Chapter 140： The overall strength of the base is improved

Chapter 140 The overall strength of the base is improved

"What's wrong?"

Han Rui asked a little strangely.

"fine…"

Wang Tao shook his head, but he did not say that outrageous idea.

Although it is possible, there is no need to say it now. He would have to find an opportunity to come back later to explore the reality of this green-eyed zombie...

On the way back, everyone saw another ruined street.

“The orangutan zombies are here!”

Everyone's mood was a little heavy.

According to the frequency of destruction by the orangutan zombies, it feels like we will be able to find the Shuizhe base soon!

There are hundreds of people in the Shuize base, and it is impossible to hide them. As long as it is discovered by the orangutan zombie, it will definitely not give up...

To become stronger, you must become stronger!

There were no twists and turns on the way back, and we returned to the base smoothly.

In the conference room, Wang Tao told everyone about the situation he encountered on the first floor of the hospital.

Everyone was a little envious when they heard that Wang Tao could kill dozens or even dozens of elite zombies with just one strike, and they didn't resist. This sounds great!

But when Wang Tao mentioned that he saw a pair of green eyes on the second floor, everyone shuddered subconsciously.

Because everyone thinks that the reason why those elite zombies have become so stupid may have something to do with the owner of these eyes!

If Wang Tao and Han Rui had not left in time, would they have become as stupid as those zombies?

It’s scary to think about it!

“Will I not be able to go to the hospital in the future?”

Xiang Hongbin felt a little pity.

Except for the fact that there are so many elite zombies here in the hospital, the elite zombies in other places have to be found slowly, which is very time-consuming.

Wang Tao thought for a while and said:

"That's not... that zombie underground in the hospital. It should have been there a long time ago. At least it might have been there when the orangutan zombies went there. After that, we hunted many elite zombies there, and it has always been there. It didn’t come out. So it’s possible that it’s not willing to come out, or it’s not able to come out? Of course, this is just my guess. We still have to observe and observe. I’d better not go to the hospital for the time being. I’ll do a thorough investigation later. "

Along the way, Wang Tao was thinking about the green-eyed zombie with 15,000 HP under the hospital.

According to the current situation, there are a total of four second-level zombies in Shuize County.

Zombie Shao Yong has been killed by him, and so has the hooded zombie. Now there are only the gorilla zombies and the green-eyed zombie under the hospital.

If these two second-level zombies are killed, Wang Tao will most likely be promoted to the second level!

The problem is, if Wang Tao cannot advance to the second level, he will not be able to kill these two second-level zombies!

This seems to be a dead end.

But Wang Tao is not discouraged. After all, the hooded zombies have been killed by a group of first-level people like them. It is not impossible to kill the green-eyed zombies in the hospital and the orangutan zombies outside...

The topic of green-eyed zombies has been left behind for now, and next is the crystal core.

On the way back, Wang Tao fused all the crystal nuclei that could be fused, and now he has taken out all the crystal nuclei.

“I’ll go! So many crystal nuclei!”

Looking at the crystal core that Wang Tao took out, everyone exclaimed.

"Take what you need, and leave part of it to train the superpowers in the base."

Wang Tao said with a smile.

Originally, Wang Tao thought that they should not be in a hurry to fuse other crystal cores, otherwise it might take a lot of promotion cores to upgrade to the second level, which would be very troublesome.

But after hunting hooded zombies, fighting against orangutan zombies, and seeing the green-eyed zombie underground in the hospital, Wang Tao felt that it was not a question of whether they could advance to the second level, but if the orangutan zombies came to the base now, what would everyone do? An unstoppable problem.

So, how much strength can be improved now, how much strength must be improved! It would be best to elevate everyone to their peak state! This way, you will have a greater chance of winning when facing orangutan zombies in the future!

Everyone naturally understood what Wang Tao was thinking and nodded. At this time, I really don’t have time to think about it that much.

After giving the crystal core to everyone, Wang Tao went to visit Lu Gang.

“You’re here, how’s the harvest today?”

Lu Gang, who was on the hospital bed, saw Wang Tao coming over and immediately wanted to sit up. Chen Zhuang, who was next to him, quickly went over to support him.

“Not bad, I got a lot of crystal cores. How is your injury?”

Wang Tao said with a smile.

Lu Gang was still injured, so he didn’t tell him about the second-level zombies in the hospital.

“Haha, I’m fine! I feel like I’ll be fine in another three to five days!”

Lu Gang laughed heartily.

Wang Tao shook his head. It is definitely impossible to recover in three to five days. After all, one of his ribs was broken. Although it was repaired by Chen Zhuang, it could not grow back that quickly.

But Lu Gang is recovering really well now. After all, Wang Tao used many medical kits on him, which not only saved his life, but also increased his blood volume a lot.

He has now recovered to more than 3,000 HP. Even if he is lying on the hospital bed, if he really gets up to fight, his fighting power will not be weak.

“I still have some crystal nuclei here…”

Wang Tao gave Lu Gang some crystal cores. Lu Gang's precise shooting and sprinting are at full level, but he can fuse two kinds of crystal cores. He had told Wang Tao before that he preferred throwing mastery and concealment abilities.

Wang Tao now throws his mastery and stealth cores to Lu Gang.

“Wow! So many purple, red and even orange crystal nuclei!”

Lu Gang looked excited. With these crystal nuclei, his strength can be greatly improved!

"You should fuse slowly. When you fuse the crystal core, the energy of the crystal core will also repair your body. Maybe you can get out of bed in three to five days!"

"Thanks!"

Lu Gang said gratefully.

“Thank you for nothing, you deserve this!”

Wang Tao patted Lu Gang on the shoulder.

“No, I mean when I was fighting the hooded zombies before, if you hadn’t thrown two axes at me and hit the zombies, my little life would have been lost long ago…”

Lu Gang said with a sigh on his face.

“That’s what you said! Actually, I didn’t have a choice at the time. Fortunately, you are strong enough!”

Recalling the time when he hunted hooded zombies before, Wang Tao also had some lingering fears. If he throws it wrongly, Lu Gang will be dead.

“Well, actually it’s my fault... I thought I was so far away that the zombies couldn’t find me. If I had known better, I would have been more cautious..."

Lu Gang was a little annoyed.

After fighting zombies for a long time, it is easy to relax your vigilance on certain things. For example, he thinks zombies have no brains, and thinks zombies will not find him...

“I can’t blame you, that zombie is too powerful... Anyway, let’s remember this lesson and remember it for as long as possible in the future!”

“Hmm! You’re right!”

After visiting Lu Gang, Wang Tao returned home and called Gao Hua. In addition to Gao Hua, Ding Yuqin is also there.

Wang Tao asked them what crystal nuclei they wanted.

They can continue to fuse after fusing the hidden crystal core.

“I want copper skin and iron bones…”

Gao Hua scratched his head in embarrassment.

Wang Tao glanced at him with some surprise. He was planning to maximize his defense capabilities. He was both invisible and iron-clad.

"no problem."

Wang Tao gave him a copper-clad iron-bone crystal core.

“Thank you, brother!”

Gao Hua suddenly looked grateful.

“With your current blood volume, you should be able to sense whether you can continue to fuse other types of crystal nuclei, right?”

Wang Tao asked again.

Gao Hua closed his eyes and felt it for a while, then said:

"I feel like I can fuse two more types..." Gao Hua has only fused concealment now, which means that he can fuse three types of crystal nuclei in total.

“Three types, that’s pretty good. Is there anything else you want to fuse? I still have some crystal nuclei in my hand, so I’ll give them to you.”

Wang Tao said with a smile.

"let me see…"

Gao Hua’s eyes suddenly lit up.

He would never take the initiative to ask for anything from Wang Tao, but as long as it was given by Wang Tao, he would never refuse it, not even pretending to be polite. Because he is very aware of his status, he regards himself as Wang Tao's younger brother. What the boss gives to the younger brother is a reward, and there is no reason for the younger brother to refuse.

“I would like a Throwing Mastery Core, okay?”

Gao Hua thought about it and realized that he already had two defensive abilities, so it would be good to have another offensive ability. However, he is unwilling to rush forward and fight hand-to-hand, which is his weakness. So he thought, it would be best to have the ability to attack from a distance.

As far as he knows, there are currently only two abilities for long-range attacks, one is throwing proficiency, and the other is precision shooting.

 He ​​feels that Throwing Mastery is more suitable for him. It is a passive ability that does not consume mana and does not require any foundation. As long as this ability is integrated, he will have a natural sense of intimacy and familiarity with throwing objects.

If we really want to talk about the upper limit, precision shooting is definitely higher. But precision shooting is to improve those who have shooting skills. For people like him who don't understand shooting at all, precision shooting will not improve them much.

"OK."

Wang Tao gave him another red Throwing Mastery Core.

"Thank you, brother!" Gao Hua thanked him again, and then he said with a wink, "If there is nothing wrong with brother, I will go back to fuse the crystal core first!"

“Go.”

After Gao Hua left, Wang Tao looked at Ding Yuqin.

“Sister-in-law, what kind of crystal core do you want to fuse?”

“I don’t know either, I’ll just listen to you!”

Ding Yuqin hugged Wang Tao’s arm and said.

Wang Tao looked at Ding Yuqin. He felt that if Ding Yuqin was fused with a long tongue, maybe there would be a different feeling? But after thinking about it, I decided to forget it. It would be better for my sister-in-law to keep things as they are.

“Then you should fuse a Throwing Mastery first. It’s always good to have more attack methods.”

"good!"

As for Han Rui, except for the ability to sense, all of her current abilities are at full level, but she has never been able to touch zombies, so there is no way to improve them. Like Wang Tao, her strength has temporarily reached its upper limit.

…

The next day.

The committee issued an announcement at the base, saying that it would train another group of superpowers.

The first batch of superpowers only had 6 people, not counting the security forces. This number is still very small, after all, there are now 700 people in the base.

So many people are waiting for this second batch of opportunities. They thought it would take a long time.

But unexpectedly, just a few days after the first batch of crystal nuclei were distributed, the committee was preparing to cultivate the second batch of superpowers!

This news made the survivors very excited.

There are now more than 700 people in the base, 300 of whom are hunters.

Originally there were not so many hunters, but because many new people who joined the base have registered as hunters, and the attraction of becoming superpowers, the number of hunters has increased sharply. After all, everyone knows that superpowers are selected from hunters.

This is of course what the committee wants to see. The greater the number of hunters, the richer the base's supplies.

So the number of the second batch of superpowers that the committee plans to cultivate is no longer 6, but 50!

Now Wang Tao has many crystal nuclei in his hand, which is enough to train 50 superpowers.

Of course, Wang Tao just let them become superpowers. As for the subsequent increase in superpower level, Wang Tao will not care about it. They will have to hunt the elite zombies by themselves.

Soon, registration for candidates with special abilities began.

This time it is no longer Ren Jie who appoints the candidates right from the start, but everyone can sign up.

After registering, show your ability and wait for the notification from the committee.

As long as you sign up, you will have a chance. However, the final right of interpretation lies with the committee.

There were a lot of people who signed up. There were only more than 300 hunters in the base, but more than 400 people signed up. Apparently some ordinary survivors also signed up.

These ordinary survivors will definitely not be selected, but it is a good thing that they can sign up. Maybe they will register as hunters later.

It took a day, and the quota for the second batch of superpowers was finally determined.

Wang Tao personally handed over these 50 crystal cores to them and told them to work hard. The important task of contributing to the base was left to them.

Since the number of crystal nuclei taken out this time is large, there are also many types. Crystal nuclei including quagmire, cough smoke, rejuvenation... and even the Big Eater were all taken out.

Wang Tao has actually always wanted to know, are some crystal nuclei that seem to be of little use, such as Quagmire and Big Stomach King, really useless at all?

So this can be regarded as an experiment. Let these people fuse it to see if these crystal nuclei are useful.

Of course, these crystal nuclei were synthesized by Wang Tao, so there are no side effects. If there are any side effects, it's just a scam.

After one night, these people were all integrated.

Wang Tao specially called them here to see their special abilities.

Don’t mention it, Wang Tao really noticed something different.

Like the crystal core of quagmire, it seems to be useless based on the introduction. But the actual effect turned out to be quite good!

The effect of quagmire is to "expend energy and create a quagmire around the body."

A superpower who has only fused one quagmire crystal core can form a quagmire with a diameter of ten meters around his body.

Whether it is a human or a zombie, the speed in the quagmire will be greatly slowed down. Especially zombies, they can easily get stuck in and become unable to move!

Of course, if it is just these, it is not enough to make Wang Tao happy. What really makes Wang Tao happy is that the effects of this quagmire can be superimposed!

 He ​​asked five people with powers who had learned quagmire to stand together and release the quagmire. The resulting quagmire was five times the size of the previous one!

And this quagmire is permanent! As long as the water in the quagmire does not evaporate, and as long as the soil is not dug away, this quagmire can always exist!

Wang Tao immediately felt that this was a very powerful control skill!

Suppose he gets a group of people with powers who can use mire, and lets them release their powers at the same time, creating a large quagmire. And then lure the zombies into the quagmire. Once the zombies come in, they can't move and can only be slaughtered!

Wouldn’t that be equivalent to a continuous version of vomiting mucus?

Wang Tao thinks you can try it!

But when it comes to shortcomings, there are certainly some.

That is, the release speed of this quagmire is relatively slow, unlike vomiting mucus, which is spit out in one gulp. The quagmire needs to be released slowly, and immediate combat is definitely not possible. This must be prepared in advance.

And another thing is that when the quagmire power is released, it is a little disgusting - this is the mud flowing out from the holes and pores of the body...

According to these quagmire psychics, they themselves did not feel uncomfortable, and even felt relieved when the mud flowed out. But Wang Tao felt very uncomfortable...

In addition to Quagmire, the ability of Big Maw King is also available.

The effect of this ability is "the more you eat and the fatter you grow, the higher your defense will be."

Wang Tao specially found two fat men to fuse this crystal core. In the apocalypse, fat people are relatively rare. These two fat people are the two fattest people in their base.

There is no way to achieve the condition of "eat more" now, but "grow fatter" can be achieved.

After the two of them fused this ability, their defense immediately increased greatly. Wang Tao tested them before and after their fusion.

Wang Tao feels that this Big Stomach King Crystal Core is equivalent to a weakened version of copper skin and iron bones. Although the defense is indeed not as strong as copper skin and iron bones, it is a passive ability and does not require energy consumption!

More importantly, the upper limit of copper-skinned iron bones is fixed and can only be increased by fusing crystal cores. And this big stomach king has a higher upper limit. Increasing his body size, eating more food and fusing crystal cores can all improve his defense!

Put these two fat guys in full-body protective equipment, shields, etc., and let them walk in front and serve as human shields. If they could also fuse the powerful crystal core and the vitality crystal core, the effect would be even better!

Wang Tao thought so and did so.

He immediately promoted these two fat men to key training targets of the base.

Wang Tao also personally took them out to hunt elite zombies and refresh their health bars. Not many people can enjoy this kind of treatment.

But not only is Wang Tao taking people out to refresh the health bar, Wei Zhenguo and others are also taking some superpowers out to hunt elite zombies.

After all, the strength of these people has been raised to the upper limit, and there is no way to improve it for the time being. It is better to help other superpowers in the base to improve the overall strength of the base.

With the efforts of committee members such as Wang Tao, the overall strength of the Shuize Base was greatly improved in a few days—

All hunters have more than 1,000 health, some of the superpowers have more than 2,000 health, and some have more than 3,000 health!

As for committee members like Wang Tao, they all naturally have more than 4,000 blood.

With the current overall strength of the Shuizhe base, it is hard to say whether it can resist the orangutan zombies, but it will definitely not be as embarrassing as before when facing the hooded zombies.

Wang Tao felt that it was time to go to the hospital to find out whether the green-eyed zombie was real or not...

(End of this chapter)