In the evening, as the sun sets, a continuous high wall appears in the distance.

"Finally back......"

Wang Tao breathed a long sigh of relief.

After escaping from the corpses, he encountered no danger. It's just that the outside of the car is full of black blood, minced meat or something, which is a little disgusting. He wanted to get rid of it quickly.

And at this moment, Wang Tao's heart suddenly moved.

He vaguely sensed that there was a familiar aura in the direction of the Changhe base...... It's Ding Yuqin.

Wang Tao touched the induction ring on his hand.

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

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

There is still a long distance from the Changhe base, and Ding Yuqin's location can already be vaguely sensed. However, it can only be sensed, not communicated.

Of course, Wang Tao is already very satisfied, at least he can know that Ding Yuqin is safe, and he can also let Ding Yuqin know that he is safe, which is enough. After all, there is no network after leaving the base, and the radio can be used, but there are many limitations, and it doesn't work from time to time......

……

In the process of returning to the city, Wang Tao found that there were few cars on the road.

Normally, there should be a lot of people returning to the city at this time......

Didi –

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

The car is broken and looks like it was made from multiple cars, typical of the post-apocalyptic wasteland style.

Of course, at this time, Wang Tao's car is not much better.

The trailer at the back of the truck was loaded with a truckload of rusted steel, and there were some miscellaneous things stuffed in the gaps.

The Changhe base is very large and has a variety of jobs. In fact, there are many people who need to go out, but going out does not mean that they must hunt zombies to obtain crystal nuclei. There are also some people who go out to collect supplies, commonly known as "picking up garbage", and their group calls themselves "waste pickers".

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

Due to corrosive acid rain, the exposed steel is basically corroded, but the corroded steel can still be used after reprocessing, so the city hall encourages everyone to go out and scavenge for scrap steel, and the city hall will always buy it.

The truckload of scrap steel collected by this group of waste pickers should have wasted a lot of effort.

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

"Hey! We're all alive! Another day! ”

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

"yes, another day."

He didn't quite understand why this bearded man was so excited, and after chatting with the bearded man who was a little excited for a while, Wang Tao figured out the reason-

The reason why I didn't go back to the city this evening was because either the people had gone back early, or they had hid in the wilderness, or they couldn't come back at all...... The reason is naturally because of the corpse tide.

The scale of this corpse tide is larger than Wang Tao imagined, not only the two groups of corpse tides that he encountered before, but also corpse tides in other places!

The alert in the base had been issued a few days ago, and it was not necessary to go out, and the alert level was raised several levels in a row.

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 are either out before the base is alerted, or they want to take a risk. This bearded driver falls into the latter category.

At that time, the alert level of the base was not high, and after hesitating for a moment, he decided to take the plunge.

There is also competition for scavenging, and there is a lot of competition. After all, compared to hunting zombies specifically, scavenging is much less dangerous and safer.

There are even some scavenging squads that follow behind some hunter squads, and the hunter squads only need crystal nuclei and some easy-to-carry materials. They scavengers pick up trash or something in the back, and they can also drink soup.

And now because of the vigilance, there are fewer people going out, and naturally fewer people go out to pick up waste. The bearded man just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to fight.

At first, it was okay, 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 corpse tide didn't find them, and the price was that they were sleepy for a long time, and after eating the food in their hands carefully, they finally found a chance to escape!

The bearded group's hearts were tense all the way, and when they finally saw the base, they also saw a car that fled back like them, and the bearded man was excited, and naturally wanted to talk about it......

Wang Tao understood his mood very well, although the experiences of the two groups of them were very different, but they did both flee and came back, so he didn't say much, just became a listener, and then expressed his blessing to the bearded man.

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, he would stay outside for about a week this time. And Ding Yuqin and they are also in the base, so they can deal with some things.

So this time it won't be like before, making everyone think that he is dead outside.

Of course, there is still a lot of news.

The most is Ding Yuqin, and they contact Wang Tao on time every day. Although Wang Tao felt that it was unnecessary, after all, it was their concern, and Wang Tao returned the information one by one.

His current location is at the east gate of the base, and there is still a lot of distance from his villa, so he can't communicate directly with Ding Yuqin for the time being. However, the perception of the two is 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 is also a person with the "ID card" of the Changhe base now, so he didn't scare anyone this time.

"It's still a good feeling in 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 sighed.

"It's the New Year?"

On the roads that pass through the security check and enter the city, in addition to various festive decorations, there are also some advertisement-like signs that say "New Year's Countdown: Ten Days".

When Wang Tao came back last time, he found that it was almost the New Year, but he didn't pay too much attention to it. When I came back this time, I found that there were only five days left.

"Brother! You name it! ”

Jiang Shixue suddenly pointed to the billboard.

There are some small words under this billboard, saying that some activities will be held in the next few days of the Chinese New Year, and Wang Tao is one of the special guests.

Wang Tao then remembered that Cui Sheng invited him to be a special guest on behalf of the city hall before, and Wang Tao was going to rest in the city at that time, and there happened to be 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 seeing his name, Wang Tao suddenly frowned a little. He finds himself looking like he's going to be busy during this time? I have to awaken for the second time, I have to participate in this Spring Festival event again, and I have to go to the cave with Cheng Yiyi and them...... That's enough time!

But then again, Wang Tao had agreed with them to go to the cave for the past two days, but now that there is a large number of corpses outside, can this cave still go?

"Let's ask Cheng Yiyi what the situation is later......"

When I returned to the Qiushui Pavilion villa area, it was already dark.

Ding Yuqin and the others were waiting downstairs in Wang Tao's villa, and when they saw Wang Tao coming back, the girls all showed happy smiles on their faces.

"Wang Tao!"

Wang Tao got out of the car and immediately ushered in a big embrace.

"Sister-in-law, I haven't seen you for a few days, do you miss me?"

Wang Tao let go of Ding Yuqin with a smile.

"I want to~"

Ding Yuqin's face turned red and he spoke.

Wang Tao kissed her on the forehead, and then hugged Han Rui, Yang Changhong, and Lu Yingfeng.

"Let's go, let's go inside."

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 the nutrient solution, the taste of the nutrient solution was not as good as that of serious food after all, and several people suddenly moved their index fingers and devoured it.

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

The last days are very dangerous, and every time they go out, the specific situation is a very precious experience, Wang Tao will never be stingy to tell, maybe because of some of his own sharing, so that they can tide over the difficulties at some time.

Hearing about the huge night demon lair, a large number of fourth- and fifth-order night demons, and even a large number of night demon lords, everyone was amazed and regretful. I regret that I didn't get to see this rare situation.

Then Wang Tao talked about the situation of the corpse tide again.

Ding Yuqin and the others knew about the corpse tide, but the specific situation was not clear, after all, they had never gone out.

I heard that there is indeed a fifth-order lord leading the team, they are all a little staggered, even if the number of this corpse tide is large, the strength is still so strong, and I don't know if the base has any countermeasures. Although the corpse tide is not coming towards the base, such a large corpse tide wandering outside will cause a lot of trouble to those who go out......

"Oh yes, and this."

Wang Tao took out the [Strange Snake Fruit].

As soon as this thing came out, the black snakes of the two blacks and the three blacks suddenly became a little excited.

"Take it and eat it."

Wang Tao gave each of them 100 snake fruits, and then briefly explained the origin and function of this thing.

I heard that it can improve the strength of snakes, and there is even a small probability that snakes can awaken, and everyone feels very good. When they heard that there was still something outside, they immediately started talking in a whisper.

This kind of 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 someone to watch.

"Tomorrow I'll go to Qu Shilin to see if there is a transplant method in their institute, if I can transplant those fruits into our garden, it will be much more convenient."

Wang Tao said with a smile.

Everyone's eyes lit up. It would be nice if it could be transplanted into the garden of the villa.

While a few snakes were eating fruit, Wang Tao took out a large amount of night demon equipment. These are all made by him in the car with the blueprints before.

Wang Tao had killed so many night demons before, obtained a large number of fourth-order night demon suits, and even had a night demon ring that could quickly wear equipment.

Wang Tao handed over all these equipment to everyone, which instantly improved their strength.

"And this ......"

Whoa—

Wang Tao took out a bunch of fourth-order promotion crystal nuclei.

The number of entity awakening keys in his hand has actually been quite a lot, but the promotion crystal nucleus is too small, and Ding Yuqin consumes a lot of them...... So they are two conditions away from awakening.

This outing, Wang Tao got a large number of promotion crystal nuclei, and they are all of high quality, enough for everyone to use!

After a while, everyone had fused the promotion crystal nucleus.

Next, as long as you fuse one more entity awakening key, you can try to awaken.

However, they are not in a hurry for the time being, they want to wait for Wang Tao to awaken for the second time, and then they will try to awaken. After all, it takes 24 hours to wake up, and it is necessary to ensure that Wang Tao or someone of them is awake, otherwise if they all fall asleep, they will be uncomfortable when they encounter some emergencies.

Anyway, they have already met all the conditions, and they can wake up at any time, and they are not in a hurry for a while.

"It's okay, I'll go see Qu Shilin and Cheng Yiyi tomorrow. If nothing else, I'll start trying a second awakening tomorrow night! ”

……

The next day, early in the morning.

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

"Wang Tao, you're finally back!"

Qu Shilin was very happy when she saw Wang Tao.

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

It turns out that Wang Tao's feeling is very accurate.

Qu Shilin took Wang Tao to a large laboratory that looked full of science and technology.

In the lab, a group of men and women in white coats are staring at the high platform in the middle of the lab.

On the high platform there was an erected shelf, on which was a burly, metallic figure fixed.

Wang Tao was full of surprise when he saw this person with his eyes closed.

This is none other than Xiang Hongbin!

Compared with before, Xiang Hongbin at this time is like two people - half of his face is still normal, and the other half of his face has turned into silver metal, as if he is wearing a half-face mask.

And the broken parts of his body such as arms and thighs that he was missing before have now become mechanical limbs made of steel, gears, rivets and other elements! Many other places are also covered in metal!

On his half-flesh, half-mechanical chest, there was a round, metallic bulge with a small groove inside it.

Qu Shilin waved his hand, and a tall and lanky researcher took out a fourth-order epic crystal nucleus with no special ability and placed it on Xiang Hongbin's chest.

Click-

With a soft sound, the crystal nucleus was fixed and emitted a faint orange glow.

Then I saw He Jijun open his eyes instantly, one eye was normal dark brown, and the other eye was cold blue.

(End of chapter)