Lin Man was stunned, looking at him in horror. What kind of development was this?

She would be stupid to eat with this guy. She would definitely lose her appetite and suffer from indigestion. Moreover, the place he mentioned seemed to be the restaurant next door, which had a very off-putting smell. Lin Man waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, thank you for the invitation. I have things to do!"

Lin Cheng also knew that what he said was abrupt, so he nodded awkwardly and said dryly, "Goodbye then." Then he left very decisively.

"Hey, have a good time." Lin Man watched him leave and muttered, "What a strange person!" But after he left, the air really felt a lot fresher. She still felt a lot of pressure around Lin Cheng, even though he had no intention of targeting her.

She returned to Du Chun and Du Qiu. The siblings looked at her strangely. Du Chun asked, "Lin Man, do you know Mr. Lin?"

Lin Man said: "I have met him twice."

Du Chun certainly didn't believe it, but he didn't ask any more questions. He had just talked to his sister, and like Du Qiu, he thought Lin Man must be hooking up with a man.

Lin Cheng came from a large base and was said to have a high status and strong strength in the Tuanyuan base. Even the leader of the Nanming base treated him with great courtesy. He was young, handsome and had an extraordinary demeanor. Thinking of this, it seemed not so surprising that Lin Man was related to him.

Lin Man had no idea what these two people were thinking. After solving the big problem of Lin Cheng, she felt relieved and had already planned to return to the Peace Base tomorrow. Now she planned to follow Du Chun and the others to visit their residence and learn about their personal experience of staying at the Nanming Base from them as a reference.

But she didn't know that Lin Cheng didn't go far. After watching her and Du Chun walk away, he told someone beside him: "Follow her, don't lose her."

This girl is also very strange. Sometimes I meet her by chance, but when I really want to find her, she is nowhere to be found. I don’t know where she is hiding. I can’t find her these past two days. This time, before I get a reply from the base, I can’t let her “disappear” again.

…

As the night deepened, a helicopter flew in from the north and landed on the helipad of the Nanming base. Leader Nanming brought people to greet them in person, because the person who came this time was Lu Youjie's brother Lu Youzhuo, who had a higher status than Lu Youjie in the Dongyang base.

As soon as the younger brother got into trouble, the older brother rushed over immediately. What a deep brotherly love. Nan Ming complained and apologized as soon as they met: "It was my negligence that caused Brother Lu to have such an accident."

Lu Youzhuo said: "It was Xiaojie who caused you trouble."

“No, no.”

The two exchanged polite words as they headed to Lu Youjie's current residence. Nan Ming recounted the events surrounding Lu Youjie's injury, "I'm truly ashamed that something like this could have happened under my jurisdiction. It's unprecedented, and Brother Lu and the others can't explain the cause, so I really don't know where to begin looking for someone."

This sounds nice, but it actually means that the security at the Nanming base has always been good. This incident was caused by Lu Youjie himself. It was a personal grudge, and the person involved could not provide any clues, so of course he had no way to arrest him.

Lu Youzhuo looked like a gentle and elegant middle-aged man, very reasonable. He did not get angry after hearing what he said. Instead, he comforted Nanming with a few words. While talking, they arrived at the place. Nanming also went up to see Lu Youjie, said a few words to him, and then considerately left the place to the two brothers.

After Nan Ming came out, his face gradually darkened, and a trace of deep thought appeared on his face. As soon as Lu Youjie woke up, the first thing he did was to call Lu Youzhuo over, which seemed like the younger one being beaten and looking for support from the older one.

But as far as he knew, Lu Youzhuo was a very busy man at the Dongyang base and shouldn't have been fooling around with Lu Youjie, but he actually rushed over immediately and couldn't even wait for a day.

Why the rush? Is there something else going on?

What is even more strange is that Lu Youjie and Xu Rui clearly had no injuries on their bodies, but they were unconscious for nearly three days. Could it be that they suffered internal injuries that even those with healing abilities could not see, or were they poisoned?

He thought about it for a long time but couldn't find anyone to discuss it with, so he thought of Lin Cheng and turned around to find Lin Cheng.

…

As soon as Nan Ming left, the Lu brothers drove everyone else out. Lu Youjie looked at his brother and almost cried, "Brother!"

Lu Youjie is a big shot in the Dongyang base, not only because he is a person with special abilities, but also because of his big brother. On the one hand, he is secretly jealous of his big brother, but on the other hand, he is very dependent on him.

Lu Youzhuo's face was serious: "Are your abilities really gone?"

"Xu Rui's ability is gone, but mine is still there, but it's almost gone." Lu Youjie quickly showed it to Lu Youzhuo. "It's been six or seven hours since I woke up, and I haven't recovered at all."

Generally, after using their powers and the energy in their bodies is consumed, people with special abilities will slowly recover on their own. This process was very fast in the zombie era, but as the number of zombies decreased and disappeared, and as time went by, this process became slower and slower.

Some so-called experts speculate that this is because zombies are gone, and everything in the world is about balance. The superpowers were created by nature to deal with zombies. Now that the zombies are gone, there is naturally no need for the superpowers to exist.

This speculation has been criticized by many people, but also received a lot of support. No one knows whether it is true or not, but the slowdown in energy recovery speed has indeed greatly restricted the psychics. This is also the main reason why psychics are becoming weaker and weaker, and are very cautious to reduce the frequency and intensity of using their own powers.

But no matter how slow it was, it was impossible that there was no sign of recovery even after six or seven hours! Lu Youjie was completely tormented by anxiety during this period.

Lu Youzhuo examined him and then asked him what happened that night: "You really have no recollection of it at all?"

"The key points are gone." Lu Youjie's face was solemn as he recounted the entire incident from beginning to end. "I only remember that I had captured the Zhao family and was about to interrogate them when two of my men outside the yard suddenly screamed. It must have been a sneak attack. I asked Xu Rui to go out and see. Big brother, you know Xu Rui is quite powerful, but he was entangled as soon as he went out. At this time, the Zhao man suddenly attacked. I had them under control, but then I didn't know what happened. When I woke up, I was lying in bed like this."

"In other words, the person who attacked you was most likely the seller of those sweet potatoes who made a deal with the Zhao family?"

Lu Youjie nodded: "That's right."

"Do you have any suspicions?"

Lu Youjie said ashamedly, "No, I have no idea at all."

Lu Youzhuo went to ask Xu Rui again, but Xu Rui's memory only went up to the moment he rushed out the door. He had no recollection of what happened afterwards. He even had a constant headache and was very weak. His condition was much more serious than Lu Youjie's.

As for the others, they knew nothing. They didn't see anything when they were attacked.

Lu Youzhuo thought for a moment and asked, "Did anyone know that you two would become like this?"

"Besides my people, there were also the uncle and nephew surnamed Zhang." Lu Youjie bitterly mentioned Zhang Chengtao. "I was so panicked at the time. After I calmed down, I realized that Zhang Chengtao went home immediately. He must have told his wife about this. They had just arrived at the Nanming base and were hugging each other tightly. I don't know if they leaked the news to each other. But I have people watching them. So far, the few people who spoke to Zhang Chengtao's wife haven't left the house, so they probably didn't spread the news."

Lu Youzhuo said, "You did a great job. Now all we have to do is kill all those people."

Lu Youjie's eyes lit up: "Brother, so this means that my supernatural power can be restored?"

"Well, I'm confident I can make you recover. If I succeed, you can just pretend nothing happened," Lu Youzhuo reassured his brother. "But this matter must not be leaked. Anyone who knows about it must die, except Xu Rui, of course."

Lu Youjie thought of the few confidants who knew about this matter and said without hesitation: "Then kill them all."

"And the Zhao family. Keep looking. If we find them, we'll find your attackers, too." Lu Youzhuo was most worried about that person. Who was he? What had he done to Lu Youjie and Xu Rui to cause their powers to change like this? Lu Youzhuo was a well-informed man, but he had never known such a method existed.

Soon Lu Youzhuo took the lead and Zhang Chengtao's uncle and nephew were brought over. The two were happy and wanted to perform well in front of this backer of theirs, but they were suddenly forced to kneel on the ground.

The two were stunned, and then they were forced to tell who they had told about Lu Youjie losing his superpowers. Then they panicked. Even Zhang Ji, who was more absorbed in his dream than Zhang Chengtao, realized that something was wrong.

"No, no, I didn't tell anyone." Zhang Chengtao forced a smile at first, but was soon beaten so badly that he couldn't even cry.

The man who beat him was an expert. His blows didn't seem heavy and didn't draw blood, but they were heartbreaking. Zhang Chengtao was in so much pain that he finally confessed. He said that he did tell his wife at the beginning that Lu Youjie had become a disabled person and that he was likely to kill him, so he asked her to pack up and be ready to escape at any time. But after being called back by Lu Youjie, he asked Zhang Ji to go back secretly and said that the situation had improved, they were going to become rich, and there was no need to escape. Of course, it was also necessary to pack up and prepare to go north.

After making sure that Zhang Chengtao had not told anyone about this, Lu Youzhuo raised his chin slightly, and the man who beat Zhang Chengtao put his hand on his neck.

Zhang Chengtao's face turned pale, and he was about to scream and struggle, but the next moment, his neck was twisted cleanly. Zhang Ji collapsed to the side, shaking all over. At this moment, he regretted not listening to Zhang Chengtao and escaping at the first opportunity, but regret was useless.

After dealing with Zhang Chengtao's uncle and nephew, Lu Youzhuo immediately dispatched a few of his men: "Do it cleanly, don't let anyone live." After those men left, he sent people to search for the Zhao family. After sending most of the people he brought with him, he ordered the remaining people: "Get ready, we will be back soon."