Chapter 97: Base, there may be spies
"I sensed a faint energy fluctuation in you. You must be an awakened psychic!"
The uncle's eyebrows danced with joy, his voice as resonant as a bell: "What are you daydreaming about here? Time is money, dark clouds are gathering around the city, threatening to destroy it! Ha! In this moment of life and death, every awakened person should seize the time to contribute their strength and not waste their lives! Young man, what superpowers do you have?"
"I..." Fu Xingyuan was stunned.
She vaguely remembered that she had seen this uncle in the critically ill ward before. He was unconscious at that time, but after waking up, he was so energetic?
"Tell me! What are you capable of?"
The uncle was very aggressive, and in the dark, his eyes were as big as bells.
Fu Xingyuan's heart trembled when he was stared at him, and he subconsciously told about his auxiliary ability.
"Wahahaha! You can increase the attack power of others? God is really helping me! From now on, you will stay by my side and assist me in battle! My surname is Geng and my name is Zhong. I will lead you to achieve great things!"
The old chef laughed and pulled Fu Xingyuan away without saying anything to a newly opened training ground behind the building to practice his supernatural powers.
What special abilities does the old chef have?
He belongs to the physical attack department.
His enhanced body surpasses that of other psychics of the same level. With the same knife, while other psychics can only hit 1 attack value, he can hit 10, resulting in ten times the damage. Furthermore, when attacking, his body energy is automatically transferred to the weapon—a skill that other psychics must train for a long time to master, but he naturally possesses. Therefore, even with an ordinary knife, he can chop down a Level 2 mutant beast.
This was why I was able to kill the attacking red-eyed rat instantly in the safe house.
Obsessed with his own lethality, he pulled Fu Xingyuan along as if she were a treasure, thinking that this girl could make his already terrifying lethality even more powerful.
So he just ignored it and forced Fu Xingyuan to practice supporting cooperation.
at this time.
Main house meeting room.
Ye Qi brought the team leaders of each group in the base and the elite members of the guard team to review the mutant beast attack incident during the day today and arrange the next prevention and control upgrades and murderer pursuit tasks.
Qiao Lan attended as a guest official.
When the discussion came to an end, Da Qi, the only awakened investigator besides Ye Qi, stood up and apologized in a deep voice.
"Today's casualties are my responsibility. As the psychic on duty at the medical station, I actually fell asleep during my shift and failed to detect the mutant beast's sneak attack in time, resulting in the deaths of many people. I must accept my punishment."
He looked at Ye Qi with a determined face: "Captain, I have brought shame upon you. Please starve me, put me in solitary confinement, make me publicly reflect on my mistakes, deduct points, and demote me to a reserve member! Please allow me to search for supplies in the most dangerous places. I will not receive any supplies from the base in the next year. I will take my own life and death at my own risk!"
The leader of the medical station's guard team quickly stood up and said, "It's not your fault. You were already on duty for half the night last night, so it's inevitable that you'll have some trouble today. We ordinary guards can take turns to rest, but you psychics are few in number and often work non-stop. Besides, you still have injuries that haven't healed yet... If you accept the punishment, our entire team will be punished together!"
Ye Qi waved his hand to stop the argument.
"Let's not pursue responsibility for now. Everyone should focus on hunting down the golden mutant rat. If we're not mistaken, this rat should be the mutant beast named Selina that the captives mentioned, Marshall, a member of the criminal organization, and that Zhao Tieniu raised. The enemy's counterattack has begun, and we must fight back."
The existing escort force was quickly divided into two parts, one part to strengthen the protection of the buildings in the base, and the other part to protect the team that went out to search for supplies.
The search teams have recently reduced the number of outings, and each outing requires them to be accompanied by a guard team.
There are too few people with special abilities in the base. There are only Ye Qi who is good at lightning and self-healing, Da Qi who is a fire investigator, Fu Xingyuan who is an auxiliary person who just came out of solitary confinement, and a middle-aged man who just arrived yesterday.
This man's ability is not a combat-related one. After testing, it is similar to a healing ability, but it is not for healing injuries. Instead, it can soothe people's emotions. For example, if a person is crying bitterly, he can use his ability to relieve the person's grief and stop crying.
This ability is useful for calming the base members, but it's a bit weak in combat. I wonder if it will gain more powerful abilities as it levels up, but for now, it seems useless in the pursuit of the mutant rats.
But it was different on Qiao Lan's side.
Qiao Lan has amazing firearm skills, Xiao Tang beside him has a protective light shield, the old chef Geng Zhong can chop everything with a kitchen knife, and there is also the cat Da Zhuang who can send blessings. The small group's combat offense and defense are very reasonably equipped.
So, for this mission of chasing the mutant golden rat, Ye Qi publicly announced, "We would like to ask our base's most important friend, honored guest, and 24-hour strategic partner, Ms. Qiao Lan, to help us."
Everyone stood up and saluted Qiao Lan.
Qiao Lan didn't hesitate and rolled her eyes at Ye Qi in public.
"Don't flatter me. I promised to help and I will. Just take care of your own safety. I will take people out to look for rats tomorrow."
She stood up and left the meeting room, and Ye Qi led the crowd in applauding and seeing her off.
But she came back a short while later, standing at the door and shouting, "Don't schedule your Fu Xingyuan anymore. My chef took her away and she's training in the back!"
Jiang Yue, the leader of the gatekeeping team, exclaimed, "Ouch!" and said, "I forgot. Someone reported to me during the day that Fu Xingyuan was leaving the base. I was so busy that I forgot to deal with it."
Ye Qi frowned: "Then the base's mutants don't count towards her."
After the meeting, Ye Qi left Investigator Da Qi alone and asked, "Is your injury healed?"
Da Qi was injured by a mutant dog on his way back to the team from Renhe Hospital. It was Qiao Lan who rescued him and sent him back to Ye Qi.
"Captain, it's almost done!" Da Qi stretched out his palm, and a flame in his palm was much brighter than before. "Don't worry about my injury, Captain, just tell me what you want!"
Ye Qi sighed slightly.
"There are too many people in the base. Currently, you and I are the only combat psychics available. The search for supplies cannot stop. I need to go out from time to time to participate in the protection of the search team. I have to trouble you here at the base."
"Don't worry, Captain, I won't take a nap again!" Da Qi stood at attention and puffed out his chest to make the promise.
"You should also be careful." Ye Qi patted his shoulders twice.
"Captain, you too, going out is no safer than staying at the base. The city is so chaotic right now..."
Ye Qi suddenly said, "There's something I find strange. You've always been dedicated to your duties and have never deserted a mission before. Now that you've awakened and are feeling better, why are you suddenly feeling sleepy? The rats also arrived very suddenly, so think carefully and see if there are any strange details..."
Da Qi's face turned stern: "Captain, what are you saying?"
"There might be a spy in our base."
Ye Qi said slowly.
Da Qi was stunned for a long moment, then suddenly realized something: "Oh... no wonder, I thought it was strange too. I'm usually very energetic at that time in the morning, but today I was so sleepy that I fell asleep on the table... I just drank a glass of water before."
"What water?"
"A medical assistant brought it over. They said it was extra water for the escort team, and everyone got one. I drank it without thinking much, and soon I was drowsy." Da Qi was very annoyed when he thought about it. "But I can't remember who that assistant was! I only know it was a woman. Her height and appearance didn't seem very special..."
Ye Qi was silent for a moment, then said, "Don't worry. Since this guy has acted once, he will definitely act again. Tell everyone that the security team should keep a close eye on the female assistants at the medical station and set up secret surveillance."
"yes!"
Ye Qi left the villa alone and walked slowly on the community road, lost in thought.
Qiao Lan followed soon after.
Ye Qi asked: "Are you still asleep?"
"without."
"Where are you planning to lead your team to search tomorrow?"
Qiao Lan thought for a moment and said, "Let's go west. It's a good opportunity to see what's going on over there. I'm going to find a safe house in the west of the city."
Ye Qi paused, "Ready to leave?"
"Well, after we kill that big golden rat, you should be able to handle the base on yourselves." Qiao Lan had already told Ye Qi that once the situation here was stable, she would take her people away.
It can also free up two rooms in the overcrowded base.
She really didn't want to live with so many people. It was very inconvenient for her life. Others were suffering, and she felt embarrassed to enjoy herself too much.
"Feng Feng brought news." Ye Qi talked as they walked.
"What news?"
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