Chapter 522: Gradually Sober
These people in Team 1 were ordinary people before the end of the world. They couldn't even handle the intrigues and deceptions in the business world, let alone deal with the teams in various bases immediately.
As for the military, most of them are even more single-minded. There is nothing wrong with them being subordinates and spearheads, but it is really difficult for them to be in the political arena.
Zhuang Mingxu knew clearly in his heart that he had started to make arrangements since he knew about Lu Weiyi's situation, but he was faced with a base that Lu Weiyi had worked so hard to build, and he didn't feel at ease leaving it in the hands of anyone else.
If he were to never return, he hoped to leave behind someone whom his comrades-in-arms could rely on, so that they would not be liquidated and exploited.
If he returns one day, he hopes that Lu Weiyi will still be the one who has the final say here.
You are just too greedy.
Zhuang Mingxu lit a cigarette and took a deep puff, then decided to screen carefully.
On the day Zhou He led the team back, the psychic who had been training for a month immediately went out to clear the mental power of several sleeping teammates who had returned.
That night, Lu Xi was the first to wake up.
"Who are you?" Lu Xi opened his eyes with alertness in his eyes. He tried his best to keep a calm face and even observed the surrounding environment without making a sound.
"You... don't know us?" Dean, who had a good relationship with him, looked curiously at Antonio who was sitting in a wheelchair, and asked in an inquiring manner.
Lu Xi focused his gaze on him and Antonio for a while, then suppressed the surprise in his eyes, "What do you want to do with me?"
Everyone in the room looked at each other, and Zhuang Mingxu looked at the leading psychic Xing Zhou.
Xing Zhou pointed to his head and mouthed, "Chaos".
He was still immersed in the illusion and hadn't reacted yet.
Xing Zhou winked at the psychic who was following him, and once again concentrated his mind to probe into Lu Xi's brain.
But the awakened Lu Xi was obviously alert. Lu Weiyi's training made his body react first the moment he felt the mental power probing him. He unconsciously controlled his mental power to resist.
Xing Zhou hissed, pinched his forehead and took two steps back. The other two people who followed him fell to the ground with their heads in their hands. Fortunately, they were all professionally trained soldiers, so even though their veins were exposed in pain, their image was still intact.
The sudden change made everyone in the room nervous. Zhuang Mingxu did not miss the sarcastic smile that flashed across Lu Xi's face after he was stunned. He immediately stopped others from saying anything more, looked at Lu Xi gently, and said in an unquestionable tone, "Xiaoxi, put away your mental power."
Lu Xi looked at him, and Zhuang Mingxu opened the photo album on his phone and handed it to him, "You were injured before, and your mind is a little confused and you can't recognize us. I am your brother's boyfriend, Zhuang Mingxu."
He gestured to Lu Xi to let him look at the photos and videos on his phone, and asked, "How old do you think you are now? Where are you?"
Lu Xi did remember that she had a brother, and that he had a stable boyfriend, but from her father's frequent sighs, she knew that the relationship between this so-called boyfriend and her brother was not very harmonious.
He ignored Zhuang Mingxu's question and opened the photo album, which contained many photos of Lu Weiyi.
Sleeping in the morning sun, with some ambiguous marks on the exposed skin; drinking porridge elegantly at the table for breakfast, inadvertently noticing the coldness that comes over; leisurely feeling the laziness of the sea breeze and... holding a child?
When Lu Xi saw the photo of herself, him and the children, her eyes widened and she hurriedly opened a video. In the video, she was playing on the beach with her two children.
"What is this?" He looked at Zhuang Mingxu suspiciously.
"These are your brother and I's sons, Zhuang Aiyi and Taotao. They are with your father now."
The surprise in Lu Xi's eyes returned to calm, and even showed a hint of sarcasm, silently saying that the liar had started talking nonsense.
Zhuang Mingxu had to explain the origin of the two children for the umpteenth time.
After some communication, Lu Xi carefully checked the photos and videos and found no signs of synthesis, so he reluctantly believed his identity. However, after Zhuang Mingxu gave him a general explanation of the current situation in the world, he fell silent.
"In your memory..."
"At the age of fourteen, I worked at the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense..."
As I recall, Lu Xi was experiencing the most glorious moment of his life. At a young age, he and his mentor made outstanding contributions to a technology that could not be broken through in China. He was made the youngest expert specially appointed by the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, and was envied by everyone.
Thinking of this, Lu Xi paused and his eyes became alert again. He suspected that these people were colluding with some foreign forces. No matter how Zhuang Mingxu asked questions, he did not say a word.
No one expected this kind of situation to happen, especially since Lu Xi's mental power was the strongest besides Lu Weiyi. If he was on guard, it would be impossible for others to do anything to him.
Zhuang Mingxu turned around to discuss the solution with Xing Zhou who had recovered. Dean, who wanted to watch the fun, stepped forward immediately and introduced himself to Lu Xi with an innocent face, saying that he was the brother he met after the end of the world.
When he came back to his senses, Dean had already told Lu Xi in front of all his teammates, without blushing or beating his heart, how he led Lu Xi to kill people everywhere after the end of the world, and how they gradually became sworn brothers.
The ups and downs of the process were so dramatic that I don't know how many novels he had read accumulated them. Lu Xi, who thought he was only fourteen years old, was stunned by what he heard. The other people who came to watch the fun did not stop him and listened with gusto.
"Antonio, if you show him messy things again, you may say goodbye to your days off forever." Zhuang Mingxu glanced at Antonio who was clapping from time to time to show encouragement.
Antonio laughed and waved to Dean.
"He has no clear cognition to begin with, and you have fooled him into a fool." Zhuang Mingxu waved at several people, "Get out."
After driving everyone out of the room, Zhuang Mingxu felt like one thing was about to happen again. He pinched his brows tiredly, and then he heard Lu Xi curiously ask, "Am I... really that powerful?"
Zhuang Mingxu glanced at Lu Xi with complicated eyes and said honestly, "Kid, you have no idea about your own fighting ability..." He was so angry that he spat on the ground without any image, and then changed the dirty word on his lips, "Do you count?"
"Didn't my superpower...my superpower just take care of them?" Lu Xi raised his head in dissatisfaction.
"Heh," Zhuang Mingxu sneered, "Then you should be grateful that you have a good brother who spares no effort to give you special training and does everything he can to help you upgrade your supernatural power level."
Lu Xi gritted his teeth, showing childish dissatisfaction.
Zhuang Mingxu briefly told him about the situation at the base, "Your brain is now affected by your brother's mental power, which has led to a wrong perception of yourself. There is no one in the base whom you knew before the apocalypse. Tomorrow I will ask the team to send you to your father. You will feel more at ease with familiar people around you. Concentrate on feeling the extra energy fluctuations in your brain and try to expel them."
Teenagers are in their rebellious period. Fortunately, Lu Xi cares about Lu Xiao. When Zhuang Mingxu hinted that the situation on Lu Xiao's side was not good, she immediately agreed.
After leaving Xing Zhou to teach him how to expel the invading mental force, Zhuang Mingxu took the time to check the supernatural power test report handed over by Zhou He.
Zhou He brought more than 800 people on this trip. Except for the top eight who were all successfully upgraded to S-level, the others were at least upgraded by a small level. Under his strict surveillance, the lowest level has entered the middle level of A-level.
But at this moment, he was more concerned about Lu Xiao. "How many of Major General Lu's men have returned?"
"Everyone go back." After settling everything down for a while and handing over the situation over there to the Zheng army that was about to set off the next day, Zhou He finally had time to come and report in person.
"How's the upgrade going?"
"Two were upgraded to S-level, one was wood-type and the other was water-type, sixteen were upgraded to A-level, and the others have also made progress." Zhou He paused here, "The main reason is that their crystal core reserves are insufficient. If they upgraded desperately like us without considering the number, there would definitely be more people."
Now, all the bases in Kyoto are focusing on eliminating mutated animals. These over-reproducing animals have very little crystal core energy in their bodies. I heard that the crystal cores used for circulation there are no longer calculated by quantity, but they have developed instruments to detect crystal core energy, with energy amount as the measurement standard.
These low-level crystal cores restricted the psychics who relied on crystal cores to upgrade in the base, causing all teams' crystal core reserves to begin to be consumed in large quantities. It seemed that Lu Xiao probably didn't have many crystal cores left.
However, Yueban Bay is currently consuming a lot of supplies, so it can't spare much to give to the other side, but...
"The mutant animals in the Laoshan primeval forest are not over-reproducing. Have you found any signs of a large number of zombies in the surrounding area?"
"Yes, the zombies in the area surrounding the Panshui base have not been effectively cleared out. In addition, some of the surrounding uninhabited areas have basically become a zombie kingdom."
"Okay, I get it. You completed the mission very well this time. You did not let down the crystal cores the base invested in you. Go back and rest early."
Zhuang Mingxu patted Zhou He on the shoulder and gave all the returning personnel a day off.
With the premise that all members of Lieyan have made progress, Zhuang Mingxu felt less guilty when he talked to Lu Xiao about Lu Xi's situation.
On the other side, Lu Xiao learned that Lu Xi needed someone who made him feel at ease to regain cognition, so he agreed readily without any sign of displeasure or complaint.
After seeing Zheng Jun off the next day, Zhuang Mingxu quickly promoted several people around him who had relatively clean abilities and backgrounds to be his deputies.
Compared to the previous psychics who were only affected by mental power for a short period of time, the group of people brought back this time were obviously deeply poisoned.
Even with the participation of psychics, several people still had some cognitive confusion after recovery. Ning Yuan was depressed for two days, but quickly recovered.
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