Chapter 318: Each with Their Own Agenda

"What is this!"

"Monster?"

"What a terrifying feeling!"

"Biological version of power armor?"

"..."

After seeing Wang Tao armed with the iron beetle, everyone exclaimed.

Even Gu Yun, who was mentally prepared, was stunned.

He had said before that he hoped that the iron beetle's armed ability would be low-key, but now... seeing this six-meter-tall and hideous giant figure, how could it be low-key!

He could even imagine that the news of this "monster" would soon spread in the Changhe base!

"This is what you have always wanted to hide... An awakener plus this thing, how powerful would that be!"

Qide muttered to himself.

Although Wang Tao was just standing here and did not show any combat power, the sense of the psychic was very sharp. He could feel that he had basically no chance of winning against Wang Tao in this state!

Huang Wu and Zhou Long also felt the same way. They felt that they were no match for Wang Tao at all. They even felt that it was hard to say whether the three of them could beat Wang Tao together...

After everyone was shocked, they were excited.

If Wang Tao could use this iron beetle, then they could use it too!

If Wang Tao was replaced by them, wouldn't they be so strong!

Although this iron beetle belongs to the City Hall and Wang Tao, and it is likely to be given to the City Hall in the end, the iron beetle is opened from meteorites from outer space, and they still have so many meteorites to open! They still have a chance to get the iron beetle!

...

At this time, Wang Tao in the iron beetle was carefully feeling the increase brought to him by the iron beetle.

The increase brought to him by the iron beetle is indeed good, but not as strong as others imagine.

Because the upper limit of the combat power of this kind of weapon worn on the body depends on the user.

This iron beetle is a disguised way to increase physical fitness, and Wang Tao's physical fitness is strong, but he has a feeling of returning to nature, which is not easy for others to perceive. But after being armed with the iron beetle, it was equivalent to showing his hidden physical fitness.

His physical fitness plus the iron beetle's own attributes, the combined momentum is very terrifying.

For Wang Tao, the biggest improvement of this iron beetle is not in attack.

Wang Tao's current strongest attack ability is Spark and Fireball, but neither of them is affected by the iron beetle.

And Wang Tao feels that he cannot release [Spark] when arming the iron beetle, otherwise the iron beetle may be burned to death by him...

His entangled tree roots also have fireproof properties. He almost burned the entangled tree roots to death during the previous test, not to mention this iron beetle without fireproof properties...

The biggest improvement of the iron beetle to Wang Tao is blood volume, defense and size.

[150000/150000 (50000/50000)]

Wang Tao's total blood volume after wearing the iron beetle is 200,000!

This blood volume should be considered quite exaggerated among the human survivors.

Moreover, this armored beetle has not reached its upper limit yet, and now it only has 50,000 HP. If it is nourished with 50 more fourth-order crystal cores, it will be even stronger with 100,000 HP.

As for defense, Wang Tao is not sure how high it is for the time being, but judging from the appearance of the armored beetle and the feeling of Wang Tao wearing it, he knows that it will definitely not be low.

Finally, it is the size. Wang Tao is now 6 meters tall, which is 1 meter higher than the 5 meters when he triggered the rage!

His body after the rage is proportionally enlarged, and it still looks human-sized. But now after arming this armored beetle, it has completely become a hideous monster! The visual sense of oppression is much stronger!

Although some zombies and monsters are more than 6 meters tall, that is only a small part. Most zombies are still about the same size as humans.

If Wang Tao goes to the zombie group like this, he will be the monster!

The larger the size, the larger the attack range of Wang Tao. Just stretch out your hand and you can crush a lot of zombies. A random kick can make many zombies fall apart... The combat advantage brought by this body size is still very obvious!

However, the enlarged body size is not all advantages, there are still disadvantages.

First of all, this body size is too obvious. Whether it is in the crowd or in the zombie group, it is a crane standing out from the crowd, and it is easy to be attacked by concentrated fire. Secondly, there is no way to use your own weapons. Wang Tao's weapon damage is not low...

Then Wang Tao simply tested it. Although the iron beetle and the entangled tree roots are armed, there are still some differences.

Simply put, the entangled tree roots are like Wang Tao wearing a piece of clothing. It has no effect on Wang Tao's actions. It is very flexible and easy to use. Moreover, the body size of the entangled tree roots changes according to Wang Tao's body size, which will not make Wang Tao feel abrupt.

But the iron beetle is different. The iron beetle is like a car. It has such a large body size and will not change. It is not as flexible as the entangled tree roots. There is even a little delay in the control!

The reason for the delay is related to the characteristics of weapons. Because weapons are alive, when Wang Tao uses weapons, he usually gives orders to the weapons, and then the weapons execute the orders.

Although this is all communicated through the consciousness level, the delay will be very low, but no matter how low it is, it will take time. So when he uses the Iron Beetle, he always feels a little delay...

For ordinary people, this delay is definitely not noticeable, but for people like Wang Tao who are sensitive, it is quite obvious.

The entangled tree roots basically do not have this delay, because in many cases, Wang Tao does not need to give orders to the entangled tree roots. The entangled tree roots are his clothes, he does not need to move the entangled tree roots, he just needs to move with the entangled tree roots. It can fight by its own instinct.

For example, when Wang Tao was attacked, he may have blocked the attack before his brain reacted, which is the instinct of fighting.

The iron beetle is not good, this thing is too big and too heavy. If Wang Tao does not give orders to the iron beetle, it is equivalent to a car without a driving computer, and it can't move. Even if it can move, it is Wang Tao who drags it by force.

Just now he heard someone say that the iron beetle is a biological version of power armor, and Wang Tao thinks he is right.

Of course, most things will have disadvantages, as long as its advantages outweigh its disadvantages, it is a good thing. The advantages of this iron beetle are obviously far greater than its disadvantages, and some disadvantages can only be felt by Wang Tao...

Wang Tao walked around wearing the iron beetle and became more and more familiar with it.

The iron beetle now looks like two parts, one is the body and the other is the shell.

The body is the hands, feet and a head. It just looks a little more ferocious.

The key point is the shell. Wang Tao feels that the defense of this shell should be quite high. In the battle, this shell can be used as a shield!

Maybe because of its large size and weight, the attributes of this iron beetle do not reduce the negative gain of speed, but it actually affects the speed a little. But this is a small problem, just get used to it.

Finally, Wang Tao's perspective is a bit cool-he is high above, and everyone else is a dwarf. It feels like it can crush a bunch of dwarves with one foot...

Wang Tao actually wants to test defense and combat capabilities the most, but it is obviously not appropriate now.

After studying for a while, Wang Tao finally disarmed the iron beetle.

Ka--

The ironclad beetle squirmed and deformed, and then quickly began to shrink. Wang Tao's figure appeared.

Then the ironclad beetle became the size of a palm and fell into Wang Tao's hand.

"That should be enough, right? The specific combat power cannot be demonstrated, it needs actual combat."

This was also the first time Wang Tao had contact with this ironclad beetle. If he sparred with them, it would be bad if he hit someone without any lightness or strength. The specific combat power still needs to be tested in actual combat.

"..."

No one spoke, they looked at Wang Tao as if they were looking at a monster. No, to be precise, their eyes were all on the ironclad beetle in Wang Tao's hand.

They were all very excited and excited.

This "weapon" has exceeded their cognition, but it doesn't matter, it's not an enemy, but a tool to assist them!

If you have this kind of weapon, unless you encounter an enemy above level 4 or a particularly powerful level 4, wouldn't you be able to walk sideways under normal circumstances?

"This is the 'weapon'!"

"Awesome! I want it too!"

"After being armed with the iron beetle, it is definitely the strongest combat power of the fourth level!"

...

"Here you go."

Wang Tao didn't think much and threw the iron beetle to Gu Yun.

Gu Yun quickly reached out.

And at this moment, Gu Yun clearly felt several extremely dangerous eyes falling on his back!

He held his breath and stared at the iron beetle thrown by Wang Tao, but his ears were already erected, ready to take out his gun for self-defense at any time.

He had never felt this second so long.

Dong——

The iron beetle finally fell into Gu Yun's hand.

That murderous look was like a substance at this time!

Gu Yun held the iron beetle tightly and resisted the urge to draw his gun.

Suddenly, this feeling of danger disappeared in an instant, as if it had never appeared. Everything just now seemed to be an illusion, but the cold sweat on Gu Yun's back told him that all this was real.

Hu——

Gu Yun breathed a sigh of relief, but his face was calm, as if he had not noticed anything. He even smiled at Wang Tao and said:

"Mr. Wang, how do you feel? How is the amplification of this iron beetle?"

Wang Tao looked at Gu Yun with some surprise, and then nodded.

"It feels great, and the amplification is...very strong."

Wang Tao felt the turbulence of the moment very clearly.

When he threw the iron beetle at Gu Yun, except for Qu Shilin and Shang Heng, the eyes of others looked at Gu Yun with naked murderous intent!

They seemed to be telling Gu Yun: I will kill you and take your iron beetle!

In the situation just now, Wang Tao thought that Zhou Long and others were going to make a move, and Wang Tao also thought that Gu Yun was going to fight back in advance. Gu Yun couldn't help feeling that kind of murderous intent.

But the result surprised Wang Tao. Zhou Long and others didn't make a move, and didn't even take a step forward. And Gu Yun didn't fight back at all, and he was still chatting and laughing with Wang Tao, as if he didn't feel anything.

After a little thought, Wang Tao probably understood what was going on-

Others deliberately showed murderous intent, with the purpose of forcing Gu Yun to make the first move!

If Gu Yun chooses to strike first because of fear, then Gu Yun is finished.

His strength is the weakest, and he can't beat others. And if he strikes first, he will not be right, and others will have a reason to attack him!

But as long as he doesn't do it, if others want to attack him first, they have to think twice.

After all, Gu Yun represents the City Hall and the entire Changhe Base. And there is Shang Heng's Fourth Legion here to help, the Legion and the City Hall must stand together.

Unless Zhou Long and his men don't plan to stay in the Changhe Base, and are sure to fight the Fourth Legion, and don't worry about being hunted down by other legions later-this is obviously not worth it. So they can't do it.

But that being said, they are not fools, can they not know the consequences? Are they prepared? Is it even possible that Shang Heng was bribed by them?

And the most important point is that the environment of the end of the world can easily drive people crazy! Who dares to guarantee that they are not crazy? What if he doesn't consider any consequences and just wants to kill people and steal treasures?

If this is really the case, then Gu Yun will die if he strikes later, and there is a possibility of survival if he strikes first!

So at this moment, Gu Yun is under a lot of pressure!

If he couldn't hold back, it might be another result.

Fortunately, he held back.

Facts have proved that he made the right bet. Even if the other party is an awakener, they dare not take action easily. It's not that they are afraid of him, but they don't want to be enemies with the entire Changhe base.

As for whether Zhou Long and his men would offend the City Hall by doing this, Wang Tao's answer is-no.

Because they didn't do anything!

To put it bluntly, they just looked at Gu Yun, that's all.

If Gu Yun couldn't bear the pressure and took action first, then they would immediately counterattack and achieve their goals.

If Gu Yun held back... then hold back. Anyway, they didn't lose anything.

Gu Yun bet on his life, and Gu Yun won the bet. They just took a look, and it didn't matter whether they won or lost-no, they wouldn't lose at all, either win or draw.

The reason why Gu Yun and them have this difference is very simple, just two words-strength.

Gu Yun's strength comes from the City Hall, and their strength comes from themselves!

As long as they can ensure that their strength can easily crush Gu Yun, then they will be invincible!

So in the final analysis, the strength of one's own strength is the root of everything. In the end times, strength is king!

If Gu Yun is a fifth-level superpower, then Zhou Long and his team are the ones sweating profusely now...

After figuring this out, Wang Tao had a new look at Gu Yun.

It is true that no one who can become the secretary general of the city hall is simple. Even if his own strength is a little weak, he is not weak in other aspects.

If it were Wang Tao who faced this situation... Wang Tao would definitely not take the initiative. But Wang Tao is not gambling with his own life, but is confident in his own strength-he is sure to kill back.

And Wang Tao suddenly thought that since he, an outsider, can see these problems, then Shang Heng, the deputy commander of the Fourth Army, who is very familiar with this place, must have discovered it! But he didn't say anything.

In theory, the Fourth Army is Gu Yun's confidence. They should be in the same group, right?

Wang Tao maliciously speculated, is Shang Heng also waiting for an opportunity?

For example, if Gu Yun took action first, Zhou Long and his team were "forced" to fight back, kill Gu Yun and take away the iron beetle. Then Shang Heng found a random reason or crime to lead the army to kill Zhou Long and the others. Wouldn't the iron beetle fall into the hands of the Fourth Legion?

Three fourth-level superpowers could not defeat the powerful firepower of the Fourth Legion. Even if it was only part of the Fourth Legion's combat power, they could not stop it.

Wang Tao shook his head.

Except for himself and Qu Shilin, everyone had their own ulterior motives!

Wang Tao subconsciously glanced at Qu Shilin, who happened to look over as well.

After the two made eye contact, they suddenly understood - he (she) also understood.

...

"This iron beetle is really amazing!"

Zhou Long walked over with a look of amazement on his face. He looked at the iron beetle in Gu Yun's hand as if nothing had happened.

"It's really amazing. This is the first time I've seen such a magical thing!"

Gu Yun smiled and spoke, also without any abnormality.

Then Gu Yun asked as if he had thought of something:

"By the way, Mr. Wang, can I use the arming ability of the iron beetle?"

Gu Yun suddenly thought that if he could use this iron beetle, wouldn't it be equivalent to his fourth-level combat power?

"Of course." Wang Tao nodded first, and then said uncertainly, "But I don't know how much its strength will be reduced if you use it. Because the improvement brought by this iron beetle has a certain relationship with the user."

"Then I will try it?"

Gu Yun was a little eager to try.

"Okay, I also want to see what the situation is."

Wang Tao nodded. Then he taught Gu Yun how to use the iron beetle.

The weapon is bound to the owner. If it is not untied, the owner can also give it to others, but it will not be able to play its full effect.

The iron beetle is now bound to Wang Tao. If you want to change the binding, wait until it goes back to sleep and then wake it up.

Wang Tao didn't know how long it would take for the iron beetle to sleep, so he put the iron beetle into the space backpack while everyone was not paying attention, and then took it out again in an instant. At this time, the iron beetle was in a sleeping state.

After some operations, the iron beetle successfully bound to Gu Yun.

In the blink of an eye, Gu Yun turned into a six-meter-tall monster. That terrifying sense of oppression came again!

However, after turning into a monster, the monster's pair of eyes with a faint yellow light suddenly glanced at Zhou Long and the others.

Swish——

Zhou Long subconsciously took a step back.

"Heh——"

The iron beetle seemed to chuckle, and then he left here and went to the open space.

"Ahem..."

Zhou Long's face was a little embarrassed, but he soon changed to a smiling expression and came to Wang Tao to ask Wang Tao about the iron beetle. The others also listened with their ears erect.

Wang Tao only briefly talked about his experience of using it, and didn't say much about other things, and he couldn't say much, because many things can only be known after actual combat.

Gu Yun walked around and came back.

After leaving the iron beetle, his face was full of red.

"Very strong! I feel that I have the fourth-level combat power when I wear it! Real fourth-level combat power!"

Gu Yun laughed and said.

Everyone was very envious when they heard this.

Gu Yun has reached the fourth level after wearing the Iron Beetle. If a fourth-level superpower wears it, he will definitely have the fourth-level peak combat power!

Gu Yun did not put the Iron Beetle into the box this time, but directly put it in his pocket.

Then he quietly told Wang Tao that after he put on the Iron Beetle, the fit was only 50%. He could see the other 50% of the fit, but it was like it was sealed and could not be used...

This is obviously different from the entangled tree roots. When Wang Tao first used the entangled tree roots, it was at the second level, and he could still increase the fit of the third-level entangled tree roots to 100%.

Wang Tao didn't know whether it was simply that the Iron Beetle was different from the entangled tree roots, or that the fourth-level weapons were different from the third-level weapons. He thought it was most likely the latter.

After all, the gap between the fourth-level and the third-level is too big, just like many fourth-level equipment requires awakening energy, and people at the third level cannot exert the full power of the fourth-level equipment. It seems reasonable that a third-level superpower cannot exert the power of a fourth-level weapon...

Gu Yun said to Wang Tao again:

"Mr. Wang, it's getting late. Please continue to open the meteorites. After opening these two meteorites, our mission for today will be completed."