Chapter 388: Poaching
Lu Weiyi suddenly sat up from his comfortable half-lying position. He suddenly remembered the time he had stayed in the base on and off after returning from Kyoto. Lin Yimu came to check on his recovery from time to time and occasionally brought back some prey to supplement his nutrition. He was busy all day long, leaving home early and returning late.
Zhuang Mingxu said that he was in charge of the logistics of the entire base and was very busy. Although Lu Weiyi was a little uncomfortable, he didn't say anything because he saw that Lin Yimu was energetic all day.
But at this moment, Li Qing's meaning seemed to be completely different...
"When did you make peace with him?" When he first reunited with Li Qing, Lu Weiyi knew in his heart that he must have brought the team here from afar just for Lin Yimu. Even though he was prepared for this, he still felt a little uncomfortable.
Before, my eyes were full of people who were his, but now, there are more people who are competing with him.
He suddenly felt a little displeased with Li Qing.
"...when you went to the Kyoto base..." Li Qing saw his big reaction and felt nervous as if he was being tested by his stepson.
I went to the Kyoto base and risked my life. Someone dug a hole through the wall behind me...
Lu Weiyi's breathing became heavier. Seeing that something was not right, the others quickly pulled each other and prepared to leave the scene, leaving the space for the fake father and son.
After all, he is not an ignorant child. Lu Weiyi knows that his unhappiness is just caused by his possessiveness towards the people around him. Lin Yimu has been introduced to many girls by many years.
Zhuang Mingxu paid him a high salary at the beginning, and he spent 24 hours a day taking care of himself, so he had no place to spend money. Many servants in the Ji family would show their courtesy to Lin Yimu from time to time.
Lin Yimu refused all of them, saying that the young master needed care.
When they reunited with Li Qing after the end of the world, Lu Weiyi clearly saw his tenacious and forbearing emotions when he looked at Li Qing. Li Qing wanted to say something but ended up being speechless.
At that time, he had thought about letting him stay in Qingyuan.
Now that they have achieved their goal, he should be happy for him, but...
It’s still so frustrating!
Lu Weiyi was afraid that he would not be able to help but beat Li Qing, so he stood up and snorted heavily and walked towards the carriage, "I'm sleepy and want to go to bed."
"Okay, I'll just keep watch. I guarantee there won't be any problems," Li Qing quickly replied, his flattering attitude evident in his words.
After waiting for the people to leave, Lei Jun and others came over. Li Qing wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead and let out a deep breath.
"What... does this mean?"
"If you don't refute it, it means you agree."
"But the captain doesn't seem to know anything about it. Didn't the Lone Wolf mention anything about you?"
"The base has been very busy recently. The instructor is in charge of the materials for the entire base and has been coordinating their mobilization. Plus, the team leader has had intermittent health problems since he came back, so he wanted to wait and talk about it later," Li Qing explained for Lin Yimu.
That’s what he said, but before Lu Weiyi came back, he could still stay in the villa for a few days. Now that he is back, Lin Yimu directly refused.
At night, Zhuang Aiyi and Taotao lived in a room next to Lin Yimu. Whenever something happened, they would go to find Lin Yimu in the middle of the night, which made him unwilling to live in the military dormitory.
Now Li Qing needs to lead the team out every few days, and they don't have much time to spend together. They have to be separated at night. If this continues, it is unknown when Li Qing will take the initiative.
If he has a clear path forward, he will be able to stay at the villa openly in the future.
Even though he was prepared, he didn't expect his new son to be so unfriendly. Lu Weiyi was usually a very indifferent person, but he was like a drug of protest all the way. If Li Qing dared to say something, he would immediately refute.
From disliking him for eating crabs and drinking rice wine, to complaining about his ugly cotton coat, to implying that wearing a coat in this season is bad for your health, he even took the lead in wearing a short-sleeved shirt to prove his youth, and ate a large bowl of crabs to show off his good stomach.
The result was that when they arrived at the Pingjin base, Lu Weiyi was holding his cotton coat and sniffing his nose, and he ran to the toilet every once in a while because his stomach was rumbling.
After a few times, the little face turned pale and he was carried back weakly by Xu Sa.
"Hold on a moment, you can enter the city after paying the temporary residence fee. We have a place to rent inside. Have a good rest after you arrive." Ning Yuan helped Xu Sa get into the car and looked at the people in front who were registering and paying.
"Hmm" Lu Weiyi looked out the car window weakly.
Unlike their base, the entire Pingjin base was crowded with people. They were dressed in rags and were either sitting or lying on the ground, unwilling even to stand up and beg.
A simple dwelling was made up of a few pieces of wood and a plastic bag. A young child was so hungry that his bones were visible. He wore open-toed shoes and his eyes were rolling around. He would run past passers-by from time to time, but would be caught again, thrown to the ground, and cursed them as thieves before being beaten up.
A man with a tired face walked carefully through the crowd with a broken bowl in his hand. Someone deliberately bumped into him, causing most of the water in the bowl to spill. He looked up angrily, but in the end he could only smile, apologize, and walk away with a hunched back as the other person looked arrogant.
The people who paid the fees settled the supplies for entering the city, and the car started slowly. Lu Weiyi retracted his gaze and entered the base not far away. The wall of more than 20 meters protected the entire base so that it was watertight. Even if there were zombies, it would be impossible for them to break in in a short time.
The streets in the city still look like they did before the end of the world, with cars passing by, pedestrians walking leisurely, and the sounds of hawking being heard everywhere.
A wall separates two worlds.
The car drove all the way to the small courtyard where they temporarily rented a house. Lu Weiyi hurriedly went to the toilet again. When he came out, his legs were so weak that he could not even stand. He looked at Li Qing who was looking at him quietly from a distance and gritted his teeth.
"What are you doing? Are you in a belated rebellious phase or do you think you're living too comfortably?" Xu Sa didn't know the situation and pressed the man down on the bed, covering his face until only his face was left.
Ning Yuan and Wu Yue took people to look for the partners they had agreed to cooperate with. Qi Lin went secretly to look for Lin Ya, leaving the five of them in the yard they rented.
There were several shelves of medicine in the small room. Xu Yi was looking for cold and stomach medicines that he hadn't heard of for a long time. When he heard Xu Sa's words, he covered his mouth and laughed.
"A-choo" Lu Weiyi sneezed again. Li Qing quickly handed him a tissue, but he took it forcefully. His eyes were red and he was gritting his teeth, looking like an underage child.
"I cooked some ginger and sugar water. Drink it to make you sweat and get better faster," said Li Qing.
"No, I'm fine... A-choo..." Lu Weiyi maintained his last stubbornness.
Xu Sa felt it was simply unbearable to watch, so he reached out to take the ginger sugar water that Li Qing brought over, and sat down on the edge of the bed with a swagger, "Hurry up, don't force me to force you to drink it."
"Xu Ergou, you're making a scene... Achoo..." Lu Weiyi bared his teeth and claws.
"Xu Yi, come and help," Xu Sa called out to him. The two of them held him down and poured a full bowl of soup into him. The scene was so horrific that Li Qing only dared to stand at the door and peek, then quickly pretended not to know anything and left.
As soon as he smiled with glee at someone else's misfortune, he noticed someone was nearby and immediately restrained himself into a worried look.
"Captain, I didn't expect you to change your face?" Huang Rui and Xing Zhou, who were on patrol, lowered their voices, with mockery on their faces.
"Get out!" Li Qingxiao kicked the two men and ran away quickly after hearing the noise in the room.
Qi Lin's meeting with Lin Ya was very successful. Of course, it might have depended on the controller in his hand. The memory of near-death is always fresh in people's memory.
Lin Ya did not hide anything and immediately told Qi Lin about the Pingjin base, or rather the plan - they wanted to occupy the Yuebanwan base.
"They have their eyes on the defense of our base?" Qi Lin did not find this surprising. If no other base coveted the geographical location of their base, then it could only be said that they were short-sighted and "very discerning."
Lin Ya felt as if she heard the pride in the tone of the tall man in front of her. He might have a serious illness, Lin Ya thought.
But this did not stop her from being anxious. After all, there was a time bomb in her heart. It didn't matter whether Yuebanwan lived or died. What mattered was what she would do when the time came.
"Not only the base, but also the people in your base. Meng Hu got the news from the Kyoto base that your base has the secret that can be safely upgraded. This is also the reason why all the members of your base are high-level psychics. He used this as bait and persuaded the forces of the entire base to cooperate. He wants to take down your base completely."
She looked at Qi Lin tentatively, and seeing that he didn't look surprised, she thought the news might be true.
For a moment, she couldn't tell what she felt. The highest-level psychic in the Pingjin base was A-level. She tried her best to obtain plant crystal cores from different people to improve herself. This was also the premise for her to gain a foothold at the moment.
But she also knew that S-level was absolutely impossible for her. She no longer absorbed crystal cores in order to prevent herself from upgrading too quickly and dying too early.
Now, because of the bomb in my heart, I have a connection with them.
In just a moment, Lin Ya immediately formed a plan in her mind, "I can cooperate with you from inside and outside, provide all the information, and deal with their attacks, but..."
Qi Lin looked at the charming woman in front of him, and saw that she asked with a desperate look, "I want a chance to be promoted to S-level."
Qi Lin was about to say that he couldn't make the decision, but Lin Ya raised her hand to stop him from speaking. "I know that there are S-level and above psychics in your base, but the number is limited after all, and you have so many ordinary people as a burden. According to statistics, the population of the Pingjin base has reached 70,000, all of whom are psychics. There are more than 200 psychics above A level alone, which is more than ten times your number. Can you really survive unscathed under the attack of so many people?"
Qi Lin did not respond to her question, but asked, "Why are they so easy to talk to in exchange for supplies?"
"Because the high-level forces regard everything in your base as theirs in their hands. Once given away, they will be taken back again. It is like giving from the left hand to the right hand. In addition, the coast was frozen in the winter last year, making fishing impossible. The lack of mutant meat to eat was obvious."
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