Chapter 224 Parasitic Plants
"The base was built by our military. We were the ones who rescued people after the flood. During major disasters, our soldiers were everywhere. We actually got such a reputation. Ha...haha..."
"We have been abandoned by the people we were protecting." Li Qing looked dazed, leaning on Lin Yimu, as if he had exhausted all his energy, revealing his disappointment in seeing through the world.
Lin Yimu's big hand repeatedly soothed his back. His skinny body made his clothes look extremely loose, and his frail figure seemed to be crumbling.
"They drove us out of the base, probably because they were worried about retaliation. After we left, someone attacked us, and when they failed to chase us, they sent a message to each base, saying that all of us were carrying infectious diseases and no base would accept us, and if they met us, they would expel us."
At the beginning, everyone was carrying supplies. Each base had a legitimate excuse to seize the supplies, so they naturally didn't want to give up. They were chased in a very embarrassing situation.
When they found that they could not find a place to stay and wanted to build a base, winter was approaching and there were very few people and supplies. They no longer had the ability to survive on their own, especially since most of the team members were ordinary people. A high-level zombie could kill them all.
"We have nowhere to go. The captain said... you have to build a base..." Lei Jun stopped talking and looked at a few people tentatively, and finally looked at Lu Weiyi, "There are really no patients in our team. They haven't appeared since they left for a month..."
He said, smiling with tears in his eyes, "Master Lu, please give everyone a place to stay. They are all ordinary people. More than half of them died along the way. It was not easy to get here..."
Lu Weiyi did not agree immediately. He looked at the other teammates and asked, "What do you think?"
No one in the team spoke for a while. Everyone had something to worry about. It didn't matter if I was the only one involved. I always wanted to be safe if I had a weakness.
"...Do you know what that thing is? Is there any way to check it?" Ning Yuan asked.
Everyone shook their heads, and Lu Weiyi suddenly said, "It's a parasitic plant."
"Can you tell if there are any others among them?" As a fellow soldier, Ning Yuan hopes to help them.
"People with wood-type abilities can feel it," Lu Weiyi said as he looked at Gu Qingji. Gu Qingji was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said to Lei Jun, "I can only induce labor. If there is, it may be directly awakened to grow. You guys think about it."
After giving birth, what comes next is death.
Lei Jun looked at the survivors around him. They were ragged and skinny, and they had survived to this day purely on their last breath. He didn't want to see any of them get into trouble again.
"Okay," Li Qing said. He staggered to his feet and looked at everyone. Holding back his tears, he said, "If anyone else is infected, I will personally send you away."
Among the more than 700 people, three of them had parasitic plants in their bodies. Once Gu Qingji's special ability was activated, needless to say, they could feel it themselves.
There was also a minor among them. Among the people who were all wearing thin clothes, his clothes were considered thicker. He was thin with prominent eyes.
A small horn-like part grew on his bald forehead. He smiled at Gu Qingji and said, "Big brother, I feel the superpowers. It's itchy."
He smiled unusually brightly, met Zhou's surprised and shocked look, and touched his forehead as if he had discovered something.
Li Qing and Lei Jun approached, both with devastated looks on their faces.
The "brother" boy wanted to pretend nothing happened, but he was young and his hands were shaking.
Li Qing stepped forward, hugged the man, and cried silently.
"He is the son of the political commissar. In order to get us out, the political commissar dragged the A-level zombie with him... and we both died together." Zhang Peng squatted on the ground, covering his face. His shoulders shook violently, and he asked with a sob, "Why don't good people get good rewards in this world?"
There were cries all around. Zhuang Aiyi huddled in Zhuang Mingxu's arms, secretly looking around, and timidly hugged Zhuang Mingxu's neck.
Lu Weiyi, who was standing aside, looked at Zhuang Aiyi who was confused, and his heart suddenly softened.
Zhuang Mingxu approached him, and Lu Weiyi held up the mental barrier and listened to him ask, "Your ability can destroy the crystal core in the human brain, can you remove the foreign objects in the body?"
"...No," Lu Weiyi retorted, and then paused, "It seems possible" He could directly cover the income space.
"I haven't tried it," Lu Weiyi added.
"You can give it a try," Zhuang Mingxu looked at him affirmatively.
The thought of being able to quietly remove the internal organs from a person's brain seems...
It’s really good.
Lu Weiyi nodded.
Zhuang Mingxu asked someone to call Li Qing over and said roughly, "We haven't tried it yet, so we can't guarantee whether it will be successful or not."
"It's good to have hope, it's good to have hope, Meng Xi, kowtow to your brother, thank your brother, thank your brother quickly." Li Qing excitedly pulled the child, pressed the child to the ground, and kowtowed to Lu Weiyi several times, his whole body exuding abnormal madness.
Lin Yimu frowned and walked forward, and with a knife, Li Qing fainted.
**
Compared with ordinary people, mutant plants prefer people with special powers.
Thanks to Dean's special abilities, most of Li Qing and his group were injured, but no one died.
Nearly seven hundred people were taken by Lu Weiyi to a dilapidated village for a temporary rest.
After washing up and changing clothes, Xi Shi had already brought people to prepare food. He drank a big bowl of soup and felt warm all over his body.
Li Qing fainted for a while and woke up. After washing up, he became much calmer.
"Sorry," he said to Lu Weiyi.
"It's okay, let's eat first." When Li Zhuang was injured, Li Qing helped a lot, and the two had a good relationship. Lu Weiyi did not take his previous behavior, which was like "moral kidnapping", to heart.
Li Yan handed a bowl of dried food to Li Qing and said with a smile, "To be honest, we haven't had a hot meal since we left the base."
"I didn't have time to ask, where are your supplies? Why can't I even see a vehicle?" Ning Yuan and his companions were also holding bowls, just like when they first met, and they sat in a circle, eating and chatting.
"They didn't want us to take the supplies with us. We didn't take much in a hurry. When we arrived at Hope Base, Su Yan sent a batch. We consumed it along the way and were also robbed. We drove day and night and ran out of gasoline a few days ago." Lei Jun took a big gulp, which attracted Zhuang Aiyi's curious look over. The old man immediately felt embarrassed.
"We all plan to die together," Zhang Bin said with a smile, his words sounded very sad.
No wonder none of them escaped.
"What are you talking about whether you will die or not?" Lei Jun kicked him and said optimistically, "If you survive a disaster, there will be good fortune in the future."
"The people you handed over to me..." Li Qing raised his head from his bowl and looked at Lu Weiyi, "Yun Lu and her daughter are in the base hospital, and they are being treated well. Shen Xing died of parasitism. Chen Zhong and his family disguised themselves as vagrants and came to the Hope Base. Su Yan said he would take care of him."
In today's world, once some people are separated, it may be forever at any time.
No one in the team spoke for a while.
**
The daily consumption of more than 700 people is a very large number, and the daily consumption is equivalent to the consumption of the team for several months.
After careful consideration, Zhuang Mingxu asked Li Qing and his group to sign an IOU and pay it back within three years.
Even so, Lu Weiyi still felt frightened when he looked at the written numbers.
Staying one more day means one more day of supplies, so the group decided to travel overnight.
Ten trucks of different lengths accommodated everyone. The only team led the way in front, while Li Qing's team followed behind.
"We need to go to the destination first to see if it is suitable for building a base, and then make further plans, so we need to travel overnight," Ning Yuan informed Li Qing and his group, "There are enough trucks, and those of you who are seriously injured can rest in the car."
"Doesn't this route go directly to Yueban Bay?" Lei Jun looked at the direction the car was heading.
"…We need to go to the weapons research and development center in Pingjin City first." Ning Yuan did not hide anything.
"You are too late, there is nothing there." As if completing his mission, Li Qing developed a high fever after the subordinates were taken over. He and Antonio were in the carriage of the only team, and heard the voice coming from the intercom, and whispered.
Before anyone could ask, Li Yan's voice came from the intercom, "We don't have enough weapons, and we wanted to see if there were any reserves there, but they have been searched out."
Lu Xi had a look of regret on his face, and then he heard Lu Weiyi say, "Go and take a look."
"Got it," said Xu Sa who was driving.
After driving all night, we entered Pingjin City the next day. Living people began to appear intermittently. Many teams saw this large group traveling and tried to avoid it. Ning Yuan wanted to find someone to inquire about the news, but he had no way.
It was almost noon when we arrived at the weapons research and development center.
The sleeping Lu Weiyi was awakened by the excited Lu Xi, "Brother, brother, let me go with you."
Lu Weiyi was on guard at night, and he hardly woke up in the morning. Especially since the carriage was full of people moving around, and even if they lowered their voices, the rustling sounds were still ringing in his ears. Lu Weiyi was half asleep and half awake the whole time.
He sat up and regained consciousness for a moment, then nodded and looked at the two patients, "Are you feeling better?"
There was no way to give a blood transfusion, so Antonio could only keep taking various blood-replenishing medicines. It would take a while for him to recover. He sat back on the bed, with Dean curled up in his arms. Except for his pale face, he looked extremely comfortable.
"Going to the bathroom, feeling dizzy," Dean answered for him with a worried look on his face.
"Xiaoqing still has a fever. Qingyue said it was because she was too tired," Lin Yimu replied in a low voice.
Lu Weiyi nodded, took two gulps of the water handed to him by Zhuang Mingxu from the lower bunk, and became completely sober. He took Lu Xi to the exit.
The Pingjin Weapon Research and Development Center is a relatively large one among the major military projects in the country. It is located on the edge of Pingjin City, covers a large area, and is surrounded by living areas.
"In the past, ordinary people couldn't get close to this place." Lu Xi stood on the roof of the carriage, watching them pass through one abandoned checkpoint after another, feeling a little emotional.
"Have you been here?" Ning Yuan asked, observing the situation through a telescope.
"Well, the main thing here is the research and development of military vehicles and artillery. My teacher once brought me here to visit it," Lu Xi pointed to the low-rise buildings at the back and said, "The back is full of basements, several floors high. It is the most important research and development center."
"Brother, let's go there and take a look."
"Okay," Lu Weiyi said.
"Someone has indeed been here before. Over there are traces of a supernatural battle. It extends all the way down this route, and above it is a helicopter landing pad. It is very likely that the national rescue team has rescued the experts here." Wu Yue pointed to the traces that could be seen everywhere and showed them to Lu Weiyi.
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