Chapter 455: Blackmail
Li Zhuang on the side reached out and forcefully pulled the man over, letting him put his head on his shoulder. With a wave of his hand, he broke Xu Miao's arm and leg on behalf of Xu Sen who was unable to do it.
"Twenty thousand crystal cores, get out of here now." Li Zhuang's eyes were cold and his voice was filled with suppressed anger.
Xu Sen was no longer in the mood to negotiate the price. He took out the crystal cores from the space and found that they were not enough. Su Yan sighed and filled the rest.
"Thank you." Xu Sen's voice was hoarse as if he had a mouthful of sand.
Su Yan waved his hand and said goodbye to the people in the villa. When he reached the door, he heard Xu Yi's tearful voice with lingering hatred, "Any healing psychic who treats him will be considered to be going against the Yuebanwan base."
Su Yan paused, turned around and glanced in the direction of Lu Weiyi. Seeing that the other party did not refute, he glanced at Xu Sen's teeth grinding, and left helplessly.
There was no need for the remaining three people to stay, so they said a few words and went their separate ways. Li Zhuang asked a few earth-type psychics to tidy up the yard, and he carried Xu Yi, who was crying uncontrollably, towards the bedroom.
Lu Weiyi had been awake since he heard Xu Yi's story. When he saw the two people's backs, he remained silent for a while.
"What's wrong?" Zhuang Mingxu asked in a low voice.
"At the beginning..." Lu Weiyi stopped talking halfway and said after a long while, "I seem to owe him an apology."
He turned to look at Zhuang Mingxu, his eyes clear and honest, "But I don't think I was wrong."
At the beginning, Li Zhuang was seriously injured and his relationship with Xu Yi was like fire and water. If Li Zhuang had not taken a strong approach in advance, there would be no way he could stand up smoothly.
No one expected that they would become teammates one day.
Looking back on the past now, I feel so embarrassed and I don’t know how to deal with it.
"Do you regret it?" Zhuang Mingxu asked.
"No regrets," Lu Weiyi answered straightforwardly. If he had to do it all over again, he would still choose the same method.
For someone like Xu Yi, instead of bowing his head and begging for that glimmer of possibility, Lu Weiyi would rather be the one in control from the beginning and leave the other party with no choice at all.
"You have proved that you have no guilt or guilt, so there is no need to think too much about it." Zhuang Mingxu turned around and told everyone else to go back to their rooms to rest. He pulled Lu Weiyi towards the bedroom and said with a malicious smile, "At worst, you can just put the blame on Li Zhuang. You were his beneficiary anyway."
"Let Xu Yi find a way to mess with him."
Lu Weiyi lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then gradually began to smile.
**
The last day of the Superpower Conference is a time for all superpower users to participate in exchanges and learning.
Xu Yi vented his anger yesterday and seemed to have let it go completely. He came downstairs early in the morning feeling refreshed and the first thing he asked was what he wanted to eat.
His carefree look made Xu Sa, who had always felt sorry, and Lu Weiyi, who had been considering whether to apologize all night, look at each other in bewilderment.
Zhuang Mingxu did not keep any of the 20,000 crystal cores that Xu Sen compensated him for, and gave them all to Xu Yi.
Even though he had many sources of income, the one-time payment of 20,000 yuan still made Xu Yi's eyes light up. He stayed in the pile of crystal cores and laughed foolishly for a long time, not at all like the rich second-generation he once was.
After counting out five thousand, Xu Yi placed them on the dining table and said, "This is my way of thanking everyone for their hard work in finding me yesterday."
"No need. We are all from the same base. If someone else was missing, everyone would definitely look for him." No one in the team spoke. Finally, Du Ping, the oldest person among the group that came with them, spoke.
"If you need it, consider it as my thanks." Xu Yi directly pushed it to Lu Weiyi and asked him to distribute it.
Zhuang Mingxu estimated the number of people and said, "Since Xu Yi is sincere, there is no need for everyone to refuse. In this way, Wei Yi and I are the base leaders, and it is our responsibility to be responsible for everyone's safety, so we will not participate in the distribution."
"For the remaining 16 psychics, each will receive 200 crystal cores, and the remaining 1,800 will be used to treat the leaders of the Kyoto base to a meal and give them some thank-you gifts. What do you think?"
"Is more than a thousand enough? Otherwise, we should give them a little as a token of our appreciation. It will be more convenient for us to do things in the future if we give them enough gifts."
"Yes, let's unite against external forces first."
"Yeah, it doesn't matter whether we do it or not. We didn't help much. The person was found by the base commander and rescued by Captain Li."
Everyone tried to refuse, but Zhuang Mingxu waved his hand and said, "We all need cooperation. If everyone has no objection to the quantity, we can allocate it according to this."
Zhuang Mingxu asked people to count the crystal cores and reminded them about today's affairs.
"There is no limit on the number of psychics today. All psychics who buy tickets to enter can learn from each other. The Kyoto base also provides a corresponding platform. In view of our base..." Zhuang Mingxu turned his eyes to the S-level psychics in the living room, "They are quite eye-catching. I hope everyone will be cautious and show mercy when sparring with each other."
After a few people nodded, someone asked about the matter of forming a corps of superpowers that was mentioned two days ago and inquired about the base's thoughts.
"Our base will definitely participate. Captain Zheng and Sheriff Zhao have previously sent over some information that has not been made public. It has been confirmed that the zombies are heading north. The person in charge of the Kyoto base suspects that their destination may be here, but..."
Zhuang Mingxu considered it and decided to communicate his idea clearly, "High-level zombies will be attracted by high-level crystal cores. In comparison, the level of psychics in our base is more attractive. As for how far the attraction range is, it cannot be determined for the time being, but no one can be sure that the other party is not coming for us."
This is also one of the reasons why Zheng Yi and Zhao Qiang mentioned that Zhuang Mingxu agreed after only refusing twice. Anyway, with Lu Xiao around, they would have to do something, so it would be better to directly bring the other party to the united front.
Obviously, everyone didn't know about this in advance, and they were a little bit unbelievable when they heard it now. Ye Jia directly asked Lu Weiyi, "Will they really target high-level psychics?"
"I'm not sure about the S-level, but all the SS-level zombies I have met will do so," Lu Weiyi said affirmatively, and reminded, "When you encounter high-level zombies when you go out in the future, you must pay extra attention to protecting the location of the crystal core. They will attack the crystal core in a targeted manner."
Ye Jia touched the area between his eyebrows, his face still filled with lingering fear.
"As of yesterday afternoon, eight bases have expressed their willingness to join the Psychic Corps. Everyone can go out appropriately today..." Zhuang Mingxu smiled suggestively, "Right? Regardless of whether it is or not, the more friendly forces we have, the greater our hope of survival."
Those in the living room who understood what he meant laughed quietly.
"In addition, there is one more thing. This afternoon our base will showcase a batch of new instruments developed at the base. All members will need to return to the team to help. I hope everyone can transfer all tasks to the morning."
After Zhuang Mingxu finished speaking, he pointed towards the room on the first floor and said, "We had originally planned to introduce the functions and usage of various instruments to everyone yesterday, but after that incident, we didn't have time, so we will postpone it for a while. Now let Qingyue introduce it to everyone to avoid any unawareness."
"This is related to the financial issues of our base for a long time to come. As we all know, financial abundance determines the height of development. I hope each of us can do our part." After Zhuang Mingxu finished speaking, he asked Gu Qingyue to lead a dozen people outside the team to walk into the room.
After everyone left, Zhuang Mingxu went over all the arrangements in his mind again, and when he was sure that everything was correct, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Yi had had enough of his crystal core addiction, so he handed two thousand to Lu Weiyi and said, "I heard that you've been guarding me outside for most of the day. Here, thank you."
Lu Weiyi looked at him with disdain, "I'm an SS-level psychic, is this all I'm worth?"
"Then give it back to me." Xu Yi stepped forward and tried to snatch it, but Lu Weiyi passed it to her and put it into his space. She spread her hands towards him shamelessly. Even though she looked good, she couldn't hide her smug and cocky temperament.
Xu Yi pouted at him, then leaned in close and asked in a low voice, "Can I replace all of them with purification crystal cores?"
"Okay, I'll exchange it for you at a ratio of 1 to 4."
Xu Yi pointed at him, then at herself, "No discount?"
"As a member of the ruling party of the base, you must have the awareness to maintain market stability and not disrupt the market..."
As soon as Lu Weiyi spoke righteously, Xu Yi waved his hand to stop him. He pursed his lips for a long time and said, "One to three."
"make a deal!"
Lu Weiyi's speed made Xu Yi wonder if he was being tricked. He looked Lu Weiyi up and down.
Lu Weiyi said seriously, stretched out his hand to him and said, "If you miss this opportunity, you will miss it forever."
Before Xu Yi could say anything, the other members immediately handed over the 200 crystal cores they had just obtained.
"Base commander, please exchange it for us as well."
"Just this once, Base Commander, please be flexible."
Several bags of crystal cores were quickly placed on the table, successfully dispelling Xu Yi's doubts. He immediately took out ten thousand crystal cores and put them together.
Lu Weiyi handed the reduced number of purified crystal cores to a few people. The smug expression on his face made Xu Yi feel more and more uncomfortable. "I always feel like I've suffered a great loss. Will your exchange rate be reduced in the future? If it is reduced in the future, can you give me more?"
"The RMB is like waste paper nowadays, why don't you let the bank give you corresponding compensation?" Lu Weiyi quickly put away all the crystal cores and retorted to him.
When the few people arrived at the open-air square, it was already crowded with people. The venue was like a bird's nest. The upper level was for teams from various forces, and there was a special arena below. The middle level was divided into a circle according to different superpowers.
The hustle and bustle felt like entering a martial arts arena. Li Zhuang represented the base and Zhuang Mingxu to socialize with various bases. The precious Xu Yi could only be protected by Lu Weiyi.
Xu Sa has been in a low mood since yesterday. He sat silently on the other side of Xu Yi. Liu Rui, who had never been apart from him, sat next to him obediently.
As a healing type psychic, compared to the healing types gathered around Luo Feifei who are laughing and chatting, the one around Xu Yi is so cold and seems to be out of place.
He put his legs on the table in front of him, leaned back on the stool and ate melon seeds, and his black sunglasses almost wrote "Don't bother me" on his face.
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