The Beginning of Natural Disaster, I Won by Hoarding Tens of Billions of Supplies

Chapter 497: Jiang Ning, Why Do You Hate Me So Much?

The gasoline continued to burn, and the base became hotter and hotter. The burning flames destroyed the circuits and surveillance. 

At one point, more than half of the hundreds of large screens turned black. 

The leader was about to blow up, and he kept cursing, “Bring that damn wolf over here!” 

Explosions, fire, high temperatures, black smoke, suffocation… 

Base members kept pouring in. They moved through the sea of fire, some attacking Jiang Ning and Huo Yishen, some knocked out by the thick smoke, and some running to escape the base. 

They were originally a mess. Seeing that the boss legs were thick enough, they hugged his legs to get some benefits. However, they ended up not getting a share of the rewards, yet received all the blame. 

Nobody’s stupid; their own life comes first. 

Now that their boss’s legs are cut off, there’s no way to hug his legs anymore. 

Besides, he wasn’t even the real boss, but just one of his clones— the leader of the base got separated from the team during a severe storm while attempting to survive at sea. 

It is said that he got separated, but who knows what really happened? 

After all, this team belonged to the Ministry of National Defense of the United States and is responsible for transporting critical technological supplies. 

Although the military strength of their boss was impressive, the internal power struggle is very fierce. With two teams trying to eliminate each other while deceiving Congress to secure funding. 

Otherwise, how could there be such expensive coffee cups and toilets? 

Besides, every department had its own leader, and even the heads of powerful departments didn’t listen to the words of the top leader.

So, it’s possible that he purposely got separated with the important supplies. 

After all, letting someone else be the boss isn’t as comfortable as being the boss yourself. 

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When life is on the line, if the first person runs, there will be others who follow. 

In the chaos, Jiang Ning and Huo Yishen changed clothes, but made sure to grab their gas masks. 

The base was a mix of different skin tones, and there were also many people with Eastern features. Those who were slower to react didn’t recognize the two. 

They caught someone with a high status, who trembled in fear, “No, don’t kill me, they are on the third level.” 

In the moment of life and death, he confessed everything. 

The underwater base had three levels. The first level below ground was for the lower-level members, the second floor below ground was for the middle-level members and the prison room, and the third level below ground was where the senior personnel resided, along with the entertainment areas and the weapons and ammunition storage. 

“Take us there.” Jiang Ning put a gun to his head. 

The person was coughing non-stop from the thick smoke. “You need a retinal scan to enter or leave the third basement level, and I don’t have that kind of access.” 

Jiang Ning didn’t believe him and was about to shoot. 

“If you don’t believe me, I can still take you there.” 

So the man took the two of them around in many twists and turns. During the process, he tried to escape, but was shot through the thigh by Huo Yishen and fell to the ground screaming. 

“I don’t know; there are several checkpoints to reach the third level.” 

The first was a password, the second was a fingerprint scan, the third was a retina scan, and the fourth was voice recognition. 

The man didn’t even have a password; he just wanted to take the opportunity to escape. 

Seeing that he was useless, Jiang Ning raised her gun, ready to end his life. 

“I can’t get to the third level, but I can take you to the prison room.” the man, desperate to avoid death, pleaded softly. “There are a lot of people there, and maybe some of them are your friends or family.” 

Prison room? Jiang Ning thought of what Ivanov said, and the Korean survivors who were captured last time. 

“Where is it?” She said coldly, “Take us there.” 

The man didn’t dare to play tricks, and obediently took the two to the prison. 

The prison was very large and divided into sections. 

At the far end, there’s a large area separated by skin color and gender, with individual cells around it. When the members of the United Base get bored, they sometimes take a few people from here to torture. 

They really knew how to have fun. In addition to violence, there was also mental and verbal abuse. 

They came up with all sorts of ways to entertain themselves, all just to make themselves feel happy. 

Many people who were brought out never had the chance to return. 

When Jiang Ning broke into the base, there were still people having fun, and they didn’t even bother to send them back. 

She opened one of the rooms and saw the abused survivor with bruises all over his face. He huddled in the corner and hugged his body quietly. Even though it was a mess outside and the room was not locked at all, he had no intention of escaping. 

His heart was imprisoned forever. 

With the same skin color and similar features, he looked like a lifeless broken doll. 

Jiang Ning was filled with intense, uncontrollable anger. She swiftly turned around and drove a knife into the man’s neck, sending him to meet his maker. 

They all said they believed in God, but did God ask them to do such horrible, inhumane things? 

The two continued to walk inside and heard painful groans. 

Jiang Ning found a room and opened the door. 

A pregnant woman was lying on a table, her body covered in blood, and her thin hands struggling weakly… 

It was obvious what had happened before. 

A bunch of animals! 

“Help… help me…” When the woman saw the people entering with face masks, she was initially scared, then begged, “Please, help me…” 

The woman was so thin that her large belly stood out, and her veins were visible all over her body. 

When she heard her voice, Jiang Ning’s numb face showed a complex expression. Unfortunately, with her face covered by a face mask, no one could see it clearly. 

It was indeed fate. Jiang Ning never expected to run into Chen Yanfei in the Arctic. 

She was very thin, her eyes were sunken, and there were scars on her face and hands. 

It was hard to imagine how Chen Yanfei had made it from Jiacheng Base all the way to the Arctic, only to be imprisoned and tortured at the United Base. 

Jiang Ning wasn’t happy, nor did she take any satisfaction in others’ misfortune. 

Instead, she stared at Chen Yanfei’s face for a few seconds, then turned and left, “Let’s go.” 

She said it to Huo Yishen, but it made Chen Yanfei’s eyes widen in surprise. “Jiang Ning! Jiang Ning!!” 

Jiang Ning found it amusing and turned back to look at her. “Do you remember me so well?” 

Of course, even if she turned to ashes, Chen Yanfei would remember her! 

Chen Yanfei bled a lot, and it felt like countless knives were cutting her stomach. She begged in pain, “Jiang Ning, help me.” 

Jiang Ning calmly replied, “You’ve lost so much blood; you’re not going to survive.” 

“I know,” Chen Yanfei gasped. “Please… give me a quick death.” 

“Why should I give you a quick death?” Jiang Ning asked back, “You don’t even have the courage to die, yet you want me to do it for you?” 

She stood above Chen Yanfei, looking down at her. “What gives you the right to ask for my help?” 

“Aren’t you the one who wanted to kill me? Now I’m giving you the chance. Why aren’t you doing it?” 

Jiang Ning ignored her provocation, “Sorry, but right now I want you to live.” 

Chen Yanfei looked up at her with a half-mocking smile on her lips, “Jiang Ning, why do you hate me so much?” 

Jiang Ning didn’t know how to respond to what she had said. 

Forget it, why bother with a person who has lost their mind? 

Jiang Ning had no interest in knowing how Chen Yanfei ended up like this. Living was the greatest punishment. 

But Chen Yanfei’s fate is not something to be happy about. 

There are many people who are worse off than her. 

Or rather, who here would have a good ending? 

Jiang Ning threw a knife at her, then turned and left…