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The sky was pouring rain, accompanied by a howling wind.

Today, after January, the weather has entered autumn, and with the heavy rain, the temperature is getting colder and colder.

The doors and windows near the rental building were not tightly closed, and the wind blew and opened and closed chaotically, and the glass shattered to the ground, leaving only a twisted frame, and the rain poured into the house, wetting the furniture, tables and chairs.

Outside, the alley outside the rental building is also half a calf deep, with all kinds of plastic garbage floating on it, as well as floating corpses.

And in a private house on the fourth floor of a rental building.

While looking out the window at the heavy rain tilt, wind and lightning, Zhao Zhou deducted about half a fist-sized part from the 'blood-red Tai Sui', which had grown to the size of a basketball, filled it in his mouth, chewed it twice and swallowed it into his stomach.

At the end, Zhao Zhou opened a bottle of good wine next to him and drank some wine, listening to the radio commentary in front of him, while sorting out Tai Sui's growth records and efficacy, all of which were summarized in the system's illustrated book.

"This Tai Sui can really absorb the blood of the evolution beast, and after about a month, Tai Sui also devoured the evolution beast into jerky, growing to the size of a basketball, more than twenty catties, and his whole body was bloody. And after systematic testing, Tai Sui, who has devoured the evolution beast, has no side effects, as if Tai Sui has also become an evolution beast, which is magical. ”

"It's just that Tai Sui is a miracle medicine, a species of the fourth life form, after absorbing the blood of the evolved beast this time, the medicinal effect can already make me clearly feel that the bone marrow and muscles are growing again, and it is estimated that it will not take long to reach four times the strength of qi and blood."

"In particular, if I don't make blood and marrow, replace the original red blood cells, and just practice every day, this Tai Sui only eats one pound a day, which is enough for my body for five days. But if it is hematopoiesis and marrow-making, these more than 20 catties of Tai Sui are only enough for me for three days, which is a big consumption. ”

"However, now that I have figured out the basic characteristics of this 'Evolution Tai Sui', when the time comes, divide it into ten, hundred, or ten million parts, and plant it in the corpse of the evolution beast, and the harvest will be complete."

Accompanied by the 'whirring' wind and rain outside the window.

After Zhao Zhou finished calculating what he had gained this month, he also put Tai Sui away, picked up a piece of air-dried bacon from a newspaper on the table next to him, and took a big bite.

And this piece of bacon is also made by drying and steaming the flesh and blood of an evolutionary beast.

There is no seasoning, it tastes like that, the entrance is not salty or light, it can only be said to be very chewy.

Zhao Zhou also completely eats these dried meat as small snacks, but he eats too much, and he has two catties in his stomach, and the nutritional protein in it can also ensure his food and energy needs for a day.

"I use Tai Sui to practice, and I usually eat air-dried bacon. Anyway, Tai Sui is easy to digest, it doesn't take up the stomach, and you can eat more jerky, which is just enough to save some of the consumption of Tai Sui on weekdays. ”

Zhao Zhou took out a cup, poured it full of wine, leaned on the sofa, put one hand on the newspaper on the table, and ate all the two catties of jerky in a few minutes.

After a short rest, round the blood.

Outside the door, with the knock of 'click' on the door, and the shout of 'Brother Zhao....' accompanied by the sound of the rain, the young man a month ago heard Zhao Zhou's answer in the house, and also walked in from outside the door, 'Boom' shook the rain on his body, tightened his clothes, and then asked: "Brother Zhao, when are we leaving?" The car is already full of gas...."

The young man's name is Zhang Tian, he is in his twenties, and he lives and works in this city without relatives and no reason.

Originally, he also thought that this life would pass in a hurry, but he never thought that the end of the world would come a month ago.

Moreover, in the past month, he has also recognized the end times, knowing that no one will save them.

Every day, he followed Zhao Zhou's side, went out of the street to look for food, and piled it all up in the room next to him as daily necessities.

Juan Er stayed at home, guarding the supplies.

It's just that half a month ago, when Zhao Zhou and Zhang Tian were collecting batteries in a small supermarket, a group of dozens of refugees passed by.

When the 'leader of the refugees' saw Zhao Zhou and the others, he also told him a message about the radio reception.

It is said that twenty kilometers outside the city, there is a "survival base", which has been converted from several factories, and nearby survivors are welcome to join. ’

When the 'chief' heard the news, he gathered a lot of people and wanted to go over together.

I want to have one more person and more strength, and I also invite Zhao Zhou and Zhang Tian, who occasionally meet on the street, to join them.

However, Zhao Zhou refused, because the goal of this group of teams was too big, and it was estimated that everyone would die on the way there. Moreover, his Tai Sui hadn't finished absorbing the blood of the Evolution Beast at that time, and he didn't want to leave here.

When the 'leader' heard this, he said goodbye to Zhao Zhou with regret, and took the young men he had gathered, and while avoiding the zombies, they marched towards the outside of the city together.

And with the previous half a month passed.

Tai Sui has finished eating.

Coupled with the heavy rain tilt, in addition to causing the temperature to plummet, many zombies in the city are also instinctively looking for a place to shelter from the rain.

In particular, the sound of the 'whooshing' rain washed away the smell of people and muffled the sound of many cars, making it a good time to get out of the city.

Therefore.

Zhao Zhou recalled the words of the 'leader' again, and he also moved his mind yesterday and wanted to go to the 'Survivor Base' to have a look.

The main thing is that it is close to the wild, and there will be a lot of strong evolutionary beasts, which are much better than those weak evolutionary beasts in the city.

"In the past half a month, Zhang Tian has also specially found a radio, and heard the news that there is really a 'survivor base', and it is estimated that this thing is eighty percent true. Especially in the past month, I've seen a lot of evolved beasts, but I haven't lived with people like Juan'er. I don't know if there's a survivor base. Or is it just this one that I happened to meet..."

"Especially, I usually practice and have nothing to do, and this period of playing around in this world is regarded as traveling."

After Zhao Zhou finished thinking about the current plan, he also glanced at the roll outside the door, it was now almost four meters long, and it was sticking out its tongue, adding raindrops in the sky, carefree.

"Supplies ready?" Zhao Zhou put the radio in his pocket, picked up an umbrella from the coffee table, and walked outside.

"Brother Zhao is ready, everything is placed in the back compartment, a total of three boxes of ham sausages, and a box of liquor..."

"Woooooooo

Also with the chores to prepare perfectly.

Zhao Zhou took Zhang Tian and Juan Er to the bottom of the building, avoiding the heavy rain and came to the front of a large pickup truck.

And the chassis of this pickup truck is high, and it is not afraid of being suffocated by this stagnant water.

The open position of the rear box is full of all kinds of boxes of materials, and a frame is welded on both sides of the rails, and the rain cloth is draped and tied to prevent the materials from being wet in the heavy rain.

Similarly, these rain shelters were all made by Zhang Tian himself in his spare time, so that it was convenient to carry things back and forth, as well as to go to the survivor base today.

Even Zhang Tian himself sighed that in the past month, he not only knew some self-defense and killing tricks, but also learned to drive and weld. I have to say that people's potential is really forced out.

"This hell weather can change, it's still warmer in the car."

At this time, Zhang Tian checked the materials again and sat in the driver's seat, while Juan Er was carrying an oil drum on his back seat.

"Let's go." Zhao Zhou sat in the co-pilot, turned on the radio, looked at the raindrops outside the car window, and felt that there was a different mood in the rain.

The car starts, passes by, and the stagnant water splashes.

Zhao Zhou half-leaned back in his chair, his hands crossed to perform moves, listening to the storytelling, and immersed himself in his own battlefield world.

I also drove all the way in the car.

After getting out of the alley, although there are many car accidents on the road, the disaster happened in the middle of the night after all, and the cars of each family are basically resting, and there are not many cars on the road, and the road is relatively smooth.

Zhang Tian drove the pickup truck, and he didn't go over.

Especially this area is close to the edge of the city, and the population is sparse, and Zhao Zhou often takes Zhang Tian to clean up during this time.

Now with the heavy rain, occasionally a few zombies are hiding in the houses on both sides, and it is difficult to hear the sound of cars outside.

Even if some heard it, or it rained on the streets.

Zhang Tian stepped on the accelerator, but it was smashed and ransacked, and the rain washed it again, and the car was like new.

And the distance of the highway intersection is not very far.

Zhang Tian skillfully grasped the steering wheel to prevent the impact from slipping and offset, and after hitting a few cars and electric vehicles, he turned a few intersections and drove about three or four kilometers to a high-speed toll station.

Zhao Zhou looked there, and through the dense rain curtain, he could vaguely see that there were fewer vehicles ahead, and the road ahead was flat.

It's just that at the entrance of this highway, he also saw the young men in the 'leader's team, but they all became zombies, or disemboweled, and became corpses, only their faces were blurred.

"I guess those people are going from the highway to the survivor base."

Although Zhao Zhou was polishing his boxing skills and listening to the commentary, he was getting closer and closer to the highway, and he was always keeping an eye on the left and right to prevent any accidents from happening, such as some evolved beasts outside the city.

However, the highway may have been deliberately cleared, or there may be no 'food' here.

After the vehicle drove to the highway, Zhao Zhou found that as the road got closer and closer to the survivor base, some of the vehicles damaged by the accident were all leaning on both sides of the highway, leaving a temporary lane for two cars to pass through.

And the zombies that can be seen everywhere are also very rare, basically as if they have been 'cleaned up', and their heads are all shattered.

Also with the 'whooshing' heavy rain.

The sky was getting gloomy.

Twenty or thirty kilometers along the way, Zhao Zhou didn't see any jumping evolution beasts, as if it was raining heavily, and they all went back to find a nest.

"It's quiet along the way, and there's not so much mess." Zhao Zhou found out about this situation, and also installed the radio and asked Zhang Tian to go out from the highway entrance in front.

"After driving all the way, the scared finally arrived."

The 'swoop' wipers kept sweeping the rainwater from the front windshield.

With Zhang Tian's driving skills in the last days, he didn't turn on any turn signals, and threw directly from the far left to the far right exit, and drove out of the high speed.

'Boom, boom' all the way.

The vehicle passed a toll booth in front of it, crossed a somewhat uneven cement road, and the shadow of a factory building in the rain also introduced Zhao Zhou's sight.

Roughly speaking, there are about four factories, and they are the kind of buildings that have attached staff buildings where employees can stay and canteens.

Also with the distance approaches.

Zhao Zhou also found that the four factories were surrounded by a simple 'iron railing', and it was estimated that they were defending against zombies and made a simple defensive barrier.

And at this barrier, in a temporary small duty room, as Zhao Zhou's vehicle got closer and closer, a light suddenly flashed out, hitting the front of Zhao Zhou's vehicle and leading the way.

At the same time, there was also a loud inquiry.

"You... Is it a survivor?! Did you come to hear the radio?! ”

His voice was a little hoarse, somewhat inaudible in the heavy rain.

However, as he spoke, the man also put on a raincoat from the room, raised his hands, kept swaying back and forth in the rain, opened the fence again, turned the lights on the front of the first factory, and signaled Zhao Zhou and others to stop here.

And Zhao Zhou and the others just drove the vehicle in.

About 30 men and women also came out of one of the factories, each with an umbrella or a raincoat, and came to Zhao Zhou's side, ready to interrogate Zhao Zhou's identities and see if they were infected by those zombies according to the process.

If all goes well.

Zhao Zhou and the others will be arranged by them to rest in the factory, and then according to the interests of the public, the materials will be confiscated and distributed uniformly every day.

However, the wind accompanied by the 'whirring' sounded chaotically.

A middle-aged man in the lead originally had the idea of 'confiscation', but when he saw Zhao Zhou and Zhang Tian get out of the car, and saw a 'male lion' with them, he hurriedly scattered his original thoughts, trotted two steps, and stepped forward to say hello: "Hello, hello, I am the second person in charge of this base, and I am also called by everyone, and I am regarded as the deputy leader."

As he spoke, he glanced at the hairy curls, and then asked Zhao Zhou and Zhang Tianduo: "You.... Who is the Beast Tamer? ”

The deputy leader's words were a little cautious, especially the twenty or thirty men and women standing next to him, who were also staring at the curly with envy in their eyes, and there was also a kind of stammering.

Because the so-called 'beast tamer' is like a hidden profession in the game in the last days, very powerful!

It's also hard to see.

There are about 1,800 survivors in their factory, and there is only one animal tamer, who is still offered as a protector!

In addition to the beast tamers, among the more than 1,800 survivors of them, there are also fifty-two 'evolutionary people', these are ordinary people who are extremely hungry, eating the flesh and blood of the evolutionary beasts, and inadvertently greatly improving their physique, which is equivalent to two or three times the strength of ordinary people, which is considered the backbone and is also very respected!

But there are also people who have eaten the flesh and blood of the evolution beast, and although their strength has increased, they can grow slowly, and these are really ordinary people.

Now, there are many survivor bases that communicate with each other, and they all call the "fast-growing power" "evolutionary", which represents the hope that human beings can evolve to the point of "gods" and change this last day!

The animal tamer is the end of the world, and the pet that he raises has not rebelled after evolving, so he is called the 'beast tamer' in a short sense.

And the Evolution Beast at the beginning is very powerful, and it can fight zombies in a large sense, and it can also protect the 'survival base'. As a result, the 'Beast Tamers' are very popular, far more 'powerful' than the Evolutionaries, and are also cultivated by many 'military, national, and super-large survival bases'.

Of course, this is because these survivor bases do not use firearms, otherwise everything in the early apocalypse will become 'dead' as soon as it passes.

While animal tamers sound scarce, there are actually many in the city.

However, few of them were able to escape from the city. Because zombies have a keen sense of smell, and with their evolutionary instincts, the first thing to hunt is the evolutionary beast. They can't even run away with their owners.

But as long as they can get out of the city, then the survival base where the beast tamers go will be valued. This is also because many people can't instantly qualify themselves by eating the flesh and blood of evolutionary beasts, but evolutionary beasts can.

This is the verdict!

Similarly, the reason why the deputy leader and the men and women beside him were excited was that they never thought that they would casually welcome someone today, but they would welcome a powerful 'beast tamer' to their own base! ’

"Welcome, welcome!"

The middle-aged man smiled from ear to ear, and then explained the things about the evolutionary and the beast tamer, heard Zhang Tian's admission, and also told Zhao Zhou and the two about the base.

Also a bunch of nonsense past.

After everyone walked into the factory.

Zhao Zhou also knew that this survivor base was actually a patchwork of four steel-processing factories, which belonged to the same company, and their boss was probably secretly killed by employees when the end of the world came, or killed, no one knew.

Anyway, the current leader is a workshop master, and he is also the old man of this company. And most of the survivors of the survivor base were rescued from the zombies when the master went out to collect supplies every day.

Many people were convinced and grateful, and gradually recommended him as a leader.

But in reality, he was just an ordinary old man in his sixties.

If he had to find something special, he was an old blacksmith before he entered the company.

These words are no secret either.

When the deputy leader introduced the survivor base, he explained in passing that he wanted to publicize the glorious deeds of his master.

"Blacksmith?"

However, when Zhao Zhou heard about it, he suddenly thought about it, and found that he knew how to use medicine and martial arts, as if this was a matter of the life of a martial artist, but there was no progress in building a weapon.

And the deputy leader also arranged two top-floor dormitories for Zhao Zhou and the others, where the first floor was an evolutionary.

Zhao Zhou also picked up the previous question and began to think about it.

"To build this craft, you must find a time to learn. Otherwise, it will be too troublesome to build weapons in the future, or to ask for people. ”

Zhao Zhou pondered for a while, and felt that he was striking iron, in addition to wanting to build the weapon he wanted, he could also practice his strength by the way.

He also didn't think about picking up anything ready-made.

Because he feels that his weapon is to build it himself in order to be more handy, a few knocks in it, how many iron ingots to add, more less, less more, if you want to describe let others do, temper, beat, it is definitely not as perfect as he imagined.

For example, if you give yourself a weapon created by someone else, it is like the transmission of a martial arts master, knowing that it is your own in your body, but you can't say why, you just feel that he is not energetic!

Equally.

Although Zhao Zhou has been wielding the bow for two years, he likes it, but he just feels like it, and he doesn't agree with it.

"This bow is enough to kill. But it always feels a little less charming. "Zhao Zhou is very idle for a while, he always likes to think about seven or eight things, and always wants to do something.

Now, this thing is here, which is to learn the art of forging and build several favorite weapons for yourself.

Think about it the same way.

He had in his mind a lot of varied, very unfamiliar weapons, such as a dagger that was placed close to his body, a pair of fist gloves, or a thin gold wire wrapped around his wrist.

These things are made to be built, and it's hard to fit your own meaning.

"This golden snake wraps around the silk hand, although it is a description. But I always feel that if I really wrap something around my wrist, this move is together. Hit and hit, and the move is not empty, who can prevent it? ”

Zhao Zhou's thoughts were together, and he felt that this martial arts seemed to be 'alive'.

But.

Now the old master is still collecting supplies outside, and I heard from the deputy leader that he has not come back yet.

But Zhao Zhou is also a learner, and he didn't want to wait for people to come back before going downstairs to discuss, so he directly took a box of beef jerky and walked out of the dormitory gate.

"The deputy leader asked someone to bring all the supplies in the car, and he was worried that there was nowhere to send them."

Zhao Zhou was in a good mood today, and went down the stairs in a hurry, wanting to prepare to greet him and give some small gifts.

It's just that he hasn't reached the first floor yet, and the deputy leader is also full of joy and leads a master to rush up, followed by more than twenty blood-stained evolutionarians.

"Alas, Master Zhao, where are you going?" When the deputy leader saw Zhao Zhou coming down, he also smiled and said hello, glanced at the beef jerky that Zhao Zhou was carrying, and introduced Zhao Zhou's identity to the old man next to him.

Similarly, the identity of this introduction is nothing more than the one arranged by the system, the owner of a small martial arts hall, who has long since closed down and is working everywhere.

Zhao Zhou didn't say that he was an evolutionary, so he didn't feel that necessary.

In particular, Zhang Tian's identity as a beast tamer is too popular, and he doesn't want to steal the limelight from his own people.

"Master Zhao."

When the old man heard the introduction of his apprentice, he also smiled kindly, but he was also a little stereotyped, but his words were very polite, and he took two steps to shake Zhao Zhou's hand.

However, the enhancers behind the old man stared at the beef box that Zhao Zhou was carrying and swallowed their saliva, as if to hide their embarrassment, and also talked to each other with the people next to them.

"His name is Zhao Zhou?"

"Is he an evolutionary?"

"Wow, it's been a long time since I've eaten beef jerky...."

Everyone said yours, I said mine, but their eyes were inadvertently aimed at Zhao Zhou. It's really the end of the world, this city can't get in, and the small town next to it has been looted, and now this luxury like 'jerky' is really hard to see.

And Zhao Zhou didn't care about the eyes of these people, handed a box of beef jerky to the old master, and said directly: "Master Zhou, I want to learn a forging craft, I don't know if I can teach one or two."

"Oh?"

Master Zhou was stunned for a moment, and after looking at the deputy leader who was playing haha beside him, he took Zhao Zhou's beef jerky, took out an object that looked like a dagger and cut it, and distributed it to everyone who was either happy or resisted with their tongues, and then said to Zhao Zhou again: "I am also sixty-five this year." Outside there are some people who are not people, ghosts and ghosts, and I don't know when they will die outside..."

Master Zhou said, paused, and sighed, "Especially, now it's all machine tools and equipment, and the craftsmanship of the older generation has fallen." However, I am also very happy to hear Master Zhao open his mouth to learn today. In order not to bring this craft into the coffin, when I come back from outside the base every day, I must teach Master Zhao some forging techniques. ”