Chapter 327: Scattered Your Ashes

Chapter 327: Scattered Your Ashes

Seeing Zhang Yi’s actions, Liang Yue couldn’t help but remark, “You really don’t leave anyone behind, do you? At this rate, there’s barely anyone left alive down there.”

“I’ll consider it an insurance policy,” Zhang Yi replied coolly.

“But I’m not done yet. Come on, I’ll take you somewhere else.”

He pulled out a snow vehicle and invited Liang Yue to ride in the passenger seat.

Curious, Liang Yue had no idea what Zhang Yi was planning next. But with a ride available, she didn’t mind tagging along to see what was up.

The group boarded the snow vehicle, and Zhang Yi checked his phone, which displayed a 3D map of West Hill Base sent by Yang Xinxin.

Before long, they arrived at a remote mountain area.

In the distance, the headlights revealed three figures running across the snow.

Liang Yue stared at Zhang Yi in shock. “You even thought of this?”

Zhang Yi chuckled. “According to the 3D map, I found an escape route connecting to the First Life Pod. It’s not hard to guess who might be using it.”

He stepped on the gas and drove toward them.

Seeing the figures, a surge of murderous intent rose in Liang Yue’s eyes.

“Chen Xinian!”

Chen Xinian—the very person responsible for the conflict between West Hill Base and Zhang Yi!

He had relentlessly backed Zhang Yi into a corner, giving him no room to breathe.

He’d built a brutal system within West Hill, harming countless innocent people, including Liang Yue’s students.

If Zhang Yi let anyone go, it wouldn’t be him. He had to die here!

The three people fleeing in the snow were indeed Chen Xinian and his guards.

After West Hill Base was destroyed, the First Life Pod, located outside the blast zone and built with strong defenses, survived the explosions.

But with several vital underground systems damaged and his Special Forces Team out of contact, Chen Xinian knew he was in deep trouble and had fled through the escape route.

To save himself, he’d even left his wife and child behind.

But because of the rush, they had no real transportation and could only leave on foot.

As a result, Zhang Yi and his team easily caught up.

Seeing two snow vehicles driving toward them, Chen Xinian’s face turned ashen, his hopes dashed.

His two loyal guards quickly raised their guns and readied grenades, preparing for a last stand.

One car stopped in front, the other behind, blocking their escape route.

Zhang Yi stepped out and sneered at Chen Xinian, his mocking gaze as cold as if he were looking at a captured prey.

“Isn’t this the leader of West Hill Base? What’s the rush, running off without a word?”

Chen Xinian’s legs went weak with fear.

For the first time, he could taste the raw terror of death.

Even in this post-apocalyptic world, he’d managed to enjoy life in West Hill Base thanks to his power and authority.

But in one night, everything he had was destroyed.

To Chen Xinian, Zhang Yi was a living nightmare.

“Zhang Yi, don’t act rashly! I think we can still talk this out,” Chen Xinian pleaded quickly, trying to persuade Zhang Yi to spare him.

“You can’t kill me. I, Chen Xinian, am a man of status. If you kill me, it’ll upset the balance among Tianhai City’s districts!”

“If that happens, who knows how many monsters will flood in here? You’ll be facing even greater dangers!”

Zhang Yi felt a twinge of interest—he hadn’t considered that.

But his face remained unmoved. “Oh? You say so, huh?”

“Look at you. You’ve lost everything, and you have no leverage to bargain with me.”

As Zhang Yi spoke, his team had already surrounded the three of them.

Liang Yue, gripping her Tang Sword tightly, stared murderously at Chen Xinian.

Between her and Chen Xinian, there was a blood debt. Dozens of her students had been used as his test subjects; some were even processed into protein fluid!

She loathed this man from the depths of her heart.

Zhang Yi’s power locked onto the three, and with the surrounding superhumans, they had no chance to resist.

Chen Xinian quickly tried to explain, “It’s a chaotic world, and in chaos, harsh measures are necessary. If I hadn’t done those things, everyone would’ve died!”

“Zhang Yi, you’re a man of talent; you shouldn’t let it go to waste. How about we work together?”

“If you cooperate with me, with your power and my connections and strategies, we can make West Hill Base bigger and stronger!”

“We could even become rulers of Tianhai City!”

Zhang Yi gave him a dismissive smirk. “I don’t need that!”

Chen Xinian opened his mouth to continue persuading Zhang Yi.

But in the next instant, his head twisted violently and exploded like a watermelon!

The two guards were petrified, shouting, “Leader!” They pulled the pins on their grenades and charged at Zhang Yi, ready to die with him.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

Three gunshots rang out, shattering their knees and forcing them to collapse to the ground.

But still, they threw the grenades at Zhang Yi.

Unfazed, Zhang Yi opened his hands, summoning a Dimensional Gate to catch the grenades.

Then he clapped his hands together, completely dissipating the explosive force.

The two guards were dumbfounded, unable to comprehend what they were seeing.

Zhang Yi calmly walked up to them and placed his right hand on one guard’s chest.

A surge of energy shot out from the Dimensional Gate, enveloping the guard!

In mere seconds, his body was reduced to a flaming skeleton.

Satisfied, Zhang Yi examined his right hand. “My control over spatial power is getting stronger!”

Watching Zhang Yi’s display of power, Liang Yue felt a strange mix of emotions.

Since they’d first met, Zhang Yi had become terrifyingly strong. She could hardly imagine how powerful he would become if he continued evolving at this rate.

After killing Chen Xinian and his guards, Zhang Yi ignited their bodies, burning them down to ashes.

Once the corpses were reduced to ashes, he scattered them into the wind with a pleased look on his face.

The rest of the group watched his actions in stunned silence.

“Was that really necessary?” Liang Yue asked, unable to hold back. “You’re being overly cautious. You’ve already destroyed all of West Hill Base. What more could you be worried about?”

Zhang Yi replied seriously, “Chen Xinian was a big name in Tianhai City. Who knows what kind of connections he had? What if someone comes seeking revenge after he’s dead?”

Liang Yue rolled her eyes. “At this point, you really think that’s possible?”

Zhang Yi said, “I want to eliminate even the slightest chance of danger!”

Then he grinned at Liang Yue. “If you’d all thought about the consequences a bit more before heading to West Hill Base, maybe things wouldn’t have ended up like this.”

Liang Yue’s heart jolted.

Thinking about her students who had died so horribly, grief swept over her.

She looked at Zhang Yi with a complex expression, beginning to understand his way of doing things.

Author's Note