Chapter 1 Slaughter

Slaughtering here increased his Slaughter Value rapidly, but Li Chenzhou wasn't focused on that right now. He needed to figure out what had happened here. Why had a heavily guarded underground base been suddenly captured?

Before heading to the space passage, Li Chenzhou had even contacted Dugu Tianfeng using the base's communication system. At that time, Base Three was fine.

Counting the time, only a little over ten hours had passed. Who possessed such power to capture Base Three, guarded by Dugu Tianfeng, known as the strongest in the Duoluo world, in such a short time?

Li Chenzhou fought his way out of the encirclement, then circled around to another entrance, entering the base again to kill and shout. After receiving no response, he finally gave up.

Rushing out of the base, he eliminated all the blue-skinned people and zombies chasing him. Li Chenzhou hopped on his motorcycle and sped towards Base Seven, the closest base to Base Three.

In just over twenty minutes, Li Chenzhou arrived at Base Seven. Fortunately, everything seemed normal here, at least the entrance showed no signs of trouble.

Li Chenzhou had just arrived at the disguised entrance when the door, which looked like a mountain wall, slid open automatically. Li Chenzhou finally breathed a sigh of relief. This at least proved that Base Seven was still under the control of the Duoluo people. Otherwise, the zombies and blue-skinned people wouldn't have opened the door for him!

"You went to Base Three? Are you injured?"

Li Chenzhou stepped into the base, and the door immediately closed. The person in front of him was Captain Jin, an old acquaintance. Seeing Li Chenzhou covered in blood and filthy, he immediately asked with some concern.

"I'm not injured!"

Li Chenzhou knew why Captain Jin was worried, so he shook his head. Then, he nodded.

"I did go back to Base Three, but I shouted for a long time inside and no one answered. I even tried another entrance, but it was the same, so I came here! What exactly happened? Was it the Controllers?"

"Yes! It was the Controllers. They… Wait, you said you shouted inside for a long time?"

Captain Jin said as he led Li Chenzhou inside, then suddenly stopped, turning back to look at Li Chenzhou in surprise.

"How long did you shout?"

Li Chenzhou almost bumped into him, but he reacted quickly and stopped. Then, he recounted how he had slaughtered and shouted in Base Three, and even switched entrances to shout for people.

"You're saying… you charged into the base alone, fighting and shouting amidst a siege of zombies and blue demons, for over half an hour?"

Captain Jin stared at Li Chenzhou as if he had seen a ghost.

"Do you know the levels of those guys?"

"I don't know, I can't sense them, so the lowest ones are at least Level Four!"

Li Chenzhou shook his head. He knew that the blue demons probably referred to the blue-skinned people.

"The lowest of them are Level Five creatures! There are quite a few Level Six, Seven, and Eight, and even three figures of Level Nine. But since you didn't go too deep, you probably only encountered Level Five ones. Even so, that's impossible, right? Surrounded by so many Level Five creatures, you dared to charge in alone, and managed to last that long, killing thousands of zombies and blue demons?"

Captain Jin looked at Li Chenzhou in disbelief. That was fighting beyond one's level, and even beyond two levels, and one person fighting a group. Could there really be such an exaggerated person?

Even Dugu Tianfeng wouldn't dare to say he could simultaneously fight that many opponents beyond his level. After all, his talent could only suppress a maximum of three targets; more than four would be a bit difficult.

But Li Chenzhou had no reason to lie. Plus, the guy was covered in blood, so he must have been through a big battle.

Captain Jin had a good eye and could tell whether the bloodstains were self-inflicted or splattered during combat!

"A freak!"

After thinking for a long time, Captain Jin could only give Li Chenzhou a thumbs up and utter a single word. Besides "freak," he couldn't think of any other word to describe Li Chenzhou!

After praising Li Chenzhou, Captain Jin continued to walk towards the depths of the base, saying:

"Those blue demons and zombies started attacking the base about eight hours ago. Originally, they wouldn't have been able to break through the base so easily, but who would have thought there would be a traitor in our base.

This traitor not only secretly released Liu Xia and the others while we were all busy, but also worked with them to open the base's entrance, allowing a large group of zombies and blue demons to rush in. We had to save people and resist them at the same time, so we didn't have enough manpower.

Plus, they cut off the base's communication cables, so we couldn't even call for help. In the end, we had to abandon the base and transfer to Base Seven!

This time, there were quite a few casualties, and the Liu family and Wang family have also become traitors. I'm afraid the locations of all our bases have been exposed. The only good news might be that they haven't exposed the locations of our bases to the Devourers yet, because they need us to mutate, to become materials for their War Gods!!!"

"The Wang family?"

Li Chenzhou was stunned!

"Yes! It's the Wang family! One branch of their family has long been bought off by the Liu family. It was that old, undying Wang family member who used the excuse of questioning to release the Liu family and destroy the base's communication facilities, letting those zombies and blue demons in."

Captain Jin said through gritted teeth.

"If they hadn't acted as internal collaborators, how could our base have fallen so quickly? These dog bastards, human traitors, I must tear them into pieces!!!"

"Only one branch of the Wang family has defected to the Liu family?"

Li Chenzhou frowned and asked. This matter had to be clarified, because the four major families had many members and complex relationships. If it wasn't clarified, and there were still people hiding inside, they probably wouldn't be able to keep any of their bases!

After all, the base's defenses were mainly aimed at enemies entering from the outside. Once someone inside cooperated, no matter how strong the defenses were, they couldn't stop them. Internal collaborators were always difficult to guard against!

"No one can be sure of that!"

Captain Jin sighed.

"That's what the Wang family said, and we are now facing internal and external troubles, with shaken morale, especially after just losing a base. Even if we suspect the Wang family, we don't dare to make a big fuss, because if we do, even if there are no internal collaborators, our internal situation will definitely be chaotic.

At that time, there will be even less power to resist the Controllers, not to mention the Devourers lurking in the shadows!"

After listening, Li Chenzhou was speechless. If it were in his place, this matter would be easy to handle. Regardless of whether you're being framed or not, I'd have you all locked up first, and then decide after we've overcome the crisis or confirmed the truth.

But his method wouldn't work here. Even Dugu Tianfeng probably wouldn't dare to do that, because once he did, it would be the same as offending all four major families at the same time.

No matter how strong the Avengers Alliance was, they wouldn't dare to provoke such a thing at this time.

"Actually, I have an idea that won't offend the Wang family and can also minimize the possibility of internal collaborators. At least, no one should be able to open the door from the inside!"

Li Chenzhou thought for a while, and then suddenly said...