Chapter 781: Give Up Ordinary People
Li Zhuang and Xiong Jie and others who were following behind him greeted him and left in a hurry, leaving Xu Sa to explain to him.
"They need to gather all the earth-type mutants in the entire base, control the entire ground as much as possible, and move it downward as a whole."
Lu Weiyi couldn't imagine such a scene, but the area of the dungeon was not small, and such a large movement would definitely consume a lot of energy.
and……
"Can it extend all the way down? Won't it collapse?" Lu Weiyi frowned.
"There are limitations. Li Zhuang and his men have measured and calculated before. According to the current area of the underground city, it should be able to extend downwards a little. As for how many meters exactly..." Xu Sa shook his head.
From his frown and worried look, Lu Weiyi knew that this matter was not as easy as it sounded.
Xu Sa's special abilities were of no help. He leaned against the door and looked up at the dome. Without the light, it was pitch black above his head. The burning torch in the emergency exit in the distance was just a faint dot, flickering as if it could go out at any time.
"Do you need me to go over there?" Lu Weiyi saw that in addition to the earth-type mutants in the base army, there were also many soldiers who hurried over.
"Forget it, our special powers will be of no use there, and there are too many people there, and it won't be crowded enough." Seeing his worry, Xu Sa comforted him, "Don't worry, they have experienced this four times, they will be fine."
Even though he said that, Lu Weiyi didn't know the truth and couldn't help but worry. He quickly sent a message to Zhuang Mingxu about the situation here and asked about the situation over there.
[It should have appeared, but my field of vision is limited and I can't see clearly. There is no obvious damage to the electronic products. I'll have someone test the radiation changes and tell you the results.] Zhuang Mingxu responded very quickly.
Just as Lu Weiyi asked him to be prepared to welcome a large number of people, he felt the ground beneath his feet tremble.
"Is there an earthquake?" Lu Weiyi sent his mental power out.
"It started over there." Xu Sa raised his chin towards one direction. As his voice fell, he vaguely heard the sound of a loudspeaker shouting a slogan in his ears.
Lu Weiyi extended his mental power and soon saw an area surrounded by the base’s military circle, where all personnel had been evacuated.
The earth-type mutants were scattered in a regular pattern, like chess pieces on a chessboard. They looked scattered, but there was a faint pattern to them.
As commands were given, the area they covered began to slowly sink, gradually separating from the ground nearby.
The tremors slowly spread, but the danger was nipped in the bud by a group of alert people around.
"Notice……"
"Captain, here——"
The voices of orders and calls for help sounded at the same time. Lu Weiyi only saw that the ground, which had safely sunk more than ten meters, suddenly collapsed in a large area near the wall. Then the sunken area began to spread damply to the surrounding areas.
"Thicken it!" Li Zhuang's voice fell, and he jumped down first. The collapsed ground and nearby houses formed flowing sand in his hands, rushing and attaching to the moist places, covering the original place in an instant.
Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief and thought they were safe, the outside world seemed to have suffered a heavy blow. The restored wall was forcefully pushed open, and sea water and unidentifiable mutant animals were squeezed in. Li Zhuang, who was standing at the front, disappeared in an instant.
"Li Zhuang——!" Xiong Jie only had time to shout, but could do nothing.
The sea water continued to pour in rapidly, and the cave entrance expanded rapidly. In a short while, the collapsed area was flooded.
Seeing this scene, Lu Weiyi immediately called out the Phoenix and asked it to fly him over.
Although such a scene had never happened before, they had imagined it countless times, so they were not too panicked when it appeared at this time. Ning Yuan quickly gathered water-powered people and solidified the water at the entrance of the cave.
The solidified ice served as a plug for the cave entrance, completely isolating it from the continued impact of sea water.
"Hurry, earth-type psychics, reinforce the wall!" Xiong Jie called on the remaining earth-type psychics to come forward and help.
With everyone's combined efforts, the surrounding walls were continuously thickened and reinforced, and the moisture no longer spread.
But the influx of seawater was several meters high, but fortunately it was all concentrated in the sunken ground.
With the help of the water-type psychics, the earth-type psychics that were hit were rescued one by one. Medical personnel were already waiting at the front line and immediately went forward to provide treatment.
Ning Yuan asked the water-type psychic to continue controlling the solidified ice at the cave entrance, and discussed the most reasonable repair plan with several earth-type psychics.
In the midst of everything being so orderly, Xu Yi's nervous voice was unusually abrupt, "Li Zhuang?"
"Li Zhuang——"
This sound made several people look over at the same time, and they saw Xu Yi standing among the wounded, holding a flashlight in his hand, constantly scanning their faces.
"What's wrong?" Lu Weiyi stepped forward.
"Li Zhuang, Li Zhuang didn't come up." Xu Yi grabbed Lu Weiyi.
While the two were talking, Gu Qingyue had already explored the solidified ice below and shook his head at Lu Weiyi, "No one."
Everyone looked at Ning Yuan. Ning Yuan tried to calm down and shook his head, "I was only concerned with solidifying the cave entrance." He looked at the area that was nearly two meters solidified. At this flow rate, the possibility of backflow should be zero.
"Don't worry, Brother Zhuang has strong superpowers and he may be able to save himself." Gu Qingyue stepped forward to comfort Xu Yi, and Ning Yuan also had people start cutting the ice layer to search carefully.
These words reminded Lu Weiyi, and he quietly reached into the ground with the small green branch in his hand. After turning around, he found Li Zhuang, who had fainted, near the fault between the two areas.
He must have been knocked toward the fault by the impact of the water flow, and with the last bit of consciousness he used his supernatural powers to control the soil and stuff himself in.
"Don't worry, we found it," Lu Weiyi said, pointing to the area where he was, signaling the earth-type mutants to start digging.
Several people took action and sent the person up in an instant. Xu Yi looked at the person with his entire chest sunken, staggered two steps, and almost fell.
"He's still alive," Lu Weiyi said, pulling him forward and signaling for help.
Xu Yi was stunned and completed the process of inputting supernatural powers almost as a conditioned reflex. After several doctors examined him, they determined that he had multiple rib fractures and needed surgery to recover, so they took him away.
Xu Yi followed them closely in a daze and was about to run, but was stopped by Gu Qingyue, "Xiao Xu, we still need you here."
This situation only occurred in one area, and it will happen several times in the future. No one can be sure if there will be any accidents. Xu Yi, the only person with healing ability at this time, must not leave.
"I...he..." Xu Yi pointed at the person who was quickly taken away. His brain seemed to be insufficient and he didn't know what to say.
In the past, Xu Yi was almost never in a good mood towards Li Zhuang. The two would quarrel from time to time, and Xu Yi was often angry to death. Many people in the Wei team felt that Li Zhuang forced Xu Yi to do so, and Lu Weiyi was no exception. Some even reminded him privately to be more restrained.
But looking at Xu Yi's reaction this time, it seemed that it was completely different. He seemed to have lost his backbone and was extremely fragile.
"Brother Zhuang is fine, Xiao Xu, you have already treated him. The doctor said that he only needs a bone repair surgery." Gu Qingyue comforted him in a gentle voice and kept stroking his back. It took a while for Xu Yi to calm down.
He wiped his face vigorously and resumed his usual slow treatment, but his voice was still a little hoarse, confirming his recent loss of composure, "It's okay, I..."
He had nothing to explain and no one asked any more questions. There were many earth-type mutants injured around him, and in a blink of an eye he was pulled into a new wave of treatment.
After the first accident, everyone became more careful the next time they took action, and fortunately nothing happened again.
After working all night, the entire base sank another 20 meters. This was completely unable to withstand the current radiation intensity. A group of experts and responsible persons gathered together to discuss solutions.
"This is the maximum tolerance range under the current area when not attacked by huge force," the geologist at the base said solemnly, "but the radiation value at this depth is higher than the human body can tolerate."
“What if I reduce my living area?”
"Or set it up in two levels, with ordinary people on the lower level and those with special abilities on the upper level..."
The person who was speaking had not finished speaking when he noticed the gazes of the people around him. He immediately remembered that all the leaders around him were people with special abilities. His voice became lower and lower, and finally he shut up silently.
"It's not suitable to go any deeper. Our ventilation technology is not up to the task. If we go any deeper, we will suffocate to death due to lack of air."
"Is there no solution?" Ning Yuan frowned. Due to the consumption of his supernatural powers and the sleepless nights, he looked irritated.
"Every time a solar storm occurs, it means the breakdown of electronic equipment. Even if we can figure it out, how many devices can withstand such consumption?"
There was silence for a moment, and no one said a word.
"I would say this is nature's way of screening humans, so why not just let it be?"
The person who was speaking had a nonchalant voice, a kind of arrogance that did not concern him. Lu Weiyi was very familiar with it. He looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was indeed Zhuang Mobai.
He has been back for so long, but he has not had time to visit various research institutes. I didn't know that he could attend meetings openly now.
Seeing Lu Weiyi's gaze, Zhuang Mobai smiled at him and even mouthed "Long time no see", but the way he looked at Lu Weiyi was like a scanner, as if he wanted to dissect him from top to bottom for a thorough study.
"Letting it go will mean sending tens of thousands of ordinary people in the base to death," someone exclaimed.
"What else? How long can you save them?" Zhuang Mobai didn't care at all. "This is the evolution of nature, survival of the fittest. If they can't adapt, isn't it normal for them to die?"
"Besides, even if we get through this time, what about the future? We can't grow food underground, and the food will run out one day. Will we give up then?" Zhuang Mobai spread his hands. "If you ask me, we should decide now. The supplies are fixed. Who will consume it longer for 80,000 people or 20,000 people? The supplies you use to feed them are your own. You are really generous."
These words successfully changed the expressions of many of the psychics present, as it was obvious that he had touched their hearts.
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