Chapter 700: Maze
Lu Weiyi replied after a while, "Right away."
"This should be the place that Sugar Cube mentioned."
He "saw" the empty space at the end, which could accommodate at least a hundred people, but the surroundings were still empty with no gaps.
"Do you feel difficulty breathing?" Lu Weiyi asked Zhuang Mingxu.
As an ordinary person, he was more easily restricted. When walking underground, he needed to breathe every once in a while. But now, after walking for almost twenty minutes, he had no discomfort at all.
Zhuang Mingxu shook his head and looked around, "There should be a ventilation hole."
No.
Lu Weiyi replied in his heart and grabbed his hand, "Let's move at full speed."
The others had no objections and quickly followed the two men. Ten minutes later, they appeared in an open space.
It seems that there was once a big drum placed here, and after it was moved away, a space like this was formed, surrounded by a circle of arcs, and flat on the top and bottom.
The place where they came out was just at an angle, and if you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to notice the passage.
Lu Weiyi swept his mental power around and walked towards the other side, where there was also a hidden passage. However, after wandering for half an hour, the group returned here again.
"We're...going in circles?"
"The passage inside is so crooked that I can't even determine the direction. Maybe I went the wrong way."
"Did you see any other passages?"
“…”
"My powers are almost exhausted, how about you?"
There was a pause after everyone discussed the situation, and no one said anything. Apparently, it was almost the same. Zhuang Mingxu turned his head to look at Lu Weiyi, and saw that he also had a serious look on his face.
"Let me explore the way," Lu Weiyi said, and Zhuang Mingxu grabbed his wrist and said, "Preserve your superpowers first, and then we'll return the same way."
Now Lu Weiyi's supernatural power is their ultimate weapon, but unfortunately, his supernatural power is insufficient, so they can only retain it as much as possible.
On the ground, Lu Weiyi's level is enough to suppress this place. At worst, there are some heavy weapons in the space. If it doesn't work, just destroy this place. It's better than wasting it here.
Others mean the same thing, but...
"Do you know where we came out from?" From this angle, the surroundings appear to be a whole, and there is no sign of a passage at all.
"I made a mark."
"I made a mark."
Zhuang Mingxu and Zhong Ye left the exit at the same time, and each of them led a group of team members to walk in opposite directions. Zhuang Mingxu's gloved hand directly touched the wall, and he found by touch that there were many passages along the way, but the angle used a blind spot and it was difficult to find.
Zhuang Mingxu randomly chose a passage to enter, where "there was one person standing every one meter."
Lu Weiyi followed him and after walking only ten meters, he felt six holes on the walls of the passages on both sides. "This place is probably set up as a maze-like passage."
After retreating again, Zhuang Mingxu became more determined to go back the same way. He didn't know how big the surrounding area was, and they were in a hurry, so it was not suitable for them to solve the puzzle.
The few of them returned to the passage, where Zhong Ye had already found the entrance they had originally come in from and was calling them over.
After Zhuang Mingxu told him about his discovery, the group was much more careful on the road. Even so, after half an hour of walking, they appeared in the spacious hall again.
"We...are we lost?" Wang Bao looked up and down, his face gradually becoming eager to try, "Do you think it can be blown up with explosives? Didn't we collect a lot of explosives in the previous laboratory? How about we use it here?"
Zhong Ye saw that Zhuang Mingxu didn't say anything and was still carefully observing the situation around him, "Let's think of a solution for now. The explosives make too much noise. This place is close to the center of the Mountain God Base, and no one is sure if they have any other means. It would be best to sneak people out first. If we alert the enemy, our people might be in danger."
As soon as he said this, Zhuang Mingxu and Lu Weiyi looked at each other.
Luo Qi knew that Lu Weiyi had successfully upgraded, and he must have understood in his heart that he would be retaliated against if he attacked the people of Yuebanwan. The best way was to take a gamble that no one knew that he and Luo Qi were the same person. In this way, by rescuing Yuebanwan several times, the Shanshen Base could maintain a good relationship with Yuebanwan.
But Wu Yue's tracking of him and Cangcuo's exposure of his identity made him realize that he could not delay any longer. He had to hastily lay out all his previous arrangements in the open and forcibly take control of the base.
His face was torn, so he would definitely seize every opportunity to attack Wu Yue and get what he wanted before Lu Weiyi arrived to stop the loss in time.
Wu Yue is in danger!
Not to mention the relationship between Zhuang Mingxu and Wu Yue, but he was able to give up his stable base and stay here with the team to guard his body, but Lu Weiyi could not tolerate anything happening to the other party.
"I'll explore the way." Lu Weiyi no longer hesitated. He sat cross-legged and took out a piece of paper and pen in his hand. His mental power extended outward like a spider web along every hole that appeared.
Zhong Ye and Wang Bao on the side spontaneously led people to protect him in the middle, guarding against possible dangers around him.
However, just like the past few hours they had spent, nothing happened, and Lu Weiyi's mental power successfully drew all the surrounding passages on paper.
Although, the painting skills are hard to describe.
Fortunately, there was a person named Zhuang Mingxu next to him who had a telepathic connection with him. After asking him about the direction of the mental power threads, he quickly figured out the distribution here.
"Is this another open space?" Zhuang Mingxu pointed at a road that was not far away but had a twisted passage and asked Lu Weiyi.
"Yes." Lu Weiyi's face turned pale, and he looked even worse than when he just woke up. He looked skinny after being injected with liquid food for several months, and he looked even more shaky.
"Base commander, I still have two crystal cores here. You can absorb them slowly first." Zhong Ye took out two A crystal cores from the inner pocket of his clothes and handed them to Lu Weiyi.
"I have one too," Wang Bao laughed and took out one.
Others took out their money one after another, not forgetting to complain about him, "You have so much."
"Hehe, isn't this saving our lives at the critical moment?" For those with special abilities, the crystal core is a life-extending talisman.
Although the level was a bit low for Lu Weiyi, it was better to have it than nothing. Zhuang Mingxu did not hesitate to accept them all and said, "Return to the base and come back to get ten times as much."
"Haha, long live the base commander."
“Regret, regret, I should have saved more”
Amidst the laughter, Lu Weiyi absorbed the crystal core, and the group quickly headed towards the new route planned by Zhuang Mingxu.
This time, in less than a quarter of an hour, they appeared in another empty cave. Compared with the emptiness before, this place was obviously at a higher level. Not only was the area larger, but the things inside also made people instantly tense up.
There are rows of upright glass containers densely arranged, like the single-person hibernation capsules in science fiction movies, arranged in a circle, and each one contains a person floating in the water.
There was a beeping instrument next to them, as if it was monitoring the condition of the people inside at any time. They were naked, and some of them had clear signs of craniotomy on their foreheads.
The headlights are dotted, illuminating only part of the area. The shadows and light are intertwined, giving people a mechanical and cold feeling.
Zhuang Mingxu has always felt that the laboratory in Yuebanwan is very advanced in today's world as it can handle so many instruments. However, compared with here, it is simply child's play.
He carefully pulled Lu Weiyi and gestured towards the passage they had just come out of. A dozen people quietly returned to the passage.
"The situation here is unclear. We will divide into three teams. Wang Bao, you take people to check the surveillance and self-destruct devices here and dismantle them as much as possible."
"Zhong Ye, take your men and lurk at another exit to prevent anyone from escaping."
"The rest of you, follow Xiaoyi and I to find Wu Yue," Zhuang Mingxu said and pointed inside, "The people there are most likely Qi Le's army of superpowers. Try not to wake them up. If there is any danger, it is better to protect yourself."
"receive!"
"clear!"
The group checked their weapons as they talked. They were now using crystal core weapons. It was difficult to exert their combat effectiveness when there were insufficient crystal cores, especially since Lu Weiyi had just seen several of them give him the high-level crystal cores in their gun storage bags. Using low-level crystal cores also meant that the effectiveness of the gun would be greatly reduced.
A moment later, Lu Weiyi took out a handful of A-level and S-level crystal cores from the space. Zhuang Mingxu knew the origin of these things at a glance - so many psychics had died in the small town, it was impossible for Lu Weiyi to leave behind the crystal cores, whether they belonged to his teammates or opponents.
He frowned, and then heard Lu Weiyi handing it to the crowd, saying, "Use it on weapons, don't absorb it."
For fear of alarming those inside, Lu Weiyi lowered his voice to a very low level, almost in a whisper, but his eyes swept over everyone with a serious look, "Otherwise, if something happens, no one can save you."
The team is made up of people who have experienced life and death, not to mention that they are dealing with a base like Panshui Base that treats people with special abilities as prey, so they can naturally identify the origins of these crystal cores quickly.
"Don't worry, Base Commander, we are not the kind of people who lose their sense of propriety," Zhong Ye was the first to express his opinion.
Lu Weiyi would rather waste his own supernatural powers than use these crystal cores. It was obvious that he had other concerns, and everyone present could see it clearly.
After some assurances, everyone quietly separated from their original positions, and Lu Weiyi led the team directly towards the glass containers.
Zhuang Mingxu looked around warily, and kept looking at the instruments next to the vessels with a look of great interest.
"Take one?" Lu Weiyi asked silently.
Zhuang Mingxu shook his head. He was not sure whether the various instruments were connected. If he charged one, it would alert everyone and it would not be cost-effective.
After passing through five rows of utensils, they finally heard low voices coming from the front. All the team members became more careful and quickened their pace.
After passing through the last two levels, the scene ahead appeared in sight.
It was a place that looked like a control room, with various instruments distributed in a semicircle about two meters long. A man in a white coat and glasses was operating the instruments. Next to him on an operating bed was Wu Yue, whom they were looking for.
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