Chapter 870: Strict Hierarchy

This was not the first time that Li Zhuang had done this. One of them used his supernatural powers to remove the mixed strata in the coal mine, another used a small green branch to reach into the space, and Qin Jin sat on the mutant giant wolf to help them protect themselves from the mutant animals that occasionally attacked them.

Although it was their first time working together, the three of them had a tacit understanding. When the sky was filled with sunset glow, the hill where they had been standing had completely collapsed into a huge pit.

Xiaobai reacted quickly and carried Qin Jin away from the spot as soon as the ground collapsed, avoiding the possibility of them falling down together.

The mutant crows that were glaring at them in the air were frightened by the scene and most of them dispersed in the blink of an eye.

"How big is your space?" Qin Jin looked at the flattened mountain and for the first time felt the desire to explore the other party's special abilities.

The two were not familiar with each other before the end of the world, and after the end of the world they only maintained a proper relationship with each other because of the existence of family and friends between them, and tacitly never asked too in-depth questions.

"The space is not that big, it was just transferred directly back to the base." Lu Weiyi said nonsense without changing his expression. Looking at the trees that were originally tightly intertwined and completely broken and mixed up because of the ground subsidence, he asked Li Zhuang, "Do you want to take these back as well?"

"Okay." Li Zhuang, who was usually easy to talk to, immediately controlled the land and spit out all the trees and plants mixed in it. Once Lu Weiyi's small green branch passed by, the entire huge pit became completely bare.

Qin Jin looked at him with pity, "Is your base so poor?"

This is simply plucking feathers from a passing goose.

"I'm used to it." Lu Weiyi rode the MasterCard raised by Dean and walked side by side with the two of them to the resting place. Thinking of the zombie intelligence network that Qin Jin showed him when he found Wu Yue before, he was immediately attracted.

Six years after the apocalypse, all supplies in the places they could step into had been collected, but those areas occupied by zombies had become completely uninhabited areas.

Even the evolved mutated animals now have no interest in zombies. If the zombies can be allowed to find out about supply points, the wealth that can be obtained is unimaginable.

Having just seen Qin Xing playing the victim a few days ago, Lu Weiyi immediately put it into practice, "When the apocalypse just started, Zhuang Mingxu had problems with his legs. At that time, healing psychics had not yet appeared. I thought about collecting more supplies and taking him to Kyoto for treatment. I didn't dare to let go of anything I came across every day when I went out."

He glanced at Qin Jin with a hint of embarrassment and said, "Later, Li Qing and the others came to join us. They were just a group of ordinary people without any special powers. The pressure was even greater. When we went out, they wanted whatever they saw. Sometimes I felt like a ragpicker."

When Li Zhuang heard him talk like this, his eyes widened in shock. He seriously suspected that something was wrong with this man. Since the beginning of the apocalypse, this man had mastered most of the information like a prophet. He had never been as pitiful as he said.

Perhaps because he had never seen Lu Weiyi playing the victim, Qin Jin nodded in agreement and said, "I heard from Ning Yuan that it really was not easy for you guys, but everything is fine now."

"It's not that good. There are more people in the base and the pressure is greater." Lu Weiyi showed a very emotional expression. "If you know any supply points, don't let others get them for free. You don't need them anyway. I will convert them into something else and keep them for Qin Nian."

Li Zhuang immediately understood what he meant. He glanced at Qin Jin calmly. It was obvious that the other party also understood. Qin Jin laughed and said, "Do you mistake me for you?"

I thought I could take the bait with just two sentences, "When Zhuang Mingxu and I were scheming against each other, you were still sitting at home watching cartoons."

"I never watch cartoons." Lu Weiyi turned his head and looked up at the sky. Most of the creatures that had been popping up all over the sky disappeared in the afternoon, leaving only corpses everywhere on the ground. It seemed that the zombies were not resting either.

It was not until they returned to the resting place that Qin Jin spoke, "I will tell you when I have news, but the transmission of information between zombies is not as easy as you think, so don't have too much hope."

Lu Weiyi immediately smiled like a flower, and while thanking him, he took out the various cooked food that Qin Xing had packed for him.

Qin Jin did not keep watch that night, and the remaining zombies were divided into two groups. Li Guang and Zhang Qing were on duty in the first half of the night.

It was still early, and Lu Weiyi and Li Zhuang were sitting aside, chatting in low voices about Su He, when they heard the uncontrollable laughter of zombies coming from the side from time to time.

Looking in the direction where the voice came from, he saw Zhang Qing getting up and walking around like an ordinary unconscious zombie, and attacking Li Guang, as if he wanted to dig out his crystal core.

Li Guang dodged his attacks and from time to time had to control himself so as not to make too much noise and alarm people who should not be alarmed.

"What's wrong with him? Why do I feel like he's a little stupid?" Li Zhuang asked, stroking his chin, curious but with no intention of going forward.

"He must have been dealt with by Qin Jin," Lu Weiyi replied. He saw Cheng Qi quietly walking out of the room and waving at him.

Cheng Qi paused, turned and walked towards them, "Captain Lu, you're looking for me?"

"What happened to him?"

Cheng Qi followed his gaze and looked at Zhang Qing, who had calmed down and looked in pain. The zombie had clearly stopped breathing, but he was still gasping for breath despite being frightened.

Li Guang, who usually always gets along with him, comforted him in a low voice, and their way of getting along seemed no different from that of humans.

"His consciousness was attacked." There was no emotion in Cheng Qi's tone. He always had this expression in front of Qin Jin, neither humble nor arrogant, with a paralyzed face and no expression.

"Consciousness attack?" The first thing Lu Weiyi thought of was to use mental power to create illusions for people and change the consciousness area, but Qin Jin has fire-related abilities, so could he use mental attacks?

Although he had reached the threshold of energy usage after entering the SSS level, he found it very difficult to use, which made it impossible for him to switch between various superpowers.

Could it be that Qin Jin has already mastered it?

As an individual, Lu Weiyi didn't care about who was stronger or weaker, but he and Qin Jin belonged to two different species, zombies and humans. The lagging side meant infinite possibilities. In an instant, Lu Weiyi thought of countless situations in his mind.

"Did Qin Jin do it?" Li Zhuang was surprised.

Lu Weiyi explained the whole story, and Li Zhuang laughed. "At their age, they don't look like they haven't been through the hardships of society. How could they do such a thing?"

They were traveling with several people, so they were in different camps. Qin Jin asked them to do the work, and if they failed at this time, it would be like slapping themselves in the face in front of the other party.

Li Zhuang felt that no normal person would do such a thing.

"You're not convinced in the first place," Lu Weiyi thought of everything that happened when he met Cheng Chuan after sneaking into the zombie dungeon. He had a certain understanding of the different positions among the zombies, and "Qin Jin's position is not stable either."

"What do you mean?" Li Zhuang asked.

"It seems that zombies don't recognize people, they only recognize people of different levels, right?" Lu Weiyi asked Cheng Qi.

Cheng Qi didn't say anything, which was considered as his agreement. He continued, "I heard from Cheng Chuan that there is a kind of instinctive suppression between zombies. This means that today they call Qin Jin the king, but in the future, if they meet someone of a higher level than him, they will obey him."

Humans are thinking creatures, and the same is true for zombies who have regained consciousness. They will unconsciously resist things that are instinctive. This leads to these people appearing to be very obedient to Qin Jin on the surface, but their other thoughts can be seen in the details.

"And according to my observation, the levels among the zombies... seem to be quite obvious." Lu Weiyi looked at Cheng Qi silently. He found that several zombies respected Cheng Qi, not because he was respected by Qin Jin, but more because he was the highest level besides Qin Jin.

Cheng Qi looked at him with surprise, as if silently asking "How do you know so much?"

Lu Weiyi smiled and said, "Qin Jin didn't mean to hide anything from me."

They did tacitly agree not to explore some issues with each other, but Lu Weiyi also felt Qin Jin's lack of guard against him. He had a hunch that if he asked about these things, Qin Jin might tell him. This was the reason why he went from not letting people get close to Qin Jin in the beginning to gradually feeling at ease with him now.

"It's precisely because he is defenseless that I can't ask him." Lu Weiyi sighed, "It's not easy for him. Qin Jin and Ning Yuan used to be the two people who loved to be lively. Ning Yuan was a show-off who always liked to wear fancy clothes. Qin Jin's personality was more active than Zhuang Mingxu's. Now..."

I don’t know if it’s because there’s no one around him to talk to, but he became much more aloof and of course his aura was stronger. He had the momentum of a “king”, but it seemed like he had lost something.

Of course, each of them has changed, but some are positive, while others are dragged downward.

Seeing that Cheng Qi was willing to talk about the extra information, Lu Weiyi waved his hand and asked him to leave. He walked up to Li Guang and Zhang Qing and said something. Li Guang and Zhang Qing walked out of the yard. Cheng Qi sat in their original position and took their place to keep watch.

Li Zhuang touched the silent Lu Weiyi and asked him what he was thinking about.

Lu Weiyi used his mental power to cover the area around the two of them, and whispered his thoughts to the other party. Li Zhuang thought for a moment and agreed, "Now no one can figure out his thoughts and stance. If your abilities are stronger, you will indeed be able to control more of the right to speak and initiative."

"As for this means of attack, he has given you enough trust space. You really cannot break this balance. Then let Ning Yuan and the others find a way." Li Zhuang pushed the matter away very unethically.

Lu Weiyi rolled his eyes at him in annoyance. Li Zhuang was already worried about other problems. He clenched his fists and said, "I also feel that my superpowers are being suppressed, and they are being consumed very quickly."

"The known change now is that the radiation has increased. Does that mean that radiation suppresses our superpowers?" After Li Zhuang finished speaking, he shook his head, "If that's the case, then the base's initial claim that the mutation was caused by radiation doesn't make sense."

He was fussing over it for a long time and realized that there was no movement around him. He turned sideways and saw Lu Weiyi lying on the ground looking up at the sky. The stars in the post-apocalyptic sky were particularly beautiful, and the summer moonlight was clear. If he didn't need to be on guard against mutant animals that might attack him at any time, the atmosphere would be really good.

"Young master, can you give me some snacks?" Li Zhuang was speechless.

Lu Weiyi glanced at him and said, "If I have to worry about everything, then why do I need so many people in the base? Are they being kept for nothing? Besides, how could a person like me who only has a diploma know these things?"

Li Zhuang: “…”

"I'd better go discuss it with Qin Jin."

Lu Weiyi waved at him, with obvious urging in his voice.