Chapter 43: The Nature of the Plague
This is the second day that An Lin left the Tongxin Martial Arts Pavilion, according to Zou Hai, behind closed doors is not the best choice for cultivation after all, and the flowers in the greenhouse cannot reflect the meaning of its life after all.
After Shen Xiaoxiao got the exercises given by Zhou Tao, he activated the life core as soon as possible and became a first-level awakener.
Originally, Shen Xiaoxiao wanted to follow An Lin to Rong City, but Zou Hai still stayed in the Tongxin Martial Arts Hall under Zou Hai's strong request, on the one hand, he could use the life energy condensed in the basement to cultivate, and on the other hand, he could follow the two masters to practice willpower, after all, Shen Xiaoxiao had never been in contact with willpower cultivation before.
Although Zhou Tao had joined the ability group, he did not stay at the base, and he would only rush here every time he was on duty.
And in the past two days, An Lin finally found Zhou Miao, Liu Hai, and Yuan Kai.
Liu Hai and Yuan Kai are both local residents of Rong City, and fortunately, none of their family members have been infected with the plague.
And Zhou Miao was also kicked out of the Tongxin Martial Arts Hall by Zhou Tao, as a person who can resist the plague, Zhou Miao was arranged by the national ability group to become a mecha warrior.
Looking at the mecha that was constantly busy around the bunker, An Lin knew that one of them was Zhou Miao.
And when the situation in Rong City is completely stabilized, these mecha warriors will be arranged by the state to go to other places to carry out missions.
"How about it, have you thought about it, our conditions are very favorable, and the most important thing is that you can immediately get cultivation resources and cultivation exercises, and you are also relatively free. You don't have to worry too much, it's not good for you to drag it out like this. ”
This is the third time that Ge Yu has persuaded himself to join the national ability group, according to Ge Yu, if this matter is to be placed before the outbreak of the plague, An Lin, a newly awakened person who has been discovered, will be forcibly incorporated into the ability group.
Unfortunately, at the beginning of the catastrophe, the national ability group did not use its strength in these things, after all, these are all domestic living forces. If it is used at this juncture, then more awakened people will rebel and cause civil strife.
Indeed, An Lin also found that several people in Rong City had awakened in the past two days, according to Zou Hai, the lifting of the ancient seal is also the lifting of the shackles of the earth, and after this, more and more earth creatures will awaken, which does not only include humans.
If it is really as Zou Hai said, then the status of human beings is really precarious, after all, there are so many other creatures on the earth, even according to the awakening ratio, it is not comparable to billions of human beings.
This is the third day of the plague outbreak, but An Lin still hasn't succeeded in activating the life core. An Lin still couldn't figure out why it was so difficult to activate the life core by himself.
On the other hand, those who awakened later activated their life cores and became first-level awakened almost on the first day they joined the ability group.
Maybe in Ge Yu's opinion, Zhou Tao didn't pass on the cultivation exercises to himself, so he didn't have a condensed life core now.
But only An Lin knew that this was not a problem with the exercises, but that his divine heart did not seem to be able to break through the shackles of the third layer and enter the fourth layer of the brain domain, so he could not activate the life core.
But as far as the exercises were concerned, An Lin knew how powerful the Divine Heart Gathering Technique was, and his absorption of life energy was more than ten times stronger when he first cultivated.
And An Lin also learned that just like the exercises of the system of the Ability Group, they can only increase the ability to absorb life energy by four times at most, and Zhou Tao's cultivation techniques should be better, but they will definitely not reach the level of the Divine Heart Gathering Source Technique.
To be honest, he now has the exercises, and in terms of cultivation resources, he has taken twenty life energy stones from Zou Hai.
The basic cultivation resource given to ordinary members by the ability group is one life energy stone a month, and he can completely use up these life energy stones before considering whether to join the ability group.
And now I don't activate the life core, I can't use the life energy stone at all, but I have to be restricted everywhere when I join the national ability group.
"I've investigated you, you're from Xihe City, right?"
"So what?" An Lin was thinking about the pros and cons of joining the ability group, and suddenly heard Ge Yu's question, he couldn't help frowning, he didn't seem to have anything worth investigating the other party.
"Then I might have to advise you to mourn. Ge Yu sighed.
"What do you mean by that?" An Lin's face was gloomy, and he seemed to have a bad premonition.
"All I can tell you now is that Xihe City has completely fallen, one of the few areas out of control. ”
"What do you say. At this moment, An Lin's eyes burst out with an unprecedented fierce light.
"This is not the attitude that a junior should have towards his seniors. Ge Yu waved his hand.
"It's a state secret, and if you want to know something specific, you have to join the ability group. ”
Although he knew that Ge Yu's purpose was to make himself join the ability group, An Lin seemed to have no room to refuse, this was the first time An Lin heard about Xihe City since the outbreak of the plague.
"How do I join the Ability Group?" An Lin's face was ugly, and he was eager to know the news of Xihe City at this moment.
"You only need a vote, which can be regarded as a mission, proving that you have the strength to become a member of the ability group, of course, before that, we can provide you with the cultivation exercises to condense the life core. Ge Yu's eyes lit up, and it seemed that his goal had been achieved.
"What task?"
"It's not about the mission now, you better activate the life core first, otherwise how will you complete the mission like this. ”
Although An Lin was in a hurry at this time, he also knew that the task arranged by this ability group was so simple.
"Come with me. Ge Yu said, walking to the base first.
This is the first time An Lin has gone deep into the interior of the base, and it can be seen that the damaged buildings have been torn down and rebuilt.
There seems to be a circular processing system in the base, otherwise how could there be a house built in three days.
Most of those who survived were placed in dilapidated houses that did not collapse, and sometimes nearly 10 people lived in a small room of more than ten square meters.
At this time, this base, which is only about two square kilometers, is already inhabited by hundreds of thousands of people.
Of course, according to the Anomalous Group, Rong City was not the hardest hit area, it was completely controlled by the state at the beginning of the outbreak of the plague, and those infected were less than 10% of the total number of people, and most of them were caused by cross-infection.
The people living in the base are only a small part of the survivors in Rong City, and the vast majority of the survivors are not arranged to the base, but live in those buildings in the city that have not collapsed, otherwise how could those millions of people squeeze into this two square kilometers.
Fortunately, although many buildings were destroyed by the earthquake, several granaries in Rong City were almost intact, and after the earthquake ended, the ability team took control of these warehouses as soon as possible, and the food problem was temporarily solved.
In the center of the base is an old wooden building, which is perhaps more resistant to earthquakes than those of hard concrete buildings.
There were a few people around the Nanmu building who were sitting on the mat with their eyes closed, and when Ge Yu appeared with An Lin, those people opened their eyes suddenly.
A few nodded, then closed their eyes again.
Ge Yu took An Lin into the Nanmu building, during which several young people were exchanging something, and they all looked at it.
"Hello Captain Ge. ”
"Hello Captain Ge. ”
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"Ge Yu, you came just in time, the group has distributed new tasks, you can take a look. The white-bearded old man solemnly handed over a scroll.
This old man An Lin still knows, it is Jia Renhuai who he met three days ago, and at this time Jia Renhuai nodded to An Lin.
Seeing that Ge Yu seemed to be looking at the scroll very intently, An Lin felt more and more impatient, what was the situation in Xihe City at this time, and various scenes appeared in An Lin's mind.
"You're here by coincidence, maybe this content is exactly what you need?" Ge Yu looked at it for a while and handed the scroll to An Lin.
"Oh, it's about me. An Lin hurriedly took the scroll.
There are nearly 50 plague outbreak sites in the world, and 5 have appeared in the Huaxia region, one of which is actually in Xihe City.
And the scroll tells that whenever the plague outbreak point, it is out of control at the first time.
What was called the plague in the early days was not actually a virus, but a growing toxin.
The toxins at the outbreak point of the plague infected almost half of the population at the beginning, and until the collapse of several plague outbreak points a day ago, there was no more information about the outbreak point.
An Lin's eyes were slightly red.
"Actually, no news is the best news, isn't it?" Ge Yu took the scroll.
"Really?" Although An Lin didn't like this kind of self-deception before, he seemed to find a little comfort at this time.
"As soon as the plague broke out, there were 4 captains who led more than 20 members to Xihe City, although they didn't control the situation at the first time, there should be many survivors who were protected, maybe they just can't get out of it now. Jia Renhuai said.
"You better condense the life core now, only when you are strong can you protect the people you want to protect. Ge Yu handed over a page of paper and five glittering stones.
As a newcomer, you will be rewarded with 5 Lifestones when you join the ability group, and what you do with these 5 Lifestones is your own business.
"And when am I on a mission?"
"Tomorrow, there will be a few teammates who will carry out the mission with you, although this mission is not very difficult, but I would like to remind you that this is a very important mission, and it is even related to the future development of the country. Ge Yu said solemnly.
In Ge Yu's opinion, one night is enough time for An Lin to activate the life core.
An Lin's eyes condensed slightly, and then nodded.
The exercise given by the ability group is "Qi Gathering Technique", and only at the beginning of activating the life core, Ge Yu said that after completing the task, he will be recognized as a member of the national ability group and will be given follow-up exercises.
Of course, whether it is the source of the Divine Heart Gathering Recipe or the gathering of Qi in the Gathering Recipe of the Divine Heart, it refers to the absorption of life energy, and the two have the same end, and the effect of absorbing life energy is indeed very different.
Although he got the information he wanted, An Lin still decided to join the ability group, after all, with his current strength, he couldn't control the situation in Xihe City at all.
An Lin directly abandoned this popular Qi Gathering Technique, and at this time, he was concentrating his mind and cultivating the Divine Heart Gathering Source Technique, and he had to activate the life core before going out on a mission.
The Divine Heart is the first form of consciousness awakening, and when the life core is not activated, the absorbed life energy wanders around the Divine Heart and cannot be used by oneself.
What An Lin has to do now is to control the Divine Heart to go to the depths of the Brain Domain, and as the Divine Heart goes deeper, a gradually increasing reaction force comes from the depths of the Brain Domain, and An Lin has made many attempts.
Just when An Lin was tired and couldn't hold on, a huge planet-like behemoth appeared in the depths of his brain, and compared to the light represented by the divine heart, it was indeed like a planet.
This is the life core, An Lin knew that this was the closest to success, and hurriedly concentrated his strength to control the divine heart to rush towards the huge object.
The repulsion force is getting bigger and bigger, but An Lin still insists on it with his instinct, and he is about to succeed, when suddenly, Shenxin slammed into an invisible barrier.
At this time, An Lin could no longer hold on, and his divine heart was completely dimmed.
Failed again, this was the last trace of consciousness before An Lin fell into a coma.