Chapter 618: Underground Palace
"It's a new type of research, and it hasn't been put into use yet." Seeing that he was really embarrassed, Zhuang Mingxu explained in detail, "The previous jammers and blockers had limited effects on high-level superpowers, so the base has been trying to upgrade them. I don't have superpowers and can't feel it, so I just let you try it."
"..."Zhou He.
“Are there any rewards for those who participate in the experiment?”
"Yes, I'll be waiting to send you a banner later," Zhuang Mingxu said with a smile.
Knowing that he was fine, he took out a few shielding devices and distributed them to several earth-type ability users, "It should have arrived. The coverage area should not exceed two kilometers. You can try it."
After more than ten minutes, they found their temporary residence.
Unexpectedly, what appeared before his eyes was not the deep and winding tunnel, but half of a spacious underground palace.
It looked like a mausoleum that had just been excavated halfway, with half still buried in the soil and one side already visible. Near the middle, a cocoon-like object was faintly visible.
The exposed side was empty, only hollowed out to a height of five or six meters. Thick pillars supported the entire dome, and countless psychics were busy working on it.
They were like a group of tomb robbers who had rashly barged in, standing in mid-air and could fall down at any time if they took a step forward.
A person with special abilities was stunned for a moment when he noticed their appearance, and then shouted, "They are back."
"Captain Wu, they are back."
Wu Yue in the crowd had already seen a few people. As they trotted towards them, a ladder made of earth-based supernatural powers extended up from the ground.
"Can you... support the dome? It won't collapse, right?" Zhou He looked around and asked.
When he first decided to build the temporary base underground, he also considered hollowing out an elliptical area and building it into the shape of an underground city, so that if anyone came from the surroundings or above, there would be someone who could immediately discover it.
But there was no technology to support the dome, and they had to give up for fear of collapse. Unexpectedly, after being away for a few days, Wu Yue started to trouble him.
"The people in charge of middle school construction in our team and I have calculated together. Since our population is a bit dense now, we can have a few more support columns and there will be no problem holding up the dome." Wu Yue pointed upwards. Everyone looked closely and found that the roof was made up of giant bricks with grooves in them, which were interlocked as if inlaid together.
"That's the mortar I condensed using my supernatural powers. You don't have to worry about its solidity." Wu Yue pointed again at the several supporting pillars whose heights the supernatural power user was still increasing, "The material of that is the same."
"It's just that the energy of condensing the Sanhe Earth consumes a lot. Without replenishment, the speed is a bit slow. It's only been a few days since we finished half of it." Wu Yue said this before looking at them, "You are late."
"Sorry, there were a lot of unexpected things," Zhuang Mingxu walked up to him and shook his fist, "In the end it all went smoothly."
Wu Yue naturally noticed that there were fewer people, and several team members were carrying urns. He did not ask many questions, but just thanked them for their hard work, and reached out to take Taotao from Zhuang Mingxu's arms.
Surprised, Diandian asked, "Didn't you eat well? Why do I feel like he's lost weight?"
"It's okay." Taotao got all his food from his own space along the way. Although Zhuang Mingxu didn't let him eat and drink as well as before, there was no problem with nutrition.
Zhou He also agreed, "No, I held him all the way, I didn't feel that he had lost weight." Thinking of him, he laughed, "Is the thinness you mentioned the legendary "your dad thinks you have lost weight"? "
Wu Yue was speechless after hearing what he said. He put one hand through Taotao's armpit and held her butt with the other hand and shook it, which made Taotao giggle. "I'm not sure anymore after what you said, I just feel that you've lost weight."
Ever since Taotao received the first mutant plant crystal core, Zhuang Mingxu had some vague guesses in his heart, but he was also uncertain. When he heard Wu Yue say the same thing, he looked around at Taotao and became more and more suspicious.
Zhou He asked those who were returning to rest, while he, Zhuang Mingxu and Wu Yue talked about what happened along the way.
As they had been traveling in a hurry, no one had eaten well, so Wu Yue asked someone to bring some hot pancakes and stew. The three of them sat cross-legged on the kang, and Taotao went straight onto the kang.
The spicy pot of food is filled with fragrance, and the baked pancakes are crispy. Just smelling them can calm your heart after wandering for a few days.
"If the mutant animals are not affected by such a low temperature, then it will be even more difficult after the spring." Wu Yue was shocked just by listening to them talk about mutant animals of such a high level. It would be even more difficult for them to leave safely after encountering one in person.
"That was two months later. Now..." Zhou He muttered to himself and slowed down his pace.
He pinched his eyebrows, glanced at Zhuang Mingxu, and took the initiative to say, "On the way back, everyone asked me privately when I would go hunting zombies for the second time. Most people didn't want to miss this opportunity."
Wu Yue frowned, incredulous. "The situation at Panshui Base is unclear, and instead of thinking about protecting the temporary base, they actually want to leave?"
Zhuang Mingxu did not participate. He calmly fed Taotao and carefully wiped the soup that overflowed from the corner of his mouth.
Zhou He sighed, "They have been idle for almost a month. After all, they are not soldiers who have received systematic training, so they are a little impetuous."
Wu Yue had naturally noticed that although the base had been under construction in recent days, there was no crystal core income every day and everyone's motivation was clearly insufficient.
Even if Zhuang Mingxu brought purification equipment with him, it would be useless without the crystal core purification equipment.
"What do you think?" Wu Yue asked Zhou He.
"It can't be stopped," Zhou He said bluntly, "If it is suppressed for too long, there will be a rebound."
They both fell silent, and Zhuang Mingxu touched Taotao's belly. He didn't feel any movement, but estimated that the amount was the appetite of a child of this age. He patted the child and motioned for her to go check on Lu Weiyi.
He waited until the person left before he said, "Let him out."
Wu Yue's brows furrowed even more tightly, and he heard Zhuang Mingxu continue, "But we have to make all preparations."
"What preparations?" Zhou He asked.
"Being bribed and prepared for betrayal," Zhuang Mingxu said in a calm tone, words that neither of them could accept.
Wu Yue wanted to say it was impossible, but thinking about the work morale over the past few days, he finally sighed deeply, and after a while, as if to make his position clear, he said, "I won't go."
"I'll stay here to protect them." Wu Yue looked at Zhou He.
"I still have to go to Panshui base to get information." Zhou He was glad that no one in his team who had followed him said such a thing.
Wu Yue understood what he meant and breathed a sigh of relief. Then he heard Zhuang Mingxu continue, "We can't stop this, but we need to inform our subordinates of the seriousness. The Panshui base is eyeing us covetously. If..."
"If they go out and get caught, they can use it to threaten us..." Zhuang Mingxu looked at the two of them and said without any hesitation, "I will not compromise."
Panshui Base can focus on Gu Sheng, but there is no guarantee that they will not target Lu Weiyi one day.
Zhuang Mingxu's words were also telling the two of them that even if they were caught, Zhuang Mingxu would not use Lu Weiyi in exchange.
Zhou He and Wu Yue were not surprised by this, and they didn't even need to say it explicitly. They all knew that Zhuang Mingxu would not do that. The fact that he could leave his own son at the base at such an unknown moment was also a kind of giving up. They thought that no one was more important than his son.
“Since this situation is likely to occur, we might as well make a mandatory rule that whoever leaves the main force will be deemed to have left our base.” A fierce look flashed in Wu Yue’s eyes.
Thinking about the effort and planning they put into building the base, he really felt that these people were not worth it.
Zhuang Mingxu has seen the fickleness of countless people in this world along the way and has long been accustomed to human nature. He calmly analyzed, "It's not the right time yet. If we say it bluntly, it will only force them to rebel faster. Do as I say first."
"I will explain it to them clearly," Zhou He said, "Since we can't stop it, let's hurry up and plan the defense of the temporary base."
"When we came here, there was a situation where our supernatural powers could not be used?" He looked at Wu Yue.
Wu Yue nodded and explained in detail, "Before Mingxu left, he left me a batch of equipment to protect the safety here, including a new type of superpower jammer. It has enhanced the effect of the basic jammer and can now also restrain S-level superpower users."
“Before, there was no place to use because of the poor underground signal. But after I discussed with the construction people and found that we could meet the conditions for building an underground palace, we decided to rebuild a temporary base and use it on the periphery.” Wu Yue drew a few dots on the outer wall of the new layout he drew.
"The coverage area here is about one thousand meters, and the supernatural powers will be disturbed, which completely blocks the possibility of people with supernatural powers wanting to sneak up. They can only walk on land, and the land is one thousand meters around. I used an infrared thermal imager, so once a creature approaches, it can be discovered."
Zhuang Mingxu and Wu Yue nodded in agreement, and Wu Yue continued to draw a few places on the plan. "Sentries can be set up between these support pillars to guard against possible attacks from the surrounding areas from a high vantage point without blind spots."
At last he added, "This is completely based on the defense of our base. No one should be able to approach us quietly."
"There is definitely no problem with the defensive arrangement, but... will it really not collapse?" Zhou He was still a little worried, "Those mutated animals we saw before were really huge monsters."
"If they really come, our previous ant-shaped living conditions will not be very solid. It may even collapse more easily because the passages are often changed by earth-type mutants."
Wu Yue calmly analyzed, "If you are worried, we can put up a few more support pillars."
Seeing that Zhou He had no more questions, Wu Yue continued, "These situations are based on the premise that you did not bring the mutated plants back. Now that you have brought them back, we can route its roots around the perimeter and wrap up the entire underground palace, which will provide an extra layer of protection."
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