Chapter 729 Little Orchid
The place where Lu Weiyi took them to hunt zombies was not far from the Nanzuo base. Both the mutant snakes and the mutant peacocks were very fast. At noon the next day, they saw the city wall of the Nanzuo base from afar.
It was still as crowded as before, with mutant crows circling in the sky, waiting for an opportunity to attack at any time, and there didn't seem to be many fewer zombies on the ground.
"Are they in there?" Lu Weiyi looked at the zombies whose number had not decreased much and was a little worried, "No..."
He didn't say the rest of the words, but Zhuang Mingxu had already understood, "Not really, at least Wu Yue is with them, and you have already killed all the threatening zombies here."
Zhuang Mingxu could not stand on the mutant snake's head like Lu Weiyi and rely on his supernatural powers to be unaffected by movement. The mutant snake's smooth scales made it unstable to stand up, so he needed to rely on Lu Weiyi firmly. Looking around at this time, he could only see a dark flock of birds and zombies rushing towards them.
The phoenix and mutant peacock in the air acted decisively, picking up the mutant crow crystal cores one by one. As the mutant crow fell to the ground with its eyes open, one crystal core was put into the schoolbag hanging around its neck.
“Ga ga ga——”
The phoenix roared twice and flew towards the city first.
"It said they are in the city." Before Sun Cheng came here, it was the Phoenix that hid and sent him here. It watched the team reunite safely before returning. Now it flew directly to where they were resting, and from time to time it turned back and called out to them, signaling to follow.
"Let's not clean up the crystal cores here for now, let's go in and take a look at the situation." As Zhuang Mingxu finished his words, he tried hard to kill the zombies and offer the mutant plants with crystal cores. Several roots of the plants froze, and he didn't know whether he should continue to give away the crystal cores wrapped on the small leaves.
It was Zhuang Mingxu who understood its weak and embarrassing situation and collected all the crystal cores. Lu Weiyi patted the mutant snake's head, and the sturdy snake raised its upper body high, more than three meters higher than the surrounding zombies. It slid quickly and took them through the zombies and rushed towards the city.
The mutated plants in the zombie group were like marching octopuses, using their roots and stems, staggering behind the mutated snakes.
Not long after they entered the city, they saw the Phoenix and the mutant peacock resting on the roof of a small building that had obviously been renovated. The sealed building looked like a bunker, and only through a few miniature windows could they vaguely see the people on guard.
The temporary courtyard wall was built about five meters high, and the mutant snake straightened up a section, allowing Lu Weiyi to see the situation in the courtyard.
Wu Yue led Zhou He and his group to be on high alert. Some of them were wary of the mutant peacock that was pecking at its feathers on the roof, while others were staring at the mutant giant snake in front of them. It was not until they saw the two people on the mutant snake's head that Wu Yue breathed a sigh of relief, while the others were already excited.
"It's the base commander!"
"The base commander is here. The base commander has subdued the mutant snake, and he is coming here stepping on it."
"That's amazing. How high of a level must such a big mutant snake be?"
"No matter how high his rank is, it's still not as high as our base commander's."
"Hello, Base Commander!"
The earth-type mutant directly opened a door on the wall. Seeing the mutant snake bend down obediently and let the two people above it come down, he felt excited and awed.
Many people who wanted to get closer to take a look at the mutant snake were scared away by its inorganic eyes. They could only utter harsh words and turn around to welcome Lu Weiyi and the other person in.
The mutant snake paid no attention to their attitude and coiled itself around the entire building before lying down to rest.
"How did you get in?" Wu Yue was sure that the mutant snake would not show any aggressive behavior, so he closed the open door again.
"I've finished my work, and came to see you guys." Zhuang Mingxu saw that he was in good condition and asked about the team's upgrade status.
"It's almost the finishing touch," Zhou He said excitedly, looking at Lu Weiyi, "Base Commander, do we have any purified crystal cores? The higher the level of the zombies, the dirtier the crystal cores look. I usually don't dare to absorb them, let alone absorb a lot when upgrading."
"There are still some." Zhuang Mingxu brought a purification instrument when he came, but it could only do so much. Although it was put back into use after Lu Weiyi woke up, what it purified was still not enough to support everyone's upgrade. "We can use the crystal cores of mutant animals."
"We have run out of mutant mice," Qu Zhu said, pushing Zhou He who was standing in front of him away. He kept staring at a plant climbing up the wall, "Base Commander, is this the mutant plant you collected? Why does it look so..."
Qu Zhu saw the zombie crystal cores hanging on the stems and leaves of the orchid, and the memory of him trying to pass it through the branches was so vivid that Zhou He on the side recalled, "Isn't this the mutant orchid in our base?"
"I was wondering why it looked so familiar, it's Little Orchid." Qu Zhu also recognized the other party. He stepped forward enthusiastically to take the crystal core handed over by it, waved away the person who was about to attack it, and moved closer to communicate something.
Zhuang Mingxu recognized it only after seeing it looking so pitiful and giving the crystal core. After all, it was very different from the previous plant with only one stem and leaf and a well-developed root system. He had not recognized it after all this time.
Seeing that Lu Weiyi didn't know what was going on, she pulled him into the house and roughly explained the situation at that time, "Taotao brought them back on the one hand to protect your physical safety and to prevent you from being taken advantage of by earth-type mutants when we are not aware of it. On the other hand, we also hope that they can serve as a line of defense for the base."
"Then when the mutant snakes attacked, they ran away." Lu Weiyi always grasps the key points.
Zhuang Mingxu, on the other hand, took it very easy. "We were all in a difficult situation at that time, and they stayed behind just to replenish our food. Besides, if it hadn't been for their help in the battle, I might have been buried underground, and I wouldn't have been able to get your body out."
"It's human nature, don't worry about it," Zhuang Mingxu comforted him. Seeing that the walls of the house were nearly a meter thick, he changed the subject, "Are you guys going to fight the zombies here head-on?"
"Yes, the old method, attract the zombies here, and then some people take action," Zhou He pointed to Sun Cheng who walked out of the basement, "There is a passage underneath that leads directly to the outside of the city, which can be used as a retreat."
"How's it going?".
"Five A-level ones have been successfully upgraded, but the rest are still not up to par, mainly because we don't have enough crystal cores," Zhou He said, handing a handful of zombie crystal cores to Lu Weiyi. There were crystal cores of various types in it. Unlike the translucent ones they usually see, these looked more gray, and the impurities inside could already be seen. "Did I forget that our previous high-level zombie crystal cores looked like this?"
"I don't dare to let everyone use this, and the effect of the low-level one is limited. I was discussing with Wu Yue this morning whether we should go back or just treat it as hunting zombies and not upgrade it for the time being."
"It's all like this." Zhuang Mingxu had come into contact with countless S-level zombie crystal cores, so he could tell at a glance, "Most of the high-level crystal cores are kept for you to upgrade after purification. The ones circulating in the base are also primary crystal cores. It's normal that you are not familiar with them. Have you used up the crystal cores of the mutant rats before?"
"It's over".
Lu Weiyi's space does have some high-level mutant animal crystal cores, all of which were captured by the mutant peacocks and mutant snakes in the past two days, but Zhuang Mingxu selfishly wants to keep them for Lu Weiyi's own use. Their current purification cannot keep up with the consumption, and they still need him to use his supernatural powers at the critical moment, so he cannot be left with any shortage.
"Then you guys just hunt the zombies first, and stop when you all feel that your superpowers are about to come. The purified crystal cores are in short supply, so we can only take it slow." Zhuang Mingxu made the decision without asking Lu Weiyi's opinion.
Although Zhou He was somewhat disappointed that he could not upgrade immediately, he thought that it might be soon, so he immediately readjusted his battle plan.
Qu Zhu, who had just returned from outside, was eager to try, "Base Commander, Base Commander, look at this little orchid..."
"Don't be shameless, you already have one." Wang Bao, who was following closely behind him, quickly grabbed his neck from behind and stopped him from continuing speaking. He looked at Lu Weiyi expectantly and asked suggestively, "Base commander, is this mutant plant ownerless? I'm an S-level wood-type mutant, and all I need is a plant to assist in the attack."
"Get lost, there's no shortage of mutant plants in the wood system."
"That's right, you are even more shameless than Lao Qu."
As soon as Wang Bao finished speaking, several wood-type ability users who followed him spoke at the same time, pushing and shoving Wang Bao and Qu Zhu to the outside. They all looked at Lu Weiyi, but no one dared to speak.
"If you want that plant, figure it out among yourselves," Lu Weiyi told them directly. He couldn't be responsible for feeding weapons to people's mouths. What's worrying is not the lack of it but the uneven distribution of it. If he makes the decision, it is likely to cause dissatisfaction among others.
"You guys go and discuss it. Accept defeat and don't cause any trouble for me." Zhou He's warning voice rang out after several people thanked him cheerfully.
After asking a few questions about the progress here, Zhuang Mingxu asked Zhou He and Wu Yue to go about their business, "You haven't had time to rest these two days, let's go get some sleep."
"Let them take action?" Zhou He pointed at the mutant snakes and mutant peacocks outside.
"No……"
"Okay." Zhuang Mingxu and Lu Weiyi gave two completely opposite answers, causing Zhou He and Wu Yue to glance at the two of them for a moment, silently asking who to listen to.
"Go ahead, watch the high-level mutant animals take action, and be mentally prepared. After we go back, we will specifically train humans in pure physical combat between animals." Lu Weiyi said, and after communicating with the two in the room, he heard the voice of a patrol soldier outside the door anxiously reporting that the two mutant animals had left.
"Then I'll go take a look." Zhou He pointed to an empty room and asked them to rest, then he followed Wu Yue and ran out in a hurry.
When he returned to the room and just lay down, before he fell asleep, a small explosion was heard from the base. What startled Lu Weiyi was the sudden change in the surrounding energy.
He suddenly sat up from the bed, and his mental power was quickly spread out. He saw that the mutant giant snake, which had absorbed the spirit of the crystal core, was now broken into two parts. Both its head and body were rolling violently, crushing countless ruined buildings and countless zombies.
"The mutant snake...is dead!"
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