Chapter 857: Restricted Powers
The intimate words diverted Lu Weiyi's attention. He turned his head to look over, "Coal?"
"Yes," Qin Jin stood up and stretched his muscles, although he didn't know whether the zombies would feel unwell. "I've been here on a business trip before. I know where several coal yards and coal mines are. I'll take you to see them."
Specially searching for supplies was Lu Weiyi's responsibility in the last days. In the past two years, his focus had shifted little by little, and he hadn't been exposed to these things for a long time. When he heard it from Qin Jin's mouth, he was stunned.
"What? You don't lack coal?" Qin Jin frowned slightly. "There shouldn't be any coal mines near Laoshan. What energy do you use?"
Lu Weiyi stood up, glanced at a few zombies who were ready to leave at any time, and replied, "Crystal core."
"Can't you stop staring at us? We really owe you a lot." Zhang Qing, who had become familiar with him, bared his teeth at him to express his dissatisfaction. "Killing people is not enough, and why don't you stop scaring people?"
Lu Weiyi apologized, "It's just a conditioned reflex when I see the zombies. It's not directed at you."
"This is still our fault. We are an eyesore to you." Li Guang rolled his eyes with his only remaining eye, although the whiteness of his eyes made the roll less obvious.
Yu Li was young and never participated in their conversations. He pulled Xu Xiao a little further away from Lu Weiyi, while Cheng Qi said to Zhang Qing, "Let us go out."
"You can also think about what else humans need to collect outside. We can accompany you to collect some." Qin Jin diverted Lu Weiyi's attention.
Lu Weiyi thought about it and was more interested in the crystal core. "Can you hunt zombies?"
"Yes." Qin Jin looked at him, "Do you want to go?"
"Yes, we can never have too many crystal cores." What's more important is that nowadays, the most valuable thing outside is the crystal core. "Besides, I'm also curious about how you usually hunt zombies."
The ground where the monkey was was moved upwards by Zhang Qing's manipulation. The little monkey was alert for a moment at first, but then he went back to his original position. A stone next to it had been played with by it for a few days and had become round, as if it had been carved. He did not get tired of fiddling with it and his emotions were more stable than that of Lu Weiyi, the human.
Lu Weiyi moved closer to Qin Jin and asked curiously, "Can you control the zombies to dig out their crystal cores? I've seen videos of you smashing zombies' heads before. Are you still doing the same thing now? Or can you still use your supernatural powers?"
He thought for a long time, but there was no image of Qin Jin fighting zombies. He didn't even show any deterrent power among the zombies who followed him. Apart from the respectful word "king" from these zombies, there was no other evidence of his status.
Qin Jin, "...".
"You'll see for yourself when the time comes," Qin Jin said, and was the first to step out of the ground. Compared to Lu Weiyi and Xiao Hou, Qin Jin and Zhang Qing had left the underground before.
It had rained heavily before, so in order to prevent the place where they were from being flooded, Qin Jin brought Zhang Qing up to check the reinforcement. This also made Lu Weiyi find that the scene outside had changed when he came out. The open space where they originally took shelter from the rain had a roof of more than four meters to accommodate the height of the little monkey.
The situation was urgent at the time, and Zhang Qing directly moved the ground under his feet to send them underground. At this time, they were more like crawling out of an earthen well, surrounded by a specially raised well edge, only about one meter away from the roof.
The little monkey, stimulated by the bright light, popped his head out and knocked a hole in the roof.
"Be careful of the glare, it's noon now," Qin Jin reminded, but it was a little late. The little monkey's tears were flowing, and Lu Weiyi was blocked by them, which gave him some time to buffer.
The heavy rain caused a small flood. The ground showed signs of being flooded, but the surrounding area was already jungle and no complete river had been formed. Now that the sun was shining brightly, the ground had turned completely muddy.
"Are you still going?" Qin Jin looked at the man whose ankles were covered in mud, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
In his memory, Lu Weiyi was a person with a slight mysophobia. His house was always kept spotless. Whenever he saw Zhuang Mingxu coming back from a social event with a slight odor on his body, he would remain silent for a long while, which made them rarely go to his house.
Lu Weiyi gritted his teeth, looked back at the "well" they had just come out of, gritted his teeth, and said, "Go."
Seeing Qin Jin's gloating, he chuckled twice and directly changed the short boots on his feet into special knee-length boots. The leather surface would not have any effect even if he stepped on mud.
This is not the point. He met Qin Jin's gaze, smiled, and shouted to the little monkey, "I'll sit on your shoulders."
The little monkey stretched out his big hand towards Lu Weiyi without saying a word. Lu Weiyi stepped on his palm and was placed on his shoulder.
"Brother Qin Jin, let's go." Lu Weiyi looked down at the zombies on the ground and said politely.
Between stepping on the ground and discussing with the little monkey about sitting on his other shoulder, Qin Jin felt that the latter was unlikely.
Before he could lift his foot, the sticky mud on the ground solidified instantly, and there was a tendency for it to extend into the distance. A road covered with ice chips appeared before his eyes. Qin Jin lifted his foot, and from his expression, anyone who didn't know would think it was the road leading to the throne.
Even Lu Weiyi, who was ready to watch the joke, couldn't help but sigh that this subordinate was very capable.
If it was someone else in their team, no one would be so considerate and tactful. Lu Weiyi glanced at Cheng Qi and asked, "Do you want to change someone to follow?"
"I'm the base commander, with... hundreds of thousands of people under me." Lu Weiyi recommended himself a little awkwardly for the first time, "It's better than following him."
"Besides, you see, he has a lot of zombies, and you are not the only one. You may not be the first one to get good things. It's different for me. If you follow me, as the only zombie, I will definitely think of you first when there are good things."
Cheng Qi remained silent, but Qin Jin responded, "What good stuff do you have?"
"I have so many good things, including supplies, crystal cores, and even people. No one can definitely surpass me." Lu Weiyi said with a little pride. He had been in a closed environment for a long time. Now he could see the vast sky, green plants, and even mutant animals that attacked them from time to time. Everything exuded vitality, which made him feel extremely good, and he talked more unconsciously.
"But you have to feed hundreds of thousands of people. Even if it's said to be yours, it's actually not your responsibility. Could it be that Zhuang Mingxu is trying to scare you?" Qin Jin walked leisurely. Even if he saw the mutant animals that were trying to attack him again, he would not move.
Lu Weiyi was very envious of this pretentious guy. He suddenly felt that Qin Jin, the boss, was much more stylish than himself.
Just when he was thinking about going back to let the people in the team receive some training and learn from others, he saw the solidified road under Qin Jin's feet buckle with a sound, and then he sank into it, and his feet were immediately covered with mud.
Lu Weiyi pursed his lips, but still couldn't help laughing. Qin Jin turned his head to look at Cheng Qi, and found that Cheng Qi had a confused and flustered look on his face, "King, my ability..."
Before he finished speaking, a duck-like creature with flapping wings jumped out from the woods. Its upper and lower bodies were distinct in color, the black part was soft and shiny, and the white part was fluffy, but its mouth was unusually sharp, and it quacked as it pounced towards Qin Jin. The familiar voice made Lu Weiyi suspect that a phoenix had appeared.
With this reaction, he missed the best opportunity to attack, and could only watch the duck's mutated sharp beak pecking at Qin Jin's face.
Even though he knew that people at their level shouldn't be injured, Lu Weiyi couldn't help but feel frightened when he saw the sharp weapon heading straight for his eyes.
Qin Jin quickly leaned back to avoid the mutant duck's attack, grabbed the duck's wings, and caught the whole duck.
Before Lu Weiyi could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard the originally quiet jungle suddenly become lively, with chirping sounds and the rustling footsteps of animals approaching them.
Lu Weiyi’s mental power was the first to probe out, and what he saw was densely packed, “We are surrounded.”
There were all kinds of mutated animals all around, of different sizes and species. What was similar was that they all had various deformations on their bodies. Some had huge pustules on their heads, and some had some organs and tissues missing. The creatures that should have been familiar were now strange and abnormal.
Originally, Lu Weiyi didn't have a strong feeling about the consequences of radiation, but when he saw this scene, he felt horrified.
Especially nowadays, there are basically no ordinary animals. Animals born after the rampant reproduction of mutant animals all have slight mutations.
Now that they are in this situation, does that mean that people of lower ranks are also...
Lu Weiyi didn't dare to think too much. He controlled his mental power to capture a few living creatures and wanted to send them back to the base for research. The rest were immediately attacked by his supernatural powers. However, as he took action, the movements of others immediately became much weaker. He looked back and found that the zombie team that originally made up the main force was not moving.
"Hey, are you using me as a laborer?" If Qin Jin didn't take action, he could still tolerate it, but the person who was obviously brought here to be his younger brother was hiding behind him. Who could tolerate this? Lu Weiyi shouted immediately.
Qin Jin looked back when he heard the noise and frowned. Before he could speak, Cheng Qi said first, "King, my supernatural power is exhausted."
"Are you kidding me?" Lu Weiyi felt that the excuse he came up with was perfunctory and completely stomping on other people's faces. Not to mention others, Cheng Qi was an SS-level zombie. They had been out for barely an hour and had not encountered many mutant animals. Most of the energy was consumed in maintaining the ice under Qin Jin's feet. How could it be consumed so quickly?
"It's true, Wang," Zhang Qing responded. He no longer used his supernatural powers, but instead held an axe and chopped the mutant animals that were attacking him.
The zombie's slightly stiff body restricted his flexibility. Wounds appeared on his skin in many places, and the sticky black blood unique to zombies flowed out.
Li Guang, who was standing back to back with him, was not in much better condition than him, and Xu Xiao, who was of a lower rank, looked frightened even though he was standing in the middle.
The scene didn't look like it was staged.
Lu Weiyi was puzzled, and then he heard Qin Jin suddenly ask, "Do you feel that your supernatural power is restricted?"
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