Chapter 143 Base Unification
They returned directly to Jiangba and told Yangxie the news they had received.
Yang Xie responded, then called the others and prepared to return to the base.
After driving for two days and two nights, when the passengers saw the base again, it felt like they hadn't been away for long.
Actually, it takes about a month and a half in total.
Because he brought Lu Zhi back, as soon as he arrived at the base entrance, he saw an entire special forces team guarding the entrance, holding weapons and watching Lu Zhi warily.
Lu Zhi, however, seemed oblivious, laughing nonchalantly, "Oh, so many people, are you welcoming me?"
"Come along, the commander wants you to take the law enforcement officer to the laboratory." Dang Hongyuan walked out from behind the crowd.
"Laboratory?" Upon hearing that they were going to the laboratory, Sui Cheng frowned and instinctively grabbed Lu Zhi's hand, fearing that the people next to him would forcibly take him away.
"Well, it shouldn't be anything serious," Dang Hongyuan reassured him.
However, the attendant was still not entirely at ease. Although the leaders at headquarters had agreed to let him serve as the designated guardian of the law enforcement officer and allow him to live within the base, the laboratory still had a strong attachment to the law enforcement officer and was eager to capture him directly for research.
After all, Ritsu was the first mutant to infiltrate the base completely as a human.
“It’s alright, I can go.” Lu Zhi didn’t care about others at all. He lowered his head and touched his companion’s ear, concealing the coldness in his eyes. If the people in the lab really wanted to do something to him, they shouldn’t blame him for being ruthless.
"Okay." Sui Cheng thought of Lu Zhi's strength and was no longer worried about him. Instead, he was worried about the laboratory, fearing that Lu Zhi might smash the entire laboratory if he became emotionally unstable.
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"Oh, you're still alive."
As soon as they arrived at the lab entrance, they saw Xuan Linwen wearing a white lab coat. This guy had actually joined the lab and was doing incredibly well at the base.
"Even if you die, I won't die." Lu Zhi said with a cold, sarcastic smile.
When Xuan Linwen learned of his accident, he actually hoped that Lu Zhi would die. He thought that if Lu Zhi died, the spiritual seed in his mind would automatically disappear.
But after waiting for almost half a month, the seed was still thriving, so he knew that this mutant was doing exceptionally well and seemed to have become even stronger.
"You seem to be living a good life." Lu Zhi slightly stirred his mental energy, and Xuan Linwen's expression twisted slightly.
He cursed Lu Zhi dozens of times in his mind and said sarcastically, "You seem to be doing quite well too."
Lu Zhi's smile deepened; it wasn't just good, it was exceptionally good!
"Was it Professor Zhang Jun's idea to bring the lawyer to the lab?" Sui Cheng interrupted the two men's barbed conversation.
Xuan Linwen nodded and said, "Who else could it be but him? He couldn't wait to dissect Lu Zhi and see how he transformed from a mutant into a human."
He opened the laboratory door as he spoke.
Before Lu Zhi could even see who it was, he felt more than a dozen gazes fall on him.
Curiosity, inquiry, fear—a mix of emotions swirled in the gaze.
"You're finally back." Zhang Jun went straight to the lawyer.
Seeing this, Sui Cheng immediately stepped in front of Lu Zhi, blocking him with his hand, and said in a less-than-gentle tone, "Professor, please calm down."
"You brat." Zhang Jun and his entourage were already acquaintances. He pushed up his glasses and said sternly, "What are you worried about? I'm not going to slice him up."
"Heh." Lu Zhi lowered his head, leaned close to the attendant, rested his chin on his shoulder, and said with a hint of coldness, half-closing his eyes, "Even if you wanted to, you wouldn't have the chance. Just say what you want."
After his identity was exposed, Lawyer became less polite to the base, displaying the attitude and temperament of a powerful alien species.
A hint of appreciation flashed in Zhang Jun's eyes, and he said directly, "Let me study you."
"I refuse." Lü Zhi refused without even thinking.
But this answer was exactly what Zhang Jun expected, so he didn't react much. Instead, he continued, "Then tell me, how did you become human?"
"First of all, I must remind you, or rather, all of you." Lu Zhi's sharp gaze swept across the faces of everyone present, and his aura subtly erupted, making them all feel that powerful and oppressive force.
The special forces members behind them immediately went on guard, and just as they were about to raise their weapons, they saw Yang Xie's gesture and put their weapons down again.
The law enforcement officer certainly saw it, but simply ignored it.
“Not all mutants are like me. I can become like this purely because of my special ability.” Lu Zhi sneered, “If you still harbor any ill intentions towards me, I don’t mind smashing this place up. Of course, the reason I can stand here calmly right now is because I still have a guardian, and I don’t want to make things difficult for him.”
A cold glint flashed in Zhang Jun's eyes, and he asked in a serious tone, "So what is your special ability?"
"Want to try?" Lu Zhi reached out his hand to him, the vines wrapping around his wrist and then moving to his palm.
Xuan Linwen said calmly from the side, "Professor Zhang, I advise you not to try it."
Zhang Jun is a rebellious person. The more others tell him not to try something, the more he wants to try it.
He grasped Lu Zhi's hand directly, and within seconds, he could feel the energy within his body being devoured by the vines that had wrapped around him.
"So that's how it is." He calmly withdrew his hand. "No wonder Cecil of the New Generation showed up on his own initiative. So you're the mutant they've been searching for for half a year."
The lawyer raised an eyebrow and said, "It seems Professor Zhang knows quite a lot. Did Xuan Linwen tell you all this?"
Xuan Linwen quickly explained, "We're all family now, isn't it better to be honest?"
Lu Zhi rolled his eyes. How long has it been? They've already become like family?
Xuan Linwen's situation is different from that of Lü Zhi. Lü Zhi is purely a different species, while Xuan Linwen is an experimental subject of humans and different species, and in essence, he still belongs to the human race.
"The commander is here." Having watched the commotion for a while, Dang Hongyuan reminded them.
"Everyone's here, let's get down to business." The commander glanced at Lu Zhi, his expression somewhat complicated, but he didn't say anything.
As soon as he appeared, the atmosphere naturally became tense.
"As the number of superhumans in the base increases, the lower-level superhumans can no longer pose a threat to humans. Before the three bases are merged, the issue of the new generation must be resolved."
"Three bases?" The attendant was somewhat surprised. Hadn't they just taken back Base Number One?
"This is the news I just received," the commander said. "We received word from the Azure Dragon Base that Bai Xuefeng has agreed to its affiliation. Starting today, the Azure Dragon Base has also returned to our Huaxia Base, and the three bases are now officially unified."
Sui Cheng thought of his meeting with Bai Xuefeng in Anzhou that day. Bai Xuefeng hadn't mentioned this matter at all back then. Could it be that something has happened recently?
Dang Hongyuan noticed his confusion and explained to him in a low voice, "The day before yesterday, Bai Xuefeng left the Qinglong Base with his trusted confidants. Before leaving, he sent me a letter, saying that he was worried about the safety of the people in the Qinglong Base and hoped that after the base was unified, we could properly arrange their future."
Sui Cheng had a subconscious premonition that Bai Xuefeng was probably taking people to Yanning City.
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