Chapter 97 Corrosive Acid Rain

Wang Tao was going to go out with Han Rui today, but it started to rain heavily outside last night, so he canceled his travel plan.

Although rain can affect the perception of zombies, heavy rain can also affect people's actions and perception. There may even be life-threatening situations, after all, heavy rain can cause floods.

So for safety reasons, Wang Tao decided to postpone for a day.

After Han Rui got the news from Wang Tao, she also breathed a sigh of relief. She was really embarrassed to be alone with Wang Tao. Although Wang Tao would definitely let her go with him later, she could delay it for a day...

Wang Tao, as a committee member, had no specific work, and he was unwilling to bother studying the development of the base, so he was relatively free when he was in the base.

Today, Wang Tao's plan was to eat, exercise, sleep, and play games with his sister-in-law.

He didn't even have to go out, and lived the life of a doomsday otaku.

But just as Wang Tao was exercising, Ding Yuqin's exclamation suddenly came from upstairs.

"Wang Tao, come and see!"

Wang Tao came to the second floor.

Ding Yuqin was behind the sliding door of the balcony, pointing at something on the balcony.

Wang Tao followed Ding Yuqin's gaze and narrowed his eyes.

"Is this... green ivy?"

There were originally several pots of green ivy on the balcony. This plant likes to be exposed to rain, so Ding Yuqin didn't move it in.

But now the size of these green ivy has obviously become much larger than before! The leaves are as big as lotus leaves!

"It's the green ivy... How did it get so big..."

Ding Yuqin was a little unbelievable.

These plants also grew bigger before, but they grew slowly, not so obviously. Unlike this green ivy, it grew so big overnight!

And it's not just the green ivy. Wang Tao looked outside and found that the chives in the yard had also grown bigger, two or three times bigger than before!

Wang Tao frowned deeply. It's the end of the world now, and the emergence of this situation is not necessarily a good thing...

He opened the glass sliding door and reached his hand into the rain.

After feeling it carefully for a while, Wang Tao quickly took his hand back, his face looked a little ugly.

"This rain is wrong! I feel very uncomfortable!"

Not only did he feel uncomfortable psychologically, but most importantly, Wang Tao saw that he was losing blood!

About one drop of blood per minute!

"What's wrong with you, Wang Tao?"

Ding Yuqin saw Wang Tao's ugly face and asked worriedly.

"This rain is poisonous!"

Wang Tao couldn't explain it, mainly because he didn't know the reason, so he gave an easy-to-understand explanation.

"Toxic?" Ding Yuqin was startled. She quickly pulled Wang Tao's arm and pulled Wang Tao into the room, "Then don't touch the rain!"

Feeling Ding Yuqin's concern, Wang Tao shook his head:

"Sister-in-law, you don't have to be too nervous. It's not very toxic. Just don't touch it for a long time."

Wang Tao looked at his hand again, and there was no wound on it.

"Sister-in-law, don't go out until the rain stops."

"Yes!"

Wang Tao and Ding Yuqin closed the doors and windows of their home, and then he contacted several other committee members and told them that the rain was poisonous.

Wang Tao was still unclear about the blood loss in the rain. Was it a fixed drop of blood every minute? Or was it less blood loss in the early stage, and more and more blood loss later? Or was it blood loss at the beginning, and no blood loss later?

All these situations are possible. So before testing, Wang Tao couldn't say how toxic the rain was.

After communicating with several other committee members, he found that the rain was not only toxic!

"This rain seems to be corrosive. After my car was rained outside all night, the outside of the car was rusted!"

"Some of the flowers and plants I planted in front of the gate have grown, but some have dried up as if they were sprayed with pesticides..."

"A soldier reported to me that the zombies outside seemed to have become more rotten..."

"..."

After communicating with each other for a while, everyone couldn't say whether the rain was good or bad. We can only wait until the rain stops.

Then Ren Jie started broadcasting to the entire base - some fixed areas in the base were equipped with loudspeakers to receive information from the committee. The sound of the loudspeaker was not loud, but there were people around. By passing the message to the people around, the entire base could be broadcast.

Ren Jie notified all the survivors not to go out, but to stay at home and try not to get wet in the rain. This rain seemed to have some problems.

As for the specific problems, such as speculations about toxicity and corrosiveness, Ren Jie did not say.

Wang Tao thought Ren Jie had forgotten to say it, but soon he knew that he was narrow-minded - the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and water had begun to accumulate in the base. In order to drain the water, people had to be organized. Ren Jie began to let the survivors put on raincoats to drain the water!

"We can't tell them that the rain is toxic for the time being, otherwise if they don't drain the water because of fear, then our base may be flooded..."

Ren Jie explained.

No one else, including Wang Tao, said anything.

Although it sounds a bit immoral, as the saying goes, good people don't serve as officials. Ren Jie considered it from the perspective of the base as a whole, and there was nothing wrong with it.

When organizing people to drain the water, someone was needed to keep an eye on it, so Wang Tao went there in person wearing a raincoat.

Considering that the rain was corrosive, Wang Tao did not drive his car. He owns two vehicles, a new energy off-road vehicle and a diesel pickup truck. However, both cars were placed in the indoor garage and did not get exposed to the rain.

There are actually many vehicles in the base, and Wang Tao directly commandeered an off-road vehicle belonging to the guard.

Several other committee members had already passed by first. Before Wang Tao went, he turned to the teachers' apartment.

When Wang Tao entered the teacher's apartment, he happened to see Sun Weiguang holding a walkie-talkie and talking to others, and Wang Tao shouted.

"Sun Weiguang, where is your wife Han Rui?"

Sun Weiguang was startled. After seeing Wang Tao, he subconsciously replied:

"She, she is at home..."

"OK."

Wang Tao went up without saying a word.

"..."

Sun Weiguang opened his mouth. He didn't know whether he should go home.

Although she still lives with Han Rui, they sleep separately. Han Rui didn't talk to him very much, and her attitude was very cold, so she treated him as an ordinary roommate.

At some point, Sun Weiguang still felt a little uncomfortable. After all, Han Rui was his wife. The two had lived together for some time, but now they were like strangers...

It was clearly promised that there would be no memory of the medicine afterwards, but Han Rui ended up knowing everything! Fake medicine harms people!

But most of the time, Sun Weiguang was happy to be quiet. If he hadn't been unable to apply for a house now, he might have just moved out and lived with Ou Yingying.

When Han Rui heard the door open, she thought it was Sun Weiguang. So I didn't care.

Until she felt a tall shadow blocking the light outside the window.

Han Rui looked up and was immediately startled.

"You...why are you here!"

Wang Tao frowned immediately.

"Han Rui, what is your attitude? As a member of the base, I have personally arranged work for you. You don't welcome it?"

"No, I mean..."

Han Rui wanted to explain, but after thinking for a long time, she didn't know what to say. She immediately lowered her head and sighed.

"Commissioner Wang, if you have any tasks, just ask..."

Of course Wang Tao was not really angry, he was just teasing her. So he smiled and said:

"You come with me to supervise other people's drainage. In addition, I need you to help me sense something."

"yes."

After Han Rui put on her raincoat, the two walked out. As soon as Wang Tao opened the door, Sun Weiguang, who was leaning on the door, almost fell down.

"...What are you doing?"

Wang Tao has a black streak on his head.

"Ahem, I just didn't stand firm..."

Sun Weiguang quickly explained awkwardly.

Han Rui walked out without even looking at Sun Weiguang.

After Han Rui went downstairs, Wang Tao left, but he glanced at Sun Weiguang and said:

"Your hobbies are quite special..."

"..."

After both of them left, Sun Weiguang hurried in and smelled the smell in the room.

"You really didn't do anything?"

Sun Weiguang felt a little disappointed for no reason...

…

After Wang Tao and Han Rui got into the car together, they said to her:

"I want you to feel the plants that are getting bigger..."

"Plants that grow bigger?"

Han Rui was a little confused. She really didn't notice which foods had grown in size. However, when Wang Tao drove the car next to some enlarging plants, Han Rui's eyes widened.

"This...is so big!"

Looking at the bushes that had obviously grown a lot, Han Rui exclaimed.

"Use your powers to feel if there is anything special about these plants."

Han Rui closed her eyes, and after feeling it carefully, she shook her head.

"No, I can't feel it..."

Wang Tao breathed a sigh of relief when Han Rui said she couldn't feel it.

He was afraid that these plants would mutate into the man-eating plants in the movie. It seemed fine now. As long as Han Rui couldn't sense it, there shouldn't be any danger, at least for the time being.

The car came to an area with serious water accumulation. Wang Tao sat in the car and stared quietly at the survivors wearing raincoats and holding shovels to clean the pipes.

He came here to keep an eye on him. One was to prevent the survivors from being in danger, and the other was to see what was going on with Yu's blood loss.

The raincoats could not cover the entire bodies of the survivors, especially since they were still working. Soon, the words [-1] began to appear on the heads of these survivors.

Wang Tao observed it and found that it was almost the same as his own. He started to lose blood in about a minute. However, only those with full health were losing blood, but those with residual health were not.

Han Rui looked at the survivors working in the rain, and she subconsciously wanted to open the door and go out. But Wang Tao locked the car door.

"What are you going to do?"

Wang Tao asked a little strangely.

"I'm going to help..."

Han Rui said quickly.

Hearing this, Wang Tao was speechless and glared at Han Rui.

"Sit down."

"..."

Han Rui's face suddenly became stiff. She felt that Wang Tao was a little too cold.

Wang Tao suddenly said again:

"This rain is poisonous."

"..." Han Rui was stunned for a moment. So Wang Tao cared about her? But soon, she looked worried again, "Then they..."

"Don't worry, as long as I'm keeping an eye on you, there won't be any problems."

After Han Rui struggled for a while, she still wanted to go down.

"Watching them working in the rain, I can't do it here..."

Han Rui's previous job made her develop the habit of leading by example. Wang Tao said that the rain was poisonous and that there was not much danger, so she felt that she still had to help.

This time, Wang Tao did not stop her and let Han Rui go down. He himself could not do this, but he admired such people. And he could also observe the situation of the superpowers in the rain.

The health of the survivors was generally around 100, and the people who came out to work were also full of blood, so there was naturally no danger at the beginning.

And when it was about ten minutes, Wang Tao saw a negative state under the blood bar of these people.

[Corrosive acid rain: The body is slightly corroded, and it can return to normal after a certain period of rest]

Whether it is a survivor with full blood or residual blood, basically this state appeared at this time. Those who did not appear for the time being were those who covered themselves more tightly.

When it was 20 minutes, some survivors said that they felt uncomfortable and wanted to rest for a while. Wang Tao naturally allowed it.

But there were still some people who insisted. After all, this was an extra task, and the more they did, the more food coupons they would be issued.

When it was 30 minutes, some people wanted to rest.

When it was 40 minutes, most people said they wanted to rest and felt uncomfortable.

After 50 minutes, everyone present except Han Rui said they wanted to rest. They said they felt a little flustered and short of breath, and they felt very uncomfortable.

At this time, their blood volume dropped by half. The negative status on their heads also changed.

[Corrosive acid rain: The body is moderately corroded, and it can return to normal after a long rest]

Wang Tao asked all of this group of people to go home and rest, and then replaced the next group of people.

He felt that for ordinary people, this was already their limit. If they waited until they were severely corroded... then it might be difficult to recover or they would die directly.

Han Rui was different from them. Han Rui's head also had a corroded state, but she had 240 blood, so after deducting 50 blood, there was still 190, and it was still in a "mildly corroded" state.

Wang Tao guessed that when the blood volume dropped within 10% of the total blood volume due to corrosive acid rain, there would be no problem, it was just a simple deduction of blood.

When the blood volume dropped by 10% of the total blood volume, a mildly corroded state would appear, and the body would begin to feel a little uncomfortable at this time.

When the blood volume drops to 50% of the total blood volume, it will become moderately corroded. At this time, the body will feel very uncomfortable and unable to work.

As for how much blood volume is severely corroded, Wang Tao is still unclear. After all, he can't really use the lives of the survivors of the base to experiment.

But now he has roughly understood that 50% of the blood volume corroded is a warning line. At this time, you can't be in the rain, otherwise your life may be in danger.

Regarding the principle of this "corrosive acid rain", Wang Tao speculated that it may be that these corrosive acid rains will accumulate in the body after falling on people. When they accumulate to a certain extent, they will lose blood. The more they accumulate, the more obvious the negative state will be. If they accumulate to exceed the limit of their body, they may die.

So this is why, when they first come into contact with corrosive acid rain, only people with full blood will lose blood, but those with residual blood will not - this blood loss is based on the upper limit of blood volume, not the current blood volume. It feels a bit like the impurities in the body after fusing the zombie crystal core...

"Han Rui, come here!"

After changing a group of people outside, Wang Tao called Han Rui up.

Han Rui got into the car obediently.

"How do you feel?"

Wang Tao asked:

"It's a bit uncomfortable, I feel my heartbeat is a little abnormal, but I can bear it..."

Han Rui covered her chest, her face looked a little bad.

"Let me touch it."

Wang Tao reached out directly, but Han Rui dodged it at once.

"There are so many people outside!"

Han Rui subconsciously covered her chest, her face flushed.

"You mean, it's okay when there's no one?"

"No, even if there's no one! Wang Tao, didn't we, didn't we agree to pretend that nothing happened..."

Han Rui didn't dare to look directly into Wang Tao's eyes.

Wang Tao said innocently:

"Well? Are you talking about... that night when you took the initiative to hug me? I almost forgot about it, why did you bring it up again?"

"..."

Han Rui had never seen such a shameless person. She decided not to pay attention to Wang Tao.

Wang Tao smiled and didn't care. He just teased Han Rui a little, and he had to do business.

The drainage system of Shuize University is actually quite good. Except for some places where water accumulates, the water in other places can flow to the river to the north of the university.

Shuize County has several rivers, which is also the origin of the name of Shuize County. One of the longest is behind Shuize University, but this river does not have much water, and there were some signs of drying up before. Now it is just right to drain the heavy rain into this river.

It took a day for the survivors to finally get the drainage done - in fact, some drainage pipes and ditches were blocked before, and they just need to clean them up.

Under Wang Tao's watch, no survivors were in danger, at most moderate corrosion, and they could recover after a rest.

When Wang Tao gave the food coupons to these people, the survivors were very happy. Although I am a little tired and uncomfortable today, today's income can be equivalent to a week's normal income! It's worth it to be tired!

After Wang Tao saw that Han Rui was indeed fine, he sent him home.

Then Wang Tao came to the top floor of the comprehensive building and discussed the problem of corrosive acid rain with several other committee members.

Wang Tao told everything he saw, of course, it was processed, he certainly would not tell about his ability to see the health bar.

Everyone was annoyed by this corrosive acid rain.

If the rain in the future is all corrosive acid rain, doesn't it mean that they can't go out on rainy days?

It's dangerous on sunny days, but it's also dangerous on rainy days!

Although you can wrap yourself up tightly and try not to expose your skin, it's still very risky after all!

Of course, this is for ordinary people.

If it's for people with a lot of blood, they still have a big advantage. For example, Wang Tao, with his 1200 blood, he can stay in the rain for ten hours without any problem...

Everyone couldn't discuss anything for the time being, so they could only wait until the rain stopped.

But this heavy rain lasted longer than everyone expected, for three days.