Chapter 543: Internal strife within the Zheng family

Turning around and locking the door, Zhuang Mingxu's actions immediately became faster. Li Zhuang, who originally thought he was trying to change the subject, raised his eyebrows and asked, "How long does it take each time?"

"Forty-six minutes, my limit." Zhuang Mingxu stepped on the accelerator and rushed out without waiting for Li Zhuang to sit firmly.

Li Zhuang was pulled forward suddenly and glanced inadvertently at the countdown in front of the car, which showed only three minutes left.

As fast as a car racing, he left the range of mental power when the countdown reached zero.

Zhuang Mingxu pinched his brows, using the pain to make sure he was not affected by the mental power.

Li Zhuang on the side was in much better condition, except that he was almost vomiting due to the drifting car. After he recovered, he was still thinking about the impossible guess that had just occurred to him.

Taotao's appearance was inexplicable. Someone in the team had asked Lu Weiyi about it before, and Lu Weiyi only said that he was his son and would follow him in the future.

Normally, there is nothing unusual about the child, but...

Li Zhuang suddenly remembered that when he was playing on the island with his two children, Zhuang Aiyi was attacked by mutated seafood that appeared on the coast, and Taotao used her supernatural powers.

At that time, the rustling branches...

Not much different from countless small green branches.

Li Zhuang and Zhuang Mingxu walked towards the temporary base together. They watched him park the car, fold the lunch box and newly changed bedding and clothes on it, and then carry them to the washroom.

Li Zhuang's eyes swept over Zhuang Mingxu, and he suddenly remembered that after the news of Lu Weiyi's plane crash was reported back, he had given him a jade space and asked him to bring it to Lu Weiyi. At that time, he had smelled a strong smell of blood on him. Now he did not put these things directly into the space. I'm afraid the one he gave away at the beginning was his own.

It was also at that time that he brought Taotao here with him, and there was no news of him since then.

At this moment, they began to consciously collect jade from the end of the world, and recently in the exchange of various instruments, they added jade back into the system...

Li Zhuang filtered all the information in his mind one by one, shock and disbelief flashed across his eyes one by one, and finally returned to silence.

Urged by Zhou He, Zheng Jun and others who had not returned yet hurried back at noon that day and boarded the return flight directly.

This time they were leaving and they would not see each other again for the entire winter. Zhuang Mingxu said goodbye to them at the cabin door and reminded them of some matters regarding the base.

"There is a shortage of food in winter. You should take this opportunity to clean up the mutant animals around the temporary base, so that this place won't become their granary." Zheng Jun had a wound on his face. He came back in a hurry without even eating. His clothes were covered in mud and torn everywhere.

"I know. Be careful on your journey and protect the base." Zhou He touched his shoulder and waved goodbye.

"Please take good care of Ai Yi for us," Zhuang Mingxu looked at Liu Rui and Li Zhuang and instructed.

"One...definitely," Liu Rui promised seriously.

Li Zhuang wore sunglasses and still looked lazy. He leaned against the cabin door, crossed his arms and watched the group of people say goodbye and get on the plane one by one. Just before the cabin door was about to close, he suddenly said.

"I'll lend it to you for a while."

As soon as he finished speaking, a small thing flew straight towards Zhuang Mingxu.

Zhuang Mingxu stretched out his hand and grasped it, then stepped back in the whirlwind of the propeller. He looked down and saw that it was a piece of jade of fine color, with a lingering smell of blood.

Zhuang Mingxu looked up in shock, only to see a few helicopters escorting the passenger plane in the middle as it flew away.

**

Kyoto base.

The entire Kyoto base wall has been divided into various teams according to their size, and countless psychics are on high alert.

A new wall was built outside the original city wall to cover the residents living outside the city and form a line of defense.

As soon as it was detected that zombies appeared in Kyoto, the residents outside the Kyoto base started to make a fuss, trying every means to enter the base to seek protection.

As the leading large base before the apocalypse, the number of residents outside the base alone is several times that of Yueban Bay. If they are allowed to rush into the base at all costs, it will only cause chaos among the base itself before the zombies arrive.

But if we let them enter the base...

First of all, the base cannot accommodate so many people. Secondly, the management is complicated and trouble is almost foreseeable.

However, when power in the Kyoto base is dispersed and everyone wants to get involved, it will only distract the attention of all teams and be more detrimental to unification.

With the zombie army approaching, they can no longer allow any factors that might affect their unity.

After a meeting of all the teams in Kyoto, they unanimously decided to build a wall in the outer city as a protective barrier for residents outside the city and to build it into the first line of defense against zombies.

On the night the city wall was built, zombies surged in and launched an attack.

The dense swarms of zombies surrounded the entire Kyoto base, and the aerial images were terrifying to watch.

Seeing this scene, no team was willing to go and guard the first city wall.

The disadvantage of not having someone who can make the final decision is clearly revealed at this time. The gap in strength is too small, and no one wants his subordinates to be cannon fodder.

When the human base was in a stalemate, the zombies did not stop. The first wave of attacks was launched, and the first to suffer were the residents outside the base.

More than 100,000 residents resisted for less than half an hour.

When this news reached the inner city, the leaders of the three major battalions in command were all shocked.

"Even if they use their bodies to fill the gap, the number is several times that of the zombies. How could they be defeated so quickly?" A middle-aged man sitting next to Zheng Yi spoke with a grim expression. He is Zheng Tongzhi, Zheng Yi's third uncle.

It was after Zheng Yi led his team and suffered a loss in the battle with Yuebanwan that he openly gathered a group of people with special abilities to compete with Zheng Yi for the position.

Zheng Yi caused dissatisfaction among some psychics because he pooled the resources of the entire team to seek a high-level crystal core upgrade, which damaged the interests of the team. However, no one dared to say anything openly because of the possibility of his upgrade.

The Yuebanwan incident happened at this time, which meant that Zheng's army needed to ask for forgiveness from all the bases, and it was even more likely that they would have to pay some price.

In addition, Zheng Yi has not upgraded since returning to the base, and Zheng Tongzhi has instigated many psychics around him, with the intention of confronting Zheng Yi.

Not long after Zheng Yi returned to the base, he discovered the situation. However, the zombie army was approaching and he could not waste his manpower on internal fighting. Moreover, if he and Zheng Tongzhi dared to cause chaos and both sides suffered losses, the beneficiaries would only be Zhao Qiang or Lu Xiao.

Zheng Yi didn't believe that they wouldn't take advantage of him for free, so he could only hold his nose and bear it.

However, Zheng Tongzhi showed his selfishness to the fullest and firmly disagreed with his men going to the dangerous outer city. This also led to the other teams being unwilling to suffer casualties, which directly led to the current situation.

"Those with some ability and connections have already found ways to enter the base. The rest are refugees with difficult lives. Do you expect them to defend the city?" Someone next to Zhao Qiang sneered.

"Isn't that too fast?"

"really"

"What now?"

"Should we support?"

"Who will support? Your team?"

…

The sound of undisguised discussions came, and the rustling made people even more irritated.

"Shut the fuck up!" Zheng Yi slammed the table and cursed, looking at the person who delivered the message, "What's the situation in the outer city now? Did the city wall collapse? Where are the people?"

"Why do you care whether they live or die..." Zheng Tongzhi just opened his mouth to say this, but was given a stern look by Zheng Yi and stopped talking.

"The wall didn't collapse, but..." The answer was from a young boy, his face pale and terrified, "Zombies..."

"They piled their bodies into a ladder, climbed over the wall, and jumped directly into the wall."

Lu Xiao and Zhao Qiang, who had been silent all the time, suddenly looked over and heard the boy say in a crying voice, "Many people in the outer city have been bitten by zombies. They have transformed into zombies and are biting everywhere."

As soon as these words were spoken, the conference room suddenly fell silent, and along with it, an invisible tension spread.

Hundreds of thousands of people outside the city...

"Hurry up and open the city gate and let them in..."

"no"

"no"

Before Zheng Tongzhi could finish his words, Lu Xiao and Zhao Qiang interrupted him at the same time.

Both of them looked a little ugly, but they remained calm.

"Can you guarantee that the people you let in haven't been bitten by zombies?" Zheng Yi looked at him as if he were an idiot.

"What if they all turn into zombies? Hundreds of thousands? How can we handle it? Didn't we say there is a support base?"

Zheng Tongzhi's panic and timidity were reflected on his face. He asked anxiously, "Where are the people? When will they arrive?"

He looked at Lu Xiao, "Major General Lu, where is your nephew? Isn't the Yuebanwan base close to you? You should quickly ask them to come and rescue him..."

Lu Xiao suddenly raised his head and looked at him, his eyes showing no trace of coldness.

Zheng Tongzhi's hair stood on end instantly. He immediately remembered that ever since Lu Weiyi got into trouble while helping Lieyan with his mission, Lu Xiao, who had never fought or competed, had become like a mad dog, and all the people involved had been retaliated against.

He immediately avoided Lu Xiao's gaze, and his anxious mood disappeared as if a basin of cold water was poured on him.

Lu Xiao looked around the conference room. The leaders of the three teams at the top of the Kyoto base were all here, and their team members followed other small and medium-sized teams and were distributed in different locations on the city wall to guard the safety of the city wall.

All orders came from here, but unfortunately they could not reach a consensus.

Although the Zheng family army under Zheng Yi's leadership had some small thoughts, Zheng Yi would not make choices that ignored the overall situation at critical moments. But now that the power has been decentralized, the Zheng family army, under the influence of Zheng Tongzhi, has shown selfishness in almost every aspect.

It was at this time that Zheng Yi caused such a scene in Yueban Bay. Many people in the Zheng family began to secretly blame Zheng Yi, saying that the reason why people from other bases did not come to help was because of his actions.

This gave Zheng Tongzhi an opportunity to fan the flames. For a time, Zheng Yi's prestige in the team plummeted. This was also the reason why Zheng Tongzhi had a seat in the meeting room of all the team leaders.