388: I'm going to follow you
Just then, a woman carrying an alloy forged saber rushed out from the team, her figure like a flash of lightning.
Before anyone could clearly see, the woman charged towards the Corpse King, leaping high into the air, the tip of her forged saber thrusting directly into the Corpse King's head.
Pfft!
The saber tip pierced through the Corpse King's head, and the immense impact caused both the woman and the Corpse King to fall backward simultaneously.
The Corpse King let out a final roar, then crashed to the ground, completely losing all signs of life.
The woman's gaze was cold; she sliced open the zombie's head with a single strike, and a blue Red Crystal Core slowly materialized, immediately collected by the Red Crystal Core container.
Qiu Qian casually tossed the Red Crystal Core to her teammate and said, "How many times have I told you? For those with Red Crystal Cores, the ones with brains, you have to hit the head.
Next time you shoot lasers at their bodies, you'll be on solitary confinement when we get back, especially the new ones.
If you can't even get one Red Crystal Core this time, you can withdraw from the Special Operations Group yourself.
The Special Operations Group doesn't take useless people."
The two Team Members who were lectured lowered their heads, like bullied wives, not daring to talk back to Qiu Qian at all.
Qiu Qian put away her saber and said, "Communicator, tell the high-altitude cruiser to send us food.
We've been running all day; I'm hungry!"
"Understood, Team Leader Qiu."
A moment later, a huge, cannonball-like object appeared in the high sky, falling straight down from tens of thousands of meters.
Gravity accelerated this thing to several hundred kilometers per hour, and just as it approached one thousand meters above the ground, the small rockets at the bottom suddenly fired a reverse thrust, rapidly reducing its descent speed.
At two hundred meters, the parachute opened.
This kind of high-altitude airdrop, like dropping a bomb, is extremely fast.
This thing opens its parachute at low altitude, making it a small target and not easily detected.
Gao Shengqiang led his small team closer; several members of the Special Operations Group had already noticed the presence of these people, but their mission was not to rescue people, but to collect Red Crystal Cores and scout.
So they didn't pay much attention to Gao Shengqiang's small team.
It wasn't until Gao Shengqiang and the others approached that they raised their weapons and assumed a defensive posture.
"Don't be nervous, we are people released by Jiang Chen, not enemies.
I am the leader of this small team; my name is Gao Shengqiang."
Gao Shengqiang raised his hands, indicating that his small team posed no threat.
Qiu Qian glanced at them and said indifferently, "I know.
High-resolution satellites have already transmitted your trajectories to my tactical glasses.
I am Qiu Qian, the captain of the Special Operations Group of East Sea City Base.
Our Special Operations Group's mission is to collect Red Crystal Cores and scout; we don't have the extra energy to protect you.
We are going in the opposite direction from you."
Zhu Qing quickly stepped forward and said, "Just let us follow you.
We also injected the Superpower Potion and will definitely not hold you back."
Qiu Qian sneered, "Superpower Potion? You don't think that just because you injected a Superpower Potion, you're a superman, do you?"
Gao Shengqiang's face darkened, and he said with some displeasure, "We are unwilling to be kept by the corpse race because we still have faith and hope in the alliance.
Is this how you treat us?"
At this moment, a teammate handed compressed food to Qiu Qian and said, "The second team sent a message; they are also entangled with a group of people, and the other side is trying to seize the second team's weapons."
Qiu Qian nodded slightly and said, "Notify the second team: those who interfere with scouting do so at their own risk.
If they can disengage, do so as soon as possible; if not, eliminate them."
Qiu Qian tore open the packaging, glanced at Gao Shengqiang, and said, "You are quite clever, knowing not to mix with the crowd.
But the Superpower Potion distributed by the base airdrop can only last for fifteen days.
The physique of ordinary people cannot withstand too strong a potion.
We won't be going back during these fifteen days.
Our mission period is one month.
You should go on your own!"
Ji Wenhao stepped forward and said, "You can't just leave us to die."
Qiu Qian seemed to have heard a joke and said, "Different duties.
If Jiang Chen released a million people, and if they could be saved, they wouldn't have been airdropped to you within a ten-hour window."
Qiu Qian's words clearly provoked some people in the small team.
This small team was originally assembled temporarily, and the members were not united; everyone had their own hidden motives.
That person angrily said, "You bitch, we are humbly begging you to take us along, and you're putting on airs?"
Saying that, he raised his gun and pointed it at Qiu Qian.
Gao Shengqiang rebuked, "Put down the gun.
We came to survive, not to die."
"Captain, what are you afraid of?
If we can't live, then we'll just drag them down with us.
I should have known not to come out; I'd rather be eaten by zombies."
The teammate was agitated and pulled the trigger at Qiu Qian.
Only a phantom was left where Qiu Qian stood; no one had seen what happened, and that person's head rolled off, instantly killed.
The phantom disappeared, and Qiu Qian reappeared in her original spot, smoothly inserting her alloy forged saber into the scabbard on her back.
From striking, killing, to sheathing the saber, it was a fluid motion, taking no more than a second.
Gao Shengqiang, Zhu Qing, and the others were all shocked.
This woman's speed was comparable to a Superpower User, or even stronger.
Qiu Qian said coldly, "Get out, don't make me angry.
Otherwise, I'll make you end your escape sooner."
After long periods of hunting Corpse Kings, Qiu Qian's temper was no longer that of a gentle and weak young girl.
She already possessed the consciousness of a combat god under the Yuanchu God, and long-term killing had already integrated this consciousness.
Under her ability, Qiu Qian's combat power was extremely strong, second only to Tian Ming.
Gao Shengqiang's face was extremely grim.
He hadn't expected this woman to act so decisively, without any hesitation.
He took a deep breath, trying to calm his inner shock and anger, and said in a deep voice, "Captain Qiu, we did not intend to offend; we only hoped to receive your help.
Since you are unwilling to accept us, then so be it."
After speaking, he turned and gestured to his small team.
Although everyone was unwilling, they also knew that this was not the time to cause trouble.
They silently put away their weapons, preparing to leave.
"Stop!"
Qiu Qian spoke.
Along the way, the Special Operations Group had also suffered some losses.
Gao Shengqiang and the others could fill in, but not all of them.
Qiu Qian didn't think much of people who couldn't even control their emotions, like the one before.
Gao Shengqiang stopped, thinking Qiu Qian had changed her mind, and said, "Team Leader Qiu is willing to let us follow?"
Qiu Qian gave a look to a nearby member, who took out a test agent from his backpack.
This test agent was a highly energetic Superpower Potion, but the dosage was very small; it was used for resistance testing.
People's physiques are different, and the Superpower Potion has a strong impact on consciousness.
Some people's bodies can withstand the energy impact, but after enduring it, their minds become crazy due to overload.
Some even appear fine on the surface but will have a strong stress response when encountering unexpected situations.
This improved potion can last for a year.
But to make the best use of it, a test agent was developed; one test agent can test a hundred people.
Qiu Qian said, "All members of the Special Operations Group have passed the highest intensity Superpower Potion test.
If you can withstand the test, I will take you in and give you a complete potion.
This potion has a very strong impact; although it's a test agent, there's a high probability of death.
Who wants to try?"
Gao Shengqiang's small team members looked at each other, but the human desire to survive still dominated.
Several teammates began to be eager to try, but no one dared to be the first to take the plunge.
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