Chapter 716: Xinghai Base
The difference is that some people choose to fight, while others choose to escape by creating underground tunnels.
However, what awaits them is that no matter which direction they open a channel, there will be moments when they will encounter obstacles.
It was not until the underground space was completely hollowed out and they looked at each other in confusion that they suddenly realized that there was no possibility of leaving the entire base.
Crying, cursing and asking for help, accompanied by screams and howling, spread throughout the base. The depressed base became more lively than ever before. Blood was scattered all over the ground. In the eyes of these people, everyone except themselves was the enemy. They used their superpowers aimlessly, killing other superpower users indiscriminately, and likewise, they were killed by others.
The so-called purgatory on earth is nothing more than this.
Even though this suggestion was made by Wu Yue, he was still a little frightened when he saw this scene. He didn't know whether what he did was right or wrong. The ten people who originally belonged to the Panshui base even breathed much more quietly.
They secretly looked at Lu Weiyi and found that his expression did not change at all, as if everything in front of him was nothing to him.
This makes them wonder whether they should be glad that they are not one of these people, or worry about the future.
This was a struggle whose outcome was predetermined. From the moment they fought alone without any help or opponents, their failure was doomed.
The people in the outer city were quickly cleared out, and zombies and mutant wolves began to move towards the central area from different directions.
The people in the central area felt something was wrong when they saw the once strongest psychic return and leave in a hurry. They were waiting to see the situation, but now they realized that they couldn't even leave. What else was unclear?
With the previous experience in the outer city as a lesson, they did not attack each other, but there was absolutely no trust in each other.
While hunting zombies and mutant animals, some people began to inquire about the whereabouts of Lu Weiyi and his group. After discovering that they were watching openly, they all ran towards them.
At first, he attacked arrogantly, then begged for mercy when it failed. After being ignored, he focused on hunting zombies and mutant animals.
With the combined efforts of many S-level psychics, the number of both zombies and mutated animals has been drastically reduced.
"Do you want to continue?" Wu Yue was ready to attract the zombies again.
“How many people are there?”
"More than three hundred," Zhao Gang roughly estimated.
Someone holding an energy detector added, "They are all S-level psychics."
It sounds terrifying. Before winter, the number of S-level bases in all the country combined may not be as many as here.
"Their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated. S-level is a watershed between inside and outside the base. Once they reach this level, the material enjoyment and the feeling of being high above and deciding other people's life and death will make them naturally begin to cherish their lives," Zhao Gang said.
"To put it bluntly, the people in the outer city are just a group of free-range food. Such a living environment makes them afraid of death, but their desire to live is not too strong. However, it is different in the inner city. Those who struggle to climb up are people who want to survive desperately. They will be cautious when they take action. When faced with such an attack, they will think about struggling instead of accepting their fate."
His evaluation was very pertinent. Not long after, all the zombies and mutant wolves in the city were eliminated. These people who regarded each other as prey were probably so united for the first time. They turned their targets on Lu Weiyi and his group.
"Wang Bing, Hua Rui, what do you want to do?" someone asked.
The two stood behind Lu Weiyi silently without answering.
"Otherwise, take them away." Lu Weiyi looked at Zhao Gang, "Go and ask them if they are willing to join you."
"Take them with you?" Wu Yue frowned and asked when he saw that more than half of the people in the crowd had signs of stiffness on their bodies.
"Yes, didn't Zhuang Mingxu want to set up a suicide squad? It's just right to let them take over. We need crystal cores. Let them clean up the surrounding bases in the next few days." Lu Weiyi said casually, "If you can survive, you can return to the base with us. If you can't survive."
Lu Weiyi thought about it and commented, "That is their blessing."
Compared to people like Hua Rui who have relatives to worry about and can only work endlessly to survive, being able to die directly is actually a blessing.
"Do you think they would?"
"Are there any prisoners who are willing?" Lu Weiyi asked back.
"..."Wu Yue.
He felt speechless.
Since he said so, Wu Yue naturally had no intention of objecting and reminded him, "Make sure you can control so many people."
"Okay," Lu Weiyi said.
Over there, Zhao Gang, Wang Bing and others have already started negotiations with the other party.
"Follow him and risk your life?" After hearing what they said, someone looked in Lu Weiyi's direction and asked, "Why?"
"For no reason." Wang Bing looked very kind, the kind of passerby who would not stand out in a crowd. There was no aggression in his words, he was just stating a fact, "You only have two choices, die now or go and work hard and wait to die."
"Are you all like this?" Someone pointed at the ten people following them and asked. After Wang Bing nodded, he asked again, "What about the rest of the people?"
"If someone resists... you should know what will happen to those people," Wang Bing said tactfully, and asked about their choice.
"Where's Luo Qi?"
After this question was asked, Wang Bing and his companions fell silent for a moment, and their faces turned grim.
"He won't be killed, will he?"
"He is still alive," Zhao Gang said. Looking at these people who were neither human nor ghost, he recounted how Luo Qi and Bai Lu controlled the two bases in the palm of their hands. Finally, he concluded, "We are all just his pawns. After becoming high-level, we will provide energy to the Mountain God Base. There is a mutant of the same level who has been "enlightened"."
There was silence all around. Those who were desperately trying to climb up found it hard to accept the fact that they had been deceived and schemed against by their fate from the beginning to the end.
"We have witnessed with our own eyes many people who exploded due to failed upgrades appearing at the Panshui base. Most of them are already dead and are still being controlled by Luo Qi," said an honest man among the five people who joined later, and he started crying first.
He held his head and sobbed, "Everyone has been deceived by them. We who eat the flesh and blood and crystal cores of the mutants to upgrade will not live long. People who are enlightened by them will not live long either. We are all his pawns, without exception."
A middle-aged man covered his face and cried bitterly, and he was heard murmuring why life was so difficult.
No one laughed at him, and no one tried to comfort him. They embarked on another path, and the fate of this path was waiting for them.
"Make your choice. Those who don't want to can end it their own lives." It was almost afternoon since the morning. Zhao Gang did not give the children much time to think and urged them.
There were those who knew what was happening, and naturally there were also those who still wanted to struggle. After a strong suppression, only 238 people were left alive.
It was confirmed that family members who had not been exposed to human flesh could enter Yueban Bay to live, and someone immediately brought the hidden family members out.
Looking at the group of people who are exceptionally well protected by them, and contrasting them with their own hideous appearance, one feels more and more the helplessness and injustice of this world.
It would definitely not be safe to take so many people directly back to the Mountain God Base. Lu Weiyi was also worried. After thinking about it, he said to Wu Yue, "I will take them directly to the Xinghai Base. After you go back, let Zhuang Mingxu take people to clean up this place."
After all, in a place where tens of thousands of people have lived, there may be some relics left that can be used by them.
"Also..." Lu Weiyi stepped forward and lowered his voice, "Go back and ask the professionals if there is any way to detect what infectious diseases they have. I would like to conduct a screening later."
Considering the situation of the little girl before, Lu Weiyi felt that this was very necessary.
"Are you leading them alone?" Wu Yue looked at the hundreds of people with ferocious faces, feeling uneasy.
"It's okay," Lu Weiyi said, "I will deal with the Xinghai Base in three days at most."
He looked at Yun Bai and his group and said, "Tell your captains to get ready and wait for me to come back and take you out."
"Yes!" Yun Bai responded loudly, and then he opened his palm to reveal two golden crystal cores. "Base Commander, these are the two metal crystal cores we just got. Can you give them to me for free?"
"Go back and register with Zhou He." Lu Weiyi didn't mind. After all, it was easier for them to upgrade crystal cores with the same attributes.
"Thank you, Base Commander." Yun Bai excitedly went to the side to absorb it.
Wu Yue ordered his men to collect all the crystal cores from the dead zombies, mutant animals, and people with special abilities and handed them over to Lu Weiyi, "Take them all for emergency use."
It is no problem for him to suppress a psychic two levels lower than him, but he is worried that he will run out of supernatural powers.
Wu Yue couldn't leave, so he could only bring him as many crystal cores as possible.
"Okay," Lu Weiyi said without hesitation. He took out a space jade stone which looked quite large and stuffed it into Wu Yue's hand. "I said I would give it to you yesterday, but I forgot. Now take it."
Wu Yue raised his eyebrows and was equally rude.
Zhao Gang led everyone from the Panshui base and followed Lu Weiyi towards the destroyed Xinghai base. Their family members stayed behind to clean up the mess. Wu Yue turned around and asked Qu Zhu to take people to notify Zhuang Mingxu to send someone to take over the things here. They divided the work and cooperated, and everything was in order.
Lu Weiyi did not go with them, but directly pointed out the address and meeting time, and said, "Those who don't arrive on time, I will consider you as having run away."
"As for the consequences of escaping, I think you may not want to see it."
After handing the person over to Zhao Gang, Lu Weiyi disappeared first.
Zhao Gang reminded them not to have any extra thoughts and left. The people left behind seemed to be completely ignored. The smart ones immediately followed Zhao Gang, while those who were too smart thought that they had reached a turning point in their fate, but unexpectedly it turned out to be their Waterloo.
By the time they gathered, the total number had been reduced to two hundred and twenty-nine.
Xinghai Base was the second base destroyed after Nanzuo Base. The situation here is completely different from that of Nanzuo Base.
The expected zombie hall did not appear, and this place has completely become a nest of mutant rats.
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