From Apocalypse Boss to Farmer: My Vegetables Make Me Stronger!-Chapter 199 - 190: The Fate of Cannon Fodder

Wei Heng felt a bit conflicted.

’He couldn’t figure it out. The captain and Gu Xi have barely met twice, so how could they...’

Wei Heng frowned slightly, staring at the walkie-talkie in Qi Xiang’s hand, and fell silent.

The other Special Service Team members who had also heard the exchange fell silent too.

’Who would have thought that their usually taciturn boss would stoop to this for a watermelon.’

’But thinking back to the taste of those fried dough fruits... well, maybe it’s not so hard to understand?’

Meanwhile, Qi Xiang was furious because, on the other end of the walkie-talkie, Gu Xi had already promised a large watermelon.

Even though she hadn’t wanted to eat watermelon recently, what was that phrase?

’Give them an inch, and they’ll take a mile!’

’Who knew what that scheming boy, Ye Junhan, would ask for next after getting a big watermelon?’

’No way.’

’You have to nip this in the bud. It absolutely can’t be allowed to happen again and again.’

’But Gu Xi is so naive and generous, what does she know about a man’s devious little tricks? This kind of thing is up to me.’

Qi Xiang thought for a moment, then decisively held the walkie-talkie right up to her ear.

’Let’s see what other tricks this scheming boy has up his sleeve!’

’Know your enemy, and you’ll know how to counter them.’

But this time, besides the SSSK of static, she couldn’t hear a thing.

Apparently, a certain scheming boy, having achieved his goal, had already coldly and ruthlessly cut the connection from his end.

Qi Xiang was speechless. ’Damn it!’

She was so pissed.

’I never would’ve thought, never, that Ye Junhan was this kind of person!’

Qi Xiang clenched her fists, secretly vowing that no matter what, she would sit next to Gu Xi later to stand guard and absolutely not give a certain someone any opportunity.

But she was still so pissed.

Qi Xiang, unable to contain her anger, shot Wei Heng another fierce glare. She then opened her personal terminal, pulled up their Farming Team’s private chat group, and her ten fingers became a blur across the light screen, unleashing a furious barrage of messages.

Wei Heng’s mouth twitched as he watched ninety-nine consecutive messages pop up on his screen.

Meanwhile, Liu Hao and Li Shen, sitting in the front row, exchanged a look and chuckled knowingly.

’A watermelon that big, over twenty pounds... the boss definitely won’t eat it all himself... hehe.’

At that moment, in the footage captured by the "Little Bee" drone, the group of Pangolins had completely mutated and vanished from the screen.

"Who do you think their target is?" Gu Xi asked, looking up at Ye Junhan after a moment of thought.

Ye Junhan brought up the drone’s footage of the convoy’s formation. His expression darkened. "The Guard Team."

The spot where they disappeared was no more than a kilometer in a straight line from the convoy’s leftmost flank, and He Yue’s Guard Team was stationed around the small hill on that very flank.

The drone footage showed He Yue’s men still hiding in the shadows of the trees, chatting in small groups, completely ignoring Dongfang’s warning.

Meanwhile, He Yue himself was still trying to cozy up to Dongfang...

Danger was fast approaching.

Gu Xi’s spiritual power clearly sensed that the group of mutated Pangolins had already crept underneath the Guard Team’s heavy armored vehicles. They were clearly planning to ’shoot the horse before the rider’—once their means of escape were gone, the Guard Team’s fate was easy to imagine.

And after mutating, ability users become immensely powerful. Even without using their abilities, their raw physical strength alone is enough to tear apart an ability user of the same rank.

What’s more, this was a group of Pangolin mutants who also possessed abilities.

And the signature trait of a Pangolin... when they roll up, they’re no different from a meat grinder.

And they’re ridiculously fast.

In Gu Xi’s perception, the ground beneath them had already been hollowed out, and several heavy armored vehicles were about to be swallowed whole. Unfortunately, the members of the Guard Team, still chatting idly, were completely oblivious to the impending danger.

Dongfang Yu didn’t move either, still smiling as he made small talk with He Yue. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

He was a level-nine Wind Skill user, the kind who could fly without wings.

To say nothing of his other skills, when it came to the art of running away, everyone here would have to call him master.

’So, what was the rush?’

The Special Service Team’s convoy was already moving slowly forward, now about five kilometers ahead of the Guard Team’s vehicles. Ye Junhan hadn’t ordered them to stop. He sat in the front passenger seat, turned sideways to watch the drone footage with Gu Xi, who was in the back.

After confirming that the mutants’ target was He Yue’s Guard Team, a bold idea formed in Gu Xi’s mind—’The Qee Family is trying to prove their innocence.’

’Based on He Yue’s previous behavior, he might as well have shouted from the rooftops that the attackers were his people.’

’But now, they were the ones being attacked. Those mutants were clearly targeting the Guard Team.’

’Was this a subtle message, telling her that the Qee Family had no part in the private raising of mutants? Or perhaps... they were victims too?’

’As for the lives of He Yue and his men... in the apocalypse, there’s no shortage of cannon fodder.’

’Who would care about the life or death of a few pawns?’

Suddenly, a deafening BOOM echoed—

On the drone’s camera feed, the entire ground trembled violently. Amidst a cloud of dust, several heavy armored off-road vehicles, along with the surrounding Guard Team members, were instantly swallowed up.

Only Dongfang rose into the air, carried by the wind.

He Yue’s reaction was also swift. As a level-nine ability user, the moment he sensed something was wrong, he activated his ability and subconsciously drew the Energy Gun at his waist. But in the next instant, his entire body was buried in earth.

The ground caved in too quickly. In the darkness, He Yue leaped up, spreading his legs to land on two adjacent sinking vehicles to steady himself. Just as he did, he heard a bloodcurdling scream from behind, accompanied by what sounded like... another horrifying noise?

Before he could even investigate, a piercing pain shot up from an indescribable area, followed by a sudden cold sensation between his legs...

’But that’s strange, there’s no wind underground...’ By the time the Guard Team captain finally, belatedly, realized he had permanently lost those few ounces of flesh, his mind went completely blank.

He wasn’t even aware of being dragged out of the ground like a dead dog.

The base’s Guard Team suffered heavy casualties this time. Aside from the two with the Earth Ability, almost everyone else was severely injured.

Among the wounded, He Yue was actually one of the lucky ones. Because he was rescued in time, he only lost those few ounces of flesh. The others... almost all of them had their lower bodies shredded...

It was a truly gruesome sight, too horrible to look at.

Gu Xi looked up at the man in front of her.

’The Special Service Team is, after all, an official government organization, the embodiment of justice in the public’s eyes, a symbol of rescue and hope. She thought... at the last moment, he would have Dongfang save them.’

’She never expected...’

"Someone has to test the strength of those mutants." Ye Junhan, as if he had read her mind, looked up at her. His face was stern, his eyes deep. "I’ve never been a good person."

Gu Xi smiled. "What a coincidence. Neither am I."

Ye Junhan’s choice was, in fact, perfectly rational. Since someone had to test the mutants’ strength, it was either going to be the Special Service Team or the Guard Team.

As the captain of the Special Service Team, given the choice, Ye Junhan would naturally not risk the lives of his own brothers.

As for He Yue’s base Guard Team... while they were usually arrogant and domineering, they were, at the end of the day, high-level ability users.

They still had some fighting power.

As for whether people would call him cold-blooded for doing this? Their own masters were already using them as cannon fodder, so they couldn’t blame others for not cherishing their lives.

This was the fate of cannon fodder. Besides saving themselves, they had no other choice.

And the apocalypse was, by its very nature, this cruel.

There was no one to blame...