Chapter 625: Comrades' Families
"Although the crystal core of a mutant is not as dangerous as the crystal core of a zombie, the human body has its limit. Even if a B-level mutant eats the flesh and blood crystal core of an S-level mutant, he will still explode and die because his body cannot withstand the powerful energy."
With this discovery in the past, it means that everyone can only eat psychics with lower levels than themselves. This makes the level division of psychics in the Panshui base more and more obvious. Now it has become a tacit understanding among everyone - high-level psychics eat low-level psychics.
Under such circumstances, it would be strange if there were so many people at the base.
"Don't you want to leave?" Zhou He asked.
"Of course I have thought about it, but..." The man pointed at his appearance and laughed, "How can I not be discovered like this?"
Even though he was smiling, his expression was still stiff, and the muscles around his mouth flexed as he spoke, giving people the illusion that he was a zombie speaking.
"I just wanted to ask, what happened to you?" Guan Wei glanced at the fire-type mutant who was stabbed in the chest, and the other people who were left with only their bodies.
This place was completely enclosed underground, and the lack of oxygen made the torches dimmer and dimmer, until only a flame was left. In such light, they seemed to be with a few zombies.
"You've eaten too much human flesh." The man put his hands behind his head, ignoring the blood still flowing from his legs, and leaned against the wall, looking quite relaxed. "My brother once told me that people who eat human flesh will be infected with prions and will turn into zombie-like monsters."
"I don't know whether the zombies outside are infected with prions, but we are becoming more and more like zombies. Except for the human consciousness, we are beginning to become addicted to flesh and blood, and our bones and muscles have become stiff to varying degrees."
"Even if we leave here, we can't escape the fate of eating human flesh to survive. What's more, the surrounding bases have vaguely heard about what happened here and will not accept any superpowers leaving here. And now the situation outside..."
It has become almost impossible to leave for another base on their own. The mutant animals on the road are enough to take their lives.
The fact that they all ate the flesh and blood of people with special abilities made them have no trust in the people around them, which was also the reason why they could not travel together.
This place has almost become a dead place where no one can enter or leave.
Zhou He didn't know whether to pity them or say they deserved it. Seeing the man silent, he asked about the situation of his base again.
At the very center of the Panshui base are people with the highest levels of supernatural powers in the entire base. They will wear a hypocritical skin and maintain a superficial normality.
But when night falls, they go out to hunt for the food they like.
The reason why the periphery is built so disorganized is that some people are hoping to avoid being found in this way.
Everyone tacitly agreed not to light the lights, just to give people the illusion that no one lived there.
This is also the reason why Zhou He and the others were mistakenly thought to be from the central area.
"What about Luo Qi? Does he also live in the central area?" Zhou He asked.
"He...ha..." The man chuckled, "Why do you think I can get in touch with someone of that level?"
"..."Zhou He.
"Are there any forces or individuals in the central area of Panshui Base that we need to pay attention to?" Zhou He changed the question.
The man thought for a while and said, "The powerful force formed by the base will always be suppressed before it takes shape. Now the most powerful ones are the men following Luo Qi, a total of six people, one each of the five elements, and another one of mental power. It is said that their power levels are close to SS level, but they are upgrading too fast and their bodies can't accept it, otherwise they can upgrade at any time."
"Such a powerful psychic is willing to obey Luo Qi? What level is Luo Qi's psychic ability?" Guan Wei asked.
The man shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it."
"Does anyone know what his powers are? Or have you seen him use them?"
The man shook his head again, "Many people say that he has multiple abilities. He always carries a knife with him and often kills people with it. Some people say that he is a metal-type ability user."
"But he moves very fast. Some people say he has speed-related abilities. Some say he is followed by mutant plants, which could also be plant-related abilities. And he also has space-related abilities..."
"If a person has so many special abilities, can he still be considered a human being?" Guan Wei sneered, mocking these people who just follow the crowd.
The man turned his head to look at him, and the muscles on one side of his cheek were stiff, making him look like he was curling one corner of his mouth, with a hint of sarcasm, "Isn't the base commander of the Moon Bay base a multi-system superpower?"
"..." Guan Wei was choked and didn't say anything.
Then I heard the man say, "So you are from the temporary base in Yueban Bay."
He looked dazed for a moment, as if he had thought of something, and murmured softly, "I heard... that's a very good place."
Neither of them said anything. Zhou He asked about the situation of the psychics here. After knowing that many of them had become A-level, he suddenly became nervous.
A month ago, Song Huai, a top-level A-class psychic, was still ranked ahead of Luo Qi. But in such a short time, he can't even rank in the middle.
Zhou He and Guan Wei looked at each other calmly, and both saw the intention to retreat in each other's eyes - now they are not at an advantage in terms of supernatural power level, and the other party is always running between life and death in fear, and may be more flexible and diverse in the use of supernatural powers. If they continue, they will most likely be killed here.
Thinking of the vague threads of mental power around him, Zhou He made a decisive decision to leave immediately.
"According to the grapevine, the fake mountain god was kidnapped from you?" The man's words made Zhou He pause.
"Do you have any news about Gu Sheng? Is he still alive?"
"Among the people who went to take him away, only one wood-type mutant came back alive. How could they not know about such a big incident?" The man asked Zhou He with interest, "I heard that the crystal core in his body is gone. Is that true?"
"Your base doesn't know how to use the crystal cores of psychics, right? Then how did you dig out his crystal core alone? Could it be that your base commander also used this thing to upgrade? Otherwise, how could someone who was upgraded be unconscious for such a long time?"
"No." Zhou He still had great faith in Lu Weiyi's character.
"That's right. I heard that you were the first base to launch the Purification Crystal Core. You must have used the Purification Crystal Core a long time ago. But, can that thing be more useful than the Psychic Crystal Core?"
The man laughed and didn't wait for anyone to answer, and continued, "But his flesh and blood should be a great tonic. The wood-type mutant who brought him back is now the strongest wood-type mutant in the base. The lavender she contracted has a strong hypnotic effect, which can make people fall asleep without anyone noticing. Many mutants who wanted to attack her were defeated by this mutant plant."
What the man said aroused Zhou He's interest. Just when Zhou He was about to ask more questions, Guan Wei shouted "Captain, be careful", and then a spike of earth suddenly emerged from the ground and pierced Zhou He's waist bag, blocking the man's hand that was attacking Zhou He's waist. Then, countless sharp spikes suddenly emerged from the spike like flowers and stabbed the man's wrist.
He was holding half a piece of plain brick in his hand. If he smashed it on the S-class psychic Zhou He, it probably wouldn't cause much damage. However...
He was pointing directly at the location where Zhou He's supernatural power jammer was located on his waist.
It turned out that he had been deliberately talking about things that interested them, delaying time to observe the reasons that led to the disappearance of his supernatural powers.
It was also their fault that they were eager to know the situation of the Panshui base, but they knew that they might not be able to find out more due to their insufficient special abilities, so they hoped to know more from him.
"You're really looking for S..."
"Are you... from the special forces?" the man suddenly spoke, interrupting Zhou He's gritting teeth.
Zhou He followed his gaze and saw that the man's hand, which was bleeding from the earth spikes, seemed to be insensitive to the pain. He struggled to pull it off the arm-thick main spike and picked up an armband that fell on the ground - it was something that fell out of Zhou He's waist pocket when the earth spikes pierced through it.
It was the armband of the unit Zhou He served in before the end of the world. He couldn't bear to throw it away, so he carried it with him as a souvenir.
The man stared at the armband on his hand and said with certainty, "JL Special Operations Team."
Zhou He took a closer look at the man, confirmed that he didn't know him, and looked at Guan Wei next to him.
Guan Wei received his gaze and shook his head, indicating that he didn't know him either.
"Who are you?" Zhou He leaned over and took the blood-stained armband back from his hand that was pierced by earth spikes, and asked vigilantly.
The man lowered his head as if he was thinking about something. After a long while, he said, "I... I have family members... My family members are also in the special forces. I heard him mention it."
"Are there many people alive in your special forces?" He said the last two words so softly that they were barely audible.
"There are so many military regions across the country, and there are many special operations teams. Which team are you asking about?" Zhou He asked with a flash in his eyes.
"Just... the team you often work with."
"There are not many alive." Zhou Hechenggong saw the man's body stiffen. His hand, which was pierced and bleeding, clenched unconsciously. He opened his mouth to ask something, but his masseter muscle bulged out due to his teeth gritting, so he didn't get any words out.
When he spoke again, his voice sounded like there was a handful of sand in it. "What else do you want to know?"
"News from Panshui Base." Zhou He watched him sit down exhausted, and a vague guess emerged in his mind. He tried hard to recall the members of his team in his mind, but it was unfortunately so long after the end of the world, and even though the base tried hard to help find them, the families of many people had completely lost track.
In addition, in the past two years, there have been bases that have been trying to attack their base, and they are worried that someone will use the family name list to threaten them, so the search for family members has gradually been shelved.
If I meet the family members of my comrades here...
Zhou He looked at the person in front of him, not knowing whether he recognized the ghost or not, and didn't know what to do for a moment.
From his own perspective, he hopes to have a family member alive, even if they live a miserable life.
But as a normal human being, he felt that it was his responsibility to get rid of such people.
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