Chapter 104: Chapter 104: Top Gold Ability User

The sky gradually darkened, and Bai Xiqin and the others finally arrived at the safety base.

Leng Yebai squatted beside the bus, wiping his bicycle with a cloth.

Bai Yifan hugged a bowl of food and ate voraciously, as if he wanted to bury his head in the bowl.

“So, how was it? Did you gain anything from going out this time?”

Bai Anhai decided to be a caring father and listen to the thoughts of the kids.

“It was good, I even sent a lost child home.” Bai Yifan said with a hint of pride.

He thought he was quite amazing, able to help the country’s little flowers.

“What else did you do?” Bai Anhai asked again.

“Well, after noon, I got taken away by a panda, didn’t do much else.” Bai Yifan pouted and buried his head back into the bowl to eat.

Slurp slurp.

He wished he could eat the bowl too!

Not at all as tidy and gentle as a girl.

Bai Anhai rubbed his forehead, it wasn’t that he preferred girls over boys, it’s just about the person.

If Bai Yifan were a girl, he would give her a scolding three times a day!

“Oh, Xiao Fan even saved someone!” Liu Jing praised generously.

“Of course.”

Bai Yifan buried his head back into the bowl, full of swagger as he ate.

Nothing could disturb his meal.

The earth is vast and eating comes first.

Bai Anhai looked at Bai Yifan’s smug demeanor and rubbed his forehead.

Never mind, at least the kid isn’t too dumb, he still knows to come home for dinner, so he’s still good enough.

Can’t ask for too much.

If this one doesn’t work out, there’s always the next one!

As night fell and the Bai family was preparing to sleep, someone came.

It was Captain Zhou.

Captain Zhou nodded slightly towards the three Bai family ladies with gentlemanly grace before speaking warmly.

“Sorry to disturb your rest. Tomorrow, the base is sending a team to explore the nearby mountain for coal mines. Are you interested in joining this mission?”

Captain Zhou spoke very elegantly, looking warmly at Bai Yifan.

“… What?” Bai Yifan was stunned for a moment.

He’s the weakest in the family, so why would they want him to join Captain Zhou’s team!

Captain Zhou awkwardly scratched his head, “This mission is one that I and an Iron Maiden Squad at the base are taking. None of us are Gold Ability Users and we still need a few people for the team. In the base, your Gold Ability is among the top, you’re considered one of the best Gold Ability Users, so…”

Exploring coal mines is quite dangerous, but it also offers generous rewards.

High rewards for such a mission means it’s a tough one, so many people team up to complete it together.

Captain Zhou recognized the Bai family’s bus and knew Bai Yifan had fortified it, so he assumed Bai Yifan was a big deal.

Because aside from Uncle Wang, only Bai Yifan’s reinforced metal was the hardest.

Don’t ask why he didn’t team up with Uncle Wang, he couldn’t handle Uncle Wang’s madness.

Bai Yifan subconsciously turned to look at Bai Xiqin, waiting for her to make a decision.

“Alright, we’ll go with three people.” Bai Xiqin nodded, pointing at herself, Leng Yebai, and Bai Yifan.

Bai Anhai originally wanted to go too!

Seeing his daughter had already spoken, he didn’t say anything more.

If they’re going, they’re going!

His daughter was even more capable than he was, so he had no reason to worry.

Bai Xiqin also knew about the nearby mine, which was rich in coal; in the apocalypse, having access to a mine was equivalent to holding the economy of the apocalypse.

The Fire Phoenix Safety Base became a powerful and prosperous safety base because it controlled that mine.

What attracted Bai Xiqin the most wasn’t the mine itself, but a certain mutated plant inside the mine.

It was said that Captain Zhu of the Fire Phoenix Safety Base became the top Wood Ability User because he found some mysterious mutated plant in the mine.

Legend has it that everyone who has seen this plant died.

Captain Zhu is currently only a high-rank Wood Ability User and is not yet a regional dominator.

His possession of the mysterious mutated plant was after the Fire Phoenix Safety Base acquired the mine. Now, the mutated plant is still within that mine.

Bai Xiqin slightly lowered her eyes, thinking of the micro cameras in the mission reception hall.

Captain Zhu is the overall person in charge of all missions, so why would he secretly observe the Superpower Users!

Even if he wanted to install cameras, he could have done it openly, there was nothing wrong with that.

Bai Xiqin had no evidence but intuitively felt that Captain Zhu had issues.

Anyway, the priority now is to find that mutated plant!

Even if the plant has to be destroyed, Captain Zhu mustn’t get it.

This was a woman’s intuition.

Better to nip it in the bud than to leave any risk.

It’s rare for the family to live so comfortably in the apocalypse, Bai Xiqin would not tolerate the slightest possibility of harm coming to her family.

“Is Miss Xiao Niu going too?” Captain Zhou was somewhat surprised.

He didn’t know Bai Xiqin had superpowers, he only knew Bai Yifan and Leng Yebai possessed powers, and quite remarkable ones at that.

A girl as gentle and quiet as Bai Xiqin should stay home and enjoy good food, not endure the harsh elements like a rugged man.

Girls should be well protected.

“Is that a problem?”

Bai Xiqin raised an eyebrow.

“It’s fine, just that I’m worried the conditions on the mountain are too harsh and not suitable for girls.” Captain Zhou explained.

Honestly, he originally didn’t plan to take this mission, but it was taken by a new Iron Maiden Squad at the base.

The Iron Maiden Squad consists of seven girls, each carrying a cleaver, quick and decisive in action, always returning victorious from their missions.

Captain Zhou’s gentlemanly manner towards girls had led him to think seven girls would be too exhausted, but coaxing them didn’t work as they wouldn’t listen.

He had no choice but to join the mission and team up with them.

The Iron Maiden Team acted swiftly and didn’t strategize, so he could only figure out a way to ensure the task was completed smoothly.

“Our family only sends three of us, it’s a package, can’t be split.” Bai Xiqin said calmly.

Leng Yebai, Bai Yifan: …

Yes, they were just the side dishes.

“Alright, if there’s danger, I’ll make sure to protect everyone.” Captain Zhou said warmly.

By “everyone,” he meant the Iron Maiden Squad and Bai Xiqin, not including Bai Yifan and Leng Yebai.

After they finished discussing, the moon was already hanging on the branches.

To be well-rested for tomorrow’s quest for the mysterious mutated plant, after locking the car door, Bai Xiqin led her family into a space, where they had a good sleep for the night.

The next day.

Bai Xiqin, Leng Yebai, and Bai Yifan each put on a blue windbreaker.

They each wore specially made, lightweight yet durable gloves and had a sharp dagger strapped to their thighs.

Each of them carried a backpack filled with mineral water and food.

Whenever there were other people around, the Bai family always carried a backpack to avoid exposing Bai Xiqin’s space secret.

When this special team gathered at the base gate, Bai Xiqin finally saw the Iron Maiden Squad Captain Zhou mentioned.

“Xiao Niu! So it’s you guys in our team!”

Li Xue, carrying a cleaver, came to Bai Xiqin with great excitement, her face filled with the joy of reuniting.

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