Chapter 704: Devouring
Zhuang Mingxu had already seen the first two, but the last one was beyond his expectations.
He had many speculations about the white deer's identity, and even had the idea of an animal cultivating into a human, but he never thought that this would be controllable.
Zhuang Mingxu involuntarily took a deep breath and looked in the direction of the woman. "Is she human?"
"Of course." Qi Le glared at him.
Since the negotiations for cooperation had already begun, Zhuang Mingxu naturally had no intention of insulting anyone. He gestured for someone to take a piece of clothing and put it on the cage to cover it slightly.
"You won't let her out?" Qi Le was angry.
"Let's solve our current problem first," Zhuang Mingxu gestured to him to say something useful.
Qi Le took a deep breath and suppressed his anger, "The half-corpses below are indeed out of control, but there is a kind of gas that can make them fall into a paralyzed state, but the effect is very slow."
He lowered his head, as if accepting his fate, "There is a white button on the wall. If we press it, the wall will spray out that gas. In an hour, they will all collapse. This is the safest time to go in."
Zhuang Mingxu took the button that was handed to him, weighed it, but had no intention of pressing it.
"There's nothing I can do if you don't believe me." Qi Le is as brave as a dead pig.
"What kind of gas is that? What are its ingredients? Can it have such an effect on dead people?" Zhuang Mingxu didn't bother with the issue of trust.
"It is a mushroom extract, which is considered a powerful relaxant with a small amount of stimulant effect. I am still exploring the main ingredient, and I learned about its effect by chance."
mushroom.
This sensitive word reminded Zhuang Mingxu of the giant mushrooms they saw in the back mountain.
"As for the effect..." Qi Le looked at Zhuang Mingxu, his eyes showing undisguised contempt, "Who told you that zombies are considered dead?"
“Zombies…”
Before Zhuang Mingxu could ask, Xiao Meng, who was on duty, looked at him in shock. He didn't care that Zhuang Mingxu was there, and said in disbelief and excitement, "Zombies... are still alive?"
"No." Qi Le's words seemed to be a judgment on him. He made two "ohs" sounds, with no expression of surprise on his face, but his thoughts had obviously strayed.
Zhuang Mingxu knew that many of the people present must have family members who had transformed into zombies, so he didn't say much, replaced the guard, and signaled Qi Le to continue.
"Their body cells are active, but they operate very slowly. Rather than calling them dead, it is better to say that they have transformed into another low-level organism, so some drugs can still have an effect on them."
This is easy to understand. Zhuang Mingxu did not dwell on such highly professional things and directly asked about the existence of this layer of material underground, "Did you make this?"
"I guess so. Just mix some substances in the soil and this thing will form." Qi Le said it easily, as if it was something that could be made easily. However, Zhuang Mingxu did not dare to act rashly.
He was now in a dilemma. He knew that Lu Weiyi could hide in space for refuge at the critical moment, but he couldn't guarantee whether he would be implicated if he rashly launched the gas.
The dead absorb slowly, but the living may not.
If they were hit at the same time, Lu Weiyi would probably be unconscious and die to the point of being eaten to pieces, but those guys would be fine.
What's more, besides Lu Weiyi, there are Wang Bao and others underground, so they definitely can't hide.
"I see that the superpowers of those half-corpses seem to be completely unaffected. How come? The substance developed by Mr. Qi has spontaneous selectivity?" Zhuang Mingxu said doubtfully.
"The liquid they have been soaking in is resistant. Over time, it will form a protective film on the surface of the body to ensure that they are not affected." Qi Le answered quickly, and it was impossible to tell whether it was true or not.
Zhuang Mingxu was no longer interested in listening to Qi Le's other words. He signaled others to go and interrogate him, and walked to the closed entrance.
"Is there any movement?" He asked the wood-type mutant next to him. The other party gave birth to a green plant and kept an eye on the situation below.
"No, it's quiet down there," replied the wood-type mutant.
The heavy wooden door of the Taoist temple was pushed open, and the psychic who was guarding the yard came over and said, "Director Zhuang, there is a commotion at the Mountain God Base, and our people have arrived."
"Lao Zhuang, where is the base commander?" Zhou He strode in from outside. Following him were Zhao Gang and his group, as well as Fang Tang and a few other children.
"You've come just in time." Zhuang Mingxu clapped his hands, his expression finally relaxed a little. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Qi Le looking at Xian Fangtang and the others ferociously.
He sneered with gritted teeth, "You are really great. You betray your master when you have super powers."
Fang Tang's expression didn't change at all when he heard his words. He even faced him calmly and said, "Master, I have always been grateful to you and Lord Mountain God. It is because of the superpowers that my sister and I can live a life without starving."
"Is this how you thank us?" Qi Le asked loudly, his chest heaving violently.
"You shouldn't use my sister as a bargaining chip." Fang Tang was calm from beginning to end. "Even if you don't take action and just make verbal threats, I am willing to be your knife, but you should never do it secretly."
"She is only eight years old. She adores and loves you like a father and thinks about you all the time. But you secretly planted a seed in her body. Do you know how many nights she woke up in pain?" There were tears in Fang Tang's eyes and her voice was questioning.
"She is my only relative. I don't care how you use us. As long as I can live with her in peace, I can do anything, even murder or arson." Fang Tang said loudly, his eyes as cold as ice. "Do you know how I felt when I saw her curled up in pain and secretly said that she wanted to live longer to accompany her brother?"
"I call you Master, and I really respect you like my father."
Qi Le turned his head away to avoid Fang Tang's gaze as if to conceal his emotions, and when he saw Li Jing's red, swollen and disappointed eyes beside him, he lowered his head.
"Sincerity is useless," Qi Le murmured in a low voice, "Sincerity is the most useless thing in this world."
"What you did was right. I was just not as skilled as you and lost."
"Just lost."
Without paying attention to the argument between master and disciple, Zhuang Mingxu told Zhou He the general situation and then said to Zhao Gang, "In addition to Xiaoyi, there are five other team members. I want you to go down and provide support and bring those people back."
Zhao Gang took the map he handed over, looked at it carefully, and after confirming some information, he led ten psychics from the Panshui base towards the entrance.
This time he didn't care at all. He took out a large number of high-level crystal cores and handed them to Zhao Gang, "The substance below will absorb the energy of the psychic. You'd better hurry up and return as soon as possible."
The transparent crystal core seemed to have almost no impurities. Zhao Gang was used to absorbing crystal cores from psychics, so he knew the source just by touching it. He looked at the psychics around him who were obviously suffering from losses but were determined not to use this supplement, and he felt indescribable in his heart.
I envy them for living a clean life, but I also regret that I don’t seem to have such an opportunity.
"One hour at most. If you don't come back, I will use heavy weapons to force it open," Zhuang Mingxu warned.
Zhao Gang nodded and gave each person a dozen pills, then jumped down first holding a knife.
After waiting for the people to disappear, Qi Le spoke, "Did you see that? Do you think that if you surrender to them, they will treat you as human beings? Don't dream."
Zhuang Mingxu ignored his provocation and looked at Fang Tang, asking about the situation outside.
"Uncle Ji has already met up with his psychics, and after receiving the signal, they took control of all the people around them, but it did not spread outward."
"Their psychic levels are not as high as those who have been awakened, and..." Li Jing carefully explained for Ji Zheng, "The psychic methods we have been trained in are all aimed at humans, and we will be at a disadvantage if we encounter them."
"But he said that the previous attack on his house was caused by Master Qi Le, who led some of the psychics to his side. We didn't encounter much obstruction when we came here," said Fang Tang.
"It was Fang Tang who brought us here, and the people who asked questions were persuaded by him by saying that Lord Mountain God wanted to see us, so there was no conflict." Zhou He spoke for Fang Tang. He didn't think anything of it when he saw these psychics on the training ground before, but now seeing them standing guard with solemn looks and full of energy, they really look like the real deal.
After Zhou He finished speaking, he heard Qi Le snort again. He turned to Qi Le and said, "Don't think that they were let go just because they are young and fussy."
Zhou He looked at them with sarcasm, "Many people's parents are standing guard with them. Do you think they don't understand what's going on?"
Qi Le clenched his teeth so tightly that the masseter muscles on his cheek were trembling slightly.
In today's world, taking advantage of someone's weaknesses is the most direct way to control them. However, if you want someone to fight for their life, at least you cannot attack them before they fight for their life. Otherwise, once you get a chance, you will be bitten back.
This is not to say that Qi Le did something wrong, but Qi Le should not have turned against the other party, especially when he let the other party know that he had no solution at all.
How can you poison someone and use the antidote to control him?
He is good at this, he just stabs but doesn't cure.
Zhou He shook his head, pulled Zhuang Mingxu aside, and asked about the situation of Wu Yue and Sun Cheng.
As time went by, the Mountain God Base gradually became noisy. It started from far away and then gradually spread towards the central area.
About half an hour later, there was a loud banging sound from below, and Zhao Gang and his team appeared at the exit with three people whose half bodies were in amber.
The wounds on their bodies were not fatal, but four of them fainted and were dragged up. The rest were able to easily fight against the pursuers.
"How did it get frozen? Is it hurt?" Zhou He quickly rushed forward, stretched out his hand to melt the ice, and immediately realized that it was not ice when he covered it.
"Don't use your powers!"
"Don't use your powers!"
…
Several sober people shouted in unison, and Zhou He retracted his hand as if in slow motion, "It's not used yet, what's wrong?"
Zhao Gang breathed a sigh of relief and pointed at the several people who had fainted, "This thing will evaporate into gas when heated, and they fell unconscious on the spot."
"This is not ice," Zhao Gang stepped forward to explain, "I don't know what it is. When we found them, they were blending into the wall."
"What's the meaning?"
"Literally, they were swallowed up by the wall below. The remaining two people were completely swallowed up."
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