Chapter 383 Zhao Qiang Upgrade
Lu Xiao's upgrade made quite a stir, so Zhao Qiang came to see him early the next morning.
The good treatment given to Lu Xiao was not given to Zhao Qiang. Although Lu Weiyi prepared peach juice, he would use it when he really couldn't hold on any longer.
Also in South Island, but at a different location, Zhao Qiang brought with him the team leader Meng Guang, in addition to Lu Xiao.
"This is the crystal core I prepared." Zhao Qiang was more generous than Lu Xiao. He prepared only A-grade crystal cores, not even a single B-grade one.
Lu Weiyi took it and took a look at it, and said, "You absorb one and I will give you one."
"Uncle, you and Captain Meng are on the periphery. There are no large wild animals on the island, but there are some small mutant animals, rabbits, hedgehogs and so on. You also have to be careful of the mutant crabs, which may land on the island. Be careful not to let them get close to interrupt the upgrade."
"Don't worry, I guarantee that no living creature will affect Chief Officer Zhao." Lu Xiao was in a good mood after successfully upgrading, and agreed readily.
Meng Guang nodded and looked at Zhao Qiang. After getting the other party's approval, he followed the direction that Lu Xiao said, but he didn't stay too far away from them, ensuring that if Zhao Qiang encountered any problems, he could immediately go forward to support him. Although he felt that his little special ability might not allow him to resist Lu Weiyi and Lu Xiao, it was still in time to give a proper warning.
He glanced vaguely in one direction, then silently withdrew his gaze and kept his own direction.
"Brother Lu, I'll be okay, right?" Zhao Qiang held a crystal core and looked at Lu Weiyi steadily.
"I will let you live, after all..." Lu Weiyi glanced at him and said directly, "Our base has begun to take shape, and we don't want it to be destroyed by your blaster."
Zhao Qiang didn't expect that the backup plan he had arranged would be discovered by the other party, and even said it so bluntly - the agreement with Lu Weiyi was only verbal at the beginning. Now that he came here, he was naturally prepared for Lu Weiyi to go back on his word. If he didn't leave alive, the entire Yueban Bay would be completely destroyed by the weapons ambushed nearby.
"Fuck, Lao Zhao, your grandson has no moral principles?" Lu Xiao understood what he meant when he heard it and cursed immediately.
Zhao Qiang didn't feel embarrassed at all and laughed loudly, "I was mean-spirited. I will apologize to you two when I successfully upgrade."
Lu Xiao was unhappy, but he also understood what he was thinking, "Just wait until I get you drunk so hard that you can't even get up."
Zhao Qiang knew that this was a way for him to save face, so he immediately bowed and said, "I will definitely drink with Brother Lu until we are drunk."
Lu Weiyi didn't respond. Instead, he looked at him with a puzzled look and asked, "Do you think a bullet can kill you?"
"It's useless." Zhao Qiang didn't understand what he meant and went back.
"Yes, it's useless." Lu Weiyi nodded seriously, "Let's start."
Zhao Qiang didn't understand the meaning of his emphasis, he just knew that it was about to begin.
At this point, there was no room for retreat. Zhao Qiang took a deep breath and said, "My life is in the hands of Brother Lu." After that, he found a stone, sat on it and began to absorb the crystal core in his hand.
Lu Weiyi stood beside him, waiting for him to absorb the crystal core in his hand, and then began to replace it with the crystal core he had purified.
At first, Lu Xiao used his special powers to kill a few small animals from time to time, but he got bored after a while. He picked a handful of jujubes that had not been pecked by birds from a nearby jujube tree, put them in his mouth and chewed them, and his gaze gradually returned to Zhao Qiang.
At this time, sweat was already breaking out on Zhao Qiang's forehead, and there was no sign of anything unusual on his face, but Lu Xiao knew that he was beginning to feel pain - this was a necessary process for every upgrade they went through.
Every time I go through the gates of hell, but...
Except for the initial feeling of being worse than death yesterday, he seemed to absorb the crystal core much faster afterwards, and he did not feel uncomfortable at all. The upgrade was even incredibly smooth, easier than when he first upgraded to Level B.
At that time, Lu Xiao was only immersed in the joy of successfully upgrading and ignored all these. But now, looking at Zhao Qiang's completely different process, he realized that something was wrong.
He looked at Lu Weiyi, who was sitting cross-legged and writing something on a piece of paper. Compared to the tense atmosphere on Zhao Qiang's side, he didn't seem worried at all. It was unclear whether he didn't care about Zhao Qiang's life or death, or... was confident?
Lu Xiao's heart trembled. The only team had upgraded openly in Kyoto before, and if he successfully upgraded this time when he returned, he was afraid that some speculations about the Yuebanwan base would arise.
I am not afraid of one force investigating, I am afraid of all forces investigating together...
They don't care what the truth is. They will only pursue the so-called "truth" after exerting strong control. As for whether it is really as they guessed, who cares?
Thinking of this, Lu Xiao broke out in a cold sweat and suddenly felt that he should not have come here to upgrade. He was only thinking that after the upgrade, he would be able to lead the team to gain a better foothold in the Kyoto base and provide more help to Lu Xi and Lu Weiyi, and he forgot the consequences that this matter might bring to them.
Zhao Qiang's upgrade was still going on over there. Meng Guang was walking around, driving away the birds that flew over from time to time, and then turning around to look at Zhao Qiang worriedly.
Lu Xiao could no longer calm down. He thought about the weapons in Yueban Bay, speculated on the strength of their psychics, calculated the munitions in his hands, and thought about how to make them resist everyone as much as possible.
Zhao Qiang had not taken peach juice in advance to purify his zombie energy, so it took him significantly longer to upgrade than Lu Xiao. The four of them waited until almost noon, and Lu Weiyi felt that the energy in Zhao Qiang's body had reached its peak.
He put away the paper and pen in his hand, stood up and stuffed the last handful of crystal cores into Zhao Qiang's arm. At this time, Zhao Qiang's figure was no longer as straight as at the beginning. He leaned against the big rock behind him to make himself look less embarrassed, but his muscles were tense and his teeth were grinding.
The energy in his body was surging, and he felt that he might not be able to make it through this. He opened his eyes and stared at Lu Weiyi. His bloodshot eyeballs looked extremely ferocious, as if he was silently questioning him.
"Go on, you can." Lu Weiyi leaned over and gave him some more crystal cores.
Giving up at this point might still give you a chance to survive, but the upgrade will definitely fail. But continue...
Zhao Qiang saw Lu Xiao playing with a date in his hand out of the corner of his eye. He put all his mind into it as if he was ready to die. It was as if every pore of his body was open, absorbing the crystal core in his body at the maximum speed he could accept.
Lu Weiyi, who noticed that his absorption speed was increasing, immediately began to replenish his crystal cores. Ten minutes later, Zhao Qiang howled to the sky, and the surrounding crystal core energy rushed towards him at a flow trend visible to the naked eye. In just a moment, a huge amount of energy radiated from his body.
Lu Weiyi quickly set up a mental barrier in front of Lu Xiao. He then saw Meng Guang, who was standing still in shock at the scene, and quickly extended the mental barrier over to protect him before he was hit by the energy wave.
This also caused the energy waves emanating from Zhao Qiang's body to be unable to disperse in all directions, and could only rush towards the sky. The air flow was vibrating, and the trees and land around him were all blown straight into the sky, as if a nuclear bomb exploded on the spot.
Before, Lu Weiyi watched others upgrade and only needed to protect a small area around him. But this time, he was forced to spread his mental power in a circle. He was overwhelmed by the surging energy, and Lu Weiyi could only barely hold on by constantly strengthening all his mental power.
When Zhao Qiang gathered his energy and looked dazed at his success, Lu Weiyi, who was not far away, also fell to the ground exhausted.
"Sheriff"
"Xiao Yi"
Meng Guang's excited voice formed a sharp contrast with Lu Xiao's worry. The two of them ran towards different people at the same time. With the blessing of his supernatural powers, Lu Xiao was obviously faster.
His body held Lu Weiyi like a chicken, "What's wrong with you?"
Lu Weiyi shook his head weakly, his face pale and silent.
Zhao Qiang had just been tortured by pain for several hours, and he could still feel the dull pain in his bones. He was supported by Meng Guang but couldn't stand up. His lips were dry and he looked at Lu Weiyi in a hoarse voice, "Brother Lu, are you okay?"
Lu Weiyi nodded.
After confirming that Zhao Qiang had successfully upgraded, Meng Guang was very excited. "You two, should we leave here first and go back to rest?"
"Walk"
Lu Xiao leaned over and carried Lu Weiyi on his back, and Meng Guang did the same with Zhao Qiang on his back. After a while, they parted at the connecting corridor.
In the villa yard, Xi Shi was cleaning a large clump of hair that could not be identified as what animal it was, Yin Jin was sorting vegetables on the side, little Qin Nian was placed in a stroller, Zhuang Aiyi was holding her beloved little wolf cub and introducing him to him, Tao Tao would interject from time to time.
Seeing this scene, several people immediately walked over here. Xi Shi habitually wiped his hands on his apron and leaned over to look, "What's going on?"
At this time, Lu Weiyi was so drowsy that he didn't even want to open his eyes.
"I don't know either, Brother Xi, where is your treatment department?" Lu Xiao asked.
"Dean went to work at the hospital today. I'll ask Xu Yi." Xi Shi helped him open the bedroom door and quickly went to find his intercom.
"Please notify Zhuang Mingxu and see if he has time to come back."
"Okay," Xi Shi responded and switched to Xu Yi's channel. Unfortunately, both therapists were in the hospital today.
In the end, it was Zhuang Mingxu who drove back to pick one up.
When Zhuang Mingxu came back, he knew what was going on. He whispered a few words to Dean and went out to check the bedroom.
"What's going on?" Lu Xiao walked around the living room and asked as soon as he saw someone coming out.
"Something happened when we went to Cangnan some time ago, and Xiaoyi's body has not recovered completely. Maybe assisting two people to upgrade at once has caused some impact on his body. Dean is helping him input superpowers to relieve the pain, and he needs some time to recuperate," said Zhuang Mingxu.
"Tsk, Xiaoyi didn't say anything, so why didn't you say anything? If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have been in such a hurry to upgrade. It's not impossible to postpone it until tomorrow, but now..." Lu Xiao wanted to stick his head out to take a look, but the bedroom door was closed.
"It's okay, uncle. Xiaoyi should have thought of it. Before you came, he was outside collecting supplies and walked around the periphery of Pingjin City. He came back and said that he would stay in the base for the next few days."
"This child..." Lu Xiao was worried and blamed himself.
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