Chapter 83 Survivors in the Mall

"So fast?"

Wang Tao was very surprised. He thought it would take some time to make the food compressor like before, but he didn't expect it to be completed in an instant.

[Charging right arm: Tough in texture, it can block knives and guns. Durability +10, defense +10]

This is a black asymmetrical hard arm guard worn on the forearm. It feels a bit metallic but is very light.

The size of this arm guard can be adjusted. After adjusting it a little, Wang Tao removed the steel plate on his right arm and put on the arm guard.

"Huh?"

Wang Tao was a little surprised by the feeling after wearing it.

Whether there is a book or a steel plate tied to his arm, the presence of the book or steel plate can be clearly felt. And no matter how well the binding is and how reasonable the design is, it will still affect his movements to some extent.

But after wearing this arm guard, the presence of the arm guard is not too strong, but it can make him feel that he is wearing an arm guard. And more importantly, this arm guard almost does not affect his movements at all! This ergonomic design is simply amazing!

No wonder it’s called the “Charging Right Arm”. It’s completely tailor-made for the right arm. If it were switched to the left arm, the effect of this design would be lost.

"I just don't know how the defense is..."

Wang Tao took out a dagger and gently cut the arm guard. There are no marks on the arm guards. Wang Tao increased his strength, but there was still no trace. Even if he directly cuts the arm guard with a dagger, the arm guard will still not move at all. He didn't even feel the impact.

"There's something..."

After thinking about it, Wang Tao took off the arm guard and placed it on the ground. Then he picked up the fire ax and slashed hard at the arm guard.

boom!

There was a layer of dust on the ground, but the arm guard was still fine, not even a trace was left.

"nice one!"

Wang Tao was overjoyed.

The defensive power of this charging right arm feels stronger than a steel plate! And in terms of usage experience, it is much stronger than steel plates!

Wang Tao quickly put the arm guard back on, then put on his security uniform top and put the arm guard inside. It looked like he had nothing on his forearm.

"The defense is basically no problem. Let's look at the actual combat effect..."

There were no zombies in the mall, but the actual battle was not really about killing zombies. There happened to be a pebble pier outside his shop. He swung his ax at the pebble pier and made an attack motion.

Whoosh—bang!

A large piece of the cobblestone pier was directly chopped off.

Feeling the slightly numb palm, Wang Tao was dumbfounded.

No, he just made a swiping motion and didn't really want to chop it down. What's going on?

Wang Tao hurriedly hid in the room, waited for a while, and after making sure that the noise did not attract zombies, he touched the charge's right arm, and then quickly tried to swing the ax a few times. This time he was no longer facing the cobblestone, but the clothes in the room.

Whoosh—bang!

After a few minutes of experimentation, Wang Tao's eyes lit up.

"I seem to understand... No wonder it's called the charging right arm!"

Wang Tao discovered that after wearing this charging right arm, if he made some fast movements, such as punching, swinging an ax, etc., the charging right arm would give him a certain strength and speed bonus to his movements!

He didn't know how much the specific bonus was, but it definitely exceeded his own ability by a lot!

For example, if he could kill zombies with 500 HP with one ax before, now he might be able to slash 600, 700 or even 800 HP!

Wang Tao carefully studied the charging right arm, and then found a small mechanism inside the arm guard. After opening it, there was a battery inside. It's the technological-looking battery he explodes from zombies.

"It turns out that it uses electricity. No wonder the production materials require cables, electronic components and batteries... What kind of black technology!"

He happily put the arm guards back on.

He felt that this thing was a bit like a mechanical exoskeleton. If in addition to this right arm, there is also a left arm, leg protection, chest protection, etc., wouldn't it really be possible to create an exoskeleton?

"What are you thinking about..."

Wang Tao shook his head.

But even if these things exist, they are very far away for him now, so there is no need to think too much about them.

After calming down for a while, Wang Tao took out his walkie-talkie and tried to contact Ding Yuqin.

This shopping mall is about three kilometers away from Xingfu Community. In theory, it should be possible to contact him. It depends on the quality of the walkie-talkie in his hand.

"It's me, can you hear me? It's me..."

"Zizzi...zizi..."

After the sizzling sound, an electric voice suddenly came from inside.

"Wang Tao...are you Wang Tao...Zi Zi..."

Although the sound was a little distorted, Wang Tao could still tell that it was Ding Yuqin.

So he walked out of the house, adjusted his position, and finally heard a fairly clear conversation by a window.

"Wang Tao, how are you doing over there? Are you safe?"

Ding Yuqin's voice was full of worry. After Wang Tao left, she didn't turn off the intercom and kept waiting for news from Wang Tao.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I'm fine. I'm safe here. What about you? Nothing happened at home, right?"

Wang Tao heard Ding Yuqin's voice and felt that she should be very safe.

Sure enough, Ding Yuqin said that she was safe at home, there were no zombies and no food crisis, but she was a little scared at home alone - in fact, she was afraid that Wang Tao would abandon her, but she was embarrassed to say it directly.

"Don't worry, sister-in-law, probably... in these two days, I will go back and take you to the Shuize Survivor Base."

After observing for two days, Wang Tao felt that this Shuize base was okay, at least he would have no problem living here.

When his identity as a committee member was confirmed and he became the person in charge of the base, he would go to pick up Ding Yuqin.

Of course, even if he didn't have the identity of a committee member, it wouldn't have much impact on Wang Tao, and he had always relied on his strength. But having this identity would be much more convenient after all, so wait for another two days.

"Okay, I'll wait for you at home!"

After chatting with Ding Yuqin for a few more words, Wang Tao took the initiative to end the call.

"The right arm of the charge has been made, and Ding Yuqin's situation has also been understood. Then let's go to the Borei Clinic by the way. It's not far from here. I hope I can meet a special zombie who is alone on the way..."

Thinking in his heart, Wang Tao picked up his weapon again and prepared to leave.

Suddenly, his ears moved.

"There's movement upstairs!"

Wang Tao quickly found a corner to hide in, staring at the stairs of the mall.

About ten seconds later, a sly figure appeared from the stairs.

He held a baseball bat with steel nails in his hand and carefully came to the first floor. There was a green blood bar on his head [115/115]

"Are there any survivors?"

Wang Tao frowned.

He just thought it was a zombie, but he didn't expect it to be a human.

Seeing this person holding the steel nail baseball bat tightly and searching around, Wang Tao felt that this person had some bad intentions.

"His behavior obviously shows that he saw me. And I didn't go out after I came to the mall, so he either has a camera or saw me killing zombies in the square before..."

Wang Tao glanced at the ceiling of the first floor of the mall. There were some cameras, but the wires were broken in some places. There was no electricity in this mall, so the surveillance here was probably unusable.

Wang Tao estimated that this person should have seen the process of him killing zombies.

If this man had good intentions towards him, Wang Tao thought he should have called him after he came down, instead of sneaking around with a weapon.

"I don't know what he wants to do - just catch him and ask him!"

Wang Tao never mind speculating on others with the greatest malice, especially in the end times. It's always right to be careful.

As he watched this man move towards him little by little, Wang Tao took a small mirror and put it on the ground. Then he stood behind the wall, motionless.

From the mirror, he saw this man getting closer and closer, until he was just a corner away from Wang Tao, Wang Tao suddenly jumped out from behind him, hugged him by the neck, and took away his weapon.

"Uh..."

The man's eyes widened instantly, his face full of horror. His hands wanted Wang Tao's arms, his body moved wildly, and his feet kicked wildly.

But he felt like he was clamped by an iron clamp, and any resistance was useless. Instead, the more he moved, the tighter it was.

Just when he felt his eyes go black, the restraint on his neck suddenly disappeared.

"Cough... huh... cough..."

Without support, the man instantly knelt on the ground, holding his neck and retching.

But before he could catch his breath, a big hand suddenly appeared and grabbed him by the collar.

Looking at the man in front of him wearing a black combat uniform, a skull mask and yellow glasses on his face, more than 1.8 meters tall, and a burly figure, he was almost scared to death.

"Cough... don't kill me... cough... I..."

Wang Tao held his baseball bat in his other hand, shook it in front of him, and then said in a cold tone:

"What do you want to do? Sneak attack me?"

"No... no! I didn't even know there was anyone here..."

The man hurriedly explained.

But after hearing this, Wang Tao's face sank.

The other party obviously found him, but still wanted to hide it? This person really has bad intentions!

Wang Tao poked the man's chest with the bottom of the baseball bat.

"Uh-ah-"

The man's face turned a little blue in an instant, and tears burst out like a dam bursting.

When Wang Tao was a stuntman, he had come into contact with a master who used cold weapons, which naturally included sticks.

The master said that in actual combat, for novices, swinging a stick to hit people is not actually the best move. Because sticks are generally long, the speed of swinging them will definitely not be too fast, and they are easy to dodge, and people have limited strength, so even if they hit, it will not cause much damage.

But "stick poking" is different. As long as you poke the enemy's chest with a stick, unless you have professional training or protective gear, few people can withstand this blow.

Wang Tao never fights with others, and the movements in his acting are specially designed, so he has no actual combat opportunities. Now that he has tried it so little, he can only say that the master is the master, and this light poke is really unbearable.

"I ask you again, why did you sneak attack me?"

Wang Tao parked his car outside the square. His car should not be visible from the mall. When he came to kill the zombies, he did not carry any other supplies. So in the eyes of the survivors in the mall, he should be an ordinary person with few supplies. The other party had no need to sneak attack him... Wang Tao was puzzled, so he wanted to know the answer.

"I, I really didn't... I didn't want to sneak attack..."

The man still didn't admit it.

So hard mouth?

Wang Tao thought he was hard mouth and was ready to poke him again. But after seeing that his horrified expression seemed to have a hint of grievance, Wang Tao stopped temporarily and let him go.

"What's your name?"

"I, cough cough - my name is Yang Laoqi... I really didn't sneak attack..."

Yang Laoqi knelt on the ground again, holding his chest and coughing. He felt wronged!

He had clearly seen Wang Tao's axe blow to the zombie's head from upstairs before. Wang Tao dealt with the zombies in the square like whack-a-mole!

Only those who have really fought zombies can understand how strong Wang Tao is! Wang Tao alone could probably easily fight a group of them!

Facing such a strong man, he would not dare to fight with him even if he had ten courages!

The reason why he sneaked down was because he clearly saw Wang Tao entering the mall from upstairs, but he never went up.

Their boss didn't know what Wang Tao was doing downstairs, and didn't even know whether Wang Tao had left from somewhere else, so he sent him down to check the situation.

As a result, he was knocked down before he saw anyone, and he didn't even have a chance to explain.

In just this short minute, Yang Laoqi felt that he had died several times.

Devil, this man is simply a devil!

"Didn't you sneak attack me?" Wang Tao was a little speechless, but he didn't apologize at all. Because it was a fact that this person lied, even if it was not a sneak attack, he definitely didn't have any good intentions.

"I'll give you a chance to explain. If the reason doesn't satisfy me, then I'm sorry..."

Wang Tao waved the steel nail baseball bat in his hand, his tone indifferent.

"Ahem——"

Yang Laoqi was a little anxious. Although Wang Tao didn't say what "sorry" he was, he didn't dare to gamble. And after this short one-minute contact, he knew that this person was definitely not a good person! But the reason was not so easy to find. He couldn't say that his boss was deliberately guarding against the other party!

Boss... That's right!

Yang Laoqi suddenly had an idea.

"Ahem, it's like this. Our boss saw you coming and wanted me to invite you up! Yes, it's an invitation, I'm here to invite you up!"

Yang Laoqi was very satisfied with his excuse. He didn't come to sneak attack, but to invite people up! This big guy misunderstood!

In this case, he didn't expect the other party to apologize. He just hoped that the other party would not torture him.

"Oh? Boss? Invite? How many people are there?"

Wang Tao asked directly.

"Our boss is called Cao Xin. He used to do clothing business here. I am his employee. There are four of us now, on the top floor! Our boss wants to invite you upstairs to chat..."

Yang Laoqi didn't dare to hide it and quickly told the news. But the invitation was fake, and he thought that Wang Tao would not dare to go...

Wang Tao knew that this person was not telling the truth.

But he now had more than a thousand drops of blood, had superpowers, had steel plates and a charging right arm, and a pistol full of bullets on his waist... With his strength, it was fine if he couldn't beat some zombie monsters, but how could he beat a few people? And Wang Tao wanted to know what was going on on the first floor, whether there were any special zombies here...

Of course, if he really misunderstood, and these survivors were really good people, then he could also recruit people to the base. Getting a survivor would increase the contribution a lot.

"Lead the way!"

Wang Tao said directly.

"Ah? Oh, okay..."

Yang Laoqi complained a little, he didn't expect that this big guy would really go up! He was afraid that he would be skinned by the boss if he went back, but he didn't have the courage to resist Wang Tao. So he could only lead Wang Tao upstairs in front of him with grievance.

Wang Tao followed behind Yang Laoqi slowly, his spirit was highly tense. Although he felt that he could deal with these survivors, he would not be careless.

The stairs of this old mall were large and had a good view. After walking a few steps, Wang Tao saw the people upstairs.

There were three people in total, which matched the number Yang Laoqi said. These people were holding weapons such as sticks and steel pipes.

Seeing Wang Tao coming up, these people were obviously a little surprised. They all looked at the bald man in the middle who was more than 1.7 meters tall.

The bald man glared at Yang Laoqi fiercely, and then a very polite smile appeared on his face full of flesh.

"Hello! My name is Cao Xin. I used to do some clothing business here..."

After getting closer, Wang Tao found that some of Cao Xin's exposed skin was covered with tattoos.

Wang Tao did not discriminate against tattoos, but you are a businessman, and you have so many tattoos on your body. Are you doing a serious business?

"Hello, I'm Chen Zhuang."

Wang Tao lied.

"Welcome, welcome!"

The bald man stretched out his hands from a distance, and Wang Tao gave him a face and stretched out his hand to shake his hand.

When the bald man got closer to Wang Tao, he immediately felt a pressure coming at him. Especially the bloody axe on his waist, he felt that he might not be able to withstand the axe from the other party...

Other people felt it even more clearly. In their eyes, their boss was already a muscular man with a burly figure, and he looked very stressful at ordinary times. But compared with Wang Tao, he was nothing. The boss was at least two times smaller than Wang Tao. Especially Wang Tao had a skull mask on his face and a few blood-stained axes on his waist... He was exactly like the villain on TV!

"Come on, please come in!"

The bald man enthusiastically led Wang Tao to the hall of a room with an open door.

Wang Tao carefully observed the situation around him, especially these people. None of them had superpowers, and no hidden attributes. But they had killed zombies more or less, and their health bars were basically a little over 100.

The one with the most health bars was their boss, with [205/205] blood. This is estimated to have killed about 20 zombies.

The layout of the third floor of the mall is similar to that of the first floor, and it is also divided into one area after another. However, the other areas are blocked by things. Only the left and right areas are passable.

On the right was the hall where the bald man and his companions were.

On the left was a small iron door locked with a rusty iron chain, which seemed to be a warehouse. Wang Tao took a look at the iron door, then followed the bald man to the hall.