Chapter 540: Arrival at Laoshan
Not long after leaving the airspace of Yueban Bay, sporadic mutant birds flew towards the helicopter, and the psychics in the cabin immediately began to attack them one after another.
Zhuang Mingxu looked down through the window and got a general idea of the situation in Pingjin City.
Previously, their base had been vigorously clearing out zombies, and there were basically no zombies near the island. Now, after not sending out zombies for several months, the zombies in the city center have wandered around again, along with the mutated animals and birds in the jungle.
Some zombies grabbed struggling mutant animals and gnawed them, their faces covered with hair, blood and flesh; some zombies were attracted by the sounds of animals fleeing and chased them with a laugh; dense swarms of rodents like a tide surrounded a zombie, but dispersed after a moment, leaving only a pile of dry bones on the ground, which looked like marching ants.
Something flashed through his mind, and just as Zhuang Mingxu was trying to hold on, the plane suddenly bumped. He grabbed his seat belt and looked forward.
Right in front of the plane, a group of mutated crows attacked in an overwhelming manner. The screaming sounds came through the cabin door, which was so frightening that made people's hair stand on end.
While Zhou He was communicating with the other passenger plane, he was directing the team's psychics to clear the air from high altitude, and at the same time asked the psychics to protect the plane from damage.
After repelling several waves of attacks intermittently, tracks of the zombie army's march appeared on the ground.
There would be more zombies lurking above the cities they passed by. Zhuang Mingxu didn't notice it at first until he found that the underground was in the wilderness and the whole team was rushing towards one direction excitedly as Ning Yuan described. He realized something was wrong and quickly took out a telescope and looked down.
"Captain, is there something wrong with the zombie group down there?"
"What could be wrong with zombies?"
"No, didn't you notice that they ignored us at all? It was as if they didn't see that the zombies on the ground would chase us in the direction our plane was flying for a while."
"I noticed that, too. Moreover...they were in such an agitated state that they seemed as if flesh and blood were hanging in front of them. It was totally unlike the state of free wandering."
Several people in the cabin expressed their opinions. Zhou He also noticed something was wrong. He had a broader perspective. After a moment, he looked at Zhuang Mingxu with a serious expression, "Base Commander, why do I feel that the direction they are heading is..."
"It's the Kyoto base." Zhuang Mingxu didn't find any special zombies in the crowd. He estimated the number of zombies on the ground and felt that they were not particularly numerous. He breathed a sigh of relief and replied.
"Then they..." Zhou He immediately became anxious.
"They already know." Seeing that everyone in the cabin breathed a sigh of relief, Zhuang Mingxu added, "Looking at the number, it is estimated that there are less than 50,000. The Kyoto base has more psychics than this. Even without the assistance of other bases, they can definitely cope with it, not to mention..."
Zheng Yi had already started contacting other bases. Even though he had used the research institute's affairs to interfere, as long as he could upgrade successfully, other problems would not be considered serious.
"I was just about to say that if the zombie sieges in the previous bases were destroyed by just these few zombies, then I really look down on the psychics in their bases."
"I remember that our base was facing hundreds of thousands of zombies at that time."
The speaker's tone was full of pride, which immediately resonated with the others, and everyone recalled the situation back then.
Several planes made a fuss for two days and finally arrived at the Laoshan temporary base successfully in the afternoon of the second day.
Wu Yue already knew about the rotation in advance, but he was still surprised when he saw Zhuang Mingxu getting off the plane.
"Why are you here? What happened at the base?"
"The base is great," Zhuang Mingxu quickly stopped him from thinking about it, "I'll come and take a look."
The temperature in the mountains is even lower, but it’s nothing for people like them with special abilities. Zhuang Mingxu, an ordinary person, shivered unconsciously when he got off the plane because of the cold.
Zhou He and Wu Yue high-fived each other and looked around. "Why do I feel that the location of this base is different from the last time I came here?"
"Yes, we moved a few kilometers deeper into the jungle." Wu Yue asked someone to pick up the supplies they brought and led the two to where they lived. "Some time ago, the low-level animals that reproduced outside the jungle began to move towards the jungle. After discussing with Li Zhuang, we decided not to conflict with them and moved a little deeper into the jungle."
Nothing has happened on Lu Weiyi's side. Their large army has been fighting mutant animals deep in the mountain all day long. Most of the psychics left in the temporary base are for logistics and have weak combat effectiveness. There is no need to sacrifice people to those animals whose only instinct is reproduction.
"Where are Li Zhuang and Liu Rui? How are they doing?" Zhuang Mingxu asked.
Upon hearing this, Wu Yue smiled and said, "Li Zhuangcheng has succeeded. You have suffered a loss, otherwise I would have urged you to send some crystal cores. He upgraded early this morning, and after the success, he took Liu Rui to the mountain to hunt high-level animals. He said that he wanted to familiarize himself with the use of supernatural powers and also save some high-level crystal cores for Liu Rui's upgrade."
"Really?" Zhou He clapped his hands excitedly. "That's great. Another SS-level mutant has appeared in our base. Let's see who dares to do anything bad to us!"
Wu Yue heard something else in these words, and immediately looked at the two of them and asked silently.
"Nothing," Zhuang Mingxu said indifferently. He curiously reached out and patted the chair in the room. "Is this your craft?"
"Yes, I was bored so I did some carpentry work for fun," Wu Yue responded and gestured to Zhou He.
Zhou He did not hide anything and complained about what Zheng Yi and his team had done recently in Yueban Bay. "I never realized that Zheng Yi was such a villain before. When he was the commander of the base, I saw him smiling and pretending to be a grandson all day long, but the next moment he would think of stabbing us in the back."
After saying this viciously, Zhou He smiled smugly when he thought about how Li Zhuang had successfully upgraded before him. "If he knew that another SS-level mutant appeared in our base...haha..."
Zhou He felt that Zheng Yi would probably vomit blood. After all, the Zheng family army had paid so much to help him upgrade, only to find out that he was not even the strongest person with superpowers.
Zhuang Mingxu calmly drank hot tea to warm his hands and said, "Don't reveal the fact that Li Zhuang has successfully upgraded for now."
"Um?"
Zhou He was puzzled.
Wu Yue knew Zhuang Mingxu's character, so he thought for a moment and asked, "Is there a dishonest team in the base?"
The members of their base come from various places, and many of them are small groups themselves. It is not easy for them to fully obey orders and work together. From the very beginning, Zhuang Mingxu has been consciously screening those who stay.
From the zombie siege to letting the rebels take action, every major action is a screening of the base residents, and those who remain at the end are those who are willing to cooperate with the base management and can stand on the same front with the base.
This is also the reason why the team in the base was able to remain stable for a short time after Lu Weiyi and several top psychics in the base got into trouble, even with the base's instigation and inducement.
"I haven't found anyone who has the courage yet, but..." We have to try to know if there is anyone who has the courage.
Zhuang Mingxu's smile was gentle, but it made Zhou He feel like someone was about to be in big trouble.
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That afternoon, Zhuang Mingxu went to where Lu Weiyi was with a full set of equipment.
Wu Yue handed the matters of the temporary base to Zhou He and went with him.
"The advantage of this place is that there were no people living around here before the apocalypse, and there are no zombies around now, and there is no over-reproduction of mutant animals. If some animals were not too high in level and too large in size, it would actually be a good place to build a base."
Knowing that Zhuang Mingxu might be here for a long time, Wu Yue introduced the surrounding situation to him.
"Never been attacked by zombies?" Zhuang Mingxu was surprised.
"Not even once, but... before, some ordinary people from Panshui base came here to cause trouble. After being expelled, they went to live in underground caves. So we need to frequently check the underground of the temporary base to ensure that we will not be attacked by them."
"Ordinary people?" This was the first time that Zhuang Mingxu heard of ordinary people causing trouble for people with superpowers.
Wu Yue's face looked grim, "...They are all people who believe in Gu Sheng, they...eat the flesh of people with special abilities."
"One section out of the back door is the edge of Lu Weiyi's mental power range. Ever since you sent the mental power shielding device over, the psychic began to approach him, but the device can't last long."
The surrounding trees have turned yellow, and the golden leaves are scattered all over the ground, like a carpet.
Wu Yue cleared a path ahead and finally stopped in front of a warning sign that read "Danger Ahead."
"If you go any further, you might be affected by his mental power." Wu Yue turned to look at Zhuang Mingxu, hesitating to speak, "How about... I'll go there for you. I go there every few days and I'm familiar with the place. You don't have any special powers to protect you..."
Zhuang Mingxu's eyes seemed to see through everything. He said, "It's okay. I can accept anything."
Wu Yue sighed, "You know, a normal person wouldn't look very good if he didn't eat or drink for three months..."
Zhuang Mingxu felt a pain in his heart. The problem that he had been suppressing himself from thinking about was finally placed in front of him.
"But Xu Yi checked him out and found that he didn't have too many injuries. At most, he was... a little malnourished. I..."
Wu Yue said in a hoarse voice, "I asked the military doctor to take some... measures to ensure his basic physical needs."
Zhuang Mingxu nodded, put on the upgraded mental shielding device, raised his foot and walked forward resolutely, but was grabbed by Wu Yue.
"The shielding technology is not mature, and the time we can stay in there is limited. You must listen to me after you go in, especially when you leave," Wu Yue warned seriously, "Don't lose the big picture for the small. If you are affected, I will definitely send you back to the base as soon as possible."
"Don't worry, I know the seriousness of the matter," said Zhuang Mingxu.
During the few months at the base, he had been attacked by psychics countless times. Compared with those high-intensity attacks that were set, the one that Lu Weiyi spread at this time was at most entry-level.
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