Chapter 799: Experimental Prototype
During the rest time that night, Lu Weiyi passed on his findings to Zhuang Mingxu.
[You really are...]
Zhuang Mingxu, who had been waiting for news from him, didn't know what to say. The new base was being rebuilt and various things were happening. Fortunately, everyone had arrived now and the team was doing their job, so he didn't need to worry about everything.
But he was still confused by Lu Weiyi's remote command.
As soon as he got the skull of the zombie who was still following his instinct and wanting to bite people, Zhuang Mingxu had no choice but to restart Qi Le and Bai Lu and continue to ask about the situation in their laboratory.
"This is the result of our research," Qi Le sneered disdainfully after seeing the method of controlling zombies. "We have been away for such a long time, and they haven't made any progress at all. How come they are even regressing?"
A chip bomb had been implanted in Qi Le's body at this moment, which might have the risk of failure in the outside world. However, the basement where they were was made up of the secretions of the abyss mushrooms, which isolated it from the influence of electronic equipment.
A series of places in the base that require electronic equipment are now built with this material. Except for the fact that electricity on the ground is still tight, the technology has basically not lagged behind.
Hearing him pretending like that, Zhuang Mingxu did not interrupt him. He just let him turn over several experimental materials with disdain, staring at him with a half-smile.
Qi Le looked at him with contempt for a long time, and when he found that no one responded, he looked at Zhuang Mingxu. He paused when his eyes met his and restrained his unconscious arrogance, "These are just the most basic means of commanding zombies. To be exact, they cannot reach the level of control at all."
Qi Le pointed to a black chip the size of a fingernail and said, "This is the initial prototype of the zombie control experiment. In addition to micro-bombs, there is also a substance named engineer."
"This thing is extracted from the drones in mutated bees. The mutated drones have the instinct to chase the queen bee. After being implanted with this substance, the zombies will unconsciously seek out the queen bee."
"As long as you place the extracted queen bee pheromone where you want to attack, it will attract the zombies there."
"But this kind of thing is an instinctive attraction and cannot achieve the effect of controlling the actions of zombies. So after conducting countless experiments, they felt that it was not very useful and began to research in other directions."
"Are those the ones you control?" Zhuang Mingxu thought of the zombies that were still kept in some corner of Lu Weiyi's space. He thought that person might have forgotten about them again. In order to prevent them from suddenly appearing and hurting him one day, it was necessary to remind him.
"That's also a failure," Qi Le said, "The doctor who studies zombie control in the laboratory is called An He. The theory he proposed is that the zombies' neurons are still alive. As long as the zombies' neurons are connected with chips, the effect of controlling the zombies can be achieved."
"It is said that he has indeed developed zombie guards that can completely obey his orders. Unfortunately, my skills are not as good as his, and my medical research is not good enough to perfectly integrate the chip and neurons. Those zombies can only obey some simple commands."
Qi Le was fiddling with things on the table, not knowing what he was thinking.
But Zhuang Mingxu couldn't help but worry when he heard him say that. Qi Le's zombies alone were enough to make them fearful. If there were higher-level zombies that completely obeyed his orders, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Since there are such powerful people in the laboratory, how could you leave with so many things?" Zhuang Mingxu doubted.
"Dr. An He went to the main base to report with his research results, and also took away some of the base's protection personnel." Qi Le shrugged his shoulders, and still felt lucky when he thought about it.
Zhuang Mingxu asked more about the weaknesses of these zombies, as well as other aggressive test subjects in their laboratory, hoping to extract more useful information.
And it was time for Lu Weiyi to change shifts at midnight.
Their base has the most high-level psychics, and it is not safe to let other people keep watch, so Lu Weiyi simply arranged for his own team members to guard the first and second half of the night.
While everyone else was taking a break, Lu Weiyi took the opportunity to hold a small meeting.
"During the day, I found that the film can restrain supernatural attacks, but it cannot resist physical attacks. Or you can try to use energy attack directly."
After that, he briefly talked about the difference between energy and superpowers, and finally concluded with one sentence, "Simply put, it is to let the energy that can be felt in the body attack directly, and do not convert it into superpowers."
"The most straightforward feeling is..." Lu Weiyi handed a scimitar to Liu Rui. Liu Rui immediately understood. Energy flowed instantly, and as he chopped in the air, his casual movements gave people a feeling of splitting the air.
Zhao Gang and his companions did not expect to have such a gain. They no longer felt sleepy and immediately took out their weapons to demonstrate.
"Another way..."
Lu Weiyi originally thought it was just a matter of one sentence, and just as he was about to continue speaking, he saw that the blades in Zhao Gang and Wang Bing's hands were covered with a layer of ice, but they still looked extremely sharp.
The blade of Fei Mo's dagger changed its shape directly, and Wang Xi's dagger turned red as if it was burning at high temperature. As for Hua Rui, she looked at the other people blankly, not understanding what it meant at all.
This made Lu Weiyi unable to say a word further.
Others hadn’t expected this to happen either, and their surprised expressions seemed to be silently asking “How come you don’t know this?”
"You all know how to do it?"
"Isn't this the most effective attack when the power is just awakened and at its weakest?" Ning Yuan also casually waved the dagger in his hand. As a water-based power user, his blade is completely different from Zhao Gang and Wang Bing's. "But, let's compare and see what the difference is?"
Zhao Gang nodded, and the daggers in the two men's hands collided with each other. A groove immediately appeared on Zhao Gang's dagger, and most of the dagger in Ning Yuan's hand was embedded in it.
"Is this... so magical?" Ning Yuan had not expected this to happen. "Aren't they all superpowers?"
Lu Weiyi shook his head and said, "Energy is an intangible thing, and superpowers are just the concrete manifestation of energy."
He frowned, not knowing how to explain, and raised his hand to release the phoenix, "Can you see the phoenix?"
Several people who knew the situation shook their heads, while the others were puzzled. Lu Weiyi grabbed Xu Sa's hand and touched it, pressing it directly on the Phoenix.
When Phoenix tried to dodge, he shouted, "Don't move."
"quack--"
They couldn't see any figure, but they could hear some sound, which made them sure that there was something around.
"They are too stupid, that's why they need stronger cooperation." Lu Weiyi's words made everyone ashamed, but made the unwilling Phoenix immediately obedient.
"Try to attack it," Lu Weiyi said to Xu Sa.
"Phoenix, please be considerate. I don't have to attack you..." Xu Sa still wanted to have a chance to ride the Phoenix to feel it. He was extremely flattering at this moment, but he did not hesitate in his movements. A flash of lightning passed through the Phoenix's body and cracked in the air.
"Did you see it? Superpowers cannot attack energy bodies, but energy can attack energy bodies." Lu Weiyi wanted to demonstrate it to them himself, but they couldn't see the phoenix, so even if they attacked it, they couldn't see the effect.
"Is this okay?" Ning Yuan waved the dagger in his hand.
"Okay, but you can't see it either." There is no need to do such experiments.
"When I return to the base, I will give you an energy detector. It can clearly show the damage caused by energy attacks to the energy body. Now it is enough for you to know what is going on. Whether you can train it out depends on yourself."
Lu Weiyi ignored Zhao Gang and the others and continued, "This is a method of using energy for close-range attacks. There is also a long-range attack, which is just like using superpowers normally, directly using energy to condense an invisible dagger blade or the like."
"This is the simplest way. I am also in the exploratory stage for the others. You can also use your imagination to practice. We can all communicate and learn at any time."
After Lu Weiyi finished his closing statement, he felt that his mission was accomplished. "The teaching of other personnel will be left to you. Besides... I don't want to hear these things from other bases."
These are things he figured out step by step. Being open to those who follow him does not mean that he has to be selfless to everyone.
He stretched himself and prepared to inspect the surroundings. He heard Wang Xi, who had already found out what the Phoenix was like, grinning and looking at Lu Weiyi with a little excitement, "If I upgrade successfully, can I also have an energy body?"
"..." Lu Weiyi, "I suggest you don't upgrade."
He turned his gaze to Zhao Gang and the others, "Choose between death and madness."
The muscles on Wang Xi's face that were erected due to his excitement drooped little by little, and the light in his eyes gradually faded.
The atmosphere was stagnant for a moment, but there was nothing to comfort them. After all, their upgrade process was indeed not very glorious.
On weekdays, Lu Weiyi didn't use them much, and they did some tasks together. It was easy for them to develop friendships after going through life and death together, which also made it easy for everyone to ignore their upgrade process.
When Lu Weiyi pointed it out bluntly, it became even more clear to people the huge gap between them.
After hearing this, the enthusiasm of Zhao Gang and his companions faded, and the others immediately stood up and prepared to patrol.
Lu Weiyi turned around and prepared to leave as if nothing had happened, when he heard Zhao Gang ask calmly, "Base Commander, I heard about the situation of Chief Zhao of the Kyoto Base before, and I have always wanted to ask, will our lives be affected?"
Lu Weiyi shook his head and scanned his entire body, "Not in the short term, but..."
"You'd better suppress yourself and don't upgrade, especially you and..." Lu Weiyi's gaze turned to another person, Wang Xi, who was also obviously transformed into a zombie. The symptoms of the two of them were more obvious. "I don't know why you have developed the characteristics of zombies, but if you upgrade, you will most likely fail."
"I feel... I'm almost at the critical point." Zhao Gang wanted to smile, but the forced smile was more hideous than crying.
"I'm almost there too," said Wang Bing.
"Me too," Fei Mo said.
Hua Rui nodded, indicating that she felt the same way.
They were the last batch of the strongest psychics in Panshui Base. They had been using their powers with all their might since then, and it was only a matter of time before they were upgraded.
Even though some of them didn't want to ask for help, they still had people they cared about that they couldn't let go of, making them afraid to even die.
Hua Rui thought of her young daughter, tears welled up in her eyes, "Base Commander, is there any way to suppress the upgrade?"
"I don't want to eat them, but..." Her voice was choked and hoarse, but she still insisted on defending herself, "If I don't eat them, they will eat me."
"My child...can't walk yet, I can't die."
"I...I just want to live."
She lowered her eyes and tears fell.
This remark also made the other people fall silent. Living in that place where people eat each other, they must make a choice if they want to survive.
This is also the reason why Lu Weiyi only asks them to obey orders but does not judge whether they are right or wrong - if you have not experienced the suffering of others, you have no right to be superior.
I'm just luckier than them.
"I'll go back and ask the research institute to see if there is any solution." After Lu Weiyi finished speaking, Hua Rui's eyes immediately lit up. She didn't have the desire to be too strong. In the past, she had to upgrade because she didn't want to die. Now, as long as she could survive, it was enough.
"But think about it. I won't do business at a loss. Staying alive means I have to keep doing this job."
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