Chapter 759: Underground River
“If you are worried, you can leave some for them.” Li Zhuang saw that his eyes were always fixed on that place for a long time without moving, and felt that he was considerate.
"Let's go." If they don't want to leave, hunger will be the norm in the future and they will have to adapt.
This time when Lu Weiyi finds Lu Xiao, he will definitely let him leave with him. As for the rest of the people...
In the current situation, he can't do so much.
The commotion at various supply points in the underground city made the entire Kyoto base increasingly deserted, and the two of them left smoothly without even hiding their figures.
The bases that were originally far away from them were now reached in just a few hours thanks to the Phoenix, as if they were on a plane. Li Li Zhuang only knew the approximate location, and it took the two of them some effort to successfully find the entrance.
After going through several bases, the sky was getting dark, and Lu Weiyi took Li Zhuang and flew towards the place where Zheng Yi had the accident.
When they were only a dozen meters away from the ground, the phoenix suddenly disappeared, and the two fell straight to the ground in mid-air.
Fortunately, Li Zhuang now has powerful supernatural powers. He instantly grabbed Lu Weiyi and controlled the quicksand on the ground to surge like a fountain, and successfully sent the two of them to the ground.
As soon as the person landed on the ground, Li Zhuang leaned the powerless Lu Weiyi against his shoulder and asked, "Have you exhausted your superpowers?"
"A little bit" Lu Weiyi rarely shows weakness in front of his teammates, even though he feels that the last bit of supernatural power in his body has been squeezed out by the Phoenix.
His body had been saturated with crystal cores that he had absorbed without any scruples for the entire day, and he was unable to absorb any more.
But thinking that Lu Xiao might still be waiting for him, Lu Weiyi couldn't stop.
Li Zhuang understood why he was suffering so much and did not try to persuade him to rest. Instead, he grabbed his arm and moved it to his back, saying, "You don't need to consume your supernatural powers when you plant them. Use your small plants to protect your body."
"I……".
"Let's go." Li Zhuang didn't allow him to say more. He asked him to point out the direction and walked towards the place where Zheng Yi disappeared.
Without the support of mental strength, the rain directly washed onto the two of them. Even though they were wearing waterproof clothes, a lot of rain still soaked inside.
Li Zhuang has become accustomed to this kind of weather and can even tease them about taking a shower every day.
After completing the mission, the two of them felt relaxed. Li Zhuang also asked about the situation in Laoshan in detail. Knowing that the weather there was still normal and seemed to be unaffected, Li Zhuang asked what he had always wanted to ask, "Are you really planning to relocate the base?"
"If a tree is moved, its roots will die; if a person moves, his home will live." Lu Weiyi made the decision suddenly. When Ning Yuan mentioned it, he just felt reluctant. Now that Zhuang Mingxu has been thinking about testing the space channel, he is also thinking seriously. He has to admit that migration is their best choice. "How long can the supplies in our base last?"
"Maintaining food and clothing every day for a maximum of five years." This still relies on the large-scale planting at their base from the very beginning, which has enabled their base to always have the most reserve grain and seeds. Even if there is no harvest from the planting in the spring, the wood-type mutants' induced breeding alone can sustain it for a period of time.
But such a life of only spending and no income can easily make people lose hope.
"Whether it is the Shanshen Base or the Panshui Base, the surviving psychics have one notable characteristic: they don't live long. Before, Zhuang Mingxu was still thinking about whether to bring these people back to the base with us, or how to arrange them. Now it seems that there is no need to bother."
Lu Weiyi's words were a bit cruel, but whether it was the Shanshen Base or the Panshui Base, considering that the source of their superpowers was upgrades, they were not so pitiful. Maybe the children of the Shanshen Base were victims, but they had gained the benefits brought by their superpowers, and they should also bear the consequences.
"Their people haven't fully developed the canyon. Once our earth-type psychics go there, it should be enough to accommodate so many people." Lu Weiyi frowned as he thought of the situation near Laoshan. "We can't get a holistic view of the situation now, and we can't make a comparison. We can't be sure whether that side is completely unaffected. We can only take one step at a time."
"What about the base? Are we going to give it up?" After all, this was the first base that he built himself. In the beginning, the base lacked everything, and it was their team that ran around looking for supplies that gave the base time to grow. Li Zhuang was quite reluctant to give up. "I have reinforced the other three islands with earth-type mutants, and not much damage was caused by the tsunami. The ventilation equipment of some underground laboratories has been strengthened and they have not been moved."
It would be a pity to give up.
"Let's stay. Maybe one day Laoshan will no longer be suitable for living, or it may be easier here. We will come back," Lu Weiyi said casually.
"Then how are you going to take them there? Go underground?" It is definitely impossible to go on the ground.
"I'll arrange it first, and we'll talk about it later." Lu Weiyi didn't say much. Even though his space had been exposed more and more over the years, and he was obviously different from other space-based psychics, the team members had a tacit understanding, and no one would bring it up even if they knew that they were the beneficiaries.
As expected, Li Zhuang did not ask any more questions. He just told the person to tell him immediately if he needed any cooperation.
"You are bound to be busy."
As they talked, they came to a hidden pit, which looked no different from an inconspicuous collapse.
"Are you sure it's here? I don't feel any energy fluctuations worth the trip."
"Han Chengming walked here by himself and it's here." Lu Weiyi got off Li Zhuang's back. Before he could use the small green branch to explore, Li Zhuang said, "There is a passage underneath... formed by a natural crack. I don't know where it extends to."
"Let's go down and take a look. Are you okay?" Li Zhuang smiled, but there was still worry in his eyes.
"Self-protection is no problem." Lu Weiyi thought very clearly. If he encountered something that could not be solved, he would directly take Lu Xiao into the space. Nothing was more important than life.
Li Zhuang nodded, and did not walk through the soft pit entrance washed by heavy rain. Instead, he manipulated the soil to create several steps, and signaled Lu Weiyi to follow him.
After walking down for more than ten meters, the two men touched the ground. There was indeed a crack here, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top. The widest part was about ten meters and about twenty meters high. The narrowest part was just a crack. The ground was washed into a small river by the flowing rain, and there was no evidence of anyone passing by.
Li Zhuang carefully identified for a long time, but was not sure whether they were going upwards or downwards. Not wanting Lu Weiyi to waste his supernatural powers, he pointed directly in the direction of the water flow and said, "Let's look downwards first. If we can't find any signs that they have been here, we will look in the opposite direction."
"Okay." Lu Weiyi was not arrogant enough to think that he could handle the powerful energy in Han Chengming's mouth. He followed Li Zhuang and walked along the direction of the water flow.
They didn't know how long the road under their feet had been washed by the water. Every time they stepped on it, their ankles sank into it. It was extremely difficult for the two of them to walk.
"Do you need me to use my supernatural powers to build a way out?" Li Zhuang didn't look back, but waved the flashlight around, observing all the situations.
"No need." Lu Weiyi didn't want to waste his special ability, afraid that he would say more, so he changed the subject, "I feel that the rain has subsided, is it an illusion?"
"No, I couldn't even go out that day." Li Zhuang pointed at the walls on both sides with a flashlight, "There are traces of water flow here, and now it's obviously much lower..."
He stopped talking abruptly and walked towards the wall with difficulty. Lu Weiyi approached cautiously and saw Li Zhuang manipulating the wall to push out half of the stone embedded in it.
The rectangular piece is about two meters long and half a meter wide. It looks no different from ordinary stones on the hill. However, Li Zhuang seemed to have discovered something. He gestured with his hand and reached out to grope towards the mountain walls on both sides.
"What's wrong?"
"How big is the largest mutant animal you have ever seen?" Li Zhuang asked a seemingly irrelevant question.
"The mutation of animals is related to their original body size, but there is no regular pattern. A mutant rat king killed before was more than two meters tall and could communicate with humans."
"You mean... talking?" Li Zhuang was surprised.
"It's not language, it's a mental mutant rat, it communicates with consciousness."
Li Zhuang nodded, and Lu Weiyi continued, "The mutant snake that attacked our base was more than fifty meters long and several meters thick. Its head was like a platform. Zhuang Mingxu and I stood on it and it moved quickly, but we wouldn't fall down."
Lu Weiyi still felt sorry when he thought of the mutant snake that died over there. If the other party was there, maybe he would have more tools when he came out.
"There is a mutant green peacock, about four meters tall. It is a large animal nearby. At that time, I used an energy monitor to screen the surrounding environment. The ones selected were those with high-level superpowers and dangerous. But some had no superpowers, they just grew in size. I didn't have time to check the details. As for the bigger ones..." Lu Weiyi looked at Li Zhuang, "We have seen more in the sea."
Li Zhuang checked the entire cave with a flashlight, "What do you think are the possibilities of an animal about ten meters tall being here?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Weiyi looked in the direction of his flashlight and noticed that there were obvious traces of something passing through on the mountain walls on both sides. There were regular grooves every few dozen centimeters, extending all the way down.
It has a slight arc with the mountain wall below, making it look more like it has been carved, and there are no scratches above four meters.
"What animal do you think it looks like?"
"An animal with armor like a turtle or crocodile," Li Zhuang pointed to the stone he had peeled off, "This stone was broken by an impact, and the scratches on it are the same as the ones on the wall next to it, which shows that the opponent's body shape and the hardness of its armor are very high."
Just facing the opponent's size, humans are at a disadvantage.
The two did not continue to analyze and quickened their pace. Thousands of meters later, at the end, a large sunken pit appeared on the ground again.
Li Zhuang sensed it for a moment, looked up and said, "It's about a hundred meters deep. There is an underground river underneath, it's very deep."
Needless to say, Little Green Branch had already reported the news back. Not only that, the underground river water filled the entire river channel, and there was not enough room to breathe after people went down.
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