Chapter 620: Outing Groups

"It has been divided." The speaker was Qin Xiaoman, who had just been released from confinement for a short time. After he said this, he realized that he had stood out a little. He glanced carefully at the people in charge, lowered his head and hid behind Qin Daming.

But after he took the lead, it became less difficult for those who came later to speak out.

"You guys can go together. With more people, we can take care of each other if something happens." During the few days when the underground palace was being built, Zhuang Mingxu had already privately communicated with the psychics who he wanted to keep. Whether it was interests, big money, or friendship, they had all been discussed openly. Looking at the situation now, he didn't think there was anything wrong.

He had wanted to tell Wu Yue and Zhou He after it was completed, but he didn't expect them to be so impatient that he hadn't yet communicated with them.

Zhou He and Wu Yue were unaware of his decision. Just as they were about to speak, Zhuang Mingxu patted their shoulders meaningfully, preventing them from objecting.

This made everyone silent. Finally, Huang Wei, who was standing next to Qin Xiaoman, spoke up, "Captain Zhuang, we don't intend to leave the base, it's just..."

"I know that our team needs crystal cores to replenish and recover our abilities. Now relying solely on time to recover will be very slow. I understand what you mean and there is no need to explain it specifically." Zhuang Mingxu smiled and there was no other meaning in his words.

This made the people who had been thinking about going out not know what he was thinking.

But he couldn't regret it now, so he finally whispered, "We will hand over half of the crystal cores to Captain Lu for upgrading."

The smile on Zhuang Mingxu's face remained the same, but a closer look revealed a hint of coldness in his eyes and brows. "Okay, then I'll accept it for him."

He asked someone to prepare for departure. When he turned around, the smile on his face disappeared completely. Zhou He and Wu Yue followed him until they were alone and asked, "What did you mean by what you said just now?"

"I mean, I want you to go out too."

"Huh?" Wu Yue frowned tightly, his face showing "Are you crazy?"

"What I told them is indeed the truth." Zhuang Mingxu turned his head to look at Wu Yue beside him, "At your current level, how long will it take you to recover naturally without absorbing the crystal core?"

Wu Yue didn't say it clearly, but asked, "Do you know?"

"I just found out about this recently. Next time, tell me about this kind of thing earlier so I can make plans early." Zhuang Mingxu didn't insist on it. Talking about his own plan, "It won't be a problem for me to take Taotao and hide for a week or two."

This is also what Zhuang Mingxu started to replan after Taotao told him that he could bring people into the space.

Temporary bases cannot do without crystal cores. Otherwise, once they are coveted by other bases, they will not have crystal core replenishment and their strength will be greatly reduced. Now is indeed the best time.

"However, you should separate from them, and it's best not to let anyone know that there is no one in the base." Zhuang Mingxu planned to use the empty city plan to prevent extra people from knowing that there was no one in the city.

"Bring the mutant long-pointed leaf rose. I have asked Taotao to tell it that it will hunt zombies and get as many crystal cores as possible." If some of them are stored, it may be much easier later.

Seeing that Zhuang Mingxu had made all the arrangements, Zhou He didn't say anything more. Instead, Wu Yue looked worried.

"It's okay, I've arranged everything," Zhuang Mingxu assured him.

It hasn't been long since they left Panshui base, and their temporary base is now well-defended. With Taotao's space to enter and exit as a backup, it shouldn't be difficult to protect Lu Weiyi for a while.

Zhuang Mingxu's idea was also a gamble, mainly because their crystal core reserves were indeed stretched.

If they don't replenish their forces and someone from the Panshui base launches a surprise attack again someday, they won't be able to hold out for long as their number of psychics is already small and their psychics are insufficient.

The decision had been made. Zhuang Mingxu split the two into teams. "Zhou He will take half of the people away first. One day later, Wu Yue will take the rest. You choose two directions of the city. It is best to reduce the possibility of meeting each other. Also try to stagger your return times."

Wu Yue immediately understood what he meant, "We can't keep it a secret for long like this, they will definitely know it once we come back."

"Just this time. After Zhou He comes back, he will go to Panshui base to gather information. You will no longer go out. If the people below want to leave, let them be prepared." Zhuang Mingxu smiled cunningly, "True and false. Even if there are betrayers among them, no one will dare to act rashly."

"Okay, I'll be back as soon as possible." Seeing that he had arranged everything, Wu Yue did not hesitate and said neatly.

The next day, Zhou Hexian led more than a thousand people to leave the temporary base, and the remaining thousand people also left with Wu Yue the next day. Except for Zhuang Mingxu's family of three, there were only more than fifty psychics on duty in the entire temporary base.

The underground palace, which was usually noisy, suddenly became much quieter, and even loud conversations could be heard clearly.

The departure of the mutant long-pointed leaf rose revealed Lu Weiyi's true appearance. Zhuang Mingxu didn't want him to attract too much attention, so he moved him into the room.

He actually wanted to enter his illusion and take another look, but the number of combat personnel in the temporary base had been drastically reduced, and he needed to keep an eye on it at all times to feel at ease. As a result, he spent less time with Lu Weiyi than usual.

Fortunately, after they left, the wind above the temporary residence suddenly intensified, mixed with heavy snow, and even the small animals that usually appeared disappeared.

The thermal imager could not detect any trace of any living creature other than the few remaining people.

After spending seven days safely, Wu Yue led the team back in the wind and snow, and the mutant long-pointed leaf rose was also with him.

Seeing that its spikes were covered with zombie mucus and blood, it wanted to move to the center. Zhuang Mingxu hurriedly asked the water-based psychic to help clean it up and asked about Wu Yue's trip.

"It went quite smoothly." Wu Yue's face was weather-beaten over the past few days. Working outdoors in low temperatures for a long time would leave a layer of dry, scab-like skin on his face even for a superpower.

"Thank you for your hard work." Zhuang Mingxu patted his shoulder.

"Don't be polite. Let me show you what we have gained this time." Wu Yue was obviously very excited and had no intention of taking a rest.

Everyone who came back with him was weathered, some even had injuries, but they all had smiles on their faces.

"Base commander, I haven't seen zombies lower than my level for a long time. I thought that places like these that have long been occupied by zombies are places that you can't afford to mess with."

"That's right, they are so weak. It feels like a god entering a novice village, haha..."

"It would be great if all the zombies outside were of this level."

"Don't even think about it. Even if the zombies don't evolve, there are still mutated animals that we can't afford to mess with."

"I'm not greedy. It's enough for me to hunt some zombie crystal cores like this time. After all, they are all money."

A group of people talked at once and took off their backpacks neatly. There was no food in them except some emergency equipment. The rest were all crystal cores.

They fell to the ground in a huge pile, which surprised the psychics who stayed behind.

"So many?" Zhuang Mingxu made a rough estimate and it was at least hundreds of thousands.

This is already a lot for a small city, especially since they only have a thousand people, which means that each person kills at least thirty or forty people.

"Base commander, you overestimate us." The psychic closest to Zhuang Mingxu pointed at the psychic who was still taking out crystal cores from the space and the pile of crystal cores in front of him and said, "All those here were killed by the mutant long-pointed leaf rose."

Looking at the area that was more than four times larger than the ones next to it, Zhuang Mingxu began to doubt the combat effectiveness of the mutated plants.

He had asked about the level of the mutant long-pointed leaf rose and found it was not as good as the mutant orchid, so he decided to let it go and leave the orchid behind. He had never expected it to be so powerful.

"It made me see what... a zombie chain is?" Wu Yue used one word to explain.

Thinking of the scene where the mutated long-spiked rose had its thorns piercing his body and turned him into a zombie tree, Wu Yue felt a little scared when he looked at the thorns on its branches.

"Baby, tell him to stay away from me. Even if it's clean, I'm afraid its branches might be contaminated with some virus." Wu Yue couldn't help but lean back when he saw the mutant long-spiked leaf rose with its thorns washed clean swaying towards him under the leadership of Tao Tao.

Zhuang Mingxu turned around and saw a huge monster following a little boy. The little boy looked like a big brother taking his little brother out for a trip, which was quite funny.

"Go to your father, but don't let him touch your father." What Wu Yue said made sense. Even if it had been cleaned, it would be invisible to the naked eye. Who could guarantee that there would be no zombie energy that would be injured by touching it?

"Yeah," Taotao nodded, waved her hand to the plants that followed her, and they walked towards the central area, one person and one plant at a time.

Wu Yue asked Zhuang Mingxu to collect all the crystal cores hunted by the mutant long-pointed leaf rose, and handed the rest over to Zhuang Mingxu for purification at an exchange rate of one to two.

The high income and low exchange rate changed the atmosphere of the temporary base from dull to cheerful, and made everyone ignore the things they imported that day.

That night, Zhuang Mingxu took dozens of psychics who were left behind at the temporary base to the place where everyone was resting.

Wu Yue held a bag of crystal cores in his hand, watching the psychic ability users constantly invading everyone's thoughts with their mental power, and asked in a low voice, "Will it work?"

"Yes, Xiaoyi used mental power to interrogate people at critical moments in the past. These psychics can do it too. They won't even resist when they're asleep, so it's easier for them to do so." Zhuang Mingxu's face was calm. He glanced at everyone, and from time to time he pointed silently in a direction to make sure no one was missed.

"We didn't meet anyone this time." Wu Yue still spoke for the people they took out.

"Not just this time," Zhuang Mingxu spoke in a low voice in order not to alarm everyone, "I also want to see if there are any clues about the person who did it last time."

"It's always worrying that someone can kill people silently while being watched by a superpower." Zhuang Mingxu was still thinking about the two captives who died inexplicably.

This process was something they had discussed in advance. For the safety of the entire base, Wu Yue would not say anything against it even though he felt guilty at this moment.