Chapter 720: Promotion to the Second Level
The number of survivors in Shuize County is much more than Wang Tao imagined.
In the last life, when Wang Tao came to Shuize Base, there were only more than 300 survivors.
But now, Wang Tao has participated in several rescue operations with Wei Zhenguo and the others. In just one day, a thousand survivors have been rescued. If we continue the rescue for a few more days, I feel that it will not be a problem to exceed 3,000 people in Shuize Base!
But if Wang Tao thinks about it carefully, it is reasonable.
After all, when he came to Shuize Base in his last life, it was already a month after the end of the world. Within a month, most survivors could no longer hold on. And now is the fifth day of the apocalypse. As long as the survivors do not encounter zombies head-on, they can continue to persevere.
In addition, the network signal is not cut off now, and survivors can still communicate with each other. Maybe an ordinary message from one survivor can save another survivor's life. In particular, some people shared the situation of some survivor bases, which gave many survivors hope. As long as people have hope, they can continue to persevere.
Of course, the most important point is that Wang Tao took action.
With sufficient physical strength, Wang Tao is almost invincible. At least so far, Wang Tao has not met an opponent. Moreover, Wang Tao also has a black cat Taxue beside him, who is a real first-order lord. Most zombies are no match for it.
As long as Wang Tao participated in the rescue operation, it never failed. And it is a successful operation that brings back all the survivors.
Under so many favorable conditions, saving a thousand people in one day is considered reasonable.
Wang Tao has been busy all day and is indeed very tired. But the harvest is also quite rich, and the exhaustion is completely worth it. Not to mention that he saved so many people, but the crystal cores he got from killing zombies far exceeded his own expectations.
He previously estimated that it would take six or seven days for him to advance to the second level, but judging from today's situation, three or four days may be enough!
So Wang Tao said that he would continue to help Wei Zhenguo and the others rescue the survivors tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. This moved them all very much.
After all, they have tasks assigned by the above, and it is their job to rescue survivors. Although Wang Tao is powerful, he does not have this obligation. Wang Tao spared no effort to help, which can be called "Mr. Yiyi".
Therefore, Wei Zhenguo and others also said that Wang Tao could choose the crystal nuclei they obtained from hunting zombies if he needed them.
Wang Tao was naturally open to anyone who came, and told Wei Zhenguo and the others not to fuse crystal nuclei at will, otherwise they would not be able to regret it if they fused crystal nuclei with serious side effects. Wait for Wang Tao to go back and pick a few suitable ones for them, and then they can merge.
They all learned about the function of crystal nuclei from Wang Tao. Although they were all greedy, the side effects were no joke, and they might be useless for the rest of their lives. So they were very cautious and said they could wait.
……
When Wang Tao returned to Xingfu Community, it was already late at night.
Ding Yuqin heard movement at Wang Tao's door and quickly opened the door and took a look. When she found it was Wang Tao, she was relieved.
Although Wang Tao is very strong, there are so many zombies outside, and Wang Tao has not come back all day long, so she is still a little worried.
"Is sister-in-law not asleep yet?"
Wang Tao turned around and asked.
"Uh...I'm going to sleep right away, just...well, I'm a little worried about you...I feel relieved when I see you coming back..."
When Ding Yuqin said this, she didn't dare to look directly into Wang Tao's eyes.
"Thank you for your concern, sister-in-law." Wang Tao smiled, and then said, "By the way, have you eaten?"
"No..."
Ding Yuqin Shaking his head a little sheepishly.
There was food left at Wang Tao's house, but Wang Tao never came back today. There were two women at Wang Tao's house, and they didn't let her cook, so she didn't have the nerve to go there and eat.
"Then you come to my house to make some midnight snacks. I happen to be hungry too. Let's eat some together."
Wang Tao ate at Shuize Base, but he was physically exhausted and killed him on the way back. Many zombies are indeed a little hungry.
"Okay!"
Ding Yuqin suddenly became happy and quickly followed Wang Tao into the house.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw Li Qiuyu and Jiang Shixue on the sofa, but they were already asleep and cuddling together.
Obviously, they were also waiting for Wang Tao to come back.
"Sister-in-law, just go and cook some noodles, just tomato and egg noodles."
Wang Tao said to Ding Yuqin.
“Yeah!”
Ding Yuqin immediately ran to the kitchen to cook noodles.
Then Wang Tao looked at Taxue again and asked him if he wanted to eat. Texue nuzzled Wang Tao with her little head, indicating that she wanted to eat canned fish.
While rescuing survivors outside today, I passed by a pet store. There were no pets inside, but there was a lot of cat food. Taxue liked to eat the cat food very much, so Wang Tao collected all the cat food and gave it to it as snacks.
“Okay.”
Wang Tao took out a canned fish from his space backpack, Texue meowed to express his gratitude, and then ran away with the canned fish in his mouth.
Wang Tao smiled and shook his head, and then came to the sofa. Seeing the two girls sleeping soundly, he did not call them, but carried Jiang Shixue into the guest room.
Jiang Shixue woke up in a daze, but when she saw it was Wang Tao, she closed her eyes with peace of mind. Too many things have happened in the past few days. She, an ordinary little girl, has survived in the wilderness for so long. She probably won't be able to recover without a good rest for a few days.
Then Wang Tao carried Li Qiuyu to the guest room.
In fact, Li Qiuyu had already woken up when Wang Tao took Jiang Shixue away. After all, Jiang Shixue was in her arms. But she didn't know what her psychology was, so she didn't open her eyes and chose to pretend to sleep.
When Wang Tao picked her up, she suddenly felt her heart beating so fast that she almost couldn't hold on anymore.
But after Wang Tao put her on the bed, he covered her with a quilt very considerately, and then left directly.
This suddenly made Li Qiuyu feel worried about gains and losses, especially when she thought that Wang Tao and Ding Yuqin would have a "candlelight dinner" later, she felt a little inexplicably irritable.
But she would be embarrassed if she was asked to go out now. After all, he had just pretended to sleep for so long...
Wang Tao naturally didn't know that Li Qiuyu was going to have insomnia again. At this time, he was eating noodles with Ding Yuqin.
Both of them said nothing. While Ding Yuqin was eating noodles, she glanced at Wang Tao secretly from time to time.
"Sister-in-law, is there something you want to tell me?"
Wang Tao suddenly raised his head and asked.
"Uh...it's okay, it's okay!"
Ding Yuqin waved her hands quickly. But after waiting for a while, she secretly gritted her teeth and plucked up the courage to say: "Ahem, Wang Tao, when are you moving?"
"Just these two days."
In fact, it doesn't matter when you move. Anyway, Wang Tao has space in his backpack and can carry everything.
It’s just that the construction of the Shuize base has not been completed yet. Wang Tao will go there when everything is completed. Just these two days. I guess I'm at level two, and everything is done at the base.
Ding Yuqin heard that Wang Tao was moving out in the next two days. She couldn't bear it anymore. She immediately put down her chopsticks, bit her lip, and looked at Wang Tao pitifully:
" Wang Tao, can you take your sister-in-law with you when you move? If you leave, your sister-in-law will not be able to survive here alone..."
"No problem"
Wang Tao nodded directly.
"...Huh?"
Ding Yuqin was stunned.
When Wang Tao said he was moving, he didn't ask her at all, so she felt that Wang Tao had no intention of taking her with him. So she thought of many reasons to persuade Wang Tao, but Wang Tao agreed directly without giving her a chance to perform.
“What’s wrong? Any questions?”
Wang Tao looked at Ding Yuqin doubtfully.
"No, no problem! I, I'm just so happy! Thank you so much... If I stay here alone, I will definitely die... Wuwu... My sister-in-law will cook for you from now on. , Washing clothes..."
Ding Yuqin was so excited that she was a little incoherent, and even her eyes were red.
“Eat quickly, it will get cold later.”
Wang Tao didn’t explain much.
In fact, even if Wang Tao doesn't take her with him, she can still go to Shuize Base. Because there are still many survivors in this happy community, Xiang Hongbin and the others will pick them up together when the time comes.
Of course, Wang Tao will definitely take her away. Wang Tao said in his previous life that he would let them live a good life in this life. Even if they have no memory, Wang Tao will not break his promise.
“Yeah!”
Ding Yuqin quickly wiped her tears and continued eating noodles.
After supper, Ding Yuqin made sure that Wang Tao had no instructions, and then she quietly returned to her home.
Zombies are particularly active at night, and there are roars everywhere. A slightly louder movement may attract zombies.
Wang Tao went to the roof of the building to see if there were any elite or lord zombies nearby. Not to mention, a few elite zombies did appear.
Wang Tao flew over and easily dispatched these elite zombies before returning to sleep.
The next day.
Wang Tao went out again early in the morning.
Before leaving, he told Ding Yuqin that he had a lot of food at home and could eat at any time.
Ding Yuqin nodded quickly to express her understanding. After confirming that Wang Tao would take her away last night, her whole mood improved a lot. She even liked Li Qiuyu a lot.
But Li Qiuyu felt a little uncomfortable. She didn't know what Wang Tao and Ding Yuqin talked about yesterday, especially since Wang Tao went out for a while last night.
Wang Tao can’t go out to kill zombies this late at night, right? So he must have gone to Ding Yuqin’s house!
In the middle of the night, a man and a woman are alone in the same room, and there is no need to think about what will happen.
Looking at Ding Yuqin's happy look, she must have been nourished a lot last night!
This made Li Qiuyu feel a sense of crisis. After all, she was brought back by Wang Tao forcibly and she was an adult. She knew what this meant. Even if she doesn't like him anymore, she is basically Wang Tao's person now. As long as her daughter can survive in the apocalypse, she accepts it. And she doesn't hate Wang Tao...
But in this situation, if Wang Tao shifts his interest in her to Ding Yuqin, gradually alienates her, and eventually stops taking care of Jiang Shixue, wouldn't it be over... …
When he thought of this, Li Qiuyu’s eyes suddenly became firm. Ding Yuqin can take the initiative, so there's no reason why she can't!
Wang Tao didn't know that Li Qiuyu was starting to have random thoughts again.
He first went to Shuize Base, and then started to rescue survivors one by one according to the plan formulated by Wei Zhenguo.
Today's situation is a little different from yesterday. The rescue work went smoothly yesterday, but not so smoothly today.
It’s not that they encountered powerful zombies, but that a group of survivors were unwilling to come to the Shuizhe base.
They believe that now is the end of the world, and strength is king. Since they themselves have the ability to survive in the apocalypse, why should they succumb to others? Wouldn't it be better to be a local emperor yourself?
Danger is a bit dangerous, but freedom! They can do whatever they want, no one or rules can control them. Isn't this better than going to the survivor base to be a bully?
For this group of people, Wei Zhenguo did not want to give up. After all, there are more than forty people. And the leader is a person with the same superpower as Wang Tao! If these people can come to Shuize Base, it will greatly enhance the strength of their Shuize Base.
But they were desperate. If they hadn't seen Wei Zhenguo and the others with guns in their hands, they would have started to curse.
Finally seeing that it was impossible, Wei Zhenguo stopped forcing it.
After the security army left, this group of people also told the matter in the local circle of friends. They did not dare to discredit the security army. They just said that it was the end of the world and the rules had become a rule. piece of waste paper. Strong people should form their own teams, there is no need to rely on others. Doesn't it feel good to have a group of young men to support you, and a large number of beautiful women to throw themselves into your arms?
When he said this, there were quite a few people who agreed with it. Even many survivors had begun to fantasize about the scenario of "waking up to take power in the world and lying drunk on the knees of a beautiful woman."
But the funny thing is that when Wang Tao was preparing to go back after a busy day, he suddenly received news that the group's camp was attacked by zombies. A very strong zombie destroyed their door, and other zombies swarmed up. Even though their boss had superpowers, he couldn't stop the attacks from the zombies. He couldn't even withstand three punches from the zombies. His head was smashed, and the gushing brains were drank by the zombies as a drink.
When Wang Tao flew over, the more than forty survivors here had been wiped out by the zombies, and only a few bones and dregs were left.
"One lord zombie, a dozen elite zombies, a large number of ordinary zombies..."
After confirming that there was no stronger existence, Wang Tao rushed down directly.
After a while, all the zombies here fell down, and no one was left alive.
When Wang Tao was packing up the loot, he was pleasantly surprised to find that he seemed to have enough crystal cores!
So Wang Tao immediately synthesized the crystal nuclei he needed and obtained a large number of crystal nuclei without any side effects.
Wang Tao swallowed the crystal cores he needed one by one. When he felt that he was almost done, he suddenly found that his body was light but full of power, as if he could kill a first-order lord zombie with one punch. ...
“Finally promoted to the second level!”
Looking at his attributes, Wang Tao grinned.
Only two and a half days after being promoted to the first level, he was successfully promoted to the second level.
(End of this chapter)