Chapter 85: Hitting a wall
Lu Weiyi was secretly annoyed. When sleeping with Zhuang Mingxu, he always felt that he would notice everything and his vigilance was lowered.
Zhuang Aiyi will rest in the same room with Lu Xi tonight. The room that was previously occupied by Gu Qingyue and his brother is right next door. As for the last bedroom on the first floor, it was given to Lin Yimu and Ning Yuan.
Lu Weiyi paid attention to his surroundings again. Lin Yimu and Ning Yuan had already gotten up and were on guard. Li Zhuang and Antonio were hiding in the windows upstairs, observing the downstairs.
Lu Weiyi told Zhuang Mingxu about his discovery and asked what to do.
"Let's capture the people alive first," Zhuang Mingxu said. Lu Weiyi nodded. When the eight people were assigned to their respective floors and rooms and approached the villa to prepare for action, something came out from nowhere and strangled seven of them by the neck. The other one turned around and wanted to leave when he saw that the situation was not right, but was hit on the head by something thrown down from the upstairs and fell to the ground.
Lu Weiyi turned on the palm-sized flashlight on the bedside table, got up, placed Zhuang Mingxu in the wheelchair, and pushed him out of the bedroom. Li Zhuang, Antonio, Lin Yimu and Ning Yuan had already come out of the living room, each standing in a corner immersed in the darkness, without making a sound. If it weren't for Lu Weiyi's mental power, it would be difficult to detect that there were people around.
Lin Yimu was about to turn on a light but was stopped by Zhuang Mingxu. He squinted his eyes in the darkness and said, "I've thought of a way. You bring the person in first and keep your voice down."
Lin Yimu went to open the door, and Lu Weiyi controlled Xiao Luzhi to drag in seven people. Another person who fainted was carried in by Lin Yimu.
"Leave one and knock out the rest," said Zhuang Mingxu.
After Lin Yimu's quick and decisive move, he was left with a man holding his neck and whimpering hoarsely.
"Be quiet and don't scream, or I'll strangle you to death," Lu Weiyi said as he tightened the little green branch slightly. The person in front of him rolled his eyes instantly, and after he loosened his grip a little, he immediately nodded in fear.
"Tell me, who sent you here? What's your purpose?" Ning Yuan walked up to the man and asked while yawning.
The small green branch wrapped around the man's neck was loosened and tightened by Lu Weiyi, as if it were a living thing. The man was so scared that his face turned pale. As soon as Ning Yuan finished speaking, he immediately confessed. From what he said, they were from Jundun and they were ordered by their boss to kidnap a child. As for what the child was going to be used for, he was a small fry and didn't know.
Among the three major forces in the base, Longteng and the police station both knew about Zhuang Mingxu's background and had some concerns about it, but it was different for Jundun. Before the end of the world, the boss of Jundun was the owner of a security company, and most of his clients were local businessmen who were not at the level of Zhuang Mingxu, not to mention that Zhuang Mingxu's identity in Qingyuan was intentionally or unintentionally concealed.
Liu Qiang had heard from his subordinates about their group's special abilities, and it seemed that they were not having a good time with Lin Jun. He thought that since they were leaving and did not have much supplies, it was not worth his while to take action. However, most of the supplies in the trading market were swept away in one afternoon, and they even had the vital water in their hands.
Drinking water is scarce nowadays. Food is important, but water is more valuable. Especially after listening to the reports from his subordinates, he knew that they must have a person with space abilities in their hands. The presence of a space ability user on Longteng's side was enough to attract people's covetousness. If that person wasn't Lin Jun's son, Liu Qiang would have wanted to win him over at all costs. Now that another one suddenly appeared, Liu Qiang would not let him go no matter what.
Originally, he planned to kidnap Zhuang Aiyi to threaten this group of people, control them first and then defeat them one by one. Knowing that they were not easy to deal with, Liu Qiang specially sent a few people with good skills, but they met with a tough challenge as soon as they started.
Ning Yuan woke up several people one by one, asked them a series of questions, then confused everyone again and looked at Zhuang Mingxu.
"Judging from the current situation, Liu Qiang from the military shield is thinking of attacking us directly without any scruples, while Zhang Xun from the police station is thinking of selling a good deal first and then attacking from behind. As for Lin Jun..." Zhuang Mingxu paused.
"Isn't he a good person? That shouldn't be the case, right?" Lu Weiyi asked.
Good person? No one who reaches a high position is a good person. The saying that business is like a battlefield does not refer to the intrigues and deceptions in business, but the bloodless swordplay in business and the fact that you don't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren dies because of you.
But Zhuang Mingxu didn't want to explain these things to Lu Weiyi. His young boy didn't need to know such disgusting things. He smiled, rubbed Lu Weiyi's head, did not answer, and continued, "To be safe, count him in as well."
"Now that we have captured Jundun's men, they are not small fry. So we might as well muddy the waters. If Jundun wants to threaten us, we can turn around and hold them hostage, and let them stop the others."
"It's impossible for the military shield to fight against two major forces?" If he could do it, he would have become the boss long ago. Lin Yimu looked at Zhuang Mingxu.
"I didn't ask him to fight back, I just wanted to delay the time." Zhuang Mingxu smiled like an old fox, and then his expression turned cold. "As for Long Teng... find a way to take Lin Fei away. It would be best if Lin Jun doesn't do anything bad. If he does, use his son's life to stop him."
“But it’s best to hide these people first. If someone comes to our door tomorrow, we can just say we haven’t seen them and wait for Liu Qiang to come and negotiate terms. We’ll hide until…” Zhuang Mingxu tapped the armrest of the wheelchair, thinking quickly in his mind. Suddenly, he remembered what Lu Weiyi said about mental coverage, and he had an idea in his mind.
"I will hide them." Zhuang Mingxu did not say how to do it or where to take them. He just continued, "Then let Qingyue inject them with some anesthetics. Xiaoyi, do you have any anesthetics?"
Lu Weiyi paused and shook his head, "I don't know." He didn't know what the various medicines were used for.
"Have someone sort out your medicines another day." Zhuang Mingxu obviously knew his situation, so he arranged for Ning Yuan to look after these people and let the others go to sleep.
When it was dawn, several drunk and sleeping people woke up and had breakfast, only to find that there were several more people in the living room. When they asked, they found out that someone had broken into the house.
"Thanks to you guys, otherwise we would have died in our sleep." Xu Sa scratched his messy hair, looking groggy from a hangover.
Xiong Jie felt a little guilty at this time. He actually drank too much when he was relaxed. Xi Shi knew what he was thinking. He patted his hand and reminded him what he was going to say, "Oh, Xi Shi told me what happened last night. We will go with you."
After all, if this group of people left, even if the people in Yongping base had a falling out, they would probably be targeted if they stayed and came together. If they went to another base alone, it would be unlikely for them to arrive safely with their abilities, so it would be better for them to follow them. Given Zhuang Mingxu's status, he will definitely be taken care of in Qingyuan.
"What's the matter?" Xu Sa felt like he was excluded. He glanced at Liu Rui, who also looked confused. He turned to look at Lu Weiyi, but Lu Weiyi didn't even look at him. In the end, it was Xi Shi who spoke to him.
"Why don't you ask for my opinion? Is my opinion so unimportant? Let me tell you, Lu Xiaoyi, you made such a hasty decision for me. You will be responsible for me in the future..."
"Then you stay," Lu Weiyi interrupted him before he could continue talking.
Xu Sa hesitated for a moment and continued, "No, that won't work. You have already made the decision for me. I will be yours from now on. Don't worry, I am still very useful to you. I can accompany you for food, drinks, chat, and so on..." Xu Sa met Zhuang Mingxu's faint smile in the morning light and swallowed the word "sleep" and said "chat with you".
Gu Qingyue and the others were amused by his quick reaction and laughed out loud. They had a happy breakfast and began to arrange today's tasks.
Although the plan was made by Zhuang Mingxu, his body was a burden even though he only had brains. Lu Weiyi had to give orders. Lu Weiyi took out the map and made the assignments according to what they had discussed. "We need four people to go out and explore the way. Brother Li, Brother Antonio, Brother Xiong, and Brother Damu. Find out about the two bridges we talked about yesterday and plan the routes. At the same time, it's best to walk these three streets."
Lu Weiyi pointed to three places and said to the four people who came over to him, "There are several large jade shops in these three places. Bring back all the jades in them, especially those of good quality."
"Not searching for supplies?" Xiong Jie raised his eyebrows, puzzled.
"If you want supplies, I can provide you with them." Lu Weiyi thought that Xiong Jie felt that the supplies were too few.
"That's not what I meant. I just think that when we go out, shouldn't we get some supplies back along the way? And if we want to go through Qinyuan County or Ningping County, we must pass through Yongping City. Now that we're already in, why don't we get some supplies back..." Xiong Jie looked at Lu Weiyi.
"No need," Lu Weiyi said without explaining.
Of course, this was Zhuang Mingxu's idea. Now the people in the base have suspected that they have the space, but they are not sure who has it. They went out but did not bring back any supplies, so they can only think that the space is in the hands of the people who went out, thus reducing the attention on Lu Weiyi.
Lin Yimu had been following Lu Weiyi in the first place, so he naturally wouldn't ask the reason. Antonio now felt that Lu Weiyi had a purpose in everything he did, so he just needed to focus on his work. Li Zhuang wouldn't ask any more questions, and Xiong Jie saw that the other three had no objections, so he didn't say anything either.
"Let's take two more people. There are too many zombies now when we go through the city. It may not be safe for four people." Zhuang Mingxu enlarged a map, looked at the route, and said to Lu Weiyi.
Lu Weiyi glanced at the remaining people and said, "Liu Rui and Ning Yuan are together."
"Let me take Liu Rui's place," said Gu Qingji. He had been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and his skills were much better than Liu Rui's.
"No need." Although Gu Qingji is more skilled, Liu Rui is a psychic and will be fine even if he is bitten. Lu Weiyi denied it straightforwardly. Xu Sa opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he just looked at Liu Rui and said nothing.
In my memory, Lu Weiyi has always been indifferent, with very few mood swings. He has never assigned work so cleanly and neatly before. He feels like a little elite.
Zhuang Mingxu looked at him from his side, he was strange and handsome.
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