Chapter 474 Departure
His tone was flat, and even no emotion could be heard, but Ye Jia immediately stopped talking, and the two of them changed the subject in tacit understanding.
After all, he is the one who holds great power in the base. Even if he has no special abilities, it is easy for him to cause trouble to others without causing any fatal consequences. If he is assigned a difficult task, the entire team may be implicated.
“The food cooked by the chef this time is really delicious.”
"Liu Rui, why did you get up so early?"
Ye Jia followed Lin Mo's line of sight and saw Liu Rui walking down from the second floor.
"Hey, you're up so early," Ye Jia greeted enthusiastically.
Liu Rui was stunned by this sudden enthusiasm. He paused and looked at the two of them in confusion.
"Good morning," Zhuang Mingxu greeted, "Gather at 8 o'clock, you can still sleep a little longer."
Liu Rui shook his head and walked to Zhuang Mingxu, "Base...Base Director."
"Hmm?" Zhuang Mingxu put down the half-packed dishes in his hand and looked up at him, "Looking for me?"
Liu Rui nodded.
"Pack up the rest." Zhuang Mingxu looked at Ye Jia.
Ye Jia pinched a piece of meat between two fingers and stuffed it into her mouth, smacking the meat while making an OK gesture to him.
Zhuang Mingxu took Liu Rui towards the reception room.
"I...I want to...go..." Liu Rui pointed in the direction of the Flame Team.
"Yeah," Zhuang Mingxu nodded.
"Child" Liu Rui stretched out two fingers.
"Xu Sa's brother and sister," Zhuang Mingxu completed for him, "want me to take them back?"
Liu Rui nodded and said, "Place...in...an orphanage."
“Do you need any support?”
Liu Rui shook his head, paused and added, "basic... life."
"Well, I will ask someone to provide them with basic living security, and then ask the staff over there to pay a little more attention to them, so that no one will bully them."
Liu Rui breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had accomplished something big.
Seeing that he had nothing else to do, Zhuang Mingxu reminded them of a few things they needed to pay attention to during this outing. After the three of them got up, they each carried their packed backpacks and headed for the gathering helicopter.
There is a cluster of fiery red fireworks logo on the plane belonging to the Flame Team, which can be recognized from a distance.
There were already several people waiting around the direct plane.
In addition to Cong Qing, who assigned the task, Lu Xiao was also there.
"I've been waiting for you," said the Golden Eagle, dressed in a neat field uniform and carrying a field backpack. "I am the temporary commander of this operation, please take care of me, Young Master Lu."
Meng Huan, dressed in the same attire as "Young Master Lu", peeked over from the co-pilot cabin.
Lu Weiyi nodded and greeted Lu Xiao, "Uncle."
Lu Xiao patted him on the shoulder, looked at Xu Sa and Liu Rui who were following behind him, and handed them a large bag of jingling crystal cores, "Sorry for bothering you, but your own safety comes first."
"Yes, Uncle Lu, don't worry." Xu Sa readily took the crystal core and walked towards the cabin.
Lu Xiao helped Lu Weiyi straighten his collar, and thousands of words were summed up in one sentence, "Uncle will wait for you to come back safely."
Lu Weiyi nodded and did not refuse the crystal core he gave him.
When all the people arrived, the plane started up quickly. The strong wind from the propeller blew the clothes of the people who were seeing them off fluttering around. Lu Xiao, who was closest to them, was a little unstable, but he did not step back. He just looked up and waved at them.
It was not until the helicopter left the Kyoto base and the people on the tarmac were completely out of sight that Lu Weiyi withdrew his gaze and looked at his teammates around him.
Except for the golden eagle, all the other faces were strangers, and the golden eagle took the initiative to introduce himself.
"Thank you very much for the help of Master Lu and my partners at the Yuebanwan base. I am the temporary commander of this operation, codenamed Golden Eagle, A-level metal department."
"We come from different bases and don't know many of them. In order to facilitate our operations, let us first give a brief introduction."
"This is Song Xiao, an A-level wood-type mutant who is traveling with us from the Panshui base," the golden eagle said, pointing at a man in his twenties.
The man looked honest. When he heard the golden eagle's introduction, he nodded as a greeting without saying a word.
"There are only three wood-type mutants in our team this time. If... I mean, if an accident happens, the three wood-type mutants will be needed to stimulate the growth of their own vines and try to land all team members on the ground without separating them. Nowadays, most of the wilderness has become primitive uninhabited forests, and it's too unsafe to be alone outside." He patted Song Xiao and the other man sitting next to him on the shoulders, "It's up to you."
"Don't worry," the man said cheerfully, and then said to Lu Weiyi and the other two, "My name is Li Ze, S-level Wood Element. Master Lu can take care of the two team members you brought. I will take care of the remaining four members, and Brother Song can take two. How about that?"
"But...you can," the man said timidly.
The golden eagle raised his eyebrows, thinking that the other party was just like that, and didn't say much.
"What about the cockpit?" Xu Sa asked. It was separated in the middle, so it would be inconvenient to bring the two of them together.
"The driver Han Fei is a wood element, and he brought Meng Huan with him," Golden Eagle explained. Just as he pointed his finger to the side, the other party waved his hand to stop him, saying, "I can do it myself."
"My name is Sun Kai, I'm 28, and I'm in the A-level metal department."
"Who the hell cares how old you are?"
"Wouldn't this impress my friends at both bases so that they can keep an eye out for a wife for me?"
"Get lost, Xia Ming, A-level earth type."
"Zheng Hong, A-level fire type."
"Aiping, A-level water system."
With the other party's straightforward start, when it was Xu Sa's turn, he did not let the golden eagle speak, "Xu Sa, S-level thunder system, responsible for the attack."
"Liu...Liu Rui, S...S level...Fire type."
"us……"
"Lu Weiyi, SS-level Psychic"
As soon as the Golden Eagle finished speaking, Lu Weiyi said at the same time, and as soon as his words fell, several people in the cabin burst into laughter.
"Master Lu, it's impossible for me not to know you even if I don't know anyone. Why do I need you to introduce yourself?"
"Hey, but didn't you just say you were leading a team? Shouldn't that be the Wood Element?"
“Isn’t it…?”
Someone was suspicious and looked at the people around him inquiringly, only to find that everyone was a little confused.
"Why do I remember that you are... a space major?"
"No way, why did I hear it was a psychiatric department?"
"No, I'm sure. I saw him collecting things at the major general's place."
"That could also be the jade space."
"Oh, a warehouse full of jade space, can you show me one?"
"Just because I don't have it doesn't mean others can't have it."
Several people started discussing among themselves, but in the end no one could convince anyone else, and they even looked like they were going to quarrel. Fortunately, except for the Kyoto base, everything seemed calm outside.
The "Quiet" Golden Eagle did not explain for them. There was no need to dwell on the details of superpowers. It was enough to have them when needed. "Let me briefly tell you the route of our trip."
"Our destination this time is Panshui Base. According to the flying speed of the helicopter, it is estimated to take about sixteen hours to arrive. The helicopter needs to refuel once every nine hours." The golden eagle took out a map and spread it near Lu Weiyi.
"This is the route we had discussed before. We will refuel near the Jinnan base around 3 pm. We will then have a day to spray pesticides in the surrounding area and stay for a day."
"No...no." Just as the Golden Eagle finished speaking, Song Xiao, who had been reducing his presence, suddenly spoke up and said excitedly, "You promised us to give us the base first, you can't...you can't spray the Jinnan base with chemicals first."
"Our plane needs to stop there and spray the air, which will also allow the pilot to rest. This is the most reasonable arrangement," Golden Eagle explained.
"No, you have taken the crystal core and you can't go back on your word."
"This is……"
"No, absolutely not." Song Xiao stood up and waved his hands as if he didn't want to listen. His strong reaction attracted everyone's attention.
Song Xiao shrank his body unconsciously, but still argued, "One day later, more mutant animals will be born... We... we paid an extra 50,000 crystal cores."
"We have to come first, our base must come first."
Golden Eagle's many speeches failed to change the other party's mind, and he finally had no choice but to agree. After refueling at the Jinnan base, he went directly to the Panshui base. After all, they did receive an extra 50,000 crystal cores.
"Then after we refuel, we'll go directly to Panshui Base and try to arrive here before dark," said the Golden Eagle, pointing to a point marked on the map.
"After investigation, we found that this is the junction of Panshui Base. A zombie siege had occurred here before. We are not sure how many zombies there are nearby, but the top of the mountain is the only place nearby with open terrain that allows a helicopter to take off safely."
"Jungle?" Lu Weiyi frowned.
"Yes, this is at the top of the jungle, there are rocks nearby, no large trees, it's relatively open and suitable for shutdown."
"But there are trees all around. If there are mutant plants surrounding us, it will be difficult to leave. Moreover, the visibility is poor at night, which is not suitable for operations. We need to stay there for one night."
"The area there is vast and sparsely populated, and the areas with few pedestrians are covered with vegetation, so it is unsafe to go there rashly."
"Then why don't we go to the base to rest? Wouldn't it be safer to land directly at the base? We can also rest better at night?" Lu Weiyi looked at the map and found that all the refueling points avoided the base.
"According to the news from Zheng's army and the escort team, they were resting in the base, but the forces in the base were a mixed bag, and there were incidents of attacks on helicopters."
This was completely unexpected to Lu Weiyi, and Xu Sa found it unreasonable. "What are they thinking?"
"It has been five years since the apocalypse. Some people who are not living a happy life naturally don't want to see others living a happy life. Many radical elements have appeared. Moreover, some forces in the base rely on the large-scale reproduction of mutant creatures to gain profits, and they feel that they are taking advantage of others' cake."
"So what the major general means is that we should avoid the base if possible and avoid conflicts with those people with twisted minds. This area is the area we need to cover." The golden eagle's finger marked an entire area on the map. This was the land where they needed to spray the medicine.
Lu Weiyi converted the area into actual area in his mind, and thought that if the distance to the refueling station was too far, too much fuel would be consumed, so he said nothing.
After all, the oil reserves in Kyoto base are limited, and we don’t have the energy to mine and dig for oil right now, so every usage needs to be calculated.
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