Chapter 607: Death of Song Huai
With the news of the two bases, the defense of the temporary base is imminent.
The entire temporary base was built underground, which made it impossible for them to completely guard against earth-type mutants. After much deliberation, Zhuang Mingxu decided to let the wood-type mutant in the temporary base contract a mutant plant.
"Let the roots of the mutant plants wrap the entire temporary base underground, so that no matter if there are wood-type or earth-type mutants approaching, we can be reminded in time," Zhuang Mingxu expressed his opinion to Wu Yue and Zhou He.
"Like the one on our island?" Wu Yue frowned.
"Yes," Zhuang Mingxu affirmed.
"Wait, wait." Zhou He looked at Wu Yue and Zhuang Mingxu and asked in disbelief, "There has been a rumor in the military that our base has a large amount of supplies stored on the West Island, but there is a very powerful mutant plant guarding it. Could it be..."
Seeing that the two did not refute, his tone unconsciously raised, "This is actually true?!"
"I thought this was something everyone knew." Wu Yue felt that he was making a fuss out of nothing.
"It is said that its level is only slightly lower than that of the team leader? Whose contracted plant is it if it is so powerful?" Zhou He thought about all the wood-type mutants in the team, but he didn't think that any of them could control this plant.
"There is no contract." Zhuang Mingxu did not explain in detail and brought the topic back to the topic, "What do you think about having a plant surround the base?"
"It's good, it's good, but... being so close to the psychic... is it easy to control him?" The reason why he blocked the mutant ivy was because he was worried about losing control, so he placed him on the uninhabited West Island.
If they let mutant plants protect them, it means that all the superpowers live within the hunting range of mutant plants...
It's a bit risky indeed.
"So, I want to make a contract directly with the wood-type mutant." I will feel more at ease after having a contract.
"But if the level of the mutant plants is low, they won't have much effect. If the level is high, the requirements for wood-type mutants will also be high. Do you have any good recommendations?" Zhuang Mingxu turned his gaze to Zhou He.
When Zhou He heard what he said, he knew that this was a piece of cake.
There are so many wood-type mutants, and not everyone can make a contract with mutant plants. This requires a lot of ability and opportunity. Otherwise, not only will the contract fail, but the mutant plants will also control them.
"Yes, yes, yes. I have quite a few wood-type mutants under me, and one of them is S-level. They are professional soldiers and have followed me for many years. There is absolutely no problem with their physical and mental qualities. I guarantee that they will not do anything to betray the base." Zhou He immediately said a string of recommendations, and he looked like he wanted to sing a song of praise for each of them.
He tried his best to suppress the excitement on his face, "How about... I ask a few high-ranking people to come over immediately, and you can take the test yourself?"
Without waiting for Zhuang Mingxu and Wu Yue to say anything, Zhou He jumped up nimbly, and walked towards the door while shouting, "Xiao Du, hurry up and get Qu Zhu, Wang Bao and the others... Forget it, call all the high-level A-level wood-type psychics over here, hurry up, run forward."
After a lot of shouting, he came in cheerfully, "Fair competition... hehe... fair competition... well..."
"Isn't one plant a bit too little for us?" Seeing that Zhuang Mingxu and Wu Yue were both speechless, Zhou He righteously analyzed, "The main thing is that we have more than 2,000 and almost 3,000 brothers here, and the place where they live is not small."
"A plant has limited roots, stems and leaves. If you pay too much attention to it, you don't know if there will be mistakes..."
With an expression that said "I am doing this purely for everyone's sake, without a single selfish motive", Zhou He solemnly explained the reason for twenty minutes and successfully attracted all the wood-type mutants to come over.
"Let's take a look at the situation first," said Zhuang Mingxu.
"Well, take your time to choose. Only our current place can meet this condition," Zhou He said happily.
What he said was indeed true. The ecology here showed two stable extreme evolutionary states. The animals and plants either only changed in size and appearance and were not aggressive at all, or they were extremely powerful.
Since the main force left, the remaining people have never hunted high-level mutant animals and plants again. At most, they went to fight to consolidate their superpowers.
Then there was a thick fog and they began to stay indoors.
There are quite a few wood-type psychics in the temporary team. From the beginning, Zhuang Mingxu wanted to survive the winter, so each psychic he brought was of a high level that the base could bear. The lowest level among them was at Class A, and there were more than four hundred wood-type psychics at the top of Class A.
After calling everyone over, Zhuang Mingxu and Wu Yue did not waste any time and immediately assessed the group's physical, psychological, and ability application. In the end, only eleven people were left, and then they told them what they were supposed to do.
When they heard that they could make a contract with a mutant plant, the psychics who were left behind were a little excited.
"It's not entirely a benefit. The mutant plants need a lot of crystal cores to upgrade, and they will upgrade along with their owners. This means that the crystal cores you need to upgrade a level may be three to four times more than expected," Zhuang Mingxu poured cold water on the suggestion in time.
"The base will not be responsible for helping you raise mutant plants, so think carefully before making a decision, as this may prevent you from upgrading for a long time."
"Moreover, you all are users of wood-type abilities, so there is no need for me to elaborate on the possible dangers."
Upon hearing this, some people hesitated again. The combat effectiveness of wood-type abilities was not strong to begin with, and it was only because they were slightly easier to upgrade that they could avoid lagging behind their fire-type and metal-type teammates.
But if there is a burden...
Several people with special abilities withdrew immediately, and only four people were left.
Now that the candidates have been decided, all that remains is to select the mutant plants.
Taotao went out for a while and came back with news about three mutant plants not far away.
According to Zhuang Mingxu's requirements, they all have the characteristics of well-developed root systems, stems and leaves, but the specific situation still needs to be investigated in person.
The idea was proposed by Zhuang Mingxu, and he was also worried that a child like Taotao might make a mistake at the critical moment, so Zhuang Mingxu decided to go with a few people with special abilities.
However, before leaving, Zhao Lei, who had been guarding Song Huai, came forward and said that Song Huai wanted to see him.
After confessing everything, Song Huai seemed to be relieved, because he still wanted to know some information from him. So Zhuang Mingxu had people keep a close watch on him but did not abuse him.
Song Huai was also very cooperative. They learned more about the new Panshui base from him, including the address and internal map. This made it much easier to decide to send people to the Panshui base to gather information.
Song Huai has always been cooperative with unimportant matters, but he would not reveal a word about things he did not want to talk about.
He always appeared to be calm and composed. He was not afraid of death and was even willing to accept it. But if he was allowed to live, he would not resist. It was almost as if he had to go with the flow written all over his face.
This was the first time he took the initiative to ask to meet Zhuang Mingxu.
"Did he say anything?" Zhuang Mingxu asked Zhao Lei.
Zhao Lei shook his head, thought for a while and said, "After the captain found out about Qin Xiaoman and Huang Wei, he put them in solitary confinement and gave them a serious warning. He said that if they made another mistake, they would be expelled from the base army."
"Today, Qin Daman woke up and heard about his brother's situation. He went to see him. The brothers who were guarding him checked on him to see if he was okay and said a few words of comfort. They mentioned the two prisoners who had died, saying that it was revenge for him."
Zhao Lei said uncertainly, "I don't know if he heard it, but he will see you soon."
Zhuang Mingxu nodded and entered the place where Song Huai was imprisoned.
The cage here has been replaced by a wood-type mutant using plants to create a cage. Song Huai, wearing a mutant jammer, looks no different from an ordinary person.
He was lying on the single bed in a daze. When he saw Zhuang Mingxu coming in, he didn't even turn his head and asked directly, "How did those two people die?"
Zhuang Mingxu raised his eyebrows, "I accidentally..."
Song Huai looked at him calmly, "As far as I know, the foundation of your base is the soldiers before the end of the world. Would a soldier make such a mistake?"
"Excuse me," Zhuang Mingxu did not refute.
Song Huai looked at him for a long time, then suddenly smiled, "Do you want to know how my leg got completely healed?"
Song Huai had already asked this question before, and asking it back at this time made Zhuang Mingxu feel a little strange. He stretched out his hand and made a gesture of listening attentively.
But Song Huai just smiled at him and waited silently.
"Do you really have to know?" The end of the world created many people. Song Huai was not the most miserable one among them, but he was the only person Zhuang Mingxu had seen who was sober and sinking.
His words "he wanted to see me alive and healthy" made Zhuang Mingxu feel uneasy and indescribable sadness, as if he had experienced it himself.
This inexplicable empathy made him unwilling to tell the truth to him.
Song Huai didn't answer, but his expression said it all.
Zhuang Mingxu didn't say anything else. He called an earth-type mutant to take Song Huai towards the ground.
The two of them climbed up until they began to hear the whistling sound of the wind, and then they stopped.
Zhuang Mingxu pointed in a direction and asked the earth-type mutant to take action. Within a moment, the ground squirmed and spit out two corpses.
The low temperature froze their entire bodies, and they still remained in the same state as when they died.
Song Huai stepped forward and brushed off the dirt on the two men, fixing his eyes on the two obvious marks on their necks.
His body was already stiff, but he seemed not to notice. He reached out and touched it, then restrained his expression and said, "Got it."
On the way back, Song Huai didn't say a word.
"Do you have any other news to tell me?" The benefactor he thought of chose to silence him after any failure. Zhuang Mingxu felt that perhaps he could get more information from Song Huai - about the benefactor he didn't want to mention.
Song Huai sat back on the single bed in the room where he was imprisoned, raised his chin and thought seriously for a while, "Give me some time, let me think about it carefully."
"Okay." Based on the current surveillance of Song Huai, Zhuang Mingxu was sure that there was no possibility for him to leave. "Your legs..."
"I'll tell you when the time comes," Song Huai said, turning his back to him, looking unwilling to continue the negotiation.
"I'll wait for your news." Zhuang Mingxu got up and left.
However, he did not expect that he actually received a message from Song Huai that night.
It was just the news of his death.
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