Chapter 407 Trade
"Base Commander, can this crystal core zombie energy detection detect any level?"
"Yes, all psychics have zombie energy in their bodies." Lu Weiyi roughly explained the relationship between upgrade explosion and zombie energy to everyone. "There are few psychics in our base, and the existing data has only been verified by measurements of a few people, with an accuracy rate of only 70%. But it is much better than blindly upgrading."
"If everyone is willing, I hope everyone will do a test. On the one hand, it can provide a guarantee for whether you have upgraded, and on the other hand, it can also enrich our data database." After Lu Weiyi finished speaking, he saw everyone's hesitant expressions and explained, "They are just a group of external instruments. They will not cause harm to the body. Don't worry."
"With the base commander's words, we feel relieved."
"We will definitely cooperate with the research and development of our base"
Seeing that everyone no longer felt repulsed, Lu Weiyi then said something that was good news for all psychics, "Later, each team will report the names of the psychics who will go out to fight the zombies, as well as their levels. The base will issue a certain number of purification crystal cores for everyone to use when upgrading."
"In addition, the families of the psychics who died in the line of duty will be contacted later, and the base will provide a certain amount of material subsidies, as well as job placement and other conditions. The base will always remember your dedication."
After settling the people with special abilities, Zhuang Mingxu took Lu Weiyi to the ordinary people to inform them of the possible arrangements for this year. After everyone had a clear idea, he returned to the podium.
After eating and drinking enough, Xu Chu asked about the settlement of the group on East Island.
"There is no need to test for the zombie virus again. If there was any problem after such a long time, it would have appeared long ago. By then, we will only need to do some basic tests. The residential base has been arranged according to the list. After re-registering their information and issuing resident certificates, they will be allowed to enter North Island for unified management," the person in charge of resident management took the initiative to say.
"Then we'll start from tomorrow. It's the New Year, and we'll be reclaiming land on a large scale. After the earth-type psychics have finished the work, we'll arrange for everyone to start a new round of planting. This year we have a heavy task, so we still have to concentrate all our strength."
Zhuang Mingxu thought for a while and looked at Wu Yue, "You are responsible for taking them to Dongdao. After the people leave, take people to check it out, and finally let the wood-type mutants restore the surrounding vegetation."
"Okay," Wu Yue nodded.
After a busy day, the teams at the base handed over the names of the personnel to be upgraded that day. Lu Weiyi took the list and was surprised, "There are more than 600 people who will be upgraded to A-level alone?"
"It's not surprising. There are more than 300 water and earth elements alone. Water element mutants have contributed a lot throughout the winter. All the base missions absorb purified crystal cores. It's normal to face upgrades." Zhuang Mingxu gave the list to Lin Yimu and asked him to count the purified crystal cores needed for the upgrade and arrange the upgrade.
Turning to Lu Weiyi, he told him about the latest news from Kyoto. "There was news from Zheng Yi, saying that he wants our base to help upgrade. They can provide seeds, crystal cores, and some advanced equipment. Our uncle also asked if he could help upgrade a group of A-level psychics. Zhao Qiang also has this intention. What do you say?"
"What do you think?" Lu Weiyi asked.
"It would be best if Zheng Yi could upgrade successfully. He is still needed to stabilize the Zheng family. Besides, the current three-way balance of power in Kyoto should not be easily broken. The zombies are evolving too fast now. The way to survive is to reduce internal strife and unite against the outside world. Our uncle can help upgrade a group of A-level forces. His power is the weakest. It will be easier for him to gain a foothold with a group of high-level helpers."
"Can the production in the research laboratory keep up?" This is the main reason. The current purification is done directly by instruments, and the output is really a bit low. Just one S-level upgrade requires thousands of crystal cores, which is not a number that can be produced in a short period of time, especially since there are many psychics in their base who are eyeing this area.
"I'll ask them to hurry up and ask Chen Xiuyin to make a batch of machines." Zhuang Mingxu paused and exclaimed, "I have to say that the cooperation between the teacher and the student is not only efficient but also produces unexpected results."
"I used to think that zombie energy needed to be neutralized with various chemical solutions. It's admirable that they both thought of using machinery to extract zombie energy directly."
"Does that mean that when the human body is infected with zombie energy, it can also be extracted mechanically? And can it successfully suppress the occurrence of zombie transformation?" Lu Weiyi asked.
"I asked, but it's not possible for now. Zhuang Mobai said that after the zombie energy enters the human body, it will cause changes in the tissues in the human body at an extremely fast speed. If you want to achieve this effect, you need to seize this time difference."
"People with special abilities have a certain tolerance to zombie energy and can use their special abilities to force the zombie energy out of their bodies during this period. However, ordinary people cannot tolerate it and are too sensitive to zombie energy, and they don't have special abilities to help them force out the zombie energy."
Zhuang Mingxu sighed and said to Lu Weiyi, "Future experiments may require experimental subjects."
Lu Weiyi didn't say anything, and Zhuang Mingxu continued, "I have heard about a few small gathering places where extremely vicious people gather. When the time comes, we will lead a team to capture them and bring them back to make contributions to human progress."
"High-sounding." Lu Weiyi rolled his eyes at him and did not refute. "Tell Zheng Yi and the others the quantity clearly, and also mention the supplies. Leave enough for us to use before letting them come."
After Lu Weiyi finished speaking, he asked about the mission of the only team this year.
"This year, I want you to capture a batch of live wild animals and release them on East Island, and consciously cultivate it into a natural livestock farm," Zhuang Mingxu said, taking out the map of East Island. "The question now is, do you think we should keep it completely native and let them fend for themselves and eat each other, or divide the area into areas for artificial intervention?"
"We must intervene in the short term to give them time to reproduce and thrive, otherwise they will not have enough time to grow stronger." Lu Weiyi looked at the map of East Island and thought for a while before saying, "Otherwise, we can collect mutant animals with vegetarian ideas first."
"Most of the mutant creatures have something to do with meat, right?" Zhuang Mingxu raised his eyebrows as he thought of the rabbits that ate chickens and the cows and sheep that attacked people.
"Let's try it first. There has to be a process. Besides, East Island is so large, and there are some mutant birds on it. When the earth-type mutant was building a house there, he found a rabbit nest. It shouldn't be long before some small animals will appear."
"Okay, okay." Zhuang Mingxu put away the map of East Island and took out a map of North Island. "There are some fruit trees on the North Island that you deliberately placed there before. We can collect them from our subordinates and let everyone collect them consciously, and then cultivate an artificial orchard on the North Island."
"I brought it back on the way, there's no need to ask them to come." Lu Weiyi was very confident in Taotao's ability to abduct plants.
"Don't worry about them working hard, the tasks still need to be distributed..."
Before Zhuang Mingxu finished speaking, he saw Lu Weiyi curled his lips and said, "I don't want to pay them with crystal cores. It's just a matter of convenience, but I have to pay them a certain amount of compensation if I let them do it."
"Haha, you stingy guy." Zhuang Mingxu rubbed his prickly hair.
"You don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are until you run the household," Lu Weiyi complained to him.
"Okay, I'll listen to you," Zhuang Mingxu said. "In addition, you need to lead a team here this year. Before the end of the world, this place was a famous coal-producing province. You should bring back some coal. Our base still needs these things in the short term to survive the winter."
Lu Weiyi looked at the distance and estimated the distance in his mind, then he heard Zhuang Mingxu say, "Don't drive, you can just go by helicopter."
"Ah?" Lu Weiyi was surprised. Their family had two helicopters, and he had only used them once when he got lost at sea. He never used them again. He didn't expect to take them out at this time.
"Yes," Zhuang Mingxu affirmed, "the oil island has sent back some gasoline after processing, which is enough for you to drive for a while. There is also another good news. Han Jing said that the oil island has a direct connection to the underground, and exploration has found that it may contain oil."
Lu Weiyi's eyebrows lit up with joy, but then he heard Zhuang Mingxu pour cold water on him, "But our current equipment does not meet the conditions for mining."
"Can't a superpower do it? Let Li Zhuang try. It's not difficult for an earth-type superpower to move things thousands of meters underground."
When Zhuang Mingxu heard him say this in such a relaxed tone, he felt sorry for the psychics under his command for the umpteenth time, "...you can ask him."
"Okay, I'll talk to him," Lu Weiyi said happily, and the next day he sent Li Zhuang to the oil island.
As the temperature rose higher and higher, the entire base began to thrive again. Over the winter, the base management proved their commitment with actions, and no one froze to death or starved to death.
This gave the leadership of the base unprecedented credibility in the hearts of the people. After the land was reopened, the number of people who signed up to participate in local planting in the entire base reached nearly 20,000, and their mining area once reached more than 200,000 acres.
After Zhuang Mingxu had people screened, he selected a group of strong and skilled people to form a base trading team, which was specifically responsible for transporting exchange materials to the nearby Pingjin base and Kyoto base.
Bai Miao and Li Dongsheng began to take charge of their previous work again. While Lu Weiyi led the team to a location in the center of Pingjin City to hunt zombies, he also gradually began to bring back mutant animals. Everything was developing in a good direction.
Before the first trade with the Pingjin Base was launched, Tang Bai led a team to come in person with some supplies. On the surface, he was representing the Pingjin Base to reach a friendly and progressive relationship with Yuebanwan and took the initiative to lower his head for the previous conflict, but in fact he came to see his wife and daughter.
After some face-to-face greetings, Tang Bai quietly went to where Xu Wen was that night.
All along the way, he was worried that the two of them would suffer losses and be wronged, but when he saw the girl had gained three pounds, his heavy fatherly love was no match for the impact of the little fat girl's weight. Tang Bai couldn't say, "You have suffered."
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