Chapter 406: Introducing the Purification Crystal Core
"What's Qingji's overall situation like?" Lu Weiyi asked.
Gu Qingyue forced a smile and said, "He hasn't woken up yet. The doctor... can't tell you the reason. Maybe... he himself doesn't want to wake up."
Gu Qingyue's tone was panic-stricken, and he no longer had the enthusiasm he had when they first met.
Lu Weiyi remembered that at the end of the world, he was the first person who dared to leave the community and attack the zombies with trembling hands, just to find his brother who was thousands of miles away.
"It will be fine." Lu Weiyi struggled out of Zhuang Mingxu's arms. The residual effect of the anesthetic made his legs and feet weak. Zhuang Mingxu supported his body, and he grabbed Gu Qingyue's hand tightly and made a solemn promise.
"Don't worry, I have already sent a message to the Kyoto base, asking them to concentrate on finding a group of brain experts," said Zhuang Mingxu.
"Thank you, thank you," Gu Qingyue said in a hoarse voice, and walked forward to hug Lu Weiyi, "People should be happy when they are alive. Now I finally understand that as long as people can live, nothing else matters."
"Yeah, it'll be fine."
When the ice in the surrounding sea began to melt, the base, which had been silent for the entire winter, became active again.
The cold wind subsided, the ice wall retreated, and the hidden bridge was exposed to the light of day again.
It was no longer cold outside with the thick cotton-padded jackets on, and the entire base held a belated celebration.
In the central square near the government, people from the entire base gathered, hundreds of large pots were burning, and the aroma of food filled the air.
Lu Weiyi's hair had just started to stubble and it still looked ugly. He was standing on the podium wearing a hat. Standing beside him were Zhuang Mingxu and several heads of various departments of the base.
The microphone was tapped twice, and the surrounding noise suddenly quieted down.
"This is a belated celebration," Lu Weiyi said, "In the winter of the second year of the apocalypse, our base fought against 510,000 zombies with the strength of 20,000 people, and won a great victory at the cost of the death of nine psychics!"
"This is not only a success for our base, it also means that zombies are not invincible to humans. This is a beginning and a historic starting point."
"I am very happy that everyone in our base has done their part in this battle and there has not been a single deserter. I have proved with my actions that I am with you, and you have given me the same commitment in return."
"Today, we celebrate again, celebrate our survival, and celebrate that we have lived in the apocalypse for another year. I hope that we can spend every year in the future in peace, until mankind finally defeats the zombies and takes back the cities occupied by zombies."
"Defeat the zombies! Take back the city!"
"Defeat the zombies! Take back the city!"
…
The deafening response rang in my ears. It seemed like a silly scene, but when everyone was doing it, there was a sense of pride and heroism.
"Starting tomorrow, our base will usher in the beginning of a new year, and life and work will begin to return to normal. This is the last half day of rest, so let us all enjoy the food to our heart's content." Zhuang Mingxu didn't add much, but pointed to a circle of hot pots around him and said, "The base provides full meals."
"Long live the base commander..."
"Haha, long live the base commander..."
Shouting jokingly, Zhuang Mingxu invited a few people around him to walk towards the nearest pot.
"This is pork and cabbage stewed with vermicelli. It also contains kelp, fish balls and shrimp balls. These are all real ordinary meat. The variation value detected by the machine is lower than we can bear, so there is no problem for us to eat it." Zhuang Mingxu took a bowl, picked up a spoon and scooped a full bowl, then handed it to Xu Chu beside him, "Can you eat spicy food? There are chili peppers in this pot."
"I can." Xu Chu took it and wanted to give it to Lu Weiyi, but he refused.
"Let's eat. They, the psychics, eat meat all day long, but we seldom see the smell of meat." Zhuang Mingxu prepared a few more bowls for others and asked the psychics in the team to go to other pots and serve themselves.
Several people sat directly on the steps of the podium, eating and talking about the next arrangements in the cold. This kind of situation, which had no image at all, would definitely not happen before the end of the world, but now it made the people sitting in groups below feel close to the masses.
The whole square was bustling with activity, with laughter ringing in the ears. Even a few boxes of wine were brought out, and everyone had a few sips to satisfy their cravings.
"I haven't had a sip of this for more than a year." The most common white wine, which cost five yuan a bottle before the end of the world, was now carefully sipped by Xu Chu, with a look of aftertaste on his face.
“They are all the same.”
"Is Zhuang Ji much better now?"
"Neither can I. Your base commander doesn't like drinking, and I dare not go against his will," Zhuang Mingxu joked, causing a burst of laughter.
"The main reason is that the cigarettes and alcohol stored in the team are luxury goods in each base. Most of them are used to exchange for some seeds and machinery from other bases. Our base is weak, so we dare not waste them."
"Our base is being maintained thanks to you and the base commander who lead the team. You have worked so hard." Someone toasted Zhuang Mingxu.
Zhuang Mingxu took a sip and said, "If everyone doesn't let us down, then the hard work won't be considered hard work. Let's work together this year to take the entire base to a higher level."
“Working together”
Several leaders raised their glasses, and after a round of drinking, Zhuang Mingxu took Lu Weiyi to the place where the team of psychics gathered.
"Captain Lu, Captain Zhuang," someone greeted the two of them.
"How is today's meal? Is it to your liking?"
"Yes, as soon as you taste it you can tell that hot pot ingredients are put in it, real butter, very good," Yu Mengchu said first.
"Haha, you know how to eat. Your uncle Lu Jichang came to visit relatives from the Kyoto base and brought a few mutant animals. I specially asked someone to boil the oil into hot pot ingredients, and we can have a hot bowl of it in winter."
"Thank you very much, Commander Lu."
After a few pleasantries, Zhuang Mingxu said, "I came here to thank you all for your efforts in the previous battles."
"As you should. You and Commander Lu Ji led the charge. We can't do such a disgusting thing as running away from the battlefield."
"Yes, we are from the same base. I hope that under your leadership and that of Base Chief Lu, our base will become better and better."
"We will definitely live up to your trust," Zhuang Mingxu said in an official tone. "Secondly, the exit channel from the base will be open starting tomorrow. You can choose a time to go out, but be careful. We have a past feud with the Pingjin base, and no one can guarantee whether they will retaliate."
Everyone's expressions became solemn. They were fearless before because the base had SS-level and S-level psychics in charge. Now that it was their turn to go out, the gap was obvious.
"Don't worry, just be alert on the road. If you find something wrong..."
Everyone looked up at Zhuang Mingxu and saw him saying righteously, "Run away immediately."
Some people couldn't help laughing.
"Don't laugh, everyone. There is a gap between the psychics in our base and those in the Pingjin base. Even though the other side has many casualties, it cannot change the fact that their base is larger. It is normal that we are not as good as their opponents when we go out. What you have to do is to protect yourself. If you can find out which team they are from, the base will naturally make the decision for you when you come back." Zhuang Mingxu's expression gradually became serious.
He said in a firm voice, "As long as you are not full of evil deeds, Yuebanwan Base will always be your solid backing."
Backing is something that is ingrained in the Chinese people's genes. Since their rise as a nation, they have been fighting for a place in the world. During wars, when they are evacuating overseas Chinese, when they are peacekeeping forces, when disaster strikes, this country is always doing its best to protect its people.
Even if this country does not exist today, continuing this belief is the continuation of the soul of this country.
"With what you said, what do we have to fear?" The psychics from several teams immediately asked the two about the preparations and plans for the base.
The topic changed several times, and finally Ye Jia couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Captain Lu, that one in our base..."
He rubbed his fingers together, suggesting otherwise.
Lu Weiyi didn't understand for a moment.
Instead, Zhuang Mingxu smiled at the impatient young man and said, "I know everyone is concerned about the issue of purifying the crystal core. Do you have any idea?"
"Yes," he asked himself and answered, "but the existing technology is indeed not sufficient for large-scale circulation, and the quantity is not enough to be distributed to each team. We are also urging the R&D team to go all out."
"The only thing we can guarantee now is that if each team reports that they have abilities that need to be upgraded, the base will try to prepare an appropriate number of purification crystal cores to help everyone upgrade successfully."
The surroundings immediately became noisy, and Zhuang Mingxu stretched out his hand to suppress it, "However, let me be frank, purifying the crystal core cannot completely guarantee that everyone will successfully upgrade. It just makes the energy more suitable for human absorption, but it cannot change the original zombie energy storage in your body, so success or failure still depends on the accumulation of each zombie energy."
"As for the method of reducing the zombie energy in the body of the psychic, the research institute is working hard to study it, and I believe it will be realized in the near future. Before that, everyone should have an understanding of the purification crystal core."
"In addition, each purification crystal core has a clear number, which requires special instruments to detect. I hope that after you get it, you will not circulate it, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble to our base. Once discovered..." Zhuang Mingxu's eyes moved around the people around him, "treat it as a betrayal of the base, and don't blame me for being ruthless then."
"This is a good thing, the base commander is thinking about us, so we naturally won't do anything to betray our own people."
"That's right. What's more, this is an upgraded life-saving item. It's not enough for me. Whoever dares to take it from me will be killed by me."
"Don't worry, base commander. We all know what to do and what not to do."
"I know that everyone cares about the base. I'm telling you this in advance so that we can avoid meaningless arguments when something happens." After Zhuang Mingxu finished speaking, he looked at Lu Weiyi and motioned for him to come.
"Later, each team will report the names of your members who are about to be upgraded. The base will organize unified testing to test the crystal core zombie energy content in everyone's body to ensure that you can survive as much as possible during the upgrade," Lu Weiyi said according to what he had discussed with Zhuang Mingxu in advance.
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