Zhao Wei understood as well. He was furious and couldn't help but sneer: "Li Weidong, you've really lost your mind. You and your father are both bastards who abandoned their wives and children for power and rose to power by eating the flesh and blood of their wives and children. How come you're playing the sentimental card now?"
He was so frustrated that his heart ached!
It is said that one can see a person's future from the age of three. Li Weidong is just like his father. He was selfish and cold-hearted from a young age, with egoism ingrained in his bones. So even though he was Li Weidong's uncle, he didn't dare to stay at the Xuanwu Base and confront Li Weidong.
He knew all too well that Li Weidong was a man who only cared about himself; how could he possibly risk his life for someone else?
He thought that even if Li Weidong had a mental problem, his nature wouldn't change, so he wasn't worried that Li Weidong would turn against him and stand on the other side. His attention was all on the Mao sisters.
Unexpectedly, the unexpected turn of events actually occurred with Li Weidong!
Li Weidong ignored Zhao Wei's curses. He looked at Mao Min with a lost expression, his wounded look mirroring that of the young Mao who had once desperately craved her father's love.
How could a father and son who are connected by blood not look alike? Xiao Mao and Li Weidong look about 60% alike. Especially after Xiao Mao lost weight and became more mature and steady, he looked more and more like Li Weidong.
Seeing his expression, Mao Min suddenly stopped the vicious words she was about to utter. She rubbed her temples and muttered to herself as if to comfort herself, "Why bother talking to an idiot? What does an idiot know?"
Fang Qingdai and Mao Ling both glanced at Mao Min, and after exchanging a look, they remained silent.
After Zhao Wei was arrested, when Fang Qingdai asked him questions, he didn't answer as easily as he had before.
He refused to say a word, but his gaze kept darting between Old Li and his menacing, greedy eyes made Old Li shiver.
Fang Qingdai narrowed her eyes, turned around and ordered: "Go and thoroughly search the research lab."
Since Zhao Wei wouldn't say, Fang Qingdai had no choice but to find clues herself.
Fang Qingdai didn't trust anyone else to go, so she went herself and used her mental power to turn the research room upside down.
In Zhao Wei's room, Fang Qingdai found a box equipped with an iris lock. If the box is not unlocked using the owner's iris, it will be forcibly destroyed after sensing an external attack.
Fang Qingdai dared not use her mental power to forcefully break it open, for fear that she might accidentally destroy everything inside.
She handed the box to Mr. Li: "Take a look, is there any way to unlock the iris lock?"
Old Li frowned as he looked at the box: "What's inside..."
Fang Qingdai immediately looked up at him: "Do you know what's inside?"
Old Li recalled for a moment, then said uncertainly, "It should be Zhao Wei's research project. It seems to be a head-mounted device. Zhao Wei said it was used to interrogate prisoners. His research direction is a bit problematic. He brought the prototype to me for advice."
“Oh, right.” Old Li frowned. “The question he asked wasn’t difficult. I even said a few words to him because he was stuck on that not-so-complex question. He wanted me to wear the helmet and help him with the experiment, but I was busy with a project at the time, so I didn’t agree.”
A hint of lingering fear flashed in Old Li's eyes: "What does he want to do to me?"
As a top researcher in the wasteland, Professor Li was certainly not stupid.
From the moment Zhao Wei kidnapped him, and even offered to exchange his secret identity and Mao Ling for Li Weidong instead of exchanging him, he knew that Zhao Wei had designs on him.
Now, when he thinks back to that so-called interrogation device, he naturally understands that Zhao Wei had already shown his true colors to him, but he had unintentionally avoided it!
Fang Qingdai also felt a wave of fear.
So how could someone whose thoughts and actions are so unpredictable have been lurking in the Oasis Base for so long, constantly by Old Li's side, and even having him teach the children at the Oasis Base?
If he wasn't plotting something far-reaching, but just came to wreak havoc on the Oasis Base, then the Oasis Base has already paid a heavy price!
Fang Qingdai's gaze was deep. She took several deep breaths to calm herself and said to Elder Li, "I have used my mental power to search the research room several times and confirmed that there are no unstable factors. In addition, there is the research project that Zhao Wei took over. I need you to review it again personally. I am worried that he may have tampered with the research."
"And this box, you can try to unlock it."
After Li Lao solemnly nodded and accepted the mission, Fang Qingdai rushed to the front line without stopping.
With the internal troubles resolved, the external threats were still unknown at some point. Fang Qingdai walked along, rubbing her temples, feeling endlessly exhausted.
When she arrived at the front line, she found that the battle had reached a stalemate!
With 20,000 reinforcements from the Xuanwu base, plus another 20,000 on the battlefield, Fang Qingdai calculated that this time they had really emptied their coffers!
In addition to the reinforcements, there were also more than fifty tanks and twenty fighter jets!
Fang Qingdai's face darkened as she watched the shells exploding continuously!
Just how many trump cards does the Xuanwu Base have hidden? Why is it like an unkillable cockroach, constantly pulling out unexpected reserve forces?
She found Jing Yi and asked him what was going on.
The fight was so intense that Jing Yi was inevitably covered in dust and grime.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead: "The White Tiger Base's forces are held up by the Vermilion Bird Base, but the White Tiger Base has received support from the Black Tortoise Base with ten combat tanks. The Vermilion Bird Base is showing signs of defeat and won't be able to hold out for much longer."
"The reinforcements from Xuanwu Base brought news of He Tingguang's disappearance, which is why Xuanwu Base launched such a massive attack, pulling out all their cards to force us to hand over He Tingguang!"
Fang Qingdai frowned: "He Tingguang has disappeared?"
She immediately thought of Zhao Wei.
In a flash, Zhao Wei's words echoed in Fang Qingdai's mind.
"However, I think you can place your hopes for the future of the wasteland on me..."
Among the top researchers in the wasteland, one is Professor Li, and the other is He Tingguang.
Zhao Wei disguised himself as a student and followed Mr. Li around. He seemed to often have questions that Mr. Li didn't understand and needed to answer them, giving the impression that he still had a lot of room for improvement.
However, from the moment he tested Elder Li with instruments, it was clear that his actual skill level was not low, and his actions of seeking answers were perhaps just a way to mislead people.
And yet today he so desperately wanted to take Old Li away...
Regardless of his actual skill level, if He Tingguang's disappearance is indeed related to him, and if Elder Li was successfully taken away by him today, and both titans have perished at his hands, then the pinnacle of the pyramid has fallen, wouldn't he have a chance to become the future of the wasteland?
Moreover, considering what Elder Li mentioned, the thing Zhao Wei locked in the box seemed to be used for interrogating prisoners, which meant it was likely something that could invade other people's minds like Fang Qingdai's mental power.
Interfering with or controlling brainwaves is a minor issue; what if he could extract memories?
The combined knowledge of Li Lao and He Tingguang is enough for Zhao Wei to become the light of the entire wasteland!
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