Chapter 617: People's Hearts Are Unsettled

"Are you worried that the people at Panshui base will attack us?" Zhou He asked.

"It's not that I'm worried. The fact is that once I know you're here, I'll definitely take action against you." Zhuang Mingxu looked outside. The silent snowy scene reminded him of the winter in Yueban Bay, where there was peace and tranquility in the quiet.

At that time, Lu Weiyi's situation made it impossible to move for a long time, so he could only split the team into two parts. At that time, he thought that it was only one winter, and even if something happened, the people in the temporary station would have no problem holding on until support was provided.

Who could have imagined that communications would be completely paralyzed today.

They can indeed avoid the large number of mutant animals by hiding in the prison mountain, but the location has been leaked and the attitude of the other two bases is still unknown.

If you come out...

Not to mention the trouble of migrating with Lu Weiyi again, who can guarantee that it will be easier for them here?

Zhou He didn't say anything for a while. After a moment he sighed and said, "It's not that I have to come out, but our superpowers recover too slowly."

"What do you mean?" Zhuang Mingxu was puzzled.

"It's true that a psychic's superpowers can be improved by absorbing crystal cores and strengthening themselves, but as the level increases, if I use up all my superpowers and can't get any crystal cores to replenish them, and have to rely entirely on myself to recover, it may not be possible to complete the recovery in a week. And now we are..." The situation in their temporary base makes it impossible for them to recover without consuming any superpowers in a week.

"Since entering the underground, Wu Yue and I have basically not replenished our superpowers. Wu Yue and I have discussed this problem, but we didn't have a solution at the moment, so I didn't mention it to you."

As an ordinary person, Zhuang Mingxu naturally wouldn't know about this kind of thing, and this was the first time they had experienced a shortage of crystal cores.

"Let's go back to the base first. We told Wu Yue that he would be back in about a week. It's too late now. If we delay too long, he will probably think of looking for us," Zhuang Mingxu said after thinking seriously, "Let's go back and discuss with Wu Yue before making a decision."

Zhou He did not object anymore, but suggested, "It's already late anyway, why don't we stay one more day."

Although the others didn't say anything, their eyes were filled with anticipation.

Zhuang Mingxu lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said, "Two days, but we need to hurry on the way back."

"Long live Chief Zhuang Ji!" The burly men imitated the little kids and acted like spoiled brats. The scene was really cruel and inhumane.

Zhuang Mingxu smiled and joked with them for a few words, and Zhou He immediately began to arrange the groups for hunting zombies. A group of people rushed to be the first group, and even argued about the first place.

He used to absorb crystal cores every day, but the amount he brought with him was limited. Those placed in the space were for Lu Weiyi to use after his successful upgrade, so it was impossible to distribute them all.

Originally, they planned to go out hunting throughout the winter, fighting with mutant animals to improve their abilities, but the sudden strong wind and thick fog around them completely disrupted the original plan.

There is too much energy with nowhere to vent, and his abilities have not been improved. He hides underground all day long without seeing the sun, and it is already good enough that he is willing to obey orders like this.

but……

What about the future?

If the current situation does not improve, one day he and the unconscious Lu Weiyi will become a burden to these people.

At this moment, he regretted his original assumption. He should have kept the team with closer relationship here, or at least kept a few members of Team 1.

"Zhou He, you take the team with you, Taotao and I can stay here." Zhuang Mingxu knew that they didn't have any bad intentions at the moment, so he still made a suggestion.

"That won't work." Zhou He's smiling face suddenly disappeared, and he said in a serious tone, "I promised Ning Yuan when I came here that as long as I'm not dead, nothing will happen to you and Captain Lu."

"Don't you still believe in Taotao's ability?" Zhuang Mingxu asked.

"I will protect my father," Taotao immediately stated.

"But he is just a child after all." Zhou He still disagreed. Seeing that Zhuang Mingxu was about to speak, he waved his hand to indicate that he would not listen. He said to the people in the team, "Divide into two groups. One group will go out for sixteen hours. Yun Bai and Qu Zhu will lead the first group, and I will lead the second group."

This means that Zhou He always makes sure that half of his people stay behind to protect him.

"Are you leaving now or later?" Zhou He asked Qu Zhu without any rebuttal.

Qu Zhu and Yun Bai looked at each other and simply ordered, "Give us half an hour for lunch and set off immediately after lunch."

Seeing that they had made a decision, Zhuang Mingxu did not insist any more. He glanced at the huge mutant orchid whose roots surrounded them, and asked Taotao if he could ask the other party to help hunt more crystal cores.

"Sure," Taotao said happily, "Taotao can do it too."

"You can't," Zhuang Mingxu said. Seeing the child pouting and looking aggrieved, he immediately coaxed him, "If you leave, who will protect Dad? Do you want to leave Dad alone?"

"I'd better stay with dad. Uncle Yue told me to always keep an eye on dad, otherwise I won't have a dad in the future." Taotao hugged Zhuang Mingxu's neck and whispered, "Taotao likes you. Taotao doesn't want to be without a dad."

"Dad likes Taotao too." Zhuang Mingxu held the child and asked him to communicate with the mutant orchids and try his best to protect them.

Although they are all A-level or above psychics, this is their first time here and no one can guarantee whether there will be any unknown dangers.

Taotao whispered to the mutant orchid for a while and let it leave with the team.

Zhou He asked the rest of the people to be alert to the surroundings, and to take advantage of the opportunity to eat any small prey that came their way. He then walked towards Zhuang Mingxu and said, "Guan Wei mentioned what happened to Qin Xiaoman last time."

Zhuang Mingxu looked sideways at him, wondering why he would bring up this matter at this time.

"These new members have not received the training and ideological education that we had at that time. They survived because of the selfishness at the beginning of the apocalypse, which makes them not completely trust others." Zhou He frowned and turned to look at him. "In fact, it's not just you. I sometimes think that if they really encounter a situation where they need to sacrifice their lives, they will definitely sacrifice others."

"But don't worry. Base Captain Lu worked hard to set up the base for us to survive. A little kid managed to support us all and help us adapt. I, Zhou Hecheng, will protect you no matter what happens."

Zhuang Mingxu raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that this stubborn person could see what he was worried about.

He patted him on the shoulder and said, "I definitely believe in you, otherwise I wouldn't have allowed four teams to come when I was choosing the teams."

"It's just that the current situation is something none of us expected." Thinking of the two captives who were inexplicably killed and still have no clue about the murderer, Zhuang Mingxu sighed and told the truth, "I'm worried that they will be bribed by others and attack us."

He has now really forced himself into a situation where he has no support and no bargaining chips in his hands.

Want to protect their family of three...

Zhuang Mingxu felt that he needed to plan carefully.

It is normal to have some accidents in unfamiliar places. Fortunately, Zhuang Mingxu asked the mutant orchid to follow in advance. The mild-tempered mutant orchid was able to be noticed in advance when a group of ferocious mutant squirrels were approaching, thus avoiding unnecessary consumption of the psychic.

This sounded a wake-up call to those who had been hiding underground recently and had acted rashly and underestimated their enemies. Everyone gradually became alert again.

However, the mutant orchid's complete crushing of the zombies still made many people jealous.

Someone even suggested to Zhou He that he could let the mutant orchid hunt zombies for a few more days, or bring it out later.

When Zhou He heard these words, he knew that these people no longer knew the boundaries of propriety.

Even though Li Se stopped the other party, he was still alert.

After staying for two days, they returned towards the temporary base as expected.

When they came, they were a group of people with special powers. When they left, there was one more mutant plant and a few less teammates.

After searching for a day and a night, at dawn, the pathfinder brought a shocking news.

His powers disappeared.

"My ability has no effect on the ground." The earth-type ability user who was clearing the way ahead pointed at the closed ground not far away and said in panic, "I... I can't open the road ahead."

"What have you been exposed to recently? Or what have you eaten?" Zhou He asked and asked the military doctor in the team to examine him.

"No, nothing, I've always been with you all"

The military doctor also shook his head to indicate that there was nothing abnormal.

Zhou He dodged and immediately selected another earth-type mutant to try. After a moment, the other party gave the same answer.

"Change direction," Zhou He ordered immediately.

The team chose another direction, but after a circle, the situation remained the same.

“We seem to be going in circles.”

"I'll go to the ground to check the situation..."

"Don't," Zhou He stopped Yun Bai before he could finish his words, "We've been up there before, and this place is right at the wind's edge. It'll be very troublesome just to deal with the strong winds, so what can we find?"

As he said that, he took a step forward, signaling everyone to step back, and immediately prepared to try his fire ability. However, there was clearly nothing unusual about the ability, and only a few faint flames appeared after he got close.

It didn't even get close to the wall before it went out due to lack of oxygen underground.

This scene looked familiar. Zhuang Mingxu asked, "How far do you think it is from our temporary base?"

"It should not be far away," Qu Zhu replied.

Zhuang Mingxu thought about it, and asked Taotao to take out a supernatural power shield from the space and stick it to Zhou He’s chest.

"It's not the effect of the superpower jammer. I've used that thing before. After turning it on, I couldn't feel the superpower flow in my body at all. I could...ah...ah..." Zhou He said, and his superpowers forcefully emerged as a huge fire dragon, instantly submerging him in the enclosed environment.

"team leader--"

A water-based mutant instantly blew a stream of hot air in his direction, and in the mist, Zhou He's burnt clothes and curly hair sticking to his scalp were exposed.

"Captain, are you okay?"

Zhou He shook his head, wiped his face, and looked at Zhuang Mingxu, "What's going on?"