Chapter 57: Corruption

The truck came to a huge metallic castle and stopped. Lin Yun raised his head and looked up at the magnificent military building in shock.

The regular hexagonal metal fence was more than ten-stories-high and was covered with blast-holes. On each corner of the hexagon, there was a minaret constantly rotating. Lin Yun knew that this was the high-end defensive weapon of the Human Race, the Light Prism.

The captain completed the registration at the sentry office and drove the truck slowly into the human base. The scene inside the base gradually appeared in front of Lin Yun.

The building materials in the base were all metal. If Lin Yun didn’t guess wrongly, these metals should be hard titanium alloys. The atmosphere in the base was tense. Everyone was busy and walking in a hurry. No one seemed to be at ease.

“We’re here. This is the place to exchange Contribution Points.”

Lin Yun got off the truck and followed the captain to a square. A young man wearing black-framed glasses and white military uniform sat on a metal chair and played with his cell phone.

“Sir Wang Cheng, this is some of the loot seized by our team. I want to exchange for Contribution Points,” the captain said calmly.

The young man adjusted his glasses and said coldly, “Can’t you see I’m busy? Unload the contents of the car to the square over there.”

After he said that, he turned his attention to the phone again.

Seeing Wang Cheng’s indifferent attitude, Lin Yun was very dissatisfied. However, the captain seemed accustomed to his bad attitude and his expression remained unchanged. He said to Lin Yun, “Let’s move the things in the car to this square. The Skynet System will automatically record our contribution.”

So, Lin Yun and the captain began to move the loot obtained from the stronghold. Although these things were not heavy, Lin Yun was sweating under the scorching sun.

“So slow. There are so little things, yet you are taking such a long time,” Wang Cheng said, dissatisfied. He raised his head and glanced at the square. Suddenly, he was stunned by the mountains of guns and ammunition on the square.

“This, this is your loot? Don’t tell me that you are the ones who robbed the Demon stronghold?” Wang Cheng asked, horrified.

Lin Yun laughed and replied, “That’s right, Sir. We ransacked one of the Demon’s stronghold.”

Seemingly aware of his gaffe, Wang Cheng’s face suddenly froze and he said with an eccentric tone, “So what? It’s just a stronghold. I’ve been doing this for so many years, it’s not like I haven’t seen people exchange Demon Crystals for Contribution Points.”

Noticing that they had stopped moving, Wang Cheng asked coldly, “That’s all? It’s at most worth 3,000 to 5,000 Contribution Points. However, it’s a huge fortune for a team like yours who have never seen the world.”

Having said that, he looked at the captain disdainfully and mocked. “With these Contribution Points, you can go home and buy a house and a car, then marry a wife and enjoy life.”

Wang Cheng’s mockery angered Lin Yun. But the captain’s expression remained exchanged. He took the box of potions and placed it in front of Wang Cheng.

“Sir Wang, we also seized a box of potions. Since the potions inside are too precious, I hope it can be personally assessed by the laboratory on the base.”

“Hahaha, you must be joking. Assessed by the laboratory? Did you seize gene-enhancing potions, cell vitality potions? Don’t tell me there is a highly-concentrated aphrodisiac? Let me see what you guys got. I’ve been the Director of the Contribution Points Exchange Office for so many years, there are no potions I don’t know of,” Wang Cheng said arrogantly and opened the potion box.

Seeing the densely packed potions in the box, his eyes suddenly froze. His hands shook and he couldn’t help but shout, “Oh my God, this is a high-level gene-enhancing potion with very minimal side effects! Oh, am I seeing things? High-level antifibrinolytic potions! This, this color, this packaging, can this be…”

Wang Cheng’s expression was splendid. It was if someone bumped into him when he was peeping at others. He quickly closed the lid of the box and held it tightly in his arms. With cold sweat on his head and trembling hands, he said loudly in excitement, “This box of potions is too expensive. I’m going to find a laboratory for assessment. Stay here and don’t wander around.”

As he said that, he turned around and ran like a frightened rabbit.

Looking at Wang Cheng’s expressive face, Lin Yun couldn’t help but ask, “Seems that this Sir Wang’s psychological quality is only so-so.”

The captain remained calm and said in a deep voice, “Wang Cheng’s father is in charge of the logistics of the entire human base. He looks down on everyone and gives others dirty looks usually. His behavior is so bizarre today, it should be because our box of potions is particularly precious.”

“In this case, we will have a lot more Contribution Points.” Lin Yun was very happy as he thought that.

After a long while, Wang Cheng walked back holding the box of potions. He put the box on the square and said coldly, “Congratulations, the potions you seized can be exchanged for more than 9,000 Contribution Points. Together with the pile of guns and ammunition, you can exchange for a total of 14,586 Contribution Points. Given your outstanding contributions, I will help you to round up the figure to 15,000. Please sign here and quickly leave.”

As he said that, Wang Cheng took out an exchange agreement and handed it to the captain.

15,000 Contribution Points!

Lin Yun was ecstatic. Out of these 15,000 Contribution Points, even if it were divided equally, he would be able to get 2,500. This meant he could level up again!

Thinking up to this point, he looked at the exchange agreement with sparkling eyes. Looking at the point value of each item on the list, his expression gradually changed.

It seemed something was wrong. However, Lin Yun couldn’t put his finger on it. He noticed the captain was frowning.

Wang Cheng seemed to be in a hurry. He urged them loudly. “Hurry up. Sign and go. I’m busy. I have no time to wait for you.”

However, the captain was calm. He returned the exchange agreement to Wang Cheng and said in a low voice, “One potion is missing from this agreement. I cannot sign on it.”

One potion was missing!

That was right. That was why Lin Yun felt something was amiss. When he counted, there were 16 potions in the box. However, there were only 15 listed on the agreement.

Wang Cheng humphed coldly. “One potion is missing because it’s an expired cell-enhancing potion. Hence, it’s not listed here. You have been awarded a lot of Contribution Points. Hurry up. Sign and leave. The Skynet System monitors this square in real-time. Do you think I will steal your potion?”

The captain shook his head and said, “If I sign on this agreement, even if you have appropriated the potion, there’s no way for me to seek justice. Since you said it’s an expired potion, it should still be in the box.”

After he said that, he walked toward the box of potions on the square.

Wang Cheng got anxious and quickly ran over to block him.

“You have already put it on the square, do you want to take it back now? Where do you think this is? If you dare to take another step, I will sound the alarm and capture you as intruders!”

Seeing Wang Cheng’s anxious expression, Lin Yun knew that he had taken an unknown potion. Thinking of this, he quickly bypassed Wang Cheng and rushed to the box of potions on the square.

“Intruder alert! Intruder alert!”

Wang Cheng suddenly activated an alarm and a loud voice echoed throughout the base. At this moment, Lin Yun had already opened the lid of the box.

In the box were 15 bottles of potion neatly arranged. A golden-colored potion bottle was missing. There was no doubt that the potion bottle was stolen by Wang Cheng.

At this moment, countless armed soldiers surrounded the area. Countless gun nozzles pointed at Lin Yun and the captain.

“Who sounded the alert?” A stern voice came from the troop. A middle-aged man with a big belly came forward.

Wang Cheng was overjoyed to see this man. He quickly said, “These two men tried to snatch the potions that have been exchanged. After I found out, they tried to kill me. Quick, shot these murderers.”

“Don’t accuse us. You’re the one who stole our potion. I request to review the Skynet video recordings to prove our innocence!” Lin Yun shouted angrily.

“Humph, you murderers. You’re still unrepentant. Shoot these two dregs.” The middle-aged man was furious and didn’t listen to Lin Yun’s explanation.

“As long as we watch the video recordings from the Skynet System, you will understand the truth of the matter. Why would you condemn us just by listening to Wang Cheng’s side of the story?” Lin Yun cried out, depressed. He noticed the gloating smile on Wang Cheng’s face.

“It’s no use, Lin Yun.”

The captain explained calmly. “The middle-aged man is Wang Cheng’s father.”

I see!

Is there no fairness and justice in the army?

Lin Yun was stunned. At this moment, the middle-aged man shouted, “Everyone, get ready.”

“Fire!”