Chapter 268 Two Pieces of News (Asking for Guaranteed Monthly Tickets at the Beginning of the Month)

This hunting operation was definitely a great success, but Wang Tao also suffered a lot of losses.

I won’t say much about his own injuries and the injuries from the entangled tree roots, which can all be recovered and are not a big problem.

The main loss was the equipment.

His tear-resistant black sweatshirt and black sports trousers were damaged; the third-level Night Demon chest armor and leg armor were also damaged; even his assault suit was damaged - he had escaped from the giant zombie before, but he didn’t escape this time.

In fact, the damage to his equipment cannot be blamed entirely on the flame monster, because Wang Tao’s body will become much larger after triggering the rage, and these equipment have limits...

At that time, although Wang Tao could put the equipment back into the space backpack, these equipment all added defense to him. For his own life, he could only let the equipment block the damage.

So Wang Tao is now looking forward to the equipment drawings that this flame monster exploded.

[Obtain: Black Stone Armor Top Production Drawing * 1]

[Obtain: Black Stone Armor Pants Production Drawing * 1]

[Black Stone Armor Top Production Drawing: Can make a Black Stone Armor Top, Required Materials: Black Stone Armor * 1, Fourth-level Crystal Core * 1]

[Black Stone Armor Top: With "Defense, Mental Defense, Elemental Defense, Self-contained Superpower" Attributes]

[Black Stone Armor Pants Production Drawing: Can make a Black Stone Armor Pants, Required Materials: Black Stone Armor * 1, Fourth-level Crystal Core * 1]

[Black Stone Armor Pants: With "Defense, Mental Defense, Elemental Defense, Self-contained Superpower" Attributes]

This Black Stone Armor Top and Pants are a bit interesting, they only need Black Stone Armor and Crystal Core, no other materials are needed.

And the general equipment is "unknown attributes", but the two introductions have four entries! .

Wang Tao immediately started making.

After a moment, the production was completed.

When Wang Tao saw the appearance of these two pieces of equipment, he was stunned for a moment.

This top and pants look very close-fitting, very much like... a set of black autumn clothes and autumn pants?

These two pieces of equipment don't look special, but their attributes are very explosive!

[Black Stone Armor Top]

[Level 4 (Epic)]

[Durability +200, Defense +100, Mental Defense +50, Elemental Defense +10, Fireproof, Superpower: Not Embedded (Need Awakening Energy Activation)]

[Black Stone Armor Trousers]

[Level 4 (Epic)]

[Durability +200, Defense +100, Mental Defense +50, Elemental Defense +10, Fireproof, Superpower: Not Embedded (Need Awakening Energy Activation)]

This is the strongest equipment Wang Tao has ever seen!

The durability is directly increased by 200. Among the equipment he has seen before, the one with the highest durability is the Mutation Explosion-proof Shield, but it is only 100.

Then the defense is also increased by 100! This is the same as the defense of the Mutation Explosion-proof Shield!

But the most important thing is the following attributes.

Mental defense +50! This is the first time Wang Tao has seen this attribute. This should be the inherent attribute of the "Black Stone Armor" material.

Wang Tao is not sure whether this 50 mental defense is strong or not, but judging from the fact that the flame monster directly ignored his mental attack, this value should not be weak.

Then there is the elemental defense +10. This may be a defense against some fire element or water element?

And this ability seems to be awakened... In other words, it is equivalent to a certain defense against awakening ability?

After all, Wang Tao has not awakened yet, so he is not very clear about this "element".

Finally, there is fire resistance and supernatural power.

Fire resistance is probably similar to entangled tree roots, or even stronger, after all, this is something dropped by the flame monster.

As for this supernatural power, Wang Tao can only say it's awesome!

Judging from the situation, this top and trousers should be able to embed two different crystal cores! After all, this is the supernatural power of a single piece of equipment, not a set.

However, he can't embed crystal cores for the time being, because if he wants to embed, he needs awakening energy to activate it. Wang Tao does not have awakening energy yet.

"Awakening energy... It seems that many places above the fourth level need awakening energy!"

Yang Changhong had fallen asleep, and Wang Tao tried on the clothes.

Not to mention, this set of equipment is the most comfortable equipment Wang Tao has ever worn.

Wang Tao suddenly thought that if he wore this set of clothes inside, he could wear other equipment outside!

"Night Demon Suit..."

Wang Tao touched his chin.

He lost the Night Demon chest armor and Night Demon leg armor. He thought that maybe he could go hunt the Night Demon again to see if he could get another blueprint...

Wang Tao looked at the last loot package, which contained something that looked like a key.

[Obtained: Awakening Secret Key*1]

[Awakening Secret Key: The key required for awakening]

"Huh? This thing can also be exploded?"

Wang Tao was shocked.

The awakening secret key he obtained by killing the fourth-level lord zombie is not a physical object, but is similar to special energy, which is only in his attribute panel now.

Of course, he himself can also feel that there are a few more light-like things in his body.

But no matter what, this is not a physical object, and he can't take it out.

But now, he actually saw the real awakening key!

This awakening key gave him the same feeling as the virtual awakening key in his body. He could also fuse this awakening key like fusing a crystal core!

However, Wang Tao was not in a hurry to fuse. He could fuse it when he needed it, but if he had fused it, he would not be able to extract it again.

After looking at all the spoils, Wang Tao took out the fourth-level promotion crystal core.

He was a little excited. He wanted to see what awakening was all about.

Wang Tao quietly left Yang Changhong's room.

He would awaken and be promoted to the fourth level next. He might fall into a deep sleep again, or something else would happen. He needed someone to help watch him.

Yang Changhong was too tired and was sleeping soundly now. Wang Tao didn't need to disturb her.

Wang Tao returned to his room.

"Brother?"

Jiang Shixue was sleeping on his bed. As if she sensed someone coming in, she opened her eyes immediately.

Lightning, who was lying beside the bed, whizzed in front of Wang Tao. Wang Tao touched its dog head, and then said to Jiang Shixue:

"I will fuse the fourth-level promotion crystal core later. I don't know if there will be any other situations. Please help me watch it."

"Okay!"

Jiang Shixue was refreshed.

Wang Tao took out 4 fourth-level promotion crystal cores, two excellent and two epic. The success rate of excellence is 80%, which should be no problem. After all, Wang Tao has never been a person with a bad face.

Wang Tao took a shower, blew his hair, put on his new "autumn clothes and autumn pants", and then found some incense from somewhere and lit them in the room.

Finally, Wang Tao held Jiang Shixue's little hand and rubbed it in his own hand.

"Lend me good luck!"

Fusion!

After a while, the first excellent quality promotion crystal core was successfully fused! The power of promotion is "copper wall and iron wall".

Fusion of a fourth-level crystal core increased the mana by 800, which was within Wang Tao's expectations.

After having the first fourth-level power, Wang Tao felt different instantly. But he couldn't tell what was different for a while. He had to test the power himself to know.

Wang Tao didn't have time to test, so he continued to fuse the crystal core.

Soon, the second excellent quality promotion crystal core was also successful. The ability that was promoted this time was "violent amplification".

Both of the excellent quality crystal cores were successful, which finally put Wang Tao's mind at ease.

The next two epic crystal cores naturally merged successfully without any accidents. His remaining two abilities "comprehensive understanding" and "yin and yang harmony" were also successfully promoted to the fourth level!

Wang Tao looked at his attributes.

[Health: 110000/110000]

[Mana: 49200/49200]

[Special energy: 500000]

[Awakening key: 3]

[Level: third level]

[Impurities in the body: 3%]

[Hidden attributes: physical fitness, night vision, plant affinity]

[Abilities: fourth level 1·Iron Wall, fourth level 1·Violent Amplification, fourth level 1·Comprehensive Understanding, fourth level 1·Yin and Yang Harmony]

This attribute cannot be said to be very strong, but it should be no problem to be invincible under the fourth level.

As for the fourth level and above... Wang Tao had seen the power of those who had awakened, and he knew that his attribute would definitely not work, at least not for the fourth-level lord, unless he also awakened.

Wang Tao was not ready to remove the impurities in his body for the time being, and he would use potions to remove them after the promotion. After all, the impurities would be halved after the promotion, which could save a bottle of potion.

Wang Tao closed his eyes and carefully felt the awakening and promotion.

After a moment, a look of surprise appeared on Wang Tao's face, but soon, he frowned again.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Jiang Shixue, who had been paying attention to Wang Tao, asked immediately.

"Something went wrong, I seem to... I can't awaken for the time being."

Wang Tao touched his chin and said.

"Ah?"

Jiang Shixue's face suddenly became tense.

"Don't worry, it's a small problem. Didn't I fuse that little flame before? Before that hidden ability comes out, I can't awaken now..."

Wang Tao explained.

He probably already understood the awakening thing. It was like promotion. As long as you meet the conditions, some vague information will appear in your head. You will understand it after a little study.

And this awakening is much more complicated than promotion.

Awakening is carried out at the same time as promotion to the fourth level. As long as the awakening is successful, you can be promoted to the fourth level.

For normal rank promotion, as long as he fuses the promotion crystal core, determines the promotion time, and then takes a nap, it will be fine.

But awakening is different. There are more prerequisites for awakening.

He must have 100,000 blood, all superpowers must reach the fourth level, and he must have at least one hidden ability.

After these three conditions are met, the awakening key can be activated. Wang Tao has activated it now.

After activation, he has more information in his mind, and he knows how to use the key. At the same time, he found a more pitfall information-awakening is not 100% successful!

The first awakening requires 1 awakening key, but it is not 100% successful. There is a possibility of failure!

Wang Tao is not sure about the specific probability, but there is a probability of failure. He didn't know whether it was related to strength or luck.

If it succeeded, it would be easy. But if it failed, the awakening key would be wasted.

At this time, you can try awakening a second time, and the second time will consume two awakening keys!

Wang Tao is not sure whether the probability of success the second time is higher or lower than the first time.

If you fail the second time, you can try to awaken a third time. The third time consumes 4 awakening keys!

After failing for the third time, there will naturally be a fourth attempt. The fourth time will consume 8 awakening keys...

If you keep failing, you can keep trying.

In other words, the number of secret keys consumed for each awakening is multiplied by 2, which is a bit too cheating.

If you are unlucky, how many awakening keys will be consumed!

Wang Tao has 3 awakening keys on his body, plus one in his space backpack, for a total of 4. He can try to awaken twice at most. If he fails twice... he will have to hunt the fourth-level lord zombies again!

As for the effect of the Awakening Key, Wang Tao also probably sensed it - after he activated the Awakening Key, his 100,000 HP, a random fourth-level ability, and a random hidden ability would be merged together!

"100,000 blood volume" plus "fourth-level ability" plus "hidden ability" equals "awakening"!

No wonder activating the secret key to awakening requires three conditions: blood volume, superpowers, and hidden abilities. It turns out that’s what it’s all about!

The reason why Wang Tao is unable to awaken now is because he has a hidden ability that has not yet been integrated. It is now in a semi-finished state.

What awakening requires is the random fusion of a hidden ability. He has a half-finished product, so he can't do it randomly. Therefore, he cannot awaken now and has to wait for the fusion of the small flames to complete.

If he hadn't fused that little flame, he would have awakened by now.

But Wang Tao is not in a hurry, it is only ten days, he can afford to wait.

And a hidden ability seems to represent an awakening ability. If he has four hidden abilities, doesn't it mean that he can awaken four times?

If it is possible, the improvement in strength brought about by awakening once and awakening four times will definitely be different. Wang Tao is looking forward to it very much.

It's just that he doesn't know whether the superpower and the blood volume are still there after they are integrated with the 100,000 blood volume.

If the blood volume is not there, wouldn't he have 10,000 blood?

If the superpowers were no longer available, Wang Tao would still feel a little distressed. After all, his superpowers are all fused with many crystal nuclei...

Wang Tao told Jiang Shixue all this information. Jiang Shixue breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that it was just a small accident.

"It scared me to death. I thought..."

Jiang Shixue patted her chest.

"Haha, it's okay."

Wang Tao rubbed Jiang Shixue's hair and said:

"Okay, go to sleep and tell them the news tomorrow morning."

Wang Tao went to bed.

"Um."

Jiang Shixue hummed, and then naturally got into Wang Tao's arms.

Early the next morning, Wang Tao called everyone over and told them his situation.

Everyone was a little disappointed to hear that Wang Tao could not awaken now. After all, they are looking forward to seeing what the awakened ones look like.

But it only lasted a few days, so it wasn’t a big problem. They haven't gone out these days, they just wait in the base for Wang Tao to wake up.

Wang Tao thought so too. Since he can awaken, it would be better to wait until he awakens before going out to hunt zombies. There is no need to take risks now, just stay in the base.

"It just so happens that there is still some equipment in the base. I haven't remembered to get it yet. I can do some research now and see if I can contact other people..."

He Jijun said.

In addition to radio, the means for military bases to communicate with the outside world also includes wired transmission.

Previously, the connection between the base and the capital was through wired connections. But later the wired connection was cut off. But the military base definitely has more than this line. If you try and do more research, you might be able to contact other survivors, assuming there are still people alive.

"Okay! Then I'll get familiar with my fourth-level abilities." Wang Tao nodded, then looked at the others, "You can move around freely. If you can't stay idle, you can go outside the base to kill zombies, but don't run too far. ,be safe……"

"good!"

Wang Tao and his party were suddenly free.

And when people are free, they like to think too much.

Wang Tao suddenly thought, should he fly a plane to Zijing City to take a look?

The military base now has two aircraft, whether they are helicopters or jet transports, it should be no problem to fly to Bauhinia City.

But there is a small problem - Wang Taokai may be able to make the plane fly, but he may not be able to make it land...

Therefore, he would definitely not dare to do this kind of thing himself, and He Jijun would have to do something as technical as flying a plane.

He Jijun was studying various communication equipment in the military base. He didn't have time now, and Wang Tao didn't have to go, so Wang Tao just thought about it and didn't tell He Jijun.

But when he talked about going back, Wang Tao thought of Ding Yuqin, Han Rui, and Wei Zhenguo. They were running to the Red Stone Base.

There were not many second-level zombies at that time. There were second-level superpowers among them, plus the large amount of supplies Wang Tao left for them... So Wang Tao felt that without encountering third-level zombies or monsters, they should You can make it to the redstone base alive.

Wang Tao had wanted to find them before, but there was a third-level lord black mist monster blocking the way. Unless he took a long circle, it would be too far and the danger would be great. So Wang Tao directly targeted the military base.

And now, Wang Tao's goal is half successful. Although the military base is not very safe here, after all, the zombies in the nearby Wuyang City are too strong, but at least he has two planes and can fly to other places.

"After awakening, go to the city to hunt fourth-level zombies and save some crystal cores. Then go back to the Bauhinia Base to see Lan Yulian. Finally, fly to the Red Stone Base to see if Ding Yuqin and the others are there!"

Wang Tao quickly set the next plan.

But plans often cannot keep up with changes.

That day, He Jijun suddenly found Wang Tao. His face was a little excited and a little sad.

"The communication equipment I tinkered with really contacted a survivor base! This group of survivors is in the next province, not far from Wuyang City and Bauhinia City. There are lines left by the military in their base. They repaired part of it and accidentally contacted us!"

In the end times, survivors rarely contact other people or forces. Being able to contact others is naturally good news.

"This is a good thing!"

Wang Tao's eyes lit up.

He Jijun continued:

"But they told me that they are facing a life-and-death crisis there - a large number of zombies have surrounded their base. There are so many zombies that they have been trapped for half a month and are almost out of ammunition and food. They are asking me for help. And they said that not only them, but also some other survivors' bases they know are surrounded by zombies..."

"Zombie tide?"

Wang Tao frowned.

"Yes. They don't know where the zombies came from, but they came suddenly and caught them off guard."

Hearing this, Wang Tao suddenly remembered that he and Yang Changhong also encountered a large group of zombies on the way to Zijing City!

If that group of zombies did not disperse, but became larger and larger...

"Zhujing base!"

Today's first update is advanced, and the second update will be at 6 pm as usual