Chapter 689: Reorganizing the Team
"Base Commander, welcome back," Zhou He greeted from afar, his eyes wandering around him, finally landing on the baby in his arms.
He remembered that there was clearly no such thing before, and he hadn't seen any trace of Taotao, so he had a guess in his mind. But when he saw that the baby's fragile little hand could only grab one finger of Lu Weiyi, he suppressed his guess and turned his attention back to Lu Weiyi.
"Sorry, I woke up late," Lu Weiyi took the initiative to apologize. This upgrade was like another rebirth for him. He no longer dwelled on the past and only wanted to move forward. This made him look brighter. Even though he had lost a lot of weight, he felt a sense of ease that he had never felt before.
"It's good to wake up." Zhou He didn't worry about whether it was morning or evening, but asked what was going on.
"After I upgraded, I didn't replenish my crystal cores. When I woke up, my superpowers had been exhausted. The remaining crystal cores in the team are not enough to support SSS's superpowers. I need to hurry and replenish them."
It’s a pity that the level of zombies in this small town is not high. Although it seems that his body is full of crystal cores, in fact, the accumulated ones are just a drop in the bucket.
"I will lead the team to hunt zombies," Zhou He immediately stated.
"No need." Zhuang Mingxu came in from outside, took off his heavy coat, asked Lu Weiyi if he was okay, and motioned Zhou He to sit down.
"I saw you left more than a dozen people behind." He looked at Zhou He and saw that his emotions had stabilized. "Are you okay?"
"It's okay now," Zhou He said, "I told the survivors that if they want to take revenge, they can do it themselves. After the revenge, they can't continue to dwell on it."
Those who are still alive still have a long way to go and cannot just think about the present.
Zhuang Mingxu patted his shoulder and nodded approvingly. This was also the reason why he did not stop Lu Weiyi from agreeing. They needed an outlet to vent their repressed emotions so that they could feel relieved. "Du Wen..."
"I was injured a little, and psychologically... it will take some time to recover," Zhou He did not hide it.
"You should pay more attention to the mental condition of the team members. After dealing with things here, we will return to the base. There is a psychologist in the base, who will see everyone at that time. It would be better not to affect everyone's life."
Zhou He nodded and talked about the dozen or so people with special abilities who were left behind, "I heard Zhao Gang say inadvertently that you wanted to use these people to form a death squad, and those who were left behind are the ones with the highest special abilities."
"you……"
Knowing what he was going to say, Zhou He smiled sarcastically, "They probably realized the disadvantages of continuing to consume supernatural flesh and blood, so they didn't participate. We still have to deal with the Shanshen and Panshui bases, and we don't have enough manpower. I asked for everyone's consent. Since the base needs them, let's keep them to fight."
Zhuang Mingxu felt that a simple thank you was not enough to express his feelings at the moment, but there was something stuck in his chest, making him feel extremely sour.
Zhou He punched him cheerfully and said with disgust, "Don't give me that look, I'm doing this for the base, not for you."
"Okay, I'll accept your favor on behalf of the base." Zhuang Mingxu didn't bother to be polite and pulled a sack of crystal cores from under the bed where Lu Weiyi was sitting. "Go and distribute it to the brothers. Let them replenish their superpowers and set off directly after dinner."
"go?"
"Mountain God Base!"
Zhou He looked in the direction of Lu Weiyi and said, "The situation of the base commander..."
"He's not coming with us," Zhuang Mingxu explained, "Low-level crystal cores are of little use to him. He needs high-level crystal cores to replenish his superpowers. After discussion, we decided that he should go into Laoshan and visit the mutant animal territory we had identified earlier."
"You and Zhao Gang take these people directly to the Shanshen Base. Luo Qi ran away. We are not sure whether he returned to the Panshui Base or continued to disguise himself in the Shanshen Base. No matter where he is, it is not good news for Wu Yue."
"He doesn't know the situation here and can easily become passive. Let's split into two groups. After Xiaoyi absorbs some crystal core energy to temporarily control the situation, we'll go over to meet you."
Zhou He also knew that the current situation was urgent, but,
"Without the base commander, will those people with special abilities be out of control?" Their special ability levels are higher than Zhou He and his group's. If they turn against them, they won't be able to handle it.
Zhuang Mingxu looked at Lu Weiyi, and Lu Weiyi pondered for a moment and said, "Go and call the strongest wood-type mutant in the team."
Zhou He nodded and went out to call people. Zhuang Mingxu asked him what he thought.
"Do you still remember the mutated plants that were taken out from Li Qing and his team?" Lu Weiyi asked.
"You want to use that to control them?" Zhuang Mingxu frowned.
"I control them by leaving my own spiritual imprint around their crystal cores. I can sense this imprint within a certain range and can directly control the self-exposure of their crystal cores, but I cannot control people's thoughts." The reason why I was able to control the previous few people was because they were all afraid of death.
But if you meet someone who wants to fight to the death, it will be useless.
He had not replenished his energy after the upgrade. If he continued to consume it like this, something bad would happen sooner or later. Without replenishment, it would be useless for him to go with him.
Zhuang Mingxu also understood this logic, “This is the only way for now. We must try our best to seize the time, go early and come back early, and try to reach the Mountain God Base with them.”
"You're coming with me?"
Just as Lu Weiyi was about to retort, he heard Zhuang Mingxu say, "Yes, I'm the only ordinary person in the team. Wouldn't it be more convenient to catch me and threaten you?"
Zhuang Mingxu half-jokingly said, "I don't want to die young yet."
Lu Weiyi didn't refute after hearing what he said.
Zhuang Mingxu stood up and moved closer to him, glancing at Taotao who was sleeping in the crook of his legs. Earlier on the way, Taotao suddenly cried loudly, and Lu Weiyi had no choice but to carry him out of the space. Perhaps because he felt a familiar breath, he held Lu Weiyi's fingers and slept soundly.
"He is so big, does he need milk?" Zhuang Mingxu gently touched the baby's face, which was as soft as a ball of cotton. It reminded him of Zhuang Aiyi when he was a child. "I wonder if Aiyi and the others are doing well at the base."
"Brother Da Mu will take good care of him," Lu Weiyi comforted dryly. Seeing that he was looking at the child eagerly, he took out the bottle and milk powder from the space and gave it to him, "Do you want to hold him?"
"Is it okay?" Such a young child didn't have the strength to cry, and Zhuang Mingxu hesitated even though he was moved.
"Try it." Lu Weiyi handed it to him again.
Zhuang Mingxu immediately took the bottle happily and prepared the milk powder very skillfully. When the child smelled the milk fragrance, his finger-sized mouth immediately pouted and turned in the direction of the bottle.
"He wants to drink." Zhuang Mingxu lowered his voice and stuffed the bottle into Taotao's mouth. Seeing that Taotao closed his eyes and tried to hold the bottle with trembling hands, he carefully took the person from Lu Weiyi's arms, skillfully held him in one hand and held the bottle for him with the other hand, "Drink slowly, there are more when you are hungry, Daddy will leave them all for you."
When Zhou He brought Qu Zhu in, what they saw was the cozy scene of the family of three, especially the quilt that Taotao had just covered was still on Lu Weiyi's legs, which looked like she was in confinement after giving birth.
Before Zhou He could say anything, Qu Zhu said in horror, "Base Commander, aren't you leveling up when you're unconscious? How did you give birth to a child? Is the SSS level so scary?"
"..."Lu Weiyi.
“……”Zhuang Mingxu.
"Pa" Zhou He slapped him on the back of the head and cursed, "Are you stupid?"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the base commander is a man and he definitely can't give birth," Qu Zhu said, then felt it was inappropriate and had no desire to live, "Base commander, you know I'm not scolding you."
Lu Weiyi waved his hand to indicate that he didn't mind, and swiftly took out a petri dish from the space. In the sealed glass container, a cluster of green moss could be seen in the middle, with crystal cores that had been absorbed scattered around it.
"Is this... a mutated plant?" Qu Zhu felt the energy from that lump, and looking at the crystal core next to it, it was obvious that it had been fed.
"Yes." Lu Weiyi didn't tell him the origin. "Haven't you always wanted to contract a mutant plant? How about this one?"
"This... this?" Qu Zhu pointed at the cluster of mutant plants in front of him that was not even as big as a child's fist.
Even though he could feel that this thing was not of a low level, it didn't seem to be very aggressive.
The purpose of contracting mutant plants is to enhance combat effectiveness. This thing...
"What is its use?" Zhou He asked on behalf of Qu Zhu.
"This is a mutated plant. I'm not sure what species it is, but it has the common characteristics of epiphytes and mosses. Generally, plants need water, oxygen, soil, and a series of environmental requirements to grow autonomously. Even mutated plants find it difficult to completely break away from this characteristic."
"But it doesn't need it, it..." Lu Weiyi hesitated for a moment, and then said, "It can grow autonomously in a living organism, and can even use animal skin and flesh as soil."
Lu Weiyi pushed the container towards Qu Zhu and said, "Gu Qingji has tried it before and found that this plant has its own consciousness."
A mutant plant with its own consciousness that can grow in the body of an animal is undoubtedly the best choice for controlling people at this time.
Qu Zhu took it carefully and felt the other party's level first. He confirmed that he was one level lower than himself, then he breathed a sigh of relief. He carefully sensed it and actually detected the other party's consciousness.
A hypnotic mutant lavender in Huarui can kill more than 2,000 people with special abilities. Now it is equivalent to a powerful killing weapon. Qu Zhu is very excited.
"You need to explore and train yourself for more effects, but..." Lu Weiyi looked at him with a restrained expression. Even if he did not deliberately put pressure on him, the aura of a top psychic was enough to intimidate several people. "I hope you can use it where it should be used, and don't end up having to deal with you myself."
Qu Zhu stood at attention and saluted, "Don't worry, Base Commander, I will never let you down."
"I guarantee for him, base commander. If he does anything, you can deal with me directly." Zhou He knew that this could be a powerful weapon for wood-type mutants, so he immediately vouched for him.
Lu Weiyi waved his hand and said, "The next step to get to the Mountain God Base depends on you to intimidate them."
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