Chapter 573: Encouraging Lu Xiao to Upgrade
"I don't want to ask about the manager, I just think you are the leader of this team..."
"Stop putting the blame on me." Li Yan was in a good mood. He knew that everyone was excited and nervous at the moment and could not stand the slightest disturbance. He did not care about the provocative words and scolded with a smile, "Any decision made by the managers is definitely for the base. Even if there are some decisions that you don't understand, it will never harm you."
The visitor grinned and said, "I'm just curious. Can you really give each of us a crystal core?"
"AB grade is the common condition for all bases, with S grade being the only exception, so every S grade mutant will receive extra compensation, just wait." Li Yan calmed everyone down and reminded everyone to be alert.
The room was closed for an hour, and just when all the psychics were becoming increasingly anxious, the door opened.
Xu Sa winked at Li Yan and went aside with the others. Li Zhuang signaled Dean, who was playing games on the sofa, to go back to the room to accompany Antonio, and asked someone to gather all the S-level psychics.
Everyone knew what might happen and the excitement on their faces was evident.
"We got the crystal core," Li Zhuang said.
A burst of suppressed cheers followed.
Li Zhuang stretched out his hand to press it, and continued, "But the trouble is coming next. Any team may covet the crystal core in our hands, so from every minute now until we return to the base, everyone here must be vigilant at all times to prevent us from being ambushed."
The group of psychics below looked excited, and their excited eyes kept scanning over several people. Then they saw Li Zhuang casually took out a crystal core and handed it to the person in front of him, "According to my original plan, I intended to let you absorb the crystal core immediately, but after checking, I found that the energy of the unpurified crystal core zombie is too huge. If you absorb it like this, I'm afraid the subsequent upgrade will be delayed indefinitely."
He raised his hand and signaled the person who got the crystal core to feel it himself. The people in the row in front of him felt it and the excitement on their faces returned to reality.
Seeing that everyone had calmed down, Li Zhuang told them that the base would help them purify the crystal cores for free. "The purification of high-level crystal cores takes longer. Antonio is already working hard. I will give you the finished ones as soon as possible."
He told them, as if he was speaking from the bottom of his heart, about Antonio's purification of the crystal core, which attracted many people's attention towards the room they had just been in.
"However, in order to avoid being coveted by various bases, I hope you can show to the outside world that you have absorbed all the crystal cores, and do your best to protect the safety of the crystal cores along the way to ensure that we can bring the crystal cores back to the base smoothly."
After he finished speaking, he warned in a grim tone, "I don't want anyone in the team to attack their teammates. Once discovered, Yuebanwan base will spare no effort to hunt them down until they die."
"Also, please consider your family members who remain in the base."
The last sentence suddenly cooled the heated atmosphere in the room. The psychics present looked at each other and suddenly realized that all the high-level psychics who came here had families in Yueban Bay, and those who came alone did not bring any family members with them.
After a slap in the face, Li Zhuang immediately gave a sweet treat, "In view of the fact that SSS-level zombies have appeared in the outside world, in order for everyone to increase the price of superpowers more quickly, our base has decided that the base will not charge essence fees for this S-level crystal core."
Many of those present are high-ranking personnel from various teams, and they have always been aware of the fees charged by the base for purifying crystal cores. Even though the teams in the base enjoy discounts, purifying a crystal core is not that cheap, and it is even more expensive for an S-level crystal core.
When they heard that purification could be done for free, everyone immediately became excited. Then Li Zhuang announced that both the metal and spirit crystal cores would be collected, but a certain amount of crystal cores would be given as compensation.
"Our base needs as many high-level psychics as possible, so this is the only plan for the time being. If the psychics with these two attributes are dissatisfied, they can keep all the crystal cores they have obtained and exchange them for S-level crystal cores with corresponding attributes from the base later." Both metal and spiritual crystal cores are not easy to obtain, Li Zhuang explained patiently.
Knowing that there is no room for maneuver and with the considerable compensation involved, no one would step forward to bargain and cause trouble, but it is inevitable that there would be some regrets.
Just at this moment, Antonio walked out of the room with a few crystal cores in his hand with a happy look on his face. Seeing the unfriendly looks from several psychics, Antonio took a step back.
"Brother, we are all brothers..." Lin Mo rubbed his hands together, and several metal-type psychics from the base army followed him forward with friendly smiles on their faces.
Antonio felt their gazes on the metal crystal cores in his hands, thought of their properties, and immediately turned around and prepared to go back to his room.
As Lin Mo shouted "Grab it!", several people rushed towards him from all directions.
"Ha ha……"
"I am a foreign friend..." Antonio's two fists were no match for the dozens of kicks and he was pinned down by someone. A group of men formed a pile and he, who was at the bottom, was shouting until his voice was hoarse.
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At noon that day, news came out that Yuebanwan would distribute the crystal cores to its S-level psychics, and that more than seventy S-level psychics would absorb the crystal cores. At the same time, news also came out that Yuebanwan base was offering a bounty of S-level crystal cores.
"What kind of materials are you offering as a reward?" Lu Xiao, whose business had come to a temporary end at noon, went to the temporary base in Yueban Bay and asked Li Zhuang.
"Some raw materials for making weapons," Li Zhuang said without hiding the reason, "The consumption this time is indeed not small for the base, and it also gives some bases hope of obtaining S-level crystal cores, so they don't all want to attack us."
"Are you still afraid of being attacked? I thought you were fearless." Lu Xiao rarely made a sarcastic remark to Li Zhuang, which made Li Zhuang laugh out loud.
"I'm still afraid. Doesn't this leave room for you to fight for it?" Li Zhuang asked after checking the time. "The small and medium-sized teams in Kyoto Base should have known about the crystal core harvest after this battle, right?"
"Did you tell them?" Lu Xiao was surprised.
Not long after leaving Yueban Bay, some small and medium-sized teams from the Kyoto base immediately came to the door and asked directly how the crystal cores they had harvested should be distributed.
It would not be cost-effective to divide the remaining crystal cores equally, but if they are not divided, everyone has contributed and no one wants to suffer a loss, especially since there are quite a few high-level crystal cores among them.
Lu Xiao also argued with them for quite some time and just returned home.
"Now they shouldn't have time to keep an eye on us," Li Zhuang said with a smile.
He did have an idea of the number of S-level crystal cores that the Kyoto base had obtained this time. The number he mentioned before was also proposed after careful consideration. It was just enough to leave a part for internal competition in Kyoto and divert some attention.
Lu Xiao pointed at him from a distance and took a deep breath, "It's really frustrating."
Now there are members from other bases here. If the Kyoto base starts a commotion first, it will give people a chance to break up the Kyoto base. Right now, just appeasing the small and medium-sized teams and taking as many remaining S-level crystal cores as possible is already exhausting, and there is really no extra attention to pay to them.
"I heard that you plan to distribute the crystal cores and let them absorb them directly?" Lu Xiao looked outside.
"yes".
"Alright, let's stabilize the internal personnel for now. Will there be any upgrades?"
Li Zhuang shook his head and sighed, "They have had too little actual combat recently."
This is what he really thinks.
He looked outside into the yard. While the teams in other bases were fighting each other to the death, here, they were either arm in arm or flirting with each other.
Or the gap in strength is too small.
With the sky above their heads and a smooth life, these people are ultimately quite lazy.
Li Zhuang decided to find an excuse to let them go out and continue to improve their abilities as soon as he returned.
The crowd, who were still unaware that their unlucky day had already arrived, were still gathering in groups of three or five to savor the high-level crystal cores they had just absorbed. Their hearty laughter attracted people passing by in the distance who couldn't help but stop to watch.
Lu Xiao also felt a little regretful. If so many crystal cores were used on some individuals, they would be enough to create several SS mutants.
However, Lu Xiao felt relieved when he thought about the possible dangers that might arise if they were forced to upgrade as it was not yet time for them to upgrade.
It is not easy to be an S-level psychic nowadays. If you cannot successfully upgrade, it is already the best if you do not suffer any losses.
"Uncle, these two fire crystal cores are for you." Xu Sa and Liu Rui can get a total of three S-level crystal cores this time. He changed two of them into fire type and handed them to Lu Xiao.
"No, keep it for your team. I can get an S-level crystal core this time," Lu Xiao refused.
"You take it," Li Zhuang also agreed, "Zheng Yi and Zhao Qiang have both successfully upgraded, and the flames are bound to decline, especially this time we took away too many high-level crystal cores, they will definitely find a way to deal with it."
"Zhao Qiang is not the kind of person who will suffer a loss. If you can't win him over, he will definitely find a way to unite with Zheng Yi. You must seize the time to upgrade now."
Li Zhuang took out another one and handed it over, "Lu Xi asked me to pass this on. He said that he had just upgraded not long ago and he couldn't absorb it even if he used it, so he asked you to hurry up and upgrade."
Lu Xiao readily accepted his son's gift, and Xu Sa immediately handed over the two in his hand, "Now that Lu Weiyi is not here, we have to take care of each other. Your successful upgrade is also a help to us."
"Okay, I won't be polite then." Lu Xiao looked around, "Where's Xiaoxi?"
"I asked him to monitor some things." Li Zhuang looked calm and lied without blinking.
Lu Xiao did not ask any further questions, but instead inquired about the situation at Laoshan. After confirming the safety of Lu Weiyi and the others, and after exchanging some information with each other, Lu Xiao left in a hurry and planned to go back and absorb a crystal core immediately.
As the only team among the three major teams without an SS-level psychic, he was reluctant to miss the opportunity to upgrade.
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