Chapter 531: Zhang Chuan is under control
"You... Lu Xi, please be more polite. Even your father wouldn't dare..."
"Tsk, do you think my dad would care about you? Stop flattering yourself." Lu Xi noticed the phone in his pocket vibrate. After checking it, he said, "The upgrade will start in ten minutes. If you want to quit, you can still choose now. You won't have the chance later."
He pointed to the bathroom at the end of the corridor and glanced at Zheng Miao, "Get it clear, your cousin begged to send you here to upgrade, but we didn't force you to go. If you are dissatisfied, please..."
He gestured to the door to ask him to leave. Zheng Miao stared at him with his teeth almost broken, but he didn't move.
She was only ten years old when the end of the world came. After awakening the healing system, she was well protected by her family. If it weren't for the fact that she had no choice but to upgrade this time, she would still be hiding in the team and domineering. There would be no need for her to come here in danger.
Remembering his parents' instructions before leaving, Zheng Miao glared at Lu Xi fiercely and followed the other three people to the bathroom.
After returning, the four of them each chose a corner and placed the crystal cores they brought with them beside them where they could reach them.
They are currently unable to absorb high-level crystal cores, so the crystal cores they obtained are not much different. They are all ordinary B-grade crystal cores, piled up in front of them.
As Dean said that they could start, several people picked up the crystal cores and began to absorb them. Zheng Miao held the crystal core for a long time, and seeing that the others had no hesitation at all, he hesitated for a while, and finally absorbed it.
Lu Xi, who had been paying attention to him, glanced at her disdainfully, walked to the window, and nodded to Lin Yimu, who was watching people standing at attention downstairs.
Dean was like a serious and responsible staff member. He walked past the four psychics from time to time with a testing instrument in his hand, pressing buttons as if he was testing some data. Occasionally he left quietly, occasionally handed a bottle of water to the upgrader, and from time to time he whispered to them to slow down the speed of absorbing the crystal core.
The tedious and professional process also made people feel more secure. Even Zheng Miao, who was frightened at the beginning, gradually calmed down and concentrated on absorbing the crystal core.
A few hours later, Dean noticed that Jiang Xi's energy began to become chaotic. He glanced at Lu Xi, approached Jiang Xi, handed him the last bottle of water, and reminded him, "It has reached the final stage. Drink it all and gather your strength to absorb the crystal core with all your strength."
Jiang Xi, whose brows were already soaked with cold sweat, nodded, drank the entire bottle of water, closed his eyes and began to absorb it with all his strength.
"Still a little longer, keep going."
“Try harder”
“It’s coming soon”
"A little bit"
The instrument in Dean's hand made a beeping sound from time to time. His occasional voice tugged at the hearts of the other people, causing them to unconsciously slow down the speed of absorbing the crystal core and look over.
"One last point, hold on a little longer"
"Very good, coming soon"
"Finish!"
“Excellent!”
As Dean's voice came out, a gentle and powerful energy spread out from Jiang Xi, invading the body indiscriminately, and a comfortable feeling radiated from the inside out.
Jiang Xi felt a sense of emptiness as if he had broken free from some invisible shackles, and smiled at Dean, "I thought I couldn't hold on any longer, thank you so much."
"You're welcome," Dean said. He felt the energy of the other people was disordered. He signaled Lu Xi to settle the people and walked towards the others.
The abilities of the four people have been on the verge of upgrading for a long time, and they can be upgraded at any time. In addition to the importance of the healing system, their team has already reduced the zombie energy in them to the minimum. Now, under Dean's extremely "professional" guidance, it won't be long before everyone succeeds.
If we talk about the factors that prompted their success, psychological factors account for at least 70 percent.
Zhuang Mingxu took advantage of the other party's intention and asked Dean to fool people as professionally as possible, so that everyone would think that their base could really ensure the successful upgrade.
Of course, this approach will only lead to two extreme possibilities. Either all the teams with healing systems unite to attack Yueban Bay, or they can only seek help from Yueban Bay.
Zhuang Mingxu thought it should be the latter, especially——
On the premise that he obtained so many fire crystal cores.
I think Liu Rui's promotion is a foregone conclusion.
**
At this time, it was twenty kilometers southwest of Nanheng Base.
Ning Yuan was running in the wilderness with several members of his team who had disappeared. An armored vehicle was moving rapidly through the wilderness jungle, followed by an endless army of zombies. They were roaring, struggling, and running hard, following closely behind as if they had taken stimulants.
As long as the armored vehicle slows down a little, the zombies' hands and feet will immediately scratch it, which is thrilling and exciting.
In five years, the wilderness was covered by dense forests, and the civilized city that had been built over hundreds of years was left with only ruins to prove its existence.
In uninhabited areas, mutated animals are rampant, mutated birds cover the sky, and the law of the jungle is displayed vividly.
From the moment they were dropped from the plane, they were facing countless attacks. During this period, they also had to find the vanguard of the zombie army, trying to lead them to avoid the Nanheng base and move towards Kyoto as much as possible.
After working day and night for several days, even though the psychics were exhausted, they did not dare to stop at all.
In the not-so-spacious armored vehicle, Xiong Jie sat in the driving seat, dodging the bushes growing randomly on the road from time to time. The bumpy road surface made the car shake constantly, and they needed to fasten their seat belts tightly to ensure that they would not be thrown out by the next sharp turn.
Gu Qingji, the co-pilot, manipulated the mutant vines that were sticking out with his wrist, trying to clear a path that was easier to pass.
Ning Yuan was guarding the periscope, constantly adjusting the angle and observing the outside; Liu Yang was holding the walkie-talkie and constantly calling the other team at the back of the carriage; Gu Sheng was sitting quietly in his seat with his eyes closed, as if he was taking a nap, and the crystal core in his hand was shrinking continuously.
Near the back of the carriage, Cheng Chuan was tied up like a dumpling. The white membranes in his eyes kept fluttering, and occasionally turned black as he struggled. A closer look revealed that he was tied with at least four energy-reducing headbands.
"Haven't you contacted Antonio yet?" Ning Yuan observed the zombies that were chasing him, his brows full of anxiety.
"No," Liu Yang said in a steady voice, pressing the intercom button again and again, saying, "This is 01, calling 02, please answer if you hear me."
The only response he got was the hissing sound of the intercom.
"Cheng Chuan, are you still awake? How do you feel?" Ning Yuan shouted in the direction of Cheng Chuan.
"Hehe... um" Cheng Chuan's pain could be felt from the harsh change in his voice. From time to time, black substance spread on his exposed skin, and then was gradually forced down, as if two forces were chasing each other.
On the first day of the base exercise, Ning Yuan and his group showed up and were secretly thrown here.
When Zhuang Mingxu decided to let Cheng Chuan go with him, Ning Yuan disagreed. The combat forces he brought this time all had S-level abilities, and the only two A-level ones were also psychic. Cheng Chuan did not have very powerful abilities, and it would be easy for him to get into trouble.
But he can control zombies, and Zhuang Mingxu hopes that if they are surrounded by a zombie army, this ability will give them a way out.
Who knew that it would become a burden to them now?
When they first landed and were avoiding mutated animals and plants, nothing unusual happened. But who would have known that not long after they encountered the vanguard team of the zombie army this morning, something was wrong with Cheng Chuan.
He seemed to have lost consciousness and was about to leave the armored vehicle. If Gu Qingji had not been quick enough to tie him up with the mutated vines, he would have become a member of the zombie army by now.
"Qingji, do you still have the headband inner core?"
"There is only one," Gu Qingji said, holding a metal piece the size of a fingernail and handing it to Ning Yuan.
Ning Yuan took out a spare one from him, and Xiong Jie also took out one.
——This is the standard configuration of their team.
"Change him first, and see if you can wake him up a little bit. Ask him what happened?" Ning Yuan gave all to Gu Sheng. "Why do I feel like he's being controlled? Have you noticed any psychic nearby?"
"No," Gu Sheng shook his head. Not to mention the psychics, he didn't even notice the spiritual zombies. There was no trace of spiritual power around.
"Me neither," Ning Yuan muttered, looking at Cheng Chuan worriedly, but the way he behaved now... Could it be that the zombie energy in his body has finally erupted?
Ning Yuan regretted bringing him out, "Gu Sheng, adjust the energy-reducing headband to the maximum level."
"Received." As Gu Sheng turned a few mini gears, Cheng Chuan's whole body stiffened and he roared in pain.
"Ning Yuan, is this gear a bit... large?" What they got were the second-generation energy-reducing headbands, which integrated some methods and concepts of the Joint Research Institute for clearing zombie energy. With the different gears, for people with special abilities, clearing the zombie energy in their bodies would only cause slight discomfort, but Cheng Chuan was different.
Because Qiao Nan is Zhuang Aiyi's teacher, Xiong Jie has more contact with Cheng Chuan and understands that the reason why he can maintain his current status is because the zombie energy and superpowers in his body are maintained in a balanced state.
If it changes suddenly...
"No...it's okay..." After the roar, Cheng Chuan sobered up a little, but the part of his body where the energy-reducing headband was installed seemed to be stained with ink. He gritted his teeth and said to Ning Yuan with trembling muscles, "Something is directing the direction of these zombies, he..."
Ning Yuan was shocked by the news and walked quickly to Cheng Chuan.
Cheng Chuan lowered his head and his teeth chattered, "I want to... go... to... Beijing..."
"Kyoto Base" Ning Yuan asked.
"Then we..." Isn't this redundant?
The remaining few people looked at each other.
"Can you sense the location?"
"...a thousand meters away"
A distance of a thousand meters is nothing to high-level psychics. It is easy to attack them, but the other party did not command the zombies to attack them.
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