Chapter 17 Silence at the Exit

The exit was silent!

The three hundred plus men who had come to reclaim the base had all fallen. Corpses and severed limbs piled on the ground, blood flowed like a river. Whether it was the six soldiers guarding the entrance, or Dugu Tianfeng and Hu Tao inside the vehicle, all were in shock.

They had considered that Li Chenzhou might deal harshly with these people! But they hadn't expected him to launch into a massacre without even exchanging a few words, killing everyone!

No, not everyone. One person remained alive, hugging his head and lying on the ground, trembling, afraid to even glance up.

"Hey! Get up!"

Li Chenzhou walked to the man's side, kicked him, and spoke.

"Don't kill me, I was wrong, I was wrong, I shouldn't have come here, forgive me! Please don't kill me!"

The man cried out in despair, kneeling on the ground, not daring to even look up, only kowtowing and begging for mercy.

Not just Li Chenzhou, even the soldiers and Hu Tao felt the guy was utterly pathetic.

"Speak! Who sent you here?"

Li Chenzhou asked.

"I'll talk, I'll talk!"

The man hurriedly replied,

"It was Liu Xialai and Wang Zhicheng. Last night, they used the communications system of Base Three to tell us they were about to retreat, and that you would be taking over. They told us to find a way to seize control of the base from you.

In a few days, they would attack the base again, and we were supposed to be their inside men, helping them reclaim the base. So we stirred up some people, wanting to bring them to drive you away and regain control of Base Three!"

"So, you're also a running dog of the Controller?"

Li Chenzhou asked.

"Yes… ah! No! No! Spare me, I was forced, our family was bought by the Liu family, the whole family has surrendered to the Liu family, we have no ability to resist!"

The man cried out again.

"Pfft!"

Before the man could finish speaking, Li Chenzhou had already raised his arm, and the sharp blade in his hand directly decapitated him. His face still wore an expression of pleading, but he could no longer utter a single word.

"I've already had Xiao Lu record everything that happened, you can send the video back to the other bases in a little while!"

After killing the man, Li Chenzhou looked at Hu Tao and said,

"Also, tell them that Base Three is mine from now on, and anyone who approaches or even intrudes without my permission will be treated as an enemy!

In addition, evolution potions and war fortresses will be sold here later, and General Hu will be responsible for it. Anyone who wants to trade needs to make a reservation, finalize it through the communicator, and then send someone over!"

"Okay!"

Hearing that evolution potions and war fortresses were about to be traded, Hu Tao's eyes lit up. This meant that his war fortress would soon be in his hands.

Of course, Hu Tao currently didn't have the money to buy these things, he couldn't even afford to support the ten thousand plus people he was mobilizing.

But he believed that Li Chenzhou definitely wouldn't abandon his men. Hadn't he seen that the weapons and equipment of those guys in the 156th Combat Team that he had trained were all provided by that kid? They even had beam rifles, something he, Hu Tao, had never gotten his hands on!

"Instructor! Someone approaching has been detected, heading towards Entrance 17!"

Just then, a report came from a 156th soldier through the communicator. Hearing this, Li Chenzhou simply drove the war chariot out, saving himself the trouble of cleaning up the corpses and bloodstains all over the entrance!

However, there was no fight this time, because the people who came were soldiers from the military, all subordinates of Hu Tao. Seeing these men, Hu Tao didn't even let them enter the base. He directly announced to them outside that they were all being incorporated into Base Three, and from now on, they would be under the full command of Li Chenzhou!

The soldiers were somewhat confused, but since it was Hu Tao's order, they naturally had no objections. Those who might have objections wouldn't have been called over by Hu Tao in the first place.

Li Chenzhou didn't really care about this. He knew that Hu Tao was showing his attitude, and even though it was said that he was in full command, if his orders contradicted Hu Tao's, then Hu Tao would definitely have the final say.

After all, they were his direct subordinates, especially in the military where loyalty was extremely high. It would be virtually impossible for him to truly bypass Hu Tao and command his army!

However, Li Chenzhou hadn't planned to use these troops for anything that would harm the Duoluo world. His target was still the Devourers and the Controllers, these two biggest enemies, so he didn't care about this — at least, these soldiers wouldn't resist orders to deal with those two races.

"You three, take them inside first, and assign them to all the exits to relieve the pressure on our brothers. As for personnel arrangements, we'll wait until everyone has arrived!"

About three thousand people had come this time. Li Chenzhou directly had the soldiers at Entrance 17 take them away and assign them to various exits to strengthen the base's defenses.

These soldiers were originally responsible for the defense systems of various bases, so this kind of thing was easy for them, and no pre-job training was needed!

With this, the base's defense system was instantly no longer a problem. With Hu Tao around, these soldiers wouldn't cause any problems, and would absolutely follow orders to the letter!

Dugu Tianfeng also entered the base and sent the video Li Chenzhou had recorded earlier to the other bases. He could do this kind of thing. Although his trusted aides from the Avengers Alliance had all been transferred over, sending a video was still no problem.

Moreover, because the recording was sent back by Dugu Tianfeng, its authenticity would not be questioned. Presumably, after seeing the recording, a new wave of purges would begin again in the various bases, especially the Wang family, whose situation would become even more difficult!

This wasn't what Li Chenzhou was concerned about. His main purpose in sending this video was actually to shut the mouths of those people from the Duoluo world.

With this video, Li Chenzhou could use the excuse that there might be running dogs of the Controllers among them to prohibit them from entering the base at will, and they couldn't refute it, after all, there had been a precedent!

In this way, Base Three was completely in Li Chenzhou's hands. When he returned to his own world and called Duan Lei and the others over, this forward base would be secure.

Of course, things still needed to be stabilized here for a few days, and Li Chenzhou planned to build a war fortress first, so that Hu Tao and Dugu Tianfeng's men could familiarize themselves with it!

Hu Tao and Dugu Tianfeng had said they wanted two war fortresses, but there were only more than twenty thousand people in total, and even with their families, it was estimated that there wouldn't be more than fifty thousand. Such a small number of people, one war fortress would be enough, and the consumption would be lower…