Chapter 104
Is she the base commander?
Lu Shiyu looked at the person in front of him curiously. He had neat short hair and was wearing a work uniform of unknown make. The clothes looked of good quality. It seemed that he had just finished work and came here, but his clothes were still clean and spotless.
To be honest, when Lu Shiyu first came in, he thought he had taken the wrong path and accidentally entered someone else's box. He didn't expect that the person in front of him was the base commander. He couldn't tell at all, he just looked like a random passerby picked up from the street.
When Lu Shiyu was looking at the base commander, the base commander was also looking at them.
"Hello, my name is Wu Xi, and I'm the current commander of the Dawn Base."
Wu Xi stretched out his hand, and Lu Shiyu shook it subconsciously. After shaking hands, she remembered that the real boss of their group was Tang Zeyu, not her. Why should she shake hands?
"You are the diplomats representing the Dawn Base, right? The Dawn Base is so far away from here, thank you for your hard work in coming here."
Tang Zeyu: "Nothing, it's all for the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two bases. If the two bases can achieve friendly relations, it will benefit us all."
The two of them exchanged pleasantries according to the usual protocol before taking their seats.
Lu Shiyu rubbed the frosted tabletop lightly with his fingertips, and the strange feeling in his heart became stronger.
If the person in charge didn't know, then that would be fine, but why did the base commander also say they were diplomats from Dawn Base? Didn't she even know whether Dawn Base and Liming Base had established diplomatic relations? Why did she go along with her side of the story and admit that she was a diplomat?
A table full of dishes was quickly served, with a total of five plates, one cold dish, three hot dishes and a pot of soup. The staple food was ordinary rice. There was no problem with the combination of meat and vegetables, but it was a bit shabby for entertaining foreign guests.
Lu Shiyu remembered that when she was a child, the feasts for guests at her house were more sumptuous than this. She didn't know whether the base commander was frugal and didn't want to give them face.
Lu Shiyu picked up a piece of scrambled egg. There was too much salt in it, so it tasted a bit too salty, but it was okay to go with rice.
Tang Zeyu and the base commander were still chatting about the establishment of diplomatic relations. Only Lu Shiyu and Shao Xingyang started eating. After all, they could not help in this regard and there was nothing they could do except eat.
Lu Shiyu listened to the conversation between the two people, as if it were really true. Forget about the base commander, but Tang Zeyu could actually answer fluently, as if they were really discussing something. If Lu Shiyu hadn't known in advance that their identities were fake, he would probably have believed it. He didn't expect Tang Zeyu's ability to talk nonsense was so strong that he could almost speak eloquently.
The two chatted for a while and took a short break. Tang Zeyu drank some water and glanced at the window beside him, a little absent-minded.
Seeing that the time was right, the base commander smiled and said, "Oh, by the way, after we're done, we'll take you back."
Tang Zeyu was stunned and asked, "Why are you talking about this suddenly?"
The base commander smiled and said, "I just wanted to show my hospitality. You've already worked hard to get here. If you're going back, let Dawn Base take you back. It will be safer and more relaxed."
It sounded like he cared about them, but was that really true? Lu Shiyu's brows knitted together imperceptibly. How long had it been since they'd met the base commander? And they were already talking about leaving. It was hard not to wonder if the base commander was ordering them to leave. But the base commander was impeccable in other respects, and he hadn't said or done anything he shouldn't have.
Why would the base commander say such an abnormal thing?
Tang Zeyu adjusted his expression and said, "We're not in a hurry to go back. We can discuss the two bases slowly. The more detailed the better. After all, it will be difficult to discuss it so directly after we return."
The distance between the two bases is too far. If we discuss things offline every time, the loss will be too great. If we discuss things online, it is easy to have communication problems such as unstable signals or lack of intuitiveness. It is indeed the best choice to discuss the details as soon as possible when the two parties meet.
The base commander said, "That's okay. Establishing diplomatic ties doesn't happen overnight, and relationships can't be built just once or twice. Our exchanges will become more frequent, so there's no need to rush."
The weird feeling became more and more intense, and that indescribable sense of oppression tightly wrapped around Lu Shiyu, but everything around him seemed normal. What was the problem?
Something is wrong.
Lu Shiyu reached a hand under the table and tried to take out something from the space, but found that the supernatural space that he could easily open before was now unusable.
Lu Shiyu's mind went blank for a moment, and then she immediately realized that her supernatural powers were restricted!
It's not disappearance but restriction. She can feel the superpowers in her body, but she can't use them.
To give an example, normally she is like a bottle of water, her body is the bottle, her superpowers are the water, and the water can be poured out of the bottle at any time, but now someone has put a bottle cap on her, so that she can no longer pour out the water.
Lu Shiyu looked down at the dishes in front of him, which still had some oil stains on them.
There's something wrong with these foods!
Lu Shiyu turned his head to look at Shaoxing Yang who was still leisurely eating beside him, and secretly kicked Tang Zeyu's calf under the table.
Tang Zeyu subconsciously looked in the direction of Lu Shiyu. Lu Shiyu pretended to be uncomfortable and covered his face with his hands. At an angle where the base commander could not see, he pointed at the dishes in front of her and shook his head slightly.
"Is the food not to your liking?" The base commander noticed Lu Shiyu's unusual behavior and asked with concern. "I usually eat rather heavy food, and I forgot that your taste might be different. I'll ask the kitchen to add a couple of lighter dishes."
"Thank you, but no thanks," Lu Shiyu adjusted his sitting position, holding his stomach with his hands and said, "I think I'm having my period, and my stomach is a little uncomfortable. Where is the toilet?"
Lu Shiyu's words caught the base commander off guard. She had not predicted such a situation would happen.
But the base commander still pointed Lu Shiyu in the direction. Lu Shiyu apologized, then bent over, holding his stomach and ran to the toilet.
Lu Shiyu had just left when the base commander wanted to continue speaking but was interrupted by Tang Zeyu.
Tang Zeyu called out to Shaoxingyang, who was sitting next to Lu Shiyu, and asked him if he took the bag when Lu Shiyu left.
Shaoxing Yang chewed his food, looked sideways, and said, "No, the bag is still on her seat."
"Then you can take the bag to her," Tang Zeyu picked up the chopsticks and said, "She should have sanitary napkins in her bag. Just take the bag and give it to her."
"Oh, okay."
Shaoxingyang picked up the shoulder bag beside him, stood up and walked along the route Lu Shiyu took.
The base commander wanted to say something, but when he saw Tang Zeyu pick up the chopsticks, he suddenly stopped and swallowed the words back.
It’s a pity that Tang Zeyu didn’t intend to eat the food. He picked up the chopsticks as if they were an ornament, just holding them without using them, which made people anxious.
Shaoxing Yang took the messenger bag that Lu Shiyu carried with him and found the location of the toilet, a single bathroom shared by men and women, and knocked on the closed door.
"road……"
As soon as he said that, the door in front of him opened and Shao Xingyang was dragged in.
After confirming that the person who pulled him in was Lu Shiyu, Shaoxing Yang became even more confused and asked, "Why did you pull me in? I just came to deliver something..."
Shao Xingyang didn't notice Lu Shiyu's vicious eyes, and was pulled to the sink by Lu Shiyu and hit on the throat, which scared Shao Xingyang so much that he stepped back and dodged.
"You, you, you! What are you doing! Lu Shiyu, are you crazy?"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Lu Shiyu pointed at the sink and said, "Right now! Spit out everything you just ate!"
"What?" Shao Xingyang said, his face full of confusion, "Why are you so overbearing? You make me spit out the food I eat."
Lu Shiyu was immediately furious at his bizarre train of thought, but he didn't have the time to explain things to him step by step. He slapped him on the shoulders a few times, making a loud clapping sound, causing Shaoxing Yang to scream in pain.
"Stop, stop, stop! Can't I just vomit? Stop hitting me."
Although he didn't understand the meaning of Lu Shiyu asking him to do this, Shaoxing Yang still did it and started to sob into the sink drain.
Shaoxing Yang didn't hold back at all and directly pressed the food to the bottom of his throat. In just a few seconds, he vomited. He didn't eat much food to begin with, and all of it came out in a rush. The liquid and solid were mixed together, and it was impossible to tell whether it was what he had eaten in the morning or just now.
"Is this okay?"
"Is there anything left? Spit it all out."
Shao Xingyang dodged Lu Shiyu's hand and said quickly, "I've really finished vomiting! You should at least tell me what you want to do!"
Lu Shiyu then stopped and told Shao Xingyang his guesses and ideas, but he deleted the part about his own supernatural powers and said that it was Tang Zeyu who discovered it.
Shao Xingyang's eyes widened after hearing this, his eyes full of disbelief.
"You said the food just now was actually drugged?"
"I don't know if it's medicine, but it will affect my abilities if I take it."
Shaoxing Yang scratched his hair irritably, glanced at the sink, and said, "How about I vomit some more?"
"Don't vomit yet, let's see how your superpowers are doing."
"Oh, yes."
Shaoxing Yang raised his hand and gathered his supernatural powers in his palm.
A ball of water gradually condensed in his hand. Shao Xingyang could feel a distinct blockage, as if something was preventing his supernatural powers from gathering.
Although it's not unusable, it feels really bad and my supernatural powers are completely affected.
Shao Xingyang's expression changed, and he said gloomily, "So there's something wrong with that base commander. She doesn't want to live in peace with us at all, right? Or does she have other motives?"
"No, why is it that after such a long time since we met the base director, Yan Hong still hasn't come back? What did they do to Yan Hong?"
Seeing that Shaoxing Yang was becoming increasingly agitated, Lu Shiyu scooped up some water and poured it on his face.
"Calm down first. We are still on their territory. It would be disadvantageous for us to break up right away. Moreover, if Yan Hong is really in their hands, it would be like they have two hostages. We must not act rashly."
Shao Xingyang rubbed his face and asked, "What should we do? Just let them do it?"
Lu Shiyu patted Shao Xingyang, took his bag and said, "Don't worry, just do as I say."
Inside the box
The base commander saw Tang Zeyu picking up and putting down his chopsticks several times without moving his chopsticks, and finally he couldn't hold back any longer.
"Is there no dish you like? I'll ask the chef to add two more dishes."
The base commander was about to call for help when he was interrupted by Tang Zeyu.
"No, let's get back to business."
The base commander smiled apologetically. "I invited you to dinner, but I only cared about my own taste. You didn't eat much. You're just sitting here talking to me, and you're going to go hungry. How embarrassing."
Tang Zeyu also smiled and said, "There's no need to be so polite, Base Commander. The reason I haven't eaten is not because the food doesn't suit my taste."
"Why is that?"
Tang Zeyu put down his chopsticks and looked up at the base commander:
"Maybe it's because...something that shouldn't have been put in the dish."
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