Chapter 418 "Exchange Students"
"Colonel, we must try our best to learn things from the outside world and come back as soon as possible." Du Quan, the oldest one, saw so many equipments in the base being taken away. Qin Xing was reluctant but did not stop it. He knew that this was a practical action to pave the way for them. He hoped that the other party would take care of them more because of their honesty.
Qin Xing patted him on the shoulder and said, "Live well."
"yes!"
"yes!"
After a few earth-shaking responses, twenty-one people from three teams stood behind Lu Weiyi.
"If I have time, I will come again. I hope you are all well." Lu Weiyi nodded at Qin Xing and walked towards the nearest steep wall, where Li Zhuang and Antonio had worked together to build an upward passage.
After Li Zhuang used his supernatural powers to solidify the originally steep wall, a two-meter-wide semicircular column protruded out, forming a half-meter-wide passage that was wrapped around in a circle. Antonio helped to erect a railing on the outside, forming a not-so-solid layer of protection.
"I will try my best to extend this road upwards, and your people can go up at any time," said Li Zhuang, and walked up first.
Qin Xing's eyes lit up, and he immediately said to the people around him, "Go get the rope, I'll follow you."
“I’m going too.”
“I’m going too.”
Several people who had been following Qin Xing rushed to speak, but he finally waved his hand to suppress them and picked five people to follow him.
Lu Weiyi pulled Dean, and let Li Zhuang and Antonio lead the way. In the middle followed Du Quan and twenty other ordinary people. Li Qing and a few others were interspersed among them, ready to deal with attacks from mutant birds at any time. Not trusting their skills, Lu Weiyi also wrapped small green branches around them as protection.
"What is that?" Du Quan was the most sensitive. He reached out his hand and touched himself, trying to pull it away.
Li Qing stretched out his hand to stop him and said, “This is a protection made by our captain, similar to a rope, it can help in case of accidents.”
Du Quan's eyebrows raised unconsciously, but he forced himself to follow the pace of the person in front of him.
Going up is more tiring than going down, but fortunately the stairs this time are more user-friendly and easier to walk on.
Li Zhuang and Antonio's supernatural powers barely lasted until they reached the top, but they sat on the ground with pale faces and couldn't get up for a long time.
Dean quickly took the crystal cores and went over to replenish the two of them. Qin Xing thanked him and was about to turn around when he saw a few rabbits baring their teeth and running towards them.
It was running at such a speed that it appeared in front of them in a flash. Zhou He, who was closest to it, reacted quickly. He waved his hand and something like a nail pierced directly into the rabbit's head. It was nailed to the ground just one second before it touched a few ordinary people.
"This... is this a rabbit?" The honest Wang Aiguo poked the rabbit in front of him with the muzzle of his gun, exposing its fangs.
"Does this thing eat meat?" The young Liu Zhuo took out a dagger from his body, walked forward and cut open the rabbit's mouth, and could clearly see the blood and meat threads on the teeth.
Li Qing nodded, "The direction of mutation is uncertain now, and no one knows how many of their previous habits they have retained. This is just a mutation without any superpowers. If they had superpowers, they would only be more powerful. You all need to pay attention these days."
Qin Xing brought a few people to watch with them, and they seemed quite curious.
"Ordinary people cannot eat mutated meat as they cannot withstand some of the energy in it. The base has now developed an instrument to detect the degree of mutation of mutated meat. Only meat with a value lower than what ordinary people can accept can be eaten. So you'd better be careful about what you eat in the future and try not to eat mutated meat," Ning Yuan reminded.
As they were speaking, another mutant bird flew towards them from a distance and was shot down easily by Ning Yuan.
"Where do you want to build the outpost? I'll let an earth-type mutant help you, so it will be faster," Lu Weiyi asked Qin Xing.
Qin Xing looked at a big tree not far away that was swept by Ning Yuan's supernatural power. His body trembled and he ran away holding the roots. He was stunned for a long time.
“This is fucking…”
"It's not a dream, is it?"
Someone whispered and slapped himself on the face. The crisp sound woke up the twenty or so people around.
Qin Xing swallowed hard to hide his expression, and said as calmly as possible, "It's about 50 meters above the ground."
"Okay." Lu Weiyi looked at Zheng Jun.
Zheng Jun nodded and walked towards the passage they came up from. A person who came up with them hurriedly followed behind him.
"I thought about it. Can you help hide the path on the link? We can't handle the situation like this. What if someone finds out..."
Looking at the current situation outside, one can imagine what kind of people survived. Qin Xing naturally knew what the world below meant to everyone. Even if a high-level psychic discovered it, he could become the king down there. What kind of future the villagers there might face was hard to imagine.
"Sure," Li Qing agreed without hesitation. "I'm mainly worried that you will be affected by the environment and mutate after you come out. It's okay to become a mutant, but what if you become a zombie..."
"Otherwise you can come with us to our base." Li Qing sighed. Seeing that Li Zhuang and Antonio had recovered, he immediately took the two of them forward and hid the passage within a hundred meters from the ground underground. The exit cover on the top was also basically camouflaged.
After doing all this, it was already noon. They ate something in a hurry and said goodbye to each other neatly.
Qin Xing took a letter from his pocket and handed it to Lu Weiyi, "Please help me take this letter to the Lone Wolf."
Lu Weiyi nodded and took the income space.
"Why don't you ask what's written? Aren't you afraid that I will rely on our comradeship to plead with him?" Qin Xing asked curiously.
Lu Weiyi shook his head and said with certainty, "Brother Damu will definitely favor me."
Qin Xing smiled heartily and said to the team members, "You bastards, I'm waiting here for you to come back alive."
Several people saluted Qin Xing, and Qin Xing saluted them back. He watched the car go away, and his figures could still be seen for a long time.
Du Quan and others in the car had red eyes.
"You will come back," Li Qing comforted him.
"Well, we will adapt to the outside world as soon as possible and come back early to deal with the new world with our comrades." Wang Aiguo seemed to be making a promise to himself.
According to the original plan, they took the extra twenty-one people to travel around the surrounding mountains for a few times. On the one hand, they continued to look for coal mines, and on the other hand, they allowed Li Qing and others to continue training their supernatural powers. The difference was that this time there were twenty more helpers.
Fortunately, these people were determined. Except for being a little surprised when they saw the huge mutant animals at the beginning, they fought without fear and even had the intention of fighting to the death.
Fortunately, thanks to Dean, no one was killed just after they left.
Dean was amazed when he was treating people, "You Chinese soldiers!" he gave a thumbs up.
"There's no other way. Our colonel tried his best to pave the way for us. We can't let him down." Du Quan's face was pale, and the pain made his lips tremble unconsciously when he spoke.
"Is it the healing system? The legendary nurse's treatment?" Liu Zhuo excitedly watched as Du Quan's injuries quickly recovered under Dean's fingertips, his eyes shining with excitement.
"Yes," Dean patted his chest and said proudly, "Healing Department."
"Wow, you're awesome," Liu Zhuo praised without hesitation.
"It's okay. Come to me if you get hurt next time." Dean patted his shoulder, acting like a big brother who would protect him, "I'll save you."
"Thank you so much," Liu Zhuo thanked him with a smile, and followed him to check on the injuries of other people.
In the distance, Li Qing and his companions were fighting with a huge lynx. Antonio was standing on a big tree not far away, watching them and saving their lives at the critical moment from time to time.
In the forest, you can hear the howling of wild animals, and even see the animals' glowing eyes staring at this place in the dark. The rustling sounds around make people feel that something may pop up at any time.
This is an environment that can easily make people nervous, but Lu Weiyi and his companions don't seem to care at all, but they can kill any small pets as soon as they approach.
This seemed to have become their instinct, and they didn't even have time to relax during rest.
"How have you been living like this for the past two years?" Du Ping stepped forward to help Ning Yuan wash the vegetables.
"It was more dangerous at the beginning, because there were zombie animals appearing then. Can you imagine what a fist-sized zombie rat looks like? I've encountered everything from zombie pigs to everything else." Ning Yuan built a fire, looked around and didn't see any fire-type psychic around him, so he could only resign himself to lighting it with a lighter.
"I don't know what happened later, but the zombie energy didn't seem to infect animals anymore..." Ning Yuan paused and turned to look at Lu Weiyi. "Hey, can we study this aspect to find out why the zombie energy has never infected animals?"
"Infected," Lu Weiyi replied, "The laboratory has tested it, but there are fewer animals growing in cities, so the possibility of being attacked by zombies is low. And just like psychics, low-level zombies cannot infect high-level psychics, so we have basically never seen it."
"We don't have more manpower to research new projects in our base right now, but..." Lu Weiyi unfolded the notebook in his hand and took a look at it, and said, "Kyoto has gathered a group of scientific researchers who specialize in studying zombie energy. When we go there in two days, we will pick them up and return together."
"Are those people in Kyoto willing to cooperate?" Ning Yuan was surprised.
"They are eager to place people in our base." Lu Weiyi saw this very clearly.
Moreover, he and Zhuang Mingxu had already discussed this matter in advance. No matter what the other party's purpose was, the research on zombie energy must be carried out. This was related to whether ordinary people could prevent infection in the future. If they wanted to suppress Cheng Chuan and others and hold the initiative in their own hands, they had to accept the other party.
That night, Lu Weiyi kept vigil again.
Under the illumination of the night light above his head, he kept writing and drawing on a notebook, throwing it into the space, and after a moment, taking it out again to continue.
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