Chapter 117: The Team is Formed
Most of the time this place is used for banquets. There are only two rooms on the first floor, one is given to Lu Weiyi and Zhuang Mingxu, and the other is temporarily arranged for Li Zhuang. He is a psychic and has a high level of vigilance, so living on the first floor can help him be more alert if anything happens.
In addition, there is a public toilet, a large kitchen, and the rest is the hall. Normally, the living room and dining room are slightly separated by furniture, but they are all removed during banquets. Now, even if the living room is still there, the dining room alone is enough to accommodate three or four tables and dozens of people for dinner.
The second floor has the most rooms, with more than a dozen suites and rooms of various sizes, enough for everyone. There are couples here, and they all chose the rooms with the best lighting, and there are still some left.
As for the third floor, the master bedroom that originally belonged to Zhuang Mingxu and his wife is now occupied by Lu Xi and Zhuang Aiyi.
There were enough rooms, so the gym and piano room remained as they were, and Lu Weiyi decided to convert the greenhouse into a place to grow vegetables.
After choosing a room to live in, the group immediately decorated it. Lu Weiyi also gave each person five sets of clothes and shoes, which was considered the initial employee benefit.
"Should we find a cloth factory and get some cloth to store? Otherwise, we might not have clothes to wear in the future," said Xiong Jie as he picked out the sizes that were suitable for himself and Xi Shi from a pile of clothes.
"Yes, but it's better to save some salt now." Zhuang Mingxu's clothes were all put away in advance. He looked at a group of people changing clothes and asked Chen Zhong, "Brother Chen, when we entered the base, someone collected salt. Whose idea was that?"
"It should be the military. Confiscating supplies has always been the job of the military," said Chen Zhong. "However, there are also reports among several major families that everyone needs to store salt."
Qingyuan is a typical inland city. Goods like salt are shipped back from other provinces. If they can't seize the opportunity first, they will inevitably be trapped in the future. Zhuang Mingxu tapped the armrest of the wheelchair and thought, "Do they have a location?"
"At first, we were eyeing the salt wells in Zhoujia County. Later, people from there said that the salt wells disappeared after the earthquake. A few days ago, we were eyeing a large agent in Qingyuan. Rumor has it that there is not much salt there. Now it's snowing heavily, and there is no news," said Chen Zhong.
As Zhuang Mingxu listened to him, he took out a tablet and drew a map of Qingyuan on a piece of paper, marking the route clearly on the map, including the places they had passed.
It was almost time for lunch when Wu Yue ran down excitedly with his newly acquired earth-related supernatural powers.
After some celebration, while everyone was there, Zhuang Mingxu talked about his future plans.
The team is small and there are some people who are not suitable for going out to collect supplies. Zhuang Mingxu divided everyone into two groups. One group is mainly composed of Lu Weiyi and other psychics and several people with good skills, who go out to look for supplies.
The rest of the people are responsible for logistics at the base, which tentatively includes food and planting.
Diet is naturally the responsibility of Xishi.
"As for the planting, we haven't found a suitable person to be in charge of it yet. Gu Qingji has wood-related abilities, which can directly promote the growth of plants. When the time comes, we can actively recruit people with wood-related abilities to plant various things for us, ensuring that we have a solid backing when there is no supplies to find in the outside world in the future."
As Zhuang Mingxu spoke, his eyes casually glanced at everyone present, paying close attention to everyone's reactions. "Finally, it's the transaction. Lu Weiyi and I have tentatively decided to open a trading hall at the base. It will house all kinds of materials we have collected and will be exchanged for crystal cores."
Lu Weiyi took out a white bead core from the space and handed it to the others, "Something like this can enhance supernatural powers after processing. You should have felt it before." He looked at Li Zhuang and Antonio Liu Rui.
"Isn't this what you asked me to exchange before?" Wu Yue looked at it.
"Did you get the exchange?" Lu Weiyi asked.
"I've changed quite a lot of things, including jade and other things, but there's no space for them," Wu Yue said. "I'll have someone deliver them over later?"
"Well, as soon as possible, and then let someone continue collecting," Lu Weiyi said.
"Everyone will have a certain amount of supplies every day. You can choose to take them away by yourself or eat them together. The supplies of the logistics staff are definitely not as good as those of the people going out. In addition, those who go out to find supplies will be given crystal cores for you to improve your supernatural powers. As for the quantity, it will be determined according to the situation. I will definitely not treat you unfairly." Zhuang Mingxu paused and looked at everyone present.
"Finally, if any of the personnel on the mission get into trouble while away from the base, your family will be compensated with supplies by the team to enable them to survive in this apocalyptic world."
"Everyone, if you have any opinions or questions, you can ask now and we can discuss and solve it together."
"Is this upgrade reliable?" Wu Yue was the first to speak while holding a pearl core, asking Lu Weiyi, "Is this how you upgrade your ability?"
"No, it just plays a supporting role, just like taking elixirs to accelerate the growth of immortals. People of the same level who take this to replenish their abilities are definitely not as strong as the abilities gained in combat," Lu Weiyi explained.
Several people passed it around and looked at it. The white bead core was obviously different from the one Lu Weiyi had given to other people before. Antonio and Li Zhuang looked at each other calmly and returned the bead core.
Seeing that no one had any objections, Zhuang Mingxu immediately arranged matters for the next few days. From buying a shop to recruiting wood-type psychics and raising and reinforcing the yard, he planned everything clearly, even down to the detailed personnel arrangements, and found his indispensable position in the team in the shortest time.
With the supplies and connections, the store got the deal done that same day. In the evening, Wu Yue brought Li Dongsheng, who had been pretending to be his "lover", to the store. When they unloaded the two large backpacks, they were filled with jade stones, plus dozens of bead cores in a candy box. Luo Yunqi's eyes lit up instantly.
"I don't know whether it's good or bad, so I asked someone who knows the goods to identify it. He said that they used to sell for more than 100,000 yuan." Li Dongsheng opened the backpack and showed it to Zhuang Mingxu.
He is an honest old farmer. His family is poor and he has been single all his life. Before the end of the world, he was a security guard in Zhuang Mingxu's company. His old mother was seriously ill. After Zhuang Mingxu learned about it, he directly set up a charity fund within the company for the family members of the company's employees to apply for treatment for some illnesses. He has always been grateful to Zhuang Mingxu, and followed Zhuang Mingxu as soon as the end of the world.
Seeing Zhuang Mingxu sitting in a wheelchair, his dull face was filled with excitement, "Boss Zhuang, can your leg... still be cured?"
"It will be fine. Thank you for your hard work. If you hadn't informed Wu Yue, they might have been wiped out." Zhuang Mingxu patted his shoulder, "You will still be a member of our only team from now on."
"Well, good people will be rewarded, and you will definitely be fine." Li Dongsheng was not good at speaking and could not say anything else.
Lu Weiyi, who was standing by, had already put the two bags of jade into the space. He felt a slight tingling pain under his belly button. Thinking that the space could expand again, he was happy for a moment, "Brother Xi, let's have chicken stewed with mushrooms for dinner."
"Oh, okay" should be the response when learning.
"...Thank...Thank you, Young Master Lu." Li Dongsheng thought it was because of him, and hurriedly thanked Lu Weiyi, feeling helpless.
Lu Weiyi waved her hand, her pretty face still cold, but her eyes were full of smiles.
"Don't go out to look for supplies in the next two days. You should practice your superpowers with Gu Qingji first. He also has wood-related superpowers, and you two can communicate with each other." Zhuang Mingxu introduced Gu Qingji to Li Dongsheng and let them communicate on their own.
That night, I actually made chicken stewed with mushrooms, fried tomatoes, lettuce and beans, and served them with big white steamed buns. One person could eat several of them.
Seeing that Lu Xi had eaten one and a half steamed buns and drank a large bowl of porridge, Lu Weiyi was worried that he had gotten sick.
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Before going to bed at night, Zhuang Mingxu took out his little notebook and showed it to Lu Weiyi.
"These are the materials that I feel will be in short supply in the future. We need to collect them as soon as possible. Please see what else needs to be changed."
It covers everything from oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, clothing, coal and even some machinery, such as flour mills and oil presses. It clearly states that things can be rushed or postponed, and everything is arranged in an orderly manner.
Lu Weiyi lay on the bed helplessly. If it was Zhuang Mingxu who was reborn, he would definitely do much better than him, "it's already very good."
Lu Weiyi was a little depressed and said, "I can't think of it."
"You're already great." Zhuang Mingxu took the notebook and put it on the bedside, then lay down on Lu Weiyi's stomach. "After the apocalypse, Aiyi has been sick, and I've been worried about you getting into trouble all day. Zombies are so scary, what can you do alone?"
"Later, until something happened to me, I reflected that I didn't teach you well enough. I was only thinking about protecting you, and completely forgot that if something happened to me and no one was there to protect you, what would you do alone? So at that time, I didn't even dare to die." Zhuang Mingxu turned his head to look at Lu Weiyi, his eyes full of relief.
"I didn't expect that my Xiaoyi not only lived well, but also found powerful teammates and saved me. He is so awesome."
Lu Weiyi smiled embarrassedly and said, "You just stay in the base from now on. I will bring people out to find you if you need anything."
"Okay, but you have to ensure safety. Others listen to me because you are here. If something happens to you, no one will care about me anymore." Zhuang Mingxu put his own safety on him, hoping that he could take care of himself.
"Don't worry, I know," Lu Weiyi assured solemnly.
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The next morning, several more people with special abilities appeared in the team.
Bai Miao awakened the wood element, Gu Qingyue awakened the water element, Xiong Jie awakened the earth element, and Zhuang Mingxu also revealed his own space at the right time.
This gave others hope of awakening, and they chattered all morning long and even ate with excitement.
The mud outside had not yet melted, so no one went out. Li Zhuang and Liu Rui dug out a basement under the villa, while the others were sorting out the supplies in Luo Yunqi's space in the villa.
Gu Qingji brought the recruited wood-type ability users to grow potatoes and sweet potatoes and prepare for planting.
Half an acre of land was turned over in the small courtyard of the villa and designated as a temporary planting area. Xi Shi and Li Dongsheng, who had farmed the land before, were planting sprouted potatoes there.
A dozen people with special abilities cannot catch up with two human races.
"I was thinking of raising a group of wood-type mutants to grow food, but looking at the speed..." They will probably starve to death.
Zhuang Mingxu, who had been observing for the whole morning, spoke with disappointment in his tone.
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