Chapter 106 Assignment of Tasks
Manman and Qu Yanbai looked at each other in bewilderment until Qin Muxue and Shi Yan walked in. "What happened? Why do you look a little strange?"
Manman swallowed and said, "The parrot here seems to have the ability to predict natural disasters. It said that there will be acid rain in three days, and we will enter a protective state soon."
Sure enough, fifteen minutes later, the entire base sounded an alarm: "Attention, attention, all departments, please note that acid rain will fall in three days. It is expected that this acid rain will last for a week. Everyone should take precautions and try not to go out!"
Acid rain? The last time she encountered acid rain was in Dajiang, how could this acid rain last for a week? Acid rain is extremely corrosive. If it really lasts for a week, she is really afraid that some facilities in the base will be corroded.
Sure enough, after a while, they were summoned by the superpower team. This was their first time stepping into the superpower team's strategy room. In addition to them, there were several other superpowers. The captain's name was Zhang Pengyi, a physically enhanced superpower who looked very strong, like a muscular man.
After seeing the newcomers, he was still a little indifferent, because he heard that they were old acquaintances of Captain Wei, so he naturally thought that they came in through the back door. "Just find an empty seat and sit down. The situation is urgent now, and we are assigning tasks."
They arrived late and only the back seats were available.
Zhang Pengyi said directly: "Let's continue what we were talking about just now. There will be acid rain in three days. Although the outer wall of the base has been reinforced with special materials, this acid rain will continue for more than a week, so we need to cooperate with other workers to reinforce the outer wall again. This task is not difficult, so I will give it to you newcomers. Your task is to protect the safety of the workers while they are working and observe whether there will be any invading enemies."
This task did not sound very difficult, but the other psychics stared at them with a half-smile in their eyes. Qin Muxue didn't know whether this was friendly or malicious, but since the task had been assigned to them, they would complete it well. While enjoying the base's top resources, they would also need to serve it.
Qu Yanbai stood up and said, "We understand."
Several familiar psychics gathered together and whispered, seemingly discussing something.
Zhang Pengyi continued, "Okay, okay, be quiet. We have some other tasks. We have detected rare minerals in a mine 50 kilometers away from here. They are necessary materials for the base's instruments. This task is quite difficult. The first team will carry out this task. Of course, due to the influence of acid rain, the task will be carried out in ten days. There is also the second team. There are wild beasts in the vicinity. You are responsible for cooperating with the soldiers to eliminate all the wild beasts that are causing trouble nearby within three days."
"If you understand, let's adjourn the meeting!"
"Understood."
"Understood."
Zhang Pengyi walked up to them and glanced at them thoughtfully, "I don't know much about your abilities yet, I hope you can show me your abilities."
Soon they understood what Zhang Pengyi meant, because reinforcing the outer wall was really not an easy task. There were only two or three workers doing this, but there were many buildings outside the base.
Qin Muxue observed carefully and found that they were now like being surrounded by a huge protective shield. Inside the protective shield was where they lived their daily life. That was to say, they needed to reinforce the protective shield and some buildings outside the base. The so-called reinforcement was just to apply a layer of special material. It was unknown how long it would take for two or three workers to complete the task.
"It's obvious that they want us to complete this job." Qu Yanbai scratched his head. "The workload seems to be quite huge, and it must be completed before the acid rain comes."
"Actually it's quite simple. Your plants can help you, and I can also use my water ability..." After all, this paint is also liquid, so it is not a difficult task for Qin Muxue.
They got to work right away. Several people cooperated with the workers here and started painting the protective cover.
The second superpower team is composed of five people, led by an androgynous superpower named He Yangqiu.
Although this is just physical labor, it is time-consuming. She wants to see how these newcomers can finish applying the paint within three days.
Looking at these people with contempt, he prepared to go out with his teammates to deal with some beasts outside the base.
"Boss, look at them." One of the teammates suddenly pointed in the direction of Qin Muxue and the others.
Qin Muxue found a huge container, put all the paint in it, and then used her water ability to transform the paint into various forms. Finally, she controlled the paint to paint on the exterior wall.
She already had a second-level supernatural power, so these were easy things for her. She controlled the paints casually, looking very relaxed, and not as difficult as she had expected.
Looking at Qu Yanbai, he is even more relaxed. He controls the plants around him. Holding a brush, he can now control more than a dozen vines at the same time, which is equivalent to more than a dozen people working at the same time. The efficiency is very high. There is also a petite girl next to him who is talking and laughing with him and feeding him fruit. It doesn't feel like he is carrying out a mission at all, but more like a relaxing vacation.
He Yangqiu frowned, "We underestimated them, but we still have work to do, so let's go and complete our mission first!"
Shi Yan originally wanted to join the wall painting work, but Qin Muxue handed him a brush and said, "If you want to do it, just work with the masters next to you!"
The two masters next to them were painting the wall slowly and chatting leisurely. If they continued at this pace, it would probably take them half a year to finish the job.
Shi Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Xiaoxue, I'm not that weak yet, am I?"
"But your powers don't match up, so you just need a little help."
As soon as she finished speaking, Manman had already put a cream strawberry into Qin Muxue's mouth. Qin Muxue couldn't help but exclaimed: "This strawberry is well grown, very sweet."
Shi Yan smiled helplessly. She knew that Qin Muxue did this for his own good, not wanting him to work. But as a man, she didn't think it was something to be proud of.
Qin Muxue looked at his dejected expression and explained, "I'm not taking special care of you. You can still do a lot of work. You see, some places on the paint are still a little uneven. You can smooth it out."
Shi Yan nodded and cooperated with Qin Muxue. After a day's work, they had completed their work, but it also consumed a lot of mental energy. Qin Muxue was a little tired. Fortunately, she used spiritual spring water as her daily drinking water, which could more or less enhance her physical and mental strength.
It was exactly 18:00 in the afternoon. They had finished all their work and were preparing to go home to have a good meal and rest.
The weather was gloomy, with gusts of cold wind. The sound of the wind was noisy. It was already cold outside, and Qin Muxue really didn't want to stay outside for a moment.
Who knew that there was a roar of a wild beast not far away. He Yangqiu hurriedly led the remaining teammates to run towards them, "That's an alien beast, we can't beat it at all." He looked embarrassed, and the other teammates were not much better than him. Their bodies were stained with blood of unknown origin. A girl actually started crying on the spot, and sat on the ground with weak legs, refusing to move.
"Captain, what should we do? What should we do with Xiao Zhou?"
He Qiuyang was stunned and said: "He, he can't come back."
When he looked up, he saw Qin Muxue and her group staring at their miserable appearance. He Qiuyang was a little angry. How could they see him in this state? It was really embarrassing.
I had thought this mission would be like the previous ones, with just a few ordinary beasts, but I encountered an alienated eagle. In their eyes, humans were like rabbits.
As psychics, they should be more than capable of dealing with a mutant eagle. Unfortunately, this time, due to panic, one of the psychics was directly caught by the eagle's sharp claws. The eagle was not afraid of the artillery attack at all.
The psychics among them are all primary psychics, and their powers cannot be used in the air. He Qiuyang is also an earth-type psychic, and he could only watch his teammates being captured by the eagle.
When they tracked down the eagle's nest, it was too late. They only found the mutilated body of their teammate, and other corpses as well. This meant that more than one teammate was killed, and this mutant eagle had eaten many humans.
There were three baby birds in the nest. He Qiuyang felt sad and angry. He did not protect his teammates well and was eaten by the young eagles.
He ordered the soldiers to kill all the baby birds on the spot. Seeing the corpses of the baby birds, he was not as happy as he had imagined. Instead, he felt even more melancholy. Even if he killed the baby birds, his teammates would never come back.
The eagle seemed to have some perception and flew back. Seeing its child buried in a pool of blood, it became furious and attacked them like crazy.
The last soldier of Xiao Zhou was the last one to leave. In order to give them time to escape, he stayed and continued to fight. The result was self-evident...
He Qiuyang felt both angry and annoyed when he thought about this. It was all his fault that he underestimated the enemy. He thought it was just an ordinary beast flying in the sky, which gave it a natural advantage. Plus, the eagle was a mutant species, its feathers were as sharp as blades, and its own defense was also very strong. No matter whether they were earth-type mutants, sonic attackers, or magma manipulators, they were no match for a mere eagle. It flew in the sky like a pterosaur, except that pterosaurs were herbivores, while this eagle was a carnivore, and it had already killed quite a few people.
Just as they were about to escape to the base and find another way, they discovered that the eagle was already hovering near the base. It must have followed them to this place, and it angrily attacked the protective shield.
He Qiuyang and his team were already in a state of shock, too frightened to move. "Captain, what should we do? The eagle is chasing us."
He Qiuyang was shocked. They had already sacrificed a psychic and a soldier, and now the eagle was destroying the protective shield of the base. If the protective shield was really shattered by it, the consequences would be disastrous. But at the same time, he knew how powerful the eagle was. If they attacked head-on, even if they joined forces, they would not be its match.
Qin Muxue was extremely angry as she looked at the protective cover that was about to break. The coating had just been applied when this unknown giant bird began to peck at the protective cover desperately.
The alarm system starts going off and soon soldiers come to check out the situation.
Qin Muxue said in annoyance: "Doesn't this broken bird have eyes? If it breaks, all my work for the day will be in vain." She looked around, and the mutated bird seemed to be looking for something.
But she couldn't care less now. After all, if she let it attack, the protective shield would be broken.
Qin Muxue used ice spikes on the eagle, and the pterosaur-like eagle flapped its wings and actually avoided the attack of the ice spikes. "This mutant eagle is quite powerful, especially since its eyes have turned red."
Seeing this, Qu Yanbai also joined the battle. The vines and thorns went towards the eagle, but they all broke into pieces the moment they wrapped around it. The feathers on its body were too sharp.
Qin Muxue changed direction and continued to create more ice spikes to divert the mutant eagle's attention. Sure enough, the guy was attracted and attacked Qin Muxue straight away. Shi Yan rolled over and nimbly jumped onto the protective shield. He leaped up, drew an arc in the air, and jumped directly onto the eagle's back.
The people hiding below were stunned. This guy seemed to have the ability of lightness kung fu. Could this be his special ability? At first, He Qiuyang didn't care much about this cold and weak man, but after seeing his skills, he felt envy and admiration.
Of course, Shi Yan's tricks were not over yet. Under the continuous attack of Qin Muxue's ice spikes, the eagle had no time to care about the human standing on its back.
Shi Yan's hands turned into a sharp blade and pierced directly into the eagle's back. The blade formed by his hands was even sharper than the eagle's feathers. The eagle roared, and Shi Yan continued to stab with an expressionless face.
Qin Muxue gave Qu Yanbai a look, and Qu Yanbai immediately tied the eagle tightly with thorns again. This time it was dying and could no longer move, and could only allow itself to be dragged to the ground by them.
Shi Yan wiped the blood off his body calmly. He did not kill me. "You can kill me or chop me up as you wish."
Qin Muxue looked at the cracks on the protective cover angrily, "What on earth is going on? I don't know if it will have any impact."
When He Qiuyang's team saw that there was no danger, they immediately got out of the haystack and said, "Great, the danger is over."
He Qiuyang looked at this group of psychics who he thought were just novice psychics. Their cooperation was even more tacit than his own team. More importantly, their configuration was reasonable, and they were agile and calm, which made him look at them with new eyes.
But thinking about the loss of teammates due to my mistakes, I actually felt very disappointed, "Thank you for saving us."
"I thought the mutant creatures that ran over there were actually attracted by you." Qin Muxue sighed, not knowing whether they would be held responsible.
"I'm sorry, we will explain this matter." He Qiuyang's face was gloomy, "It's because we are not capable enough..."
He knew that the greater the strength, the greater the responsibility. However, the mistake he made this time dealt a severe blow to him, making him realize that the creatures in the outside world were far from being that simple. They had never even fought an eagle, and they even had to hide to avoid its tracking. They were simply ashamed.
After the alarm sounded, many special forces appeared one after another, but the mutant creatures had been subdued by Qin Muxue and her team. Looking at the huge eagle still struggling frantically on the ground, Qin Muxue asked, "What do you think we should do now? And this protective shield was not broken by us, but by it. We have caught it." Qin Muxue was only thinking about how to shirk responsibility. She didn't want to be blamed.
Moreover, she was very greedy for the crystal core of this mutant creature. It looked like a second-level mutant creature. It would be strange if a group of primary psychics could defeat it. She had already wasted a lot of effort.
The captain of the special forces nodded slightly towards Qin Muxue, "Thank you for protecting our base!"
Seeing the other party thank her so solemnly, Qin Muxue could only reply awkwardly: "You're welcome, you're welcome." After all, she just wanted to complete her task and go back to redeem points, and she caught this mutant eagle by accident.
"Leave the rest to us. You guys go back and rest. I will report to our superiors everything we saw today."
He Qiuyang moved his mouth but didn't say anything in the end, "I understand." Their mission failed, and they lost two teammates.
A girl in He Qiuyang's team looked at Shi Yan and Qu Yanbai with admiration. The fear she had just felt disappeared. "You guys are so awesome." She almost had stars in her eyes. Only after He Qiuyang's urging did she reluctantly leave.
Qin Muxue already felt that her body was empty and her supernatural powers were almost exhausted. Since the captain asked them to go back and rest first, she no longer cared about this matter.
Now she was cold and hungry, so she had to go back and take a hot bath and eat some delicious food to heal herself. Manman held Qin Muxue's hand and used her mental power to heal her tired body.
"Don't worry, Manman, I'm fine, just a little tired."
"Well, I can't help you much. Now I can only use this method to relax you. Oh, I just read a book about acupoint massage. I'll give you a massage when we get back. It will definitely be very comfortable."
Qu Yanbai approached her jealously, "Can I enjoy it too?"
"If you want to enjoy it, then queue up!"
"I understand, my dear wife." Qu Yanbai, a big and rough man, actually acted coquettishly towards the petite Manman, and Qin Muxue got goosebumps.
Shi Yan reminded the captain, "This eagle is not dead, and it still has attack power. It will break free if you are not careful. Its self-healing ability is very strong, so you guys should be extra careful!" He seemed to know that the base would not kill the mutated creatures so easily.
"Thank you for the reminder."
Shi Yan followed Qin Muxue back to the base. The special forces captain looked at their backs thoughtfully...
After returning to the apartment, Qin Muxue first took out the bathtub from the space, filled it with hot water, and prepared to take a hot bath to warm up her body.
The bathroom in the apartment is rather small and is not equipped with a fish tank, so putting a bathtub in it would make it seem a bit cramped.
She sprinkled some flower petals in the bathtub, poured in bath foam, and immersed her whole body in the bathtub. The feeling of being wrapped in warmth made all her fatigue disappear.
"Sure enough, I still have to take a bath when the weather is cold." In addition, after a busy day, the smell of paint was on my body. After taking a bath, the only scent left on my body was the scent of incense.
Qin Muxue was taking a bath so thoroughly that she almost fell asleep. If Shi Yan hadn't shouted outside for a long time without any response and hadn't broken into the room directly, she would have probably fallen asleep.
"Xiaoxue, what's wrong with you?"
"It's been over an hour. I've been calling you outside for a long time..."
Qin Muxue came to her senses immediately, her whole body immersed in the bubble bath, "I, I, I'm fine, I just almost fell asleep just now." Her cheeks flushed and her eyes widened.
Shi Yan breathed a sigh of relief, only to find that Qin Muxue's snow-white shoulders were still exposed, so white that they were dazzling. He swallowed, turned around and quickly closed the bathroom door.
Feeling his heartbeat quicken and a certain part of his body actually reacting, Shi Yan was suddenly at a loss. It seemed that he really couldn't live with Xiaoxue, otherwise he would make a mistake. Although they had expressed their feelings to each other, he didn't want to hurt Xiaoxue at all.
Xiaoxue was fine anyway, so he quickly packed up his things and returned to his cold apartment. He lay down on the cold ground, and only then did he feel relieved from the heat.
Qin Muxue got dressed and walked out of the bathroom, but found that there was no sign of Shi Yan. Could it be that her appearance just now scared him away?
She actually felt a little embarrassed, and suddenly a strange thought came to her mind: was Shi Yan shy?
The only place he could go now was his own apartment. Qin Muxue came to the door of Shi Yan's apartment, knocked on the door, and asked carefully: "Shi Yan, are you here?"
Shi Yan stood up and opened the door. "Xiaoxue, I'm sorry, I left without saying hello to you just now."
"Did I scare you just now, or are you shy, Shi Yan?"
Shi Yan's originally pale face suddenly turned red, "Xiaoxue, I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it, I didn't see anything." He was usually calm, but at this moment he was extremely flustered and spoke incoherently.
"Oh, so why are you blushing now if you didn't see anything?"
Shi Yan really didn't see anything. He only saw Qin Muxue's slender neck and snow-white shoulders. With the mist surrounding her, he could only vaguely see some scenes.
Qin Muxue pressed on step by step, but he kept retreating until he was leaning against the cold wall...
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