Chapter 845 Regret
"It's not serious, it's not serious." Zhou He pulled him to sit down again. "In this chaotic situation, Li Yan has been following him with his team, and he controlled the person when the psychic took action."
It sounds like there was no physical contact at all, so how can you say the injury is not serious?
Li Zhuang was a little annoyed by his confusing explanation and could only try his best to be patient.
Zhuang Mingxu was indeed not injured by a person, but by the mutant peacock that followed him.
As the report left by Lu Weiyi, the mutant peacock was treated very well in the base. At first, it maintained a cold attitude until Zhuang Mingxu found its former animal keeper and gave it special peacock feed. After that, it had no intention of leaving.
In less than a month, he has gained a lot of weight and occasionally goes out with Zhuang Mingxu. His bodyguard function has become more and more qualified. It can be said that both sides have done a good job in training him.
This time, Zhuang Mingxu did not abandon the mutant peacock when he went out. However, not long after the psychic took action, the mutant peacock suddenly became agitated. It walked in one direction for a while as if it was out of control, then it held down tightly, and then forced itself to fly away from the base.
"The base commander was blown away when it flapped its wings recklessly. Everyone's attention was on the man at the time, and no one was prepared for the sudden attack of the increasingly gentle mutant peacock. The base commander relied entirely on his own skills to withstand this unexpected disaster."
"The doctor checked and said he had a mild concussion, a few abrasions on his body, and a broken arm, but nothing else was serious."
"The base army's people are actually going to support the mess left behind by the mutant peacock," Zhou He explained, "The mutant peacock can't fly. Our base is now developed to be narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. It is completely impossible for the mutant peacock to rise straight up and leave the base under this circumstance, not to mention when it is somewhat out of control."
The random flying collision caused the cliff above the base to collapse, resulting in many injuries to the people below. In this situation, the base army had to be dispatched to help.
Zhou He gritted his teeth and said, "Of course I think there must be people from the Suicide Squad involved in this. They didn't kill anyone, but with their special abilities, it's not a problem for them to make the situation even more chaotic."
"The base commander also thought of this possibility, so he mobilized the base army to completely control all people according to the area, and ordered that anyone who dared to move at this time would be killed."
The situation was originally under control, but who knew that a large number of uncontrolled mutant animals would break into the hunting area.
"The level of animals in the mountains is not low to begin with. They swarmed into the base like crazy, which led to the garrison near the hunting area being directly overthrown."
Zhou He sighed, "Everything is happening at the same time."
"Have you found out the reason why the mutant animals came here?" Li Zhuang thought of the mutant animals he saw crashing into the mountain and felt that it must be something in the research institute inside that attracted them.
But he only knew that there was a research laboratory inside, and he had no idea which one it was and what it did.
Zhou He nodded, but the surrounding environment was not suitable for detailed discussion, so he could only say vaguely, "Maybe, I'm not responsible for this area. The occupied area is close to the depths of the base, which can be said to be near where the base troops are stationed. The higher-ups sent me to lead a team to clean up this area."
When Zhou He led the team to clean up the base, he found Li Zhuang surrounded by a mountain of mutant animal corpses.
Unable to get any other information from Zhou He, Li Zhuang pinched his brows, sorted out the information he knew, and thought it would be better to go see Zhuang Mingxu in person and then tell Lu Weiyi about the specific situation here.
Just at this time, Xi Shi cooked a big pot of noodles and called everyone to eat.
"There's a canteen in the team, so we won't eat here anymore," Zhou He said as he was about to get up, but Xi Shi stopped him, "The food has already been prepared, it'll be a waste if we don't eat it."
"Eat something. You will lead a team to collect the mutant animal corpses outside later. There is no need to go back and forth," Li Zhuang also spoke.
"Thank you, Brother Xi," Zhou He didn't hesitate and asked the team members to serve the food.
I didn't cook anything greasy early in the morning. I simply made noodle soup and added some radish as a cold dish. I cooked a whole pot. Even so, there were already rolled noodles on the chopping board, ready to be put into the pot at any time.
Zhou He brought a bowl to Fang Tang and motioned him to follow the team members to the dining table. He and Li Zhuang remained on the sofa.
"What's wrong?" Li Zhuang raised his chin towards Fang Tang's position. He had seen Fang Tang before. He could be said to be a small leader in the team of superpowers in the original Shanshen base. He was young and looked quite calm, but at this moment he seemed to be frightened and his whole body was in a trance.
Zhou He sighed, feeling a little sorry for him. He moved closer to Li Zhuang and lowered his voice, "He has a sister who is in poor health. She usually goes to the plantation to do odd jobs. She happened to be nearby when Tan Yun died. The child was covered in blood and flesh and had a fever that day."
"Because of this, he didn't join forces with those people. But among the other four kids in his team, one of them had a family member die, and two are now..." Zhou He gestured, "Their internal organs are covered and grown by plants, and they are all suppressed by the wood-type mutants in our team. It's not an exaggeration to say that they are dying. When he saw the plants growing out of their bodies, he might... have thought of his sister."
Zhou He has more contact with the children in Fang Tang's team, and he feels sorry for them in his heart. Although they are young, they have a lot of experience.
But the source of this incident was the help of the parents of these children. There is no denying that they did show signs of being instigated, but now with the result like this, it seems a little late to say anything.
As soon as Zhou He finished speaking, Fang Tang from the restaurant turned around and walked towards the two of them. He squatted in front of Li Zhuang and looked up at him, which made him look completely harmless. "Captain Li, I want to ask... when will Base Commander Lu be back?"
"...They..." Fangtang lowered her head, tears dripping onto the ground, wetting a small area, "They can't hold on any longer."
“……”Li Zhuang.
"Do you know what's going on outside?" Li Zhuang didn't give him any excuses. In the face of life and death, those excuses seemed perfunctory.
Li Zhuang dipped some soup with chopsticks and drew the position between Laoshan and Yuebanwan on the coffee table, "This is the distance between the two sides."
When the others heard him, they came over.
A long and narrow road blocked the road in the middle. "It is said that there is a thunderstorm hurricane belt here, which completely cuts off the traffic paths on both sides."
"If the base commander wants to return, he will need to rely on manpower to cross this path or take a detour and then return. In terms of time..." No one can guarantee it.
Cube Sugar knelt on the ground like she had collapsed, "It should have been...it should have been before he left..."
"Before you leave, the healing psychics here won't be able to meet the conditions for treatment. Taking them out at that time will only make them die sooner." Zhou He pointed out the situation, pinched his shoulders and pulled him up, letting him face the reality.
But the reality is often not something that everyone can bear. Fang Tang covered her face and burst into tears.
They have managed to hold on until now with great difficulty, who could have imagined that something like this would happen.
"I should have stopped them. I should have reported it in advance..." Fang Tang regretted it very much at this moment.
As the most convincing person in the team, several family members had looked for him before uniting everyone. However, all Fang Tang's energy was on his sister who had a high fever at the time. He just told them not to act rashly, but they didn't have the confidence to fight back. Now they were the ones asking for help and waiting to be rescued. All they could do was to make their presence felt as much as possible so that people would not ignore so many people.
However, several adults had their own "methods", which ruined themselves and did not bring about any changes.
Zhou He sighed, not knowing how to persuade him.
Li Zhuang did not participate. Just as he was about to ask Xi about the situation when the accident happened after dinner, Lin Sheng, the deputy captain of the third team, came trotting over and called Li Zhuang, "Base Commander Zhuang wants to see you, now!"
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According to Lu Weiyi's original plan, they were to come first to take away the supplies, and then the people who went to the Yuebanwan base would reduce a lot of burden.
However, due to the delay of Lu Weiyi's travel, Lu Xiao could only delay the team's departure. At this time, the psychics from various bases arrived earlier and had already taken part of the team away.
In order to avoid any accidents with supplies, Lu Xiao deliberately stayed until the end.
Along the way, they heard some news about the flames from people passing by and learned that they had already left part of the way.
With Antonio leading the way, the two soon found Lieyan's temporary residence on the ground. It was deserted here, but everyone on duty had strong abilities, and they were obviously trained people from their rigorous patrolling.
No special team was formed after the Flame Apocalypse. Those who were trained were members of Lu Xiao's team that had followed him since the beginning of the apocalypse. Antonio and Dean had been here for a while and had met many people. He looked around and found a familiar face. Just as he was about to step forward and ask about the whereabouts of the person in charge, he saw Lu Xi hurried out with a notebook.
"Xiaoxi" Lu Weiyi stepped forward first and stopped the man.
With the experience of Lu Weiyi's previous silent appearance, Lu Xi was much calmer this time. Even though he didn't see anyone in front of him, he was not panicked at all. He instead held the hand that was pressing on his arm.
The patrolman looked at him, but Lu Xi waved his hand to indicate that everything was fine, and then he pulled the man towards the room.
It was completely empty inside, without even a table or chair. Someone was even dismantling the window frames and glass and putting them away carefully. Antonio sighed when he saw this and said that they knew how to live.
"Brother, when did you come here?" Lu Xi pulled him into an empty room and asked in a low voice as soon as he closed the door.
"Just arrived. Where's your father?" Lu Weiyi removed the mental barrier.
"In the underground city, all our supplies are stored there. Someone is ready to make a move. Dad will be relieved if he sees it in person." Lu Xi looked at the child in his arms, opened his arms and took a look. "Why is he still here? Didn't he go over there?"
Lu Weiyi didn't elaborate, "Is there a doctor here? Nian Nian has a little fever."
"Leave the military doctor here, I'll take you to my father."
"Invite the healing department as well."
"Okay." Lu Xi greeted them and led the two of them towards the underground city.
"I heard that you were injured? Are you still alive?" Lu Weiyi didn't see any injuries on his body, but that didn't mean the situation wasn't dangerous at the time.
"It's okay," Lu Xi said with a little pride on his face, "My dad kicked the entire team out because of this, saving us tens of thousands of people."
He almost wrote the words "We're not at a disadvantage" on his face, which made Antonio laugh.
Lu Weiyi gave him a cold look, and Lu Xi immediately put away his smug expression and said in a friendly manner, "I know I was careless. I'm sorry, brother. I will be more careful next time."
"Well, I'll have someone give you more intensive training when we get back."
"..."Lu Xi.
Lu Xi remained silent and didn't dare to say a word.
The three of them walked quickly and soon arrived at the underground city of Kyoto base. Unlike the blockade of Lieyan when they came last time, Lieyan was now no different from other forces, and the layout of the entire underground city was completely revealed.
The oval-shaped underground residence has a large area, but perhaps because the situation is unstable, there are no electric lights on the surrounding walls. Instead, there are torches that leave a long smoke mark on the wall. Even though there are lights everywhere in the underground, it still has a dark feeling even though we are used to the bright lights.
It is obvious that the base has not focused on urban construction. It looks shabby everywhere, and on some domes you can see the walls are mottled and peeling, as if they have not been reinforced.
Lu Xi curled his lips when he saw this, "The three major forces each have their own problems. There is no unified force that can command all the teams. The construction here is like tofu dregs. If one of them shakes, this place will definitely collapse."
"Besides, they used torches, ventilation was not good, oxygen was a bit scarce underground, and fires broke out from time to time," he sighed to himself, "I feel like this place doesn't have any of the feel of the former Kyoto."
"It's still not stable now?" Zheng Yi came back together, it's impossible for him to do nothing.
Lu Xi shook his head, "Zheng Yi's mind seems to no longer be in the base. He just restrained the Zheng family who had always obeyed him, and did not move anything that Zheng Miao held in his hand."
"I thought they would make a fuss, but Zheng Yi came back and ignored them. Unexpectedly, Zheng Tongzhi, the uncle who had competed with him for the position before, just gave up and pushed the team back into his hands."
"Some people say that it's because Zheng Tongzhi himself is incompetent and unable to manage, but my father said that although that man is timid and selfish, he has some ability. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to compete with them after splitting the team with Han Cheng and with the joint suppression of the guards."
"I don't know what they were thinking. They didn't let him come up before, so he tried every means to show up. Now that he's here, he's giving his position away again."
Lu Xi muttered to himself and gave a general account of the situation of other forces in Kyoto. It was nothing more than that everyone was beginning to run short of supplies and felt that staying underground was pointless, so they began to return to the ground one after another, trying to see if there were other ways to survive.
"But, brother, I heard that there seems to be a team that wants to rely on our base and leave with us. Yesterday, someone brought gifts and asked my dad to act as a matchmaker, but my dad refused. He said that you should have some plans in mind."
"Okay, I got it."
As they were talking, the three of them quickly arrived at the center of the flames. Before they got close, they could see that the area was surrounded by guards, with one person every less than one meter, preventing anyone from getting close. Lu Xi stepped forward and greeted them before leading them in.
Lu Xiao still lived in the small villa he lived in last time. The original yard was covered with a roof, which completely concealed the things inside.
"Things are piled up here, brother, follow me." Lu Xi picked up a torch from the wall to light the way, reminding him to be careful, while calling Lu Xiao inside.
"I'm here. Are you injured? Why did you call the doctor and the treatment department..." Lu Xiao stopped talking and pulled Lu Weiyi into the house. "Why are you bringing a child with you?"
"There was an accident, uncle. Has the doctor arrived?" Lu Weiyi asked.
"Here I am. Is the child sick?"
"Yes, I have a fever."
Lu Xiao called the military doctor who had been waiting for a while over and gestured to give the child to him. "There are many people with special abilities left here, and the pediatric doctors have already left. I can't guarantee that I can find the cause. If not, I will go to Zheng Yi to ask."
"Okay, good," Lu Weiyi responded. The military doctor over there had already untied the gauze on Qin Nian's body and immediately saw the wounds all over his body and took a breath.
"Who is so excessive? How could they do that to a little kid..." Lu Xiao didn't finish his angry words. He was suddenly speechless when he saw Antonio quietly pointing at Lu Weiyi.
"Something unexpected happened." Lu Weiyi didn't elaborate, and Lu Xiao didn't say anything else. He immediately asked the medical staff to come forward and repair the child's injuries first.
Qin Nian woke up from the pain when the gauze was untied and pulled on the wound. He opened his eyes dazedly, and tears immediately welled up in his already red and swollen eyes.
Lu Weiyi stepped forward and stuffed a piece of candy into his mouth to stop him from crying, "Niannian, be good. The uncles are helping you to cure your illness. You will feel better soon."
Qin Nian pouted, but fortunately she didn't cry. However, she made a request in a low voice, "Uncle, Nian Nian is hungry and wants to eat eggs."
As long as he doesn't cry now, Lu Weiyi will get him anything he wants to eat, let alone eggs. He whines all night long, and the sound of his crying is all in Lu Weiyi's head.
Let Lu Xi watch the doctor treat him, and Lu Xiao took Lu Weiyi out.
"Uncle, please find a place for Antonio to rest for a while. He hasn't slept yet. I'll take care of something..." Lu Weiyi wanted to go back to the space to take a look, but when he thought about how they were already in the underground city, he could just bring Zhuang Aiyi out and take care of his injuries. "I'll be back in a while."
"Okay." Lu Xiao asked someone to find a room for Antonio, and Lu Weiyi quietly entered the space.
In the space, Zhuang Aiyi was limping and looking for a secluded place to go to the toilet. Taotao supported him and whispered, "Don't be afraid, brother, you can poop under the big tree. Taotao is buried and father can't see it."
Zhuang Aiyi's face turned red from holding it in, but he was still a little resistant, especially since he had heard that the mutant leopard had pooped in there last time and its father was angry for a long time. He didn't want to do anything rash at this moment.
"Why did you come down?" Lu Weiyi stepped forward and picked the person up.
Taotao immediately shouted, "Dad, my brother wants to poop."
"Little daddy, I haven't pooped yet. I...I want to go outside to poop." Even though Zhuang Aiyi was anxious, he was still embarrassed.
"Then I'll take my brother out, and you don't run around."
"good".
Taotao was more familiar with the space than he was, so naturally she would not have any other emotions. She even waved her little hand at the two of them.
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