Chapter 243 - Approaching the Truth

 After leaving the Yunque Manor, Xie Huanhuan and Liu Ziyan tried to rush back to the Xishan base without stopping.

 Xie Huanhuan's face couldn't stop smiling, even the cold snow and ice at midnight couldn't weaken it by a few points.

 Liu Ziyang was amazed.

 Xie Huanhuan was his superior, and he carried out the tasks set out by the higher-ups, and was also a direct counterpart to Xie Huanhuan.

 So along the way, there were many things that Liu Ziyang was not clear about the specifics.

 But today, Xie Huanhuan's appearance was clearly a bit too excited.

 This inevitably aroused Liu Ziyang's interest.

 The two were also old partners and had a relatively good relationship.

 Liu Ziyang then inquired, "Huanhuan, what did you see inside Zhang Yi his family's villa that made you so happy?"

 At this time, the duo had already left Yunque Manor a long way away.

 Xie Huanhuan was in a happy mood and was just waiting to go back and report the news so she could be rewarded for her achievements.

 So she told Liu Ziyan about it.

 "Old Liu, as a matter of fact, you're just an ordinary warrior of our A-team, what about some things that you're not ranked enough to know."

 "But today, my sister is in a good mood, so there's no harm in telling you about this matter!"

 In itself, this matter of Zhang Yi's was nothing more than a trivial matter to the leaders of the Xishan Base, so there was no requirement that it had to be kept strictly confidential.

 Coupled with today's special circumstances, some of the rules slowly became less powerfully binding.

 Xie Huanhuan then told him the hidden agenda.

 "That Zhang Yi, there was once a rumor before that he was related to the theft case of Walmart's South China warehouse back then. Have you heard of that case?"

 Liu Ziyang frowned slightly, "Seems to have some impression."

 At that time, he was still inside the army and wasn't very clear about the news from the outside world.

 "Then you've always heard of Walmart Supermarket, right?"

 "Oh, this I do know. The scale of that supermarket seems to be quite large, and it's famous all over the world, right?"

 "That's right, not only is it famous all over the world, but it's the largest supermarket chain in the world."

 "They have over 800 large chain stores in China alone."

 "And the South China Warehouse in Tianhai City stores more than a third of their supplies in China. The value of their goods is said to reach tens of billions!"

 Liu Ziyang was also shocked, "Tens of billions of dollars of supplies! Is it that scary?"

 After so many years of preparations at the Xishan Base, and the mobilization before the snowstorm came, all the supplies stored in the stash did not add up to this level.

 "Are you saying that Zhang Yi knows where those supplies are going?"

 Liu Ziyang reacted sharply.

 Xie Huanhuan smiled faintly, "At the very beginning, the top leaders of the base thought the same. They just treated Zhang Yi as the one who knew about the matter and asked us to come over to investigate."

 "However, after going to Xu Jia Town and personally entering their home to investigate, I realized that things were definitely not that simple!"

 Xie Huanhuan's tone of voice even became serious, and amongst the seriousness was the joy of discovering a huge secret.

 Liu Ziyang frowned, "I ... don't understand it very well."

 Xie Huanhuan blankly glanced at him, this stupid big man, his brain is turning a little slow.

 "If Zhang Yi is just an ordinary warehouse keeper, then the tens of billions of missing supplies have absolutely little to do with him."

 "Even if we find him and inquire about it, the odds are that the information obtained will be of little use. After all, now that we've found the black hand behind the scenes, we may not have the ability to recover the supplies."

 "But what if he is someone who is deeply hidden and actually possesses powerful energies?"

 Xie Huanhuan thought of what the villagers of Xu Dong Village had told her and gently exhaled a mouthful of white smoke.

 "Can an ordinary person survive for so long in the middle of the post-apocalyptic world and still possess powerful firepower?"

 "Can an ordinary person be able to repel the siege of hundreds of villagers and kill more than a hundred people with his own strength?"

 "From this, we can judge that Zhang Yi is not an ordinary person by any means!"

 While the duo was conversing, the dog pulling the sled started to get a little restless, only that its mouth was unable to make a sound as it was covered by the chew, so it was only able to whimper muffled grunts and then desperately run forward.

 The duo who were chatting vigorously did not notice this problem.

 After all, the weather was too cold, and it was common for dogs to be moody.

 Xie Huanhuan said, "This is something I only suspected before. But after entering their home and checking it out, it convinced me even more."

 "Their family's living conditions are too good, even more extravagant than the lives of our Xishan Base leaders."

 "Without enough supplies, who would dare to enjoy such an extravagant life at such a time?"

 Liu Ziyang slowly came back to his senses when he heard this.

 "I see! What you mean is that Zhang Yi must be holding a very large amount of supplies in his hands!"

 "It's likely that it's one of the parts of the supplies lost from Walmart's South China warehouse?"

 Xie Huanhuan blinked and said in a deep voice, "Maybe it's not just a part of it oh! It's also possible that it's all of it!"

 "What???"

 Liu Ziyang almost dropped his jaw in shock.

 "Huanhuan, you're making a big joke out of this. With so many supplies, where would he have a place to store them?"

 Xie Huanhuan, however, said, "That case itself was confusing, and no one could explain at first why the South China Warehouse, which is known as the world's number one warehouse, was emptied in just a few hours."

 "But now, the appearance of the mutants has made many impossible things possible."

 Liu Ziyan frowned slightly, "You mean to say that he possesses some sort of ability to hide supplies?"

 Xie Huanhuan said, "I'm just guessing, I'm not sure. But, even if there's just this possibility, it's worth making our move!"

 Xie Huanhuan's eyes were glowing with excitement.

 "After we go back, we'll immediately report this news, and then Ran Leader will send a large force to come!"

 "The entire A-Team only needs to send out a quarter of its force, and it will be enough to destroy any recalcitrant enemy."

 "Even if his house is very sturdy, it will become unbeatable with me around."

 Although Xie Huanhuan's ability was skewed towards auxiliary functions, it was extremely useful when it came to a real battle of offense.

 She couldn't bring in particularly large objects, but throwing some bombs and poisonous gas inside was still no problem.

 Even the strongest fortress is easy to break through from the inside.

 Liu Ziyang looked at the confident Xie Huanhuan, his eyes flashing with envy.

 "How wonderful! The abilities possessed by natural-born Inhumans like you can create infinite possibilities."

 Xie Huanhuan saw a hint of despondency in Liu Ziyan's eyes.

 As an elite warrior, not being able to possess that kind of talent like Xie Huanhuan was a great regret for him.

 Xie Huanhuan suddenly patted his old partner's shoulder hard.

 "Old Liu, you shouldn't be too frustrated either! You'll also get a big commendation when this mission goes back."

 "Sister won't treat you poorly when she becomes a senior member of the base in the future, hahaha!"

 Liu Ziyang looked at the spirited Xie Huanhuan and couldn't help but heave a smile.

 "That's done, I'll be relying on you to lift me up in the future!"

 The two of them returned to the Xishan base with a smile and a laugh, both feeling joyful over the great harvest of this trip.

 Right at this moment, in the middle of Liu Ziyan's line of sight, Xie Huanhuan's head suddenly tilted to the side.

 A string of blood splattered out from her temple, her smile still remained on her face, but her eyes rapidly lost their luster.

 "Bang!"

 Xie Huanhuan's body fell off the sled without warning.