Chapter 588: Marriage
Ning Yuan raised his hand to stop him from saying anything further, and said calmly, "This thing is not mine, just wait for the base commander to come back and tell him, but..."
He paused and looked at the plants on the West Island in the distance, which had become lush and green because of Li Dongsheng's upgrade. It seemed that something had pushed them aside, forming a passage towards this side.
He stared at it intently and continued, "Brother Li, the base commander left this plant on West Island for a mission. No matter how you contracted it, I don't want any problems to arise."
"There is a bomb on it. You cannot dismantle it without permission unless there is an extreme situation. As for whether to dismantle it in the future, I will wait for Lu Weiyi to come back and tell you."
"I know." Li Dongsheng looked at the huge plant that was quickly relying on him to cross the coastline.
Compared to the way it rolled itself into a ball and rolled away when it first encountered it, now all of its roots are like countless legs moving forward, and its lush branches and leaves make it look like a giant net.
The closer the distance, the more one can realize the insignificance of human beings, which makes Ning Yuan couldn't help but frown.
Li Dongsheng raised his hand to stop the other party, and he immediately stopped moving forward.
"If it causes any damage or loss to the base, I will bear the full responsibility," Li Dongsheng assured Ning Yuan.
Hearing him say this, Ning Yuan felt a little relieved and had time to look at the huge mutant plant in front of him, "Can it change size? Like Qingji's plant."
"It should be able to, but it... said it can't," Li Dongsheng said with a bit of embarrassment, with helplessness on his honest face, "It said that it was forced to upgrade to the next level due to the impact of my upgrade energy, but it can't fully control the situation after the upgrade."
"Upgrade?" Ning Yuan looked at Li Dongsheng in disbelief.
When this mutant plant was brought back a few years ago, it was almost S-level. It was the highest-level existence in the base except for Lu Weiyi. It has always been secretly feared by those psychics who suffered losses at its hands.
It was not until Lu Weiyi placed it on the West Island, far away from everyone, that people stopped paying much attention to it because its presence was low. However, at that time, in order to let it watch over some supplies hidden on the West Island of the base, Lu Weiyi fed it crystal cores from time to time to help it upgrade successfully. Later, with the storage of some important supplies, the area that needed to be covered became wider and wider, and it basically never stopped feeding it crystal cores.
But no one could have imagined that it had become SS-level at this time!
This means that the other party has become the strongest in the base except for Li Dongsheng, and his combat power is——
Ning Yuan glanced at Li Dongsheng and thought for sure that he must be the most powerful.
He silently thought about the location of the bomb controller left by Zhuang Mingxu and breathed a sigh of relief.
Then his eyes lit up, "We will return to the base in a few days, you can take it with us to provide support."
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Yuebanwan didn't know that they already had a powerful reinforcement. When it was late at night, the leaders of each team were still discussing the situations that needed to be paid attention to on the way back, as well as the prevention of various accidents.
A few days passed in a flash. Even though they were fighting in the pile of zombies, no one appeared to upgrade again. They could only arrange everything to attend Zhao Qiang's wedding banquet.
During these five days, Zheng Yi seemed to be energized and quickly settled the previously stagnant alliance affairs. All the ten bases participated in the event, and his attitude changed completely from the previous strong one, which surprised everyone.
The combination of the guards and Zheng's army may very likely mean a redivision of power in the entire Kyoto base, and the wedding banquet was held with extraordinary splendor.
Zhao Qiang and a few of his trusted men stood at the door to welcome guests. The entire hotel was surrounded by guards, as if they were on guard against someone causing trouble.
Zhao Qiang's gloomy brows recently showed a sense of relief, as if he had gotten what he wanted, which caused a lot of speculation among the people from various bases who came to congratulate him.
As the head of the Zheng family and Zheng Miao's closest cousin, Zheng Yi personally led a large team to escort Zheng Miao into the hotel. The flower-like girl wore a red dress, which set off her fair skin and beautiful appearance. She was surrounded by a group of tall and handsome men and entered the hotel lounge.
Zhao Qiang wanted to go meet someone but was stopped by an elder from the Zheng family, who refused, saying that it was unlucky to meet before an auspicious time.
Zheng Yi nodded and greeted him from a distance, then personally escorted Zheng Miao upstairs.
There were several guards patrolling the corridor upstairs. The Zheng family members assigned them elsewhere as soon as they arrived. Zheng Yi checked the surroundings to make sure there were no high-level psychics. He left a bodyguard and walked out. When he reached the door, he paused and whispered.
"Zheng Miao, this is your last chance."
He didn't say what he meant, but he glanced veiledly at Han Chengming, the superpower bodyguard he left behind.
Han Chengming nodded slightly, Zheng Yi sighed and walked out.
Zheng Yi sat there restlessly listening to the various congratulations from various bases, his mind always on upstairs, but he didn't hear any movement until the banquet officially began, and then Zheng Miao appeared on the stage of the wedding banquet.
Zheng Yi's hesitant and wavering heart finally settled down. He looked at the girl on the stage with a dazed look, feeling regretful, but it did not prevent him from making a decision.
Zhao Qiang held Zheng Miao's hand and gave various speeches. Even without Zheng Yi's offer, he took the initiative to express that he would treat the Zheng family's daughter well in the future, as if to imply that today's marriage was facilitated by the Zheng family.
He was certain that Zheng Yi had taken the initiative in fighting the Zombie Alliance through this marriage, so he didn't say much and simply threw all the blame on Zheng Yi, acting as if he was the passive recipient.
This made the people from the surrounding base teams look at the Zheng family with mixed feelings, and some even whispered without any scruples.
"She is the only sister in his family. Even though Chief Inspector Zhao has a good status and is old enough to be his uncle, he is too cruel."
"Indeed, the girl's parents died not long ago, and it has only been a few days since the seventh day, right?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, to know that my own daughter has been treated so badly, I would have to come back to life even if I turned into a ghost."
"Not really. I heard that his parents got into trouble because they didn't obey orders. What does it have to do with Major General Zheng? He is not the kind of person who would do anything to a girl like this."
"Tsk, do you know the character of the people above? Look at the group of Zheng family's supernatural people standing next to the girl. It's obvious that they are there to prevent her from escaping."
"That's right. Didn't you see that the child didn't look happy at all? How could he be willing to do that?"
"Why can't Chief Zhao be content with his position?"
"This has nothing to do with status, it's just...looking at your face. Are you willing?"
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This question hit the nail on the head, especially since the people Zheng Yi had placed beside Zheng Miao were all former regular military personnel. Their looks might not be particularly outstanding, but their demeanor was particularly eye-catching. Even though Zhao Qiang, a superior, had enough aura, he didn't stand out at all due to his height disadvantage.
The people at the bottom were gossiping with each other without knowing the situation, but the leaders of the participating teams had different attitudes. Li Yan in particular saw something was wrong at a glance and asked Lu Xiao beside him in a low voice.
"Zheng Yi was threatened?"
Lu Xiao shook his head, unable to figure out the situation for a moment.
From what Zhao Qiang said, it seemed that the Zheng family took the initiative, but the people around Zheng Miao didn't seem to say so. However, Zheng Yi had a calm face and didn't feel threatened at all.
It's a bit confusing.
Just as a few people were guessing what was going on, the emcee invited the bride's family to come on stage and speak.
As Zheng Miao's closest person, Zheng Yi straightened his clothes, went on stage and stood next to Zheng Miao.
Zhao Qiang's attitude was quite friendly, and there was no sign that he wanted Zheng Yi to take the blame just now.
Zheng Yi smiled at Zhao Qiang, as if he didn't mind at all, which made Zhao Qiang feel a little nervous.
Zheng Yi looked at Zheng Miao with the microphone in his hand and asked solemnly, "Are you sure you want to marry Zhao Qiang, give up your identity as the daughter of the Zheng family, and join the guard team?"
The meaning of this statement was too controversial, and many people could not understand the hidden meaning at first, but Zheng Miao understood it.
Zheng Yi told her at the beginning that choosing Zhao Qiang would mean she would sever ties with the entire Zheng family, and her life or death would have nothing to do with the Zheng family in the future.
Zheng Miao, who had always felt that this wedding was unreal, felt like he was slapped in the face. His eyes suddenly became sharp when he looked at Zheng Yi, like an angry little rooster, his whole body filled with fighting spirit.
Zheng Yi already knew the result. Especially since Zhao Qiang next to him didn't show any intention of stopping him, it was obvious how confident he was in his brainwashing.
You are still too young, he said in his heart, and then he heard Zheng Miao shouting with his neck raised, "Of course, I will not only marry him, but we will also have children in the future and live a good life."
"Okay, then I wish you the best." Zheng Yi turned his head away from her and winked at a place not far from the podium. To everyone's surprise, the speakers on the stage suddenly rang, and what was playing was the recording that Zhao Qiang had played for Zheng Yi when he first came.
Zhao Qiang's panic lasted only a moment, but Zheng Miao was terrified. She heard that she was helping outsiders to find a way to destroy the entire Zheng family. She saw that the originally kind eyes of the elders and relatives looking at her gradually turned into disbelief and disgust. She was left at a loss for a moment.
"This is the recording that Chief Inspector Zhao gave me. It says that Zheng Miao only wants to marry him." Zheng Yi's words were like a merciless slap in the face of Zhao Qiang, making him look like a joke for trying to pass on the blame.
"If Brother Zheng is not satisfied with our marriage..." Zhao Qiang had a gloomy face, but this was not the time to turn hostile, so he could only give himself a way out.
"I'm not dissatisfied. I'm very satisfied. Aren't you two in love? How could I be the bad guy?" Zheng Yi still looked at Zheng Miao, "I have given you countless choices. The rest of the journey is up to you."
"In addition, none of the betrothal gifts that Chief Inspector Zhao mentioned have been handed over to the Zheng family up to this moment, so there is no dowry from me. You have to take care of yourself in the future."
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