Meeting (Chapter 35)
With Ye Duoduo's company, Ye Sheng's life gained much more amusement. Coupled with Gu Luoyu being invited by the base officials to enhance her psychic abilities, she didn't feel lonely at all for the time being.
Because of this, even Gu Luoyu, who usually kept a steady temper, showed a disgruntled expression, making Ye Sheng burst into laughter.
What kind of grown woman gets jealous over a child?
However, the price of her mockery was immediately paid when Gu Luoyu pounced on her like a starving tiger, pinning her to the bed and continuing to exploit the nonexistent 'milk'. Her persistence made Ye Sheng sigh inwardly.
With such perseverance, she'd succeed at whatever she tried!
Yet, once she became the target of such 'exploitation', Ye Sheng naturally refused to give Gu Luoyu a good look.
Just as it was time for their cooperation with the base, Ye Sheng decisively kicked Gu Luoyu out of the house again, telling her not to hurry back home, work came first.
These words moved the base staff who came to pick her up; their faces filled with emotion. They never expected to encounter such a supportive family member; their work would definitely become easier.
Unfortunately...
This thought completely shattered less than half a day after working alongside Gu Luoyu. It wasn't that Gu Luoyu started trouble herself, but rather other espers began stirring, wanting to fight against the base's number one expert.
After all, the current 'strongest' title was confirmed by base rumors. In reality, most espers had little contact with Gu Luoyu and naturally didn't know her exact strength.
Even if Gu Luoyu was 'Erensu', clearly, Erensu's strength before disappearing didn't reach the peak among espers!
Regarding other espers' attack, the base officials watched coldly, also wanting to personally verify Gu Luoyu's strength, ensuring their current intelligence was accurate.
As a result, Gu Luoyu found individual challenges too troublesome. She simply demanded all espers attack her together, then in the next second summoned dark psychic energy, instantly taking control of the entire scene and turning everyone into 'puppet dolls' at her mercy.
No matter how hard they struggled, they couldn't break free from her control.
With just this one move, everyone present understood the gap between them. Any resentment instantly turned into admiration and submission.
However, Gu Luoyu was definitely not someone who repaid grievances with kindness. Facing others' ill intent, she couldn't smile and forgive. Instead, she petty-mindedly broke their limbs, tormenting them thoroughly before finally releasing them under the frantic persuasion of arriving staff.
Anyway, espers could use energy stones to recover from injuries. They only had to endure the pain, nothing serious enough to interfere with actual duties...
But precisely because of this display of intimidation, other espers transformed from troublemakers into obedient students, treating Gu Luoyu's words as orders and cooperating diligently... With suicidal thoughts no longer obstructing them, absorbing energy became much smoother, and their abilities naturally grew stronger day by day.
After Gu Luoyu pointed out some issues regarding psychic energy usage, the first batch of psychic academy students smoothly 'graduated', and were dispatched by the base authorities into the wilderness to actively hunt S-rank polluted creatures.
“Operation 01 Elimination went extremely smoothly. Espers' abilities are powerful, far surpassing ordinary people and mercenaries. Especially those trained by Gu Luoyu, they performed outstandingly, only three cooperating together can successfully kill an S-rank polluted creature, drastically reducing fatality rates!”
“Hmph, she's just an esper . No matter how strong, can she stand against the entire base? Old Mo, I think you're being overly cautious. Being too timid will only make others walk all over you!”
“I agree with General Mo. Gu Luoyu's strength is unfathomable. Unless absolutely necessary, we must never make her our enemy.”
“Who knows what kind of extraordinary encounter Gu Luoyu had? Her strength increased so dramatically. After all, before Erensu disappeared, she only ranked among the top tier among espers, not the absolute peak.”
Inside the base government building's conference hall, over a dozen people sat around the meeting table talking. The atmosphere instantly became exceptionally lively. A secretary standing nearby solemnly recorded the content of this meeting.
Currently, the hottest figures and events within the base were all related to Gu Luoyu, making even the base's top leadership deeply interested in her.
Unfortunately, Gu Luoyu was equally a dangerous and uncontrollable figure. For now, they could only maintain friendly relations. Otherwise, someone would've already approached her, attempting to pull her into their faction... But in a way, this was good, no one could recruit her, so it remained fair!
“Alright, alright. Since you all know Gu Luoyu isn't someone to mess with, stop scheming against her. Instead of discussing this, let's talk about the Black Spring Freemasonry issue!”
The person sitting at the center of the meeting table tapped the table with his hand. The conference room instantly fell silent. Many exchanged glances, their expressions unchanged, but they clearly understood what was coming.
The Black Spring Freemasonry had just settled into the base's official residence, yet mysteriously, half their members died.
This sudden incident caught everyone off guard. Not only was the Black Spring Freemasonry now like frightened birds, but the base officials were equally puzzled, not knowing who exactly had struck?
Regarding this, someone proposed a theory: “To silently kill so many people... it must either be an organization or someone extremely powerful. After investigation, we found that after entering the base, the Black Spring Freemasonry secretly attempted to seize Gu Luoyu's child for research. So I believe the perpetrator is very likely Gu Luoyu herself.”
“Is that so?”
“The Black Spring Freemasonry is too arrogant! Seizing an esper's child for research? They clearly don't respect our base at all!”
Another heated discussion followed. Ultimately, regarding the Black Spring Freemasonry's casualties exceeding half their members, the base authorities decided to offer sincere concern and assist them in the investigation... As for anything else, that was all.
After all, the dead weren't base officials. In fact, the Black Spring Freemasonry wasn't even considered friends, merely temporary collaborators.
Once the crisis from polluted creatures passed, the two sides would inevitably become mortal enemies.
As for who killed the members of the Black Spring Freemasonry, just as pointed out in the meeting, most people inwardly confirmed it was Gu Luoyu's doing. If it were an organization, the act couldn't have been so clean and decisive.
At the very least, they would've left far more traces...
Although some people deeply disliked Gu Luoyu, seeing her as a tough bone to chew, currently no one dared touch even a single hair on her head. Besides Gu Luoyu's immense strength, the biggest reason was the polluted creatures deep in the wilderness.
The esper squads dispatched by the base could currently only handle S-rank polluted creatures. If they encountered an S+ rank, even a dozen espers working together couldn't guarantee victory!
Therefore, Gu Luoyu was regarded as the base's final defense line, protecting every single person within the base!