Chapter 128 Mutated Mouse
That night, after Lu Weiyi asked Liu Rui, Antonio and Li Zhuang, he learned that all three of them were still at the critical point, but Liu Rui's time was longer.
"We are few in number, and we get few crystal cores. Apart from the crystal cores distributed every day, there are not many left in my hands. Therefore, I will provide the crystal cores needed for upgrading, but it will be considered as credit to you. Do you think about upgrading?" Lu Weiyi called the three people together and made things clear.
"Although it seems that you used your own crystal cores to upgrade, since it has passed through my hands, there must be benefits. As for what the benefits are, you will know later."
"Can"
“So can I”
Li Zhuang and Antonio are both careful people. They noticed the difference from the first day the crystal core was distributed to them, so naturally they would not refuse it at this time.
"I...also...agree," Liu Rui also said.
"Okay, all three of you need to upgrade, so let's draw lots in order." Lu Weiyi has always adhered to the principle that if you don't get the chance to draw, it's just bad luck. When encountering such things, he always lets them do it on their own. Or it can be said that he has no foresight to consider the development of the team.
There were three pieces of paper with numbers one, two and three written on them. Three people passed them around. Antonio drew one. He shook the paper and excitedly gestured "YES". The second was Li Zhuang, and Liu Rui was last.
Immediately, Lu Weiyi took out five bags of crystal cores and counted them for Antonio. "These are five hundred crystal cores without attributes, one hundred in each bag. Click on them. If you have a crystal core with the same attribute, it may be more helpful to upgrade. But the only crystal core exchanged has been given to you before, so you can only use the ones without attributes now."
"No need to order, just remember how long I need to work," Antonio said readily, then sat down on the ground and said excitedly, "What should I do? Should I cross my legs? What about my hands? Should I put both hands up? Do I need to coordinate my breathing? I've watched your Eastern TV dramas, and you all practice like this."
"Please don't act like a fool," Lu Weiyi looked at him with an indescribable look, "You can sit there or do whatever you want, just absorb these crystal cores quickly and continuously."
"It will definitely be uncomfortable to be forced to upgrade. Don't stop before upgrading, otherwise all your efforts will be wasted and it will increase the difficulty of the next upgrade. I don't know exactly how much is needed. If it's not enough, I will replenish it for you at any time."
"OK, I'll start now." Antonio got up from the ground, half-lay on the bed casually, held the crystal core in his hand, and began to absorb it.
The other two stood quietly by the door, reducing their presence. Lu Weiyi leaned on the cabinet beside the bed, keeping an eye on his situation.
The speed of absorbing the crystal core is determined by each individual, and each person's speed is different. At full speed, it would take half a minute to absorb one crystal core if one is very slow. Antonio is obviously faster, and a crystal core can last about seven or eight seconds in his hand.
At first his expression didn't change at all, he looked visibly relaxed, but after twenty minutes, he became obviously uncomfortable, and his face turned serious. As time went on, the feeling must have become stronger.
However, he didn't show it much. All you could see was his bulging masseter muscles and beads of sweat on his forehead.
When the fifth bag of crystal cores was almost half consumed, a strong energy wave emanated from Antonio and suddenly spread around. The three people closest to him were rushed back a few steps. Liu Rui, who was leaning against the door, was hit against the door with a loud bang.
"Are you guys okay? You're not going to fight, are you?" Xu Sa's voice sounded outside the door.
"It's okay," Li Zhuangying said, staring at Antonio.
The energy flashed by and was recovered in an instant. Antonio opened his eyes, bright and shiny, and looked at Lu Weiyi with a smile, "Lu, I have upgraded, I can feel it."
"Well, you may have new skills available after upgrading," Lu Weiyi counted the remaining crystal cores, thought for a while and reminded, "You can try to metalize your body, or absorb metal and metal shield from the surrounding land."
"A total of four hundred and seventy-four crystal cores were used. After the upgrade, you will have ten crystal cores every day. Hurry up and pay off your debt," Lu Weiyi said, and looked at the other two people, "There are not enough crystal cores. You two have to wait a few days, and I will tell you when there are enough."
The two nodded. When Lu Weiyi opened the door, he saw Xu Sa looking at him with a smile, "It's just a small meeting, why is it turning into a fight?"
Dean also looked over nervously.
"Dean, my superpower has been upgraded, look." Antonio rushed over, picked up Dean and spun him around, excitedly announcing while releasing his superpowers. All the metal around him started flying, and almost everyone had a "weapon" flying in front of their eyes. The group stopped in tacit understanding and endured someone going crazy.
"Is this the level difference?" Li Zhuang remembered that when Antonio used his superpowers for the first time, he only directed a few knives and forks towards them, which had almost consumed his superpowers. Although he became more flexible afterwards, it was absolutely impossible for him to control so many things.
"Yes, so the salary after the upgrade is also doubled," said Lu Weiyi.
"It seems we need to work harder," Li Zhuang glanced at Liu Rui and said.
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The only team celebrated the reappearance of a B-level mutant, but the slums inside the base and the refugee area outside the base were in chaos.
A sudden heavy rain brought some relief from the hot weather, but the damp and muddy weather after the rain made the crowded environment in the slums and refugee areas even worse, ushering in the attack of the first batch of mutant animals after the heavy snow - mutant rats.
If it were an ordinary mouse, it would be a matter of taking off shoes at most. But it was a mutant mouse, the size of a piglet. Not to mention a slipper, even a stick might not be enough to kill it.
What's more, rats are meat-eaters before the apocalypse, let alone after the apocalypse. A dozen extremely hungry mutant rats bit a homeless man who couldn't pay the rent, and then started to eat him directly.
There were not lamps available everywhere in the apocalypse. Even if people heard screams, they couldn't see anything in the pitch-black environment. No one knew if meddling in other people's business would bring trouble upon themselves. The final result was that a dozen rats devoured four homeless people.
Finally, they were discovered by the military who patrolled every two hours. They called in a small team and killed six or seven of them. The rest all ran away.
There were still people patrolling inside the base, but the situation outside the base was a bit miserable, with people living there crowded together. No one was eaten, but many were injured.
The only member of the team found out what happened after they saw a patrol soldier carrying a rat into the gate of the base and asked him when they were about to leave the next day.
"Such a big rat? It must eat people, right?" Xu Sa is still in the excitement stage even though he has acquired superpowers.
"That's right. We found it inside the base too. It ate several people. It's fine outside, but someone who was bitten by it said there was a rat that could breathe fire..."
"This...can't be a supernatural power?"
“We also doubt it.”
"But this one must have more than ten pounds of meat, and it can be processed into a meat dish."
As soon as these words fell, everyone's eyes turned to Wu Yue who spoke, "What's wrong? I'm telling the truth. Everyone who comes out of the field camp has eaten and played here."
"Our boss said the same thing. It has been sent for testing. We don't know if this mutated food can be eaten."
"If you find out, don't forget to let us know, so we don't waste it if we come across it someday."
"must"
The car drove quite far away, and Wu Yue was still explaining to the people in the car that there was nothing strange about eating rats. Finally, Ning Yuan's voice on the intercom interrupted, "Do you still remember when we went to the breeding farm before?" He emphasized the last three words, and the others knew he was hinting at the day when Li Ji was attacked, "That huge pig that was more than a meter tall that you saw?"
"Well, it seemed like it had superpowers when I saw it at that time," Li Zhuang replied.
"I couldn't believe it then, but now it seems that animals are also mutating and gaining special powers." Ning Yuan turned his head and looked out the window for a long time. "Maybe in the future even mosquitoes and flies will start eating people. We should all be careful when we are outside."
Everyone lost the desire to speak after hearing his words. They were silent for a while. Finally, Antonio said, "That pig must be about four or five hundred kilograms. If we can eat it, we will have made a profit. Lu, is that thing still in your space?"
"Yes, it hasn't been killed yet. Do you want to eat it?" Lu Weiyi has also learned to cooperate with others to change the subject.
"We just built a meat processing plant, so we don't have a shortage of meat. We'll kill more when we need meat. The chicken offal soup that Brother Xi made last time was really delicious. Can pork offal be used to make soup?" Antonio asked without any hesitation.
"Yes, it tastes better," said Xiong Jie.
"What you said makes me want to eat so much. You Oriental people are really good at eating," said Antonio.
Speaking of food, the people in the car suddenly became active. After a few words, the pessimism just now disappeared. Finally, Wu Yue took the map and changed the topic back.
"Should we go to the city center today? The Flour Mill is located here, and I heard that no one else has been there yet. The base seems to recruit two to three hundred wood-type mutants and ordinary people every day. If we don't accumulate supplies, I'm worried that the inventory will not last long."
"Recruiting so many people..." Xu Sa reacted halfway through his words and said, "We have to collect some."
"Mingxu has been recruiting people with wood-type abilities to grow food. The supplies we bring back also need people to pick and pack them. It's delicate work, so we need a lot of people." Now that Zhuang Mingxu has no abilities and his legs can't move, he has to manage so many things in the team. Wu Yue was worried that everyone would be dissatisfied, so he explained clearly.
"Then why don't we just visit several flour mills in the next few days." Antonio pointed out the addresses of flour mills 2 and 3 on the map, but the three factories were not in the same district and were not close to each other.
"The military took control of Factory 1 immediately after the earthquake and vacated it. The only large flour mill that remained untouched was Factory 6. It collapsed after the earthquake and no one was able to check it." This is what Li Qing said privately to Lin Yimu.
"Yes, I forgot about that. Are there controls on big shopping malls as well?" Antonio asked.
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