Doomsday: I can see the health bar, kill monsters and drop treasure.

Chapter 366 The flesh and blood are weak and bitter

In the evening, as the sun set, an endless high wall appeared in the distance.

"Finally home……"

Wang Tao let out a long sigh of relief.

After escaping from the corpse group, he did not encounter any danger. It's just that the outside of the car is full of black blood, minced meat, etc. It's a bit disgusting. He wanted to clean this thing up quickly.

At this moment, Wang Tao suddenly felt something in his heart.

He vaguely sensed a familiar scent in the direction of Changhe Base...it was Ding Yuqin.

Wang Tao touched the induction ring on his hand.

Although this was not the first time he felt this way, Wang Tao was still a little surprised.

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

This place is still far away from Changhe Base, and Ding Yuqin's position can already be vaguely sensed. But it can only sense, not communicate.

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

……

On the way back 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...

drip-

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

This car is very shabby and looks 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 load of rusted steel, with some miscellaneous items stuffed in the gaps.

The Changhe base is very large and has a variety of jobs. In fact, many people need to go out, but going out does not necessarily mean hunting zombies to obtain crystal nuclei. There are also some people who go out mainly to collect materials, commonly known as "garbage pickers". This group of people call themselves "rag pickers".

The people in this truck were clearly a group of scavengers.

Due to corrosive acid rain, the exposed steel is basically corroded, but the corroded steel can still be used after being reprocessed. Therefore, the city hall encourages everyone to go out and search for scrap steel, and the city hall will continue to purchase it.

This group of scavengers must have spent a lot of effort to collect such a truckload of discarded steel.

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

"Hey! We're all alive! Another day to live!"

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

"Yeah, live another day."

He didn't quite understand why the bearded man was so excited. After chatting with the excited bearded man for a while, Wang Tao finally figured out the whole story——

The reason why there is no return to the city this evening is because either they have gone back early, or they are hiding in the wild, or they are completely unable to come back... The reason is naturally because of the tide of corpses.

The scale of this zombie tide was larger than Wang Tao imagined. It was not only the two groups of zombies he encountered before that merged into one, but there were also zombie tides in other places!

The base had already issued a warning a few days ago. Do not go out unless necessary. After that, the warning level was raised several levels in succession.

In this case, naturally no one dares to go out casually. If no one goes out, then naturally no one comes back.

The people who are returning to the base now either went out before the base was alerted, or they want to take a risk. This bearded driver falls into the latter category.

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

Scavenging is also competitive, and the competition is huge. After all, compared to specifically hunting zombies, scavenging is much less dangerous and safer.

There are even some scavenger teams that just follow some hunter teams. The hunter teams only need crystal cores and some easy-to-carry supplies. They scavengers were picking up rubbish in the back, and they could also drink some soup.

But now because of the warning, fewer people are going out, and naturally there are fewer people going out to scavenge. Big Beard just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to have a try.

It was okay at the beginning, as he managed to get a truckload of scrap steel, but unfortunately he still encountered a wave of corpses.

They had no choice but to abandon the car and find a place to hide. Fortunately, the zombie tide didn't notice them, but they were trapped for a long time. After carefully finishing the food in their hands, they finally found a chance to escape!

The bearded people were tense all the way. They finally saw the base and a car that was returning from the same escape as them. The bearded people were excited and naturally wanted to talk...

Wang Tao understood his mood very well. Although the two groups' outing experiences were very different, they had both returned from fleeing, so he didn't say much. He just acted as an audience for a while, and then expressed his feelings to the bearded man. bless.

When entering the base this time, Wang Tao's information watch was not bombarded with countless messages like last time.

Because he had already said when he went out before that he would stay out for about a week this time. And Ding Yuqin and the others are also at the base and can handle some things.

So this time, everyone will not think that he died outside like before.

Of course, there is 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 inside 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 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 by 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. They immediately moved their index fingers and started gobbling it down.

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

The apocalypse is very dangerous, 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 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. They were all a little stunned. Even if the number of zombies was large, the strength was still so strong. 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 others 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……"

slam-la-

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

The number of physical awakening keys in his hand has always been quite large, but the promotion crystal cores are too few, and Ding Yuqin and the others consume more... so they are still two conditions away from awakening.

During this trip, Wang Tao got a large number of promotion crystal cores, which were all of high quality and enough for everyone to use!

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

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

However, they are not in a hurry for the time being. They want to wait until Wang Tao awakens for the second time before trying to awaken again. After all, it takes 24 hours to wake up, so Wang Tao or someone among them must be awake, otherwise it will be uncomfortable if they all fall asleep and encounter some emergencies.

Anyway, their conditions have been met and they can wake up at any time, so there is no rush.

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

……

The next day, early morning.

Wang Tao drove a Jingneng off-road vehicle alone to the Hope Research Institute.

"Wang Tao, you are finally back!"

Qu Shilin was very happy when she saw Wang Tao.

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

Facts have proved that Wang Tao’s feeling was accurate.

Qu Shilin brought Wang Tao to a large laboratory that looked full of technology.

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 is an erected shelf on the high platform, and a tall figure with a metallic luster is fixed on the shelf.

Wang Tao was surprised when he saw this man with his eyes closed.

This is none other than Xiang Hongbin!

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

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

On his half-flesh, half-machine chest, there is a round metal protrusion with a small groove inside.

Qu Shilin waved her hand, and a tall and thin researcher took out a fourth-level epic crystal core with no superpower and placed it on Xiang Hongbin's chest.

click -

With a soft 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 was a cold blue.

(End of this chapter)