Chapter 574: Ming
Li Zhuang, who personally saw Lu Xiao off, stood at the gate for a long time, silently withdrew his gaze, turned back to the villa and whispered when he passed by Li Yan, "Go and spread the news that Major General Lu is about to be promoted. In addition, the entire temporary base will be placed under martial law immediately to create the illusion that everyone is going to absorb the crystal core."
"Understood," Li Yan quickly made arrangements.
It was like a signal of a major war. Unknowingly, everyone in the temporary residence of Yueban Bay felt a tense atmosphere spreading. However, they had no idea where it was coming from. Everyone could only do their best to do the job at hand.
As the news spread in the Kyoto base, Zhao Qiang, who was annoyed by the harassment of his subordinate teams over the distribution of remaining crystal cores, was so angry that he destroyed a room with a wave of his hand.
Zheng Yi had an expected look on his face as he calmly arranged the first meeting of the alliance in the afternoon. However, the people who reported to him had distressed expressions on their faces, "They are really willing to give up. They registered more than seventy S-class mutants, and each of them has more than seventy S-class crystal cores."
It is almost impossible for a team alone to kill S-level zombies and obtain crystal cores, but now they can get them easily, which makes people jealous.
Zheng Yi, on the other hand, was very open-minded. "Everyone knows that they have so many crystal cores in their hands now. If they don't share some of the profits, the internal strife will be enough to tear them apart."
The subordinate was still frustrated, but he angrily changed the topic to Lieyan, "Lieyan is obviously a family with Yuebanwan, and he still has the nerve to continue to share the remaining crystal cores?"
"What's there to be embarrassed about? They contributed their efforts separately, so why can't the crystal cores be taken separately?" Zheng Yi's tone was calm and somewhat Buddhist, and he even asked back, "Lu Xiao's level has always been very close to ours, and he hasn't led a team to look for high-level zombies, so how did he upgrade? Do you think others won't have any guesses?"
"Major General, do you think it was supplied to him by Yueban Bay?"
"Who knows?" Zheng Yi pressed his brows with a headache. He didn't know how to form an alliance. If he could get Yuebanwan's full support...
Before he could think further, he heard a woman crying outside the door.
"It's the eldest lady again..." the reporter said in a low voice, looking at Zheng Yi with pity.
Zheng Miao somehow found out that his parents' death was due to his father's abandonment, and he vented all his resentment on Zheng Yi, the heir to the Zheng family army, and would come over to make a fuss whenever he had time.
The Zheng family also suffered heavy losses this time, and Zheng Tongzhi never showed up again after the war. Zheng Yi didn't want to do anything to this sister of the same generation, especially since she was a healer.
Zheng Yi sighed heavily, stood up to deal with Zheng Miao, and couldn't help but feel envious, "Who lets him have a good nephew."
The various bases remaining in Kyoto were running around in different directions with unclear attitudes, and the medium-sized teams in the Kyoto base, no matter which large team they had been affiliated with, now began to cooperate with each other tacitly, just to get a share of the remaining crystal core energy from this battle.
The atmosphere in Kyoto was once again artificially pushed into another level of tension.
At this time, Li Zhuang had quietly taken Lu Xi, Antonio and several earth-type ability users to open up a path underground and leave the Kyoto base.
Five kilometers outside of Kyoto City, Li Zhuang stopped and said, "I feel that the Zheng family is hiding a lot of things. This alliance may not be formed. Instead, each base will definitely try their best to get something to make up for the loss of manpower this time. We can easily become the target of public criticism."
Lu Xi got anxious when he heard this, "Then we won't participate in the afternoon meeting. Can't everyone leave now?"
"Then we will be targeted faster," Antonio said.
He also saw the current situation clearly, so he temporarily left Dean to run back and forth.
Among the people dispatched this time, high-level psychics occupied two-thirds of their base. If all of them were destroyed here, the destruction of their base would not be far away.
Seeing that the naive child was panicking, Li Zhuang put his hand on his shoulder and said, "As long as you go back successfully and tell Ning Yuan about it, he will know what to do. I will take them to delay time as much as possible."
"Don't take the direct route, go around the Pingjin base, especially avoid the underground passage that was opened before." Li Zhuang looked at Zhou Nan and the other two who came back with Antonio, "The rest of the way will be difficult for you, make sure to send Lu Xi back safely."
He didn't tell the three what Lu Xi had on him, but everyone understood at this moment.
Several people nodded and said solemnly, "Don't worry, we will arrive safely."
After high-fiving Antonio, Li Zhuang guaranteed Dean's safety and told them to hurry up and return to Yueban Bay.
At the same time, several teams from Yuebanwan walked openly towards the gate of Kyoto base, telling everyone they met that good things had happened at the base and they planned to go out and hunt some mutant animals and come back to celebrate.
This made many team members envious, and they also privately speculated whether they had another SS-level psychic.
After hearing this, Zhao Qiang suddenly had an idea and immediately asked the guards at the city gate to stop them. After a careful investigation, he found Xu Sa and Liu Rui in the team, who were supposed to be in charge of the temporary base with several other members of the team.
"They were mixed in the crowd, very low-key, and had no intention of showing up even when their team was blocked. It was not until our people checked their identities one by one that they confirmed that it was them," the member who came to report said to Zhao Qiang, frowning in confusion, "At this time, all the base teams in Kyoto are eyeing the remaining crystal cores in Yueban Bay. As the two members of Team 1 with the highest level of superpowers, shouldn't they be guarding the remaining crystal cores to the death?"
Zhao Qiang laughed, "Of course they will do everything they can to hold on to the remaining crystal cores." He quickly looked at the newcomers, "What will they say after our people find them?"
"They said they were going to lead a team out to hunt some mutant animals." The person who spoke saw Zhao Qiang's excitement and carefully tried to figure out what he meant. "How about... I ask my subordinates to find an excuse not to let them go out?"
"Let them go, why not? Let them go immediately after the investigation," Zhao Qiang said quickly, waved his hand and asked people to leave, then called other people in and muttered a few words in a low voice.
The affairs of Yueban Bay were now being watched by many forces. When the identities of the people at the city gate were found out, many people thought of possible events.
The attention of each base that was originally on Lu Xiao was immediately diverted. While they were rushing around, many teams and bases reached a short-term cooperation.
Soon after, the number of hunting teams going out reached an unprecedented level after the war. Upon hearing the news, Yuebanwan immediately dispatched a part of its combat force to chase after them.
Outside the city.
Xu Sa and a group of psychics drove for several kilometers towards Yueban Bay. There was a car following them slowly, which made the people who were unaware of the situation feel a little puzzled.
The captains who had been specifically instructed were very calm. When they realized that the distance was about right, Xu Sa said, "Let's do it here."
"Okay." He Song looked at Yue Qiwen who was standing next to him and nodded.
The convoy stopped for a minute inexplicably and was seen by people who were watching them. They didn't have time to be alert before they came to their senses as the convoy restarted.
Instead, the eyes of a group of people hiding in a secret place lit up.
"Is the car missing?" The man who asked the question in the back seat was dressed in camouflage and exuded an air of superiority.
"It's hard to see clearly. Their convoy is not gathering in a regular pattern. We're afraid of exposing our identities if we get too close," the man holding the telescope in the co-pilot seat replied in a low voice, then asked, "Should we follow them?"
"I saw Xu Sa and his mistress still in their convoy."
"He is the most powerful person among this group of people. He must be more likely to get the crystal core, right?"
"I also feel that there is more to be gained by targeting both of them."
Amidst the buzz, the camouflaged man spoke first, "Drive the car to where they are staying and let the earth-type mutant check it out."
A modified car that looked like an armored vehicle drove slowly and stopped at the place where the Yuebanwan team had just stopped. Two people got out of the car quickly and dealt with the mutant animals before they got close. They walked around the surroundings and one of them said excitedly, "Boss, there are traces of earth-type mutant activities."
"Sixth brother, did you feel it?" The camouflaged man stepped out of the car and walked towards the person who was speaking. There was a blind mutant rabbit in the middle, jumping towards him with its fangs bared, biting him, but he didn't even move his head. He pulled out a knife from his waist and slashed it in the air. The fat mutant rabbit was immediately split in half.
"Yes, it's here." The man called Lao Liu squatted and touched the ground with one hand, feeling the residual supernatural breath underground and the feeling of the land being manipulated by supernatural powers.
The leading man looked at the other one and said, "Old Five, confirm this."
The other earth-type mutant who got off the car first walked forward, walked a section in one direction, and nodded to Camouflage, "An underground passage has indeed been opened, and it goes in that direction," he asked with a frown, "That's not the direction of Yuebanwan Base. On the contrary, the convoy is heading more towards Yuebanwan Base."
"If you go straight here, you will reach the underground passage between Kyoto and Yueban Bay," the leader said. Seeing that Lao Liu still looked unconvinced, he said, "Keep exploring and follow with the car."
The eight people got back into the car and headed in the direction indicated by Lao Liu.
On the other side, Xu Sa and Liu Rui had already driven a separate car and said goodbye to those who stayed behind.
"Are you two sure everything is alright?" The team leader who stayed behind frowned, pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and looked serious.
He was the one who knew the purpose of their trip. Ever since Li Zhuang told them that they would send the remaining crystal cores back to the base and asked them to come and cover the two teams, he had been guessing who was holding the crystal cores.
Like most people, he thought it was Xu Sa at first, but when he saw He Song and Yue Qiwen, two earth-type ability users, leaving in a veiled manner, he became uncertain again.
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