The peeping intruder was violently thrown to the ground, struggling to recover, and then took another heavy kick to the chest from Peng Yansheng. He was on the verge of passing out.
If it weren't for the enhancements and upgrades to his physical abilities as a mutant, he would have fainted long ago.
"Yes, Brother Tian," the peeper said, his voice familiar to Peng Yansheng and the others.
Hearing Brother Tian's voice, Peng Yansheng stared at the intruder's blackened face for a moment before removing the large foot that had been on Brother Tian's chest. He then reached out to pull him up, handing him a towel wet with water.
"Thanks." Brother Tian took the towel and wiped his blackened face. Once the grime was cleaned off, his true appearance was revealed, confirming he was indeed Brother Tian himself, not some impostor.
Peng Yansheng lit a cigarette and asked with a deep frown, "What happened? Where is my uncle?"
Brother Tian, holding the dripping wet towel, dared not delay for a moment and spoke urgently, "Master Qiang, Master Qiang he..."
He didn't finish his sentence, instead covering his face with the soiled towel and bursting into tears.
This was the art of language and bodily expression; words didn't need to be fully spoken when gestures and demeanor could convey the meaning so vividly.
Upon learning of Peng Qiang's death, Peng Yansheng irritably scratched his hair and then impatiently looked at the sobbing Brother Tian, "Stop crying and blubbering. Continue telling me what happened."
He needed to understand the situation clearly so he could avenge his uncle, the people of the base, and the destroyed base.
Brother Tian nodded repeatedly, using the towel to wipe away his few remaining tears, and recounted the entire sequence of events: "The day after you went out to search for supplies, a team arrived, both men and women, all very formidable."
"When we found them, they were resting outside Lucheng. According to our plan, we intended to ambush them. But they were too strong, and we were no match, so we changed our plan and retreated into the city, intending to act after they entered."
"We didn't wait for them to enter the city; instead, two men and a woman arrived in a mobile house. They did enter the city, but only stopped for a moment not far from our base before heading towards the port.
Peng Yansheng listened patiently as Brother Tian spoke, constantly smoking, filling the air with the scent of tobacco.
Brother Tian, still holding the towel, continued rambling: "Master Qiang was intrigued by that mobile house, so he took his weapons to pursue them, intending to invite them to join our base and obtain the construction blueprints and secrets of the mobile house. But those people were extremely arrogant and looked down on the olive branch Master Qiang extended. They even used their powers to throw our base into chaos."
"Later, Master Qiang returned to the base, and those people also left secretly. After we learned they had departed, we prepared to occupy the port, which they had cleared out. That's when the accident happened. A group with superior equipment and weapons appeared. Upon their arrival, after inquiring about the people who had left, they directly began to bomb the base..."
Before Brother Tian could finish, Peng Yansheng interrupted him, "You are all mutants, couldn't you deal with them? Did you just stand by and watch the base be destroyed?"
Facing Peng Yansheng's accusation, Brother Tian looked at him and shook his head, "I don't know what happened. All our mutant abilities became unusable. The only reason I miraculously survived was being blown away by a shell. When I woke up, I was hit in the face by large hailstones falling from the sky. The pain woke me up, and by then, everything was already destroyed..."