Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

The supplies at Base D01359 aren't that scarce!

Because the burly man in front of him was all muscle with a ruddy complexion, holding a bottle of beer in his hand. There were several cans of meat on the bar, showing no sign of resource shortage.

Or maybe it's just some people who are lacking!

Wang Chen thought secretly, maintaining a calm facade: "Hello, I'd like to ask you something."

"Heh."

The man named Iron Tiger sneered, examining Wang Chen with a mocking gaze: "Who do you think you are? You ask, and I must answer?"

Wang Chen said, "I'll pay you."

Saying that, he took out a handful of energy bars from his backpack: "Will this do?"

"Which base are you from?"

Iron Tiger licked his lips, eyes showing greed: "These aren't enough!"

Energy bars are good stuff, but he wanted more.

"A00023."

Wang Chen simply unzipped his backpack and took out more energy bars, placing them on the bar next to him: "Is this enough?"

"An A-level base?"

Iron Tiger whistled, laughing: "Didn't expect a big shot to visit our little place!"

The people in the bar laughed heartily, some quietly moved behind Wang Chen.

Wang Chen seemed oblivious.

Iron Tiger restrained his smile, raised his chin, and said: "Kid, I don't care where you're from, but you follow the rules here. Hand over everything you've got, and also..."

"That suit you're wearing isn't bad, take it off."

The laughter around grew louder, mixed with some vulgar language.

Wang Chen couldn't help but sigh.

He really didn't want to make a move, but some people just don't know better!

At this moment, Iron Tiger suddenly swung his fist, aiming it heavily at Wang Chen's face.

His attack was completely unprovoked, simply because he found Wang Chen displeasing!

However, before his fist reached its target, it was caught firmly by Wang Chen, who then exerted force with his fingers.

"Ah～"

The muscular Iron Tiger, who was a size larger than Wang Chen, let out an earth-shattering scream, his face twisted in pain, turning purplish-red.

His fist was also deformed!

"Let go of the boss!"

Seeing the situation turn bad, someone behind Wang Chen swung a beer bottle heavily at the back of his head.

Instead, that person received a kick in the abdomen, flying backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing into several others behind.

Screams followed one after another.

In just two or three minutes, besides the bartender behind the bar and Wang Chen, no one else was left standing in the bar!

Ignoring the bunch of groaning and writhing people on the ground, Wang Chen seated himself casually at the bar, knocking his finger on the counter: "Get me a drink."

The bartender, who was initially dumbfounded, suddenly came to his senses and quickly forced a smile: "What would you like to drink?"

Wang Chen didn't care: "Whatever."

"Alright."

The bartender turned to open the liquor cabinet and in the moment of taking out a bottle, suddenly turned back, holding a gun in his left hand.

His expression turned sinister: "Go..."

He couldn't finish his sentence because a large shotgun was already pointed at his forehead.

Wang Chen smiled and said: "Care to bet, who's faster, your hand, or my gun?"

Sweat appeared on the bartender's forehead, his face full of struggle, before he finally threw down his weapon dejectedly: "You win."

He completely couldn't figure out where Wang Chen pulled out this shotgun from.

It was like magic.

But his intuition told him—if he dared to act, he would die!

"Actually, you could also bet on whether there's ammo in my gun."

Wang Chen leisurely placed the shotgun on the counter, saying: "Maybe you might win."

"I dare not gamble."

The bartender smiled bitterly: "Outsider, just say what you want, I promise to cooperate!"

Wang Chen seemed to understand: "You're the owner here, and also the current head of Base D01359?"

The bar owner remained silent.

Wang Chen pulled out a stack of photos and handed them over: "I'm here looking for someone, could you please see if you've met them."

The bar owner took the photos, looking through them one by one.

He shook his head and said: "I can assure you, none of these people have been here."

Wang Chen then asked Iron Tiger and the others on the ground: "What about you?"

The answer was still negative.

This outcome was expected, Wang Chen put away the photos and asked again: "Then you all..."

Bam!

The door of the bar was suddenly slammed open, and a group of people barged in.

The leader was a middle-aged man, wearing greasy work clothes and holding a big wrench.

The ones behind him were pretty much the same.

To Wang Chen's surprise, Zhang Shen was also among them!

The scene in the bar left the newly arrived group shocked, making them glance at each other.

"My lord!"

Zhang Shen shouted towards Wang Chen: "Are you alright?"

This little guy was quite interesting!

Wang Chen smiled and said: "I'm fine, really!"

In fact, before entering the bar, Zhang Shen had hinted that this place wasn't good, but he was too cautious to say it outright.

He was evidently worried that something might happen to Wang Chen, so he had called for help.

"I'm Lu Kui, a technical engineer at Base D01359."

The middle-aged man holding the wrench stepped forward and extended his hand to Wang Chen: "I heard you're from A00023?"

"Wang Chen."

Wang Chen shook his hand and said: "Actually, I'm not from A00023."

Lu Kui was stunned: "Then you are?"

Wang Chen pointed upwards: "I parachuted down today."

At this point, he saw no reason to hide and directly revealed his true identity.

"Parachuting!"

Lu Kui's eyes widened in disbelief and he asked, "Weren't you intercepted by the Nether Fleet?"

"Three months ago, the Empire had already retaken the Tampas Star clusters."

Wang Chen said: "And they sent people to drop onto Tampas Star, but the entire task force went missing. I'm here to investigate."

He could now be a hundred percent sure that these people really hadn't seen Xu Chengzhi and the others.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have thought that the Tampas Star clusters were still controlled by the Nether Tribe.

And Wang Chen's words were like a boulder thrown into water, instantly stirring up a storm, causing an uproar in the entire bar.

"What?"

"The Empire retook Tampas Star?"

"Is that real?"

"That's great!"

Lu Kui was also too excited for words: "My lord, you're not lying to us, are you?"

"Why would I lie to you?"

Wang Chen picked up an energy bar from the counter: "Look at the production date on it."

These energy bars were his recent purchases, and the production date was just a month ago.

Lu Kui had no more doubts, his lips trembling in speechlessness, eyes red.

The others were in similar states.

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