Chapter 665: Fusion of Mutated Plants
Although the 800,000 people at Red Maple Base successfully evacuated, it does not mean that they are safe.
They will have to walk for at least three days to reach the new base. They will definitely encounter many dangers along the way, so they will need to be escorted by Wang Tao and others.
Xiao Jin quickly caught up with the large army.
Looking at the crowd below, which was as dark as a tide of corpses, the people on the back of the golden eagle were a little stunned. It was obviously the first time they had seen such a large-scale population migration.
Wang Tao was originally worried that too many people would cause chaos and affect the marching speed. But after taking a closer look, Wang Tao felt relieved.
Although there are many people below, they are all divided into small square formations by the mutant plants. There are soldiers guarding each small square to ensure that nothing goes wrong with them. As long as there is no problem with these small square formations, then naturally there will be no problem with the entire large square formation.
This sounds simple, but is actually very difficult. Not to talk about various details, Wang Tao still doesn't understand how these small square arrays receive and execute the above orders.
All electronic equipment has long been out of use. The Hope Research Institute has been researching new communication equipment. Although it has also developed things like crystal energy watches, these things can only be used in Changhe Base. If used, it cannot be used without the barrier.
So Wang Tao was very curious that these people at the Red Maple Base could effectively carry out the orders above.
Could it be that the Red Maple Base has developed equipment that can communicate outside? Or is it that they broke out equipment and biological weapons like [Induction Ring]?
Qu Shilin was obviously also interested in this aspect, and she asked Wang Tao to ask.
"Okay, let's go over there."
Wang Tao asked the golden eagle to fly to the front of the team, and the senior officials of the Red Maple Base were at the front.
Soon, Wang Tao saw Xiang Bo and others. They were all sitting on the "leaf cart" without a roof, which was very conspicuous.
Seeing the golden eagle flying over, Xiang Bo and others also showed relieved smiles on their faces.
Wang Tao and his party are in the rear. Since Wang Tao has no problem, it means that their retreat was very successful this time.
"On behalf of all the 800,000 people in the Red Maple Base, I would like to thank Mr. Wang!"
"Thank you, Mr. Wang..."
Wait until Wang Tao lands on the leaf cart Afterwards, Xiang Bo immediately led a group of senior executives to bow deeply to Wang Tao.
If Wang Tao hadn't brought so many experts over, it would have been impossible for them to quickly evacuate the Hongfeng base. One more minute of delay will increase the risk. Even if we can evacuate by then, it will probably be impossible.
“You’re welcome.”
Wang Tao accepted the gift with a smile, and then asked a little strangely:
“Why didn’t you see Han Youlin? Wasn’t he already here? Have you come out yet? Did something unexpected happen? "
In Hongfeng Base, the mayor Xiang Bo is just the executor, the real decision-maker is the military, and Han Youlin, the military commander, is Hongfeng Base. The actual controller.
So Wang Tao was a little surprised that Han Youlin hadn't been seen yet. With his status, nothing should happen, right?
"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Wang. Commander Han is at the headquarters."
Xiang Bo quickly explained.
"Command headquarters?"
"Inside a red mushroom in the center of the team..."
Xiang Bo pointed to the center of the crowd.
This time when they evacuated, not only the people left, but also the mutated plant houses that could be moved away. Some of the mutant plants are still alive and can walk easily. Han Youlin is inside one of the living mutant plants.
"Tsk tsk... Your method of controlling mutant plants has been greatly improved, and you can even leave the base!"
Wang Tao sighed.
These mutant plants are actually controlled by humans, but if you want to control them, you need to transmit brainwave signals to the mutant plants. There happens to be a special mutant plant underground in the Red Maple Base, which can act as a medium for transmitting brainwave signals, so they can freely control it in the base. But these special mutant plants can only be found underground at the Red Maple Base, and they cannot be transplanted. They will die as soon as they are transplanted.
Wang Tao guessed that they must have thought of a successful transplant method? They can also communicate instantly between their various small square formations, which may have something to do with this.
"Actually, we didn't expect it. This was all researched by Commander Han..."
Xiang Bo had some luck on his face, if these mutated plants were not used as vehicles to carry them A lot of things have been transferred, and their transfer speed will definitely be much slower.
However, Wang Tao keenly noticed that when Xiang Bo mentioned this issue, the faces of the leader of the Fiery Gang, Tu Lizhen and others, looked a little unhappy.
“What’s wrong with you?”
Wang Tao was a little confused, and then asked directly.
Tu Lizhen hesitated for a moment, and then rolled up her sleeves as if she had made up her mind.
Wang Tao's pupils suddenly shrank.
The last time he came into contact with Tu Lizhen, her arms were white and tender, and she looked as good as those little girls. But now, her forearms have turned dark brown, and they are numb, like... bark! And her big arms from the elbow joints are still white and tender...
"Your hands..."
Wang Tao grabbed her arm directly, and it felt like tree bark.
Qu Shilin and others also widened their eyes, not knowing what was going on.
"The price of gaining strength..."
Tu Lizhen had a look of pain on her face, but she didn't hide it and talked to Wang Tao and others.
The mutated plants in the Red Maple Base have always been controlled by the military. After such a long period of control, there must be a lot of gains.
Some time ago, Han Youlin's people developed a way to make themselves stronger without being promoted - fusing mutant plants!
The fusion of humans and mutated plants does not sound like a serious thing. In fact, it is indeed not serious and will have many side effects. But it can really improve combat effectiveness!
This increase in combat effectiveness alone can offset all side effects.
Originally, Han Youlin and the others were not sure whether to use this method. After all, it was only a theoretical thing. Even if the side effects were ignored, there would still be certain dangers during the fusion.
But the sudden appearance of disaster-level creatures disrupted their rhythm, and also made Han Youlin's hesitant mind firm - no matter what method is used, as long as it can become stronger, that's good!
So Han Youlin summoned a group of people, including Tu Lizhen, who were all senior leaders of Hongfeng Base and the strongest group of people. Improving their strength is naturally the best choice. Although this method of improving strength seems unseemly, the cost is not low, and weak people cannot bear it, so they can only do it.
Although all this is voluntary, there is a high probability that there are disaster-level creatures outside. If they do not improve their strength, they will not be able to go out.
Currently, if you want to improve your strength, you can only rely on accumulating crystal cores to advance to the sixth level. This is also the safest method. But they only have the strength of the fifth level. When there are sixth-level disaster-level creatures outside, they can't go out at all and can't hunt the fifth-level creatures.
And no one knows whether those disaster-level creatures will suddenly come to the Red Maple Base. With the terrifying effect of disaster awakening, monsters don't even have to come in. They can kill countless monsters just by walking around the entrance of the base. People.
But if they have sixth-level combat power, it will be different. Maybe they can hunt for sixth-level disaster-level enemies.
So they had no choice but to choose this seemingly unreliable method of becoming stronger.
So, they first selected two people to fuse the mutated plants. After confirming that there were no problems and that their strength had indeed become much stronger, they continued the fusion with the remaining people.
It must be said that those researchers are still very capable. Their integration with the mutated plants went smoothly without any accidents.
Although the process was painful, the combat effectiveness has indeed improved a lot, far beyond their previous level.
But before they started hunting down the sixth-level disaster-level creatures, there was an earthquake suddenly.
Faced with natural disasters like earthquakes, their hard work to improve their strength seems ridiculous. Although Wang Tao finally proved that this was not a real earthquake, but caused by a monster, this seventh-level destructive monster made people even more desperate!
At this moment, Tu Lizhen and the others almost fell into depression.
Later, magma appeared, the forest was ignited, and they were forced to move. Tu Lizhen and others didn't think much about it. And at this time, the effect of improving strength came out, and their mood improved a lot.
But after they successfully evacuated and survived the first wave of danger, they discovered that the mutant plants they fused had undergone some changes. It was these changes that made Tu Lizhen's face look a little unsightly.
"Originally, I only had one hand fused, and my right hand became a plant hand. It can be inserted into the ground to absorb nutrients from the earth and quickly recover from my injuries. But after a night of busy work, my entire forearm also became a plant hand. Vegetation... Fighting will lead to intensification of vegetation..."
Speaking of this, Tu Lizhen's eyes showed a trace of panic.
It’s just her forearms that have become vegetative, which is actually not scary, but she is afraid that this vegetative state will continue to spread and eventually turn her whole body into a mutant plant!
If that happens, will she live or die? Even if she is still alive, is she still...
And what frightens Tu Lizhen even more is that she feels that her strength has become stronger again - the higher the degree of vegetativeness, the stronger it seems!
This kind of getting stronger is even a bit addictive. She is afraid that she will not be able to control it in the future, and she will fight and become stronger crazily, and eventually become an unconscious mutant plant!
After listening to Tu Lizhen’s words, Wang Tao didn’t know what to say.
Their ideas and choices are actually correct.
In the face of a crisis, the first priority is to become stronger. As for what side effects there will be later, that is something to consider later. Just worry about the present.
However, they encountered many things after becoming stronger, which disrupted their original plan, and the side effects of becoming stronger were a bit too great. If the whole body really becomes a plant, including the brain...then they may not be them. The real ones are dead.
Wang Tao took a closer look at Tu Lizhen. Her health bar and attributes had not changed at all, and her plant-like right arm did not show any health bar or status prompts.
Wang Tao couldn't find a solution for a while, so he could only pat Tu Lizhen's arm and comfort him:
"Don't worry too much, follow me to Changhe Base later. , I will ask the staff of the Hope Research Institute to take a look at it, and we should be able to find a solution."
In Wang Tao's view, this is just a comforting word, but to Tu Lizhen, it seems to be a real opportunity.
She nodded happily immediately.
"Okay, I am willing to cooperate with you in your research!"
After seeing that Wang Tao was taking Tu Lizhen away, the other people nearby also looked at Wang Tao with some hope.
They were in the same situation as Tu Lizhen, they also became vegetative and spread.
“Don’t worry, as long as we can work out a solution, we will let you know for free.”
“Thank you, Mr. Wang!”
Everyone quickly thanked him.
Wang Tao talked with Tu Lizhen and others about the specific effects of vegetative body transformation, and also asked them to demonstrate it in person.
After understanding it, Wang Tao could only say that there is indeed something to this thing.
For example, if Tu Lizhen inserts the plant's right hand into the ground, it can quickly restore blood and mana! This blood regeneration speed is comparable to that of an ordinary healing awakener, not to mention that it can also recover mana. This is more useful than bringing an ordinary nanny. No wonder it can greatly improve her combat effectiveness.
To a certain extent, this thing is equivalent to an awakening ability, or a passive awakening without any consumption!
There are also people whose legs are fused with mutant plants, which not only greatly increases their speed, but can even burrow into the ground quickly. And in the process of burrowing into the ground, the blood volume and mana volume are restored. Although not as fast as Tu Lizhen's recovery, it is worse than safety. It has gone underground, and even some mutated plants with the ability to burrow may not be found...
There are also people whose arms are fused with mutated plants, but instead of being inserted into the ground to suck blood and return to blue, it is His arm can turn into a large vine shield with extremely high defense. Others hiding behind the shield can block sixth-level disaster-level attacks! Although the price is that he will lose blood, as long as there is a wet nurse, he can block many attacks...
The abilities these people gain after fusing mutated plants are weird, but they are indeed very useful. , especially when they cooperate with each other, Wang Tao has no doubt that they can hunt down the sixth level disaster level.
But the problem is that every time they use these abilities, the degree of vegetativeness will deepen. No one knows if after using it too much, the whole body will turn into a plant and eventually die... So now they are afraid to use this ability, and they are very confused.
Qu Shilin is also very interested in this method of merging mutated plants. She thinks it is similar to a mechanical prosthetic body. Is it a biological prosthetic body? Although the improved strength is stronger than the mechanical prosthetic body, it is highly polluting... There is still a lot of room for improvement! She looked back and studied, maybe she could find something...
After Wang Tao learned about these abilities, he was suddenly curious about what abilities Han Youlin gained after fusing mutated plants.
Tu Lizhen obviously knew, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she asked Wang Tao to go and see for himself, which was guaranteed to surprise Wang Tao.
So, Wang Tao took Qu Shilin and others and flew to the center of the team. I saw the red mushroom with many legs.
Inside the red mushroom, Wang Tao finally met Han Youlin.
At this time, Han Youlin was sitting cross-legged inside the mushroom with his eyes closed.
His head became much larger, with no hair, replaced by a large number of green vines as thick as a thumb. These vines grew from the top of his head, and then inserted themselves into the body of the big red mushroom, like a spider web. From time to time, strange green light flashed through the vines...
"This is..."
Although Wang Tao couldn't understand it, he was really shocked.
(End of this chapter)