Chapter 138: Level 2 Copper Skin and Iron Bones

Boom!

An abandoned car fell from the sky and hit the front of the first car in the convoy.

Squeak——

The sharp brake sounded and almost hit the abandoned car.

In the car, Xiang Hongbin quickly reversed and then turned the steering wheel sharply to bypass the obstacle.

But then more abandoned cars, concrete blocks, and even zombies flew towards the convoy!

"Fuck!"

Wang Tao cursed inwardly when he saw the gorilla zombie hammering a group of crazy zombies from the rearview mirror and letting the zombies fall near the convoy.

Did the gorilla zombie do it intentionally or accidentally?

Seeing that there were more and more obstacles around and the car couldn't move at all, Wang Tao shouted:

"You drive, Lao Wei, Han Rui, come with me to clear the obstacles!"

Wang Tao first injected himself with a defensive potion-he didn't use defensive potions when dealing with hooded zombies before, so it is not in the cooling period now.

Then he immediately opened the car door and jumped down, and Wei Zhenguo and Han Rui also jumped down one after another.

Wang Tao took the axe and chopped at the air, sending out a shock wave in front of him.

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The group of bloodless and crazy zombies that were hit by the gorilla zombies all exploded, and their broken limbs and arms fell to the ground, clearing the area in an instant.

Wei Zhenguo also used shock waves to kill some zombies. Han Rui moved the rubble to clear the route.

Soon, part of the obstacles were cleared.

"The car goes first, we'll cover the rear!"

The four cars just got out through the gap that was cleared. Another abandoned vehicle fell from the sky, blocking the road again.

The gorilla zombies and a large number of crazy zombies also chased after them!

"Roar!"

The gorilla zombie roared, and its huge fist punched Wang Tao, who was closest to it!

The gorilla zombie looked bulky, but its speed was not slow at all. Its rotten fist was in front of Wang Tao in an instant!

In this situation, Wang Tao could use the charge ability to dodge, but there was an obstacle behind him, so he couldn't use the charge. Wang Tao could only cross his arms and take the punch.

Bang——

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Wang Tao felt like he was hit by a dump truck! His whole body felt like it was falling apart and it hurt like hell!

Bang——

He hit the abandoned car behind him hard, and the car moved a lot, and Wang Tao was directly embedded in the car!

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Wang Tao could no longer feel the pain in his body, but felt a little dizzy.

He struggled to get out of the car, and then he found that the car he hit had moved, leaving the road empty.

Seeing the gorilla zombie set its sights on Wei Zhenguo and Han Rui, Wang Tao yelled.

"Reverse charge!"

Wei Zhenguo and Han Rui immediately turned around and started charging after seeing that the obstacles behind them had been cleared.

Suddenly, three faint white lights instantly moved more than 30 meters away from the gorilla zombie, temporarily out of its attack range.

The four cars that had just left were waiting for them here with their doors open.

"Get in the car!"

The three got in the car.

Boom——

The engine roared, and the car accelerated instantly.

Four off-road vehicles were speeding in front, and a huge two-story-high zombie was chasing behind. Behind the huge zombie, there were also a lot of crazy zombies... The whole county seemed to be shaking.

"Wang Tao, are you okay?"

In the first off-road vehicle, Xiang Hongbin and Han Rui looked at Wang Tao with concern. They saw that Wang Tao had just taken a punch from the gorilla zombie!

"I'm fine..."

Wang Tao used a medical kit on himself. He was in pain, but his life was not in danger.

Seeing that Wang Tao seemed to be fine, the two of them were relieved.

Xiang Hongbin quickly glanced at the rearview mirror and then cursed.

"Damn it, we can't get rid of it!"

According to the original plan, they should have gotten rid of the pursuit by now. After all, this retreat route was carefully selected by everyone, and the road was specially cleaned up, so that the vehicle's speed could be increased. No matter how fast the crazy zombie runs, it can't outrun the car running at full speed.

But who knew that the gorilla zombie was still attracted.

Although it is big, it is not slow! In particular, it will move some abandoned cars, stones on the roadside and zombies under its feet from time to time to hit Wang Tao and his party.

This greatly affected the speed of the convoy, resulting in the inability to get rid of them, and the number of zombies chasing behind is increasing!

Even Wang Tao suspected that all the crazy zombies in the county had caught up!

"What should I do? The zombies are getting closer and closer to us!"

Han Rui said with some concern.

Wang Tao looked at the zombies behind him, and then looked at the map in his hand, and he made up his mind.

"Go to the outer ring road!"

Wang Tao had already told Wei Zhenguo and the others about the monster outside the Shuize County area. When they went out to search for supplies, they were determined not to go outside. After all, Wang Tao said that thing might be scarier than the gorilla zombie!

But now there is really no other way. As long as the zombies catch up, everyone will most likely be wiped out - even if there are no gorilla zombies, so many crazy zombies cannot be dealt with.

So we can only take a gamble!

"Everyone go to the outer ring road!"

Xiang Hongbin immediately turned the steering wheel and drove towards the outer ring road. The three cars behind also followed suit.

Seeing the zombies behind them getting closer and closer, and almost catching up with the last car, the convoy finally entered the outer ring road.

There were basically no cars on the outer ring road, and the road was smooth. Four cars started to speed up.

Buzz——

Soon, the convoy distanced itself from the zombies behind it.

Not only because the speed of the car has increased, but also because the zombies no longer chase!

After seeing the orangutan zombie stop and the crazy zombies also stop one after another, Wang Tao not only did not relax, but became even more vigilant.

"Quick, quick, quick! Speed ​​up! Quickly cross the outer ring road and turn back to the county town from the intersection in front!"

The speed of the four vehicles soon exceeded 120KM.

Wang Tao was very nervous, he was afraid that the black shadow with ten thousand blood was still there.

Fortunately, luck cannot always be bad, and the team did not encounter any problems on the outer ring road.

Seeing the intersection ahead, the four cars slowed down and drifted, successfully entering the road back to the city.

The orangutan zombies and most of the crazy zombies were probably still at the previous intersection. The roar of the car engine only attracted a dozen crazy zombies.

After confirming that the surrounding area was temporarily safe, Wang Tao immediately got out of the car and killed the dozen or so crazy zombies.

"Let's go! Go back to base!"

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When the four cars finally arrived at the gate of the base, it was already evening.

The group finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Is Lu Gang okay?"

Wang Tao picked up the walkie-talkie and asked.

"It's okay, I just fell asleep."

Wei Zhenguo's voice came from the intercom. They were in another car.

"That's good."

The convoy entered the base and instantly attracted the attention of everyone in the base. These survivors were all anxiously outside, including Ding Yuqin and Li Qiuyu.

Wang Tao got out of the car and nodded to the two of them, indicating that nothing was wrong. Then the soldier on duty came over and asked in a low voice:

"Commissioner Wang, we should be fine, right? There was too much noise outside, and everyone was worried..."

"It's okay, let everyone rest assured."

After hearing Wang Tao's words, the soldier breathed a sigh of relief. Then he immediately said to the other survivors:

"It's okay. Everyone is safe. Let's go back."

call--

After hearing that everything was alright and seeing that all the committee members had returned safely, the survivors felt relieved.

Xiang Hongbin and the soldiers learned about the situation and said that they had made too much noise while fighting outside, and the explosions could be heard clearly inside the base. Especially after seeing the zombies outside starting to riot, the survivors couldn't sit still...

Wei Zhenguo and Wang Tao carried the stretcher together and carried Lu Gang to Chen Zhuang.

"He's seriously injured!"

Chen Zhuang and the other two doctors did not do any work today. They were just waiting for Wang Tao and others. Although they did not want anything to happen to the team, they must be prepared in advance.

"Let me take a look... Fortunately, I just broke one rib, and it's not life-threatening!"

After hearing the doctor's confirmation, everyone was completely relieved. After all, they couldn't see the blood bar and didn't know what Lu Gang's current condition was.

After handing Lu Gang to Chen Zhuang and the others, the injured among Wang Tao's group also briefly treated their wounds, and then came to the conference room upstairs in the complex.

"Is everything okay with everyone?"

Wang Tao looked at everyone.

He himself was actually the second most seriously injured person, but he had self-healing powers and a medical kit. He recovered a small amount along the way, and his injuries were finally stopped.

But it was still impossible to restore full blood, so Ding Yuqin needed help.

Everyone else was also more or less injured.

"We're all fine, minor injuries!"

Xiang Hongbin shook his head. As long as it's not missing arms or legs or getting infected, it's just a minor injury.

The person who was most seriously injured was naturally Lu Gang.

No one expected that Lu Gang, who was supposed to be the safest, was the most seriously injured.

That hooded zombie's senses are too sharp!

After it was hit by Lu Gang's arrow, it immediately discovered Lu Gang's location. Then he flew directly towards Lu Gang from the top of the building. If Lu Gang hadn't been wearing steel plates and Wang Tao hadn't given them defensive potions in advance... and I had saved him, Lu Gang might have been doomed!

"This second-level zombie is so powerful!"

Xiang Hongbin sighed.

He felt that he had overestimated this second-level zombie as much as possible, but after the battle, he found that he still underestimated.

Fortunately, Wang Tao was well prepared and blew it up with a bomb in advance, otherwise everyone would definitely be reduced in number!

As for some slime and the like, there is no use at all, the hooded zombie is too fast!

"This is the second-level zombie in its prime! And there's also that gorilla zombie, it's so scary!"

Wei Zhenguo also sighed.

This hooded zombie is strong, but the orangutan zombie is even stronger! Only Wang Tao could block the attack of the orangutan zombie. If they had faced the orangutan zombie, they might not have been instantly killed!

"Don't be discouraged, everyone! After all, this is the first time we have dealt with second-level zombies head-on. It's pretty good to be able to do this! Sum up the combat experience and we won't be so embarrassed next time!"

Wang Tao encouraged with a smile.

Although everyone suffered varying degrees of injuries, it was considered a victory if no one died.

Everyone began to summarize this battle. Analyze their own shortcomings and where they can do better.

Wang Tao felt that if there was a next time, he would either use more self-destructing bombs, preferably to kill the second-level zombies at once. Or use fewer self-destructing bombs, so as not to attract ape zombies and a large number of crazy zombies.

His bombs were not well made this time, and neither did he kill the hooded zombie, but also attracted a large number of crazy zombies and gorilla zombies.

If he had known that this would happen, he might as well have used hot weapons directly, because so many zombies would be attracted anyway... Wang Tao felt that the second-level zombie should not be able to withstand too many bullets.

After everyone summarized their experiences and lessons, Wei Zhenguo took out the crystal core of the hooded zombie from his body.

"This is the crystal core of that zombie, see if you can use it!"

Wang Tao had not had time to look at the crystal core in the hooded zombie's brain before, and now he was a little surprised when he saw the crystal core that Wei Zhenguo took out. It turned out to be an epic crystal core, what luck!

[Second-level Crystal Core·Promotion]

[Quality: Epic (100%)]

[Purity: 45% (Side effects: None)]

This is a promotion crystal core!

Wang Tao was overjoyed.

“This is useful to me!”

Everyone also showed joy on their faces.

“It’s good if it’s useful! Otherwise, it’s all in vain!”

Wang Tao had thought before that his luck would not be so bad today, and he would not get a promotion crystal core. Wang Tao looked at the package he got, and there was no promotion crystal core in it.

But he didn’t expect that the promotion crystal core was in the zombie’s brain!

“I’ll take the crystal core. After today, my strength should be improved a lot!”

Wang Tao smiled and stood up.

“We are looking forward to it!”

Everyone sincerely wished him well. After all, the stronger Wang Tao’s strength is, the safer their base will be.

Wang Tao and Han Rui returned home together.

Ding Yuqin asked if the two were injured. Wang Tao was a little tired, so he went to take a bath.

Lying comfortably in the bathtub, Wang Tao's fatigue instantly disappeared a lot. After a long sigh, he looked at the package that exploded when he killed the second-level hooded zombie.

This zombie exploded two packages in total.

The first package contained three crystal cores.

[First-level crystal core·omnipotent]

[Quality: Excellent (60%)]

[Purity: 50% (no side effects)]

[Almighty: After fusion, you can randomly give +1 to a fused superpower, up to +10]

The first one is an all-powerful crystal core, but it is a first-level one.

"Can only second-level zombies explode the first-level all-powerful crystal core?"

If so, then this condition is too harsh... But this is an all-powerful crystal core after all. If someone has fused some particularly rare superpowers, then this all-powerful crystal core is still very useful.

The second one is a second-level crystal core.

[Second-order Crystal Core·Athlete]

[Quality: Excellent (80%)]

[Purity: 45% (Side effect: Action consumes double physical strength)]

[Athlete: Passive ability, improved athletic ability]

This crystal core is a passive ability, and the introduction is also very simple. But through the performance of the hooded zombie, Wang Tao feels that this ability is very strong!

The hooded zombie is not only faster than humans, but also more flexible than humans. All kinds of acrobatic movements are easy to catch... Especially when it runs on the roof, those obstacles can't stop it at all!

If humans integrate this ability, at least the ability to escape is directly maximized.

Wang Tao is a little tempted, but unfortunately, he can't integrate other crystal cores.

The side effect of this crystal core is that the action consumes double physical strength, which is the same as the side effect of the hidden crystal core. It seems that the side effect of the crystal core is not the only one...

The last crystal core is also second-order.

[Second-order Crystal Core·Jump]

[Quality: Excellent (40%)]

[Purity: 45% (Side effect: Afraid of noise)]

[Jump: Consume energy to increase jumping height and distance]

This ability is not bad. If you can jump a distance of ten meters like the Hooded Zombie, it will be a very strong ability for both offense and defense. And if it is combined with the Athlete ability, it will be a replica of the Hooded Zombie!

As for this side effect... No wonder the zombie is so sensitive to sound, it turns out that it is afraid of noise!

Wang Tao suddenly thought that he used five self-destructing bombs to blow up the Hooded Zombie's nearly 5,000 HP. Was this 5,000 HP blown up by the power of the bomb itself, or by the huge noise? It's really hard to say...

Wang Tao currently can't use the three crystal cores in this package, and he thought of a problem-

Crystal cores like Athlete and Jump are all second-order at the beginning, and there is no first-order crystal core.

Can the second-order people directly fuse this crystal core? Or do people at level 2 also need to find level 1 crystal cores first?

Wang Tao was a little confused. He could only wait until he reached level 2 to see what was going on. After all, he was just guessing about level 2 now...

The second package contained a set of clothes.

[Black sweatshirt: Durability +5, tear resistance +5]

[Black sports trousers: Durability +5, tear resistance +5]

Is this the set of clothes from the hooded zombie?

He also got two pieces of clothes from the zombies, the security uniform he was wearing, the nurse uniform in the space backpack, and this set of sweatshirt and trousers.

These clothes all have durability and tear resistance properties, but the security uniform and nurse uniform have +1 properties, while this set of clothes has +5.

Wang Tao thinks these two properties are quite practical. For example, her security uniform, even though the properties are +1, he has never worn it until now. And this set of clothes has +5, which will definitely be more durable.

It’s a pity that this zombie didn’t explode any potions, equipment drawings, etc., which is a bit regrettable.

But Wang Tao is also satisfied, after all, he has a promotion crystal core.

This promotion crystal core is orange quality, and Wang Tao put it directly into his mouth.

After a while, Wang Tao felt warm on his body, and his limbs were full of strength.

He looked at his attributes.

The blood volume did not change, still 4999. The mana increased by 200, now 4400.

The impurities in the body also increased. It was previously displayed as 0%, and now it is displayed as 1%. According to Wang Tao’s calculation, it should be 1.1% to be precise...

Then there is the superpower. His copper skin and iron bones have become a second-level superpower!

This surprised Wang Tao. After seeing the attack power of this full-blooded second-level zombie today, he hoped that Bronze Skin and Iron Bones could be promoted to the second level.

Now it happens that one of the attacking superpowers, the shock wave, is the second level, and the defensive superpower, Bronze Skin and Iron Bones, is also the second level, one attack and one defense! If I deal with this hooded zombie again, I should be able to withstand its frontal attack, right?

Wang Tao tried the second-level Bronze Skin and Iron Bones. The use experience is no different from the first level, but the mana consumption has increased.

When the first-level Bronze Skin and Iron Bones is turned on, 1 mana is consumed per second, and now it consumes 5 mana per second. The mana consumption has directly increased fivefold.

I just don’t know how much the defense has been improved... I will try it carefully later!

At night, Wang Tao replenished Ding Yuqin’s blood.

After his unremitting efforts, he finally replenished his blood!

It’s convenient to have a blood pack! Lu Gang, who was also seriously injured, is still lying on the hospital bed, and Wang Tao can go out to hunt zombies!