Chapter 120: Chapter 120: The Best Offense

“This is my daughter, I said I won’t sell her and that’s that.”

The middle-aged man tightly held his daughter, his heart filled with extreme fear.

Brother Shui was a frequent visitor to the black market, often coming to buy children. Where the children he bought ended up, nobody knew.

Initially, child trafficking was not allowed at the base, but no matter how much it was prohibited, it couldn’t be stopped.

There were people specifically collecting children to sell at the black market. This place was an unregulated zone, located on the edge of the base.

The base was in a stage of rapid development. Now was the perfect time to expand before everything settled down and other bases got the jump on them, with Fire Phoenix Safety Base’s growth being restricted.

The black market trades were consensual transactions.

The person in charge at the Fire Phoenix Safety Base just turned a blind eye to it.

“Your child is too young, and who knows when this apocalypse will end. It will be difficult for you to feed her. Why not give her to me so she can live well, right?”

Brother Shui squinted, his face oily, giving an impression of naivety.

But how could someone who often buys children be a naive person!

“Right! Selling her to you puts our mind at ease!”

“No way!”

The couple spoke simultaneously, with completely opposite meanings.

“Big brother, the child’s father doesn’t want to sell her, don’t force it.”

Bai Yifan stepped forward to persuade.

He had been dumbfounded for a while, watching the mother’s attitude. It was the first time he had seen such a shameless mother.

To obtain a Crystal Core, she was willing to sell her own child.

Moreover, she was justified, showing no emotional fluctuations.

Even a tiger wouldn’t eat its own cubs.

Yet some people would abandon their own children for a Crystal Core.

“Who are you to this child? Can you make decisions? If not, shut up!” Brother Shui’s gaze towards Bai Yifan was extremely cold.

Bai Yifan looked back at those eyes without fear, as if he saw a glimmer of green in them.

Those eyes didn’t seem human, but more like those of a wolf.

Bai Yifan silently felt his wrist, good, still cool.

Not a bit of fear in his heart.

If he got beaten, he would go home and tell his sister.

Make his sister beat the fat-headed guy to death.

“The child’s father disagrees, you can’t buy her!”

Bai Yifan stood calmly in place, staring at Brother Shui, the cool feeling on his wrist reassuring him.

“Huh, what’s it got to do with you?”

Brother Shui looked at Bai Yifan with disdain, a soft yellow glow emanating from his body.

He was a Gold Ability User.

Brother Shui was close to being a First Rank Superpower User, the yellow glow on his body visibly bright.

“He’s a Gold Ability User!”

The onlookers’ pupils slightly contracted.

The people selling things in this black market were all poor, in other words, too hungry to endure, wanting to sell some of their belongings for Crystal Cores.

Superpower Users can kill zombies to get Crystal Cores without having to exert themselves by coming to this black market. There is another black market mostly used by Superpower Users for trading.

Of course, Bai Yifan was poor and couldn’t afford it, as the prices there were marked by Crystal Cores.

“Hurry and give Xiao Ling to them!” the middle-aged woman coldly glanced at her husband, “If you offend a Superpower User, don’t say I didn’t warn you.”

In an era without rules, even killing by a Superpower User went unpunished.

Too many people died every day in this world; no one cared if you died at the hands of zombies or humans.

Bai Yifan was dumbfounded for a moment seeing Brother Shui glowing yellow all over.

He always thought he was the weakest, never imagining someone could be weaker!

Could an ability of this level earn someone the title “brother”?

Why wasn’t anyone calling him “Brother Fan”?

The middle-aged woman and others had seen Bai Yifan glowing before, but seeing him in a daze now,

they assumed he wasn’t as strong as Brother Shui.

“Give me the child, and I’ll give you a Crystal Core!”

As the middle-aged woman spoke, she tried to snatch the little girl from the middle-aged man.

Now it wasn’t about whether to sell the child or not anymore, but whether they would be retaliated against by a Superpower User.

Of course, the middle-aged man wouldn’t let go, giving Bai Yifan an apologetic look, then seriously looking at Brother Shui.

“Brother Shui, I won’t sell my child, I beg you to pretend you didn’t see us, okay?”

The middle-aged man’s voice was somewhat hollow.

In life, he never bowed to difficulties, but now he could only plead humbly with the Superpower User to spare them, and especially not buy his daughter.

“Heh, you might want to reconsider, your wife already agreed to sell her to me.” Brother Shui’s voice carried a trace of warning.

Since Brother Shui had arrived, the little girl had been shrinking in her father’s arms, unable to control her trembling.

The middle-aged man’s heart skipped a beat. He held his child with one hand, subtly moving the other, ready to pull out a small knife from his pocket to rush out.

Fighting was out of the question. No ordinary person could beat a Superpower User.

Even one with defensive abilities like a Gold Ability User.

One punch each, and the Superpower User would last longer.

The middle-aged woman’s face wore a smile, glancing at the Crystal Core in Brother Shui’s hand with a flash of greed in her eyes.

Five Crystal Cores, enough to cover her food and drink for a month.

She even felt a bit lucky in her heart.

Thankfully, the child was raised clean and nice-looking, and Brother Shui took a liking to her at a glance.

Brother Shui extended his hand as if preparing to take the child.

The middle-aged man hurriedly retreated a step, knowing there wasn’t enough time to run now, as many people blocked his way out.

They were small vendors eager to earn Brother Shui’s favor.

Brother Shui frequently visited this black market popular among ordinary people. With his protection, their business would surely thrive without fear of their goods being stolen.

“Hey, why are you glowing for no reason? Competing to see who’s brighter?” Bai Yifan tilted his head.

Seeing that the other person had a Gold Ability made him relieved.

As long as it wasn’t some kind of offensive superpower!

“Kid, didn’t anyone in your family ever tell you not to mess with Superpower Users?” Brother Shui looked at Bai Yifan with contempt.

In this apocalyptic world, the last thing ordinary people should provoke is a Superpower User.

“Sorry, no one in my family ever mentioned it.”

Bai Yifan shrugged his shoulders, squinting slightly.

Instantly, an even yellower, brighter light burst from Bai Yifan.

What’s so special about a Gold Ability!

What’s there to flaunt about!

He had it too!

Silence—

The two beams of light compared side by side instantly revealed who had the superior superpower.

The middle-aged man was immediately relieved, even smiling.

The middle-aged woman’s face paled slightly, retreating two steps, yet her eyes still greedily glanced at the Crystal Core in Brother Shui’s hand.

What a pity.

If he hadn’t interfered, she would have secured four Crystal Cores at once!!

Brother Shui’s face didn’t look too good, yet he managed to smile.

“So you’re a Superpower User too. If you want to buy this child, I’ll let you have her.”

Brother Shui said these words under the eyes of the crowd, feeling as though his face had been thrown to the ground and stepped on.

“I’m not as cold-bloodedly insane as you, I am not a human trafficker.” Bai Yifan looked at Brother Shui with disdain.

Human traffickers were not worthy of sympathy, nor did they deserve to save face.

Brother Shui forced a smile, suppressing the ruthlessness in his eyes, and turned to leave.

Bai Yifan raised an eyebrow watching Brother Shui walk away. Without a knife, he could only defensively use his superpowers.

If Brother Shui really decided to fight him, he wasn’t sure he could take on those hundreds of pounds of flesh!

But he still had the confidence to win, rolling up his sleeves and releasing the snake!

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