Chapter 665 Fusion Mutated Plants

Although the 800,000 people at Red Maple Base were successfully evacuated, this does not mean that they are safe.

Next, they will have to walk for at least three days to reach the new base. They will definitely encounter many dangers along the way, so they will need to be escorted by Wang Tao and others.

Xiao Jin quickly caught up with the large army.

Looking at the crowd of people below who were as dark as a tide of corpses, everyone on the back of the golden eagle was a little stunned. It was obviously the first time they had seen such a large-scale population migration.

Wang Tao was originally worried that too many people would cause chaos and affect the marching speed. However, after taking a closer look, Wang Tao felt relieved.

Although there are many people below, they are all divided into small square formations by the mutant plants. There are soldiers guarding each small square to ensure that nothing goes wrong with them. As long as there is no problem with these small square formations, then naturally there will be no problem with the entire large square formation.

This sounds simple, but is actually very difficult. Not to talk about various details, Wang Tao still doesn't understand how these small square arrays receive and execute the above orders.

All electronic equipment has long been unusable. The Hope Research Institute has been researching new communication equipment. Although it has also developed things such as crystal energy watches, these things can only be used within the Changhe Base and cannot be used outside the barrier. The method worked.

Therefore, Wang Tao was very curious that these people at the Red Maple Base could effectively execute the orders from above.

Could it be that the Red Maple Base has developed equipment that can communicate outside? Or is it that they broke out equipment and biological weapons like [Induction Ring]?

Qu Shilin was obviously also interested in this aspect, and she asked Wang Tao to ask.

"Okay, let's go there."

Wang Tao asked the golden eagle to fly to the front of the team, and the senior officials of the Red Maple Base were at the front.

Soon, Wang Tao saw Xiang Bo and others. They were all sitting on the "leaf cart" without a roof, which was very conspicuous.

Seeing the golden eagle flying over, Xiang Bo and others also showed relieved smiles on their faces.

Wang Tao and his party were at the rear. Since Wang Tao had no problems, it meant that their retreat was very successful.

"On behalf of all the 800,000 people in Hongfeng Base, I would like to thank Mr. Wang!"

"Thank you Mr. Wang..."

After Wang Tao landed on the leaf cart, Xiang Bo immediately led a group of senior officials to bow deeply to Wang Tao.

If Wang Tao hadn't brought so many experts over, it would have been impossible for them to quickly evacuate the Hongfeng base. One more minute of delay will increase the risk. Even if we can evacuate by then, it will probably be impossible.

"You are welcome."

Wang Tao accepted the gift with a smile, and then asked a little strangely:

"Why didn't you see Han Youlin? Didn't he already come out a long time ago? Did something unexpected happen?"

At the Red Maple Base, the mayor Xiang Bo is just an executor. The real decision-maker is the military. Han Youlin, the military commander, is the actual controller of the Red Maple Base.

So Wang Tao was a little surprised that Han Youlin hadn't been seen yet. With his status, nothing should happen, right?

"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Wang. Commander Han is at the headquarters."

Xiang Bo explained quickly.

"Command?"

"Inside a red mushroom in the center of the queue..."

Xiang Bo pointed to the center of the crowd.

When they evacuated this time, not only the people left, but also the mutated plant houses that could be moved away. Some of the mutant plants are still alive and can walk easily. Han Youlin is inside one of the living mutant plants.

"Tsk tsk... Your method of controlling mutant plants has been greatly improved. You can even leave the base!"

Wang Tao sighed somewhat.

These mutant plants are actually controlled by humans, but if they want to control them, they need to transmit brainwave signals to the mutant plants. There happens to be a special mutant plant underground in the Red Maple Base, which can act as a medium for transmitting brainwave signals, so they can freely control it in the base. But these special mutant plants can only be found underground at the Red Maple Base, and they cannot be transplanted. They will die as soon as they are transplanted.

Wang Tao guessed that they must have thought of a successful transplant method? They can also communicate instantly between their various small square formations, which may have something to do with this.

"Actually, we didn't expect it. This was all researched by Commander Han..."

Xiang Bo had some luck on his face. If these mutated plants hadn't been used as vehicles to carry a lot of things for them, their transfer speed would have been much slower.

However, Wang Tao keenly noticed that when Xiang Bo mentioned this issue, the faces of the leader of the Liehuo Gang, Tu Lizhen and others, looked a little unhappy.

"What's wrong with you?"

Wang Tao was a little confused, and then asked directly.

Tu Lizhen hesitated for a moment, and then rolled up her sleeves as if she had made up her mind.

Wang Tao's pupils suddenly shrank.

The last time he had contact with Tu Lizhen, her arms were white and tender, and she looked as good as those little girls. But now, her forearms have turned dark brown, and they are numb, like... bark! And her big arms from the elbow joints up are still white and tender...

"Your hands..."

Wang Tao grabbed her arm directly, and it felt like tree bark.

Qu Shilin and others also widened their eyes, not knowing what was going on.

"The price of gaining strength..."

Tu Lizhen had a look of pain on her face, but she didn't hide it and talked to Wang Tao and others.

The mutant plants in the Red Maple Base have always been controlled by the military. After such a long time of control, there must be a lot of gains.

Some time ago, Han Youlin's men developed a method to make themselves stronger without being promoted - fusing mutant plants!

It doesn't sound serious to let humans and mutant plants fuse. In fact, it is not serious and there will be many side effects. But it can really improve combat effectiveness!

This increase in combat effectiveness alone can offset all side effects.

Originally, Han Youlin and his team were not sure whether to use this method. After all, it was only a theoretical thing. Even if those side effects were ignored, there would be certain dangers when fusing.

But the sudden appearance of the disaster-level creature disrupted their rhythm and made Han Youlin's hesitant mind firm up - no matter what means, as long as they can become stronger, it is good!

So, Han Youlin summoned a group of people including Tu Lizhen. They were all senior executives of the Red Maple Base and the strongest group of people. Improving their strength is naturally the best choice.

Although this method of improving strength seems unorthodox, the cost is not low, and people with weak strength cannot bear it, so they can only let them come.

Although all this is voluntary, there is a high probability that there are still disaster-level creatures outside. If they do not improve their strength, they will not be able to go out.

At present, if they want to improve their strength, they can only rely on accumulating crystal cores to advance to the sixth level, which is also the safest method. But they only have the strength of the fifth level. When there are sixth-level disaster-level creatures outside, they can't go out at all, and there is no way to hunt fifth-level creatures.

And no one knows whether those disaster-level creatures will suddenly come to the Red Maple Base. With the terrifying effect of disaster awakening, even monsters don’t need to come in. Just walk around the gate of the base and kill countless people.

But if they have the combat power of the sixth level, it will be different. Maybe they can hunt the sixth-level disaster level.

So they have no choice but to choose this seemingly unreliable method of becoming stronger.

So, they first selected two people to fuse the mutant plants. After confirming that there is no problem and that their strength has indeed become much stronger, the rest of the people will continue to fuse.

It has to be said that those researchers are still very capable. They merged with the mutant plants smoothly this time without any accidents.

Although the process was painful, their combat effectiveness has indeed improved a lot, far beyond their previous level.

It's just that they haven't started to go out to hunt the sixth-order disaster-level creatures yet, and suddenly there was an earthquake.

In the face of natural disasters such as earthquakes, their hard-earned strength seems very ridiculous. Although Wang Tao finally proved that this was not a real earthquake, but a monster, this seventh-order destruction-level monster is even more desperate!

This almost made Tu Lizhen and others depressed.

Later, magma appeared, the forest was ignited, and they were forced to move. Tu Lizhen and others didn't think much about it. And at this time, the effect of strength improvement came out, and their mood was much better.

But after they successfully evacuated and survived the first wave of danger, they found that the mutant plants they merged had undergone some changes. It was these changes that made Tu Lizhen's face look a little bad.

"Originally, I only fused one hand. My right hand became a plant hand, which can be inserted into the ground to absorb nutrients from the earth, so as to quickly recover from my injuries. But after a night of hard work, my entire forearm has also become a plant... Fighting will lead to an increase in plant transformation..."

At this point, Tu Lizhen's eyes were a little horrified.

It's not terrible that only the forearm has become a plant, but I'm afraid that this plant transformation will continue to spread, and eventually turn her into a mutant plant!

If that happens, will she live or die? Even if she is still alive, is she still her...

What scares Tu Lizhen even more is that she feels that her strength has become stronger again-the higher the degree of plant transformation, the stronger it seems!

This kind of strengthening is even a little addictive. She is afraid that she will not be able to control herself in the future, and will fight and become stronger crazily, and eventually become a mutant plant without consciousness!

After listening to Tu Lizhen's words, Wang Tao didn't know what to say.

In fact, their ideas and choices are all correct.

In the face of a crisis, the priority is to become stronger. As for the side effects, that is something to be considered later. Just consider the present.

However, after they became stronger, they encountered many things that disrupted their original plan, and the side effects of this strengthening were a bit too great. If they really become vegetative, including the brain...then they may not be themselves. The real them are dead.

Wang Tao looked at Tu Lizhen carefully again. Her health bar and attributes did not change at all. Her vegetative right arm did not show any health bar or status prompts.

Wang Tao could not find a solution for a while, so he could only pat Tu Lizhen's arm and comfort her:

"Don't worry too much. Come with me to the Changhe Base later. I will let the staff of the Hope Institute take a look at you. We should be able to find a solution."

In Wang Tao's view, this was just a comforting word, but for Tu Lizhen, it seemed like a real opportunity.

She nodded happily immediately.

"Okay, I am willing to cooperate with your research!"

When the others saw Wang Tao was about to take Tu Lizhen away, they also looked at Wang Tao with some hope.

They were in the same situation as Tu Lizhen, and they were all planted and spread.

"Don't worry, as long as we can find a solution, we will tell you for free."

"Thank you, Mr. Wang!"

Everyone hurriedly thanked him.

Wang Tao talked to Tu Lizhen and others about the specific effects of the body's plantization, and asked them to show it in person.

After understanding it, Wang Tao could only say that this thing is really something.

For example, Tu Lizhen can quickly recover blood and mana by inserting the plant's right hand into the ground! This blood recovery speed is comparable to that of ordinary healing awakeners, not to mention that it can also recover mana, which is more useful than bringing an ordinary nurse. No wonder it can greatly improve her combat effectiveness.

To a certain extent, this thing is equivalent to an awakening ability, or a passive awakening without any consumption!

Some people have mutant plants fused to their legs, which not only greatly improves their speed, but also allows them to quickly drill into the ground. And restore blood and mana in the process of drilling into the ground. Although not as fast as Tu Lizhen's recovery speed, it is safer. After drilling underground, even some mutant plants with the ability to drill into the ground may not be able to find it...

There are also people whose arms are fused with mutant plants, but instead of inserting into the ground to suck blood and restore mana, its arm can be transformed into a large vine shield with super high defense. Others can hide behind the shield to block the attack of the sixth-order disaster level! Although the price is that he will lose blood, as long as there is a nurse, he can block many attacks...

After these people merged with mutant plants, the abilities they obtained were strange, but they were indeed very useful, especially when they cooperated with each other. Wang Tao had no doubt that they could hunt the sixth-order disaster level.

But the problem is that every time they use these abilities, the degree of plant transformation will deepen. No one knows whether they will become plant-like after using them too much, and eventually die...So now they are a little afraid to use this ability, and they are very entangled.

Qu Shilin is also very interested in this method of fusing mutant plants. She thinks this is similar to a mechanical prosthesis. Is it a kind of biological prosthesis? Although the increased strength is stronger than a mechanical prosthesis, it is very polluting...There is still a lot of room for improvement! She went back to study it, maybe she could find something...

After learning about these abilities, Wang Tao suddenly became curious about what abilities Han Youlin had gained after fusing with the mutant plants.

Tu Lizhen obviously knew, but she didn't tell him. Instead, she asked Wang Tao to go and see for himself, guaranteeing that Wang Tao would be surprised.

So, Wang Tao took Qu Shilin and others and flew to the center of the team. They saw the red mushroom with many legs.

Inside the red mushroom, Wang Tao finally saw Han Youlin.

At this time, Han Youlin was sitting cross-legged inside the mushroom with his eyes closed.

His head had become much bigger, without hair, replaced by a large number of thumb-thick green vines, which grew out from his head and then inserted into the big red mushroom one by one, like a spider web. From time to time, the vines flashed with strange green light...

"This is..."

Although Wang Tao didn't understand, he was indeed shocked.