Chapter 49

In the conference room, Base Director Fang, the base's senior management, and some of the leaders of the supernatural groups were already waiting inside.

If someone had made them wait for so long in the past, they would have left impatiently. But this time, let alone leaving, they didn't even show any dissatisfaction.

Including those who had conflicts with Director Fang or Gu Yuan in the past.

When Chief Fang mentioned that Master Xi was busy and would arrive later, they said they could discuss other matters first. They had no complaints about Gu Yuan's sudden departure, but instead urged him to entertain Master Xi well.

That’s the legendary immortal cultivator!

Thinking of the massive thunderbolt that had annihilated the zombie horde, everyone couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.

Those who are still staying in the base at this time, even if they all have some private thoughts, all sincerely hope that the base will get better and better, want to defend the base, and are willing to advance and retreat with the base.

Everyone was grateful to Lord Xi, who could be said to have saved the base.

So when Gu Qi entered the meeting room

, what you see are several pairs of sparkling eyes full of gratitude or admiration.

The scorching gaze made Gu Qi stop subconsciously and even wanted to turn around and run away.

She's really not very good at dealing with this kind of situation!

If it weren't for the sincere invitation from Director Fang, and the fact that the matter was indeed quite important, Gu Qi actually wanted to just hand things over to Gu Yuan to arrange as before.

“Ahem…”

Captain Fang coughed twice, breaking the overly enthusiastic and quiet atmosphere.

He gave everyone a look and said, "Why are you all staring so brightly? It's really scary."

Dai Yishen, who had attended the previous meeting in place of Gu Yuan, echoed, "If you didn't know, you'd think you were all going to collectively awaken your visual abilities."

The person sitting next to him rolled his eyes at him and thought to himself, "You're not much better."

Gu Qi then put on a calm and natural expression, raised his foot and prepared to move forward to sit down in the seat reserved for him.

"Ahem... Ah Qi, you're clumsy." Jiu Cang reminded him through voice transmission.

Gu Qi: “…”

Under everyone's gaze, she silently withdrew her foot.

This made the others feel uneasy. Could it be true, as the base commander said, that Lord Xi was scared by them?

Some people couldn't help but wonder: Is it because I didn't smile enthusiastically enough?

The next moment, everyone's eyes blurred, and Lady Xi, who was just at the door, appeared on the seat specially reserved for her.

"Am I seeing things right?" Someone couldn't help but rub their eyes and murmured softly, "Is this the method of an immortal?"

Even the highest-level speed-type psychic in the base can't be this fast, right?

Gu Yuan walked over to sit beside her and gave her a soothing look. He thought to himself that he didn't expect that his sister had become an immortal cultivator, but she was still the same as before, becoming a little overwhelmed when faced with a large number of enthusiastic people.

That’s not right, it’s still a little different.

Gu Yuan glanced at his sister's ears. In the past, when she was surrounded by the enthusiastic uncles and aunts in the community and greeted or cared about her, her ears would turn red. Her eyes could not be said to be at a loss, but rather empty and lifeless, as if asking, "Who am I, where am I, and what am I doing?"

Now not only has his expression not changed, his ears are no longer red, and his eyes are calm and peaceful, which is very consistent with the image of an immortal in the eyes of others.

The person sitting opposite Gu Qi was the first to break the silence again, sighing: "Seeing is believing. Lord Xi looks different from others. He is indeed worthy of being an immortal."

Soon, many people in the conference room echoed.

Someone else took the opportunity to thank Gu Qi: "Thanks to Lord Xi for providing the Soul-Restoring Pill, otherwise I would have been killed by zombies long ago."

The more these people talked, the calmer Gu Qi's face became, and his eyes became more indifferent, but his hands under the table couldn't help but clench the corners of his clothes.

If the clothes she was wearing were not actually robes specially made by Jiu Cang, if it were ordinary clothes, she would have torn them unconsciously.

Facing the enthusiastic or grateful eyes of others, as well as the words of praise or thanks, Gu Qi gave a look to Gu Yuan who was sitting next to him.

"Knock knock..." Gu Yuan tapped the table twice. "Should we have a meeting now to discuss how to deal with the next wave of monsters?"

The people who had been looking at Gu Qi naturally noticed her actions and quieted down, but they still looked at Gu Qi, as if waiting for her to say something.

As for Gu Yuan, who attracted the most attention in previous meetings?

Lord Xi himself is sitting here, who would still look at him?

Meeting these looks, Gu Qi decisively took out a few bottles of pills and placed them on the table, saying, "These are the Energy Recovery Pill, Limb Regeneration Pill, Recovery Pill, Hemostasis Powder, and Detoxification Pill."

Sure enough, most people's attention shifted to a few medicine bottles.

Gu Qi continued, "The Energy Rejuvenation Pill is an improved version of the Soul Rejuvenation Pill. The Limb Regeneration Pill can regenerate missing limbs, and the Recovery Pill can heal damage to the energy core and alleviate attacks on the mental system.

"You all should know the effects of the hemostatic powder and detoxification pills. Compared to the previous ones, they are more effective and have a certain inhibitory effect on the zombie virus. I have prepared a lot of these medicines, which should be enough for use during the monster tide. Later... Gu Yuan will arrange it."

After hearing the last sentence, many people looked at Gu Yuan with envy.

This kid is so lucky! Some people couldn't help but sigh in their hearts: Not only was he lucky enough to find his sister, but his sister is also a level 5 beast control psychic. Through his sister, he also met the immortal cultivator Lord Xi and gained his trust, and was entrusted with such an important matter.

"These are talismans."

Gu Qi took out another stack of talismans, and everyone looked at her again...the talismans in her hand.

This is something I have never seen before!

Everyone was a little curious and expectant, wondering what the uses of these talismans were.

Will there be a five-thunderbolt talisman like in novels, which can easily eliminate zombies like the previous thunders... Thinking of this, some people's eyes became even more burning.

Fortunately, they were all facing talismans. While Gu Qi was feeling relieved, he introduced the functions of several talismans one by one.

"The Speed Talisman can increase a person's speed, up to the level of a fourth-level speed-type esper.

The Substitute Talisman can offset a critical hit, up to level seven, and can be used in conjunction with the Concealment Talisman to conceal one's own aura and wait for rescue;

The Thunder Talisman can launch a full-strength attack equivalent to that of a fourth-level Thunder-type psychic. It will be destroyed after use, but it can also be reused to launch an attack equivalent to that of a third-level Thunder-type psychic. It can be used cumulatively twelve times.

Floating Talisman..."

After introducing them one by one, Gu Qi looked at Base Chief Fang and said, "I hope to give these talismans to the soldiers who have not awakened their superpowers. This will not only guarantee their lives, but also allow them to unleash their strength that is not inferior to that of those with superpowers."

The conference room suddenly became quiet, and many people were a little surprised. They didn't expect Gu Qi to say that.

"This... Lord Xi, would you like to reconsider this?" A psychic who was jealous of the talismans couldn't help but speak up, saying, "We psychics also need these talismans."

Gu Qi shook his head slightly: "Those with superpowers can use their superpowers. If they don't have superpowers anymore, they can take energy-restoring pills. The improved energy-restoring pills have no restrictions on use."

After a moment's thought, she added, "Those who have awakened their physical enhancement abilities can use substitute and concealment talismans, allowing them to unleash their full potential."

There are still people who want to say something, trying to fight for it again.

Seeing this, Gu Qi glanced at everyone and released a little of her restrained pressure. The meeting room immediately fell silent again. She then continued, "The talisman will be arranged by the base commander. Please follow my instructions. To overcome this crisis, we need the strength of more people."

"Next is the spiritual weapon." Gu Qi took out various spiritual weapons and placed them on the table.

She mainly introduced the psychic bracelet that can amplify supernatural powers, the set of spiritual weapons that go with it, and the defensive bracelet that can generate a protective shield.

The latter has a similar effect to the combination of a substitute talisman and a concealment talisman, but it does not require the user to actively use it like a concealment talisman. A protective shield will pop up according to the user's situation, but after use, the user cannot move independently and needs someone to rescue them.

This is also for those who are sent out of the city to fight. The number of substitute talismans and concealment talismans is limited. The main reason is that talismans are not like spiritual weapons. Many simple spiritual weapons can be refined in one furnace.

The psychic bracelet that can amplify superpowers is given to those with stronger superpowers.

The set of spiritual weapons can be used together by people with lower levels of superpowers. For example, the five elements of superpowers can be combined together, or combinations such as wind and fire, thunder and fire, water and ice, to exert the power of 1+1 greater than 2.

These are still left to Gu Yuan to arrange.

In addition, there are some long-range spiritual weapons such as spiritual bows and arrows, spiritual crossbows, or spiritual weapons specially refined according to the characteristics of some psychics. These were also refined by Gu Qi based on the list provided by Gu Yuan.

"These...are no longer useful." Gu Yuan divided some of the spiritual weapons on the list, his tone heavy, "They have already sacrificed themselves."

In the base defense battle, even with the elixirs provided by Gu Qi, it is impossible to ensure that there are no casualties. Accidents always happen inadvertently, especially since the strength of mutant creatures and zombies increases faster than that of psychics.

After all, people with special abilities can only increase their strength through crystal cores obtained through hunting. As for mutant creatures and zombies, they can not only increase their strength through human flesh and blood, but also hunt their own kind, or instinctively absorb energy from the soil or air.

The last point is particularly evident in mutant plants.

The mutated rat and zombie tides in recent days have also been mixed with some other mutated creatures, among which mutated plants are the least, but the mutated plants that can come outside the base are also stronger than other monsters.

Gu Qi did not take back the spiritual weapons, but said: "Then you can distribute them to other people with special abilities who can use them according to their special designs."

Finally, Gu Qi took out some formation plates.

However, she did not assign these tasks to anyone else. Instead, she said, "I will place these array plates throughout the base to strengthen the protective barrier. There will also be some teleportation arrays to ensure that support can arrive faster."

After saying this, Gu Qi looked at Base Commander Fang and said, "Let's stick to the previous agreement. What do you think, Base Commander?"

Of course, the things she provided were not free.

It is one thing that she is willing to do her best to help Hope Base survive this disaster, but it is impossible for her to just give away all kinds of elixirs, talismans, spiritual weapons and other things for free. That is not kindness, but saintliness.

At least Gu Qi was unwilling to be the scapegoat. All those spiritual jades and various spiritual materials thrown in had slowed down the repair of the cave, so naturally he had to make up for it from other places.

Director Fang Ji nodded: "Of course."

"Here are the crystal cores of the zombies you killed, as well as some of the transaction terms we agreed on before. Please count them." He took out a space ring and pushed it in front of Gu Qi.

Gu Qi took the space ring and probed into it with his mental power. He saw that there were hundreds of boxes of crystal cores piled in the space ring. They were classified according to their attributes and levels. It was very dazzling at a glance. If they were piled together, they would probably form a small mountain of crystal cores.

Some of these crystal cores were obtained from the zombie tide, and some were obtained from the previous mutant rat tide, mutant bird siege, etc., and they are all marked.

In addition, Gu Qi also discovered several boxes of spirit stones inside.

Yes, spirit stones, and top-grade spirit stones at that.

There were also labels on them saying that they were "energy stones" seized from Deputy Base Commander Qian and others; some of the things seized from Deputy Base Commander Qian were also marked as being given to her as gifts because they heard that she was interested in them.

There are also various materials, including energy-containing minerals, mutated plants, mutated animal bones and the like.

After sweeping his mental power over these things, Gu Qi discovered that there were more of them than he expected, especially the things seized from Deputy Base Commander Qian, which were not included in the transaction.

Gu Qi glanced at the friendly-smiling Director Fang, and after transferring the things to his own storage space, he also put in the talismans, a large amount of spiritual wheat flour, fresh fruits and vegetables, spiritual rice, and some edible fresh meat.

Then he pushed the interspatial ring in front of Base Captain Fang and said, "Apart from the talisman, you can think of it as me treating those who have been guarding the base for several days to a meal."

After seeing the large amount of food, a look of astonishment appeared on the calm face of Director Fang.

"This... is a meal?" He looked at Gu Qi in some surprise.

Gu Qi: "That should be enough for them to have a good meal, right?"

The most abundant thing in the storage space is nothing but food.

Compared with spiritual plants, spiritual wheat, spiritual rice, vegetables and fruits grow faster. Even if the land occupied by these plants is reduced after the growth rate is accelerated, the accumulated amount is still not a small number.

"Enough." Base Captain Fang wiped his face. "Not to mention treating the people guarding the base, it's enough even for the entire base."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone else in the meeting room couldn't help but show a look of astonishment.

Treat the entire base to a meal?

How much is that?

Gu Qi ignored everyone's gazes and took out a space ring filled with food. He pushed it in front of Base Director Fang and said, "These can also be considered as part of the transaction. What do you think, Base Director?"

It was only after what just happened that Gu Qi remembered that with the current rate at which food and other supplies were deteriorating, and given that the base had been under siege for days, there was probably not much food left in the base.

Captain Fang readily nodded in agreement. He had been thinking about bringing up this matter, but he hadn't expected Lord Xi to speak first.

Thinking back to the supplies donated by the other party, Base Chief Fang couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Lord Xi is such a good person!

For Gu Qi, the meeting ended there.

After saying goodbye to the base commander and others, she said she would go and set up the formation first, and then she decisively used the magic of shrinking the earth into an inch to leave the meeting room.

Without those people's burning gazes, Gu Qi suddenly felt relaxed.

"Huh?"

She looked up with some surprise at the ray of faith chasing after her...

This strand of faith power was thicker than the previous ones, and the energy contained in it was also deeper. Gu Qi was a little surprised.

She felt that this came from a single person, whose faith was not much different from that of the others before, but this single person was equivalent to the faith of hundreds or even thousands of people before...

Gu Qi thought thoughtfully: Is it because the other party is the base commander?

Soon she put the matter behind her, hid her body, and began to place the formation plates and assemble the city defense formation.

When she was halfway through the arrangement, she was stunned by the power of faith that suddenly fell from the sky.

Gu Qi was stunned. What happened?

How come so much faith power suddenly appeared? The cultivation level she had just broken through became a little loose again, and she was about to break through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

Gu Qi quickly suppressed the urge to break through his cultivation and carefully felt the source of the power of faith.

"Thank you for the treat, Master Xi!"

"Wow, braised pork smells so good!"

"Spicy diced chicken! Love it, Master Xi, yyds!"

"This broth is so fragrant, and the buns are delicious too. I didn't expect there would be a portion for us. I... I just helped bandage the wound and didn't participate in the battle. Lord Xi is so kind."

Sensing the grateful voices in the power of faith, Gu Qi knew exactly where they came from.

It was all caused by the dinner she treated me to.

Seeing her cultivation level constantly rising, Jiu Cang quickly said, "Aqi, go and consolidate your cultivation level first, and leave the rest to me."

"That's fine." Gu Qi handed him the remaining array plates and warned him, "Don't use the original power. If it doesn't work, wait for me to come back."

Jiu Cang's eyebrows softened, and he said in a gentle voice, "Okay, I'll listen to Ah Qi."