Chapter 449: Agitation
"It's not that I want to push him out as the caller..."
"I know that Xiaoyi has the highest level of superpowers, and the superpowers in our base have the strongest overall strength. It would be best for us to take the lead." Zhuang Mingxu could understand his thoughts. If it were him, he might have stood up, but Lu Weiyi could not.
"But, Lao Zheng, now that there is no constraint from any state institution, what do you want to use to require these psychics to provide services? Free of charge? Or the potions you talked about today?" Zhuang Mingxu said bluntly, "Excuse me for being frank, but for high-level psychics, those potions are dispensable."
"Take our base for example. We can dispatch high-level psychics to clean up the increasing number of mutant animals. Of course, we can also stay in the base and never go out. As far as I know, most mutant animals have a sense of territory. Once they reproduce beyond a certain number, different species will compete for territory and fight each other. Perhaps there is no need for human intervention at all."
"Under such circumstances, no matter what benefits you propose, for us... it is at most icing on the cake, and it is not very tempting." Seeing that the two people thought about it and did not refute, Zhuang Mingxu continued, "As for other bases, we can consider cleaning out the responsible psychics, and we can completely ignore the selfish and reckless ones."
"Every psychic who can be upgraded to a high level is not an ordinary person. In this world, nothing is more real than profit. So..." Zhuang Mingxu looked at the two people in front of him, "What do you want to use to make them work for you?"
The Kyoto Base has no advantages. If the purified crystal core appeared in the Kyoto Base, they might still have a chance to continue. The current situation is that the Kyoto Base still needs to exchange with the Yuebanwan Base for the hope of continuing to upgrade safely, and the crystal core weapons cannot be used on a large scale compared to the manufacturing cost.
"Well, let me be more straightforward," Zhuang Mingxu said, as if he saw through the two men's thoughts, "Are you planning to let the Yuebanwan base take the lead?" In this way, if they want to recruit people, they have Lu Weiyi, the strongest psychic, to come forward. If they want benefits, their base can give them a lot.
Zheng Yi was the first to smile bitterly after his thoughts were exposed. "Lao Zhuang, although we were rivals in the army before, we are comrades after all. I'll tell you the truth, we..."
He looked at Zhao Qiang who was drinking in silence and said, "There's nothing we can do."
It's hard to bear to see an old man playing the victim, but Zhuang Mingxu was also a tough guy in the army and didn't fall for it. "If you can't win, just run away. Do you need someone to teach you?"
"Do you know something?" Zhao Qiang suddenly asked.
Zhuang Mingxu did not object and said, "Guess it."
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At this time, Lu Weiyi was talking about this matter in Lu Xiao's villa.
"Don't agree to them," Lu Xiao said immediately when he heard those two people were going to incite Lu Weiyi. Meeting Lu Weiyi's inquiring eyes, Lu Xiao pressed his eyebrows and said, "According to the prediction, all the zombies' movements will eventually gather in Kyoto."
"All?" Even though Zhuang Mingxu had warned him in advance, Lu Weiyi still found it incredible, "Aren't they changing directions repeatedly? How did you know for sure?"
Lu Xiao smiled bitterly, "Returning once is a coincidence, but can returning seven or eight times still be a coincidence?"
"..." Lu Weiyi, "No wonder Zheng Yi and Zhao Qiang wanted to reach a cooperation at the Superpower Conference."
"They mentioned it to me before and wanted me to come forward and talk to you, but..." Lu Xiao looked at his nephew's face which was between a young man and a teenager, "If it were me, I could do it, but you are still a child and shouldn't bear all this."
Lu Weiyi really didn't want to go. It was troublesome enough to manage a base alone, and he also had to coordinate all the psychics. What's more, this was a life-threatening matter. The moment he stood up, he was responsible for the personal safety of all his followers.
The uncle and nephew were silent for a long time, and Lu Weiyi suddenly said, "Why don't you take the team away? I will give you an island."
Lu Xiao was stunned for a moment, rubbed Lu Weiyi's hair, and said with relief, "Our Xiaoyi has grown up."
"I'm serious, uncle. Kyoto has a large population base, which attracts zombies. There is a gap in both weapons and abilities. Why should we fight against this situation where there is absolutely no chance of winning?"
"I am……"
"Don't talk to me about justice. Now is the end of the world. If something happens to you, what will happen to Lu Xi? He has just become an adult. You and him are rarely together, but as long as he is alive, he still has something to think about. When he is wronged, he knows that there is someone supporting him." Lu Weiyi looked at Lu Xiao, "But if you die, then everything will be gone."
"Don't we still have you? Uncle knows that you will take good care of Lu Xi."
“That’s different”
When Lu Weiyi saw Lu Xiao was silent, he knew what he was thinking.
People like them always have a sense of responsibility engraved in their bones, and an obligation to the country and the people. They are always at the forefront at critical moments. Even though the country is gone now, what the country once passed on to them has never changed.
This was also the reason why he knew that Zheng Yi was plotting against them, but did not intend to kill him - they would sacrifice others for their own personal interests, but they were also willing to sacrifice themselves for the greater good.
From the perspective of the beneficiary, such a person is undoubtedly great, but from the perspective of his relatives, it is not so wonderful.
Lu Weiyi knew that he couldn't persuade him, and said dejectedly, "I should have let Xiaoxi come along."
Lu Xiao said nothing, but just looked at him with a gentle and all-embracing gaze.
Lu Weiyi leaned back on the sofa, recalling things from his previous life.
He rarely thought about his previous life. A lot of different things had happened, and the things in his memory had also changed.
When he was alive in his previous life, he had never encountered such a large-scale breeding of mutant animals, nor had he seen such strange zombies.
Of course, it is also possible that he and Zhuang Mingxu died early. After all, according to the trajectory of the previous life, they would have died next year.
I don’t know if I can escape this in this lifetime?
However, Lu Xiao lived a good life in his previous life. Perhaps it was because Lu Xi's bad experiences made him feel guilty, so Lu Xiao was a complete slave at that time and put all his attention on Lu Xi.
The thing he said most was that he didn't dare to die, for fear that Lu Xi would be bullied if he died.
Now that he has me to support him, can he sacrifice himself without distraction?
For a moment, Lu Weiyi felt the meaning of reincarnation.
"Little dad, can we stay at my uncle's house tonight?" Zhuang Aiyi, who was playing outside, ran over and asked with expectant eyes.
"Why do you want to live here?"
"My uncle said that the kitchen can bake small cakes for us tomorrow morning, the kind with sweet cream," Zhuang Aiyi hugged Lu Weiyi's arm, "Aiyi hasn't eaten it for a long time."
Taotao had never eaten it before and looked confused.
Xi Shi was the one who was worried about food on the island. There was no shortage of things for the two children, and he would make snacks for the children from time to time, but he couldn't make delicate things like cakes and biscuits.
The Yuebanwan base provided enough food and clothing, but not enough enjoyment. This kind of thing had never been sold before, and there was no place for Zhuang Aiyi to buy it even if he wanted to.
Lu Weiyi asked Lu Xiao.
"Okay, live with your uncle. I'll have someone make you some snacks tomorrow." Lu Xiao picked up Taotao and lifted her up. The little fat boy's giggles echoed throughout the villa.
After settling the two people, Lu Weiyi was given a few more words of advice by Lu Xiao before returning. Unexpectedly, Zheng Yi and Zhao Qiang had not left yet.
"Where are the children?" Zhuang Mingxu asked.
"I'm at my uncle's house. I said I'll be staying with my uncle tonight and won't be able to come back," Lu Weiyi explained.
Zhuang Mingxu nodded, waved at him, and motioned for him to sit next to him.
"We just discussed it and came up with a possibility that can be realized." Zhuang Mingxu pushed the food and wine on the table aside and spread out a map. "This is the location of the nearby bases. We can encourage all bases to build underground passages."
When Lu Weiyi heard this, he glanced at Zhuang Mingxu. Currently, all the earth-type ability users who could be mobilized in each base were gathered in the engineering team of their base. This was simply a blatant way to seek benefits for their own base.
"With a direct channel, the travel time to each base will be greatly shortened. Convenient travel means that future support will also be convenient. Just talking about the journey from Yueban Bay to Kyoto, according to land travel, accounting for detours and interference and attacks by mutant animals, a round trip would take at least one and a half months, not including casualties."
"According to the current locations of various bases, once a zombie siege occurs, the surrounding bases can basically be reached in about six or seven hours, and it will become much easier to defend a base."
Lu Weiyi looked at the densely drawn map by them, and looked at the three people who had their own thoughts, "Have you ever thought that not every base can achieve unity? The people who come here now may not represent a base."
This means that even if they have already reached an agreement on everything, there is still a possibility of regret. Moreover, building an underground passage is not a small project and requires a large amount of crystal core support.
The crystal core consumption for the channel from Yueban Bay to Kyoto alone is over one million. This is the price offered by the two bases combined. If it were another base, not everyone would be willing to pay.
"Then make it clear that we will not participate in the support base and will not receive support from other bases in the future," Zheng Yi decided decisively. "Let each base form its own support team and contact other bases. As for the selection of personnel, they will communicate by themselves. I only want the results."
"What if they don't come? What if they use the excuse that they are delayed on the way? What if..." Lu Weiyi spread his hands and listed various possibilities, "What can we do?"
"Then we need to discuss it with you, Brother Lu, and completely cut off their supply of purification crystal cores." Zheng Yi looked at Lu Weiyi.
Lu Weiyi didn't make a decision on his own, and Zhuang Mingxu nodded to him to show his agreement.
After the four of them made detailed plans for the establishment and implementation of this psychic army formed by various bases, they sent Zheng Yi and Zhao Qiang away.
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