Chapter 790: Reconstruction
On the other side, Lu Weiyi also found Ning Yuan, who was almost clinging to the wall, in a narrow cave on the cliff.
The huge tentacle had already captured his figure and was continuously extending into the cave, but unfortunately the crack was narrow and surrounded by rocks.
The soft tentacles couldn't penetrate, but only for a moment.
Ning Yuan’s supernatural powers have been exhausted, and he can only dig inwards as far as possible to stay away from the tentacles.
Lu Weiyi did not get closer, but instead found an earth-type mutant to open up a path from another direction and brought Ning Yuan out.
"I was so scared. I thought I was going to die here." Ning Yuan was still in shock. His legs and feet were numb from curling up for so long.
Zhao Gang carried the man on his back, and the few of them quickly walked towards Wen Jing's underground residence, exchanging some information by the way.
"Wen Jing, they just want to purify the crystal core and our recently effective energy-releasing potion." Ning Yuan, who had recovered, immediately got back to work. "I talked to Wen Jing about exchanging jade before, and he agreed. He said he would give us a jade mine."
"But we still need to go there ourselves to mine, which I thought was too troublesome, so I refused and asked him to bring the finished product in exchange."
"As for Su Yan," Ning Yuan sighed, "he really doesn't have what we need, but he informed us in advance, so we have to accept this favor."
Ning Yuan looked at Lu Weiyi at this point, "I had planned to keep the base before. I thought it could be used as a trade exchange center to contact various bases, and then I discussed cooperation with them, but now..."
The distance is thousands of miles, making travel extremely inconvenient, not to mention trade.
But if they are complacent, they will easily become out of touch with the outside world and fail to keep up with the changes in the last days.
This poses a difficult problem.
"Trade must continue," especially the crystal cores. The few they hunted at the base are not enough to support the development of the base. "As for the specific method, I will discuss it with Zhuang Mingxu."
"Okay, then I won't be polite." Ning Yuan didn't feel like he had been on the verge of life and death at all. After his body recovered, he immediately thought about how to plan for his own benefits.
This look surprised Zhao Gang and others at the other party's strong psychological quality. Only Lu Weiyi, who was in charge of a base, knew that it was not because of good psychological quality, but because there were too many people under him and the responsibilities forced him to have no time to waste time on the past.
"Do you want to take a break?" Seeing that they had been busy for a whole day, the mutant squid was still wandering around the seabed, and even picked up the peninsula that he had thrown on the land and shook it.
As long as they hide underground and don't reveal their special abilities, they shouldn't be found in a short time.
"Take a rest later." Ning Yuan looked at the peninsula that was shaken again, his mouth twitching, "How do I do this thing?"
"Just watch it go away on its own. We shouldn't provoke it." Lu Weiyi frowned and looked towards the distant seashore. "What do you think..."
Feeling that the timing was not right, he pursed his lips and said nothing, but Ning Yuan already understood what he meant, "I also suspect it has something to do with radiation. I saw from close range that the suction cups of its tentacles were covered with lumps of flesh, like the back of a toad."
Ning Yuan couldn't help feeling nauseous when he thought about how he was almost rolled up by that thing.
"Don't think about it. No matter whether it is or not, we must take precautions in advance. We can't deal with any one of these behemoths, not to mention..." Ning Yuan laughed, "When we really can't survive, we won't be the last to die."
The corner of Lu Weiyi's mouth twitched, and he didn't know whether he should applaud him for his unique and optimistic perspective.
After a day of hard work, the few of them returned to Wen Jing's underground residence, chatted briefly, and then rested.
The Mountain God Base, which had rashly taken over the entire Yueban Bay population, was still busy all night.
After Xiong Jie conveyed Lu Weiyi's words, he had no time to reminisce with Xi Shi and hurriedly plunged into his new job.
The originally desolate and cold mountain god base became crowded with people everywhere with the influx of so many people.
After a short period of full-scale construction, the surrounding area has completely changed.
A small villa with a yard was built on the site of the original mountain temple. In the darkness surrounding it, there was only a white wall with the logo of Yuebanwan painted on it.
It was a fluorescent material that could be seen very clearly even in the night, which made the crowd who had just left their hometown and moved to a strange place feel at ease.
Looking up again, there are such signs everywhere on the surrounding walls, which can almost let people know from different angles that this is still their base, just moved to a new location.
Everyone arrived in such a hurry that many people got separated from each other in batches. In order to determine the number of people as quickly as possible, they had to divide the area according to their residence.
From the moment we appeared at the entrance of the passage, people from different areas were already waiting outside, like the pick-up staff when a new school opens, taking their respective people away for inventory.
After the initial familiarization, the leaders of each team quickly found Zhuang Mingxu and asked about the team's new address.
"Originally, the base commander should have let you make your choice and then slowly plan the construction. But now it's urgent, so I'll do it for you." Zhuang Mingxu took out the map he had prepared long ago and spread it on the table under the light. "This is the planning map of the entire base. The area won't be too different. You can make your own choice."
Several people present immediately came over. Even though the area difference Zhuang Mingxu said was not big, it could still be seen that there were gaps between many places.
"Do we have to decide now? Our captain and vice-captain are not here. Can we wait until they come back to make the decision?" As the representative of the Frost Society, Tian Kang did not dare to make a rash decision.
Meng Shu also looked over. It wasn’t that he couldn’t make a decision, he just needed to find someone to discuss it with.
However, Chen Xiang didn't care that his son was away. He pulled Song Xian to stand under a lamp and started to discuss something in whispers.
"If you decide sooner, you can start construction sooner. If you want to wait, that's fine too..." Zhuang Mingxu paused and saw Tian Kang looking directly at the largest area in the central region, so he flipped the map over.
The back still has the same map, and even the planned areas are the same, but this time it is marked with numbers. "These are the rents in different areas. When you choose the size and area, it is best to choose the one that your team can afford."
“…”
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As soon as these words were spoken, the whispering voices suddenly fell silent. Zhuang Mingxu looked around and said with a smile, "What's going on? The residence in Yuebanwan has always been rented out, everyone knows that."
"But..." Tian Kang frowned tightly.
Zhuang Mingxu looked at him and heard him say, "We haven't had any income for almost half a year, and the base is still charging us rent. Isn't that inappropriate?"
"Besides, we have participated in all the defenses of the base. Even up to now, our captain and deputy captain thought that we were buying time for those ordinary people, and there has been no news so far." Tian Kang became more and more angry. "Captain Zhuang is asking us for rent now. Isn't it a bit of a waste of money?"
Zhuang Mingxu did not answer, but looked at the others. Seeing that everyone was silent, he knew the situation of each team in the past six months. He kept tapping the table with his fingers, and his attitude was gentle but firm. "Every time we defended, is it because the base did not pay you the crystal cores?"
"…paid, paid".
"So what do you think is unfair?" Although Zhuang Mingxu was still smiling when he asked this question, people from several teams had a bad feeling.
Even though the person in front of him was just an ordinary person, who couldn't even withstand the influence of external radiation, he was the one who once controlled the entire base. If he hadn't taken the initiative to promote people and disperse power, he would still be the top leader of the base.
"I choose this place." He Song, who had been standing in the back and whispering to Yue Qiwen, took the lead and pointed to a small place, looking at the other teams, "Does anyone want this place?"
Tian Kang frowned because He Song suddenly showed up. Zhuang Mingxu was surprised. Seeing that no one else spoke, he nodded and wrote the name of the Miracle Team on it. "Anyone else?"
Yue Qiwen also stepped forward and pointed to a place, and then Bai Mei Gaoyang and the others each chose a small area.
This resulted in only three major teams being left with no choice. Tian Kang's face was no longer black, it was completely gloomy.
The sight of so many people who knew how to handle current affairs made Zhuang Mingxu feel much better. It was rare that he didn't want to argue with Tian Kang, especially when he thought that Ye Jia and Yu Mengchu were still outside and the situation was unclear.
"From the time we found this base to the time we confirmed it was suitable for survival, not to mention the difficulties we went through, the lives lost alone exceeded a thousand. Two SSS-level mutant animals nearby have been killed, and the remaining one is serving the base. Can you do all this by yourselves?"
Zhuang Mingxu didn't even look at Tian Kang. "In other words, how confident are you that you can survive the combined attack of the mutant shark and the mutant squid?"
Tian Kang was still dissatisfied, but he didn't say anything.
Chen Xiang, who came here on behalf of his son, took the initiative to say, "Director Zhuangji, it's not that we don't want to pay the rent, but we really had no income before. The various disasters outside have made it difficult for people to have enough food, and now..."
He sighed and said, "I've never heard of the situation at this base before. If I move here rashly, I don't know what I'll be able to do in the future. I really don't dare to choose."
Zhuang Mingxu overlooked this point. According to their normal process, they would hold a meeting with each team to focus on introducing the situation of the new base. Now, due to the sudden situation, they had to escape death and were completely in the dark about everything.
"The radiation levels here are within the tolerable range for the human body."
Zhuang Mingxu's words stunned everyone present for a moment. He pointed to the northwest side of the map and said, "There are hundreds of thousands of mountains behind us. There are enough mutant animals to feed the people in our base. The base is also cultivating more suitable crops."
"Across this mountain, to the south is the former Nanzuo base. To the north are also rampant zombies. There are enough zombies to provide upgrades for the psychics."
"More importantly, there is no extreme weather here, floods and rainstorms have never occurred, and the possibility of mutant animals hundreds of meters in size appearing is even smaller."
"In short, this is the best place for us to live right now."
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