Chapter 894 Storm Belt
As they traveled westward, they saw almost no human habitation. Even in places where they knew there might be bases, they found no signs of human activity.
The entire ground has completely become a paradise for mutated plants and animals. The chance of encountering zombies is greater than that of humans. The few zombies that followed along absorbed the crystal cores to their heart's content.
More than ten days later, they finally saw the storm belt that Su Yan had mentioned.
At a height of nearly 100 meters, the sky was almost torn in half. Looking up, the hurricane was swirling with wind and sand, with faint flashes of lightning inside, as if it was a world of its own.
Once any creature approaches, there is a risk of being sucked into it at any time. Lu Weiyi and Qin Jin led a few zombies along the storm.
More than once on the road, we found small animals being sucked into the storm or birds circling in the sky falling uncontrollably. Then a cloud of blood mist would disperse in the direction of the storm and eventually disappear, but red marks would form near the ground in the storm zone, as if blood-red paint had been painted on. I wonder how many lives it took to produce such a rich color.
"It works in the same way as the energy ball you used before. If you get close to it, it will form suction and you will find it hard to control it." Qin Jin looked at the mutant eagle that disappeared in an instant and reminded Lu Weiyi beside him to stay away from it, "How do you want to get past?"
He glanced at the sky above his head, his eyes looking towards the endless place, "Do you want to keep going along? Or should the phoenix take you there?"
"We'll have time to explore the end later, but let's try to find a way back now," Lu Weiyi said as he summoned the phoenix to climb up, "I'll fly up and take a look first."
"Don't come near."
"I know—" When Lu Weiyi responded, he was already carried into the sky by the phoenix.
Phoenix looked up to the sky and soared into the clouds. After five or six hundred meters, he could barely see the top of the storm wall. He didn't dare to pass through rashly. He threw the small green plant over first. Noticing that there was no airflow in the sky, he swung the small green branch and tied it to several large trees nearby. Then he urged Phoenix to get closer.
Looking down, one can see that this storm belt is nearly a hundred meters wide, with flying sand and rocks in the middle. It seems bottomless at first glance, like a waterfall hanging between the earth. Lu Weiyi observed it for a while but still couldn't figure out the principle of its existence.
When the Phoenix reached a height of nearly a thousand meters, Lu Weiyi began to signal the Phoenix to cross the storm belt. Perhaps his nervousness was transmitted to the Phoenix. This time the Phoenix did not show off as usual. Its silence made its divinity more obvious, making people feel its reliability unconsciously.
[Phoenix, I'm ready, go through! 】
[Gah——]
The phoenix let out a long cry towards the sky, and flew towards another sky with its wings against the biting wind. Lu Weiyi was so nervous that he didn't dare to blink at all. The rustling wind made his eyeballs sore. His supernatural power had raised his body's defense to the highest level, just in case something happened and it could give him some protection.
Until he was above the storm belt, Lu Weiyi suddenly realized that he was too impatient. He could just catch a mutant animal and let Phoenix take it for an attempt instead of doing it himself.
Just as he was feeling frustrated, an air current surged from beneath his body. The powerful suction force made it difficult for the Phoenix Dual Wielders to maintain balance, and they fell uncontrollably downwards.
[Gah——!] 】Phoenix's voice was higher than ever, as if it was cheering itself up.
Lu Weiyi also held up the mental barrier under his body to resist, but unfortunately the power of nature was too strong. The invincible mental barrier seemed as fragile as a piece of thin paper at this time. He could only hold it up again and again to cushion the phoenix, but it was torn apart in an instant.
He had no choice but to gather the energy and redirect it into another energy vortex. The continuously rotating energy vortex offset a part of the suction force. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lu Weiyi urged, "Phoenix, hurry up!" 】
Seizing a glimmer of opportunity, the Phoenix struggled to break free from the control of the suction. Lu Weiyi used the remaining mental power to protect the Phoenix's body, buffering it for a while, and finally broke out of the storm belt when the energy was exhausted.
The energy barely supported the Phoenix to the end. As soon as it rushed out of the storm belt, the Phoenix disappeared into the air. Lu Weiyi fell straight down from a height of nearly a thousand meters. His supernatural powers had been exhausted, and he couldn't even protect himself. He could only throw away the small green branch during the fall. It eventually entangled in the woods nearly a hundred meters away and dragged him over.
This cushioned the impact of the fall from a high altitude, and when he fell to the ground, apart from the torn clothes on his body, he didn't suffer any injuries.
Because he fell suddenly, many mutant animals around were alarmed and fled. At this time, Lu Weiyi was lying on the ground in peace and quiet. However, his supernatural powers were exhausted, so he did not dare to stay any longer. He flashed into the space and lay on the ground again.
Taotao, who sensed him, just came in, took a look without saying a word, and immediately left. When she came in again, she was in a hurry with Zhuang Mingxu.
"Xiaoyi, what's wrong with you?" Zhuang Mingxu stepped forward and tried to pick him up. Lu Weiyi also habitually put his arms around his neck. However, when Zhuang Mingxu hugged him, he actually threw him to the ground again.
Lu Weiyi was stunned by the fall. He looked at Zhuang Mingxu and sat up. "What's wrong with you?"
"They have been preparing for surgery recently and have been staying in bed, lacking exercise," Zhuang Mingxu said, grabbing him and sitting aside.
Lu Weiyi looked at him suspiciously.
"Really, I'm not lying to you. Aiyi is still young and Taotao is in this situation. You don't know how to manage. I won't let anything get into trouble myself." Zhuang Mingxu patted his hand to reassure him.
"You'd better..." Lu Weiyi was still worried, but he also knew that he really couldn't let them go and would definitely take care of himself.
"Don't worry, tell me what happened?"
Lu Weiyi told him about the situation in the storm belt and said in annoyance, "I was too anxious. I should have tried looking for animals first. I thought it looked like the height was less than 500 meters, and I should be able to climb about 1,000 meters. Who could have thought that I would encounter such a thing?" Lu Weiyi was also a little scared at this time, not to mention Zhuang Mingxu's expression.
"Otherwise, just return to the base and don't go back..." Zhuang Mingxu didn't finish his words. Qin Jin was still waiting for news. The purpose of him sending Lu Weiyi all the way was self-evident to them.
If they ignore it now, it would be unjustifiable in humane way, and Qin Jin's current status is not someone they can offend at will.
Because of Qin Jin's existence, they are seeking ways to coexist with the zombies, so conflict should not occur at this time.
Both of them understood this truth, so even though Zhuang Mingxu was reluctant, he didn't say the rest.
"It's okay. My superpowers recover quickly in space. After we get out, I will let Phoenix try a few more times. As long as I have enough energy, Phoenix can fly very high and will always find a height where it will not be affected."
"It's no more than 500 meters at most, and there will definitely be no further impact."
After hearing his assurance, Zhuang Mingxu was still worried, "I'll ask Li Zhuang to bring some earth-type mutants here and let them try to make a passage underground. It just so happens that some people in the base are thinking about whether they can open a connection between the two sides, so they can serve as the vanguard."
"That's fine. Actually, the purpose of Qin Jin bringing the team here is probably to let the earth-type zombies try to see if they can walk underground," Lu Weiyi said, remembering what Su Yan once said, "It shouldn't be shallow. Su Yan and the others also tried it before."
"Exert force on both sides at the same time."
"Okay, how is the base doing with the things that were sent back this time?" Lu Weiyi still felt that cracking those instruments was the top priority. If they couldn't resist them, who knows what situation the other bases would face.
"We've asked them to speed up the process. Shen Xiuyin and the others have put down their work and are focusing on this first."
"That's good." Lu Weiyi was thinking about what he might have missed, and then he heard Zhuang Mingxu say, "We have confirmed the identity of the old man you drew."
"?" Lu Weiyi turned his head to look at him.
"You should still remember what Qi Le said, that the reason they were able to make such a big fuss in the research institute was because the person in charge of the research on controlling zombies returned to headquarters with his research results."
"Is that the doctor?"
"Yes, Dr. An He. He was a biochemical researcher before the end of the world. He had dealt with Zhuang Mobai several times. Later, because he had no bottom line in his experiments, he was expelled from the state institution. After that, he wandered around some unstable small countries in the east and provoked wars."
"According to Zhuang Mobai and Qi Le, he was a man without bottom line who could do anything. We woke up Xiuyuan and took out the controller from him. After studying it, we found that it was more advanced than the previous one and many functions were added. Of course, there are still some imperfections."
Lu Weiyi immediately turned his head to look over. Zhuang Mingxu smiled bitterly and said, "The device installed in the brain is still a chip. It cannot resist strong external radiation and will become scrapped every once in a while. Xiuyuan said that after he performed the operation under control, he performed eleven operations in six months."
"If the chip fails in the brain, it will cause a certain degree of damage to the brain. Even for zombies, the brain is a very important tissue. After the accident, they will either die completely or become a walking corpse like low-level zombies, with no possibility of recovery."
"The world of zombies is quite complete," Lu Weiyi said with emotion, "I always feel like they are a new race that was specially arranged to appear."
"How about I try turning into a zombie too?" As soon as Zhuang Mingxu finished speaking, Lu Weiyi's face suddenly changed. He immediately regretted that he shouldn't have said such things at this sensitive time. "I'm just kidding, don't take it seriously."
Lu Weiyi looked at him, but when Zhuang Mingxu didn't want others to see it, it was difficult for anyone to guess his emotions. After a while, he could only express his own opinion, "If we are in a situation where we have no way out and have to take that step, I will not object."
"?" Zhuang Mingxu looked at him in surprise.
Then Lu Weiyi said, "I have asked those zombies about the process and circumstances of their regaining consciousness. Most of them can regain consciousness if their level is high enough. I have the ability to stack you into a high-level zombie."
Zhuang Mingxu didn't expect that he would inquire about these things, and felt a little sad for a moment.
"But we haven't reached that stage yet. No one knows what the zombies will be like in the future. Will there be any changes targeting them? I don't want you to be the pioneer."
"I'm just saying it. Everything is fine now." Zhuang Mingxu pulled the person over. Thinking of their base and Lu Weiyi's position, even if he was the base commander, no one would allow a zombie to be kept around. That would mean that the peaceful life they had struggled so hard to get might fall into turmoil again, and not only would he be implicated, but the child might also be implicated.
How could he bear to let his lover face such a situation?
Now, Lu Weiyi no longer asks Zhuang Mingxu about matters at the base. In order to make him feel at ease on the road, Zhuang Mingxu no longer mentions many things. Even if he does say something, there will be some cover-ups, so it is better not to ask.
Lu Weiyi rested in the space to recover his superpowers. Zhuang Mingxu returned to the base and gathered a team of earth-type superpower users including Li Zhuang to see if they could open up a passage underground.
After Lu Weiyi finished his meal and his supernatural powers recovered, another temporary resting place had been built outside.
"You guys are really very proactive..." Lu Weiyi gave Li Zhuang a thumbs up.
"Haha, aren't we thinking of opening a passage directly in the future if possible?" Ji Qian followed Li Zhuang and came closer to talk, "Base commander, when are you going back? Are you going back as soon as you finish here?"
"It should be. What's wrong?"
"It's okay, everyone is looking forward to your return."
Lu Weiyi exchanged a few polite words with him and winked at Li Zhuang.
"Go and watch them, dig deeper, don't be lazy." Li Zhuang assigned Ji Qian away and said directly, "Zhuang Mingxu has a blood congestion in his brain, which is pressing on his nerves. He will have an operation in a week."
"..."Lu Weiyi.
He didn't know how to react for a moment, but Li Zhuang stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Xu Yi and Dean will participate at the same time, nothing will happen."
This is not something to worry about. Thinking about what Zhuang Mingxu had asked him about turning into a zombie before, he was probably prepared for the worst.
Lu Weiyi turned around and summoned the Phoenix, preparing to return to the base, but when he thought of Qin Jin who was still waiting on the other side of the storm belt, he stopped again.
“Are you sure it’s a week?”
"Xu Yi said it himself," said Li Zhuang.
"good".
Lu Weiyi summoned the phoenix and asked it to fly as high as possible. After several attempts, the unaffected height was limited to 1,400 meters.
"Can you stay here? Qin Jin and I are going to the nearest base. An He's portrait hasn't been sent out yet." An He brought the zombies to do evil in their land. He is no longer just an enemy of their base. All bases must be alerted in order to limit their development.
After Lu Weiyi asked, he saw Li Zhuang looking at him with a smile, and the triangular knife that he had carried for several years appeared in his hand again.
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