Chapter 548: S-Class Crystal Core

The entire Kyoto base was drowned in the smoke and the stench brought by the zombies. The hot weapons gathered in the entire base allowed them to withstand the initial attack. Now the offensive has stabilized, and with the support guaranteed by Mr. Zheng, the psychics scattered in various areas took a collective breath and did not give the zombies any chance to break in.

But as the fighting continued throughout the entire day, the first wave of psychics were replaced to rest, and the balance began to be broken.

The low-level zombies were all killed by thermal weapons, and the only ones who could reach the front were all high-level zombies. These zombies needed people with special powers to fight against them.

In order to hold off the first wave of attacks, the psychics that came on the field gathered the backbone of the entire base, and the people who replaced them were somewhat lacking in psychic abilities.

Seeing the casualty ratio increase exponentially, everyone knew that this way of consumption was not a solution. Some teams that were not attracted to the Piaomiao children gradually began to retreat, and even began to encourage the teams together with negative words.

"They have mobilized several small teams, with over 10,000 people, and are still trying to persuade others. Captain, do you think Mr. Zheng will let them leave?"

When Cong Qing heard the news and hurried over, Lu Xiao had just been replaced. The bloody man had his clothes torn from the attack. He was stuffing a hot bun into his mouth with one hand, and Luo Feifei beside him was helping him repair his wounds.

"Don't worry about them. Mr. Zheng won't allow anyone to have any ulterior motives at this time." Lu Xiao took the water he handed over, drank it in a few gulps, and stared at the city wall not far away. "How many crystal cores do we have left?"

"There are not many A-grade ones left. Those at B-grade and below can still hold out for a while, but these crystal cores have not been purified." Cong Qing frowned. Ever since Yuebanwan announced that it had purified crystal cores, they haven't used unpurified crystal cores for quite a while.

"Mr. Zheng had someone inquire about our weapons quantity and material crystal core storage before, and it seems that he intends to centralize the distribution. And as far as we know, all the materials of the Zheng family have been distributed to various places in the logistics department. We..."

"Give him the keys to several large warehouses." Seeing that his wound was almost healed, Lu Xiao waved his hand to let Luo Feifei and the others go out, then whispered, "Hide several small warehouses."

"Also, is there any news about Moon Bay?"

"Yes, they didn't reach an agreement, but Mr. Zheng announced that they had set out to support us and asked all teams to hold on." Cong Qing thought of the small warehouse where Lu Xiao had hidden the supplies, "What do you think of us..."

"Mr. Zheng will find a way to deal with it. We are just prepared for emergencies." Lu Xiao pinched his head, which was aching slightly due to the exhaustion of his superpowers. "Let the comrades help each other. The level of the zombies that can reach us is not low. Don't take it lightly."

"I'll make the arrangements, you take some time to rest."

As Lu Xiao said, the team that was encouraged to leave did not form a large scale. Old Master Zheng forcefully executed several leading psychics on the spot for demoralizing the troops, and then arranged the assembled team of psychics to the front line to "atone for their sins."

The thundering force spread to each team, and for a moment there was no second voice, which also made the teams that were reluctant to cooperate behave themselves.

However, this situation also made the entire base increasingly tense. Amid panic, all kinds of rumors began to spread, including that the Kyoto base was about to fall.

But with the lessons learned from several teams before, everyone just dared to talk and did not cooperate at all.

Hundreds of thousands of people entered the underground shelter, making the entire Kyoto base much emptier.

Mr. Zheng then collected supplies, crystal cores and weapons from all the teams. Although he promised to return them in proportion after the war, it still caused dissatisfaction among many teams. They did not dare to make random comments among the small teams, and could only use their connections to ask the people from the Guard and Flame.

Lu Xiao ignored him completely. Zhao Qiang simply acted extremely weak, as if he had to obey because he could not resist. This made many teams think that the Zheng family had some leverage over the guards, so they had to support their actions.

After Lu Xiao found out, he couldn't help sneering. Just by looking at Zhao Qiang's scheming, he knew that Zheng Yi was no match for him.

Given the current situation in Kyoto, if you want to make everyone work together, some strong measures are indispensable. But putting them into practice will lead to gossip. It’s nothing at the moment, but once you get through it safely, it will be time for liquidation, and then the Zheng family will bear all the consequences.

Mr. Zheng may not be unaware of this situation, but he is still willing to stand up, which makes Lu Xiao admire him.

Mr. Zheng, with his gray hair, stood firm in the command room and gave orders without any sign of decadence.

But the number of zombies is still too large compared to the number of people with special powers.

After two days of holding out, the weapons began to become insufficient, but the zombies seemed to have received some instructions and stopped rushing forward blindly. Instead, they began to use their special powers strategically.

I didn't think much of it at first, but when the scattered and encircled zombies began to gather and attack with a purpose, it was inevitable that people would think too much.

The gathered earth-type zombies began to loosen the solid city wall, the wood-type zombies gave birth to moss and weeds on the wall, and the water-type zombies propped up the water wall to block the attack of the fire-type mutant, and also did not hinder the metal-type zombies from attacking the mutant with metal.

The rare zombies that were rarely seen in the past now appeared in groups.

"Fuck, they don't have any wisdom, do they?"

"They are working together. Where are the earth-type esper? Repair the city wall quickly. There are cracks on the wall caused by the plants—"

"Over there, the wall has completely softened. There are people with special abilities trapped inside the wall. Hurry up and save them..."

"Be careful, avoid the water mist from the water-type mutant, which contains electric current..."

"We can't hold on here anymore, Command Room, support..."

Various voices came from the communicator, seeking support everywhere, as if all the mutant zombies in the surrounding area had gathered here overnight.

"Commander, I suspect there are zombies directing their actions." Lu Xiao knew the situation of the leading zombie in advance, so he did not panic at this time, but still asked, "When will our support arrive?"

"It's almost there. I've sent out drones to scan the surrounding area to look for special zombies." Mr. Zheng said calmly with beads of sweat on his forehead.

He frowned and took a look at the photos sent back by the drone. He sighed and nodded to the communicator, "Double the number of weapons and the level of psychics than before. In addition, we also need a crystal core converter..."

Mr. Zheng gritted his teeth and said viciously, "Thirty thousand pieces!"

The correspondent looked embarrassed and replied, "...Yes!"

After receiving the message that Mr. Zheng agreed, Ning Yuan was not surprised at all. He even felt that it was all expected. He just didn't expect that Mr. Zheng would dare to make a request under such circumstances.

This also shows that the Kyoto base is really at the end of its strength.

"Twenty fighter planes, one thousand rocket launchers, two hundred tanks, thirty thousand energy converters...haha...you really dare to think..."

Ning Yuan said this, but he was thinking seriously in his mind.

They went there to win, and if they could take this opportunity to create an anti-zombie alliance, it would definitely be easier for all bases to cooperate in the future.

Therefore, he will not be stingy with the necessary weapons support, on the premise that... he will not suffer any loss.

Wanting a high-level psychic and weapons, this price is really too much.

"Have the people from the Pingjin base replied? What are the support requirements from their base?" Ning Yuan asked.

"No, but... we received a letter from the Mengbei base saying that their base requires 20,000 psychics, and their level must be above A."

"Ask Lieyan if there are any requests for volunteer troops from various bases. It would be best if we could get a list of the supplies and personnel going to support several bases." Ning Yuan gave orders while negotiating terms with Old Man Zheng.

[We want 500 S-level crystal cores].

He turned around lightly, and of course he didn't see Mr. Zheng touching his chest in anger. He was just bored and planning what he needed to pay attention to in this operation.

There was a constant stream of messages coming from the other end, and the communicator looked embarrassed. Ning Yuan had heard about Mr. Zheng's violent temper when he was young, so he didn't get close at all. He only waited until the communication stopped before taking a look.

It was filled with Mr. Zheng's curse words.

"This old man is so old, why is he still so unstable? It really makes life difficult for his correspondent, tut tut tut..." Ning Yuan shamelessly threw away all the meaningless and abusive messages, and then looked at the last few useful messages for discussion.

Information was constantly exchanged between the two sides, and it didn't take long for Ning Yuan to learn about Kyoto's requirements for the various bases that were going to provide support, as well as Kyoto's current situation. He knew that they were in urgent need of support from thermal weapons, so he became more and more adept at taking advantage of the situation.

After another round of back and forth, Ning Yuan finally successfully set the number of crystal cores at 300 S-level zombie crystal cores. If they were not enough, he could use A-level ones, but the exchange rate was astonishingly high.

They need a team of 10,000 people, including 100 S-level psychics, and no less than 7,000 mid-level A-level psychics and above, as well as countless thermal weapons and weapon vehicles.

After the negotiation was concluded, Ning Yuan felt refreshed. He immediately asked the communicator to reply to the surrounding bases that had been in contact with him, informing them that Yueban Bay would soon set out to support the Kyoto base, and reminding them that if they wanted to get a piece of the pie, they should hurry up, lest they arrive too late and the battle is over.

However, after the message was sent, Ning Yuan slowly began to gather the leaders of each team in the base for a meeting and informed them of this matter.

"Li Yan and his team have been on standby for two days and can set off at any time," Li Qing reminded.

"How could we forget the team in our base when it comes to such a good thing?" Ning Yuan spoke in a high-sounding manner with an innocent look on his face, and even held a serious meeting.

Yuebanwan also has teams that maintain contact with other bases. Many people know that the Kyoto base is currently under attack by zombies. When they hear that Yuebanwan is about to send a team to support, they are a little confused for a moment until Ning Yuan explains the reason.