114: Chapter 114 The Traitor

Rushing all the way, the group finally returned to the stronghold before dark.

The campfire was burning brightly, and the charred, savory aroma of beef on the roasting rack was refreshing.

However, they keenly sensed that the atmosphere at the scene seemed a bit subtle.

Lu Jinwen, who was usually boisterous and loved to eat, was surprisingly not drooling by the roasting rack this time; instead, she was quietly staying beside Li Shi and Li Yun with an angry look on her face.

And on the faces of Li Shi and Li Yun, there were striking, bright red slap marks—one on the left, one on the right, perfectly symmetrical.

Under Chen Quan's feet, there was clearly someone being stepped on, and Dr. Chen Jun looked at the person on the ground with an expression of disappointment, as if he had expected better.

Qi Yin had some impression of this person; he seemed to be a high-achiever who had recently been recruited into Dr. Chen Jun's team and had very strong work capabilities.

"What is going on?" She looked at the slap marks on Li Shi and Li Yun's faces, her entire body radiating coldness.

The two young girls shed tears of grievance, glanced at the person under Chen Quan's feet, and dared not speak.

With the person in charge right in front of them, their spineless behavior made Lu Jinwen so angry that she sprang up and pointed at the disheveled Fei Jiaqi on the ground.

"Sister, it's all because of that idiot. Xiao Shi and Xiao Yun just accidentally picked up his USB drive, and who knows what kind of crazy fit he was throwing? Without a word, he just slapped Xiao Shi and Xiao Yun right in the face."

He's simply a freak; he dropped it himself, yet he acted as if they had stolen it.

Qi Yin scanned the surrounding area and received a unanimous response from everyone nodding in agreement.

She crouched down, took a small jar out of her space, scooped out a bit of mud-colored paste with her hand, and gently applied it to the slap marks.

This was a new product concocted from spiritual spring water and soil from the spiritual fields, which had a miraculous effect on skin trauma.

Before long, Li Shi and Li Yun felt a cooling sensation on their faces, and when they reached up to touch them, the swelling had gone down.

"Thank you, Sister!"

"Thank you, Sister!"

Looking at these two timid sisters, Qi Yin felt a surge of anger.

"Useless, you don't even know how to hit back after being struck? Wait here; Sister will avenge you."

With that, Qi Yin stood up and walked slowly toward Fei Jiaqi.

Her combat boots crunched on the snow, sounding like the rhythmic beating of a death knell, constantly striking at Fei Jiaqi's heart.

If being beaten by Chen Quan earlier was of no great consequence, Fei Jiaqi was only now truly feeling what it meant to be afraid.

He had seen how ruthless Qi Yin was when killing zombies; she was like an evil spirit crawling out of the gates of Hell.

Qi Yin raised her hand, and Chen Quan released his foot and stepped back behind her.

A dagger that had appeared in her hand at some unknown moment seemed to lightly tap against the bruised and swollen face of Fei Jiaqi.

She curled her lips. "Tell me, what kind of USB drive is it that's worth you laying hands on my people?"

What a joke; she was supporting their entire team, which meant she was their boss.

Let alone the fact that Li Shi and Li Yun had just picked up his USB drive; even if they wanted to use it, they could take it whenever they pleased.

Cold sweat broke out on Fei Jiaqi's forehead, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"N-nothing, it's my personal property. They picked it up, so they should have returned it to me immediately."

Dr. Chen Jun's jaw nearly dropped; it was the first time he realized that Fei Jiaqi was so stubborn in private.

There was no name on the USB drive, so who would know it was his if he didn't say anything? Especially since they weren't even team members?

Such an unreasonable excuse made Qi Yin laugh out of anger.

The sharp dagger sliced a cut of moderate depth onto Fei Jiaqi's face.

Coupled with the constant cold wind blowing, Fei Jiaqi didn't feel too much pain.

Qi Yin reached out her hand and chuckled: "Where is the USB drive? Give it to me."

Fei Jiaqi immediately stiffened his neck, as if scalded, and said with some agitation: "Why should I? That is my personal property, not a work USB drive."

The force in her hand grew heavier, and drops of blood stained the white snow in front of him red.

"Personal property? You are being supported by me; do you think you have the qualifications to say that? Three seconds, hand it over."

Xiao Sinian kept a cold face as he continuously added pieces of wood to the campfire.

Perhaps because the fire grew larger, the rising temperature resisted some of the cold wind, and Fei Jiaqi suddenly felt a stinging pain in his face.

"Three!"

"Two!"

The stinging pain came again, and Fei Jiaqi suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

He hadn't expected that as a core member of the Stinger team, Qi Yin would actually have the intent to kill.

Just as Qi Yin was about to say "One," Fei Jiaqi hurriedly raised both hands in surrender.

"Don't, don't, Miss Qi, I'll give it."

As he spoke, he dragged his broken hand and sluggishly reached toward his jacket pocket.

Qi Yin, growing impatient, directly stripped off his jacket and obtained the silver USB drive.

On it was engraved a very strange pattern that looked a bit like a few English letters.

After getting the item, her long, slender leg aimed at Fei Jiaqi's abdomen, and with a fierce kick, she sent him flying directly in front of Dr. Chen Jun.

Fei Jiaqi groaned, and a trace of imperceptible coldness flashed in his eyes.

Seeing the glance Qi Yin shot over, he immediately put on a pained expression, as if that look from just a moment ago had never existed.

Qi Yin turned and walked to Li Shi and Li Yun: "Is this it?"

Seeing Fei Jiaqi get beaten up, the two sisters' anger dissipated, and they nodded with smiles, confirming that this was indeed the item they had picked up earlier.

Understanding, Qi Yin paced back to Fei Jiaqi and looked down at him from a high position.

"Will you confess yourself? Or should I look for myself?"

The consequences for these two options were truly different.

Fei Jiaqi swallowed the blood in his mouth and stubbornly insisted: "It really is my own private collection inside; it has nothing to do with work."

He lowered his eyes, and a flash of cunning crossed them.

In this desolate wilderness, even if there were a computer, the lack of electricity was a fatal flaw. For Qi Yin to see what was inside, she would at least have to wait until they reached the base.

During this journey, he would have plenty of opportunities to escape.

Qi Yin sneered in her heart; if he remained obstinate, she wouldn't blame herself for not giving Dr. Chen Jun face.

Dr. Chen Jun shook his head helplessly, secretly stepped back, and widened the distance between himself and Fei Jiaqi.

When Qi Yin took out a foldable computer, unfolded it bit by bit in front of Fei Jiaqi, the screen lit up, and the USB drive was inserted, he truly felt panic.

A feeling of impending death suddenly surged into his heart.

Fei Jiaqi thought, he was finished...

Inside the USB drive, there was only one independent encrypted file, but how could this possibly stump Qi Yin?

In a few moments, the password was broken, and a clear map appeared before everyone's eyes.

And Qi Yin's gaze remained fixed on Chen Jun, not wavering for an instant.

She wanted to know what explanation Chen Jun had for this.

A long time ago, she had said that traitors were not allowed in the team.

Otherwise, one word.

Die!

As the creator of the map, Dr. Chen Jun naturally recognized at a glance what this item meant; he sprang up, his white beard trembling with anger.

Fei Jiaqi had only joined the team two years ago, while he had hidden this map for many years; logically, no one else should have been able to get it.

"Jiaqi, tell me, where did you get this map?"