Chapter 667: Alien
The reason why old man Zhang is still holding on in today's world at this age is simply because he has concerns in his heart, and the person in front of him is the thread that connects him to this world.
He stood up with the help of one arm supported by Wang Bao, and the other hand slowly patted his hands, making a decision in his heart.
When he looked up again, Old Man Zhang was already in tears. "I just don't want... I don't want... my only granddaughter to have new abilities. What's wrong with that?"
Wu Yue looked at Old Zhang in surprise. As far as he knew, many people in the Mountain God Base were looking forward to being enlightened and awakening their special powers. In such an environment, Old Zhang's idea was tantamount to being an outlier.
Most of the people in Shengli Village lived together before the apocalypse, and after the apocalypse, people from neighboring villages also gathered together in the Panshui base. Zhang Shun awakened his supernatural powers early, and could not completely protect these people from being bullied, but at least he did not let them die.
They also followed Zhang Shun until they left Panshui Base and arrived here.
Originally, with the presence of Zhang Shun, a psychic, the situation in their Shengli Village was considered good. However, everything changed after the Mountain God began to enlighten psychics.
"My daughter is in poor health. After awakening as a psychic, she has to undergo rigorous training and go out on duty every day. I really can't bear to let her go." Old man Zhang stroked her cheek with his dry hand, tears flowing from between his fingers. "Just because I refused my daughter to accept the enlightenment of the Mountain God, our entire village has been targeted openly and secretly. We got the least seeds, the fields we reclaimed became someone else's, and even the healing psychic who was free for the entire base, we never used it once."
At this point, Old Zhang glanced at Zhang Shun with a lifeless gaze, and murmured, "I am even doubting it. Is the guidance of the Mountain God... mandatory?"
In this world, the existence of each base will publicize a unique feature of the base. For example, Yueban Bay. When people mention this base, their first impression is that it is powerful and it is a typical example of peaceful coexistence between people with special abilities and ordinary people.
The Mengbei Base is a base with polarized stratification between people with special abilities and ordinary people. They do not exclude ordinary people, but the status of ordinary people in the base will not be very high, unless they have strong strength or make exceptionally significant contributions to the base.
Whether it was taking the initiative to go to the temporary base in Yueban Bay to provide assistance, or later selflessly rescuing the wounded, the Shanshen Base demonstrated an exceptionally noble attitude for all mankind.
At this time, Old Man Zhang's questioning was tantamount to a provocation to their selflessness.
Wu Yue sighed in his heart that the other party was really reckless. This was equivalent to tearing their faces in front of outsiders. He was afraid that old man Zhang was leaning towards them.
Their current situation might not help him, but Wu Yue would not let go of the opportunity for cooperation. He looked at Tan Yun with surprise, as if silently asking, is there such a thing?
Sha Peng was still paying attention to the gun in his hand and was even a little impatient about wasting time here. He directly asked Wu Yue if he could take people to test the power of the gun first.
"Sorry, I'm afraid not." Wu Yue pointed at the two parties in confrontation, "I'm not sure whether the transaction between us is open and honest, and I am skeptical about the payment for the remaining guns."
"We have already rescued the people for you." Sha Peng frowned, looking fierce as if declaring that he would beat him on the head if he dared to go back on his word.
But Wu Yue was not affected at all, "Didn't I pay a few as a deposit?"
Sha Peng was choked and seemed to be a beat too slow to react and say anything.
It was still Tan Yun who patted him on the shoulder and looked directly at Old Zhang without any objection. She admitted, "The original enlightenment of the supernatural power was forced."
When these words were spoken, not only the people in Yuebanwan, but also the rest of the people in Shengli Village were surprised.
The always gentle Tan Yun continued with an indifferent expression, "When our base was just established, we urgently needed a large number of people with special powers to protect the survival of the base. In order to produce more people with special powers, Lord Mountain God was so tired that he vomited blood."
"But what about you? You think that the enlightened superpowers are dangerous, so you don't want your child to try it and you refuse to agree." Tan Yun stared at Old Zhang and asked without allowing any rebuttal, "You said your child is young, isn't Li Jing the same age as her? Aren't there people who are even younger than her? As for the poor health... hehe..."
"After the sudden emergence of superpowers, the body will be affected by the superpowers and become better and better. Do you think your excuse is valid? Why do you have to treat people as fools?" Tan Yun said sharply.
"Four people from your Shengli Village were selected, and all four refused. It seems insignificant. Do you know how much effort the Mountain God will have to spend to convince the other participants?"
"You are unwilling to protect the base. Even though the base's welfare benefits are little, you are still enjoying them. Now you are still questioning the base like this?" Tan Yun sneered, "Your conscience has really been eaten by a dog."
Old man Zhang was so blocked by her aggressive words that he couldn't say a word, but when he looked at Tan Yun, there was no trace of regret, and there was even a hint of pity for her.
Wu Yue didn't understand what he was pitying for a moment, then he heard Old Man Zhang no longer worrying about face projects, and put away the weak expression on his face, "Our village rejected the enlightenment of the mountain god, but we still did the same thing in terms of land reclamation, mountain reclamation, hunting and construction. We even did more than the villages at our level."
"I don't feel like I have done anything wrong to the base," he asked directly. "Just tell me, what is the price you have to pay to save people?"
"I won't save you no matter what you offer," Mo Tiantian said angrily without waiting for anyone to speak, "I have the right to refuse."
Although he said that, Old Zhang didn't even look at her. He just stared at Tan Yun.
From their respective perspectives, no one was wrong; they just considered things from different angles. Wu Yue did not get involved anymore and even signaled Wang Bao not to interfere.
Then Tan Yun said, "One hundred purification crystal cores, I won't make it difficult for you, B-level will be enough."
Some people around gasped and looked at Wu Yue quietly.
Wang Bao immediately started to wonder if he was showing off his wealth by taking the purification crystal core.
Wu Yue narrowed his eyes and looked at Tan Yun and Old Zhang.
These words were tantamount to dragging them in. Not to mention the current Mountain God Base, even the previous Panshui Base did not have any purification crystal cores. It was obvious that Tan Yun was asking them to leave.
As expected, Old Zhang looked directly at Wu Yue, "Captain Wu, can you lend me a hundred purification crystal cores?"
"My son is a top-level A-class water-based mutant, one step away from S-class, and has pretty good attack capabilities. I can write a promissory note, and he will definitely pay it back in his lifetime."
The onlookers were instantly drawn into the incident. Wu Yue remained silent, not because he could not afford the 100 purification crystal cores, but because he was not sure whether the two were really at odds with each other, or were just putting on an act for him and deliberately sending Old Zhang to them.
Wu Yue said regretfully, "Uncle, our base..."
"I can mortgage this weapon to you." Old Zhang interrupted Wu Yue and took out a forearm-long dagger from his waist and stuffed it into Wu Yue's hand. The handle and the scabbard were wrapped with thick cloth strips, and it was impossible to tell what was inside at first glance. But when Old Zhang grabbed the handle and pulled out the blade, Wu Yue's eyes flashed.
"This is a dagger given to my son by his friend. It can cut through iron like mud. It can inflict damage even to high-level S-class prey. My son has been carrying it with him since he received it. Later, he was worried about my safety, so he left it to me for self-defense..."
While Old Zhang was still talking about the origin of the dagger, Wu Yue had already pulled the entire blade of the dagger out of his hand. The blade was sharp and the blade was slightly curved. He pulled the cloth strip on the handle calmly and saw the code engraved on it - this was a weapon unique to the Yuebanwan Base Army. Each person had a number. It could be repaired if damaged, but it would require reporting to multiple levels if lost.
The material of the weapon has been strengthened by Antonio's metal ability. Every time he levels up, he will strengthen the weapons of all the soldiers in the base. Judging from the sharpness, it has been strengthened after he reached S level.
The code on it is at the front, and it is obvious that it is not something that an ordinary team member can have. Thinking of the middle-level base military personnel that Lao Zhang can contact, Wu Yue immediately understood the identity of the friend he was talking about.
"Good knife," Wu Yue praised, put away the dagger, looked at Wang Bao, and said, "Go and get the hundred purification crystal cores for the old man."
"Yes." Wang Bao immediately trotted into the room to find the space-powered person they brought with them to get the crystal core.
"Emissary Tan, I like this dagger very much. One hundred crystal cores are not too many. What do you think?" Wu Yue handed a hundred purification crystal cores to Tan Yun, hinting.
Tan Yun took it and took a look. After confirming that it was correct, she immediately looked at Mo Tiantian. This decisive move made Wu Yue's doubts emerge again. He was a little unsure whether this decision was right or wrong.
Although Mo Tiantian was still not very happy, she still absorbed the purification crystal core given by Wang Bao and walked to Zhang Shun.
The military doctor here has already roughly examined him. Although he fell from a high altitude, it should have been cushioned. There are some fractures and internal bleeding from the obvious strong impact. It won't delay him for too long, but he won't die immediately.
Mo Tiantian cured the man reluctantly with a sullen look on her face, then turned around and left. It seemed as if she no longer liked the people in Yuebanwan.
Tan Yun smiled apologetically at Wu Yue, but Wu Yue didn't mind. He also realized that Mo Tiantian was just a little girl with the title of a messenger of God in vain, while Sha Peng didn't seem to be interested in these things at all, as if the one who really made the decision was the non-aggressive Tan Yun.
"Captain Wu, the remaining crystal core guns..." Tan Yun ignored Old Zhang who was leaving with Zhang Shun who was fine.
"Don't worry, we at Yuebanwan always keep our word." In the team, only a few people on the verge of life and death were pulled back, and the rest still needed treatment. Wu Yue would not choose to fall out at this time, and even confirmed with the other party, "Tomorrow's treatment will still be carried out according to the number of crystal cores absorbed today, right?"
After Tan Yun confirmed it, Wu Yue asked people to go to the hunting ground with Sha Peng to test the use of the crystal core gun.
Turning back, he saw Wang Bao, who had just sent Old Zhang back, running two steps quickly and approaching Wu Yue and whispering.
"Captain Wu, is it confirmed that it is Cangcuo and Nanxiao?"
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