Chapter 366: Flesh and Blood, Weakness

In the evening, the sun was setting, and a continuous high wall appeared in the distance.

"Finally back..."

Wang Tao breathed a sigh of relief.

After escaping from the zombies, he did not encounter any danger. It was just that the outside of the car was full of black blood, minced meat and so on, which was a bit disgusting. He wanted to clean it up quickly.

And at this moment, Wang Tao suddenly had an idea.

He vaguely sensed that there was a familiar breath in the direction of Changhe Base... It was Ding Yuqin.

Wang Tao touched the induction ring on his hand.

Although it was not the first time he had this feeling, Wang Tao was still a little surprised.

The distance that this induction ring could sense was much farther than he expected.

This place was still a long distance from Changhe Base, but he could already vaguely sense Ding Yuqin's location. But he could only sense it, not communicate.

Of course, Wang Tao was already very satisfied. At least he knew that Ding Yuqin and the others were safe, and he could let Ding Yuqin know that he was safe, which was enough. After all, there is no network after leaving the base. The radio can be used, but it has many limitations and sometimes works and sometimes doesn't...

...

In the process of returning to the city, Wang Tao found that there were few cars on the road.

Normally, there should be many people returning to the city at this time...

Ding--

At this time, an off-road truck drove near Wang Tao's car, and there seemed to be four or five people in the car.

The car was very broken and looked like it was spliced ​​together from multiple cars, a typical post-apocalyptic wasteland style.

Of course, Wang Tao's car didn't look much better at this time.

The trailer behind the truck was loaded with a full truck of rusted steel, and some miscellaneous things were stuffed in the gaps.

The Changhe base is very large and has a variety of jobs. In fact, there are also many people who need to go out, but going out does not mean that they must go to hunt zombies to obtain crystal cores. Some people go out to collect supplies, commonly known as "picking up garbage", and they call themselves "scavengers".

The people on this truck are obviously a group of scavengers.

Due to the corrosive acid rain, the steel exposed to the outside was basically corroded, but these corroded steels can still be used after reprocessing, so the city hall encourages everyone to go out and plunder waste steel, and the city hall will continue to purchase it.

It must have taken a lot of effort for this group of scavengers to collect such a truckload of waste steel.

The window of the truck opened, and a middle-aged man with a big beard and a bald head shouted happily to Wang Tao's crystal energy car:

"Hey! We are all still alive! Lived another day!"

Wang Tao opened the window and said to him with a smile:

"Yes, lived another day.

He didn't quite understand why the big beard was so excited. After chatting with the somewhat excited big beard for a while, Wang Tao finally figured out the whole story-

The reason why there were no people returning to the city this evening was because either they went back early, or they hid in the wild, or they couldn't come back at all... The reason was naturally because of the zombie tide.

The scale of this zombie tide was larger than Wang Tao imagined. It was not only the two groups of zombies he encountered before, but also zombies in other places. Tide!

The base had already issued an alert a few days ago, and people were not allowed to go out unless necessary. After that, the alert level was raised several levels in succession.

In this case, naturally no one dared to go out casually. If no one went out, then naturally no one came back.

Those who are now returning to the base are either those who went out before the base alert or those who want to take a chance. This bearded driver belongs to the latter.

The alert level of the base was not high at that time. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to take a risk.

There is also competition for scavenging, and the competition is huge. After all, compared to hunting zombies, scavenging is much less dangerous and safer.

There are even some scavenging teams that specialize in following some hunters. Behind the team, the hunter team only needed crystal cores and some easy-to-carry supplies. They, the scavengers, could also have a bite of soup by picking up garbage and the like in the back.

And now, because of the alert, fewer people went out, and naturally fewer people went out to scavenger. The bearded man just wanted to take this opportunity to fight.

At the beginning, it was okay. He successfully got a truckload of scrap steel, but unfortunately he still encountered a zombie tide.

They had no choice but to abandon the car and find a place to hide. Fortunately, the zombie tide did not find them, but the price was that they were trapped for a long time. After eating the food in their hands carefully, they finally found a chance to escape!

The bearded man's group was tense all the way. Finally, they saw the base and a Seeing a car that had fled back like them, the bearded man was excited and naturally wanted to talk...

Wang Tao understood his feelings very well. Although the experiences of the two groups were very different, they were indeed both refugees, so he didn't say much. He just listened and then expressed his blessings to the bearded man.

This time when he entered the base, Wang Tao's information watch was not bombarded with countless messages like last time.

Because he had said before when he went out that he would stay outside for about a week this time. And Ding Yuqin and the others were also in the base and could deal with some things.

So this time, it would not be like before, making everyone think that he died outside.

Of course, there was still a lot of news.

The most common thing is that Ding Yuqin and the others contact Wang Tao on time every day. Although Wang Tao felt it was unnecessary, this was their concern after all, and Wang Tao sent the messages back one by one.

His current location is at the east gate of the base, which is still quite far away from his villa, so he cannot communicate directly with Ding Yuqin for the time being. However, the two people's perceptions have become relatively clear.

After the security check, the security personnel used a high-pressure water gun to rinse the Jingneng car and quickly cleaned up all the stains on the car.

Xiao Hei now also has an "ID card" from Changhe Base, so he didn't scare anyone this time.

"It feels better to be in the base. Listening to these noises is like listening to music..."

Lan Yulian sighed.

Wang Tao smiled and was about to say something, but suddenly he let out a sigh.

"Is it the Chinese New Year?"

On the road after passing the security check and entering the city, in addition to various festive decorations, there are also some advertisement-like signs that read "New Year Countdown: Ten Days."

When Wang Tao came back last time, he found that the Chinese New Year was approaching, but he didn't pay too much attention. When I came back this time, I found that there were only five days left.

"Brother! Your name!"

Jiang Shixue suddenly pointed at the billboard.

There are some small words below this billboard, saying that some activities will be held during the Chinese New Year, and Wang Tao is one of the special guests.

Wang Tao then remembered that Cui Sheng had invited him to be a special guest on behalf of the city hall. At that time, Wang Tao was going to rest in the city and had nothing to do, so he agreed.

However, in order to improve the success rate of the second awakening, Wang Tao went out again and spent a lot of time outside, so he forgot about this matter...

Now that he saw his name, Wang Tao frowned. He found that he seemed to be very busy during this period? I have to awaken for the second time, I have to participate in this Spring Festival event, and I have to go to the cave with Cheng Yiyi and the others... This time is not enough!

But then again, the time Wang Tao had agreed with them to go to the cave was within these two days, but now that there are a large number of corpses outside, can they still go to the cave?

"Let's ask Cheng Yiyi what's going on later..."

When we returned to the Qiushuige villa area, it was already dark.

Ding Yuqin and others were waiting downstairs in Wang Tao's villa. When they saw Wang Tao coming back, the girls all had happy smiles on their faces.

"Wang Tao!"

Wang Tao got out of the car and was immediately greeted with a big hug.

"Sister-in-law, I haven't seen you for a few days. Do you miss me?"

Wang Tao smiled and let go of Ding Yuqin.

"Think~"

Ding Yuqin spoke with a red face.

Wang Tao kissed her forehead, and then hugged Han Rui, Yang Changhong, and Lu Yingfeng.

"Let's go inside and talk."

After entering the house, Wang Tao found that Ding Yuqin and the others had prepared a large amount of hot food.

Although Wang Tao and the others had all supplemented with nutrient solution, the taste of the nutrient solution was not as good as real food after all. They immediately moved their index fingers and started gobbling it down.

After the meal, Wang Tao told them about the outing.

It is very dangerous in the apocalypse, and the specific circumstances of each outing are a very precious experience. Wang Tao never hesitates to tell them. Maybe because of his sharing, they can get through the difficulties at some point.

Everyone was amazed and regretful when they heard about the huge night demon lair, a large number of fourth- and fifth-level night demons, and even a large number of night demon lords. It's a pity that I didn't get to see this rare situation.

Then Wang Tao talked about the situation of the corpse tide.

Ding Yuqin and the others knew about the corpse tide, but they didn't know the specific situation. After all, they had never been out.

I heard that there was indeed a fifth-level lord leading the team, and they were all a little stunned. Even though the number of zombies was large, the strength was still so strong, and they didn't know if the base had any countermeasures. Although the zombie tide is not coming towards the base, such a large zombie tide wandering outside will cause a lot of trouble to people who go out...

"Oh yes, and this."

Wang Tao took out the [Strange Snake Fruit].

As soon as this thing came out, Erhei, Sanhei and the other black snakes suddenly became excited.

"Take it and eat it."

Wang Tao gave them each 100 snake fruits, and then briefly explained the origin and function of this thing.

It is said that it can improve the strength of snakes and even have a small chance of awakening snakes. Everyone feels very good about it. When they heard that there were people outside, they immediately started talking quietly.

This opportunity must not be given up, but there is a tide of corpses outside, and these snake fruits are far away from the base, so there is no way to send people to watch.

"I'm going to see Qu Shilin tomorrow to see if they have researched any transplantation methods. It would be much more convenient if we could transplant those fruits into our garden."

Wang Tao said with a smile.

Everyone's eyes lit up. It would be really good if it could be transplanted into the villa garden.

While several snakes were eating fruit, Wang Tao took out a large amount of Night Demon equipment. These were all made using blueprints on the car before.

Wang Tao had killed so many night devils before and obtained a large number of fourth-level night devil suits. He even had a night devil ring that could quickly wear equipment.

Wang Tao handed all these equipment to everyone, which instantly increased their strength.

"and this……"

Crash--

Wang Tao took out a bunch of fourth-level promotion crystal cores.

In fact, he has always had a lot of physical awakening keys, but too few promotion crystal cores, and Ding Yuqin and the others have consumed a lot... So they are still two conditions away from awakening.

This time out, Wang Tao got a lot of promotion crystal cores, all of which are high-quality, enough for everyone to use!

After a while, everyone has completed the fusion of the promotion crystal cores.

Next, as long as they fuse another physical awakening key, they can try to awaken.

But they are not in a hurry for the time being. They want to wait for Wang Tao to awaken for the second time before they try to awaken. After all, awakening takes 24 hours, and they have to ensure that Wang Tao or one of them is awake, otherwise if they fall asleep, it will be uncomfortable if they encounter some emergencies.

Anyway, their conditions have been met, and they can awaken at any time, so there is no rush for a while.

"Okay, I'll go see Qu Shilin and Cheng Yiyi tomorrow. If nothing goes wrong, I'll start trying for the second awakening tomorrow night!"

...

The next day, early in the morning.

Wang Tao drove the crystal energy off-road vehicle alone and came to the Hope Institute.

"Wang Tao, you are finally back!"

Qu Shilin was very happy to see Wang Tao.

However, Wang Tao always felt that her happiness was not because of Wang Tao himself, but because she had developed something new and was eager to find someone to share it with...

Facts have proved that Wang Tao's feeling is very accurate.

Qu Shilin took Wang Tao to a large laboratory that looked very technological.

In the laboratory, a group of men and women in white coats were staring at the high platform in the middle of the laboratory.

There was a vertical shelf on the high platform, on which was fixed a burly figure with a metallic luster.

Wang Tao was surprised to see this person with his eyes closed.

This was none other than Xiang Hongbin!

Compared with before, Xiang Hongbin at this time was completely different - half of his face was still normal, and the other half of his face turned into silver metal, as if he was wearing a half-face mask.

And his missing arms, thighs and other body parts have now become mechanical limbs composed of steel, gears, rivets and other elements! Many other places are also covered with metal!

On his chest, which was half flesh and half machine, there was a round metal protrusion with a small groove inside.

Qu Shilin waved his hand, and a tall and thin researcher took out a level 4 epic crystal core without supernatural power and placed it on Xiang Hongbin's chest.

Click——

With a slight sound, the crystal core was fixed and emitted a faint orange light.

Then He Jijun opened his eyes instantly, one eye was a normal dark brown, and the other eye was a cold blue.