Apocalypse Rebirth: Crazy from Day One

Chapter 471: Chapter 482: Sanctyr Base’s Reputation

The man’s voice was filled with shock.

His voice wasn’t quiet, and everyone nearby heard him.

The surrounding crowd erupted in an uproar and looked over, but by then, Zane Xavier had already put his gun away, so they didn’t see it.

But no one doubted the man’s words.

On Sanctyr Base’s turf, ordinary people wouldn’t dare to fire a gun so easily. Even fights were settled with cold weapons.

But the person just now had fired so brazenly; he must have had the confidence to back it up.

So no one doubted what the man had said.

Everyone immediately took two steps back. These were people from Sanctyr Base! They wouldn’t dare offend them. They were afraid of getting caught in the crossfire, even by just being too close.

For a moment, everyone stared at the woman on the ground, their gazes a mixture of pity and schadenfreude.

Who told her to be so unlucky and reckless? Of all the people to provoke, she had to pick someone from Sanctyr Base.

So who could she blame for her miserable end? Only herself for being too greedy. It seemed the people from Sanctyr Base hadn’t even planned to do much in the first place.

They were even being reasonable, offering her compensation. But she was just too greedy. They gave her half a piece of candy, and she still wasn’t satisfied; she wanted more.

And look where that got her. Now she had nothing, and she’d even lost her life in the bargain.

No one spoke up for her. Thinking that the two people in the car were likely from Sanctyr Base, everyone felt nothing but fear.

Every word they spoke was to curse the woman, feeling that she got what she deserved.

Inside the car, Stella Sterling listened to the crowd’s murmurs and raised an eyebrow.

Sanctyr Base certainly held a lot of sway in this region.

But she could tell it was more than that. The way these people revered Sanctyr Base wasn’t out of respect; it seemed to be mostly fear.

She glanced at Zane Xavier beside her.

Zane Xavier gave an embarrassed smile. "Miss Sterling, in this region, Sanctyr Base’s word is law. That’s why everyone is so afraid of its members and daren’t offend them. But... there are good and bad people within the base, too!"

Seeing her look, he grew a little worried. ’Will Miss Sterling think we at Sanctyr are too domineering, and that’s why people are so scared of us?’

’And will Miss Sterling misunderstand and think I’m that kind of person, too?’

’Okay, I admit I’ve used Sanctyr Base’s reputation to my advantage before, but I still have my limits. As long as people don’t provoke me, I won’t use my status as a base member to run amok.’

But now that he was following Miss Sterling, he didn’t want her to get the wrong impression.

Noticing the worry in his eyes, Stella Sterling said, "Don’t worry. Since you’re my subordinate now, as long as you don’t disobey my orders or cross my bottom line, I don’t care what kind of person you were before."

Hearing this, Zane Xavier breathed a sigh of relief and quickly pledged his loyalty. "Rest assured, Miss Sterling. From now on, I will follow your commands. Whatever kind of person you want me to be, that’s what I’ll be!"

Outside, the woman’s companions exchanged glances, originally hesitating over whether to continue their attack.

But after hearing what the bystander said, they took one more look at each other and fled.

Forget about continuing the robbery; they didn’t even have the courage to avenge their companion.

The people inside were from Sanctyr! They’d have to have eaten a Thunder God’s Leopard Gallbladder to dare to keep opposing them.

Now, they could only pray that their targets wouldn’t come after them. Otherwise, they probably wouldn’t be able to survive in Veridia anymore.

They had no thought of avenging their companion, nor did they have any intention of taking her body with them.

At this moment, they even felt a little resentful toward the woman.

’Why did she have to go and provoke people from Sanctyr Base? If we get dragged into this because of her, then she really did deserve to die.’

While the crowd was still talking, Zane Xavier had already started the car and sped away.

The surrounding people also dispersed quickly. No one gave it much thought, simply assuming both of them were from Sanctyr Base.

"Miss Sterling, do you blame me for being too ruthless?"

Inside the car, Zane Xavier turned to ask Stella Sterling.

Stella Sterling didn’t answer him directly. Instead, she said, "What do you think would have happened to us if you hadn’t killed her, and she and her companions had wrecked our car?"

Zane Xavier thought about it carefully. "If we had no ability to fight back, all our supplies would have been stolen, and we both would have died at their hands."

"It’s also very likely that after we died, our bodies would have been sent to Sanctyr Base for research."

Hearing this, Stella Sterling nodded. If they couldn’t fight back, that would indeed have been their fate.

"So you weren’t wrong. Besides, you gave her a chance."

After saying this, Stella Sterling closed her eyes and fell silent.

Zane Xavier understood Stella Sterling’s meaning. He asked no more questions, and a slow smile spread across his face.

’This new master suits my taste much more than Boss Saint did.’

’She isn’t as difficult to serve, her temper isn’t as strange, and she doesn’t have a bleeding heart.’

He had genuinely been worried that she would think he shouldn’t have killed that woman.

’If that were the case, I’d have to hold back in everything I do from now on, and that would be exhausting.’

He had always firmly believed that in this apocalypse, he would stick to his principles. He wouldn’t kill indiscriminately, but he would absolutely show no mercy to those who wished him harm.

And now, after hearing Miss Sterling’s answer, he was completely at ease.

"I just heard those people say that after they ’took care of us,’ they were going to send us to Sanctyr Base. Does your base have a hobby like that?"

Stella Sterling asked, as if suddenly remembering something.

Zane Xavier didn’t hide anything. He said, "Our base uses the bodies of the dead for experiments. A while back, the base put out a notice that for every corpse delivered, you could get a hundred grams of grain, so..."

He didn’t finish his sentence.

But Stella Sterling already understood. It meant that within Veridia, every person who died was likely sent to Sanctyr Base for research.

Sometimes, people might even kill deliberately just for that hundred grams of grain.

And by putting out that notice, Sanctyr Base was, in a way, encouraging them to kill.