Chapter 746: Past of the Base
The surroundings were quiet and pitch black, and only the sound of water dripping in could be heard from time to time. The road under their feet was still muddy, and the clattering of their footsteps proved each other's existence.
Cheng Chuan didn't wait for Lu Weiyi to speak again before talking about the current situation of their base.
"The reason they united was most likely for interests. When the Kyoto base was besieged by zombies, our base was the one that benefited the most. The high-level crystal cores we obtained alone made all the teams jealous. It is said that they secretly set up many obstacles." Cheng Chuan's class did not know much about the specific circumstances of the matter, only some superficial situations and rumors that had been spread.
"Later, SS-level psychics appeared in our base one after another, which caused a certain degree of deterrence to them. Originally, no one dared to mention it, but as a result... the magnetic field changed."
Cheng Chuan sighed, not knowing whether to blame the base for being too excellent or human greed. "I'm not sure what happened specifically, but when the magnetic field changes haven't been fully exposed, our base has already been taking a series of incomprehensible measures."
"Later, a volcanic eruption and a tsunami followed, submerging the two islands in our base. It was said that there were no casualties. Then winter came, and the base leaders took advantage of the low temperature and asked all the people in the base to live underground. This action affected the magnetic field changes in various bases, but nothing happened to the people in our base."
"After this series of coincidences came out, word began to spread that our base had long predicted the occurrence and consequences of these events, but did not share the news regardless of the lives of humans..."
Lu Weiyi, who had never turned around, couldn't help but look back when he heard him say this, with an undisguised sneer in his eyes.
"They said that our base has something that simulates a magnetic field, and this is the reason why the people in our base are the least affected. At the beginning, they asked us to hand it over under the banner of humanity's survival, but now..." Cheng Chuan gritted his teeth, "They have changed to open robbery."
"Do we have it?" Lu Weiyi asked.
"...there is an artificial magnetic field, and the technology has been donated to various bases for free," said Cheng Chuan.
Lu Weiyi nodded and pondered for a while, but still didn't understand, "What effect does the magnetic field have on humans?"
"You don't know?" Cheng Chuan was surprised, "Are you all right over there?"
After Cheng Chuan asked, he seemed to remember something and said to himself, "I forgot. You guys are all people with superpowers, so their performance may not be obvious."
"For humans, the most obvious changes are physical. It is said that 20 to 30 percent of ordinary people in the base died throughout the winter. The bodies of low-level psychics also underwent changes, similar to what we said about radiation before the end of the world."
"Many people's body organs have changed, and some diseases that were untreatable before the end of the world have broken out on a large scale, including cancer, blood disease, and countless others."
"A solar storm occurred some time ago, and many creatures exposed on the ground died. After that, various bases began to announce that the radiation on the surface had increased, and they all built cities underground."
"No wonder I haven't seen a single living person in the base in such a long time," said Lu Weiyi.
"You came out at a very coincidental time. Apart from the abnormal rainfall during this period, we didn't encounter any major disasters." Cheng Chuan said with a wry smile. "Before winter came, the base was worried that the crystal core would be attacked by other bases. As a result, throughout the winter, we encountered a series of natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and tornadoes..."
"..." Lu Weiyi felt it was not easy just by listening to it, and his eyes looking at Cheng Chuan were unconsciously filled with pity.
However, so many natural disasters have failed to stop humans from killing each other, and they deserve to be extinct.
"I've been out for so long, but I don't seem to feel any changes?" Lu Weiyi asked uncertainly after carefully sensing his physical condition.
"The higher the level, the smaller the impact." Cheng Chuan looked at him with envy, his eyes full of white benevolence actually showing sadness. Lu Weiyi reacted for a while and remembered that Xia Qiao beside him seemed to be an ordinary person.
"There is basically no impact on A-level psychics. It's just that after seeing those tragic deaths, everyone is very scared, so they continue to live underground." This also made everyone want to upgrade as soon as possible, and Yuebanwan, who held on to the purification crystal core tightly, naturally became the target of everyone's joint attack.
"In short, it's all about interests," Lu Weiyi concluded, "What about my uncle? Is he okay?"
"It should be fine. We've been at the Kyoto base and haven't heard of anything happening."
Hearing this, it was clear that he didn't know much, so Lu Weiyi turned to ask what was going on with Qin Nian.
"Recently, people from their various bases have been arguing with us. In addition, there are tsunamis from time to time, and the base defense is not perfect. Mutated amphibious creatures attack the island from time to time, and I don't know when the zombies also mixed in." Cheng Chuan said here, hesitated, and looked at Lu Weiyi.
"What's wrong?" Lu Weiyi asked.
"There's a rumor recently... that the Zombie King is..."
"Hmm?" Lu Weiyi had a bad feeling.
"The Zombie King is the partner that Captain Zhuang has been looking for."
Lu Weiyi didn't know how to react. Fortunately, he needed to enter the hidden passage at this time. He hid his emotions while looking for the hidden door. He heard Cheng Chuan say, "This has also become an excuse for the Anti-Zombie Alliance to attack us. They want us to hand over that person's parents."
"Our base commander disagreed, using the excuse that they had no evidence to distinguish between humans and zombies. This was because the zombie that had previously led the zombie army to attack many cities. This was unacceptable to some people in the base, and disagreements arose within the base."
Seeing Lu Weiyi raised his eyebrows, Cheng Chuan immediately said, "It is said that part of the reason is because... tsunamis frequently occur at the base, and some people suggested relocating the base, but the top management disagreed."
"Um?"
"The base has been unable to contact you, especially since the magnetic field has changed. We are worried that after you move, you won't be able to find them when you come back."
Lu Weiyi felt happy and sad at the same time. There were people there who firmly believed that he would wake up and come back, so they were waiting for him here.
As they were not able to force everyone to shut up, they had to endure a tremendous amount of pressure to make this decision.
Lu Weiyi sneered, "Since when did the decisions made by the top leaders of the base have to take into account the opinions of the people?"
As a civilian, Cheng Chuan felt that these words sounded unfriendly, but he could also understand Lu Weiyi. After all, when the identity of the Zombie King was revealed, it was learned that the other party had offered a high reward for several years to find him, and there was a lot of regret inside the base for a while.
It's a pity that no matter how much regret one feels, it will seem insignificant when it comes to oneself. When facing the targeting of all bases, everyone hopes to keep things peaceful, especially when natural disasters continue. More people can only see the immediate benefits and are unwilling to endure man-made disasters. They just want to compromise as much as possible.
"So, there is no internal unity in our base now?" Lu Weiyi asked.
"It cannot be said to be disunity, there are just differences." Cheng Chuan changed the statement to one that is more acceptable to others.
However, this did not affect Lu Weiyi's understanding at all. He stopped immediately and considered whether he should do something else to wait and see if there were any bad apples in their base.
At this moment, the island beneath his feet shook suddenly, and Lu Weiyi slipped. Cheng Chuan quickly grabbed the wall and pulled him up to prevent him from falling.
"What's wrong?"
"It must be another tsunami."
This made him lose the intention to stop, so he took a few quick steps with his men and stood on a high platform. Suddenly, he pushed to the side, and a door disguised as a wall was pushed open, revealing the upward stairs inside.
"We're here, let's go up."
After walking up for hundreds of meters, the steps under their feet became dry, until a decent door appeared. When Lu Weiyi opened it, it revealed a mess of things piled up outside, which looked like an abandoned warehouse.
"Where is this?" Cheng Chuan didn't recognize it at first.
"Orphanage" Lu Weiyi gave an answer that was beyond his expectations. He originally thought that such a place should be under the government, or directly under Nakajima. He didn't expect it to be in an orphanage.
But if you think about it, it is not surprising. This is the retreat route left behind. If such a day really comes, the orphanage will naturally be the first place to evacuate.
The surroundings were silent except for the sound of raindrops in the yard. Lu Weiyi walked all the way to the porch but didn't see anyone. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Cheng Chuan.
"After the radiation outbreak, everyone lived in underground air-raid shelters and usually did not come to the surface," Cheng Chuan explained.
Lu Weiyi nodded, extended his mental power, and saw the pedestrians hurrying back and forth on the street outside.
"Cover up." He took out two raincoats from the space and handed one to Cheng Chuan. He changed into another one for himself and jumped out of the locked door with his men.
People were coming and going on the familiar streets in a hurry. Some were holding umbrellas, some were walking in the rain. The same thing was that everyone was jogging, which made Lu Weiyi and Cheng Chuan look a little out of place.
"Stop, which team are you from?" Someone in the front looked over vigilantly, pointed at the two people and asked.
"From the second team of the base army," Lu Weiyi answered frankly and even smiled at Xu Chu who asked the question. Xu Chu's eyes were blank for a moment and he pointed to the front and said, "Your captain is over there, go there quickly and don't stay here."
"Okay, Sheriff," Lu Weiyi said and walked in the direction he pointed.
"Are these two people under Li Qing's command? Why do I feel a little strange about them?"
"He looks familiar. His name is...what's that? The name is on the tip of my tongue but I just can't remember it."
"I also think he looks familiar. I should have seen him before. Captain Li should have countless subordinates with superpowers of their level. It's normal that I can't remember him at the moment."
"Our base has a mental blocker. Anyone who dares to walk on the street so openly cannot be an outside intruder. Let's discuss the evacuation plan as soon as possible. I heard that there are missiles aimed at our base. Is it true?"
"I've heard that, Captain Xu..."
The whispers of several people around Xu Chu allowed the two to hear more gossip.
After walking a long way, Cheng Chuan looked back and saw Xu Chu touching the back of his head and looking at them with a frown. He knew that psychic powers could affect people, but he still reminded, "Maybe if you just call him Director Xu, it won't arouse his suspicion."
"Oh, I was wondering why he kept looking back at us," Lu Weiyi suddenly realized, "I thought all police officers should be addressed as Sheriff."
"Not everyone is as obsessed as Zhao Qiang." Cheng Chuan's tone was full of undisguised contempt for Zhao Qiang, causing Lu Weiyi to sideways glance at him.
Cheng Chuan knew that he had not yet updated to the latest news, "The Guard Team has already torn its face with us. In the past, for the sake of high-level crystal cores, he attacked us many times openly and secretly. The captains of the Shengshi and Miracle teams have suffered a lot at his hands, and the captain of the Miracle team is seriously injured and has not recovered yet."
"Miracle..." Lu Weiyi thought about it, "He Song?"
He quickly read He Song's message and didn't expect what kind of injury could have prevented the other party from recovering for so long.
Cheng Chuan found that the people passing by occasionally ignored them. Even if they saw them, they pretended not to see them. He was a little curious, "Your mental power is not affected by the mental power shielding device?"
"Partially," Lu Weiyi explained when he saw that he didn't understand, "The mental shielding device developed by our base was initially developed when I was at a low level based on my mental frequency as the research direction."
"After that, other psychics gradually joined in, but they had one thing in common: their psychic powers were never as strong as mine. This resulted in our shielding device only shielding the energy within a certain area. When the psychic power was lower than the measurement range, it would not trigger the machine's alarm."
Cheng Chuan thought about it carefully, but didn't quite understand. "Then why not set the minimum standard to zero? Wouldn't the test be more accurate this way?"
Lu Weiyi shook his head. "Everyone has mental power, including ordinary people, but the strength varies. Mental abilities are just upgrades that can be made after the mental power changes. If it is adjusted to zero, I'm afraid that all it will sound like is a warning sound when it is turned on, so the machine uses the average value of a normal person."
Cheng Chuan nodded in understanding, thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps we can combine the shielding device with the energy monitor, and the results detected in this way should be..."
He paused here and looked at Lu Weiyi uncertainly, "Why do I feel that your level is about the same as mine?"
"I suppressed it." Lu Weiyi lifted up his clothes, revealing the energy jammer on his neck, "otherwise I would probably be recognized as soon as I get close."
Cheng Chuan nodded, staring at the ball of white fluff on Ah's neck, "Is there a living thing on your neck?"
"Hmm?" Lu Weiyi felt the warmth on his neck and then realized that he had put the mutant ferret here as a scarf and then forgot about it. The little thing didn't move, as if it didn't exist. "Hmm, a...little animal."
He opened his raincoat and looked at the three little ones sleeping huddled together in his chest pocket. He leaned closer to take a look at Cheng Chuan and told him about why they had come to him for help.
"It is true that all things have spirits," Cheng Chuan commented.
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