Chapter 263: Contract Void

Even Nina Jacobs was slightly stunned.

The Heart of Strange Fire required a supply of Fire Element Crystal Cores to achieve a 30% damage increase.

’This little sphere can increase damage 200-fold?’

Chelsea Walsh scratched her head, looking a little embarrassed.

"Actually, that’s just an exaggeration.

You’re so powerful, Nina. You probably won’t need it under normal circumstances."

"I’ll take it. Why would I turn down something this good?"

Nina Jacobs accepted the metal box.

The metal box contained about twenty or so of these glass spheres. Nina decided to test them the next time she had a chance to go outside the base.

"You’d better keep them safe, then.

This stuff is incredibly destructive, so you can’t just use it whenever.

Currently, only the base’s rescue teams are allowed to use it when killing zombies.

But as its developer, I have the right to give you a few, hehe."

Chelsea Walsh said.

After all, she had tailor-made them for Nina. She was determined to give Nina some to use.

"I was just wondering who could be so thoughtful.

Is Chloe finally on vacation?"

Vera Coleman came out at the sound of her voice, overjoyed to see Chelsea Walsh.

"Miss Coleman, how did you get even younger after having children?"

Chelsea wasn’t just trying to be nice; Vera Coleman genuinely looked much younger and more beautiful than she had back when they were refugees.

No one dislikes a compliment. Vera Coleman’s smile widened.

"Come inside, it’s cool in the house. Since you’re on vacation, stay with us for a few days."

After some catching up, Chelsea’s heart was completely stolen by the two adorable, wide-eyed baby girls inside.

"So this is how cute babies are. They’re so adorable."

Chelsea held them and couldn’t bear to put them down.

As a gift, she took out two golden bracelets and put them on Sabrina Hale and Leontine Hale.

"These are too expensive, you should keep them."

Vera Coleman felt bad about accepting such a gift from someone younger.

After all, Gold was very useful now.

And she had heard that Forrest Walsh had never fully recovered after injuring his leg.

"Don’t worry, Miss Coleman. My salary is really high now.

And so is my brother’s. The weapons research institute provides room and board, so this is just a small token. You have to accept it."

Chelsea Walsh said with a smile.

Although Forrest Walsh was not a Superpower User and had a leg injury, his knowledge of weapons and his proficiency in using them were enough for him to get a good job in the weapons research institute.

The two of them, brother and sister, relied on each other, and they were quite happy.

"His leg injury still hasn’t healed?"

Nina Jacobs asked.

After Forrest was miraculously rescued from the university by Chester Pearson’s group, she had taken Wayne Warner back to the old alley, so she hadn’t heard about this.

"My brother said he’s lucky just to be alive. The aftereffects of the leg injury are nothing."

Chelsea Walsh replied.

She had gotten a seven-day vacation this time.

With the Superpower User tournament approaching, she had also come specifically to cheer on Nina Jacobs and the others.

Nina Jacobs didn’t say anything after hearing this.

’Perhaps the Healing Potion would be useful.’

But she wasn’t going to just hand it over. She’d have to find the right opportunity later.

That evening, Sherry Renner came home from work with a piece of news that piqued Nina’s interest.

Tyson Hughes of the Superpower User Alliance had gone to see Hugo Crawford.

"What did they talk about?" Nina Jacobs asked.

"Tyson Hughes just said the contract was void, and Hugo Crawford got extremely agitated. I don’t know why."

Sherry Renner said.

"Contract void?" Nina Jacobs was puzzled.

Sherry Renner was just as baffled. "Hugo Crawford got furious and started muttering something about a mechanism and how this could happen."

’A contract... a mechanism?’

’Could he be referring to the supplies on the third basement level of the mall?’

"Who cares about him. I’d bet Tyson Hughes took his stuff and promised to do something for him, but just failed to deliver."

Sherry Renner said.

Meanwhile, in another building, Tyson Hughes was looking at a list of teams in his hand.

"The list of all the teams participating this time is here.

Are you participating too, Mr. Hughes?

Nathan Crowley and the others should be more than enough to handle it."

his female assistant said from the side.

"With her there, it’s not enough.

And besides..."

Tyson Hughes narrowed his eyes.

’There must be other experts in this City D Base.

Otherwise, no one could have taken that huge cache of supplies without anyone knowing.

I just don’t know which team it was.’

Tyson Hughes looked at the names of the teams, his gaze finally settling on "Stella."

’Could it be them?’

But he had already had someone investigate Stella’s movements on that day.

On that day, the members of Stella had been killing zombies at a fixed location the entire time.

Except for their captain, Nina Jacobs.

"Maybe Hugo Crawford was deliberately deceiving you.

He wouldn’t use up so many supplies just to have one woman killed, would he?"

the female assistant said as she analyzed the situation.

"It wasn’t a deception. What does a man about to die need with supplies?

He wanted to drag his enemy down with him, which is why he wanted to cooperate with me.

However, if I had known his target for revenge was Nina Jacobs, I might not have agreed."

Tyson Hughes’s words surprised his assistant.

"Mr. Hughes, you know this Nina Jacobs?"

Previously, Hugo Crawford had someone find him, claiming that if Tyson Hughes agreed to help him kill one person, he would offer a large amount of supplies.

Tyson Hughes had agreed.

It was only later that they learned Hugo Crawford’s target was just a young woman named Nina Jacobs.

To be willing to give up all those supplies, it was clear that Hugo Crawford must have hated this Nina Jacobs to the bone...

Tyson Hughes smiled. "I suppose you could say we’re acquainted. But she probably doesn’t know me.

She’s someone who could barely be considered a worthy opponent for me."

"In any case, we didn’t suffer any losses. Let’s just drop the matter."

Tyson Hughes’s lips curved into a smirk.

Voltaris had been crushed by Kael Dolan.

He was only slightly surprised when he saw the emptied third basement level, and he was very curious about who could have taken all those supplies.

"Yes, and besides, the supplies we find are supposed to be sent back to headquarters sooner or later..."

Seeing Tyson Hughes’s face turn cold at the word "headquarters," the female assistant didn’t dare say anything more.

She sighed softly to herself and then walked out.

"’Headquarters?’"

Tyson Hughes sneered.

Night fell, and few people were still returning to the base from the outside.

But one man was walking out of the base.

"Why is he going out again at this hour?"

one of the personnel in charge of inspections couldn’t help but ask.

"Yeah, he does this almost every day.

Says he has leftover Superpower to burn off, and that he’ll be back after killing some zombies."

the registrar at the side said matter-of-factly.

Ever since the Superpower User Alliance merged with the base, this Alliance leader had been doing this every day.

"So diligent?

He’s a bit different from the others in The Alliance."

Another person said while checking the health of the survivors.

"Probably for the Superpower User tournament?

I just wonder who will come out on top in this tournament..."

"..."

City D Base had specially constructed a dedicated arena for the Superpower User tournament.

The arena was located in the Southwest corner of the base.

The arena was surrounded by a ring of thick, tempered glass to prevent Superpowers from flying out of the field and injuring spectators.

Chelsea Walsh got a special spectator seat, allowing her to watch the tournament up close.

"So? What match number did you get?"

Chelsea Walsh asked eagerly when she saw Nina Jacobs walk out with her team members.

"Match... number one..."

Leo Hale raised the number card, his hand trembling.