Chapter 550: Taotao Reappears
"…Then Dean will be left to you." After saying that, Ning Yuan still reminded, "Don't blame your father. He is older than us and must have longer-term plans."
"I know," Lu Xiying said.
"I will contact Li Zhuang and others as soon as possible, and once they confirm their return trip, I will ask them to go and support everyone as soon as possible."
Not long after the candidates were confirmed, Li Qing and Li Yan arrived, and Ning Yuan then informed everyone about the hot weapons and manpower that would be dispatched this time.
"The focus of the base army this time is thermal weapons support to avoid the loss of psychics, but the fellow teams need assistance to enter the front line and be deployed uniformly by Kyoto. At that time, Li Yan, you will follow their commander and make sure that our team members are not deliberately placed in dangerous places in the general direction."
"I understand!" Li Yan responded, "But you only mobilize mechanical operators who are mainly ordinary people...isn't it inappropriate?" It is well known that ordinary people's combat effectiveness is not as good as that of people with special powers.
"Someone will find a way to fill the gap." Ning Yuan said this without any clue, but an hour later, the travel quotas reported by the soldiers below made everyone immediately understand his intention.
After five years of looking forward to the offspring, even if the team leader is unwilling, the members cannot suppress their thoughts.
This resulted in a team of 10,000 people, of which only 3,000 were from the base army, and these were talents assisting with thermal weapons, while the rest were all psychics gathered from various teams, including many high-level psychics.
The team quickly assembled and at one o'clock in the afternoon, they were officially ready to set off.
At the mobilization meeting, Ning Yuan did not say anything high-sounding, but only assured everyone that "everyone who died in this battle did not die in vain, and every gun that was consumed has value."
With fighter jets leading the way, a team of tanks and rocket launchers stretching for hundreds of meters left the Yuebanwan base in a mighty manner.
This marks the establishment of the Anti-Zombie Alliance and is also the first step for various human bases to unite.
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Thousands of miles away in Laoshan, except for the colder weather than usual, the days are dull and don’t seem like the end of the world.
Only occasionally some huge mutant animals would show up to make their presence felt.
The cold wind was howling, and the air it exhaled had turned white. Zhuang Mingxu, wearing a thick coat, rode his bike towards where Lu Weiyi was.
In the pocket of his underwear was the jade space left by Li Zhuang. He didn't know how much that person had guessed. This made his mind a little distracted with so many thoughts.
He came to his senses only when the car almost hit an excitedly jumping mutant antelope.
I chuckled and couldn't help but feel that I was overthinking.
Even if he really guessed it, being able to dig out the jade from the body and give it to him without asking any questions was already a sign of support.
only……
I hope it works.
Zhuang Mingxu glanced at the lonely house not far away, scanned the surroundings, and sensitively noticed that the mutant animals around him were thinner than before. He felt that it was particularly necessary to clean up the mutant animals nearby.
Two stoves were lit around the kang where Lu Weiyi was lying in the house. Zhuang Mingxu quickly added charcoal fire, measured the carbon monoxide content in the room, and then quickly fed him.
"Yesterday a goat ran to the vicinity of the base and was caught by them. I left the tenderest piece for you. It is the warmest time to drink goat soup at this time. Add a spoonful of chili oil and sprinkle a handful of chopped green onions and coriander. The smell can spread far away."
"You said it tasted good last year, but unfortunately I can't eat spicy food this year, so I can only drink meat soup."
"There are fewer animals around, but predators are still there. We've readjusted the patrol shifts today. Hopefully, we can get through this winter safely."
"The temperature has dropped again today. I don't know if you feel cold. I'm thinking about moving you underground. The temperature will definitely be guaranteed, that is..."
"Are you afraid...of being alone?"
Zhuang Mingxu's chattering did not behave like a base commander at all. Instead, he was like an old man on his deathbed, talking endlessly to his wife who was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. It was sad and pitiful.
After finishing everything quickly, Zhuang Mingxu took out the jade from his pocket and gently placed it on his wrist while taking advantage of the last moment.
As the temperature dropped, the tender branches that rarely moved quickly dodged as if stimulated by something.
The reaction was too obvious. Zhuang Mingxu's heart skipped a beat, thinking he was wrong. Just as he was about to reach out to take the jade that had fallen on the quilt, he saw the small green branch quickly wrap around it and then disappear from his sight.
"Taotao?" Zhuang Mingxu was nervous.
"Can you hear Daddy?"
The quiet little green branch took a long time to respond again, extending a tender yellow branch and swaying happily in front of Zhuang Mingxu's eyes. After a moment, a few candies appeared on the quilt and were pushed towards Zhuang Mingxu by the little tender branch.
"Is this for Dad?" Zhuang Mingxu picked it up and took a look. It was the pear paste lollipop that Xi Shi made for the two children.
This made him even more convinced that the little green branch was most likely Taotao.
"Can you come out of space?"
The little green branch reacted and shook.
"Is it that he can't get out by himself or is he unable to get out?" Zhuang Mingxu asked anxiously.
The little green branch poked its head out to "look" at the sleeping Lu Weiyi, and nodded at him, as if to express something.
Zhuang Mingxu regretted not teaching him to write earlier.
He quickly recalled everything about Taotao in his mind and asked, "Do you need your father to let you out?"
The little green branch shook and pointed at Lu Weiyi again.
"Father is injured, so you can't come out?"
The little green branch shook again, and even slapped Zhuang Mingxu's hand unhappily, as if she was dissatisfied with what he said.
“……”Zhuang Mingxu.
Seeing that the time to leave was approaching, Zhuang Mingxu finally guessed, "Did your father not agree to let you come out?"
The little green branches immediately waved happily.
"It's okay, father is sick and can't communicate with you for the time being. If you can come out by yourself, please come out by yourself."
The little green branch hesitantly reached out and lingered on Lu Weiyi's face, as if observing him.
"Big Daddy and my brothers miss you so much, don't you miss us? Can you come out and keep Dad company?"
"If your father blames you, Big Daddy will help you stop it, okay? Don't be afraid. Big Daddy will protect you."
Zhuang Mingxu felt like a liar who was luring children, but fortunately he had a good reputation. The little green branch hesitated for a while and shook happily.
Then a shrunken doll appeared on Lu Weiyi, with a standard red bellyband wrapped around his fair skin. He looked up at Zhuang Mingxu with a cheerful smile and called out in a baby voice, "Big Daddy."
Seeing that he had shrunk to a size where he could hardly stand, Zhuang Mingxu knew that the previous battle with Gu Sheng had had a significant impact on him.
"Hey, Daddy's here." Zhuang Mingxu quickly picked up the child and stuffed him into his thick clothes, leaving only his head exposed.
Taotao curiously leaned over to look at Lu Weiyi, then raised her head and touched the helmet on Zhuang Mingxu's head. She thought it was something fun and slapped it twice.
A muffled sound came, buzzing.
"Be good, Daddy will take you out first." Zhuang Mingxu didn't bring any extra mental shielding devices, so he didn't dare to keep him here for too long. He quickly packed up Lu Weiyi and took the child out of the cabin as soon as possible.
He sped all the way and was out of the range of his mental power in a moment. He took off his helmet, looked down at Taotao with clear eyes, looked around curiously, and asked, "Taotao, do you feel uncomfortable here?" He pointed to the position of his head.
"No, Taotao feels very comfortable," Taotao said, pointing to the distance and said, "Look, big daddy, it's Lao Wu."
"Tiger" Zhuang Mingxu corrected.
"Old Woo".
"..." Zhuang Mingxu felt that this time he seemed to be much smaller than before, and he couldn't even speak clearly.
"Have you absorbed the jade that Big Daddy gave you?"
"Eat it." Taotao felt in her arms and handed him a piece of white jade that looked like dregs. Upon closer inspection, it was the space jade that Li Zhuang gave to Zhuang Mingxu.
I didn't expect that after absorbing it, he would still be in this state. Zhuang Mingxu didn't dare to think about how serious his energy loss was before.
"Don't be afraid, let's go back first. Dad will find you something to replenish your energy."
Taotao's appearance brought great comfort to Zhuang Mingxu. He stuffed her into his arms and hid her in the base.
"Are you back? Is everything okay over there? I've stewed some big bones and we'll have soup tonight." Wu Yue was chopping the prey that he brought back with others to prepare food for the winter. When he saw Zhuang Mingxu, he asked casually.
"Not bad." Zhuang Mingxu paused, his eyes lingered on Wu Yue for a moment, as if he was making a decision, and he didn't say anything for a long time.
"What's wrong?" Wu Yue looked over with sensitive eyes, and while asking, he noticed that there was a particularly protruding mass on his chest, which even moved a little. He immediately handed the knife in his hand to the person next to him, "You come first."
He walked very lightly towards Zhuang Mingxu.
"It's okay." Zhuang Mingxu saw that he had misunderstood and raised his chin towards the lounge. "Do you have a jade space?"
"Yes, around 8 levels." This was no secret to Wu Yue, and almost everyone in the team knew about it.
After he finished speaking, he saw Zhuang Mingxu's troubled eyes and asked first, "Is there anything we can't talk about?"
Zhuang Mingxu had thought about it all the way back. Among the people left behind, there are only three spaces in total, two of which are space-based mutants, and only Wu Yue is in the jade space.
The base doesn't have space to store jade now, and as for jade, it can't be delivered in a short time...
"I'd like to borrow it, and then..." He wanted to return it later, but considering that the number of jade spaces is basically constant now, it is not certain that he will return it unless he robs others.
Wu Yue only took a glance at the thermos bucket he was holding in one hand, and immediately knew that his jade space had been "used", otherwise he would not have asked him this.
"I'll dig it out." Wu Yue said without a word, took a dagger from the space, and walked towards the lounge. Zhuang Mingxu, with his straightforward attitude, felt that saying thank you was belittling their friendship.
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