Five years into the apocalypse, Zhuang Mingxu, the strongest ability user in the safe zone, was killed by his so-called “family.”
Lu Weiyi, who had been indifferent to everything for over twe...
Chapter 630: Mountain God Base Takes Action
"What should we do, Captain?" Even though they were not far from the Mountain God Base, the gap in strength between the two sides meant that once they started fighting, their chances of escape would be almost zero.
"Put me down, I'll buy you some time," Zhao Gang said.
"I'll hold him back, and you find a way to notify the people from the Mountain God Base to come for support." Zhou He ignored him.
Their deputy captain is a stubborn fool, young, reckless and straightforward. From the way he was willing to die to save others, it was known that the two brothers had a good relationship. If they sacrificed the brother before he woke up, they might not be able to be brothers in the future.
"Well, I'll try my best." A green vine sprouted from Qu Zhu's hand, winding its way into the ground and heading towards the direction of Yuanshan God's base.
During the silent confrontation, Luo Qixian spoke.
"You killed my people." Luo Qi's eyes wandered over several people, and when he saw Zhao Gang, he paused slightly.
"They chased us first." Qu Zhu stood beside Zhou He, his attention more focused on the only woman. The power of the mutated plants in her hands made him afraid.
Luo Qi tilted his head as if he had heard a joke, puzzled, "When you enter the Panshui base, don't you agree to the living environment of the Panshui base? Then what's wrong with them using you as food?"
"You..." Qu Zhu was so angry at the twisted logic that he couldn't say anything to refute for a while. However, Zhou He remained calm and said, "Then it's normal for them to be killed in return."
"Could it be that Mr. Luo only allows them to attack others and not allow others to resist?" Zhou He looked Luo Qi up and down, "Rumor has it that you are not such a responsible leader."
"What am I like according to the rumors?" Luo Qi asked.
"A..." Zhou He thought about it seriously, as if he was organizing a suitable word, but in the end he only said two words, "lovesick".
"Haha, really? People are still spreading rumors about me like this." Luo Qi looked at the people around him as if chatting.
Wang Bing and Hua Rui smiled but did not answer. The fire-type psychic in a suit and leather shoes stood beside Luo Qi with his head bowed in a respectful manner. On the contrary, the earth-type psychic in white clothes could not help but urge him, "Boss, why don't you do it?"
"Why rush? It's just a turtle in a jar," Luo Qi said.
Zhou He was originally thinking about how to delay time, but looking at Luo Qi's attitude now, it seemed that he didn't need to bother at all.
In this case, Zhou He did not hesitate to ask directly, "Captain Luo, are the people taken away from our base okay?"
"Your base..." Luo Qi chewed on these words and replied after a moment, "There are too many people captured from your base. Which one are you asking about?"
Zhou He looked at Luo Qi and replied, "All."
Luo Qi spread his hands and said, "I don't know the details, how about... you go and see it yourself?"
He made an inviting gesture, but Zhou He did not respond.
"Replacement of high-level psychics is not uncommon in Panshui base. What's so special about them that would alarm you to come out in person?" Zhao Gang squinted his eyes and looked at Luo Qi, as if he wanted to see what exactly he was hiding under his skin.
"I remember you seemed to be from Panshui Base... a dead man," Luo Qi said.
This made several people standing beside him look over, who recognized Zhao Gang but had no chance to ask him the reason.
"Yes," Zhao Gang met the gazes of several people, "Someone attacked me again and again. I felt that I was being targeted, so I created an explosion and hid."
"As for the rumour that it was an upgrade and self-exposure..." Zhao Gang chuckled sinisterly, "I don't know who spread this groundless rumor."
While the two were talking, Qu Zhu quietly nudged Zhou He and nodded.
Zhou He breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing his teammates trying to stay alert due to excessive blood loss, he brought the topic back to the topic, "Are you going to avenge those two people?"
Zhou He pointed the rocket launcher on his shoulder at several people and said, "Come on, I heard that your rank is very high. Are you SS? Or SSS?"
"I've never seen such a high-powered psychic fighting against crystal core weapons. I'll just use you to experiment with the effect." Zhou He's cannon aimed precisely at Luo Qi. Even though Luo Qi's expression didn't change, Zhou He still sensitively noticed that his muscles tensed up instantly. This was a conditioned reflex of the body after knowing the danger.
On the other hand, the psychics next to him, although they were alert and prepared to hide at any time, were not as... nervous as him?
This made Zhou He's doubts even stronger.
"Who trespassed into the Mountain God's base?" A childish voice suddenly sounded, making Zhou He and the others stunned. When they turned around, they saw a few... children walking towards them from a distance?
Judging from their appearance, the oldest is no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, and the youngest is only waist-high.
But the pressure they released was not lower than S level.
This is the child with the strongest superpowers Zhou He has ever seen, and it makes him curious about the Mountain God Base.
"Captain, they..."
Zhou He grabbed Qu to stop him from continuing and said, "Hello, we are here to seek medical treatment."
The oldest boy took a look at the seriously injured people on the ground. Without saying yes or no, he directly said to Luo Qi and the others, "This is the territory of the Mountain God Base. People from the Panshui Base are not welcome. Please leave."
"Heh..." The man in white, who had long been impatient, sneered and instantly attacked the boy.
The land beneath their feet turned into sand in an instant, and the few people who were standing still immediately began to sink. Guan Wei, who had been overdrawing his superpowers, immediately took his teammates to hide. He looked up and saw the boy still standing there, "Hide quickly, K..."
Seeing the boy standing straight on the desertified ground without being affected at all, Guan Wei's words were stuck in his mouth.
"It's the metal series." Zhou He raised his chin towards the boy's feet and saw that the soles of the boy's feet seemed to be stuck to a small piece of land made of special material.
"How did you do this?" Qu Zhu asked Yun Bai, who also studied metal.
Yun Bai squinted his eyes and looked at him for a while, "He extracted the metals from the soil, which requires a very high level of supernatural powers."
In short, the child’s abilities are not weak.
After missing the first strike, the man in white changed his attack instantly. The ground was gathered into a pair of handcuffs again, pinning the boy firmly in place. With the naked eye, a layer of spikes appeared on the inside of the handcuffs, stabbing towards the boy's ankles, but it did not cause any damage to the skin. Upon closer inspection, the boy's skin actually had a slight sheen, which made Yun Bai, who was also a metal-type, envious.
"It's my turn." The boy said calmly, looking at the man in white. No one saw how he made his move. The man in white was stunned for a moment, then he knelt on the ground, looking at his legs that seemed to have been pulled out of the bones with a puzzled look on his face.
This scene shocked everyone present.
Zhou He and Luo Qi took two steps back with the people around them.
"Take him with you and let's go," Luo Qi looked at him warily and said to the people around him.
A vine quickly appeared on the ground, and in a few breaths it tied up the man in white tightly, dragging him back step by step.
Seeing that the other party was about to leave, Zhou He instantly drew out the pistol from his waist and looked at the man on the ground.
"Bang" a shot was fired.
"Hua Rui!" Luo Qi gave the order but felt a pain in his calf. He lowered his head to look at his injured leg. When he looked up again, the viciousness in his eyes could not be hidden.
But in the end he just said "let's go" and quickly left with the remaining few people.
"You didn't aim?" Zhao Gang frowned and looked at Zhou He, but Zhou He's eyes were on a small instrument in his hand, which could clearly display the supernatural level of everyone present.
Among them, the strength of Luo Qi's energy ball was something he had only seen on Lu Weiyi.
He was a person who was about to be upgraded to SSS level, but Luo Qi... ?
Zhou He glanced at the bloodstains on the ground and replied, "Sorry, my hands are shaking from holding the gun all night."
The people from Panshui Base left, leaving only them and the few people from Shanshen Base.
Although their abilities were not that strong, the boy's superb performance just now was enough to make them alert.
"Come in?" Unexpectedly, the boy didn't ask any further questions. He just turned around and left.
Seeing that they were slow to move, the youngest girl among the people who came with them looked at them with a smile and said, "Aren't you here to seek medical treatment? Sister Tiantian should have just gotten up at this time."
Just coming out of a dragon pond, no one can be sure whether the thing in front of them is a tiger pond.
However, there were no healers in their temporary base. Looking at the condition of the team members, it might take until spring for them to recover relying on traditional medicine.
Zhuang Mingxu meant that they might have big moves after the spring and there was no time to waste.
Under the gaze of his teammates, Zhou He nodded slightly and said with a friendly smile, "Thank you, little friend."
"You're welcome. My name is Li Jing, and I'm a water-based mutant. Are you from the Yuebanwan base?" The girl was cheerful and followed Zhou He and the others without showing any fear at all.
"Why do you guess so?" Qu Zhu asked back.
"Aunt Tan said that there are only three of our bases nearby. Since you are not from any of our bases, you can only be from the Yuebanwan base." Li Jing's eyes were sparkling, and he stared at Qu Zhu as if he was expecting something. Qu Zhu, who had never dealt with the little girl, glanced at Zhou He for help.
Zhou He also looked puzzled.
It was Zhao Gang who spoke first, "How old is the kid? How come he is so smart?"
He deliberately softened his voice, even though it still sounded a little dry.
"I'm nine years old." Li Jing was very happy to be praised. His eyes narrowed into crescents. He chuckled for a while and said, "Actually, my master told us that you broke into the Panshui base. If you were injured, you might come to ask for help today and ask us for a hand. That's why we waited early and found Xiaocao in time."
"Master? How would your master know?" Zhou He asked.
"Master, he knows everything and he also guides us in developing our superpowers. He's so amazing," said the little girl, with a look of admiration on her face.
"You... are the same master?" Qu Zhu looked at the three men and one woman walking in front. They were not too far away and could hear the conversation behind them, but they had no intention of stopping it, as if they were not afraid of them trying to trick the little girl.
More importantly, so far, they haven't even seen an adult.
We already know very little about the Mountain God Base, and this strange situation makes us even more uneasy.