265: Miao Qingshi's plan

"What kind of Talent is this? Why, why do I feel my Talent disappearing!" the young man cried in terror, trying to escape, but no matter how he struggled, he couldn't even move a finger.

Tang Ping used the suppressive power of the Azure Realm. Although it was only a nine-kilometer space, just releasing a small portion of its suppressive power was far more than the young man could contend with.

The three old uncles behind them also noticed the situation here. Their laughing ceased, and their expressions became uncertain. Old Chen clearly knew that his subordinate was no match for the opponent, and he said in a deep voice, "Young man, I advise you to release my subordinate now, or you will be an enemy of my entire Chenwangzhou Official Safe Zone!"

The young man suddenly let out a scream, falling to the ground in pain, but he ignored the pain, trying his best to use his Talent, yet not even a single spark appeared.

"No, impossible. How could my Talent disappear? How could my S-rank Fire Talent disappear!" The young man looked frantic.

Upon hearing this, Old Chen's face also changed drastically, and he sternly demanded, "What did you do to him!"

"Tsk tsk, not bad at all. An S-Rank Talent User at level four can actually give me 5000 experience points. If I get two more, I'll be close to leveling up." Tang Ping was already thinking about where else he could find one or two S-rank Fire Talent Users.

But the bizarre scene before them made the subordinates of Old Qian and Old Li, who had originally intended to step forward, immediately stop in their tracks.

Old Chen's face was now ferocious. Despite his disbelief, the facts had proven that one of the only three S-Rank Talent Users in his Chenwangzhou Official Safe Zone, among a hundred thousand survivors, had vanished!

Originally, his Chenwangzhou Official Safe Zone had only one more S-Rank Talent User than the other two Safe Zones, which gave him a great advantage and more say, but now the Talent of this most formidable Fire Talent User had actually disappeared!

"Brother Tang, should we kill these people?" Li Tianheng bared his teeth, the wind around him enveloping the entire street, pushing many of the base's residents far away.

"No hurry. If they could be killed, Leader Miao alone could suppress all of them. There's no need to leave them until now." Tang Ping had no intention of disrupting Miao Qingshi's rhythm.

"Then why not kill them? You know, these three Safe Zones didn't miss out on taking advantage of the Shennongjia that we painstakingly cleared. Recently, they even wanted to enter the core area and share the locations of several White-Haired People tribes! It's simply shameless to the extreme!" Li Tianheng said indignantly, "If you ask me, we should kill them all!"

These words were not at all hidden from the people in front, making them instantly tense up.

Old Qian's gaze became serious: "That Shennongjia was never private to begin with. What, do you still want to claim it for yourselves? It is only correct for it to be in our hands. Shennongjia must return to the country's hands."

"Pah! You and your 'country'! You've already carved out your own territory. Although not as blatant as that Chenwangzhou, you've also created a Qianzhou, Qian Gan. Don't think no one knows your little tricks, old man. How dare you talk about the country to me." Li Tianheng spat. These truly were some shameless old guys.

"Hmph, that was just in response to the call. Besides, didn't we also gather a hundred thousand survivors?"

"Then why don't you let them enter Shennongjia? The plants inside are free from contamination. Just picking a little is enough to eat, and you can even cultivate land. Why don't you do that?"

"We are merely protecting these survivors, and also protecting the ecology. This uncontaminated land has immense strategic value and must not fall into the hands of others." Old Li narrowed his eyes.

"Heh heh, when the White-Haired People weren't cleared, you didn't dare to say a thing. Now you're all standing out, what, do you think our Qingtian Base is easy to bully?" Li Tianheng couldn't stand these people.

"Young man, I think there's a problem with your thinking." Old Qian stared intently at Li Tianheng.

"Heh heh heh." Li Tianheng was truly angered to laughter.

"You, you actually dare to kill our Chen Family's S-Rank Talent User! I demand your lives!" Old Chen's eyes were fierce, and he unleashed a powerful bolt of lightning with a wave of his hand.

It was an A-Rank Talent. Tang Ping was a little surprised, but quickly understood that it must have been upgraded using a talent upgrade stone. While incredibly precious to others, it was easily obtainable for these three power-holders of a Safe Zone.

"Old geezer, so old, yet still wasting good stuff." The wind around Li Tianheng gently brushed past, but Old Chen was like he had been hit by a dump truck, instantly flying backward, his body covered in bloody scratches from the wind.

"If you dare to use that look and those words again, disrespecting my Qingtian Base, heh heh, I, this Vice Leader and Vice Alliance Master, am not as easy to talk to as our Leader."

"Qingtian Base can only belong to Qingtian Base!"

Li Tianheng spat at the two grim-faced old uncles and walked straight past them.

The S-Rank Talent Users behind them still wanted to make a move, but both were stopped by the two men's gazes.

After the three had moved away, Old Qian said in a deep voice, "It seems we can only wait for someone from above to arrive."

"I think that will be difficult too." Old Li sighed.

"That important figure is about to arrive."

"Coming personally!" Old Li was visibly startled, his expression considerably flustered, but he quickly calmed down. It wasn't the past anymore; what was he afraid of? "Perhaps there's still a turn for the better."

His eyes darted around, flashing with shrewdness.

The street quickly returned to normal. The topic of the three major Safe Zones was widely discussed throughout the base. Most people did not want to be incorporated by the three major Safe Zones, but there were still quite a few who wanted to align with the official Safe Zones. In their subconscious, they still felt that the official side was more reliable; even if life was a bit hard now, as long as they persevered, things would definitely get better and better in the future.

Most of these people were older, while the younger ones preferred Qingtian Base.

The two sides argued endlessly.

Miao Qingshi sat on a rooftop, overlooking the noticeably more chaotic base.

"'Official,' just a name, and it's made the base so messy."

"It's just a name, what's so difficult? The people those old guys invited should be arriving soon, right?"

"I wonder, with his Qingtian, who will seem more like the official one? The three major Safe Zones, heh."

Then she got up and disappeared somewhere else.

Tang Ping wandered around outside for a day. Naturally, he wasn't worried about Sister Xiao Cao's affairs at all. As for what Sister Xiao Cao wanted to do, he wasn't clear, but he only needed to lend a hand when it was time to exert effort. Other matters were not for him to worry about.

However, most likely, he wouldn't even need to exert any effort.

"First, I'll hunt some bugs and deliver them to Sophia."