Chapter 524 Zheng Yi Takes Action
"Are you sick?" Zhuang Aiyi stared at him pitifully, with worry and more fear in his eyes.
Zhuang Mingxu avoided his gaze and hugged the child tightly to his chest. The child's tears wet his clothes and stung his heart.
"Big Dad, let's go find Uncle Xu...and...and Uncle Dean, they are very powerful..." Zhuang Aiyi struggled to jump down, pulling Zhuang Mingxu hard, trying to seek help.
He has so little strength.
Zhuang Mingxu's iron heart seemed to have a hole in it, and the whistling wind made him feel extremely painful.
"Ai Yi, Ai Yi..." He pulled the child back, his voice hoarse, holding his head with both hands, looking into his clear eyes, "I'm sorry."
This is a child with his blood.
Ever since he chose a path different from ordinary people, he never thought about the possibility of having offspring. The appearance of this child is like a gift from God to him.
"Something happened to your little dad, and your big dad is going to bring him back," Zhuang Mingxu said, trying his best to use words that the child could understand.
Zhuang Aiyi had been brought by Lu Xiao before, and had heard a lot of news. An eight-year-old could already tell a lot of things in today's world. He stopped struggling and asked, "Did a bad guy hurt my little dad?"
"...yeah, so Big Daddy is going to rescue him".
"What about your brother? Is he with your little daddy too?"
"..."Zhuang Mingxu was not sure, "It should be."
"Can Big Daddy bring back Little Daddy and Little Daddy?"
"I will try my best," Zhuang Mingxu couldn't bear to tell him that he was not sure at all, "because I don't know how long it will take, so your grandfather can't take you. In the future... you may have to live with other uncles, so I want to leave you some guarantees."
"Can Ai Yi understand?"
Zhuang Aiyi nodded, "Just like Maomao's mother prepares food for him?"
"Yes, but Big Daddy needs to prepare more things for you. After all, it's not safe outside..."
If...if just in case, these things could ease Zhuang Mingxu's guilt a little.
Zhuang Aiyi didn't hear the lingering meaning in his words. She nodded seriously and promised, "Aiyi will remember that big daddy must bring little daddy back as soon as possible."
Zhuang Mingxu's heart trembled and he hugged him even tighter.
The matter was made clear, and the next day Zhuang Mingxu introduced several hidden supply points to Zhuang Aiyi. He personally took him on a tour of the inside of the base, and after instructing him on the hidden entrances and some safe hiding places, he also asked him to memorize the maps of some supply points outside the base.
While Zhuang Mingxu was busy leaving a backup plan for Zhuang Aiyi, the exchange of crystal cores in various bases was also in full swing.
Fearing that some short-sighted base might take advantage of the opportunity to launch an attack, Ning Yuan assembled a number of teams ready to provide support at any time.
What came before those news was the zombie army marching towards the Kyoto base.
"They seemed to be conscious, ignoring the bases they passed by and heading all the way to Kyoto?" Zhuang Mingxu frowned and looked at the person who delivered the message, "Is this what Major General Lu said?"
"Yes." The person in charge of communications is Feng Liang from the second team. His wood-type abilities are not essential in the team, and his mastery of communications is even better than his abilities. After the personnel adjustment, he withdrew from the front-line combat and became specifically responsible for military communications.
He handed another record sheet to Zhuang Mingxu, "According to reliable information, the Kyoto base asked the bases along the way to intercept the zombies, but..."
"There is no base to implement it."
Zhuang Mingxu looked through the latest information of each base and the intercepted messages. As soon as Kyoto became aware of it, it discussed the counter-attack with the bases along the way.
At first, it was thought that their target was the nearest base. Kyoto organized team members from bases along the way to intercept them, and each base also cooperated very well.
But when they found that the zombies passed them and headed straight for Kyoto, they immediately began to shirk responsibility. Not only did they not intend to stop them, they even ignored Kyoto's request for help.
"Has Kyoto sent us any information about cooperation before?" Even though Zhuang Mingxu had a lot of things to do, he had always been paying attention to Kyoto's affairs. He had no recollection of the other party having sent us any information about fighting zombies together.
Feng Liang shook his head, "No."
Zhuang Mingxu's eyes flashed, then instantly withdrew, staring expressionlessly at the various teams and forces on the paper.
Ning Yuan on the side heard something wrong and reached out to take the document to check it.
"They are all allied with bases west of Kyoto. We are in the east, so it is also possible..." Feng Liang let out a sigh and frowned, "Lin Ya sent someone to secretly pass on the news. They contacted the Pingjin base. Tang Bai decided to wait and see and did not give a reply."
The Pingjin base is the closest base to Yueban Bay, only a few hundred kilometers away, but Yueban Bay is indeed further south.
To put it in a positive way, the other party felt that it had nothing to do with their base and did not unite with them, but if they said that they wanted to use this cooperation to facilitate better cooperation in the future, that is not impossible.
"This morning, news came from Kyoto that they hope to unite with Yuebanwan to fight against the zombie army."
Zhuang Mingxu snorted, "How do they want to unite?"
"We hope our base will provide support of thirty S-class psychics and a number of crystal core weapons."
"You can reply to them, but... our base commander is not here, and the surrounding area is invaded by mutated sea creatures. Once we eliminate the hidden dangers, we will immediately go to support Kyoto and let them hold on."
Ning Yuan laughed when he heard him say this, and concluded, "Give the greatest spiritual support."
After the smiles on their faces, they began to worry again. "The cooperation that we had already agreed on was immediately destroyed by the zombies' unconventional actions. I'm afraid that after they attack Kyoto, they will defeat us one by one in the future..."
It will probably become more difficult for the various bases to unite in the future.
"Major General Lu asked us for help?" Zhuang Mingxu asked.
...shaking his head, "He just informed us of the situation known to some insiders in Kyoto. In addition, he said that Zheng Yi will soon be upgraded to SS level. Now the Zheng family army is the most powerful and occupies the dominant position in terms of power and manpower."
"So fast?" Ning Yuan was incredulous.
Although his superpowers were not at the forefront of their team at the beginning, they were close to the sea, and most of the creatures in the ocean that developed superpowers after mutation were water-based. Ning Yuan benefited from this, and the same attributes allowed him to absorb superpowers very quickly, and he maintained a similar state with Li Zhuang and others.
If he hadn't been implicated this time, he and Li Zhuang would have been sent to upgrade.
After all, the stored S-level crystal cores are mostly water and earth, which is most beneficial for the two of them to upgrade.
He felt quite regretful when he thought that Liu Rui's upgrade was delayed because of Xu Sa's situation, and the remaining crystal cores were not enough to handle another person's upgrade.
"According to Major General Lu, they led a team into the center of Kyoto City. Not only did most of them die, but they also mortgaged half of the commercial street in order to purchase high-level fire crystal cores."
"Wow, you are really bold," Ning Yuan exclaimed.
Zhuang Mingxu immediately sensed a different atmosphere in this grand move, "You reply according to what we said first."
After Feng Liang left, Zhuang Mingxu looked at Ning Yuan and said, "You go and send a message to Wu Yue in person to inquire about Li Zhuang's upgrade status. Also, let Liu Rui return immediately to continue training. We have no way out. Then take people to block part of the underground passage between Kyoto Base and Yueban Bay to create signs of collapse caused by animal damage."
"You are worried..." Ning Yuan turned to look at him.
"It's not worry, it's certainty. So many things are placed on one person. What should I do if the people below me are upgraded? I'll take the opportunity to get some back."
Where to get it from?
Isn’t Yueban Bay a ready-made treasury?
"When do you think that will be?"
"If it were you, when do you think would be the best time?"
Ning Yuan pondered for a moment, "…the crystal core exchange was successfully completed."
Zhuang Mingxu curled up the corner of his mouth into a smile, without refutation, he stood up and looked towards the place where the sea and the sky meet, with a gloomy look on his face, "Let everyone in the military prepare for war."
"Yes." Ning Yuan's hidden fighting spirit was immediately aroused as his last two words fell.
Zhuang Mingxu was startled by his sudden yell. He turned around and saw him touching his head awkwardly, "My memory hasn't completely changed. From time to time, I still feel like I'm in military training."
The corner of Zhuang Mingxu's mouth twitched. He looked at the time and strode away. "I told Ai Yi that I would take him to cook at 5 pm. You keep an eye on the news from various departments."
"Got it." Ning Yuan muttered to himself what kind of cooking this eight or nine-year-old kid was making. It was not until Zhuang Mingxu's figure disappeared that he reacted. He forgot to ask Zheng Yi what method he could use to ensure the smooth completion of their crystal core transaction.
Before Ning Yuan could think about it, Zheng Yi gave the answer the next day.
News came from Kyoto that a portion of the purified crystal cores were exchanged in the name of the base.
In the past, various teams exchanged crystal cores privately. This is the first team to exchange crystal cores in the name of the base.
Especially at such a sensitive time, even Lu Xiao didn't understand what the other party was planning.
[He said in the meeting that he would lead the team himself].
When there was a horde of zombies heading towards Kyoto, he asked to go to Yueban Bay?
All kinds of thoughts went through Zhuang Mingxu's mind, but he couldn't think of how he might make his move.
[No one objects?] 】
[He did not charge any interest for the errands run by the various teams, indicating that the war was imminent, and he would return the money to the various teams at the same price that Yuebanwan exchanged it with him].
Moreover, almost everyone knows that Yueban Bay is surrounded by mutated creatures, and most people will not take the initiative to take risks. Under the premise that purification of the crystal core is necessary, everyone is eager for someone to go there.
As for the worry that he would swallow the crystal core dishonestly?
What a joke. He who is from the small team dares to do such a thing. Does he who is from the Guard Team and the Flame Team dare to do that too?
As he said, there may be another zombie war coming up, which may be the path to the rise of Zheng's army, or it may be the time of its downfall.
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