Chapter 694: Quarrel
Lu Weiyi had originally promised that he would never fight with higher-level mutants, but the mutant tigers obviously did not want to let him go, especially after an S-level tiger was killed.
Fortunately, Phoenix still had some conscience and returned quietly to cooperate with him. After the SS-level mutant tiger died, Lu Weiyi sat on the ground, not caring about his usual cleanliness at all.
Phoenix happily dug out two crystal cores and handed them over like a treasure, but was immediately criticized by Lu Weiyi. It was immediately unhappy.
"Ha ha ha ha——(It's all for the sake of getting the crystal core for you)".
Seeing it talking back, Lu Weiyi became even angrier and started to argue with it without any manner.
"You're catching bees for me? Can those things have energy?"
"You went to see the spider for me? You ran away by yourself, and I got stuck and almost got eaten--!"
Lu Weiyi pointed at a green insect as thick as a child's arm not far away. After being stepped on to death, a ball of green water burst out of its body, and only a layer of skin was left on the ground. "And this big insect, can you eat it? Don't you find it disgusting? Smell it, smell it, I feel sweet and fishy, I'm almost vomiting from the smell!"
“Ga ga ga——”
The spirit body, which had just taken shape not long ago, was stuck in the midst of Lu Weiyi's series of questions. Its words, which were not rich to begin with, became garbled. It was so angry that it turned around and around with its fur standing on end, flapping its wings and trying to say something.
It felt like the special relationship between the two of them was broken.
Fenghuang was stunned for a moment, and looked at Lu Weiyi, and saw that Lu Weiyi was also stunned for a moment, and then a faint smile appeared on his face. He raised his eyebrows at Fenghuang with a provocative look.
The phoenix kept nodding at Lu Weiyi with its wings, like a chicken with its hands on its hips cursing. After a while of output, it realized that no sound seemed to be coming out.
Lu Weiyi touched the fur of the shivering little tiger in his hand and ignored it completely.
The phoenix stepped forward and touched Lu Weiyi. Lu Weiyi shook twice, stretched, put the little tiger into the space and placed it next to Zhuang Mingxu. He didn't pay any attention to the phoenix. He collected the bodies of the two mutant tigers, absorbed the crystal cores and walked away alone.
At first, the phoenix kept provoking and provoking Lu Weiyi in an attempt to get him to pay attention to it, but Lu Weiyi seemed to understand what it was going to do and avoided its touch accurately, showing a determined attitude of ignoring him.
When the sky brightened, Lu Weiyi felt that his supernatural powers had recovered a little, so he turned around and entered the space directly.
In his opinion, this space should be a kind of different dimension. If he enters it, the Phoenix should automatically return to the consciousness zone. However, when he turned around, he saw the Phoenix followed him in.
Zhuang Mingxu looked at the dignified big bird in front of him and finally understood why the other party felt that it was not a peacock but a phoenix. The holy light it brought with it when it appeared made it look full of divinity.
Before the deep shock had time to spread, he saw the big bird in front of him bent its head and rushed towards Lu Weiyi, but Lu Weiyi dodged it by nimbly turning sideways.
It flapped one wing continuously, and pointed the other wing in the direction of Lu Weiyi, its mouth opened and closed, and it looked like it was cursing, but -
There was no sound at all.
It's like a silent pantomime.
"What's going on?" Zhuang Mingxu took two steps forward and immediately smelled the pungent smell emanating from Lu Weiyi. He silently took two steps back. His good upbringing prevented him from covering his nose in front of him.
After leaving Phoenix alone for most of the night, Lu Weiyi's mood had calmed down a lot, but now his face darkened again.
When he asked this, Fenghuang immediately stepped forward, lowered her head and rubbed against him, pointing at Lu Weiyi from time to time, and it was obvious that she was complaining.
"Why is it... silent?" Zhuang Mingxu asked.
"Haha," Lu Weiyi sneered, "It's your retribution."
It was not until Lu Weiyi came out of the shower and calmed down that Zhuang Mingxu realized what had happened. He felt angry and amused.
"I was almost killed by it," Lu Weiyi said indignantly.
Phoenix performed pantomime again.
"So he can't speak anymore?"
"I cut off the connection with it," Lu Weiyi said with a little pride in his tone after revenge, "Its existence depends on me, I cut off the connection with it, let's see how it can make noise again."
After hearing what he said, Phoenix, who was originally so angry that she jumped up and down, curled up on the ground with her head turned away, looking aggrieved.
Zhuang Mingxu tapped Lu Weiyi on the forehead and said, "You can't punish it like this."
Lu Weiyi glared at him unhappily.
"You know that the phoenix depends on you for its existence, so you can't punish it by strangling its lifeline. It's just like when someone knows your weakness and uses it to threaten you." Zhuang Mingxu knew that he often didn't understand the world, so he broke it down and explained it to him.
"Aren't there many people who risk their lives for us who also expose their weaknesses right under their noses?" Lu Weiyi really disagreed.
"But you are partners who depend on each other for life and death. This is a different relationship. Think about it from its perspective." Zhuang Mingxu reached out to stroke the Phoenix's smooth hair. When he touched it, he could even see scattered stars floating out from the place of contact and dissipating into the air.
It really is an energy body.
"You can't act recklessly like this. Anything you do without a plan may put both of you in danger. This is because the creatures around you are not very strong and you can handle them. But what if there is a situation that you cannot cope with?" Zhuang Mingxu started to educate another one.
After a while, the man and the bird shook hands and made peace, and were finally able to leave the space and head towards the mountain god base.
The sky was just beginning to brighten. According to their original plan, the team should not have reached the Mountain God Base yet. Several people chose to be carried by the Phoenix as they moved along the ground, and by the way, they could harvest another wave of mutant creatures they encountered along the way.
After Lu Weiyi warned about the fragility of ordinary people, Phoenix became much more cautious in the path it chose. Whenever it encountered a mutant animal of a slightly higher level, it would warn Lu Weiyi in advance and let him deal with it. Even though he had already detected it with his mental power, this vigilance still won Lu Weiyi's approval, which made Phoenix much more obedient. He felt that he had found a way to live in peace with it.
Even so, Zhuang Mingxu still witnessed the changes in the creatures deep in the Laoshan jungle. Thinking of how he had dared to lead the team deep into the jungle out of sheer courage, he gradually began to feel fear.
When the morning light appeared, the two were not far from the mountain god base.
"The gap between the two mountains in front should be the Mountain God Base, and the entrance should be near the south. It is said that there are artificially moved mountains there as entrance barriers." Zhuang Mingxu had advocated land reclamation in the past, and he knew how much courage it took to make such a decision. He was quite curious about the person who made such a suggestion for the Mountain God Base.
"Aren't we right behind their mountain now?" Lu Weiyi looked up at the towering mountains. "Why don't we let the Phoenix carry us over? It's so fast and flies so high, we'll be there in a moment."
“Gah—”
The phoenix responded in cooperation. Zhuang Mingxu was immediately able to show off at these compliments, and the peacock, who didn't mind doing the hard labor, was also amused.
"No need. We should split into two groups and take the enemy by surprise. It would be best if we can sneak into the Mountain God base. Maybe we can get unexpected gains," said Zhuang Mingxu.
Having made the decision, Lu Weiyi did not object and was carried up the mountain by the phoenix.
It was not known whether the surrounding area had been specially cleaned up, and there were no mutant creatures of too high a level. Lu Weiyi's space originally stored a large amount of food, but the team lacked food in the later stage. Zhuang Mingxu asked Taotao to take out the small warehouse to replenish it, which left only a few prey in his space.
Various animals appeared in the field of vision from time to time, and then quickly fled. There were so many species that Lu Weiyi himself couldn't distinguish them all. He would naturally not let go of this opportunity. He signaled Phoenix to protect Zhuang Mingxu and continue to move forward, while he wandered on both sides, constantly replenishing the space with prey.
These animals were not of high level, and the little energy in their crystal cores could not replenish the energy that Lu Weiyi consumed to catch them. He simply did not use any psychics, and relied purely on physical strength and the cooperation of the little green branches. Although he was a little tired, he gained a lot.
Just as he was looking at the silly roe deer that had just appeared in front of him and thinking about having barbecue for lunch, he chased after it and his whole body suddenly fell to the ground.
Sleeping for too long reduced his reaction ability a lot. The momentary panic made the phoenix disappear back into his consciousness, and then appeared beside him, forcing Lu Weiyi, who had been relying on the small green branch to fix himself in the air and prevented himself from falling, to fall to the ground again.
Lu Weiyi cursed the phoenix in his heart, quickly brought the phoenix back into his consciousness, and relied on the small green branch to fix himself in the air again.
The surrounding cave was empty, and the small stones that fell with him fell down with a rustling sound, but there was no sound of landing. The faint blue light illuminated the surroundings, and the sound of dripping spring water sounded quietly.
The surroundings were unusually peaceful. Small green branches were entwined around Lu Weiyi and swaying in the air. He tried to steady his body and looked around, and saw that the ground was covered with mushroom-like creatures.
They are densely packed and stacked up, some are more than ten meters high, and some are short and attached to the ground. They look like big trees, but they seem unusually light. The way they sway from side to side reminds people of jellyfish stretching freely in the sea water.
Lu Weiyi didn't remember the existence of such a thing, but in today's world, abnormality meant danger.
He could hear Zhuang Mingxu's voice calling him on the ground, and realizing that this thing had no intention of attacking him, Lu Weiyi first released the phoenix again and motioned him to go find Zhuang Mingxu, while he controlled the small green branch to move towards the direction of the hole where it had fallen.
With the Phoenix leading the way, before Lu Weiyi climbed up, Zhuang Mingxu's worried voice came from above, "Xiaoyi, how are you?"
"It's okay." Lu Weiyi saw Zhuang Mingxu sticking his head over to look at him, then his eyes passed over him and looked down.
His pupils suddenly widened visibly, and Lu Weiyi's mental power immediately built a mental barrier under his body to block possible attacks.
Then he shouted in surprise, "Suncheng?"
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