Chapter 284 Cooking
"The team members can't move at all now, they are equivalent to disabled people. Wei Yi is also not feeling well. In this situation, he can't escape at all while being chased by the entire Kyoto force."
"On the contrary, it may become more dangerous if we leave the Kyoto base," he looked at Lu Xiao, "and, Wei Yi will not leave at this time. In today's world, he only has a few relatives. How could he leave on his own when he knows there is danger and let you stay behind to buy time for him?"
"I'm fine. I have a lot of people under my command. They can't do anything to me in a short time. If it doesn't work, I will send you away first, and then I will bring the team to join you. Isn't your base vast and sparsely populated? Then I will rest assured and let you retire."
Zhuang Mingxu did not respond to him. With the entire base chasing them, Lu Xiao and his men were not taken seriously at all. "Let's discuss how to break their cooperation."
"The Zheng family is spreading rumors now. It will take some time for the rumors to ferment. Even if it is fast, it will take about three or four days. During this period, we will try to win over other forces." Zhuang Mingxu said calmly, "How much of the Zhuang family's power can you handle?"
"I have controlled most of the supplies, but..." Lu Xiao didn't continue.
But if all the power is gone, the supplies will be divided up by others and will not be of any practical use. What matters now is the strength of the force. Unfortunately, he only has a few outstanding psychics under his command, and the rest are some ordinary people.
"The Hunter's Guild is now in disarray, but the teams within it are also divided into gangs and factions. Not all teams care about the missing captain and deputy captain. I have asked people to contact those teams that still want to redeem people, to see if we can persuade them not to step on us even if they don't help us, given the hostages in their hands."
"The biggest uncertainty comes from the Zhao family," said Zhuang Mingxu.
"Yes, the Zhao family can occupy a quarter of the power of the base. There is no need to mention the strength of their subordinates. Moreover, Zhao Qiang's level of supernatural power is very strong. Many of his subordinates are famous on the base's master rankings. Once he agrees to cooperate with the Zhao family, it will be difficult for him to survive even if he takes down the Zhuang family's power."
"And right now the Zhao family actually has no choice. The Zheng family is already ready to take action. If the Zhao family does not participate and only benefits from the Zheng family, then after annexing the Zhuang family, it means that the Zheng family will be the only dominant family in the Kyoto base in the future, and the Zhao family will show weakness, so they are forced to share a piece of the pie."
"The only way is to destroy the cooperation between the Zheng family and the Zhao family." Zhuang Mingxu thought for a while and asked, "What does the Zhao family need most now?"
"What do you need? There is nothing you don't need in the apocalypse." Lu Xiao smiled bitterly and thought about it seriously, "If there is one thing Zhao Qiang wants the most, it should probably be the plant crystal core."
"Zhao Qiang is an upgrade maniac. As soon as the crystal core started to take effect, he began to absorb it non-stop. Every upgrade after that was extremely difficult. It is said that he almost died when he was upgraded from B-level to A-level. At that time, those restless forces under Zhao Qiang were ready to make a move, but he managed to survive."
"After that, he started to buy plant crystal cores at high prices, preparing for his future upgrade to S-level. But nowadays, high-level plant crystal cores are very rare, and it often takes a whole force to kill one. As for the mutant tree in Qiqiao Town before, I think the Zhao family will not give up and will make another move in the future," said Lu Xiao.
"Upgrade" Zhuang Mingxu chewed on the word and smiled slowly, "I will go and persuade the Zhao family, and I may not be able to help much with the rest."
Looking at his expression, Lu Xiao wanted to ask him what reason he used to convince the Zhao family, but he did not ask in the end. Nowadays, everyone in this world has some secrets.
"Okay, then I'll go visit the others." Since the only team had no intention of leaving, it was even less likely that Lu Xiao would give up at this time.
After he explained some more things, he led his men away again.
Zhuang Mingxu also asked someone to send an invitation to Zhao Qiang, hoping to meet him.
There was nothing else to do in the villa now, so Zhuang Mingxu looked at the time and went into the kitchen to prepare cooking.
Qi Lin was surprised to see him washing vegetables and cutting meat skillfully. Xu Yi even asked directly, "Can you cook?"
"My great father's cooking is so delicious. He is the one who cooks in our family." Zhuang Mingxu didn't say anything, but Zhuang Aiyi couldn't help showing off.
"Do you still remember?" Zhuang Mingxu was puzzled. He went back very rarely and was still young at that time.
"Remember, Daddy gave Aiyi egg custard, it was delicious." Zhuang Aiyi made a fragrant gesture with her little hand, then glanced at Taotao who looked confused behind her, and asked in a low voice, "Daddy, can Aiyi still eat egg custard?"
"Ai Yi, do you want to eat?" Zhuang Mingxu said, and took a look at the vegetable basket and found that there were no eggs in it.
Most of their supplies were in Lu Weiyi's space, and he didn't want to disturb Lu Weiyi at this time.
"Ai Yi wants to let my brother have a taste," Zhuang Ai Yi said.
"The eggs are with little daddy. He is sick and is resting. Can we wait until he wakes up before eating them next time? Big daddy will make meat porridge for you," Zhuang Mingxu advised in a gentle voice.
"Okay," Zhuang Aiyi agreed readily, took out a candy from his pocket and bent down to coax Taotao, acting like a brother.
Most of the team members were in sub-healthy condition, so Zhuang Mingxu didn't do anything else. He cooked two pots of meat porridge, one with mutant meat for the psychics, and one with ordinary meat for himself and Zhuang Aiyi. He used the rest to steam a pot of rice and stew a dish.
With the help of the earth-type mutant, the person in the room on the second floor was quickly sent down and transferred to the sofa by Qi Lin.
People sat in a circle, each of them lying crookedly like Ge You with no bones, which looked particularly funny.
"How do you feel? Are you feeling better?" Qi Lin asked.
"I feel very energetic, but I have no strength," Gu Qingyue said. Then he saw Zhuang Mingxu, the chef in the kitchen, and was stunned for a moment. He shouted, "Brother Zhuang."
Zhuang Mingxu nodded, tied his apron with a sense of ceremony, and brought out a large pot of porridge. "Do you have the strength to eat by yourself?"
He looked as if nothing had happened, causing everyone in the living room to quiet down and look at each other in silence.
Until Dean jumped down from upstairs like a lively little butterfly and stood next to Antonio who had just been transferred down.
"Brother Zhuang," Dean shouted when he saw Zhuang Mingxu, "Where have you been? I didn't see you." He pointed at himself and gestured.
"I went somewhere else. Are you okay?" Zhuang Mingxu asked, looking at him as he became active again.
Dean made a fist gesture and said, "Great."
Looking at Dean's heartless look, it sure doesn't look like he's been deliberately tortured by Zhuang Mingxu.
Seeing that others were reluctant to speak up, Ning Yuan took the initiative to ask Zhuang Mingxu what happened in the laboratory, "We heard your conversation with Zhuang Mobai."
Zhuang Mingxu took a moment to react and realized what he meant. He felt a little disgusted with Zhuang Mobai's methods. This was really a step-by-step instigation.
"When I woke up, I was already in the laboratory, but I was separated from you. I was on the second floor and you were on the fifth floor. You have a certain degree of freedom, but you can't move around casually." Zhuang Mingxu briefly recounted what happened at that time and said frankly, "Dean has special abilities, so I can only try my best to keep him by my side."
It was also an explanation to everyone why he didn't help others.
Even though Antonio had asked Dean what happened when he woke up, he still felt uncomfortable, "I heard him get an injection."
Antonio finished his petty words, and Dean had already waved his hands to explain, "If you don't hit that, then hit more other things. They especially hurt..." He rubbed his arms with both hands, looking like he had goosebumps, which made Antonio hug him even tighter.
Even so, Antonio said to Zhuang Mingxu, "I still want to fight with you."
"Okay, after we are safe," Zhuang Mingxu laughed.
At this point he recalled what happened that night, "When Li Ji and his men rushed in that day, I shouted for a long time, but there was no movement at home?"
"We all fainted at that time," Ning Yuan said.
"Someone must have put drugs in our food. Only you and Xu Yi didn't eat it. You two are fine." Gu Qingyue didn't know whether to say that these two people were lucky or unfortunate.
"We were already on guard at the time, and no outsiders had ever come in. How could someone do something like that right under our noses?" Xu Sa frowned, a little confused.
"He is a speed-type mutant, and he is under the control of Zhuang Mobai," Zhuang Mingxu said, and everyone looked over. "I saw him at that time. Wei Yi and my family had a conflict, and I was worried about the old man's health, so I wanted to go back to check on him. I bumped into him, and he told me about the situation at home. I thought he came here on purpose to tell me this, but I didn't expect him to come out from the kitchen."
Zhuang Mingxu later felt that something was wrong. He did not come from the Zhuang family's villa, but took a longer detour. However, he was angry at the time and did not notice these.
The misunderstanding has been cleared up, and although the situation doesn't look good now, no one is fussing about it.
It's already good enough to be alive in this world, so no one is dwelling on this issue anymore.
Qi Lin scooped a few bowls of porridge and looked around the sofa, "Come on, brothers, it's time for you to enjoy being served again."
"Is your service to feed food into one's nostrils?" Lin Mo's expressionless face showed that he was unwilling to be served by him.
"Be content. I'm a grown man, and my wife hasn't even served me. I just feed you. Shouldn't you be grateful?"
"That's because you don't have a wife to serve you," Lin Mo retorted, "Besides, there are so many of us giving you advance practice, you should be the one who is content. Otherwise, with your clumsy hands and feet, you'll stuff food into their mouths like feeding pigs, and even a woman would be scared away by you."
"You think I didn't feed you well? Then you do have something to complain about?" Qi Lin said with a wicked smile.
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