I buy?" Qin San was a bit anxious, "Find someone to go with me."

"Anything, hamburgers, hot dogs, isn’t there a Chinese Restaurant over there?" Tang Zheng looked at Su Su.

"I’m not going," Su Su shook her head and refused.

"Zhao Lei, you go," Tang Zheng singled him out and waited for them to leave. Five minutes later, the two returned carrying bags large and small.

"Tang Zheng, I saw a vending machine," Qin San handed a hot dog to Tang Zheng and pointed in the direction. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to qidian.com to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation.)