Chapter 713 Panshui Destiny
Wu Yue's whole body stiffened for a moment, although he still didn't look up.
Zhuang Mingxu did not realize the fundamental difference of opinion between the two. Instead, he waited with interest for the two to come up with a result - after all, as a leader, it is only when the people below hold different opinions that he can better control and manage.
On the contrary, Lu Weiyi on the side immediately understood Wu Yue's mentality. As a bystander, he could judge others without hesitation for having no moral bottom line. However, when he became one of them, his perspective would become different.
Wu Yue is a man with a gentle heart and strong determination. He can make the right choice at critical moments, but he will also be unable to sleep or eat if the choice touches his bottom line.
Zhou He was still waiting for Wu Yue's answer when Lu Weiyi interrupted and asked Zhuang Mingxu, "What do you think?"
"I think..." Zhuang Mingxu touched his chin, "Nowadays, the number of people who can survive is decreasing dramatically every year. It would definitely be better if we could keep them. Even if they just work until they die, it is more valuable than simply letting them die like this."
"We can't take so many people back to the base, right?" Zhou He said, and suddenly turned his head to look at Lu Weiyi, "We don't know how we are going to get back to the base yet? Do you have any plans?"
Lu Weiyi shook his head. Even if he took out the space plane and the helicopter, they couldn't carry so many people. Moreover, he was not sure about the situation of the mutated birds outside and whether they were suitable for high-altitude flight.
"To put it bluntly, the Laoshan area protected us and also isolated us here. We have no idea what is happening outside throughout the winter." They didn't even know what situations they might encounter on their way back, let alone bringing so many people.
"The two bases together have nearly 10,000 people. If we go by land..." Zhou He took a breath of cold air, especially when he thought that these people were out of control and who knows what kind of trouble might happen on the way. "This will only make things more difficult for us."
"Are we going to artificially create a mass grave?" Wu Yue's face was calm, but his hands tightened unconsciously.
Lu Weiyi suddenly realized that he might not only be concerned about the fate of these people, but was also secretly considering himself who had a similar fate to them, and trying to figure out what situation he might face after his companions knew about it.
This made him feel that he should be more careful about this matter.
Zhou He's attitude remained firm, Wu Yue fell silent, and Zhuang Mingxu was unusually ambiguous. Seeing that the agreed time had come and they had not yet come up with a plan, Lu Weiyi stood up to make the final decision, "Let's go and take a look at the situation over there before making a decision."
"Wu Yue and I will take a few people over there. Zhou He, you stay here and keep an eye on the rest of the people," said Lu Weiyi.
"I'll go, Wu Yue stays." Zhou He still remembered the loss he suffered at Panshui base last time. Especially since Zhao Lei hadn't woken up yet, he and Hua Rui and the others were full of hostility when they saw him.
"Wu Yue's level is higher, so he's more suitable to go there." Lu Weiyi's reason was so straightforward that Zhou He couldn't refute it. He muttered, "I'm about to be promoted too," and did not refute.
"I want to go with you?" This time, Zhuang Mingxu did not force Lu Weiyi to stay or leave, but asked for his opinion.
"You stay here. Don't you want to study the things in their laboratory? Take some people to clean it up, and give those half-dead people a ride." Lu Weiyi saw Zhao Gang walking towards the gate, and he stood up and stretched. "Also, you and Zhou He should check out the cities with zombies around. After we deal with the Panshui base, we need to hunt some zombies first to replenish our crystal core reserves."
"I like this." Zhou He immediately became excited. He, a grown man, looked at Lu Weiyi eagerly, "Base Commander, I have been owed my salary for a whole winter."
Lu Weiyi was stunned, and Zhuang Mingxu was helpless. "The plan is that everyone should go out to hunt mutant animals in winter for supply. I didn't bring much from the base. Who knows..."
The hurricane was so fierce throughout the winter that they couldn't even get out of the ground. All of their superpowers had to be restored by themselves without any external supplements. Otherwise, according to Zhou He's abilities, he should have been upgraded long ago.
"I'll supply you later," Lu Weiyi said, stepping forward and pressing Zhou He's forehead, "You should also prepare and try to upgrade before leaving."
When Zhou He heard this, he knew that the high-level crystal core he needed for the upgrade was secured, and he immediately smiled and said, "Thank you, Base Commander."
After saying that, he touched the back of his head with an embarrassed look, "There are two bastards in our team who are not much different from me in rank, base commander, what do you think?"
"Let's wait and see. Everyone should try to raise the level to make it safer on the road."
Zhou He made a pretentious fist-raising gesture and turned around to share the good news with his teammates.
Wu Yue looked at his leaving figure, with envy between his brows. It was the look of longing that a person in darkness would have when seeing the sunshine. When Wu Yue saw it, Lu Weiyi felt even more uncomfortable.
"Captain Lu, when are we setting off?" Zhao Gang asked.
"Tell them to gather and leave in ten minutes," Lu Weiyi said to Wu Yue, "and ask a few teammates to go with us."
Watching the two of them leave together, Lu Weiyi asked Zhuang Mingxu in confusion, "If I had used the psychic's crystal core to upgrade, would you blame me after you knew about it?"
"No," Zhuang Mingxu said without thinking, and his casual attitude also showed that this was not a big deal in his eyes.
"I don't think there's anything wrong with this," Lu Weiyi said to himself, so he didn't understand Wu Yue's dilemma.
Gu Sheng’s crystal core is still stored in his space. The reason why he didn’t use it when he was running out of energy before was because he knew that this thing had side effects, otherwise he would never hesitate.
This was also the reason why he could see Wu Yue’s hesitation but could not empathize with him.
"I'll put Qi Le and Bai Lu into the space. I'm worried about leaving them here." Lu Weiyi picked a jade space, loaded a few weapons into it and gave them to Zhuang Mingxu, forcing him to use them.
"Okay, knock them out and lock them up," Zhuang Mingxu agreed with his approach. At the same time, he thought of Sun Cheng and the others. "I forgot to send them something. Are they okay?"
"Only Sun Cheng and a few others woke up, the rest are still in a coma." Lu Weiyi didn't have time to pay attention to them. He only left a message for Sun Cheng, telling them that it was safe nearby and asking them not to try to go out and to save people themselves.
After reading it, Sun Cheng really didn't hesitate at all. He turned around and began to examine the unconscious injured person.
"What happened to those people who were swallowed by the underground before?" Lu Weiyi thought of Wang Bao and the other two.
"Wang Bao has woken up, and the other two are alive. It seems that there can be a certain level of oxygen provided there, so they won't die." Zhuang Mingxu sent him out and briefly explained the situation. "I asked Qi Le, and he said that the medicinal properties will be slowly excreted through metabolism, so we just need to wait for a while."
"That means those controlled 'dead people' will also 'wake up'," Lu Weiyi said, and planned to go back and deal with those people.
"Don't do that yet. I've put energy controllers on them and they're all under control," Zhuang Mingxu hurriedly stopped them. "To be honest, I feel Qi Le is not safe, so I plan to keep them and take them back to see."
"..."Lu Weiyi.
"Did you bring too many local specialties?" Lu Weiyi was speechless.
"There's nothing I can do about it, it's just strange." Zhuang Mingxu didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
"You should pay more attention. If anything happens, let Fangtang and others help." The problems with the families of several people have not been resolved yet, and now is the time to sell well.
"Okay, be careful." While he was speaking, Wu Yue and Zhao Gang had gathered all the people together, waiting for Lu Weiyi to set off. Zhuang Mingxu did not waste any more time, gave a few instructions, and sent the twenty or so people away.
There were a total of thirty people going to Panshui Base. Zhou He did not come, but he sent Qu Zhuyun, Bai Guanwei and others from the team over. Lu Weiyi was so angry that he laughed when he saw this lineup.
"We are the highest level, base commander, we can definitely help," Yun Bai said with a grin.
Wu Yue shook his head helplessly and reminded, "We have important things to do, don't look for trouble, or you will get punished."
Qu Zhu immediately put his hand on Guan Wei's shoulder and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Captain Wu, I'm holding the dog leash and I won't cause any trouble."
"What do you mean by causing trouble? I'm going to solve trouble, okay?" Yun Bai said, looking meaningfully at the people in Zhao Gang's team.
Hua Rui and Wang Bing had long stopped caring about these things. Only Wang Xi was agitated and wanted to confront Zhao Gang, but was stopped by Zhao Gang's quick eyes and hands.
"Okay, it's time to go," Lu Weiyi ignored their little movements, "You are all high-level psychics, everyone should move forward with your psychic powers, and collect as many crystal cores as possible along the way. Gather at this location at the entrance of Panshui base in two hours."
"Zhao Gang will take his two teams, Guan Wei and Yun Bai will take the rest of the people, and Wu Yue and I will act alone," Lu Weiyi said, and seeing that everyone had no objection, he set off quickly.
He waited until the two teams had left before he calmly said to Wu Yue, "Zhuang Mingxu said that there might be more zombies in the two cities southwest of the Panshui base. Should we go check it out?"
"Is it the original Nanzuo base?" Wu Yue thought about it and immediately figured out the location.
"Yes, it is said that there should be no living people there. In a place without the attraction of flesh and blood, the zombies will be like the small town before, losing their bloodthirstiness and becoming sluggish, and there will be fewer and fewer high-level ones."
"Compared to looking for high-level mutant animals, zombies might be more suitable. Let's go and scout out the high-level ones, and later use them as a training ground for Zhou He and the others to improve their superpowers," said Lu Weiyi.
"No problem." Wu Yue moved his shoulders and arms, making crackling sounds. "I haven't fought zombies in a long time."
Lu Weiyi made a bowing gesture, as if to rely on you, which made Wu Yue laugh.
"I feel like you've changed a lot," Wu Yue commented, looking at Zhuang Mingxu who was walking back after talking to Zhou He, "The way you get along with each other has changed a lot, too."
"Maybe..." Lu Weiyi pinched his chin and thought for a moment, then said seriously, "Grown up?"
After saying that, they both laughed at the same time.
Two people of high rank were running in the woods, like a gust of wind passing by, and there seemed to be an invisible air current lifting their feet, giving people a feeling of floating and soaring.
At the beginning, they would be hit and tripped by trees and weeds in the forest because they were unskilled. After they became proficient, they could even do a somersault in the air. The difference between them and ordinary people became more and more obvious.
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