Chapter 621: Meeting an Old Friend in a Fantasy World
Especially with the safe return of Zhou He and his party, the psychic confirmed that no one had contacted people from other bases, which made Zhuang Mingxu more wary of the perpetrator.
After seeing the crystal cores brought back and the extent of the damage to the personnel, the people below felt that it was an opportunity to earn crystal cores for free while going out during the cold winter.
Just when many people were looking forward to the next outing, Wu Yue and Zhou He simultaneously announced that they would not lead the team outing, but they did not completely block everyone's opportunity to go out - the number of people going out each time must not exceed 400, which is equivalent to one-sixth of the population of their temporary base.
"This is the final decision made based on the safety of our temporary base. We will try to give everyone a chance to go out and hunt zombies. How many you can get depends entirely on your own strength." Zhou He did not give anyone a chance to refute.
Even though some people felt that the temporary base in the deep mountains and forests was very safe, their opinions could not be shaken as the people above had a unified attitude. In the end, they divided into groups and took turns going out.
After Zhou He had arranged everything, he took his team to Panshui base to investigate the situation.
"I will leave Guan Wei and Qu Zhu to you, and the rest of you can follow me." Zhou He's team consists of eleven people in total. They have been following him before the apocalypse and have been with him ever since the apocalypse. They are the most powerful psychics in the temporary base except Wu Yue and Zhou He.
The two he left behind were both S-level psychics.
“No need, you just take them all. I have the equipment to help me, and I also have crystal core weapons. I can handle most situations. As for serious ones…” Wu Yue chuckled twice. That was not something that could be solved with two more S-level psychics.
Zhuang Mingxu also nodded in agreement and said, "We only know a general situation of the Panshui base. We must be careful when we get there. Even if an unexpected situation occurs, don't be impulsive and come back to call for support."
"Find out as much information as you can. Don't be reckless. We will definitely leave in the spring. As long as they don't take action before then, don't worry about anything else." Just by listening to what Song Huai said, one could tell how chaotic the Panshui base was. Zhuang Mingxu was worried that their sense of justice would get in the way.
"Don't worry, I know the seriousness of the matter," Zhou He said.
Zhuang Mingxu summarized the information he got from Song Huai and gave it to Zhou He, along with some of his own guesses, "If possible, try to find out more about Luo Qi's abilities, or the information about his girlfriend. I think this may be the key to unlocking Song Huai's words."
"Let's go." There was no time to waste. Zhou He took a look at the silk cocoon in the center of the underground palace, said take care, and left with the team.
They left quietly and did not bring any difference to the temporary base. In order to consume the energy of a group of psychics, Wu Yue developed a physical exercise plan for everyone. They were so tired that they fell asleep as soon as they lay down every day, which made the group of people have no time to worry about it.
The situation at the temporary base was stable, and Zhuang Mingxu also made time to think about entering the illusion again to check on Lu Weiyi.
In this illusion, several years have passed since the end of the world and the situation has stabilized.
With the intervention of psychotherapy, Dean is no longer so dependent on Antonio. When he was left at the base, he followed "Lu Weiyi" all day long. The two went shopping together and collected crystal cores in the trading hall together.
When Dean came across a metal crystal core, he would hide it secretly and want to bring it back to Antonio. But "Lu Weiyi" took a look at it and gave it to him cautiously and in a flattering manner, as if he was looking for an accomplice to do something bad.
And "Lu Weiyi" was no longer so cold. After years of training with "Zhuang Mingxu", he had become very proficient in using his special abilities. Those who wanted to trouble the two while the protection personnel were away were dealt with neatly by him, and no one dared to say a word.
Sometimes the scene is clear and slow, sometimes it seems like the fast-forward button has been pressed, sometimes you can hear the conversation, and sometimes it is silent.
Zhuang Mingxu looked at Lu Weiyi who was sitting alone on the side - he had been completely isolated, not thinking about participating in anything, and even no longer expressing his opinions.
The scenes around him changed, but he remained motionless. Or, it could be said that he was forgotten in the long river of time. All human affairs were moving forward in a noisy manner, but he was left behind.
"Xiaoyi, a lot of things have happened recently." Zhuang Mingxu controlled himself to float beside him and told him everything that happened after he fell into the illusion.
Tell him about the team members' growth, the duplicity of the base, the instability of the army's morale, the mutant creatures he had seen, and...he had given up on everyone.
"I always thought I was right, but that day I saw Taotao shrink a size in front of my eyes, and I saw him calling me dad with trust..." Zhuang Mingxu attached his conscious part to Lu Weiyi's body, as if he was hugging him, "I feel so cruel."
After being away for so long, Zhuang Mingxu never thought about the situation at the base. He would tell himself that they were living well to alleviate the guilt in his heart, but Taotao's completely dependent look dealt him a heavy blow.
He is not a qualified father, not a qualified leader, not even a qualified friend.
Zhuang Mingxu took a while to digest his emotions, and then came back to his senses to find that the Kyoto base in the illusion was facing a zombie siege.
As far as he could remember, apart from relieving their pressure a few days ago and attracting zombies to surround the Kyoto base, such a situation had never happened before.
This made Zhuang Mingxu's sad mood disappear instantly. Seeing the figure in the zombie group that was obviously different from that of an ordinary person, he couldn't help but float in that direction.
It was night when the zombies surrounded Yueban Bay. Zhuang Mingxu, an ordinary person, could not see clearly and was placed at the back. When he went out to command, he did not see the appearance of many zombies with his own eyes. But now he can see them clearly in the illusion.
Each zombie had various hideous wounds on their bodies, some of them were covered with rotten flesh, and their intestines were hanging everywhere, being stepped on and broken by other zombies beside them. The rotten juices and soft rotten flesh left deep marks as they walked past.
They still looked like humans, but the zombie energy turned them into monsters that wandered around unconsciously. They roared and ran towards the Kyoto base. The zombies with special powers attacked the people defending on the city wall with all their might. The low-level ordinary zombies became stepping stones, supporting the way for the high-level zombies to climb up.
At the city gate, "Zhuang Mingxu", Zheng Yi, Zhao Qiang and the rest of the medium-sized teams protected the entire perimeter tightly. With powerful abilities and advance deployment, they were unable to gain any advantage even though the opponent continued to attack.
Zhuang Mingxu floated out of the city from mid-air and looked around. The strange zombies that flashed by just now disappeared as if they were an illusion.
Just when he suspected that he had seen it wrong, he heard someone at the city gate shouting to "Zhuang Mingxu", "Zombies have appeared in the villa in the inner city."
"Where in the city has been breached?" "Zhuang Mingxu" told the people around him to continue guarding, and he jumped down from the city wall which was more than ten meters high. The blades that suddenly appeared in the middle cushioned his fall several times, allowing him to run towards the inner city in big strides the moment he touched the ground.
"They didn't break into the city, they went straight in through the tunnel."
"There is a passage underground in the inner city villa? How come I didn't know about it? Who was in charge of digging it?" "Zhuang Mingxu" hurried back to the villa and saw that the surrounding area had become a hall of zombies. The family members and friends left behind by each team became their prey.
But the scene was completely different for his own team members. "Lu Weiyi" used his mental power to erect a barrier to protect ordinary people and those with weak combat capabilities. They watched the zombies hunting humans in the villa like bystanders.
After watching the laborious clearing operation from a close distance, Zhuang Mingxu also saw the special ability of "Zhuang Mingxu" - metal element.
As Zhuang Mobai had said, his abilities were similar to Antonio's, and the most likely direction for awakening was the metal element.
Looking at the countless blades and daggers in the hands of "Zhuang Mingxu" flying according to his will and killing the surrounding zombies, the person standing in the crowd is undoubtedly powerful. How can people not envy such a person.
Zhuang Mingxu looked at Lu Weiyi again and found that his attention was no longer on "him". They had not communicated for a long time, so long that they seemed to not be able to see each other.
Zhuang Mingxu came back to his senses just in time to see two huge metal fists appear in "Zhuang Mingxu"'s hands, as if there was metal covering his arms. As he swung his fists hard, the air seemed to be torn apart, and the zombie opposite him had his long hair in front of his face blown away by the wind from his fists, revealing a face that Zhuang Mingxu was familiar with.
"Xiaoyi, that is..." Zhuang Mingxu called out to Lu Weiyi unconsciously, "Cheng Chuan?".
The whites of his eyes had turned into the unique eye color of zombies, and his black pupils were fixed in the center of his eyeballs like needle tips. When he stared at people, it gave people a creepy feeling.
"Zhuang Mingxu" obviously didn't know him, and even when he saw his face he didn't react at all, which didn't affect his attack at all.
But Cheng Chuan was obviously still conscious. He did not confront "Zhuang Mingxu" directly. Instead, he controlled a few zombies to hold "Zhuang Mingxu" back, and then he flashed into the underground.
The zombies in the villa area were constantly killed and summoned by Cheng Chuan until the underground passage was blocked and they were completely caught in a jar.
After killing all the zombies on the ground, "Zhuang Mingxu" moved forward along the underground passage and finally stopped in front of a laboratory.
The door of the laboratory had been violently destroyed, and the bodies of the experimenters inside were scattered all over the floor. Broken limbs and arms could be seen everywhere. There was an experimenter who had just been infected, who laughed and grabbed a person with only half a body left and started to eat him. Screams were heard everywhere.
Walking along the passage to the end, Zhuang Mingxu saw Cheng Chuan clumsily untying the chains that bound a little zombie.
It was an unnatural zombie. There were no bite wounds on its body. Its entire body was clean. Except for its grayish-blue face, it was obvious that it was not a normal person.
He was wearing a neatly embroidered vest and his face looked childish, as if he was a minor. Upon closer inspection, it was Xia Qiao, who had a pair of dimples when she smiled.
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