Chapter 45: My financial sponsor, where are you?
In five days, no matter whether Zhuang Mingxu arrived or not, Lu Weiyi would definitely return to Qingyuan. That night, Lin Yimu began planning what they should bring with them on their return trip.
Lin Yimu is nearly ten years older than Lu Weiyi. When Lu Weiyi was still living in Ji's house, Lin Yimu, who had been discharged from the army unexpectedly, was in urgent need of money but could not find a good job. Zhuang Mingxu offered him several times the salary and let him live with Lu Weiyi, with the only requirement that he not let anyone bully him.
At that time, Lu Weiyi was as delicate as a doll and remained silent all day long. Lin Yimu protected him and helped him escape from the Ji family, a place that seemed glamorous on the surface but was extremely disgusting underneath. Later, he was taken away from the Ji family by Zhuang Mingxu and left Beijing.
Protecting him was a responsibility at first, then it became a habit, and then it became a part of life. Although he is called a bodyguard, he is more dedicated to raising him than a son, and their relationship is the closest except for Zhuang Mingxu.
Lin Yimu naturally didn't want him to have to make do all the way back to Qingyuan like himself, especially since there were obviously more and more zombies recently, so a lot of things needed to be prepared.
After dinner, Lu Weiyi went back to his room under the pretext of resting to practice his supernatural powers. He had supernatural powers after his rebirth, and after strengthening for a period of time, he has reached the intermediate level. Lu Weiyi estimated that after the heavy snow came, he would be able to reach the B level.
The psychic will feel each level of the power upgrade, just like a container filled with water, which will expand into a bigger container if you continue to squeeze it. Each level of upgrade is not easy, but the gap between levels is also extremely obvious.
The highest level of superpower Lu Weiyi had ever seen was SSS. At that time, Zhuang Mingxu could turn his entire body into metal, making himself invulnerable to swords and guns. He could control all the metal within a kilometer radius, which once made the top leaders of the base awed. He described that the feeling of arriving at SSS was like a drop of water entering the ocean, with the sky high and the sea vast suddenly opening up.
The advancement of mental power is even more difficult. Lu Weiyi is the highest level among all mental power users. This is inseparable from the fact that Zhuang Mingxu has accumulated a lot of crystal cores for him, but he has only reached the top SS level. Although he is only one step away from impacting SSS, sometimes one step can make a world of difference.
At that time, his spirit could cover an area of more than 500 meters in radius. The mental protective film around his body allowed him to survive in a group of zombies for more than 20 minutes. He could even quietly invade the brains of low-level psychics, change their thinking and control their behavior. This made other forces in the base want to sow discord between him and Zhuang Mingxu and win him over to their camp, but they were also secretly on guard against him.
The coverage area of the intermediate level C can only be a dozen meters, and the mental protection film only lasts a few minutes. It can be used in critical moments, which is good at a time when psychics are rare. But after experiencing more powerful ones, Lu Weiyi is a little dissatisfied. He practices almost every time he has time.
Lin Yimu said he was preparing things, but in fact, apart from food and water, everything else was dispensable, so the next day they still went out to look for supplies, but with Lin Yimu.
Dean was left at home again, this time with a little green-haired boy to keep him company, who taught him Chinese with the English enlightenment machine they had bought, while also looking after the supplies they had found before.
The location is still in the north of the city.
But today I didn't have the same good luck as yesterday. I went to three warehouses in a row, and all they saw were household items such as beds, sofas, and even refrigerators and TVs, but not a single edible thing.
There were more and more zombies outside. It took half an hour longer than yesterday just to get them here. They also cleared out dozens of zombies wandering around, but they were all useless. It was inevitable that they were disappointed.
Lu Weiyi was looking through things not far from the warehouse, and secretly put the sheets, pillowcases, quilts and other things in the corner into the space.
Gu Qingji flipped through the hand-drawn map that everyone had and asked, "To the northwest is a transit warehouse for a courier company. It's probably full of express parcels. There must be all kinds of stuff in there. Should we go over and take a look?"
"Do you want to open the package?" Gu Qingyue handed a bottle of water to Gu Qingji and leaned over to take a look. Gu Qingji took a sip to moisten his throat, then brought it to Gu Qingyue's mouth.
Gu Qingyue took a sip and said, "I think it's okay. It's noon now so we can take a break. Who knows what we might find when we open it."
Gu Qingji hummed, took the water and drank two sips from where Gu Qingyue had drunk, a slight blush on his defiant face.
Li Zhuang glanced at it casually, and was surprised for a moment. He caught a glimpse of Gu Qingyue's unconscious look, and his eyes returned to the map again. He pointed to a place and said, "Let's go around here and have some meat!"
"Chicken farm?" Lin Yimu raised his eyebrows.
Antonio's eyes lit up instantly, "Go."
"Well, let's go around here and take a look, then go back to the express delivery. In the afternoon, we can go directly back through Sankou Road. There are two vegetable markets here, so we can go in and take a look. How about it?" Lin Yimu planned a most suitable route and looked at Li Zhuang and Antonio, who were vaguely considered to be the leaders.
Antonio gestured OK, Li Zhuang did not answer, but turned to look in the direction of Lu Weiyi, "Young Master, have you finished searching for the treasure? It's time for us to retreat."
Ever since Lin Yimu called Lu Weiyi "Young Master" yesterday, Li Zhuang would occasionally address him like this. It sounded like a teasing tone, especially with his half-smile on his face. When he saw Lu Weiyi glaring at him, he smiled even more happily.
The chicken farm is located in a small village outside the suburbs. In the early days of the apocalypse, most people are searching for food nearby and few go too far, so I didn't meet many people along the way.
The six people were divided into three groups and drove two trucks and a van. After getting off the cars, they dealt with the zombies in front of them as usual and gathered together at the same time.
The crowing of the chickens attracted some zombies. There were obviously a lot more zombies here than outside, and they were still running out of the chicken coop intermittently. It took a while to deal with everything, and Gu Qingji drove the van into the yard.
"Just from the sound I can tell there must be a lot. I'll make chicken soup for you when I get home tonight," Gu Qingyue said to his younger brother.
"I don't like chicken soup, it's so high in calories," Gu Qingji said with a straight face, "but if you insist, I can drink a bowl of it reluctantly."
"Don't force yourself. I can drink it for you," Li Zhuang, who was exploring the way, replied. He opened the half-closed chicken coop door cautiously, not forgetting Lu Weiyi, "Young Master, how do you like to eat it?"
"What is it to you?" Lu Weiyi really disliked the tone of him teasing a child and muttered.
"My young master likes to eat chicken stewed with mushrooms," Lin Yimu knew Lu Weiyi's preferences very well, "Stir-fried chicken nuggets are not bad either, we can make a few more kinds when we go back."
"Dean also likes chicken stewed with mushrooms." Antonio never forgets his boyfriend. "It's been a long time since he has eaten fresh meat." Antonio's voice became much softer when he thought of his boyfriend, but he could not hide the guilt in his words. If he was still at home abroad, even in the end of the world, his father's power would definitely allow him to live very well.
"You take good care of him." Gu Qingyue was able to easily perceive the emotions of the people around him and comfort them in time.
"He could have lived a better life," Antonio was depressed for a few seconds, then he became confident again, "But I can do it too, starting with eating chicken stewed with mushrooms."
The chicken farm in the village was not very big, with only one chicken coop. The zombies inside were attracted out by the noise they made just now. The warehouse-like chicken coop was visible at a glance. There were four long rows of chicken cages stacked four layers high. Three rows were occupied by hens, and one row was occupied by roosters, about several thousand in total.
"Swish, swish..." Li Zhuang whistled happily, "Time to get to work. Children, guard the gate, Qingyue collects eggs, and the other four, sit in a row."
Lu Weiyi walked around the chicken coop and didn't notice anything unusual. He directed Xiao Luzhi to go to other rooms. The room closest to the chicken coop was full of feed and other things for feeding the chickens. Further to the side were collected eggs that had been packed in boxes but had not been sent away yet. At the back were several large freezers that contained processed whole chickens, and they seemed to be powered on.
There must be something that can generate electricity. He didn't see it within the range of the little green branch. Lu Weiyi looked around and ran over quickly. Sure enough, he found a generator farther away. In addition to the connected refrigerator, it was also connected to the incubator on the other side, where several furry chicks had already hatched.
"Brother!" Gu Qingji's frightened voice was heard. Lu Weiyi thought that he had made a mistake and did not bother to look at it anymore. He directly put everything into the space, trotted towards the chicken coop and looked around vigilantly. Indeed, he did not find any zombies.
"What's wrong?" Lu Weiyi entered the chicken coop and saw Gu Qingji's face was pale. He nervously grabbed Gu Qingyue's hand and rubbed it bit by bit.
Gu Qingyue's expression also looked a little ugly. He pointed at the chicken coop, patted Gu Qingji's back to comfort him, and replied, "He thought I was pecked."
The chicken in the cage was stiff, with its head sticking out of the cage. It struggled and pecked at people from time to time. Its feathers had obviously been pecked before, and were messy and bloody.
The few people who came over from the "Zombie Chicken" looked at each other, their faces looking a little solemn.
“If animals can turn into zombies, then what about insects…?” Lin Yimu didn’t dare to continue. If insects also began to turn into zombies, then the zombie insects at the fingernails would be really hard to guard against. Would there be any place for humans to survive at that time?
"Live one day at a time. Hurry up and continue. Take care of everything." Li Zhuang didn't let them continue to be sad and was ready to let them continue.
"Did you kill the chicken?" Lu Weiyi smelled a faint smell of blood.
"Kill him?" Gu Qingyue didn't understand, "You can't take him away even if you don't kill him."
Lu Weiyi looked around and saw several chickens with their heads chopped off piled together. Li Zhuang and Antonio obviously saw it too.
"Take the things and leave quickly," Li Zhuangzhuang shouted, and the other three ran towards the chickens that had their necks broken and were piled up. Gu Qingyue didn't understand what was going on for a moment, so he picked up the eggs in a box on the side and ran out while pulling Gu Qingji with one hand.
Lu Weiyi used his mental power to cover the remaining chickens into the space. At the same time, he chopped open the nearest chicken coop and took out two roosters.
Outside the gate, Li Zhuang and Antonio had already started a truck. In the van in the yard, Lin Yimu was driving and Gu Qingyue and his brother were already sitting. "Hurry," Gu Qingyue pulled Lu Weiyi into the car and drove out without even closing the door.
There were already zombies running in through the gate. Lin Yimu shouted, "Hold on!" and pushed a few zombies away, then rushed out at full speed. There were at least hundreds of zombies outside attracted by the smell of blood, and many of them were seen gathering here from the direction of the village.
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