Infinite Disasters: I Hoarded My Way to Godhood novel Chapter 428

Chapter 428: Chapter 428: The Effect of the Desire Candy

Meanwhile.

In an independent suite in the upper section of the Central Base’s underground area—one whose luxurious decor was starkly out of place with the simple, practical collective dormitories surrounding it.

Ethan Soto clutched his left eye, now swollen into a black eye. Snot and tears streamed down his face as he threw himself at the feet of a woman. She was fashionably dressed and well-maintained, but her eyes held a cruel, sharp look.

"Sis! You have to stand up for me! I got beaten up!

Right at the base entrance! They hit me so hard! Look at my eye! I almost went blind!"

Ethan Soto recounted the incident with dramatic sobs, heavily embellishing the details. Of course, in his version of the story, he had only wanted to "kindly inquire about the newcomers’ vehicle."

But in return, he was beaten without provocation by "unreasonable thugs who were just flaunting their little bit of strength."

He even claimed that "those two, Brandon Barton and Victor Sharp, took their side and helped those outsiders bully me!"

"What?!" Megan Soto, Ethan Soto’s older sister, shot to her feet and slammed her hand on the table, her shapely brows furrowing in anger.

"This is outrageous! What kind of savages just waltz into the base and dare to hit my brother?! And Brandon Barton, Victor Sharp... they work for Gordon Chandler, don’t they? Good! Just great! This is a slap in our face!"

She gently stroked her brother’s swollen eye, her own eyes burning with Fury. "Don’t you worry, Ethan. I’ll get justice for you! They’re just a few newcomers, a bunch of country bumpkins, and some arrogant fools who don’t know their place, right?

I’m going to find your brother-in-law right now! Let’s see who dares to protect them!"

Seeing his sister, Megan Soto, so livid and vowing to get revenge on his behalf, Ethan Soto felt a smug satisfaction.

’As long as I can handle this doting sister of mine, who actually has some sway with her husband,’ he thought, ’it’s like having a master key and a sturdy Shield here in the Central Base.’

Though waves of pain still throbbed from the hand covering his eye, they were overshadowed by a twisted sense of glee.

’Just you wait... For this one punch, I’ll make you pay it back ten, a hundred times over!

Especially that hand of yours...’

All sorts of dark, vengeful thoughts flashed through Ethan Soto’s mind, but his face remained a mask of aggrieved pain.

...

Back on Seraphina Sullivan’s side, she really hadn’t given a second thought to a spoiled bully like Ethan Soto, who just threw his connections around.

In her eyes, his type was little more than a parasite clinging to the massive body of the base.

Annoying, yes, but as long as she was strong enough and handled it properly, he couldn’t cause any real trouble.

The ones to truly be wary of were "Players" like Connor Webb—those with bizarre abilities, no moral compass, and who were potentially involved in some higher-level game.

Their livestock area wasn’t completely isolated.

Nearby, there were other officially established farms and experimental plots.

Seraphina Sullivan observed her surroundings with curiosity and soon understood how these surface-level farms had been maintained during the previous extreme cold disaster.

In several large greenhouses not far away, covered in a transparent, high-strength material, the floors and walls were embedded with a vast number of crystals that emitted a soft, orange-red glow.

The light from these crystals wasn’t harsh, but they continuously released a comfortable warmth, keeping the interior of the greenhouses within a temperature range suitable for life.

"Are those... Warm Crystals?"

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