Chapter 587 Contract
"Who is gossiping in front of you?" Lu Xiao asked with a frown.
Lu Xi held his arm and shook her head, "It's all in the past. I'm grown up now. If you have someone you think is nice, you can try to get along with them. It's best if they are reasonable. After all, being unreasonable will only affect your reputation. At most... if they are difficult to get along with..."
Lu Xi pursed her lips and said reluctantly, "I'll just tolerate her."
"Hahaha..." Lu Xiao laughed heartily and stroked his hair, "There is no need for you to endure anything. My son is so outstanding, everyone in the world should give in to you."
Lu Xi felt embarrassed by the compliment and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
"Dad doesn't have the time and energy for this right now. Let's talk about it later. Upgrading is more important right now."
"Oh, by the way, I asked Brother Zhuang to accompany you to the center of Kyoto to hunt zombies for two days to see if you can upgrade. Do you have time these days? How about we go out and give it a try?"
"You went to ask for help?"
"It can't be called begging. We are from the same team. The brothers usually take good care of me. Besides, the others also want to hurry up and go out to hunt some zombies and get the crystal cores."
"Okay, I'll go back and arrange it immediately..."
The two of them talked and soon returned to Lieyan's residence.
That afternoon, Li Zhuang, some members of Yuebanwan and Lu Xiao quietly left the Kyoto base.
After three days of fighting in the center of Kyoto, Lu Xiao successfully upgraded. When he came back, the Kyoto base was full of joy. Everyone knew the news of the upcoming marriage between Zheng's army and the guard team.
Li Yan told the exhausted group the news he had heard, and also handed over a wedding invitation, "It's Zhao Qiang and Zheng Miao. The day after the news came out, someone saw Zhao Qiang taking Zheng Miao shopping for wedding supplies."
"Now the negotiations with the Anti-Zombie Alliance have come to an end, and several participating bases have signed letters of consent."
There were a circle of psychics sitting on the sofa. Li Zhuang, who was the closest, took it and took a look. The time was five days later. "Are you in such a hurry?"
"It's just a marriage, but Zhao Qiang is very sincere and gave an S-level metal crystal core as a betrothal gift," Li Yan said in astonishment.
"They still have metal crystal cores?" Antonio came over immediately after hearing this. He remembered that most of the metal crystal cores harvested this time were collected by Yuebanwan.
"The distribution of the remaining crystal cores is prioritized according to the captain's attributes. Zhao Qiang got mostly earth-type ones, so they may be stored in his hands," Lu Xiao said after thinking for a while.
He was able to successfully upgrade this time because he was able to obtain the fire crystal core.
Antonio sighed and looked at Li Zhuang with some resentment, as if it was a silent question.
"Be content, you have used all the metal cores in the team. If you still can't upgrade, consider your own reasons." Li Zhuang looked coldly at him who hugged his boyfriend in his arms as soon as he entered the door, and threatened him by taking advantage of his weakness, "If you can't upgrade again, you will lead the team out after you return, and come back when you succeed."
Dean looked at Li Zhuang in horror, his puppy eyes showing disbelief. Seeing that Li Zhuang was unmoved, he immediately turned to look at Antonio, "David, I can't bear to leave you."
"Don't worry, baby. I can't bear to leave you either. I will upgrade as soon as possible and won't let the evil people who are trying to alienate us succeed." Antonio sang in an aria, and the rhythm of the sound gave everyone goosebumps.
Lu Xiao's mouth twitched when he heard this. He really couldn't imagine that after cooperating with others for a few days to deliver the goods, he would be in such a situation when carrying his comrades home. It was like -
Change your brain.
The others didn't seem surprised. Xu Sa held the invitation and took a look. "Do we have to wait until after their banquet?"
"It must be," Li Yan replied, "They sent it here specially. If it was at the base, we could just send a representative for a wedding banquet, but if we leave early in front of them, I'm afraid we'll give people a chance to criticize us."
"Then wait a few more days," Xu Sa said indifferently, "How is the situation at the base?"
"Very good." Li Yan did not elaborate on the team members present.
"Then let's take a break and go out again tomorrow," Xu Sa looked at the people who had just returned, "Take the supernatural detector, and then find a way to hunt down the high-level zombies in the center of Kyoto. Otherwise, you may not be able to replenish the crystal cores for upgrading in the future."
"Can't be filled? What does that mean?" Gao Yang was puzzled.
"All the crystal cores of a team for upgrading are borrowed from the base in advance. After the upgrade is successful, they have to pay back the amount they have used, and... there is interest, which is like usury," Xu Sa explained.
"Is there a time limit? Is the interest high?"
"Look at me, I'm busy all day long, but I even have very little pocket money. What do you think?" Xu Sa sighed.
As soon as Gao Yang heard this, he seemed to have unlocked some new information. He suddenly looked up and heard Yue Qiwen, who was not far away, speak before him, "Can we borrow it in advance, too?"
“I will definitely pay it back in the future, and you can also pay interest,” he quickly added.
The other team captains present also looked over immediately, with undisguised hope in their eyes.
Xu Sa felt that he might have gotten into trouble. They were able to borrow money in advance because they had followed Lu Weiyi through life and death, and these people...
If one of them doesn't pay back, and runs away after successfully upgrading, then they will suffer more than just a little loss.
Thinking of how to refuse, Xu Sa looked up at Li Zhuang.
Li Zhuang was leaning on the sofa lazily as if he had no bones, and said casually, "Sure."
Before everyone could get excited, he continued, "However, the review process is very strict, and not everyone can borrow money in advance. The user's ability level and upgrade success rate will be evaluated, and the best ones will be selected."
"And the interest rate is really not low." Li Zhuang looked at everyone with pity, as if he was looking at himself who had fallen into the trap. "The interest rate for those without attributes is 1 to 1.5, and the interest rate for those with special attributes is 1 to 2, and they are at the same level."
"In other words, if I want to borrow an S-level water crystal core, I need to return two S-level water crystal cores?" Song Xian's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Not really..." Xu Sa didn't wait for him to finish his breath and said slowly, "They are all water-based. As long as the level is high enough, it will be fine."
"Cough cough cough..." Song Xian started coughing violently. The others were so shocked that they didn't speak for a long time.
They seemed to know why the base was so rich.
"May I ask, how much do you have left to pay back?" Ye Jia looked at Xu Sa cautiously.
He didn't want to know at all that Liu Rui and Li Zhuang had already successfully upgraded.
Xu Sa sighed hard, covered his face and thought for a while, "So far, I have just paid off the crystal core for upgrading to A-level. As for S-level..."
"Maybe I still owe more than two thousand A-level crystal cores."
"It's okay, it's okay." Ye Jia stroked his chest and glanced at Li Zhuang.
"I still owe more than 2,000 A-grade and eight S-grade ones," Li Zhuang did not hide it.
"Did you use four S-level crystal cores to upgrade?" Yue Qiwen asked sensitively.
"Not only that, I also returned several attribute crystal cores in advance."
Now no one in the hall wanted to leave. After all, one S-level crystal core was difficult enough for them, and eight was simply a fantasy.
Xu Sa looked at Gu Qingji, who had been silent, with a gloating look on his face. "Can you ask Qingji how much he still owes?"
Everyone's eyes immediately turned to Gu Qingji, who suddenly became embarrassed. He looked at Xu Sa speechlessly and said, "About 6,000 A-level..."
"Why do you have so many?"
"He also supports a big crystal core owner, haha..." Xu Sa laughed without any care for his teammates, "Every time I feel that I am too poor, I will think of Qingji."
"You are the bottom line that keeps me going, brother. I'm sorry for having wronged you," Xu Sa said solemnly.
Gu Qingji was so angry that he couldn't help but curse, causing everyone to laugh again.
**
While the group was waiting to leave after attending Zhao Qiang's wedding banquet, Li Dongsheng went to Ning Yuan alone at the Yuebanwan base.
"Is there something going on at the plantation?" Ning Yuan received the news of the marriage between the escort team and Zheng's army. He was thinking about the possible impact on them and planning who to send to pick up the large army on their return trip. He motioned for someone to sit down and ask.
These days, Bai Miao has focused all his energy on upgrading, and all matters concerning the plantation and the intensive care unit have been handed over to Li Dongsheng.
"No." Li Dongsheng looked unusually embarrassed, even a little restless, which gave Ning Yuan a bad feeling.
"Brother, has anything serious happened?" Ning Yuan was responsible for the defense of the base every day. He thought every day about how his base with such a small combat force could survive various foreseeable dangers. He had lost a lot of hair. Seeing him like this, he immediately became alert.
"..." Li Dongsheng didn't know if it was a big deal or not. After Ning Yuan took a deep breath and felt ready and signaled him to speak, he spoke, "When I upgraded, it seemed that I established a connection with a plant on the island."
"When you say establish...connection, is that...what I mean?" Ning Yuan asked.
Li Dongsheng nodded.
"Oh, it's nothing," Ning Yuan waved his hand. "It's normal for you wood-type mutants to contract a mutant plant. Doesn't Qingji always have one? Lu Weiyi once said he would find one for you, but later you were in charge of the internal affairs of the base, and that consumed too many crystal cores, so it was never mentioned again. So once you've contracted it, it's a contract..."
He was halfway through his words when he suddenly looked up at Li Dongsheng and asked, "Did you level up in West Island?"
There is a powerful weapon on West Island.
Li Dongsheng felt that he had figured it out, so he stood up and walked towards the window, then stretched out his hand in the direction of Xidao.
Ning Yuan didn't notice anything, so he listened to his explanation, "I released too much energy when I upgraded, and I don't know why, but it seemed like I had established some connection with it."
“……” Ning Yuan was speechless.
Li Dongsheng became more and more embarrassed. After all, this was brought back by Lu Weiyi, and now it was inexplicably contracted to him. He always felt that he had coveted the base commander's things.
"I don't know what happened at that time. By the time I upgraded and finished converging my energy, it was already..."
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