Chapter 84: Military Shield Takes Action
As soon as the door was closed, Ning Yuan's expression changed immediately, "They want to attack us."
Lin Yimu knew who was responsible for this, and there was nothing to say. Antonio had already decided to follow Lu Weiyi, so he naturally wouldn't say anything bad about him in front of his two subordinates. Gu Qingji just had to follow Gu Qingyue. Besides, there was no point in blaming anyone after it had already happened. In the end, only Li Zhuang was left, who said nonchalantly and helplessly, "Isn't this obvious?"
"Then what should we do? Should we leave early?" Ning Yuan frowned, a little worried.
“Let’s discuss it together,” Li Zhuang said, and walked towards the room first.
As soon as he entered the door, Lu Weiyi, who was in the bedroom on the first floor, came out pushing Zhuang Mingxu, who was receiving an IV drip. He had been listening to their conversation since someone knocked on the door. Although he didn't quite understand what they meant, Zhuang Mingxu was beside him, and after his "translation", Zhuang Mingxu immediately understood what they meant.
Without waiting for Lu Weiyi to reveal himself and ask, Zhuang Mingxu asked first, "We heard someone knocking on the door."
"Yeah," Ning Yuan responded, and briefly explained the purpose of the new visitors and his own guess, and asked them if they wanted to leave early.
"There's no need. Since others want to attack us, they will do so no matter when we leave, and they must have guessed that there is a space user among us and will not let him go," Zhuang Mingxu said. Combining the speculation he got from Lu Weiyi, Zhuang Mingxu added, "Exchange these supplies with them, especially vegetables, eggs and meat, then rice, flour, grain, oil, condiments and medicines, then seeds and saplings of various vegetables and fruits, then generators and gas tanks, then solar panels and lights, and finally clothing."
"Since they want to do it, they certainly won't care too much about the price. The higher the price you set, the better. It would be best if we could encourage most people to come to us to exchange water tomorrow. The bigger the noise, the better."
"Mingxu, are you crazy?" Ning Yuan looked at Zhuang Mingxu carefully, "Let's not talk about whether we can take away so many things, let's just say... do you really have so much water?" He looked at Lu Weiyi.
"Not bad." Lu Weiyi was very humble this time.
"Then how do we get away? Even if we have guns and abilities, we can't defeat the people in a base, right?" Ning Yuan had a complicated expression and felt a little uneasy.
"They will definitely not do it in the base. They must get out of the base and let everyone watch. This way, if someone investigates in the future, it won't be blamed on them." Ning Yuan knew what he meant after hearing this, but still thought they were not optimistic.
In contrast, Zhuang Mingxu was very calm. He took out a tablet without haste and enlarged the map of Yongping City with one hand. "I've just looked at the route. If we follow the normal route, we should go through Xiangning County and then Lin County. This road is the shortest. However, if someone is chasing and intercepting us, we'd better take a detour to Qinyuan County or Ningping County. There are bridges on the road to these two directions from Yongning City. We can blow up the bridge directly after passing it, and then go back to Lin County. Although the distance is a little longer, it is safer."
"We have to do two things now. One is to inadvertently reveal the fact that we are going to Xiangning County so that some people can ambush us. The other thing is that someone needs to explore the way in advance tomorrow to see if the two bridges in Qinyuan County and Ningping County are passable."
Zhuang Mingxu handed the tablet to a few people and asked them to look at the route. At the same time, he said, "But no matter which way you go, there will definitely be risks. It's best for everyone to tell each other and think carefully. If you don't want to go together, you can drive away early tomorrow morning under the pretext of looking for supplies. Xiaoyi will prepare the corresponding supplies for everyone."
This matter was caused by Lu Weiyi. Zhuang Mingxu will definitely share the responsibility with him. Lin Yimu and Ning Yuan will definitely not leave at this time. There is no need to ask about Xu Sa. Liu Rui will also follow Xu Sa. The rest are the two pairs of Antonio and Xiong Jie, the Gu Qingji brothers, and Li Zhuang.
Lu Weiyi sat on the side, lying on the sofa in an ungraceful manner, looking up at Zhuang Mingxu's dropper bottle and yawning, as if he didn't care at all about what they were saying.
No one present said a word. Zhuang Mingxu was telling the truth. This matter was very risky. After all, it was impossible for a team of people to leave safely without relying on wits when confronting one or even two forces.
Li Zhuang glanced at the map, then turned to look at Lu Weiyi and said with a smile, "Young master, I'm going with you. If I become disabled, you have to be responsible for supporting me."
Lu Weiyi yawned again, tears almost coming out of his eyes. He made an OK gesture and said nothing.
"I'll follow Lu." Antonio has made following Lu Weiyi a principle, but he also knows that this matter is indeed risky, so he said, "If something happens to me, please take care of Dean."
Lu Weiyi shook the OK gesture again, which he hadn't put down yet.
"David, don't talk nonsense," Dean frowned, very unhappy. Antonio smiled and hugged him in his arms, kissed him and whispered, "Don't worry, baby, I don't want to leave you alone."
Gu Qingji could take the risk himself, but he didn't want to drag Gu Qingyue along. He thought about it and said, "I'll ask my brother tomorrow morning..."
"No need to ask. We have been following Wei Yi and have come through this period of time safely together. If we die here, we'll just consider it bad luck." Gu Qingyue came out of the kitchen and said casually. He glanced at Gu Qingji and said, "We only care about each other. No matter who is left, please take care of us."
"I will definitely not let anything happen to you." Gu Qingji stood beside Gu Qingyue and held his hand.
Gu Qingyue smiled and touched his head without saying a word.
Finally, everyone looked at Xi Shi. Xi Shi had just made a pancake and the fragrance of pancakes was still on his body. He rubbed his hands and hadn't answered yet, so Li Zhuang said for him, "Brother Xi, ask Brother Xiong before making a decision. Let's discuss the details first."
After they made a rough decision and assigned tasks, they went back to their rooms to sleep.
After returning to the room, Lu Weiyi put Zhuang Mingxu on the bed and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
"What's wrong?" Zhuang Mingxu pulled the quilt together and looked at Lu Weiyi in the light of a mini flashlight.
"Actually, it doesn't have to be so troublesome. My mental power can block other people's sight for a while. We can use the excuse of going out to find supplies and let others hide in the car. After we leave the base, we can just drive away." Lu Weiyi thought of this when Zhuang Mingxu was talking at length about the route. They could just use the excuse of going out to find supplies, drive a big truck, and then hide the rest of the people in the car. In case someone patrols outside the base, they can use his mental power to cover up. After leaving the base, they can just run away. There is no need to be so complicated.
"How do you conceal your mental power?" Zhuang Mingxu has not yet fully understood the use of this mental ability, and he is always unable to clearly understand Lu Weiyi's occasional thoughts.
"Just like covering your own whereabouts, if you cover your mental power on the things you want to cover, others won't notice it. For example..." Lu Weiyi shone the flashlight at the mahogany table in the corner, "I want to cover that table. As long as I try to block it with something of the same color as the wall, and then cover it with mental power, others will think it is the wall, and unless they deliberately walk over and touch it, they generally won't notice it."
Zhuang Mingxu was silent for a moment, and suddenly understood what others meant by "golden finger". However, this would easily expose Lu Weiyi. "It sounds feasible. Let me think about it."
"Okay, Lu Weiyi responded and put the flashlight beside the bed. "Put the flashlight here. I live next door. If you have anything in the middle of the night, you can call me. I can hear you."
"You..." Zhuang Mingxu was obviously stunned, "Aren't we sleeping together?" Since they had an intimate relationship, they had never slept in separate rooms unless they went to different places.
For a moment, Zhuang Mingxu thought of his legs...
No, Zhuang Mingxu dismissed the impossible thoughts in his mind and smiled bitterly in his heart. It turned out that a person would inadvertently use his own shortcomings to guess the behavior of others. He had been trying his best to pretend that he didn't care, but his subconscious thoughts would not betray him. He really cared about these legs.
"Will I fall on you when I sleep?" Lu Weiyi remembered that he seemed to be particularly restless when he slept, so he asked uncertainly.
“No.” Zhuang Mingxu could feel himself heaving a sigh of relief. “You were always very quiet when you slept, and… I’m a little uncomfortable…”
Zhuang Mingxu didn't continue speaking, but Lu Weiyi saw his eyes inadvertently glance in the direction of his legs.
Zhuang Mingxu had never been so weak before. In Lu Weiyi's memory, even when Zhuang Mingxu was driven out of the Zhuang family by Mr. Zhuang and left Kyoto in a state of embarrassment, he was like a sharp blade about to be unsheathed, so sharp that he showed no sign of bowing his head. But now he was actually compromising...
I have to say, Lu Weiyi was really heartbroken.
He leaned over and hugged Zhuang Mingxu, "Just bear with it a little longer, someone will be able to cure you in the future." In fact, when Lu Weiyi said for the first time that his leg could be cured, Zhuang Mingxu thought that Lu Weiyi didn't know how serious the condition was. When he said it for the second time, Zhuang Mingxu thought he was comforting himself, but after knowing that Lu Weiyi knew something about the future, Zhuang Mingxu no longer thought so.
"Xiaoyi, is it true... can it be cured?" Zhuang Mingxu tried his best to suppress his emotions and not to embarrass Lu Weiyi with his eagerness.
"Yes," Lu Weiyi nodded, very solemnly, "It will be fine." If Qingyuan can't cure it, just go back to Kyoto. The country is so big and there are so many bases, there will always be a place that can be cured.
This was tantamount to a promise. Zhuang Mingxu felt relieved. He reached out and hugged Lu Weiyi. The worry and fear that had been suppressed in his heart were finally released at this moment.
In the end, Lu Weiyi did not leave, and the two of them slept in each other's arms just like they did before the end of the world.
Lu Weiyi woke up in the middle of the night when someone covered his mouth and touched him. He was about to attack immediately, but Zhuang Mingxu's low voice came from his ear, "Xiaoyi".
Lu Weiyi released his strength and looked sideways at him. Nowadays, unlike before the apocalypse, there are not street lights everywhere. There will be light and shadows in the house, and only the outline can be seen in the darkness.
"Someone came in," Zhuang Mingxu said without waiting for Lu Weiyi to ask.
"Huh?" Lu Weiyi wondered, and at the same time, he spread out his mental power and "saw" at a glance that eight people had sneaked into the villa yard. They were exchanging information with gestures. Lu Weiyi watched for a long time and felt that they were probably assigning rooms to be explored separately. It seemed that they did not intend to attack them, but kidnap them.
As for the target of the kidnapping, it goes without saying that it must be the weakest Zhuang Aiyi.
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