NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 392: Tampered With_4
Excluding Wang Tao, the Sixth Army Corps only had three Awakeners, namely Cheng Yiyi and two Deputy Legion Commanders, Lin Kaiyang and Pei Hai.
At that time, all three Awakeners were trapped, along with the elite troops they led.
If these three Awakeners and those elites all died, then the Sixth Army Corps would essentially be left in name only.
"Um... the radio did seem to have some problems at that time."
After nodding, Cheng Yiyi continued.
"But it's quite common for radios to have minor issues, and this kind of problem had also occurred several times before on this trip, so I didn't think much of it at the time, just felt like it was my bad luck..."
"But now that I think about it, those few times when problems occurred, they almost always happened at critical moments... Isn't that too much of a coincidence?"
Cheng Yiyi's face didn't look very good.
"But I have no evidence, the radios were all sent for inspection, and nothing was detected. I don't even have a suspect... So I didn't know if I should talk to you about it, because I'm not sure if it's because Wang Tao encountered difficulties and was stimulated, causing me to be a little paranoid..."
Although this was just her speculation, it indeed seemed possible. After all, even if she was really unlucky, it couldn't be that all the misfortunes happened at the same time, could it?
However, she hoped even more that it was just her overthinking rather than someone tampering with the radios.
Hearing Cheng Yiyi's words, Wang Tao frowned.
"Tell me in detail, when did those radios start failing."
"Okay." Cheng Yiyi nodded. "There were more than ten issues this time..."
After Cheng Yiyi finished speaking, Wang Tao's frown deepened.
"It sounds like someone really did tamper with your radios..."
During this trip, Cheng Yiyi experienced about a dozen radio issues.
This failure rate wasn't actually high, especially since many of the issues were minor.
For example, the vehicles suddenly couldn't communicate with each other, then after a slap on the radio, contact was restored. They were used to these minor issues which weren't much of a hindrance.
There were a few more radio failures that caused minor impacts, but they quickly resolved them.
However, two incidents caused significant trouble, one was when Wang Tao came to their rescue and just at the critical moment, contact was lost. Fortunately, Wang Tao caused a big enough commotion, drawing a large number of zombies. She was decisive enough and trusted Wang Tao, so she chose to charge out and eventually escaped successfully.
And another time... was when Cheng Yiyi went to rescue their team—Cheng Yiyi came out this time to rescue a team from their legion that had been trapped—but due to the radio failure, a critical piece of information was missed, leading to her misjudgment, and she also got caught in the tide of zombies!
From the perspective of an observer, Wang Tao thought that this situation was highly likely to have been tampered with.
Thinking deeper, if there really was a behind-the-scenes mastermind, then it was possible that the Sixth Army Corps team got trapped as part of their scheme, aiming to lure Cheng Yiyi over.
But unexpectedly, as the new year was approaching and there was a zombie horde outside, with all survivors staying inside the base, Wang Tao went out and just happened to receive Cheng Yiyi's distress signal...
"One must guard against others, whether there is an issue or not, you should treat it as if there is an issue. Think about it, if you died and the Sixth Army Corps was gone, who would benefit? You might find something... By the way, have you told anyone else about this?"
"No... I only thought of it today, and I've only told you."
Cheng Yiyi shook her head.
"That's good, I suggest you investigate secretly. If you need me, just ask."
"Okay! Thank you! I won't be going out anyway recently, and I'll have plenty of time to investigate slowly. But there's another very important matter..."
Cheng Yiyi nodded earnestly and then suddenly stared at Wang Tao.
"What matter?"
Wang Tao was a bit puzzled.
"I just found out, while I wasn't in the base, you actually managed to secure a lot of investments for our Sixth Army Corps! We suffered considerable losses on this trip, and our vitality was greatly damaged. We probably wouldn't have recovered for a long time. But with the investments you brought in, not only were our losses fully compensated, but our strength has also been greatly increased! If there really is a behind-the-scenes mastermind, they are probably grinding their teeth in frustration..."