Chapter 699: Superpowers Absorbed
Zhuang Mingxu quietly pinched Lu Weiyi's fingers, and when Lu Weiyi nodded in agreement, he said, "Gather your family members to a place where they will not be implicated, and we will help you with treatment when everything has calmed down."
"The premise is," Zhuang Mingxu looked at Mo Tiantian, "to hand over this little girl to Zhou He safely."
Fang Tang simply agreed, without caring that there were so many people around, and started assigning tasks. "Liang Fei, Li Jing and I will go and send Tiantian off. Sun Tao, you go back and inform our family, and take them to hide with Pang Qin."
"I can go with you," said Sun Tao.
"You have earth-related abilities, so you can hide people better. Pang Qin has wood-related abilities, so if someone around attacks them, she can resist a little," Fang Tang broke open and explained to Sun Tao, "It will be safer if you take them with you."
Zhuang Mingxu listened to his meticulous arrangements, even teaching him exactly how to talk to different people. Sun Tao was young and listened very carefully.
Good execution.
Zhuang Mingxu squinted his eyes and looked at the few people, and a hint of approval unconsciously appeared on his face.
Lu Weiyi, who was familiar with him, immediately understood his thoughts. He held up his mental barrier and whispered, "Don't think about it, it's useless."
"Hmm? Did you figure out how they developed superpowers?" Zhuang Mingxu asked.
Lu Weiyi opened his mouth, as if he didn't know what to say, and closed it again. Before he could speak again, Fangtang had already arranged everything and told them they could leave.
Fang Tang led a few children towards the entrance. When they reached the door, Li Jing turned around and quickly knelt on the ground, kowtowed heavily to the group of people, and said with a sob, "Big brother, I'm counting on you."
A "dong" sound echoed in the empty cave. Several grown men couldn't bear it and wanted to say something, but they saw the little girl hurriedly ran out as if she was afraid of being rejected.
There was silence for a while, and Ji Zheng cursed in a hoarse voice, "What a fucking shitty world."
As the voice fell, a baby's cry was heard instantly, loud and terrifying in the quiet surroundings.
Everyone turned their heads and saw Lu Weiyi, with an indifferent expression, unzipping his shirt and holding out a baby. Zhuang Mingxu anxiously asked what was wrong, carefully picked up the baby and rocked him to comfort him, not forgetting to put a bottle of milk in the baby's mouth and whispered to comfort him.
Although they are both children, the strong contrast between the two makes the group feel more sorry for the children here.
"I'll go find my team. Let's agree on a signal for when to launch the general attack?" Ji Zheng spoke up to draw the attention away from the two of them.
"Red flare," Zhuang Mingxu took the time to retort.
"Okay." Ji Zheng didn't hesitate, gestured OK, and walked towards the small door they came in through.
After the person disappeared from sight, Wang Bao asked, "Base Commander, don't you need us to follow him? Is he...reliable?"
"It's hard to say whether he is reliable or not, but if he doesn't cooperate with us, he has no way out." Zhuang Mingxu shook his arm to create an artificial cradle to coax Taotao to drink milk, without a trace of unnaturalness on his face. "Since he already knows that Luo Qi and Qi Le are the same person, they will never have peace unless they take down the Panshui base. He can only choose to cooperate with us."
"So what do we do now...?" Wang Bao asked.
"Who among you who understands circuits, please destroy the self-destruct device here first and seal this place off. We'll take a closer look after this is over." Since it was clear that Qi Le was not an ordinary person, there might be something hidden here, and there was absolutely no reason to let it go.
They were all professionals, and they processed all the surrounding circuits in a short while, and even dug out some explosives from the hidden surroundings.
With the help of super powers, the group moved very quickly. By the time Zhuang Mingxu had calmed Taotao down, the surrounding area had been completely sealed off except for the exit they were about to leave. It was not that type of barrier that made it impossible for people with earth-based super powers to enter.
"Are your abilities not restricted?" Zhuang Mingxu was surprised when he heard how decisively they acted.
"No." An earth-type ability user looked at his companion blankly.
"There will be restrictions only if we explore from the outside," Lu Weiyi checked as soon as he entered. "There seems to be a layer of something attached to the mountain that can restrict supernatural powers, but the effect is limited."
"This thing is useful. Let's take a closer look at it later." Zhuang Mingxu said, looking at Wang Bao, "Do you know where to go next?"
"I know," Wang Bao immediately stood up, "But since this morning, the base has been full of people with special abilities on duty, we..."
He pointed at the group of people.
"I……"
"Let the earth-type superpowers open a path underground." Zhuang Mingxu did not let Lu Weiyi lead so many people, but instead distributed the responsibility to everyone. "I heard from Guan Wei that there is a kind of cement that isolates superpowers about 20 meters underground near the central area. See if you can detect the existence of a passage or something like that."
After everything was arranged, the group did not even leave the entrance and went straight into the underground. Wang Bao constantly manipulated the plants on the ground to identify the landmarks and command directions. Relying on his command, the earth-type mutant quickly found the so-called underground cement.
"This doesn't look like cement. My supernatural power can't open it," said the earth-type supernatural user, and added, "I can't penetrate it either."
"It feels like it was formed as a whole." The plant in Wang Bao's hand was as thick as a cotton thread. He frowned and sensed it. "I have extended it nearly eighty meters with the plant, and I haven't felt the end yet."
"Where are we now?" Seeing Lu Weiyi touching the stone in front of him and observing it, Zhuang Mingxu asked Wang Bao.
"We've just gotten close to the central area, and haven't even reached the outer areas where the psychics live," said Wang Bao.
"I feel..." Zhong Ye moved slightly closer to the stone in front of him, then moved a little further away, "This thing is absorbing my supernatural powers."
"Stones aren't living things, and they can absorb supernatural powers. How ridiculous..." The person standing next to him said, reaching out to touch it, and suddenly took two steps back with a trace of horror on his face, "This thing can't be really alive, right?"
"It feels warm to the touch, and..." He poked it with a finger and saw a light fingerprint left on it.
Others started to touch it, but Zhuang Mingxu seemed out of place. He was very protective and put on a pair of gloves before touching it.
Seeing the people looking at him with strange eyes, Zhuang Mingxu didn't think anything of it and said calmly, "There's nothing I can do. Ordinary people can't stand being artificial."
Relying on the principle that he himself is not embarrassed and it is others who are embarrassed, Zhuang Mingxu successfully made everyone shift their attention silently.
"It's true, it feels a little soft..."
"It's very elastic, like the skin of some insect..."
"Fuck, what you said gave me goosebumps. Could it be really alive?"
"It's not an animal," Zhuang Mingxu said with certainty. He held up the thermal imaging detector and showed it to the group, "There are no signs of life."
"Could it be some kind of mutant bacteria? Wasn't there a Tai Sui before the end of the world?" someone asked in a low voice. His furtive look really affected the atmosphere in the underground passage illuminated by a few lights.
"Can you be a little more normal? I'm not scared to death by this thing, but I'm almost scared to death by your weird talking."
"That's right, don't talk nonsense, there is already scientific evidence to explain the Tai Sui thing."
"However, I also feel that it is absorbing superpowers. My superpowers are not unable to penetrate it, but disappear, as if being..."
"I ate the same..."
The more he spoke, the more horrifying it became. Zhuang Mingxu looked at Lu Weiyi and received an affirmative look from him. It seemed that the other party had also sensed his supernatural power.
Zhuang Mingxu listened to their quarreling with good temper. He waited for Lu Weiyi, who had not joined in, to nod before he spoke, "We cannot rule out this possibility. Since our superpowers are restricted, our next step will be to rely on weapons."
He took the lead in slinging an assault rifle in front of him, ready to shoot at any time.
Lu Weiyi pointed upwards, signaling the earth-type mutant to move forward.
After they came out of the ground, the group held their breath and looked at the people patrolling back and forth not far away. The guns in their hands were aimed and ready to fire at any time. However, they seemed to not see these people, and walked past them while whispering to each other.
Lu Weiyi looked around, reached out and groped under the tree for a long time, lifted up a layer of hidden soil, and was about to jump down when he was grabbed by Zhuang Mingxu.
"You are not good at assault shooting, I will go first..." Lu Weiyi was taught how to use firearms by himself, so he knew that he was only good at various types of pistols and was lacking in aiming. Especially since he had relied on his superpowers for a long time, when his superpowers were restricted, he might not be able to react and use weapons.
"I'm fine." Lu Weiyi didn't want Zhuang Mingxu to go in front. As he said, ordinary people are fragile now. If something happens, they don't even have good treatment.
"How can we let you two walk in front? We will lead the way." Wang Bao laughed and jumped down first, followed closely by Zhong Ye.
Although no one said anything, they still protected Lu Weiyi and the other person in the middle.
This thing was indeed absorbing supernatural powers. Lu Weiyi didn't dare to hand Zhuang Mingxu over to others and could only follow him.
The entire passage is oval in shape and self-contained. The walls are not flat, but smooth without any abruptness. Rather than being artificially mined, it seems more like a mark left by the magic of nature.
This made Zhuang Mingxu feel nervous.
Traveling through the crowd consumed a lot of energy, so Lu Weiyi could only distribute the low-level crystal cores he had collected before to the group to speed up their progress.
The passage is twisted and winding, and it feels like walking through a large ant nest.
"Do you think this place is like the place where people with special abilities are selected that Fangtang mentioned?" Zhuang Mingxu spoke up, breaking the silence.
"A little bit," Wang Bao responded in a steady voice without showing any abnormality, but when Lu Weiyi's mental power swept over, he clearly saw that several people around him had sweat on their foreheads.
He was a little confused. There didn't seem to be any danger around him. "Are you still nervous?"
Zhuang Mingxu couldn't explain to him that the safety of an unknown place would give people the calm before the storm, so he could only change the subject and ask him how long the passage would take.
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