Chapter 736: The Disappeared Base

When Wu Yue started debugging the plane, he only felt a slight sense of stagnation, indicating that some systems had minor faults. After debugging, it returned to normal, which made him feel relieved. However, when the plane was halfway up in the air, the power system suddenly failed, and even the system was damaged, and all operations failed instantly.

"At the beginning of the end of the world, there was a disconnection. Experts at the time said that it was because of a change in the magnetic field. They also said at the time that our planet had indeed entered a period of active magnetic field. The magnetic field of the entire planet would change every hundreds of thousands of years. It is very likely that it was just the beginning, and now it seems to be true," Wu Yue said in a heavy voice.

Lu Weiyi didn't understand what the change in the magnetic field meant, but he knew it very well. If it was a simple case, it would mean that all of humanity would return to the pre-electrical age. If it was a difficult case, it would probably mean all kinds of disasters, or even... mass extinction.

Thinking of the landmark he had seen before, Wu Yue became more and more uneasy.

They spent most of the winter hiding underground and probably missed many celestial phenomena that could have indicated omen.

"It shouldn't be that serious," Lu Weiyi interrupted Wu Yue's more negative speculations, "A few days ago, Zhou He's team was seriously injured. They were driving to the Mountain God Base at that time, and there was nothing abnormal during the driving process."

If the magnetic field really had changed, the car at the time should have been able to detect it.

"Have you forgotten that we communicated using the walkie-talkie at the Nanzuo base yesterday?" Lu Weiyi provided another piece of evidence.

but……

"The entire ecology of Laoshan has been different since the beginning of the apocalypse. The mutated creatures there, apart from changes in size, haven't shown this kind of..." Wu Yue looked around, motioning for him to look at the endless stream of animals swarming up.

They knew from the beginning that the mutant animals in Laoshan were not multiplying on a large scale.

Lu Weiyi was unable to refute and fell silent for a moment. All he could hear around him was the sound of the mutant animals banging against the mental barrier and the joyful cackling of the mutant peacock occasionally fanning small animals away.

"Forget it, let's not think about it too much. We still have to go back and take a look no matter what." Finally, Wu Yue broke the silence.

"Then let's hurry up." Lu Weiyi acted quickly, turned around and pulled Wu Yue onto the mutant peacock's back again, commanding it to fly in the direction they had identified.

Then the two people and the bird flew for less than ten minutes before starting to glide toward the ground.

"What's going on?" Lu Weiyi asked the mutant peacock.

"Ga ga--" The mutant peacock's voice was filled with guilt.

Lu Weiyi closed his eyes and took a deep breath, remembering that it had held him in its mouth even when it escaped. He resisted the urge to slap it to death. He turned to Wu Yue and said, "It's a waste. Why don't you let it go back to protect Zhuang Mingxu?"

"What's wrong? It can't continue flying?" Wu Yue asked.

"Anytime, but frequent flying will make it tired quickly, and it will need to rest for a long time after two or three times." Lu Weiyi gritted his teeth, his face showing that he had suffered a loss.

The mutant peacock seemed to sense his emotions and buried its head low, wishing it could shrink itself.

“It’s OK to send it back, but…” Wu Yue used his eyes to signal and silently asked three words, “Is it safe?”

If a mutated animal of this level attacks them after returning, its power will be much stronger than that of Zhao Gang and his group.

"Zhuang Mingxu has a controller."

"That's fine." Wu Yue looked around and felt that according to the current situation, it might take them more time to return. It would make people feel more at ease if Zhuang Mingxu could have such a powerful "bodyguard" by his side.

"Let it protect Mingxu as best as possible. I will also write a letter for it to take back and tell him about the situation here. It will also be convenient for him to investigate and make some preparations." Wu Yue took out paper and pen from the space and began to write the letter neatly.

Lu Weiyi whispered to the mutant peacock, intimidating and threatening it to go back to find Zhuang Mingxu. As for Xin, Taotao was with Zhuang Mingxu, and they could contact each other at any time.

The two of them worked together quickly, and a few minutes later, Wu Yue tied the written letter to the mutant peacock's leg, making sure it would not fall, and watched it flutter away in the direction it came from.

The cheerful back and the impatient speed at which it rushed out made Wu Yue very doubtful whether this thing would be willing to return to Zhuang Mingxu.

"Forget it, as long as it doesn't attack them, we'll be thankful," Wu Yue said, and he also realized that the entire team was too dependent on Lu Weiyi, as if there would always be various hidden dangers if he was missing.

Such a configuration is not a good thing for a growing base, but unfortunately they cannot change it at the moment and can only hope to reunite with the base later.

Watching the mutant peacock disappear from sight, Lu Weiyi placed its controller in Taotao's tree house. Without time to explain more information, Lu Weiyi summoned the phoenix out while the mutant snake's energy in the space had not yet completely dissipated.

When Wu Yue was pulled into the air, his eyes were wide open. He carefully touched the feeling under his body and asked Lu Weiyi what was going on.

"It's like a spiritual body, probably at the SSS level. I'm not sure of any other information." Lu Weiyi only lived for this long in his previous life. He had no idea about higher-level things and the future development of the world.

Wu Yue was a little envious, and responded calmly with "hmm", but his hands kept touching Fenghuang unconsciously.

Lu Weiyi didn't care. The height at which the phoenix flew meant that the number of mutant birds was much smaller, so there was no need to be on guard. However, this also meant that the amount of information they could see on the ground was very small.

At first, the two of them exchanged a few words from time to time, but as time went on, they both fell silent - after walking for almost two hours, they did not see any trace of the existing base.

"Let's go down and rest for a while." Wu Yue broke the silence again.

"No, I..."

"We are still unsure about what will happen next. We need to maintain our strength as much as possible. Phoenix is ​​supported by your special abilities, right?" Wu Yue interrupted him.

It is undeniable that what Wu Yue said was true, and he knew it in his heart, but the uncontrollable nature of the situation still made him unconsciously confused.

"Let's choose a place to rest first." Lu Weiyi suppressed his irritability and commanded the Phoenix to land in a bare place.

It was already past lunchtime, and after checking that there was no danger around, Wu Yue went to pick up some firewood to prepare for a barbecue. Lu Weiyi wanted to contact Zhuang Mingxu alone, but he didn't say anything even though there were cooking tools in the space.

Moreover, if what Wu Yue said was right, then after the large-scale disturbance of the magnetic field, there would be problems with electricity, and these previous facilities would be quickly destroyed. He needed to adapt to the days without any electronic products as soon as possible.

Thinking of the days when he had to walk to go out and shout to talk on the phone, Lu Weiyi's eyes became dull.

In order to avoid further consumption of his supernatural powers, he absorbed all the remaining energy of the mutant snake, and took the phoenix into his consciousness area, protecting his body with a mental barrier. Then he told Zhuang Mingxu about what had happened.

It was also at this time that he realized that the mutant peacock, which had been away for several hours, had not returned yet.

[It's okay. It doesn't matter if it doesn't come back. If you think it's useless, it's better to run away. Next time you meet, it will explode directly for you to absorb its energy. You and Wu Yue can explore the way slowly, I can handle it here.] When Zhuang Mingxu saw the message he wrote, he felt that the dust had settled. He clearly felt the crisis, but he didn't know where it was, which made him even more anxious.

Now that he roughly knew the direction, Zhuang Mingxu decided on the next development direction in an instant.

He slowly asked Taotao to put the written letter in the tree house, thinking in his heart that perhaps Wu Yue's suggestion was really fulfilled and this place really should be built into another retreat route for the Yuebanwan base.

The two chatted back and forth, and soon Lu Weiyi was calmed down. When Wu Yue came back, he saw two processed mutant rabbits placed in front of Lu Weiyi. Their skins were peeled very beautifully, without any signs of scratches.

This doesn't seem like something Lu Weiyi would do at all. Wu Yue raised his eyebrows and Lu Weiyi was immediately embarrassed. "Zhuang Mingxu took care of it."

Wu Yue smiled and said nothing. While the food was being baked, the two of them discussed their next plans.

Just as Lu Weiyi was about to go to the base that Zhuang Mingxu suggested they go to find out some news, he heard Wu Yue say first, "If we can find the base, let's go and find out some news and see what happened outside in winter."

"...I, think so too." Lu Weiyi felt like his words were snatched away by someone.

Here, Wu Yue was still planning to persuade Lu Weiyi, who was anxious to return. His words made Wu Yue, who had been thinking of excuses all the way, stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

"But the Phoenix may not be able to carry us flying for a long time in the future." The mutant snake's energy has been absorbed by him, and there is no such high-quality energy to quickly replenish his consumption. If Lu Weiyi continues to use the Phoenix in this way, the consumed energy will be difficult to replenish quickly. Once there is danger, it may be too late to deal with it.

Lu Weiyi felt that he could not aim at the sky, and perhaps a mount would be more appropriate.

Wu Yue didn't mind at all, "We can walk, and use our special powers to move faster than a car. At most it will just take a little more time, which is already good enough."

"Also, I estimated the flying speed of the Phoenix. If we calculate based on the previous time, we will have traveled more than half the distance in another afternoon, and the remaining distance is not far."

There was no better way for the time being, so Lu Weiyi could only nod.

After dinner, the two rode the Phoenix again towards the base, but until the evening they still did not find any signs of the existence of the base - it seemed as if the world was desolate with only the two of them left.

As night fell, Wu Yue found that Lu Weiyi was in a low mood, so he asked him to go and rest while he would keep watch. Lu Weiyi did not refuse and fell asleep in the single tent next to the fire.

Wu Yue sat alone in the half-collapsed three-story villa, looking up at the starry sky through the uncovered roof above his head.

The temperature in May has just started to warm up, and it is chilly at night, which makes the sky high and the stars distant even more prominent. It is like a dark night washed by a ray of clear light in the sky, and the stars are shining brightly.

He stared at it boredly for a long time, and began to identify the constellations he knew. Slowly, the expression on his face changed from puzzlement to confusion, and then he shouted.

"Lu Weiyi, we seem to be going in the wrong direction."