Chapter 837 Value and Calculation
While preparations for departure were being made intensively here, Zhuang Mingxu was also not idle. Ever since he heard from Lu Weiyi that there were different opinions among the researchers sent over, he began to conduct a thorough and strict investigation of all research institutes. Except for some people who were detained and absolutely not allowed to leave, everyone else became a target.
Conventional interrogation was too time-consuming, so Zhuang Mingxu specially picked two psychics to be in charge. Xing Zhou and Gu Sheng's psychics are now considered top-notch in the team.
Considering that contributions from these top professionals would be needed in the future, Zhuang Mingxu did not make a big deal out of the matter and let the two of them carry out the work in secret.
Gu Sheng and Xing Zhou stayed in the rest areas of several research institutes for two days. During their rest time, they used their mental power to search the memories of everyone.
Zhuang Mingxu was prepared for a possible conspiracy, wondering if the project would be shelved if this group of people were dealt with. However, at the end of the investigation, he found out that it was all due to the work of a few mid-level researchers.
Their purpose was not to leave or engage in espionage, but simply to bring their families over.
Zhuang Mingxu, who had originally thought of dealing with it drastically, was stunned when he saw this result. He looked at the two people in front of him and asked, "Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"
Gu Sheng glanced at the speechless Xing Zhou with amusement and shook his head, "After using mental power to guide them, I have detained and interrogated several people, and they have admitted their actions."
Zhuang Mingxu laughed and didn't know what to say for a moment.
“Why not just bring it up?”
"They said they were worried that the base would not agree, especially since they were not particularly outstanding in the institute and had no higher value," said Gu Sheng.
"And knowing the situation outside, they worry that it's too difficult to get into the base, so they want to encourage researchers who are less capable than them, and work together to propose it."
Zhuang Mingxu sneered, "They are indeed people who use their brains. If everything goes well, they can bring their families over. If not, the guns can't hit them."
"Maybe you still think that the law cannot punish everyone." Xing Zhou looked at Zhuang Mingxu, "Those people are still detained. What should we do next? Should we fire them?"
They wouldn't be fired, but this kind of behavior of using tricks when encountering problems is really not advisable. Zhuang Mingxu thought for a moment and said, "Inform the dean and deduct half a year's salary from them."
"So what are they thinking?" Xing Zhou asked.
"What do you think?" Zhuang Mingxu did not make his own decision this time.
Gu Sheng didn't say anything, Xing Zhou said, "I think it can be considered appropriately."
"I have used my mental power to read the thoughts of most researchers. Many of them actually understand what the situation is like outside. There is basically no base that is more stable and secure than ours. Most people have no intention of leaving. After all, no matter how great an expert is, he just wants to live a better life."
"Some of them are easy to deal with because they have no worries, but some of them are more worried because they have families. I think if we can bring these people to the base, there will be no difference between them and the people in Yueban Bay in the future."
"That's true, but have you ever thought that some of them may have lost their families?" Gu Sheng retorted, "Without knowing, we can still have expectations. After getting the final result, will they resent the base for keeping them? At that time..." Retaliation against the base would be counterproductive. After all, some researchers were indeed forced to stay by their base.
"Our base gave us a lot of compensation at the beginning."
"Compensation is not as important as life."
"Are we going to pretend we don't know? Doesn't that mean we need to keep them locked up for research in the future?"
"What's the big deal? There were scientific researchers who were forcibly detained for research before the end of the world. Haven't you come into contact with them?" Gu Sheng gave Xing Zhou a strange look.
Xing Zhou didn't say anything. He just felt that those people had a hard time. He didn't argue with Gu Sheng anymore. He looked at Zhuang Mingxu and said, "I will obey the arrangements of the base."
Zhuang Mingxu nodded and said, "Do the main responsible persons have any requests?"
Xing Zhou shook his head.
Zhuang Mingxu pondered for a moment and did not say how to solve the problem. After letting the two leave, he told Lu Weiyi about the results of the investigation and asked for his opinion.
Lu Weiyi had originally prepared for a big fight, but who knew it would end up like this? He thought about it and said, "It may be too late."
If the expert team's prediction was correct, the date of the next solar storm was very close, and they did not have the energy to search for people at several bases. According to their predicted intensity, they would send everyone except Lu Weiyi back to the base before then. If they were delayed...
Lu Weiyi didn't want to say cruelly that these people were not as important as the high-level psychics he had carefully trained, but he did think so.
To put it bluntly, those people were right in their consideration. Their own value was not enough, not important enough for the base to risk the safety of a few high-level psychics in order to find someone for them.
[I think so too, so let’s end this matter here].
Zhuang Mingxu didn't spend any more time on this and turned to ask about the situation over there. Lu Weiyi had just said a few words when he heard someone outside shouting that Qi Lin was back.
He immediately stood up and walked outside, and saw Qi Lin flashing in front of him as fast as a gust of wind, "Base Commander".
Lu Weiyi took the glass of water handed to him by the person next to him and said, "Tell me slowly."
Qi Lin drank it in two gulps and took a deep breath, "The people who left Major General Lu's place have been counted, but the supplies they carried are too many, and the number of people is too large, and the distance is a bit far. He hopes that our base can send some people to pick them up, and also see if there is any way to transfer the supplies."
"How many people are there in total?"
"Including the researchers who left together, there are more than 38,000 people in total, including more than 11,000 people with special abilities."
"So few?" Lu Weiyi had already made plans for the possibility that the number of people might be greater than the total population of Yueban Bay. After all, the number of people in the Flame Team alone was already quite large, and with the addition of the researchers, it would be even more.
"..." Qi Lin didn't say anything. Lu Weiyi sensitively noticed that something else was going on and said, "Speak."
"Every team in Kyoto is in chaos. After the crisis of Lieyan was resolved, some forces secretly contacted Lieyan's people."
Lieyan itself was a team formed together with the forces of the two brigade commanders. Lu Xiao did not deliberately suppress them over the years, and the number of people on both sides has maintained a steady growth.
This time when Lu Xiao disappeared, Cong Qing directly bypassed two brigade commanders and followed Lu Weiyi's arrangements for the future, which caused many people to be dissatisfied.
"After our team left, there has been no news from Major General Lu. Cong Qing was unable to control them, and Lu Xi... was still a child after all, and was unable to control himself. As a result, he had a conflict with Brigade Commander Zhao's son two days ago and was slightly injured."
Coincidentally, when Lu Xiao returned, he saw Brigade Commander Zhao apologizing in a manner of an elder. "He said he was apologizing, but in fact he was just taking advantage of the fact that Major General Lu was not here and the people in our base had left, and he attributed the matter to children playing around. You didn't see his real face."
Qi Lin gnashed his teeth in anger.
"Is the injury serious?"
"It's not serious. I didn't use any superpowers. I just did it with my own hands. Lu Xi's head was broken, but he recovered after being treated by the healing department over there."
"How did my uncle handle it?"
"Major General Lu asked Cong Qing what happened after he left, and directly divided the team on the spot, and the remaining people left together," Qi Lin continued, "They were originally reluctant to let Major General Lu take those researchers away, but after Captain Zheng returned, he quickly stabilized a part of the Zheng family's power, and openly supported Major General Lu thereafter."
"Two SS-level psychics came forward, and no one else dared to show up. Moreover, at this time, our base said that it would hold a focus meeting on upgrading to the SSS level. They were probably worried that they would not be allowed to participate. Until Major General Lu took his men away, no one expressed any opinions."
Lu Weiyi nodded and said, "It's good that you have diverted some attention. You can go back and rest. You don't need to come with me this time."
"Okay." Qi Lin made sure nothing was missed before leaving.
Lu Weiyi thought about it and finally decided to let Li Zhuang go with him to transfer their supplies. In fact, he could go alone and send these people away.
But Zhuang Mingxu denied his idea from the very beginning. He didn't want people to think that Lu Weiyi could manipulate space anytime and anywhere. It was too outrageous and would not only make people wary but also attract covetousness.
People in today's society have no sense of awe. They are easily tempted to explore things that are beyond their understanding. Once they are exposed too much, the dangers brought about are unimaginable.
Li Zhuang had no objection to his request and asked him who he planned to lead the team to pick up the people.
"Who do you think is suitable?" Lu Weiyi asked for his opinion. "Liu Rui has been protecting Xu Yi recently. Antonio hasn't come back yet. Dean also needs someone. Xu Sa may have to go there. Ning Yuan has to stay to deal with various bases. They are coming here one after another. We have to leave someone to keep them under control to avoid any accidents. Otherwise, let Wu Yue go?"
"Sure," Li Zhuang said with a smile, "Let Li Hua go too. He hasn't been to Kyoto for a long time, he must miss it."
"Who?" Lu Weiyi didn't react.
"My new son, I'll introduce him to you later." After Li Zhuang added this, Lu Weiyi immediately thought of the origin of this son. He smacked his lips twice and finally just gave a thumbs up, "Congratulations, you have a painless child."
"You talk as if you were in pain when your son came," Li Zhuang rarely said to him.
Lu Weiyi rolled his eyes at him, "You're not planning anything bad, are you?"
"What can I do?" Li Zhuang said with a sly smile on his face. After a while, he said, "Didn't we hear that Zhao Qiang disappeared? Give him some stimulation. Even if I say I won't give it to you, you can still find him."
"Idle," Lu Weiyi commented, "What can you do after being stimulated? Are you going to kill him?"
"That's not the case. It's just that this is the child's heart knot. We need to let him understand it personally, so that he won't worry about it in the future." After Li Zhuang finished speaking, he saw that Lu Weiyi was puzzled, so he waved his hand without explaining.
"You might as well use this time to consider which team to send to leave with Wu Yue."
"Since you are worried that the teams coming here will cause trouble, why not just transfer them away?"
"What's the meaning?"
"What we mean is to ask them for help. I think they will be happy to help us since they still have to attend the meeting later."
Li Zhuang said some very unfriendly words in an extremely friendly tone, which made Lu Weiyi on the side gradually laugh.
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