Chapter 542 Li Zhuang's Suspicion
A few days later, Li Zhuang returned to the temporary base with Liu Rui, who was the final step.
The thrilling life in the jungle made Li Zhuang full of murderous aura. The fighting all day made him look more aggressive, and even the mild-tempered Liu Rui was infected a little, and the whole person looked less immature.
"What's going on?" Zhuang Mingxu couldn't feel the two people's level of supernatural powers, but the aura around them made him extremely satisfied.
"Not bad." Li Zhuang did not elaborate on his situation, but pointed to his chin at Liu Rui, "He is just one step away from success."
"Then it seems that I came at the right time," Zhuang Mingxu said as he took out two shiny orange-yellow crystal cores from his body.
There was a hint of joy in the eyes of Liu Rui and Li Zhuang.
"Give me all...all?" Liu Rui could feel the tremendous energy in the crystal core and said in disbelief.
Zhuang Mingxu nodded and said, "One was exchanged from Zheng Yi, and the other was sent by Major General Lu to help us out of our urgent need. I will return them later."
"With these two crystal cores, is everything okay?"
Liu Rui nodded and took the assurance, “I…I…I will still do it.”
"The team will return it slowly later. Now you should hurry up and upgrade. Once you succeed, you will return to the base."
Zhou He knew that another SS-level psychic might appear soon, so he went to find a place suitable for Liu Rui to upgrade.
"Hidden spot".
"Keep it down."
The first sentence was spoken to Zhou He, and the second sentence was spoken to Liu Rui.
The two nodded and disappeared among the crowd that was rushing to collect supplies.
After everyone left, Li Zhuang took out a few crystal cores from the space and handed them to Zhuang Mingxu, "These are the high-level crystal cores that were captured recently..."
"Take it back to the base and use it when they are upgraded." Zhuang Mingxu did not answer.
"It was left for Lu Weiyi," Li Zhuang explained when he saw Zhuang Mingxu's surprised look, "He has been absorbing crystal cores, and the speed is gradually increasing. I don't know if it's because of the need for upgrading."
"The abundant energy is the reason why his body can keep functioning for such a long time. After Wu Yue and I discovered it, we left some crystal cores next to him, but... the low-level effects are very poor."
Li Zhuang rubbed the S-level crystal cores in his hand reluctantly, and handed them to Zhuang Mingxu, "Wake up early, it won't be fun without the kids here."
Li Zhuang strode towards the direction where Liu Rui was promoted. When he heard Zhuang Mingxu's thank you, he turned his back and waved to him casually.
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Liu Rui's upgrade was extremely rapid.
With Lu Weiyi's emphasis, their foundation in supernatural powers has always been very solid, and now they have no difficulty upgrading with one move.
Under the leadership of Li Zhuang, after returning to the forest and hunting several high-level mutant animals, they have become proficient in the technique.
When the north wind began to howl, news came that the zombie army had besieged the Kyoto base.
"Commander Ning sent a message saying that Kyoto sent a request for help to Yuebanwan, asking if support is needed?" When Zhou He received the message, it was still dark and he didn't care about the time. He hurried to knock on Zhuang Mingxu's door.
Wu Yue, who was standing next to him, heard the noise and followed him into Zhuang Mingxu's bedroom.
"When was it sent? Why was there no movement before?" Zhuang Mingxu had a cotton coat draped over his shoulders. The temperature here was even lower, and as an ordinary person, he was particularly vulnerable to the cold.
Zhou He accurately selected a few documents from the pile he brought and handed them to Zhuang Mingxu. "These were sent by Major General Lu. Judging from the time, the earliest one should be three days ago, and it continued intermittently until last night..."
Seeing Zhuang Mingxu frowning, Zhou He explained, "The information may be delayed due to recent weather conditions."
They are now located halfway across the country from the base. They did not experience such long-distance communication last winter. Given the current situation, it is not certain whether they will be disconnected if the weather gets worse.
Zhuang Mingxu and Wu Yue both thought of this situation, and neither of them looked very happy.
Based on the number of zombies Zhuang Mingxu foresaw on the road, he felt that Kyoto should not have to ask other bases for help.
But after reading the news from Lu Xiao, I learned that the zombie army moved and stopped, and circled to the center of Kyoto, which was the center of the entire country before the apocalypse and had a very high population density. Now, five years after the apocalypse, the innermost part has become an uninhabited area and a complete paradise for zombies.
Zheng Yi obtained several S-level crystal cores by leading his team into the city center several times to hunt zombies. You can imagine how dangerous the zombies inside are.
After the zombie army made a detour, they brought some zombies out of the city and headed towards the Kyoto base.
Within a few days, the entire Kyoto base was surrounded.
"Are you sure it's an encirclement?" This was no longer something that could be controlled by instinct, Zhuang Mingxu was surprised.
Zhou He and Wu Yue were also surprised.
"Major General Lu will definitely not make random comments on this issue," Wu Yue said.
Zhuang Mingxu frowned and continued reading.
The Kyoto base was surrounded by a horde of zombies, and all entry and exit were completely cut off. Fortunately, Zhuang Mingxu had been encouraging various bases to build underground passages, so they were not completely blocked in the base.
However, once this happened, the base for support was completely gone.
Zhuang Mingxu read ten lines at a glance and quickly flipped to the end, where he saw only two lines of words written on it: [Failed to find the leading zombie, they are preparing to attack the city].
"That's all?" He looked at Zhou He.
Zhou He shook his head. "That's all the news we got from Major General Lu. Ning Yuan probably sent a message last night asking if we need support?"
"What does he mean?" Zhuang Mingxu didn't understand the situation and didn't make a rash decision.
"He suggested providing some weapons and equipment, personnel... never mind."
Zhuang Mingxu did not comment on this decision, but just re-read Lu Xiao's message, "Zheng Yi hasn't been upgraded yet?"
"...I don't know." Zhou He looked at Wu Yue, and they both shook their heads.
"Definitely not. Otherwise, if it were announced, there would definitely be a base willing to maintain friendly cooperation because of his special abilities." Zhuang Mingxu didn't know what was going on and looked conflicted.
"Base commander, you don't want our people to go to support Kyoto, do you?" Zhou He asked tentatively. Seeing that Zhuang Mingxu did not post a blog, he immediately said, "They want to take action against us."
"Just the Zheng family," Wu Yue corrected.
"Who can guarantee that the guard team doesn't have this idea? It's just that Zheng Yi didn't keep his composure," Zhou He said.
All the events and deployments that happened in Yueban Bay some time ago were aimed at being targeted. As a middle or senior manager, Zhou He naturally knew more about this.
"If we don't unite now, it may be difficult to unite in the future." Zhuang Mingxu sighed, "The zombies have a leader. Have you ever thought about what if this zombie can command all the zombies to unite in the future..."
"And humans are still a mess. Do you think..." Zhuang Mingxu looked at Zhou He, "will there still be room for humans to survive in the future?"
Every living creature in this world is becoming stronger, and danger is everywhere. If humans do not unite, extinction will not be far away.
Zhou He said nothing.
Zhuang Mingxu couldn't make a decision for a while. If Zheng Yi hadn't intervened, Zhuang Mingxu would definitely send the team there as soon as possible, either to set an example or to take the opportunity to integrate the various bases. In short, he wanted to unite all the living people into a united front.
now……
He was also afraid that the danger would recede and they would be liquidated next.
"...Let's listen to Ning Yuan." Various possibilities flashed through Zhuang Mingxu's mind one by one, and he finally decided not to get involved. He has now let go of the matters of the base, and let them decide everything.
Unexpected, yet seemingly reasonable.
Zhou He immediately sent someone to pass on the message.
"I'll stay here with you," Wu Yue suddenly said without waiting for Zhuang Mingxu to refute, "Zhou He and the others' abilities are not as strong as mine. If I stay here, they can help at the critical moment. In case the contact is lost later, they will feel more at ease. Besides, there will be no loss if the base is missing me."
Zhuang Mingxu wanted to refute, but he thought about the high level of mutant animals around him. Winter is the time when animals lack food. If something unexpected happened, it would be difficult for the people left behind to completely protect Lu Weiyi.
"Okay, after dawn, send someone to urge Zheng Jun to bring his men back to the base today."
"Okay." Wu Yue quickly left the room.
While Zheng's army had not yet returned, Li Zhuang and Zhuang Mingxu went to where Lu Weiyi was.
Although he was surprised by the extra trams, Li Zhuang did not ask.
"Do you have any good ideas?" Looking at Zhuang Mingxu busying around, feeding and kneading the baby skillfully, Li Zhuang's voice sounded muffled through the mental shielding helmet.
Zhuang Mingxu shook his head, his hands moving non-stop.
"Team leader?" Li Zhuang leaned close and knocked on Lu Weiyi's forehead, as if checking whether a watermelon was ripe. "If you don't wake up, the base will be gone."
Lu Weiyi didn't respond.
Li Zhuang stood at the door with his arms folded, looking at the weeds and trees that had grown back outside, as well as the various mutated animals that lingered among them and could never get out, and continued, "The villa is gone."
"Home is gone"
"Your son might also be gone...eh?"
As soon as his bored voice died down, his finger was spanked. It didn't hurt, but it made the presence felt.
Li Zhuang turned his head abruptly, grabbed the thing that attacked him, squinted his eyes, and saw an extremely thin mutant plant twisting and struggling in his hand. The tender yellow front end was not very happy and whipped him once or twice from time to time, like a child throwing a tantrum.
"this……?"
"Stop making trouble." Zhuang Mingxu gently tapped the outstretched stems, his voice doting.
Li Zhuang let go, and the little green branch quickly returned to Lu Weiyi's wrist, but the front end kept shaking towards Li Zhuang, as if it was provoking him in a human-like manner.
Li Zhuang's eyes wandered between Zhuang Mingxu, Lu Weiyi and Xiao Luzhi. Thinking back to the unconscious familiarity in his tone and Taotao who had disappeared since the accident, he had a guess in his mind that even he found incredible.
"he……"
"You must hurry back." Zhuang Mingxu covered the quilt, leaned over and kissed Lu Weiyi between the eyebrows, and said goodbye softly, "I will come to see you again in the evening and bring you some delicious mutant venison tonight."
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