Quick Travel: Save the poor little villain

Chapter 2902 Town Infrastructure Construction in Full Swing 2223

The town of Hepingbei is being developed better and better. The outline of the new school building has been erected. It is spacious and bright, with different areas planned. Two more warehouses have been added, and the supplies stored inside are gradually becoming more abundant. This town, which was once just barely surviving, is now full of vitality and hope.

Such changes naturally attract all sorts of attention: some are envious, some are curious, and some want to learn from and emulate them.

However, it also inevitably attracts unwanted attention.

There were two minor probing and provocations from several survivor settlements nearby, which were even more chaotic than North Town. These provocateurs, along with a few oddballs, tried to loot the outskirts of the town or sneak in to steal something.

As a result, Huo Zhaoye and his men gave them a severe beating.

Huo Zhaoye's skills and the increasingly tight defenses of Beizhen impressed them, leaving them humiliated and deterring them from acting recklessly again.

Beizhen's reputation gradually spread, protected by both force and order.

However, no one expected that the first to be unable to hold back and to come knocking on their door in such a forceful manner would be the Blazing Fire Base.

That afternoon, Jin Chen had just finished preparing her lessons in the newly renovated office next to the temporary school building. Seeing that it was still early, she decided to go find Huo Zhaoye.

As soon as Jin Chen stepped out of the office and strolled onto the dirt road in the center of town, he saw Monkey leading seven or eight young men from Beizhen, carrying homemade guns and machetes, running hurriedly toward the town entrance. They all looked tense, as if facing a formidable enemy.

Jin Chen frowned slightly. "Monkey."

The monkey was charging forward with its head down when it heard the sound and suddenly stopped. It looked up and saw Jin Chen. The people behind it also stopped in unison, their faces showing panic.

"Teacher Jin!" Monkey scratched his head. "You're here? get out of class is over?"

He was rambling incoherently, his eyes darting around, clearly hiding something.

Jin Chen ignored his clumsy small talk and asked, "Where are you all going?"

To suffer.

The boss repeatedly warned that this matter must not be alarmed by Teacher Jin!

The monkey's mind raced, but Jin Chen didn't press further and started walking towards the town entrance.

"Teacher Jin! Wait!"

The monkey panicked, wanting to stop him but not daring to actually do so, so it could only trot after him, calling out, "Don't go! There's nothing to see over there!"

Jin Chen didn't even turn her head. "There's nothing to see. What are you going to do with all this stuff? Go see the scenery?"

The monkey was speechless. Seeing that Jinchen was walking faster and faster and was about to reach the town entrance, he knew that he could not hide it anymore. He could only lower his voice and hurriedly tell the story.

"It's people from the Blazing Fire Base. A convoy has arrived! They specifically requested... to invite you and Professor Yan to be their guests!"

The Blazing Fire Base isn't exactly close to Peace Town, about a two-day drive away, but its scale is far beyond that of a small settlement like Peace Town.

As a medium-sized base, it is said to have retained a lot of technology and weaponry from the old era, and its personnel and material reserves are quite considerable.

However, it is notorious for burning, killing, and looting. In recent years, as the natural disasters and mutations have gradually subsided and the pressure of survival has eased somewhat, the Blazing Fire Base has become even more rampant. With its powerful military force, it plunders small survivor strongholds everywhere, making the nearby towns even more feared than the remaining mutated monsters and natural disasters.

It seems that the changes in Beizhen recently have attracted unwanted hyenas.

The gate of Beizhen was wide open, and Huo Zhaoye and dozens of armed young men from Beizhen were blocking the entrance. Huo Zhaoye stood at the front, having taken off his coat and wearing only a dark vest. His face was bruised, with purplish-blue marks on his cheekbones and a cut at the corner of his mouth, from which blood seeped.

Opposite him, about several dozen meters away, were ten modified off-road vehicles. Next to each vehicle stood three or four men, all burly, fierce-looking rough men holding a variety of weapons, all exuding a menacing aura.

At the front of the convoy were five monstrous wolves, each with a large, robust build and wearing rough metal collars.

They scratched at the ground restlessly, their fangs still stained with unknown bits of flesh and blood. The fact that they could tame mutated wolves as weapons and tools for clearing paths speaks volumes about the strength and ruthlessness of this base.

The scarred man sat imposingly on the car hood, looking at Huo Zhaoye with a half-smile.

Yan Genggu was tightly protected by several townspeople from Beizhen. His face was pale, he had a scratch on his forehead, and his glasses were askew.

"Lord Huo, don't be so nervous." Scarface exhaled a puff of smoke, his voice hoarse and unpleasant. "We, the Blazing Fire Base, have come with sincerity."

Huo Zhaoye wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his voice cold and hard, leaving no room for negotiation, "Professor Yan is a distinguished guest invited by our Beizhen, and Jin Chen is a native of Beizhen. He is not going anywhere."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Scarface suddenly threw away his cigarette, stood up with a sinister grin, and looked behind him.

Huo Zhaoye's heart skipped a beat, and he turned around abruptly. Sure enough, he saw Jin Chen parting the crowd and walking out, followed by Monkey and the others who looked anxious but dared not stop him.

"Jin Chen! What are you doing here? Go back now!"

Upon seeing him, Huo Zhaoye's expression changed drastically, and he almost shouted angrily.

He rarely spoke to Jin Chen in such a stern or even fierce tone, but at this moment he was truly anxious.

Jin Chen quickly scanned the entire area, pausing for a moment at Huo Zhaoye's blood-stained chest. His gaze subtly darkened as he glanced at the grinning leader of the Liu Huo Base.

Then, seeing Yan Genggu being protected, Lu Jun inwardly cursed Lu Jun, telling him to be more careful around people lately, and where he was at this crucial moment.

"Yo!" The burly man with the gun next to Scarface sneered, sizing him up. "Looks like this is the recently famous Teacher Jin, right? Tsk, seems... much easier to invite than that professor!"

"Young man, our lord has come to invite you personally, which is a great honor! Why don't you... come with our lord to the carriage and have a good chat? If things go well, maybe we won't have to resort to violence, huh?"

The people from the Blazing Fire Base behind him burst into laughter, their eyes filled with hostility.

Huo Zhaoye's hand gripping the knife bulged with veins, and he took a step forward, ready to lash out. Jin Chen, however, seemed quite relaxed. "Say a few words? Then say them."

Huo Zhaoye's heart tightened, and he turned sharply to look at him, "Jin Chen!"

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Jin Chen reached out and grasped Huo Zhaoye's hand, then touched Huo Zhaoye's forehead.

“Don’t worry,” Jin Chen’s voice was only audible to Huo Zhaoye, his tone as usual, relaxed and at ease, “I’m very good at persuading people with reason.”

Huo Zhaoye wanted to reach out and stop him, but he knew that once Jin Chen made a decision, there was almost no room for negotiation.

He could only watch helplessly as that slender figure walked step by step toward the pack of thugs.

I'm afraid something might happen to Jin Chen, and I'm also afraid... afraid that the Blazing Fire Base might actually offer me irresistible terms...

no, I can not.

Huo Zhaoye pinched his palm hard. Jin Chen wasn't that kind of person.

But... what if?

Huo Zhaoye had an unprecedented and urgent desire for Heping North Town to become stronger, larger, and more powerful, so that it would no longer have to fear the covetousness and threats of any external forces, and so that Jin Chen could unleash all his talents and do whatever he wanted without any worries.

[The villain's heart rate is detected +5, totaling 72! 】

Just as Jin Chen was about to reach the convoy, the sound of hurried running came from the other side of the town.

Lu Jun arrived with his men, panting heavily, clearly having rushed over as soon as he received the news. He immediately spotted Yan Genggu, who was being protected behind the crowd and looked rather unwell. His heart tightened, and he rushed over, grabbing Yan Genggu's shoulder and scrutinizing him without a word.

"How are you? What did those bastards do to you?"

Yan Genggu's shoulder ached from being gripped so tightly, but seeing Lu Jun like this, he simply shook his head and said, "I'm fine, just a few scratches."

Lu Jun gripped his hand even tighter and pulled him further behind him, a gesture entirely in a protective manner.

Yan Genggu paused for a moment, then looked up at Lu Jun's broad back, and that strange feeling welled up in his heart again.

Lu Jun breathed a slight sigh of relief, but his anger intensified. He turned to look at Huo Zhaoye, whose face was ashen and who was staring intently at the convoy, and asked urgently, "Where is Jin Chen?"

Huo Zhaoye gritted his teeth and squeezed out two words, "...over there."

Lu Jun followed his gaze, and his heart sank.

He knew the stigma surrounding the Blazing Fire Base better than Huo Zhaoye did.

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Time passed second by second, each second feeling like being fried in a pan of oil.

Every second feels like a century.

The people of Beizhen gripped their weapons tightly, their eyes bloodshot. Huo Zhaoye's chest wound was still bleeding, but he felt no pain; all his senses were focused on the black car in the distance.

Lu Jun, protecting Yan Genggu, was equally anxious and uneasy.

The people from the Blazing Fire Base crossed their arms, their faces bearing cruel smiles of anticipation.

the other side.

Ten minutes later, the people guarding outside the convoy and the vice lord heard two knocks.

Jin Chen lowered the car window slightly, but inexplicably appeared strangely gentle as he looked at the deputy lord standing outside the car.

"This... is the vice lord? You come aboard, let's talk together."

The vice lord was taken aback, then frowned. "Are you sick?"

And there's something strange about that pretty boy's tone.

Jin Chen tilted his head slightly and said slowly in a tone that was both regretful and provocative, "Your second-in-command seems... to be quite dissatisfied with you."

As soon as he finished speaking, a cold snort came from inside the car.

The vice lord's expression changed instantly, and he glanced at the closed carriage door with a sinister look.

The leader, Bloodscar, is suspicious and violent, and he hates it most when his subordinates are disloyal. Moreover, the noise inside the car is a bit strange.

He hesitated for a few seconds, then opened the passenger door, bent down, and climbed in.

As soon as the door closed, Jin Chen handed a blood-stained dagger to the deputy leader.

The deputy chief looked up in horror. His lord, the infamous Scarface, a man feared by all, was slumped in his chair, a hole in his chest, blood still gushing from the cut on his neck, his eyes wide open, dying with unseeing eyes.

Jin Chen leaned back in the opposite seat, slowly wiping the bloodstains from his fingers with an old handkerchief.

"You!" The deputy leader was horrified. He tried to draw his gun but found his waist empty. He tried to open the car door, frantically trying to pull the door handle, but the door wouldn't budge.

What's even stranger is that none of the sound from before reached outside the car. This person is very strange.

After wiping his hands, Jin Chen threw the old handkerchief at the lord's face before looking up at the deputy leader and slowly spreading his hands. "Unfortunately, the talks broke down."

Deputy Leader: "..."

A chill ran down his spine. After all, he was someone who had climbed to the second-in-command position through licking blood from the jaws of death. "Then why did you give me the knife? Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?"

Jin Chen leaned forward, a hint of amusement in her eyes as she smiled. "I told you, I tried to reason with him, but he was unreasonable, which led to this accident."

"Now, you are the lord."

The deputy's pupils constricted sharply, and his heart pounded wildly.

"What do you mean?"

"it means……"

Jin Chen's hand, which was casually resting on her lap, now held a small knife.

The second-in-command didn't even see how he pulled out the knife!

Jin Chen flicked his wrist slightly, and pressed the small knife, painted with an eerie green color, against the throbbing artery on the side of his deputy's neck.

"This new lord, you should be able to reason with me, shouldn't you?"

He tilted his head slightly, meeting his deputy's instantly pale face, and said regretfully, "This poison is extracted from the sap of a mutated plant, and it's very difficult to cure."

"Unfortunately, the tip of the knife... may have lightly touched you just now."

Deputy: "..."

About two or three minutes passed.

The passenger door was suddenly pushed open from the inside.

The vice lord got out of the car with a cold face and stiff movements. To everyone's astonishment, he walked around to the other side of the car and personally opened the back door.

Jin Chen slowly got out of the car and looked at the guards of the Blazing Fire Base outside, who were filled with suspicion and uncertainty because they had seen the vice lord's unusual behavior.

Several guards with sharp eyes caught a glimpse of the bloodstain lying askew on the back seat through the gap in the lowered car window.

"Lord!" someone cried out in alarm, instinctively raising their gun!

In an instant, more than a dozen gun barrels were pointed at Jin Chen, who had just gotten out of the car, and the deputy lord standing by the car!

The atmosphere suddenly plummeted to freezing point, filled with murderous intent!

Jin Chen slightly raised the corners of her lips, revealing a smile that sent a chill down one's spine.

"Look behind you."

The guards at the Blazing Fire Base were taken aback, and some of them turned to look behind them.

The five mutated wolves that had been tamed by Bloodscar became restless after Bloodscar's death, their fangs poised to pounce on them at any moment. Yet, they bowed their heads to this seemingly frail young man, tucking their tails between their legs.

The guards turned pale, and their hands gripping their guns began to tremble.

They weren't afraid of dying, but they were afraid of dying an unjust death, afraid that even their corpses would be torn apart by these out-of-control mutated beasts after they died.

Jin Chen looked at the guards again, "Now, can you listen to your new lord properly?"

The vice lord's face turned white then pale, then pale again, and cold sweat beaded on his forehead.

Only he and Jin Chen knew what happened inside the car.

Those few short minutes were the most bizarre, terrifying, and...involuntary negotiation he had ever experienced in his life.

But he had no choice. It was either death or cooperation.

The deputy leader shouted in a hoarse voice, "Put down your guns!"

The guards looked at each other, hesitated, and lowered their guns, while others remained undecided.

The deputy leader… no, the new lord, veins bulging on his forehead, kicked the nearest subordinate, yelling, “Are you deaf! Put it down!”

Now, everyone slowly lowered their gun barrels.

So, just as Huo Zhaoye's patience ran out and he was about to break into the convoy's encirclement, he saw the deputy lord of the Liuhuo base, along with his guards, respectfully escort Jin Chen out.

The whole town: ? ? ?

The new lord also wanted to shake hands with Huo Zhaoye.

Huo Zhaoye froze, didn't move, and subconsciously looked at Jin Chen.

Jin Chen nodded to him, and Huo Zhaoye then hesitantly reached out and touched hands with him.

Then he heard the man start reciting a long list of supplies, like reciting a menu.

"...fifty sacks of grain, thirty sets of various tools, ten barrels of fuel, five boxes of medicine, and raw metal materials..."

The sheer variety and quantity were astonishing, almost equivalent to several years' worth of savings in Beizhen.

Finally, the new lord addressed Huo Zhaoye and everyone in North Town, saying, "All the above supplies will be delivered to Peaceful North Town within three days. Consider it... a welcoming gift from our Blazing Fire Base to Teacher Jin."

"I hope we can maintain a good working relationship in the future."

Everyone: "..."

After the new lord finished speaking, he didn't care about the reactions of the crowd. He didn't dare to linger any longer, nodded respectfully to Jin Chen, and whispered, "We await your news."

Jin Chen lowered his eyes slightly and nodded slowly.

The new lord, feeling as if granted a pardon, turned his entourage around and left in a near-panic manner.

The dust rose and then gradually settled.

A group of townspeople, seemingly petrified, were left at the entrance of Beizhen.

Huo Zhaoye was the first to regain his senses. He rushed to Jin Chen, grabbed his wrist, and was afraid to see even a scratch. "Are you alright? Did they do anything to you?"

Jin Chen raised his hand and pinched the back of Huo Zhaoye's neck, but his gaze fell on Huo Zhaoye's right chest, which was stained with blood.

"I'm fine, but our Lord Huo doesn't look well."

Jin Chen sighed, then suddenly reached out and gently pulled the still somewhat dazed Huo Zhaoye into his arms, softly stroking Huo Zhaoye's tense back.

"You got hurt because of me, and you didn't even tell me. You didn't say anything... Huo Zhaoye, are you a silent devil?"

certainly not.

Huo Zhaoye refuted this in his mind.

He buried his face in Jin Chen's neck and tightened his arms around her.

Despite appearing to be completely powerless, he managed to persuade the infamous leader of the Blazing Fire Base to change his position with a few words, and to make the entire convoy submit and offer generous gifts.

Mysterious, powerful, and effortless, as if everything is under their control.

This Jin Chen fascinates him, makes him feel at ease, but also makes him feel anxious about not being able to hold on to her.

He seems so far away from me.