Chapter 450: Meeting Xu's Mother Again
After returning to the villa, without waiting for Lu Weiyi to ask, Zhuang Mingxu took the initiative to say, "I don't suggest that our base take on the responsibility of leading the psychic army, so let the people in the Kyoto base be responsible for this matter, but give them support in purifying the crystal cores. We negotiated the exchange rate for the cooperation to two to one."
"Is it too low?" Lu Weiyi frowned.
“It’s indeed not high, but without sufficient benefits, it can’t attract people,” Zhuang Mingxu let out a long sigh.
Lu Weiyi told him about what happened on Lu Xiao's side, "I can understand others, but I can't accept it when it happens to me."
"Building a base is not a matter of one day or one night. After all, Kyoto was the center before the end of the world. Some of the things and facilities here cannot be compared or restored in other places. No one is willing to give up until the last step. As for what my uncle did..."
Zhuang Mingxu was a soldier himself, so he understood the situation. He did not comment, but instead said, "Everyone here has not given up yet. It is impossible for your uncle to desert and go with you. We have space in our base, but all the space combined is not enough to accommodate everyone in the Kyoto base. If he leaves, the people in the Kyoto base will have one less chance of survival."
He turned to look at Lu Weiyi, "Actually, it was you who was pushed up today. If it was me or someone else, I would definitely not stop it. If the zombies really have the possibility of forming a zombie army, Zheng Yi's plan is the most appropriate time. This is why I am willing to reduce the exchange rate to help."
"Humanity must unite to have a chance of survival."
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The next day, Li Zhuang represented Lu Weiyi and Zhuang Mingxu to attend the superpower conference. Lu Weiyi, who was "exploring the environment", saw them off with a serious look on his face and immediately lay down on the sofa like Ge You.
The other members of the team have been busy these days interacting with people from different teams in various bases, gathering information and seeking new ways out for the team. Now they are packing up in groups of three or four and getting ready to go out.
Seeing him like this, Xu Sa asked, "Aren't you going out? I'll go with you?"
"Who said we were going out?" Lu Weiyi yawned, looked at the people in the team, waved his hand, and said, "Be careful."
"Didn't you tell Brother Zhuang that you were going to explore the environment?"
"I checked it last night." It was easy for him to explore the environment with his mental power now, so there was no need to go out specially.
"Are you sending Li Zhuang away on purpose?" Xu Yi looked Lu Weiyi up and down.
"I'm just efficient at work." Lu Weiyi looked at him, looking at him neatly dressed, and asked with caution, "Where are you going?"
"Shopping" Xu Yi raised his chin.
"Do you realize that you are a human target?" With only a high-level auxiliary ability that has no combat power, there are probably many people eyeing him covetously. When Xu Yi was in Yueban Bay, he was always accompanied by bodyguards, and it goes without saying now.
And... "Didn't you tell Li Zhuang not to go out today?"
Xu Yi was choked and suddenly felt that he was talking too much.
"Then you rest at home. Liu Rui and I are going out to buy some things. Xu Yi can come with us." Xu Sa knew that Lu Weiyi was not used to being with the two children these days and had not slept well. Seeing that Xu Yi was dressed neatly, she couldn't let him stay at home like a otaku, so she took the initiative to say.
Lu Weiyi gestured OK and waved at them.
The Kyoto base has remained largely unchanged for several years, and the division of power in each area has been finalized. Given that the three major powers above are united in facing external forces and there are no major conflicts between them, the minor frictions among the people below only involve quarrels and minor fights.
The streets here are much more prosperous than Yueban Bay. The pedestrians coming and going are loose and leisurely, and the leisurely look does not seem like the end of the world at all.
Liu Rui was very curious along the way. When he saw the words displayed on the big screen in front of him, he excitedly asked Xu Sa, "Movie...movie?"
"Yes." Xu Yi said that these things already existed when he lived here before. Now he didn't think there was anything special about them. At most, it was like returning to the city after living in the village for a long time. "They are all DVDs from before the end of the world, and now they are taken out for screening."
"Shall we...go...take a look?" Liu Rui looked at Xu Sa hopefully.
He was a minor when he was in prison before the end of the world, and he was born in the countryside. He had never been to a movie theater, and he had no chance to go there after that.
Xu Sa understood what he meant and hesitated.
Xu Yi didn't care. He just wanted to feel the atmosphere here. He immediately went up to ask what to see and bought three tickets.
"I'm paying, so how can I ask you to take out the crystal core?" Xu Sa stepped forward hypocritically and said politely.
"Then go ahead and take it out." Xu Yi looked at him with contempt.
Xu Sa laughed and said that he would pay it back but you just didn't come out.
The base has crystal cores for these people, but they are all psychics, so all the distributed crystal cores have been exchanged for purification crystal cores to upgrade their superpowers. Especially him and Liu Rui, one is of the lightning element and the other is of the fire element, so they need more, and they are basically paupers at ordinary times.
Xu Yi pouted and said, "Poor bastard."
"How can I compare with you healing department, who just take the extra crystal cores and make money by doing it." Xu Sa sighed, "Antonio shows off in front of us every day, what a shameless guy."
"I think you are jealous?" Xu Yi glanced at Liu Rui, who was looking around like a little kid, as if he had never seen anything before. "You are so beautiful, you can find a girlfriend who is a therapist. I will introduce you to someone."
Before Xu Sa could speak, Liu Rui grabbed Xu Sa, looked at Xu Yi warily, frowned and said seriously, "No... No, you... you don't..."
"Whatever..." Xu Yi teased him, and was slapped on the back of the head by Xu Sa from behind, "Stop teasing him and go buy some Coke and popcorn."
"There are a lot of things to do," Xu Yi said, his steps were honest.
The screening room was filled with people waiting to watch a movie, most of them were dating in groups of three or four. Xu Sa pulled Liu Rui to find a place to sit, and his eyes were always fixed on Xu Yi, who was more than ten steps away.
At the same time, another old face came into view.
The woman was thin and pale, her clothes were tattered, and her hair had lost its original luster and became fuzzy. She was hunched over picking up garbage on the ground. Next to her was a little girl of about five or six years old, who was observing everything around her with timid eyes.
"What are you looking at?" Xu Yi handed him a cup of Coke and took a sip first, "Not bad."
Liu Rui also took a sip, with a look of reserved satisfaction on his face, looking like a college student who had just graduated.
Xu Sa shook his head, looked away, and picked up a French fry that Xu Yi handed to him.
"Freshly fried" Xu Yi gave the rest to the poor little Liu Rui who seemed to have never eaten anything.
The three of them sat for a while, and then when the show time came, they stood up and walked to the screening room.
Xu Sa followed at the end and looked back when she entered the door. She saw the cinema manager scolding the woman, spitting everywhere, and she kept bowing and apologizing.
When she looked up inadvertently, she seemed to see Xu Sa. The two of them looked at each other across the crowd, and finally disappeared in the crowd.
Xu Sa didn't pay any attention to what the movie was about. It seemed as if something kept popping up in his mind, but it also seemed as if nothing was happening. Until they left the cinema, Liu Rui was still chattering non-stop and actively discussing the plot of the movie with Xu Yi.
"If you like, you can ask Lu Weiyi for the DVD. He should have a lot of these things, right, Xu Sa?" Xu Yi said and patted Xu Sa.
"Ah? What did you just say?" Xu Sa came back to his senses.
"What's wrong with you? Are you distracted?"
"It's okay, where else do you want to go?"
Xu Sa led the two of them out, and as soon as they reached the door, they were blocked by a woman who came up to the bed.
"Swish, swish."
Liu Rui was about to take action when he heard the voice and looked up at Xu Sa.
"Please, please save your sister, she's dying, mommy begs you." The past few years have not been smooth sailing. Zhang Bijuan didn't care about her face at all. She knelt on the ground crying and kowtowed to Xu Sa, "I was wrong, I'm sorry."
"But your sister is innocent, please save her."
Xu Sa took a step aside and looked in the direction where she jumped out. The girl who had been following her well a few hours ago was now lying on a fertilizer bag while picking up garbage, dying.
"I really have no other choice. Please save her, she is still a child." As Zhang Bijuan cried bitterly, people around her looked over and several people gathered around her.
Four years after the end of the world, no one has expressed an opinion for no reason. Everyone just watches the fun in silence, whispering to their companions from time to time.
Xu Sa looked at the woman who was kneeling on the ground and collapsed. The years passed by in a flash. She experienced the highlight of her life, and then fell like fireworks.
"Sister? Sister, what's wrong with you?" A childish voice sounded in front of him. A little boy picked up the little girl on the ground in panic, looked around and shouted, "Mom?"
He met Xu Sa's gaze and seemed to know her, but he probably didn't remember her. He turned to look at his mother on the ground, "Mom, what happened to my sister?"
Zhang Bijuan just kept shaking her head and cried and begged Xu Sa.
Seeing his mother abandoning her head for another child, Xu Sa was not willing to help at all. However, if he had not taken revenge, they should still be with Qin Hu, enjoying the life of a young master and young lady, and would not have fallen to the point they are now.
He didn't know whose fault it was, and for a moment, he didn't know how to choose.
"Xu...Xu..." Liu Rui's panicked voice suddenly rang out. Xu Sa turned around and saw Liu Rui looking around. He reached out to grab Xu Sa, "Xu...Xu..."
The more anxious he became, the less he could say. His eyes turned red and he finally pointed at the popcorn tube on the ground.
"Xu Yi! Xu Yi?" Xu Sa shouted and asked around, "Have you seen the young man with us?"
"Just standing here, with short hair, slanting eyes, looking at people with contempt"
“No…I haven’t seen it.”
“It seems like I was here just now.”
"Indeed, how come he disappeared while we were talking?"
People around were talking at once. Xu Sa raised his foot to look for someone, but his thigh was immediately hugged by someone. Zhang Bijuan hugged his leg tightly and begged, "Sasa."
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