Chapter 690: Killing the Chicken to Frighten the Monkey
"I will protect Lao Zhuang." Zhou He took the initiative to assume responsibility in order to prevent him from worrying.
"I'll go with him and keep an eye on him, in case he gets too aggressive after the upgrade," Zhuang Mingxu just informed without giving the chance to refute. "After you coordinate everyone, we'll leave immediately. Xiaoyi and I will leave quietly and put up some cover in the car to try not to let anyone know."
"We will try our best to meet up with you before you arrive at the Mountain God Base. If you are late, do not rush in rashly. Send someone in to investigate the situation first. If there is an accident, directly kidnap the healing psychics in their base and restore their bodies. Then we can respond accordingly. Protecting our team members is our top priority."
"I understand, but..." Zhou He looked at Lu Weiyi again, who kept replacing crystal cores and absorbed them all in an instant. He doubted that if he wanted to have sufficient superpowers in such a short time, the mutant creature he would fight would not be a low-level one.
"Don't worry, I will try my best to stay calm and not confront them head-on."
Zhuang Mingxu immediately understood what he meant, "I won't wait until I have enough superpowers, I will solve the urgent problem first."
Zhou He heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this. Although Zhao Gang and his group were there, there were less than 500 people left in their team, and more than half of them were injured. If a conflict really broke out, they would have no advantage at all.
After arranging everything, Lu Weiyi came out to support Qu Zhu before leaving.
There were a total of seventeen people with special abilities left behind by Zhou He. After screening, Zhao Gang chose twelve who had living relatives and ties at home. They all had S-level special abilities, and their special abilities were suppressed, so they squatted on the ground like prisoners.
Yun Bai was sitting not far away, playing with a knife in his hand and guarding a few people. From time to time, an injured psychic would come over and kick them, or even deliberately cut off a piece of flesh or two.
When Yun Bai saw this, he would just say lightly, "Don't play with me to death."
Just like their attitude when they watched their subordinates committing crimes.
When Lu Weiyi walked over, he happened to see someone holding a stone and pressing a man's hand, preparing to smash it upwards. One of his hands had obviously been hit, the bones on it had turned into ash, and the flesh and skin spread on top looked like a bloody pancake.
"Yun Bai!" Qu Zhu, who was following him, was worried that Lu Weiyi would blame Yun Bai for not keeping a good eye on him, so he spoke out to remind him.
Yun Bai put away his knife, stood up casually, and called out "base commander" without giving any explanation.
The man on the ground slowly turned his head and looked over. Only then did they recognize that he was Qin Daming.
He forced a dry smile towards Lu Weiyi and the others, his voice hoarse as if he was crying, "My brother is dead."
He betrayed everyone, lost so many of his comrades, and in the end, he still couldn't save his brother.
He wanted to throw the stone in his hand but stubbornly didn't throw it. He just stared at Lu Weiyi with scorching eyes, "I'm getting my retribution."
"Base Commander, can you hand him over to me?"
Lu Weiyi has been absorbing crystal cores in the room. Zhuang Mingxu has been handling things here. Taotao needs to be alone at this time, and Zhuang Mingxu did not come out with her. He could only look at Zhou He inquiringly.
"His brother was killed by his people," Zhou He said with a cold expression.
If the teammates who died at the beginning were the ones who were plotted against by the Panshui base, then the sacrifices of the teammates brought by Zhou He later were all caused by Qin Daming alone.
He took advantage of Zhou He's trust in his comrades, and risked so many lives to exchange for one person, but in the end they still couldn't save them.
Now the relatives he sacrificed for have passed away. Zhou He did not add insult to injury because the other party had served under him in the past. This was his last act of tolerance.
It's a pity that others are not so good-tempered. Yun Bai said to him with a smile, "No, the person who bullied Qin Xiaoman is dead. He neither gave the order nor participated in it, and his special abilities are still useful to our base, so..."
Yun Bai restrained his smile, stared at Qin Daming with a gaze as cold as a knife, and rejected him mercilessly, "He must live well."
He leaned closer to Qin Daming and said word by word, "He will live longer than your brother."
The piercing words made Qin Daming feel heavy with emotion. He knelt on the ground, kept apologizing and crying, and Yun Bai grabbed his hair and dragged him a few steps to a place not far away. There, neatly arranged were their comrades who had died on this trip. Their bodies could still be found, but the bodies of many more people were thrown into the pile of zombies and made into broth, making them difficult to find.
"Go and apologize to them, - go to the underworld and apologize to them!" Yun Bai was so emotional that he wanted to take action to get rid of him personally.
Qin Dama was lying on the ground like a puddle of mud. Not far away were countless corpses. In the distance, there were even more people being tortured and killed by them. The entire small playground looked like a sea of blood and corpses.
If the zombies gathered nearby had not been dealt with by Zhao Gang and his team, they would have broken through the weak wall and entered under the strong smell of blood.
Staying in this depressing environment any longer will only cause more stimulation to people.
Lu Weiyi withdrew his gaze and looked at the survivors.
Zhao Gang introduced the abilities and levels of several people, and even spoke frankly about the situation of the surviving family members in the base without any concealment, in a naked threat.
"They already knew what they were going to do and they all agreed to it."
Lu Weiyi nodded, glanced around, and released the mental force that was suppressing their crystal cores. The supernatural powers of several people immediately flowed, and they all showed relieved expressions.
He glanced at Qu Zhu, who understood and immediately stepped forward and stretched out his right hand.
Unlike other mutated plants that survive on their own, this moss was planted on his own body. After rolling up his sleeves, half of his emerald green arm was immediately exposed. The furry layer looked like a sleeve, which attracted several people's curious eyes. On the contrary, several wood-type mutants stepped back at the same time, looking alert.
"No need to hide, no one can escape." Qu Zhu rubbed his arms twice, and after a moment, a small ball the size of rice seeds appeared in his hands. He handed it to the five psychics behind Zhao Gang and said in a relaxed tone, "Stuff it into your nose."
Hua Rui's expression changed immediately, "What do you want to do?"
"You should know best." Qu Zhu glanced in the direction of Yang Zhiguang, the earth-type supernaturalist next to him. Hua Rui's face became even uglier. She looked at Lu Weiyi and asked, "What do you mean?"
Qu Zhu explained, "You obey orders, this is just a decoration, you have ulterior motives..."
"This is a death warrant."
None of the five psychics took the initiative. Instead, those who were squatting on the ground exchanged glances with each other with their heads down. The man closest to them suddenly raised his head, and in an instant a huge flame surrounded Lu Weiyi and his group.
At the same time, the ground where a circle of people were squatting suddenly dropped, and when everyone's vision was blocked by the flames dozens of meters high, the people who were still alive took the opportunity to disappear.
Zhao Gang reacted very quickly. A water curtain instantly condensed in the air, blocking the few people in front of him. The flames hit the water, and white smoke hissed out, swirling around and increasingly blocking their view.
Several other psychics immediately stepped forward to stand in front of Lu Weiyi, but as soon as they took a step, they felt as if there was an invisible barrier very close to them that prevented them from moving forward.
There was clearly nothing in sight, but it gave people a feeling of hitting a transparent film, which was tough and elastic. Zhou He, who had the fastest reaction, bumped into it head-on and was bounced back. If Qu Zhu beside him hadn't pulled him, he would have fallen on his butt. from,
Zhao Gang, who noticed this scene, retracted his supernatural power and saw the flames surrounding the few people and no longer spreading. Although there was nothing in the field of vision, the flames felt like they were hitting transparent glass and were blocked by a tangible barrier.
"They ran away." Zhou He turned around and prepared to chase them, but was stopped by Lu Weiyi's indifferent words: "It's okay."
Lu Weiyi didn't care about the people who left, but turned his gaze to the five psychics who were not far from Zhao Gang. They did not leave, but they did not help either. They watched the scene like bystanders.
"You expect them to kill me?" Lu Weiyi asked with a puzzled tone and a hint of smile, "Then your plan has failed."
As soon as the words fell, the psychics who were originally fleeing in all directions from underground were controlled out of the ground by an invisible force. While they were confused, there were bang bang bang sounds, like watermelons exploding.
Several people looked in the direction where the sound came from, and saw that the psychic who had just seemed to have escaped death suddenly had his forehead exploded, as if he had been hit by a bullet, leaving only a finger-sized hole.
Before the excitement on their faces had time to subside, they had already fallen to the ground.
Lu Weiyi looked at the five people in front of him from beginning to end. He saw the astonishment and panic flash across their eyes, and then they were forced to stay down.
"I'll eat it." Wang Bing made the decision first. He reached out to ask Qu Zhu for the seeds, but was stopped by an invisible force.
"It's a bit late," Lu Weiyi said lightly.
As soon as the words fell, the five people fell to the ground holding their heads, rolling around in an unruly manner, and the voices that had been suppressed at the beginning gradually got out of control.
On the other hand, Zhou He and his group did not feel any fear at all. Instead, they were very excited. The big pit in front of them was restored by Guan Wei, and there were three people standing on it. They still maintained the previous squatting posture, as if they had never moved.
"Why don't you leave?" Lu Weiyi was surprised.
One of the men, who looked inconspicuous, glanced at the five arrogant and insolent psychics in the Panshui base who could only roll around in disgrace, and replied calmly, "If they can't leave, how can others?"
In addition to the three in front of him, there were two more who were taken out by others and thrown into the underground passage a few meters away. Lu Weiyi only kept these five and dealt with the rest in front of them.
This decisive act of killing the chicken to scare the monkey, coupled with the five people's shrill screams in their ears, made the five people take over the bamboo seeds extremely quickly.
The seed enters the body and is controlled by Qu Zhu to move towards the center of the eyebrows until it stops under the crystal core, like a lotus platform holding up the crystal core. It can also ensure that if anyone moves, the mutant plant can instantly wrap around the crystal core and block the use of supernatural powers.
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