Chapter 309 Half Success

The second one is He Jijun. Although he is the oldest among them, he has the richest combat experience. Moreover, his hidden ability is getting stronger with age, so there is no need to worry about the decline of combat effectiveness due to his age.

The third one is Wei Zhenguo. He is one of Wang Tao's earliest friends. He is recognized by Wang Tao both as a person and as a person.

The last one is Han Rui. She is the second person to follow Wang Tao and is strong enough in her own right.

After deciding on the candidates, Wang Tao asked them to start fusing and promoting the crystal core. Each of them has four abilities, so exactly 16 promotion cores are needed.

These Ascension Cores are of excellent and epic quality. There were no accidents, and all four of them successfully integrated.

Then came the fusion awakening key. Just like the fusion crystal core, they put the awakening key in their mouths and the fusion was completed quickly.

"I seem to feel the secret key to awakening..."

Lan Yulian spoke in surprise.

She could clearly "see" a light spot like a star inside her body. It seems that as soon as I think about it, I can start to awaken!

"let's start."

After hearing Wang Tao's words, the four of them immediately chose to awaken!

They instantly felt that the secret key in their bodies disappeared, and then the upper limit of their blood volume began to plummet. 110,000 blood dropped to 10,000 in the blink of an eye!

Wang Tao asked them to fuse the blood volume increasing crystal core before, so their upper limit of blood volume is 110,000.

"One of my powers disappeared!"

Lan Yulian exclaimed.

"Me too!"

He Jijun spoke.

After the two of them finished speaking, they felt very sleepy and lay down on the table.

Wei Zhenguo and Han Rui were left staring at each other.

"My powers are still there..."

"Mine is also there..."

Wang Tao said helplessly:

"Then it seems that you two have failed."

"..."

Everyone onlookers were stunned for a moment.

Although Wang Tao said that there is a 50% probability that the first awakening will fail. But seeing with their own eyes that two of the four people failed, their hearts sank instantly. This is really a 50% probability of failure!

And if you fail the first time, subsequent awakenings will become more and more difficult, and the probability of success will become less and less, eventually reducing to 10%!

Wang Tao was also helpless. He said it was 50%, but it was really only 50%. Only the two of them succeeded...

Seeing that Wei Zhenguo and Han Rui were both a little distracted, Wang Tao went over and patted Wei Zhenguo and Han Rui on their shoulders and said:

"Don't be too sad. If you fail, you fail. It doesn't matter. We still have a chance. And I told you before that the awakened ones have a method that can increase the success rate of other people's awakening, but that direction requires time to accumulate. But in other words, as long as you accumulate enough time, everyone can wake up!”

The method Wang Tao mentioned is that after you have accumulated 100 awakening keys, you can extract an advanced awakening key. The advanced awakening key has a 70% success rate.

But for this advanced awakening secret key, you need to save 100 awakening secret keys, which means you have to kill 100 fourth-level lords!

Wang Tao only has 12 coins now, which is still far behind. But if the fourth-level lord has more zombies and monsters in the future, he will accumulate quickly...

"It's okay, it's just waking up! It's no big deal! You guys wake up first, then just come back and protect me, haha!"

Wei Zhenguo sighed first, then smiled.

He was indeed a little disappointed, but not sad.

It's best if you can succeed, but there's no need to be too disappointed if you can't. Wei Zhenguo feels that he is lucky to have survived, and now he has earned every extra day he lives. He just felt a little ashamed for wasting several of Wang Tao's crystal cores and awakening keys.

Compared with Wei Zhenguo, Han Rui was very sad.

She wanted to quickly improve her strength to help Wang Tao, but now it seems that she is likely to be held back... After all, after her failure this time, she will need two awakening keys to awaken next time, and the probability of awakening has also been reduced to 40%. . Rationally speaking, she is no longer suitable for awakening, and it is more appropriate to give this opportunity to others.

Tears filled her eyes when she saw Han Rui biting her lip. Wang Tao kissed her on the forehead.

"Okay, okay, don't say you failed the first time, even if you fail in the future, I will protect you!"

It was okay if Wang Tao didn't say it, but it became even more uncomfortable when he mentioned Han Rui.

When she thought that in the future, everyone else would successfully awaken, but she would still be at the third level and still need Wang Tao's protection... So what's the difference between her and trash?

"Woooo..."

Han Rui immediately fell into Wang Tao's arms and cried loudly.

"...If you can't speak, then don't speak!"

Ding Yuqin rolled her eyes at Wang Tao, then quickly snatched Han Rui from Wang Tao's arms and went to the side to educate her alone.

Wang Tao shrugged and said:

"You carry Lao He back to the room. We will know what awakened them by this time tomorrow!"

"good!"

Wei Zhenguo and others carried He Jijun away. Wang Tao carried Lan Yulian into his room.

He is looking forward to Lan Yulian's awakening, after all, she has big breasts. The improvement in her strength is equivalent to the improvement in the overall strength of Wang Tao's team.

…

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Cui Sheng came again.

"Mr. Wang, the city hall is going to open some meteorites this afternoon to check the situation. Do you have time?"

Cui Sheng is an interesting person. Wang Tao gave him his contact information, but Cui Sheng never contacted Wang Tao. He always came here in person when there was something.

"Where is it?"

"Because monsters may appear and cause panic among residents. So the City Hall built a temporary camp outside the east gate of the base."

"Okay, let's go."

Wang Tao nodded. He was also looking forward to those crystal energy meteorites.

"Okay! Are you alone, or..."

Wang Tao thought about it and prepared to take Xiang Hongbin, Xu Xiaojun and Nie Siyan with him.

He had planned to get a better set of prostheses for Xiang Hongbin before, and this time he just asked about it. The City Hall should have this thing.

As for Nie Siyan and Xu Xiaojun, they were naturally there to help.

However, Lightning, who was playing with Lu Gang and the others, found out from somewhere that Wang Tao was going out, and ran over directly and rubbed Wang Tao's legs with his head.

"Okay, okay, I'll take you with me."

"Woof!"

So, Wang Tao got into the car with Nie Siyan, Xu Xiaojun, Xiang Hongbin and Lightning.

Cui Sheng prepared several cars, including an extended large off-road vehicle, all of which were hung with the City Hall sign.

After all, Wang Tao is a fourth-level superpower. Wang Tao may not care much about the pomp, but he must pay attention to these details.

In the car, Cui Sheng told Wang Tao about the current specific situation.

"At present, in addition to you and our City Hall, there are also the Hope Research Institute, the Fourth Legion, the Assault Army, the Vientiane League, the Loyalty Gang..."

After Cui Sheng's introduction, Wang Tao also had a general understanding of these forces.

It is worth mentioning that the bald man who opened the meteorite and released the monster before was a member of the Loyalty Gang, or more precisely, a non-staff member of the Loyalty Gang.

There are generally two situations for such non-staff members.

One is naturally not strong enough, and others do not accept you as a formal member, then you can only be a non-staff member first, perform well and wait for opportunities.

The other is that if you have enough strength and want to join a force for some reason, but don't want to be too restricted, then you can be a non-staff member. The bald man belongs to the second case.

The Loyalty Gang is a large force, and their leader is one of the 23 members of the committee.

According to Cui Sheng, the city hall did not punish the bald man much, but only fined him some money symbolically. After all, ignorance is not blame, and the bald man is equivalent to helping them wade into the muddy water. And there are other people who opened the meteorite to release the monster, and they can't all be punished.

But this morning, the Loyalty Gang severely punished the bald man. In the square where the cockroach monster was destroyed, in front of many people, the bald man who was stripped naked was beaten half to death. If it weren't for the rational onlookers pleading, the bald man might have been beaten to death.

After punishing the bald man, the Loyalty Gang took out a lot of money and supplies and gave them to those who were injured by the cockroach monster and the families of those who died, saying that it was compensation for them.

The people who received the money were immediately grateful. The compensation from the City Hall had not arrived yet, but they received compensation from the Zhongyi Gang first. They can receive two compensations!

Hearing these things, Wang Tao raised his eyebrows.

From the perspective of the people, there is nothing wrong with the Zhongyi Gang. Not only did they punish the culprit who caused all this, but they also gave financial compensation to the victims.

But from the perspective of the City Hall, the series of actions of the Zhongyi Gang are intriguing.

After all, the City Hall is the real manager of the Changhe Base and the official organization here.

You punished the people who were not punished by the City Hall. You also compensated the people who were not compensated by the City Hall... What do you want to do?

"It's interesting! Is your leader very unhappy?"

Wang Tao asked with a smile.

Cui Sheng looked at Wang Tao in surprise.

"Mr. Wang, how do you know? I was scolded by my leader today... cough!"

Not knowing whether Cui Sheng was really surprised or fake, Wang Tao did not answer, but asked again:

"Is the bald man here today?"

Wang Tao was a little curious whether the bald man volunteered. After all, he is also a third-level superpower. Being humiliated in front of so many ordinary people...

"No, he is seriously injured and is recuperating at home."

Cui Sheng said hurriedly.

Wang Tao nodded, said nothing more, and continued to listen to Cui Sheng's popular science about other forces.

...

An hour later, the convoy arrived at the East City Gate.

Although it was not the first time that Wang Tao saw the high wall of the Changhe Base, he was amazed every time he saw it. I really don't know how they built such a high wall in a short time.

There were fully armed soldiers on duty in front of the city gate. You need to register to go out and check to come in.

Buzz---

After Cui Sheng revealed his identity, one of the thick small doors opened.

The convoy drove out one by one.

I don't know if it's a psychological effect, but after leaving the base, Wang Tao felt that the air outside was much more turbid.

"Mr. Wang, it's just ahead!"

Cui Sheng pointed to the front.

Not far ahead, there was a military green tent.

Around the tent, there were infantry fighting vehicles, tanks, cannons, a large number of mechanical exoskeleton soldiers, several power armors, and two armed helicopters parked on the ground...

This is too big!

Wang Tao could only say that the city hall was well prepared.

Soon, the convoy arrived at this temporary camp. The stationed soldiers made way for the convoy to enter smoothly.

Inside the car, Cui Sheng was a little excited compared to the calm Wang Tao.

He had basically never participated in an event of this scale. If it weren't for Wang Tao, he would obviously not be qualified.

However, no matter how excited he was, he did not forget his job. When the car slowly stopped, he was the first to get off and ran over to help Wang Tao open the door.

...

Outside the big tent of the camp, a group of people stood.

Watching the convoy with the sign of the City Hall slowly approaching, one of the men with a burly back and a scary scar on his face said:

"Is this the newcomer?"

Beside the scarred man stood a tall, thin, and handsome man in military uniform, who explained:

"Yes. It's him, his name is Wang Tao, and he is an awakener."

"Tsk tsk, being able to awaken outside... is quite amazing!"

The scarred man exclaimed.

Only those who have sprinted towards awakening, or have awakened, will know how difficult it is to awaken.

Most of the awakened people in Changhe Base rely on the advantages of numbers and equipment to kill zombies and slowly accumulate enough conditions for awakening.

People like Wang Tao who awakened outside Changhe Base by himself or some small forces are a minority after all.

This also shows a problem-this Wang Tao was very strong before awakening!

At this time, a man wearing full black armor, holding a big knife in his hand, and making a knife flower from time to time sneered:

"Haha, no matter how strong or not before awakening, as long as awakening, the awakened are on the same starting line, they are all equally strong! We don't need to grow others' ambitions and destroy our own prestige!"

Hearing his words, some people were expressionless, and some nodded secretly. But some people refuted.

"Hey! You can't say that, we are all a family! What ambition, prestige... It's enough to live in harmony and peace in the end of the world!"

The person who spoke was a middle-aged man with a slightly fat body and a faint smile on his face.

Hearing him speak, the armored man snorted, but didn't say anything else.

Buzz——

The convoy slowly stopped not far from the crowd.

The passenger door opened, and a middle-aged man in a suit who looked like a secretary trotted out of the car and came to the back seat to open the door.

"Heh, where did you find this lackey!"

The armored man said disdainfully.

As soon as he said this, several people subconsciously glanced at the man standing between them in a high-end suit and with his hair combed meticulously.

The suited man said expressionlessly:

"Maybe he found it from me."

"?"

The armored man didn't react for a while, and someone next to him whispered:

"That man is a subordinate of Secretary-General Gu."

"Ahem~"

The armored man was a little embarrassed and turned his head away quickly.

The others all looked like they wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, but no one spoke.

After Cui Sheng opened the car door, a man in a suit and a very burly figure got out, and a beautiful woman in a skirt suit who looked like a secretary.

After the man and woman got out, they immediately stood aside like bodyguards.

Then a burly man with a disfigured face, multiple disabilities, and prosthetic limbs got out of the car.

Seeing this man, everyone frowned.

With this kind of injury... can he still survive?

This disabled burly man was holding an iron chain in his hand, and at the end of the chain, a huge military dog ​​walked out!

Seeing this military dog, everyone exclaimed in their hearts - what a handsome dog!

And... is this a third-level mutant beast?

Hiss——

Almost everyone's eyes lit up!

A mutant beast, or a military dog! This is something you can only encounter but not seek!

Finally, a very burly man in casual clothes and handsome appearance walked out.

"Hello, everyone, I'm Wang Tao."

Looking at the group of people standing in front of him, Wang Tao nodded slightly.

"Hello, Mr. Wang, I'm Gu Yun."

The man in a suit walked over and took the initiative to extend his hand.

Cui Sheng, who was following behind Wang Tao, hurriedly explained in a low voice:

"Mr. Wang, this is Secretary Gu of our City Hall!"

"Secretary Gu, hello!"

Wang Tao and Gu Yun shook hands.

[HP: 35000/35000]

[Mana: 13600/13600]

[Level: Level 3]

This Gu Yun is an ordinary Level 3 Psychic, with no hidden abilities, and even his HP has not reached the upper limit.

In the City Hall, the Secretary General seems to have only one more word than the Secretary, but in fact they are worlds apart.

The Secretary General is a senior management position, presiding over the overall work of the City Hall and serving the main leaders.

And the Secretary of the City Hall, if he does not have other part-time jobs, is just a runner and miscellaneous person, without even a formal position, let alone various rights.

This Gu Yun is Cui Sheng's direct leader. Cui Sheng's respect for Wang Tao and his act of personally delivering Wang Tao's spoils must have been prompted by Gu Yun. Otherwise, even if Cui Sheng had the courage, he would not have the right.

"Mr. Wang, please. Let me introduce you..."

Gu Yun brought Wang Tao to the crowd and introduced them in order of their positions:

"This is Qi De, the leader of the assault army."

Qi De was a burly man with a scar on his face. He was a little shorter than Wang Tao, probably about 1.9 meters tall, but stronger than Wang Tao and even Xu Xiaojun!

"Haha, hello Mr. Wang! It's better to meet than to be famous! Welcome!"

Zied laughed and held out his hand. His face looked a bit fierce, especially the scar, which looked like a squirming centipede when he smiled.

"Hello, Boss Qi!"

Wang Tao reached out and shook his hand.

[HP: 100000/100000]

[Blue amount: 31200/31200]

[Level: Level 4]

[Awakening: Powerful]

[Powerful: All basic attributes are improved in all aspects, and strength is greatly increased (the extent of improvement is related to the upper limit of awakened energy)]

This was the first time in a long time that Wang Tao saw an awakened person other than himself.

Moreover, Zid's awakening is a passive awakening. The explosive ability of passive awakening is definitely not as good as active awakening, but it is very long-lasting. After all, it happens passively.

But Wang Tao has always had a problem before. For passive awakening, awakening energy seems to be of no use?

Now after seeing Qide's attributes, Wang Tao understood that awakening energy is also useful for passive awakening!