Chapter 672 Qi Le Returns
There are cement layers of the same material on all four sides, making it look more like a road carved out in the middle of a solid stone.
The man walked into the passage, walked a section, then sat down on the ground, panting, and did not move for a long time.
Seeing how relaxed he is, it is obvious that this place is safe for him.
Wu Yue's supernatural power continued to move forward, as if it was absorbed by the concrete wall, becoming thinner and thinner, and gradually disappeared after a hundred meters.
No matter how much supernatural power Wu Yue sent in, he couldn't make any further progress. He could only focus his attention back on the man leaning against the wall.
After resting for a while, the man began to take off his clothes. Once the messy clothes were taken off, his lean skin was exposed. His whole body was white without any scars. Only a belt-like circle was wrapped around his waist tightly against his skin. It had a metallic luster in the dim light, but the material was obviously more flexible.
There were instruments hanging on it that looked like old pagers, going around in a circle. Fortunately, he had a thin waist and loose clothes, so no one could have imagined that he looked like this underneath.
Wu Yue was almost certain of his identity at this point—it was the Qi Le, or Luo Qi, whom they had been discussing before.
He was clearly someone who had been accompanying Lord Mountain God in his retreat, but now he was looking so disheveled after returning from outside the base.
Wu Yue didn't think that Panshui Base could have such a big impact on him, so...
A thought that I had never dared to think about lingered in my mind. The team members were attacked inexplicably, the rescue was hastily dispatched, and the attack was unexpected...
Wu Yue's breathing suddenly became disordered.
"Who's there?" The voice coming from not far away made Wu Yue alert. He immediately withdrew his supernatural power and hid quickly.
Five young children on the ground, looking sleepy, slowly approached as the leader strode over.
"There's no one here. Did you see it wrongly?" The person who spoke yawned and stepped forward. "When I was extremely sleepy, I also saw double images in front of my eyes. I thought they were people, but in fact there was nothing."
"Yeah, who would dare to come here so late at night? Don't scare yourself."
"The messenger of God said that many people from Yueban Bay are in our base, so let's all be vigilant," the leading boy said calmly, and took a few steps nearby to look around.
"Tsk, what are those people from Yuebanwan? Last time they came to our base, we hid at home like turtles and didn't dare to go out. What is there to be prepared for?" A chubby little boy said with disdain and gritted teeth, "If they hadn't caused trouble, my grandfather wouldn't be bedridden. If the messenger Shapeng hadn't been there last time, I would have been so angry on the way."
"It's just right that they dared to come out this time. I wish they would come to my door so that I can teach them a lesson."
No one responded or refuted the little boy's words. Instead, the people who checked didn't find any trace and wondered if they had really seen it wrong.
"Everyone here is an S-level psychic. Even if Yuebanwan wants to, he wouldn't dare to come here rashly," said a little girl in a mature voice, and immediately became like a child, "Go back quickly, I'm so sleepy."
"That must be a mistake."
A few children walked away talking and yawning. After they disappeared for a while, Wu Yue appeared again. Unfortunately, due to the delay, the people in the underground passage had disappeared. Wu Yue had to return the same way.
At the end of the underground passage, in the empty underground space, there are rows of space capsule-like vessels, inside which are people floating with their eyes closed, soaking in unknown liquid. They look like corpses, but if you look closely you can occasionally see their eyelids fluttering.
Compared to the last time, there were obviously fewer people in the vessel. Qi Le walked slowly to the middle, where there was an extra bed. On the bed lay a graceful woman with long white hair that lay naturally and smoothly on the bed. Her brows were furrowed as if she was in pain.
She had her hands on the quilt, sleeping in a well-behaved posture. When she heard the noise, she slowly opened her eyes and looked over. Seeing Qi Le like this, she struggled to sit up and asked anxiously, "Aqi, what's wrong with you?"
The action of sitting up caused the quilt covering her to fall naturally, revealing her naked upper body and - from the base of her thighs down, two hairy hooves.
Those were a pair of hooves belonging to an animal.
"It's okay." Qi Le walked forward as if it was normal and embraced her body as she moved towards him. "I was in a hurry and my crystal cores were exhausted, so I walked back."
"How do you feel? How long will it take you to recover?" Qi Le asked as he covered himself with the quilt again.
The woman shook her head, her weak breathing barely audible, but she still managed to muster up some energy, "Is Panshui Base okay? What have you been busy with lately?"
Qi Le lowered his eyes, smiled after a while and said, "Same old as always. Recently, more and more psychics over there have shown symptoms of zombie transformation, and I have been spending most of my time in the laboratory looking for solutions."
"Did you find anything?"
"No," Qi Le said.
"If there is no one, just give up on them completely. The number of people with special abilities on our side is almost the same," said the woman, looking at a vessel not far from the bed. A familiar figure was soaking in it - Gu Sheng.
He was naked, with more tubes connected to him than anyone else, and there was even an instrument next to him to monitor various values.
"Didn't he say that except for the crystal core, his body energy is completely preserved? If you take him..."
"No," Qi Le interrupted her and said, "Without the crystal core, the probability of success will be much lower. What's more... it is a good thing that there are many psychics in the base now, but if you and I don't have strong psychics to suppress them, we will not be able to control them in the future, and may even be controlled by them instead."
This is definitely not the result that Qi Le wants to see.
"The five psychics in your hands should be close to S-level. You can also bring them out and force them to upgrade to SS-level. It's the same with them." The woman said slowly, "SS-level, there are no such powerful psychics in the base, and you will be able to suppress them in the future."
Qi Le didn't say anything. The woman's gentle eyes showed a clear understanding of everything. She asked directly, "Are you still thinking about that SS-level psychic?"
"..." Qi Le shook his head, "No."
He leaned over and held the woman's upper body in his arms, his chin resting on her head. His eyes were fixed on Gu Sheng's body, his eyes full of unwillingness, and his voice was soft, "I won't think about him anymore."
Qi Le didn't want to experience again the feeling of not being able to judge the other party's location but being able to accurately sense deadly danger.
He also clearly understood that he had no chance.
Just a little bit more, maybe if I was a little bit braver or acted a little bit earlier, I would have succeeded.
But it's just that little bit...
One step away, nothing more is possible.
When the woman heard him say this, she breathed a sigh of relief, "Spiritual ability is not the most suitable ability for you, and it may not be fully awakened. It will be smoother if you choose the first match found in the test."
"I know. Don't worry. I won't go to Panshui Base anymore. Let's focus on developing Shanshen Base and build it into what we originally hoped for, how about that?" When Qi Le said this, the woman finally smiled, making her look fragile and beautiful.
"Does this mean that we can start over?" the woman asked expectantly, her eyes sparkling.
"yes".
"That's great. The people at the Yuebanwan base were attacked by mutant snakes, so they came to our base to ask for help from the healing psychics. They took the crystal core gun in exchange. Sha Peng has been to see it, so you can go and see if there is anything else that can be exchanged." The woman kept talking, and even listed out everything that might be needed for the future development of the base. The unwillingness on Qi Le's face gradually disappeared as she muttered.
After not getting a response from the man for a long time, she smiled embarrassedly and said, "Did I say too much? I have been thinking about this for too long, and I can't control myself when I talk about it."
"No, they are all very detailed. I will ask people to keep an eye out for them and exchange whatever can be exchanged with them." Qi Le looked at the bald head and whispered after a while, "Let's start over."
He seemed to be talking to the woman, but also seemed to be talking to himself.
The two chatted in low voices for a long time. Qi Le kept the person asleep, then he got up to check the remaining vessels containing people, adding some things from time to time and adjusting some values.
The person behind him who was breathing steadily opened his eyes silently when no one was paying attention, and stared at his back for a long time. The sadness in his eyes could burn people, and then he closed his eyes again the moment Qi Le turned his head.
**
The next morning, Qi Le announced that he would come out of seclusion, and conveyed to the three gods' messengers and many people with special powers the news that the mountain god would no longer enlighten people with special powers in the short term and that he would be in charge of the base temporarily.
Since the beginning, a large number of people with special abilities have appeared in the base, and they have all been systematically trained and upgraded by Qi Le. The time they have spent in contact with Lord Mountain God is nowhere near as much as Qi Le's, so no one has any objection to him managing the base.
"Is Lord Mountain God still in poor health?" Tan Yun was very worried.
Sha Peng was fiddling with the crystal core gun in his hand, looking unconcerned at all, as if it didn't matter to him who managed the base.
"The previous consumption was too great, so it may take some time." Qi Le asked where Mo Tiantian was going with appropriate sadness on his face.
"Someone was injured at the Yuebanwan base, and she was taken away early in the morning," Tan Yun said, and then gave him a brief account of what had happened in the base recently.
"Is this the crystal core weapon they replaced?" Qi Le took one from Sha Peng and looked at it for a while, then asked Sha Peng, "Have you checked its power?"
"Very impressive," Sha Peng answered in the affirmative.
"Then I will go to meet them today. I heard that Yuebanwan's technology and agriculture have always been in the leading position among all bases. We can also exchange some necessary items with them." Qi Le remained as gentle as always, like a person in charge who was dedicated to the development and welfare of the base.
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