Chapter 253 Methods of Promotion

The next day.

Wang Tao led everyone to continue to clean up the zombies, and this time He Jijun joined.

After reaching the second level, He Jijun's strength naturally improved greatly.

But what surprised Wang Tao was that He Jijun really played shooting in a fancy way. He could even make the bullet turn slightly through precise calculation!

This reminded Wang Tao of the jokes he saw on the Internet before - gun fighting!

He Jijun really has this ability!

Wang Tao had to admit that although they both had the ability of accurate shooting, there was a big gap between him and He Jijun. He is worthy of being the king of soldiers!

He Jijun even wanted to make the arrow turn, but this was much more difficult than bullets, and he had not succeeded yet. But it was not without gain. He could shoot into the air and hit the zombies in a parabolic way.

This looked a bit fancy, but it was actually very useful, such as carrying out decapitation operations, or attacking over obstacles...

I can only say that Wang Tao is looking forward to what level He Jijun will reach after becoming more and more familiar with his ability.

There were quite a lot of zombies outside the base. This time, Wang Tao and his men spent a whole day to clean up the zombies around and block the gates of the base, including the two cars that drove in before.

There may be more zombies coming in the future, but at least there are no zombies now, and it is much more comfortable to look at.

Wang Tao deliberately gave some third-level zombies to He Jijun, and He Jijun's health was directly 29999!

"Can I be promoted to the third level now?"

He Jijun was a little confused.

Although he did feel that his strength had been slowly improving when he killed the zombies today, he was only promoted to the second level!

It only took him two days to be promoted from the first level to the second level, and he was sleeping on one of the days. Now only one day has passed, and he can be promoted to the third level again?

"To be precise, it's almost there, because your ability level is not enough. You have to improve your ability level, and by the way, strip off your running ability that you merged before..."

He Jijun's mental power is very strong, and Wang Tao thinks he should fuse a mental ability with him to give full play to his strengths. But the crystal cores related to mental power in Wang Tao's hand are all at the second level. So Wang Tao discussed with He Jijun and asked him to fuse a "running" first.

Now that he is at the second level, this running can naturally be separated.

Wang Tao took out some crystal cores for He Jijun to choose. To Wang Tao's surprise, He Jijun chose a "mental amplification".

[Mental amplification: During the duration, it can increase mental power, make people more focused, and not easily disturbed by the outside world]

This ability seems to be useless to many people, but Wang Tao himself has fused one because it is a good thing to resist illusions.

He Jijun wanted to fuse this, not because he encountered an illusion, but because he thought it could increase precision shooting!

Apart from anything else, this makes people more focused and less easily disturbed by the outside world. Isn't this exactly what allows them to concentrate on shooting?

And improving some mental power should also help with shooting.

Wang Tao felt that what He Jijun said made sense, so he gave him this crystal core. Anyway, Wang Tao still has a lot of second-level peeling crystal cores in his hand. Even if this ability is not as good as He Jijun imagined, he can just peel it out again.

Soon, He Jijun peeled off "Running" and fused this "Spirit Amplification".

He Jijun tried it. When he turned on the precision shooting and then turned on the spirit amplification, his shooting ability was indeed improved a bit - now it is a serious gun fighting technique!

"Strong!"

Seeing He Jijun holding two pistols in the indoor shooting range, he can hit various targets with his eyes closed, and he can also make the bullets turn. Wang Tao and others were very amazed.

If we don't consider that the gunshots will attract a large number of zombies, everyone thinks that the lethality that He Jijun can cause will definitely be very terrifying.

Although some zombies can block bullets, the bullets shot by He Jijun will turn!

No matter how tough the zombies are, they will have weaknesses, such as eyes, and He Jijun can find those weaknesses to attack!

Of course, if he really encounters zombies with no weaknesses or very abnormal defense, it is hard to say whether He Jijun can still do it.

Anyway, at present, He Jijun is still very strong!

After confirming that this ability can indeed improve He Jijun, Wang Tao took out some other crystal cores that He Jijun had fused and some all-powerful crystal cores.

It took some time for He Jijun to complete all the fusions. All his four abilities are level 2 +10. Then Wang Tao took out four level 3 promotion crystal cores.

"Thank you!"

Seeing Wang Tao give these crystal cores to him as if they were free, He Jijun would be lying if he said he was not touched. When Wang Tao pulled him into the group before, he didn't tell him that there was such a benefit.

But He Jijun didn't say much. A real man would express his gratitude with actions.

"Haha, we are all family, why be polite!"

Wang Tao smiled, and then said seriously.

"After you, Lao He, are promoted to the third level, we will go to the city to see if we can find a fourth-level zombie to try our hand at..."

"No problem!"

He Jijun immediately fused the four third-level promotion crystal cores.

After a moment, he succeeded smoothly. He Jijun did not hesitate and immediately prepared to start the promotion.

By this time tomorrow, he will be a third-level mutant!

After He Jijun fell asleep, Wang Tao looked at the others. Except for Jiang Shixue, whose health did not increase, the health of others increased a lot.

Xu Xiaojun has 70,000 HP, Yang Changhong has 70,000 HP, and Nie Siyan has 60,000 HP. They are all very close to 100,000 HP.

And their crystal cores are relatively easy to find, and some of them have been fused.

Wang Tao estimated that when they reach 100,000 HP, their abilities should all be +10.

"The zombies around have been dealt with. Everyone should have a good rest these two days and conserve your energy."

Wang Tao said to the three people:

"Okay!"

Everyone nodded.

Wang Tao went back to the room with Jiang Shixue and Lightning.

But he didn't rush to sleep. After all, everyone's strength was improving, and he had to improve too!

There were many zombies inside and outside the military base. In addition to the zombies killed on the road before and the crystal cores provided by He Jijun and Luo Guozhong, Wang Tao now has a large number of crystal cores in his hands.

And many of these crystal cores can be used by him.

Of Wang Tao's four abilities, only [Violent Amplification] is +10, and the remaining three are +1. This is because Wang Tao did not upgrade it in order to synthesize abilities.

And now, his Yin-Yang Harmony can be synthesized!

Yin-Yang Harmony is a spiritual ability. Wang Tao had previously fused a perception, and now he can fuse two other abilities. Wang Tao chose [Mental Shock] and [Mental Defense].

[Mental Shock: Consume energy, turn your own mental energy into several colorless and invisible needles and shoot them out. If there are obstacles on the way, the power will be reduced]

[Mental Defense: Passive ability, increase mental defense]

He had these two crystal cores when he was in Zijing City, but he had never been able to get three to synthesize. Now he finally got enough, and Wang Tao immediately synthesized them into two epic crystal cores.

Wang Tao first extracted [Fusion], and then fused a [Mental Shock]. The success rate of it and [Yin-Yang Harmony] was 91%. It's a little low, but it's not a big problem.

Very smoothly, this mental shock ability and Yin-Yang Harmony were successfully synthesized.

Then Wang Tao melted another [Mental Defense], and the success rate of this crystal core and Yin-Yang Harmony was as high as 98%.

Not surprisingly, this ability was also successfully synthesized.

At this point, Wang Tao's Yin-Yang Harmony ability has been synthesized to the upper limit, and a new ability has appeared!

[Level 3 ability·Yin-Yang Harmony: can sense surrounding things, can slightly affect the spirit of creatures, can make the spirit of creatures unstable, can launch mental shocks, can increase mental defense, can open a barrier that can block mental attacks, and when having sex with the opposite sex, both parties' mana will be quickly replenished, and the user will permanently increase a certain amount of mana. Permanent increase in mana has a cooldown time, and the cooldown time is random. (Side effect: none)]

The name remains unchanged, but the attributes have greatly increased!

"Not bad!"

Wang Tao nodded with satisfaction, and now this ability can also be upgraded to +10. But don't worry, Wang Tao looked at his iron wall ability again.

This is a continuous ability that can add various states to Wang Tao. If you use a game as an analogy, it is similar to a buff skill.

Now Wang Tao has such a crystal core in his hand.

[Physical Enhancement: During the duration, physical fitness is improved in all aspects]

The first physical enhancement crystal core Wang Tao got was obtained from the ghost claw zombie, the second one was obtained from the zombie dog, and the third one was obtained from the crystal core left by Luo Guozhong. It can just synthesize an epic crystal core.

After Wang Tao fused this crystal core, it showed that the probability of it being synthesized with the Copper Wall and Iron Wall was 94%! That's right, just synthesize it directly.

After a while, the fusion was successful. The name of the Copper Wall and Iron Wall ability has not changed, but there is an introduction to physical enhancement on the entry.

The Copper Wall and Iron Wall can be synthesized twice more. Wang Tao already has a goal, which is the crystal core [Extreme Speed] exploded by the zombie dog.

However, there is only one crystal core of this kind at present, and it will take some time to save it.

As for the last crystal core to be synthesized...Wang Tao suddenly thought of accurate shooting.

He likes the ability of accurate shooting very much, but the success rate of synthesizing other abilities with the accurate shooting ability is not high. So Wang Tao has never synthesized it.

But now he has accumulated a lot of accurate shooting abilities in his hands, can he try it?

After all, he could put Precision Shooting in the secondary ability position. Even if the synthesis failed, at most he would lose one Precision Shooting ability, which he could afford.

Thinking of this, Wang Tao immediately fused the Precision Shooting crystal core he had extracted before, but it was a second-level one, and Wang Tao used another promotion crystal core to upgrade it to the third level.

Then Wang Tao looked at the probability of successful fusion of Precision Shooting and other abilities.

[Precision Shooting + Iron Wall = 35%]

[Precision Shooting + Yin-Yang Harmony = 7%]

The ability of mastery was extracted, and the violent amplification had been fused to the upper limit. So he could only choose between Iron Wall and Yin-Yang Harmony, and the two success rates were a no-brainer, and he could only synthesize with Iron Wall.

Wang Tao put Iron Wall in the main position, Precision Shooting in the secondary position, and then fused them!

A colorful light flashed... The synthesis failed, and the Precision Shooting ability disappeared.

"..."

Although Wang Tao was mentally prepared, this was his first failed synthesis after all, and he lost 30,000 special energy and a Precision Shooting ability, which was still a little painful.

But it's not a big problem, continue to synthesize!

The second time, the synthesis failed...

The third time, the synthesis failed...

...

The sixth time... If he fails again this time, the precise shooting crystal core in his hand will not be enough.

Fortunately, it finally succeeded this time!

[Third level superpower·Copper wall and iron wall]

[Copper Wall: During the duration, it can enhance defense, speed, spirit, physique, shooting and slowly recover certain injuries (side effects: none)]

If we can get two more ultra-fast crystal cores, we can synthesize the copper wall and iron wall up to the upper limit of the third level!

In other words, Wang Tao still lacks the ability to master it. This ability is an active attack ability. There is currently no suitable choice. Please pay more attention in the future...

Finally, Wang Tao extracted the copper wall and iron wall and fused it with the all-powerful crystal core.

The only thing left in him is the violent increase and the reconciliation of yin and yang. The violent increase is already +10, and the almighty crystal core naturally acts on the reconciliation of yin and yang.

Wang Tao didn't have many third-order all-powerful crystal cores in his hands. After raising the Yin-Yang Harmony to +10, his third-order all-powerful crystal cores were completely consumed.

He now has two third-level abilities, both +10, which is one step closer to reaching fourth level!

After confirming that there was no suitable superpower for the time being, Wang Tao looked at Jiang Shixue.

Jiang Shixue had just been sitting quietly next to Wang Tao, petting the dog. When she felt Wang Tao's gaze, she turned her head to look at Wang Tao.

"Xiaoxue, how can you level up..."

Wang Tao ruffled her hair.

"I have no idea."

Jiang Shixue shook her head.

"I had a vague guess before. After seeing the battle log of the military base this time, I feel that my guess...maybe really possible..."

Wang Tao said suddenly.

Jiang Shixue looked at him with some doubts.

Wang Tao continued:

"Xiaoxue, your body is the same as that of a zombie. If a zombie wants to evolve, there are usually two methods, one is to rely on time, and the other is to rely on cannibalism! Relying on time, you have been here for so long, and you still have nothing. It’s a sign of promotion, so I think…”

After hearing Wang Tao's explanation, Jiang Shixue understood and immediately shook her head.

"Brother, I have no desire to eat people, and I don't want to..."

If she eats people, then she will really be no different from a zombie. She doesn't want to become a zombie!

"Silly girl, what are you thinking! Of course I can't let you eat people!"

Wang Tao knocked Jiang Shixue's head, and then said.

"But I think maybe I can drink some blood..."

"ah?"

Jiang Shixue was a little confused.

"Want to try? I'll give you some blood!"

Wang Tao was a little eager to give it a try.

He felt that his guess might be right!

Since Jiang Shixue's body is similar to that of a zombie, there is a high probability that she will evolve like a zombie!

"Brother, this is not good, you will be in pain..."

Jiang Shixue's little face wrinkled.

"Haha, don't worry, I have the ability to heal myself, it's not a big problem! Just wait!"

Wang Tao did what he said, he took out a bottle of nutrient solution, poured the nutrients inside to Lightning, and kept the empty bottle. Then Wang Tao took out a scalpel. Everything he took out from the space backpack was sterile and did not need to be sterilized.

Then Wang Tao took a scalpel and lightly cut his wrist.

Pfft~

A drop of blood fell into the bottle of nutrient solution, and then more blood flowed out.

Wang Tao didn't feel much pain. After all, the scalpel was very sharp and he wasn't afraid of pain.

"elder brother……"

Seeing Wang Tao being so decisive, Jiang Shixue was suddenly at a loss. Lightning next to him tilted his head and looked at his master. He didn't understand what was wrong with his master.

Soon, this small bottle was filled with Wang Tao's blood.

He immediately used a medical kit to stop the bleeding and activated the Iron Wall ability to restore his blood.

After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the wound, Wang Tao handed the small bottle of still warm blood to Jiang Shixue.

"Xiaoxue, come and try it!"

Wang Tao really needs Jiang Shixue's combat power, but Jiang Shixue is still at the second level, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in strength.

If it doesn't work, forget it. But since there is a chance, Wang Tao will definitely give it a try.

"...Then let me try."

Jiang Shixue looked at Wang Tao with some distress. She was not sure whether it would work, but since it was Wang Tao's kindness, she would definitely not want to waste it.

Jiang Shixue took the small bottle, feeling the warm blood, and drank it all in one gulp.

Gulu~

Jiang Shixue licked her lips.

"Brother's blood is sweet..."

"..."

Hearing this, Wang Tao was speechless.

Isn't blood salty?

He doesn’t have diabetes either!

Or is it the psychological effect of Jiang Shixue?

While Wang Tao was thinking this, Jiang Shixue suddenly said:

"Brother! It seems like... I can really advance!"

"Haha, it really works!"

Wang Tao was immediately overjoyed. He had a sudden idea after seeing the logs of the military base. He just thought about the possibility, and did not think that it would definitely succeed. Anyway, if you give it a try, you'll only lose a little blood at most. But I didn’t expect it to be successful!

"Brother, I'm going to sleep..."

Jiang Shixue suddenly fell on Wang Tao and closed her eyes.

Wang Tao quickly hugged her, making sure that she was just asleep, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It should be a normal promotion..."

"But then again, if Xiaoxue can be promoted just by using my blood, then this condition is too simple! No need for promotion crystal cores, or even other crystal cores! Then there will be no upper limit for Xiaoxue's promotion in the future?"

Wang Tao was a little excited, but soon shook his head.

He knew that the world would not let him "get stuck". Jiang Shixue definitely did not say that she could be promoted all the time with a bottle of blood. There must be some reasons that he didn't know about... For example, she met all the conditions, except for a "key" similar to the promotion crystal core, and human blood was the key?

"Let's wait and see when Xiaoxue wakes up..."

Wang Tao hugged Jiang Shixue and put her on the bed. Then Wang Tao looked at the lightning at his feet.

"Why not give it a try with your own blood?"

Wang Tao thought about it and decided to forget it. Lightning did not have any impurities in his body, and his physique was completely different from that of a zombie, so it should not be a method.