Chapter 760: The Crisis of Silencing
Lu Weiyi looked around and saw a few white things on the edge of a raised stone step in the corner. He carefully approached, picked them up and handed them to Li Zhuang.
"It's an eggshell!" Li Zhuang shook his head after groping it, "Both turtles and crocodiles lay eggs on land, so it's impossible to tell which one it is."
Li Zhuang looked around again and still found no trace of the psychic. He suggested, "Let's go back and look somewhere else. It's impossible that there is no fighting at all. If we still can't find him..."
He didn't continue speaking, but Lu Weiyi was already looking through the space, looking for things suitable for traveling in water.
The two returned along the same route. This time, Li Zhuang searched in places that he had not observed before, and indeed found evidence that the Fire Element had taken action. He even found a metal dagger deeply embedded in a wall.
Prove that they have indeed been here.
They returned along the way to the deep pit where they came from and did not see any signs of a fight. Li Zhuang and Lu Weiyi walked up through the water curtain.
There was less rain water flowing down from the ground here, and the ground was much drier. The traces of animals' movement became more obvious, including huge claws, footprints on the wall, and traces of blood from dragging.
The more they looked, the more frightened they became. Neither of them spoke a word. As they reached the end, they saw the broken eggshells scattered on the ground, as well as the broken arms and limbs around them.
Lu Weiyi's heart tightened and he quickly went forward to check. However, Li Zhuang stopped him from touching them and said, "These things are badly rotten and there may be bacteria. Don't touch them."
He gathered a stick in his hand and dug at different parts of the bodies of at least five people. The physical fitness of the psychics and the surrounding environment make it impossible to determine the date of death of the deceased."
Having said that, he looked at Lu Weiyi and said, "I think it should be the person brought by Zheng Yi."
Lu Weiyi didn't say anything. He was not familiar with these things at all. It was too difficult to judge whether it was Lu Xiao from the broken limbs that were so rotten that they couldn't recognize their original appearance.
"I..." As soon as he spoke, he realized that his voice was difficult. He coughed lightly and tried to calm himself down. "My uncle has good supernatural powers and his skills have not declined over the years. It shouldn't be him."
"Don't think too much," Li Zhuang said, pointing to a hole dug out on the side with a metal tool.
The narrow entrance is so narrow that a person can only crawl in by curling up. Li Zhuang used his special ability to observe and found that "it is very spacious inside, enough for one person to rest. There are metal marks on the wall and blood on the ground, which shows signs of long-term living."
After carefully looking at every inch, Li Zhuang judged, "It is most likely Zheng Yi. He has the highest rank among the people he brought, and his supernatural powers are also in line with it."
He walked around the area again and said, "It's most likely like this. Zheng Yi brought people here to collect this high-level crystal core, but they were no match for him, and all his people were lost here. He desperately dug a hole in the ground and hid in it, but this animal was guarding here, so he couldn't leave. I don't know how he notified Major General Lu and asked for help from him."
"Major General Lu...maybe for some reason, he came here and got himself implicated..."
Li Zhuang didn't say anything else. He couldn't tell whether the two men escaped alive or were killed by the mutant animal.
Lu Weiyi didn't say much. He lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then said, "I'll go down along the underground river and see, maybe..."
The underground river was filled with water. If they were really forced to go down, with no place to breathe, they would have drowned long ago. If they had water-related abilities, perhaps they could provide some assistance, but Lu Xiao's abilities were fire-related, which had a suppressive effect instead.
"I...they..."
Seeing that Lu Weiyi rarely knew what to say, Li Zhuang held his shoulders and motioned him to calm down. "It's not as difficult as you think. It didn't rain so heavily a few months ago, and the underground river didn't rise at that time. Even if they fall down, they may be washed down along the river. Let's go down the river and see where the exit is. Maybe we can find some signs."
"I'll go alone, you return to the base..."
"Let's go. The underground river flows so fast that it won't take much time to find the exit." Li Zhuang didn't give him a chance to refuse and asked him about his diving equipment.
"I have, but the oxygen tanks may not be enough." Unsure of how far the road ahead was, Lu Weiyi was not sure about safety, so he asked, "Have you ever done a water roller ball?"
"What?" Li Zhuang looked confused and had no idea what he was talking about.
Lu Weiyi took out a sturdy-looking plastic product, an inflatable device, from the space.
After Li Zhuang cooperated with him to complete the inflation, a round transparent ball appeared in front of him. Lu Weiyi got in nimbly, with a little excitement on his face, "This is sealed, the air can ensure the survival of the people inside, and the buoyancy can allow it to roll on the water."
"A child's toy. Haven't you tried it?"
“…” Li Zhuang shook his head, having a bad feeling.
Without waiting for him to struggle, Lu Weiyi swiftly pulled him towards the entrance of the underground river. When they reached the cave entrance, he gave Li Zhuang a set of diving equipment without any hesitation. After they put them on, they entered the roller ball together.
As the roller ball fell from a great height, Li Zhuang's bad premonition became stronger and stronger. With a bang, the roller ball landed on the water surface. The two people inside were bounced up and sat down on their buttocks.
Then, as the roller ball moved toward the water surface with the current, the rushing river water caused it to roll, and the two people inside rolled uncontrollably into a ball.
"Young Master, your foot is about to kick my head off..."
"I'm sorry - I'll...try to collect it as much as I can..."
"Captain, stop pushing your knees!"
"Sorry - I noticed..."
"Master Lu, isn't it time to cut your nails?"
“Lu Weiyi——!”
Li Zhuang felt that this was probably the most embarrassing moment of his life. He had originally imagined that he could seriously check whether there were any traces of human beings left in the underground river, but the flow rate made him dizzy after a while.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a little envious of Zhuang Aiyi who was placed in the space.
At this time, the person he envied was writing a letter to Zhuang Mingxu stroke by stroke. After knowing the situation outside, Zhuang Mingxu took the lead in quickly recruiting the residents of the entire Mountain God Base and started to reclaim land and plant in spring. Zhou He and his team, who were originally working hard to upgrade outside, were also transferred back to cooperate.
While thinking about who to send to check the space channel, he asked Zhuang Aiyi about what happened at the base.
The eight-year-old child already knew a lot of things clearly, especially Zhuang Mingxu, who was trained as the successor of the base. After they left, the family did not slack off. Zhuang Aiyi knew everything about the base.
He may not know some of the reasons behind the adults' decisions, but there is no problem in describing them to Zhuang Mingxu.
Taotao surrounded him, with the ferret that Lu Weiyi gave to Zhuang Aiyi around her neck and three cubs in her pocket. She would get close to Qin Nian from time to time to look at him, and at mealtime she would put her milk bottle into the three little ones' mouths, being particularly friendly.
With Lu Weiyi's careful reminder, he no longer tried to bring the two of them to Zhuang Mingxu, but brought the food into the space for the three of them to eat.
The three children grew up together and did not feel uncomfortable staying in there for a long time. When Lu Weiyi and Li Zhuang finally came out of the underground river at some point, Zhuang Mingxu had already arranged all the processes for exploring the passage and was waiting for Lu Weiyi's cooperation.
Lu Weiyi talked to Li Zhuang for a long time, but the man looked dull, so he had no choice but to bring him into the space.
"Li Zhuang? Li Zhuang?" Lu Weiyi patted him, and Li Zhuang fell sideways due to his force. He looked at the man's eyes that kept making eye contact, and found out guiltily that this man seemed... fainted.
"Dad, what happened to uncle? Is he sick?" Zhuang Aiyi walked over worriedly and waved her little hand in front of Li Zhuang. Then Li Zhuang suddenly turned sideways, fell to the ground and vomited violently.
Seeing him vomiting and looking dirty, pale and miserable, Lu Weiyi suddenly felt that he might be silenced. He nodded and said, "Yes, Second Uncle is sick. Can Aiyi take care of him? Dad has to go save Grandpa Uncle."
"Yes," Zhuang Aiyi nodded seriously, "I can take good care of my second uncle."
"Okay, then I'll leave Second Uncle to you." Lu Weiyi stood up shamelessly and sent a letter to Zhuang Mingxu, asked Taotao to bring in a simple little house and a water heater, and hurriedly left the space.
When Li Zhuang was most severely affected by the magnetic field, he didn't even feel like his brain was going in circles. When he saw someone going around in circles in front of him, he even laughed at others. Now he finally got his comeuppance.
Li Zhuang lay on the ground for a while, and the feeling that his cells were spinning finally faded away. He looked at himself with vomit all over his body, and he looked expressionlessly at the people who were guarding him.
"Uncle, how are you? Why are you so ill?" Zhuang Aiyi's eyes were filled with tears. There was a water heater next to the simple house built by an earth-type mutant.
"Where is your...dad?" Li Zhuang asked in a hoarse voice, enunciating each word.
"My father is going to save my uncle. He said that my second uncle was injured and asked me to take care of him." Zhuang Aiyi took a towel and wiped Li Zhuang's face considerately. He didn't mind the dirt on the ground at all, showing his filial piety to the fullest.
"Uncle, don't be afraid. My Uncle Xu is very powerful. We just need to go back and let him see it." Zhuang Aiyi's tone was serious, and the anger in Li Zhuang's heart disappeared instantly. He just felt that Lu Weiyi was a little bit wicked.
He pushed his son out because he was worried about being retaliated against. He is a real father.
But he couldn't say anything to the child, especially the child who was taking good care of him.
Li Zhuang looked at the abrupt water heater in the room. It didn't even have a water inlet. He knew at a glance that it was a temporary installation with only a bucket of water for him to wash.
"Second uncle is fine, wash up and go play." Li Zhuang ordered Zhuang Aiyi to leave. After washing up himself, he found that the spare clothes were neatly placed at the door. He realized more and more that Lu Weiyi was worried that he would be punished later, so he quickly hid.
Since he couldn't attack the team leader, Li Zhuang decided to fight with Zhuang Mingxu afterwards.
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