Chapter 443: Playing Cards
"No one can be sure whether the level of zombies and mutant animals will become stronger in the future. We can only act as soon as possible. It is best to improve all combat effectiveness. If the physical fitness is not good enough, we can make up for it with weapons."
Lu Weiyi said this clearly and even though he was still sitting awkwardly, the aura he exuded was no longer comparable to the past.
"I'll arrange it as soon as possible." Lin Yimu wrote his order in his notebook.
"If we rely solely on our base army, our abilities are limited after all, and some tasks may not be completed well. Can we organize the team members appropriately? Their abilities are more advantageous than those of our military personnel?" Wu Yue asked.
"Okay," Lu Weiyi frowned and thought, "but if we want them to take action, what can we use in exchange for the interest?" The base troops are civil servants. In addition to wages, the base also provides various preferential policies. However, the team members of the base generally have powerful abilities, and those things are not enough to make them take risks.
"The member teams of the Psychic Guild have their own regulations regarding going out, and they are required to unconditionally carry out a certain number of tasks at the base."
"One or two tasks will not have much effect." Zhuang Mingxu saw that it was getting late and everyone was thinking. No good suggestions could be put forward for the time being. He asked everyone to think about it and adjourned the meeting early.
After everyone left, he asked Lu Weiyi, "Do you want to increase the weapons manufacturing at our base?"
"Yes, not only that, I also plan to focus on making some heavy weapons," Lu Weiyi half leaned on him idly, "If the number of our tanks can be increased, then ordinary people will have fortresses to hide in when they go out. If everyone has a rocket launcher, then they will be able to fight against both mutant animals and zombies."
"The teams below can stay in the base and survive. This is no different from closing the country to the outside world, restricting all kinds of discoveries. Especially now that the birth rate is almost zero, everyone has nothing to do, so they will definitely come up with something unexpected to cause trouble for us..."
"..."Zhuang Mingxu chuckled and ruffled his hair. "It just so happens that I am planning to sell a batch of instruments, weapons and purified crystal cores this time. Since you want to expand production, I will reduce the crystal cores and match them with a certain amount of other auxiliary materials."
"Okay." Lu Weiyi looked up at him, "How do you think we can get the team to risk their lives?"
"Benefits" Zhuang Mingxu saw Lu Weiyi's eyes shining, waiting for him to continue speaking, and after holding it in for a long time, he smiled and said, "I haven't thought about the details yet."
Seeing Lu Weiyi's expectant expression, his face immediately changed and he laughed out loud, "It's a good opportunity to take them out together this time. I'll think about it on the way." By observing closely, you can also tell which aspects the leaders of each team are more interested in.
The base team made the decision very quickly and reported the vacancies the next day. Unexpectedly, all of them were captains and vice-captains of each team.
Lu Weiyi was amused when he saw the list, and looked at the teams that had signed up, "Your captain and vice-captain are gone, and you don't care about the team anymore?"
He looked at the three main teams in the base. They had individual quotas. Each of their three teams would take two, and the remaining four would be divided among the remaining teams.
"I asked them to reclaim wasteland and cultivate the land at the base," Ye Jia said, crossing his legs. "It's very dangerous out there anyway, so just take it as a rest."
Chen Xing from the COFCO team nodded and said that it was the same for his team. He understood it the best, as most of the people in the COFCO team were ordinary people.
Du Ping also said nothing, "I'll go check out the situation outside first, and then come back to re-determine the direction of the team's development."
Previously, only a few people under him had mentioned the idea of changing the team's direction. Lu Weiyi had been thinking about resolving it as soon as possible during the meeting yesterday. Who knew that they would bring it up openly now? "Don't want the crystal core anymore?"
"Of course we want it, but without the crystal core we can't upgrade our level," Ye Jia said lazily, "but we really can't afford it. Every time we go out, the number of casualties is several times higher than before."
He was silent for a moment, in a low mood, "Base Commander, I saw with my own eyes that a teammate who had followed me for several years was gnawed to pieces by a mutant weasel..."
He closed his eyes and sighed heavily, "Everyone is just trying to stay alive. Since we can't survive outside, let's retreat back."
"That's right. I can't have babies now anyway. I can only live as long as I can. Who knows, in a few decades, humans might be extinct."
"Yeah, just enjoy it."
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Amidst the buzz of conversation, Lu Weiyi exchanged a look with Zhuang Mingxu beside him, knocked on the table for silence, and called out to the other people in his group to get acquainted.
Bai Mei from White Rose was the girl that Ye Jia had dumped; He Song from Miracle, with whom he had gone out hunting zombies; Yue Qiwen from Prosperity, who Li Zhuang had specifically mentioned had stronger earth-type combat power than Wu Yue.
These are all S-level, but the last one followed by an A-level metal-type, Gao Yang from Gao Yang Team.
These were people who had hunted zombies together before, so Lu Weiyi had some impression of them. After getting a general understanding of them, he simply asked them to keep the people who stayed behind in the team under control.
The next day at eight o'clock, the convoy set off on time.
There were twenty-one people in total, including the children, and they were still driving the modified truck that had accompanied them in countless battles.
Apart from the two ordinary people, Zhuang Mingxu and Zhuang Aiyi, there are only two A-level people, Lin Mo and Gao Yang. However, the combat power bonus of the metal system itself is not inferior to others, so the division into two teams seems a bit arbitrary.
The first day of the journey went unusually smoothly. Apart from the fact that the road had been covered by plants, with thick roots occasionally blocking the road, or small animals being hit from time to time, there were no conflicts.
The next day, when I stepped into the city, it was like entering another world. All kinds of mutated animals appeared in front of me from time to time, and the richness of species was dazzling.
There were seven or eight S-level psychics killing people, and the car did not show any abnormalities except for the bumpy driving. After getting used to it, Zhuang Aiyi could even lean forward through the small glass window to identify the animals. From time to time, he looked surprised as if he was visiting a zoo, which made the few people who were working together for the first time a little envious.
Yu Mengchu sat on the bed carefree and waved to Taotao, "Come here, little cutie, come to your sister."
Taotao didn't want to go over, but smiled sweetly at her, revealing a pair of dimples, making her look even more delicate and pretty.
"Oh my god," Yu Mengchu covered his chest exaggeratedly, "Base commander, how did you raise such a cute child? If no one in our base is willing to have a baby in the future, we will let Taotao do the publicity. She will be responsible for being cute. Her smile will make everyone want to have a baby. I guarantee that."
"They are all taken care of by our elders. Xiaoyi and I are usually busy and don't have much time to accompany them." After leaving the base, with nothing to do, Zhuang Mingxu felt much more relaxed and chatted casually.
Yu Mengchu moved closer and took a close look at the child's furry cheeks. She loved it very much.
"Sister, you can only look at my brother, you can't touch him," Zhuang Aiyi reminded as he hugged Taotao to his side.
"Okay," Yu Mengchu looked at his serious older friend with regret, "You two kids are both so good, you two are really good at having children."
The casual remark instantly made the carriage, which was originally filled with whispers, quiet for a moment, and the other unfamiliar people looked over without any expression.
Ye Jia even kicked Yu Mengchu directly and apologized proactively, "Base Commander, Sister Yu didn't think before speaking and had no ill intentions."
Yu Mengchu also realized that the child seemed to have no mother and was being raised by two men. Even someone as carefree as her felt a little embarrassed.
"They really have concentrated all the excellent genes of Xiaoyi and me." Zhuang Mingxu reached out and tapped Zhuang Aiyi's eyes, with a look of fondness that didn't seem fake. "If the earthquake hadn't destroyed the research institute, I would have wanted to use our genes to cultivate a few more."
"Gene...gene cultivation?" Ye Jia was surprised.
"Well, it's a technology from before the apocalypse," Zhuang Mingxu explained roughly, "I was thinking of asking whether the technology has been preserved. Perhaps it can alleviate the current population problem. Unfortunately, a lot of equipment over there has been destroyed, and it is impossible to reinvest it in a short time."
"I said you two look alike." Yu Mengchu gave himself a way out and quickly changed the subject. "By the way, Base Commander, I heard that the Kyoto Base is researching fertility issues? Are there any results?"
"Captain Yu is not married, so why would he worry about this?"
"Of course, there's no rule that you can't have a child before you get married, right? We can just kill the father and keep the child, don't you think, Captain White?"
Compared to Meng Chu's carefree personality, Bai Mei is just like her name, quiet and graceful like a white plum blossom. When she heard someone calling her, she thought about it carefully and replied, "Your suggestion is very good, but you have to solve the problem of pregnancy first."
When this was mentioned, Yu Mengchu also wilted, lying on his back on the bed and sighing, "I don't know when this day will end."
"Hold on, it will eventually pass."
"Don't think about those annoying things, come on, let's play cards." Ye Jia fumbled out a few decks of cards from his backpack and excitedly called out to his card players, "Captain He, Captain Bai, Captain Zhuang Ji?"
Yu Mengchu covered his face with one hand and reminded with an ashamed look, "Captain, can you have a little self-awareness?"
"What's wrong with him?" He Song stood up from the bed and walked towards Ye Jia's bed.
Yu Mengchu, a "weak human", spoke each word with great emphasis, had no desire to live, and was "addicted".
"Puff..."
"Hahaha"
For a relaxing activity, there were two tables of Landlord in the carriage. Compared with the silent tacit understanding between Zhuang Mingxu, Yu Mengchu and He Song, Ye Jia, Lu Weiyi and Bai Mei played with five brains.
"Captain Lu, I've already played one against three. We're a team. Why don't you help me pass on some cards?"
"You keep one to four, how can I deliver it to you? Three to five?"
"Well, I've already played a single card, so you can't play a bomb, right? Doesn't this mean you can double my money?"
"I figured out that the one you left behind was a king..."
"Brother, brother, I call you brother. You caught all the kings, big and small, by yourself. How did you count them? Do you think there are four kings?"
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The noisy argument here soon attracted the attention of everyone who was resting in the carriage. Even the people at the nearby tables stopped working and turned around to watch.
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