Chapter 244: The Banker's Situation
"Zhuang family..." Lu Xiao sighed, "The old man of the Zhuang family has awakened the earth-related supernatural power, but the situation below is not good. Your father's generation is basically ordinary people. Your peers Mingwen and Mingwu have awakened, one is water, and the other is fire. Most of the people below the third house have awakened, and now the third house is in charge."
The banker was a big family before the end of the world.
As a founding general, Old Master Zhuang’s status is naturally extraordinary.
He married three wives in his life and had four sons and one daughter. The only ones still alive today are Zhuang Mingxu's grandfather, the third master born to his second wife, and the fourth master born to his third wife, who is several years younger than both of them.
Before the end of the world, Mr. Zhuang, as the eldest son, was the head of the entire Zhuang family. His son Zhuang Chengye joined the army, Zhuang Mingxu's father Zhuang Chengli went into politics, and he also had a daughter, Zhuang Chengyan.
The third room has the same structure, but its position has declined and its say is not great.
Now after the end of the world, the second generation basically has no special abilities and relies entirely on the third generation. Except for Zhuang Mingxu, the other third generation of the Zhuang family's first branch have never been able to show off their abilities. Now the third branch has taken the lead and has taken the lead in one fell swoop.
"Are you still under my uncle's command?" Lu Xiao was a soldier under Zhuang Mingxu's uncle Zhuang Chengye.
"Yes, the division of power in the military, although they appear united on the surface, they have long been torn apart in private." What's more important is that the banker is still divided internally, and Lu Xiao is also tired of this.
"What about other forces? What's the current situation?" Zhuang Mingxu quickly outlined the distribution of forces in his mind and continued to fill it in.
"The Zheng family and the Zhao family are still the same. The team below them are the supporters before the apocalypse, and the most prominent one is the Hunter's Guild," said Lu Xiao.
The establishment of the Hunter's Guild brought together the entire hunting team. The founder was a man named Luo Laoqi who had no superpowers. His daughter Luo Fei awakened the healing power, and based on this, she gathered a group of people with superpowers. Afterwards, he promptly recruited various healing power people, and the number of hunting teams under him gradually increased.
"A few months ago, after Xu Yi arrived, his power was unprecedented, especially Li Ji who was with him..."
"Who?" Ning Yuan asked in surprise.
"Li Ji? Do you know him? He has a rough build and a scar on his face," Lu Xiao described him.
Several people around looked at each other and said, "If he is from Qingyuan, then he is probably... a mortal enemy."
"..." Lu Xiao didn't want to talk anymore. There were enemies everywhere and he was still causing more hatred.
"He came with Xu Yi?" Lu Weiyi asked.
"Yes," Lu Xiao nodded.
Lu Weiyi gestured towards the door, Ning Yuan understood, stood up and walked towards the door.
"He is pursuing Luo Fei. I don't know if they are in a relationship or not, but they are flirting. Luo Laoqi is quite optimistic about the two of them... Can you take a step back?" Lu Xiao suggested.
"We killed all his teammates, about forty or fifty," Lu Weiyi spread his hands.
Lu Xiao slapped himself on the head, not knowing what to say for a moment. He was silent for a long time and said, "Or, why don't you just run? I will block the forces here for you, and you just leave secretly."
"We are going to Kyoto for surgery," Lu Weiyi glanced at Zhuang Mingxu, "His legs were broken by Li Ji, and if we delay any further they will atrophy."
Lu Xiao glanced at Zhuang Mingxu and touched his hair with his big hand, "The Zhuang family can't protect you. Among the forces now, the Zhuang family is the weakest. The others have people with healing abilities, but we don't have one. The third house is still trying to please Luo Laoqi." Lu Xiao was worried that with so many supplies they had, the Zhuang family might sell these people out.
"Medical care in Pingjin City..." Thinking of the situation in Pingjin City, Lu Xiao shut up. As for other bases, they were indeed not as strong as Kyoto in terms of talent distribution.
During the silence between the two sides, Lu Xi woke up.
When she turned around and saw Lu Xiao, she immediately started crying.
Lu Xiao stepped forward and helped his son up, and the two of them chatted in low voices.
After a moment of silence, Lu Weiyi spoke first, "No one knows that we have taken the supplies yet. We will go to Kyoto overnight and arrive before these people confirm the news. We will perform the operation and leave immediately. What do you think?"
With the addition of Li Ji to Kyoto, the situation is indeed not optimistic, especially since they are at the point of a life-and-death fight. Lu Weiyi has to consider everyone.
As for giving up, this has been the obsession in his heart since the end of the world, and giving up easily is no longer an easy thing to do.
"Okay," Li Zhuang was the first to support.
Antonio shrugged his shoulders to show that he didn't care, and from time to time he kept an eye on Dean who was playing with Zhuang Aiyi.
With these two main forces, the others responded one after another. Lu Weiyi immediately breathed a sigh of relief and stated, "I will do my best to ensure everyone's safety. If anything happens..." He stood up and bowed to everyone, "I apologize to everyone in advance."
Zhuang Mingxu felt very sad at this moment. Lu Weiyi had never bowed his head and had done so much for him. Even if he was buried in Kyoto, he felt that this life was worth it.
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After discussing with Lu Xiao, Lu Xiao also expressed his agreement.
"I will try my best to help you hold everyone back." Lu Xiao touched his son's hair and put his arm around Lu Weiyi's shoulders, "Xiaoxi is left to you."
"Dad?" Lu Xi looked up at him.
"Uncle, can you take your team and come with us?" Once Lu Weiyi and the others left, if the fact that the supplies here were taken away was exposed in the future, all the anger would probably be directed at Lu Xiao.
"No need. There are four forces here, and no one dares to act openly. But it will be hard to say once we go back. You'd better make use of the time difference." Lu Xiao did not ask how the other party took the things. He patted several people on the shoulders with his big hand. After this separation, he didn't know when they would meet again.
"Our base is on an island east of Pingjin City. It can be seen near the coastline. If something happens to your uncle, you can go there directly," Zhuang Mingxu reminded Lu Xiao.
"Okay, you guys pack up and get ready to go, I..." Lu Xiao never let go of the hand that was on Lu Xi's head.
"You sit with Lu Xi for a while, I'll go look for Xu Yi," Lu Weiyi suggested. He wanted to take Xu Yi with him. This was a time bomb, and it would be safer to keep him by his side.
Outside the door, Ning Yuan had already learned what had happened from Xu Yi.
After Li Ji escaped, he knew who attacked him and had no intention of returning to Qingyuan. One of his legs was broken, and he dragged his leg back to Dongshan, only to find that his base had been destroyed. Since then, he has been wandering alone to hunt zombies and improve his superpowers.
Until the flood broke out, Xu Yi survived under the protection of his bodyguards. After meeting Li Ji, he asked Li Ji to kill two bodyguards in exchange for treating his legs. Then the two of them decided to rush to Kyoto.
"I didn't know he had a grudge against you." Xu Yi saw Lu Weiyi approaching and took the initiative to sever ties with him. The severed part of his hand was treated and it stopped bleeding, but he still wanted to reconnect it. It couldn't be completely healed, and the granulation tissue was still there, and it would hurt even without touching it.
"Yeah." Lu Weiyi stood up and looked around.
Each force was clearly divided, each lighting a campfire and cooking food, with all kinds of eyes looking over from afar.
The closest people were Lu Xiao's teammates, and next to them was Zhuang Mingze, who was looking at Lu Weiyi with a condescending attitude, as if he was looking at a low-end commodity.
This man is the second oldest grandson of the third branch of the Zhuang family. He is arrogant and had suffered a lot at the hands of Zhuang Mingxu in his previous life.
Next to them is the Zheng family's team. The person in charge, Zheng Yi, seems to be a metal-type mutant. He had powerful superpowers in his previous life. He is the heir trained by the Zheng family with all their strength. He and Zhuang Mingxu were once a rival in the army.
He saw Lu Weiyi looking at him and nodded slightly.
Lu Weiyi felt that he should thank himself. After all, if he hadn't taken Zhuang Mingxu away, his path to promotion would not have been so smooth.
Next to him is the leader of the police force, Zhao Qiang from the Zhao family. This man is disabled and only 1.5 meters tall. Before the end of the world, he was like an invisible man in the Zhao family.
Afterwards, he awakened the earth-related supernatural power and made great efforts to catch up. He is a person who will do anything to become stronger. According to the evaluation of Zhuang Mingxu in his previous life, he can be befriend others, but the premise is that he does not hinder his becoming stronger.
Lu Weiyi felt that there was a place to sell his "plant crystal core".
He smiled unconsciously, with the corners of his lips slightly raised, looking reserved and immature. Standing among the dusty and disheveled crowd, he was like a little white lotus that was isolated from the world.
The people around who were paying attention followed his gaze and looked at Zhao Qiang. Zhao Qiang was stunned for a moment and nodded politely.
Further away is the Hunter's Guild. Of the dozen or so top-ranked teams that have arrived, Smiling Face Maitreya Buddha Sun Lai Qian is from the Madman Hunting Team, Bald Head with Mace Su Wei is from the Fierce Wolf Hunting Team, and Enchanting Girl Mei Jie is from the only female team, the Amazons.
As for the man with glasses, he is Luo Laoqi’s military advisor, Li Xiuyin.
Lu Weiyi looked at these familiar and unfamiliar faces and quickly combined them with the information in his memory.
"Long time no see, let's take a walk," Lu Weiyi said to Xu Yi who was staring at Xu Sa.
Xu Yi didn't want to move. He used to think Zhuang Mingxu was a lunatic, and later when he met Antonio he thought he was a pervert. Only today did he clearly feel that Lu Weiyi was not normal either.
Lu Weiyi raised his eyebrows, and Xu Sa immediately took him and stood up.
"Little daddy?" Zhuang Aiyi stood at the door of the carriage and leaned forward. Dean behind him pulled his hand and said, "He wants to pee."
"I'll take him there, you go back," Lu Weiyi said, glancing at Antonio. Antonio put his arm around Dean's shoulder and nodded slightly.
In this time of scramble for healing abilities, Dean is a walking prey and must be protected at all times.
"Team leader!" Several people on guard greeted Lu Weiyi.
"You've worked hard," Lu Weiyi said. Seeing Lin Tian's burning gaze, he smiled and patted his shoulder, "You've been indispensable."
"Thank you, captain!" This means that they have had a great harvest. Even though Lin Tian couldn't eat the whole roasted lamb, he was happy.
Lu Weiyi held Zhuang Aiyi in one hand, followed by Xu Sa and Xu Yi. He looked around and finally decided on a location under a tree that was a little higher and further away, "Let's go over there."
The bespectacled man, Li Xiuyin, came up again and said to Xu Yi, "Mr. Xu, do you need any help?"
Xu Yi didn't say anything, the electric current had already rushed out again. Between helping and dying now and not helping and taking revenge later, Xu Yi chose the latter without hesitation. He had regained his arrogant look and shook his head, "No need."
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