Global Game: AFK In The Zombie Apocalypse Game

by Stayrr

Fang Heng was transmigrated to a parallel world and his soul was forced into the body of a man who had just committed suicide. Huh? What? Every human here was being forced to join a game? Those who refused would be killed? Wait? This suicide dude was a pro gamer? He had the highest S-rank talent sill, the Zombie Clone? Damn! The S-rank skill evolved! My zombie clones could auto hu

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Chapter 268: Breakthrough

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Turning off the survival radio, Fang Heng frowned.

Looking back at the entire mission process, he felt that one thing was the strangest.

Since Night Owl could enter the game ahead of time and cut off the mission line, why didn't he just take the meteorite away and completely occupy the mission line, instead he chose to destroy it?

Didn't they want to complete the main storyline mission?

Their goal couldn't be purely to destroy the world, right? This was too stupid.

Mo Jiawei had collected all the meteorite fragments. Seeing that Fang Heng was still in a daze, he couldn't help but ask, "God, what do you say?"

"Let's go back first. The mission has not been hinted as 'failed', so there's still a way."

Right now, Fang Heng could only think of Qiu Yaokang, who was in the shelter.

With Qiu Yaokang's strength, he might be able to repair the first-generation meteorite.

Just as they left the cave, Zhang Yan walked over with his mercenary group.

Aalto asked anxiously, "Colonel Fang Heng, what's the situation inside the cave?

Fang Heng nodded in response according to the prepared explanation.

"Unfortunately, Dr Kevin had an accident while he was studying the first-generation meteorite. The final result was that the living creatures in the cave mutated. "

"We have roughly cleaned up the mutated creatures in the cave. There shouldn't be any danger shortly."

"But the problem hasn't been completely solved yet."

"This cave has been completely contaminated by radiation. There may be an endless stream of mutated creatures in the future. When the number of mutated creatures has gathered to a certain extent, they may come back again."

Aalto's heart sank.

For the islanders, staying on this island would still be dangerous.

"Don't worry, Aalto. We're good friends. I won't just stand by and watch. How about this? I'll send a team over to help guard the island and clean up the mutated creatures in the cave every once in a while."

"Ah, this…

Aalto was touched.

[Hint: Your favorability rating with Aalto and the islanders has slightly increased.]

"Colonel Fang Heng, thank you so much."

"It's a small matter. It's better to survive in this apocalypse. We should help each other. What do you think?"

"Colonel Fang Heng, I think you're right."

Fang Heng put his hand on Aalto's shoulder.

"But the people in my shelter are picky. The food here is relatively simple. I will have to send Ovo cooks over."

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"Also, it's a bit inconvenient to transport materials, so I want to build a space tearing device on the island. What do you think?"

"Judging from the time, the meteorite should have been damaged for almost half a year."

In the research room of the shelter, Qiu Yaokang was plugging in the detailed analysis report of the first- generation meteorite.

"And the internal structure of the meteorite has been destroyed and lost its vitality."

"It can be seen that the person who destroyed the meteorite was very targeted."

"This meteorite has lost its research value."

The more Fang Heng listened, the more he felt that something was wrong. He asked, "Even you can't fix it?"

"The current technology can't fix it."

"What about in the future?"

Qiu Yaokang looked at Fang Heng. "Unless there's a breakthrough, it's impossible to fixit in 20 years."

Fang Heng opened his mouth. He felt that his last glimmer of hope had been destroyed.

"Is it a dead end?"

"No, it can't be said to be a dead end. Unless you can find the meteorite through other methods.'

"Is there another way?

Fang Heng smiled bitterly. "Don't tease me. Are you talking about looking forward to another meteorite falling from the sky?"

"Yes, this is also a good idea." Qiu Yaokang looked at Fang Heng with admiration.

"I think you're mocking me."

"No, I'm serious. From the perspective of probability, this is more reliable than us finding a way to repair the meteorite fragments within three years."

Qiu Yaokang continued to work with his head lowered.

"But I think you have a better choice. I suggest you ask Victor."

"Ah? Victor?"

"Ask him? He knows about meteorites?"

Fang Heng was stunned.

He did not understand what the relationship between meteorites and Victor

Why did he have to ask Victor?

"Hmm? Did he not mention it to you? Meteorite Company's space fissure technology."

Qiu Yaokang looked up at Fang Heng in surprise.

"Oh ya, that's right. You've been out recently."

Qiu Yaokang explained calmly.

"Last time when I was having dinner with Victor, we talked about it."

"We're in an endless universe. From the perspective of probability, somewhere in the universe, there will be the same galaxy, the same planet, and the same meteorite…'

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"Uh… you mean a parallel world?"

"The Meteorite Company believes that there is a special connection between these similar worlds."

"This is a project that the Meteorite Company is developing. Last time, you brought some relevant information from the mansion and Victor took it to study."

"Theoretically, we can…"

"Bang!!"

Qiu Yaokang, who was halfway through his sentence, looked up and saw the heavily closed door. He could not help but shake his head.

"Seriously, young people nowadays don't have any patience."

He was rich! He was rich!

Fang Heng was extremely excited. All he could think of was the word 'rich'.

Parallel universe?

No! It was not that simple!

If his guess was right…

This was definitely not an ordinary concept of a parallel universe!

It was…

Fang Heng rushed to Victor's laboratory and explained his purpose for coming.

"Indeed, this theory exists. The Meteorite Company has done in-depth research in this area. Previously, I've seen related research content from the blueprints obtained from the Meteorite Company's office, and found the connection between different parallel universes."

"Recently, I have also been conducting research in this area.'

Victor brought Fang Heng to the large-scale space tearing device in the basement of the shelter.

"Through the large-scale space tearing device, we can think of a way to connect to the parallel world and open a space tunnel."

"In theory, this plan is feasible."

Fang Heng swallowed his saliva and carefully asked, "How far have you progressed?"

"With the information obtained from the mansion to supplement the theory, it has been temporarily perfected."

Victor thought for a moment and continued, "If we want to successfully open a passage, we still need to improve the performance of the space tearing device and make some modifications and upgrades to the device."

"Level up requires a lot of rare resources. In addition, to open a passage requires a lot of energy."

"How much does it require?

"Massive."

As he spoke, a game hint flashed in front of Fang Heng's vision.

[Hint: Player's shelter has been determined to be above Level 70, research level above Level 30, building level above Level 30.]

[Hint: Player now has a high-level theory of space tearing device.]

[Hint: Player now has a Tier 2 space-tearing device.]

[Hint: Player has been determined to have an S-level construction engineer -Victor.]

[Hint: Player has met all prerequisites to unlock upgrade to Tier 3 for the large space tearing device (click here to view the details of the upgrade requirements)..]

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Chapter 269 Tier 3 Space Tearing Device

He guessed it right!!!

Fang Heng's heart began to race as he carefully read the game hint.

In an instant, Fang Heng was filled with surprise!

Time travel? Parallel world theory?

No! None of it!

These were all theories that the NPCs came up with!

It was not a simple time passage, but travelling across servers!

With the help of the time passage, he could directly use the space tearing device to cross over to other servers!

This meant that he could directly use a time passage to enter other game servers without switching servers!

For a moment, Fang Heng suddenly realized something.

"Victor, is this transformation very difficult? Are you the only one in this world who can complete the transformation?"

"Not to that extent, it's too exaggerated."

Victor was very modest.

"There should still be people in this world who can do it, at most three or four."

Great!

Server transmigration!

No wonder the Meteorite Company spent so much effort to get rid of Victor!

"Victor, is there a higher level up for the space device?"

"Yes, indeed. Through a higher level up, the space tearing device can locate and search for more time anchors. However, Fang Heng, this kind of teleportation consumes a lot of energy. One teleportation will almost cost us…"

This was a match!

Night Owl had entered Server 8 before the game opened and found and destroyed the first-generation meteorite.

Combined with the vampires he had seen in the underground passage…

There was a high probability that Server 8 had been attacked by vampires from the world of vampires.

They had paid a huge price to enter the game before the game opened and destroyed the meteorite.

Then what would be the next step…

Fang Heng lowered his head and pondered.

If he wanted to complete the mission, he could only think of a way to obtain the first-generation meteorite from the other server.

No wonder, Night Owl had spared no effort to eliminate all the top-level engineers who could upgrade the space tearing device in Server 8's apocalypse world.

Night Owl was eliminating the potential risks ahead of time.

From the looks of it, they might also have top-level engineers in their hands.

Fang Heng was secretly excited.

The Night Owl organization must have felt that they were stable. And no matter how stupid the Federation was, they would still be able to analyze Night Owl's motive by now.

They would most likely have to fight each other.

No one knew that he could also establish a Tier 3 time passage.

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This was his greatest advantage right now.

What he needed to do was to gather as much as he could!

Gather as many resources as he could, and complete the modification of the Tier 3 space tearing device before Night Owl! He would once again control the main storyline mission with his own hands!

With this thought in mind, Fang Heng opened the construction materials list.

[Materials required for the construction of the Tier 3 space tearing device.]

Survival points: 150,000.

King of Gods' points: 1,000. High energy crystal: 3. High-level spare parts: 500.

Special insulator: 69.

Type II alloy metal: 27…

A row of densely packed construction requirements made Fang Heng's heart turn cold.

Good heavens, so many advanced resources?

A Tier 3 space tearing device possessed a powerful ability and the construction difficulty was also extremely high.

Fang Heng composed himself and compared the items one by one.

Survival points were enough.

Other advanced materials could be bought with money or the Federation could find a way to gather them from the black market.

However, this would result in a large sum of survival points and money.

Roughly speaking, it would take up quite a bit of his savings.

In addition, Fang Heng had also obtained some King of Gods' points from the Federation and Old Black previously.

In the past, he had saved most of them and had always been frugal. He had also saved up 900 points, so it wasn't a big problem…

He could afford the others even if he gritted his teeth.

The biggest problem was the high energy crystal!

Only a Tier 5 creature would drop high energy crystals.

What should he do?

Where could he find a Tier 5 creature?

Even if he found one, would he be able to defeat it?

Moreover, he needed three more!

Fang Heng felt the difficulty of the mission and frowned.

He recalled the Tier 5 mother spider he had met in the Meteorite Company.

That battle had not been easy. Because the matriarch was a non-combat creature, he had a chance to kill it.

Most Tier 5 mutated zombies were combat-type. If they fought head-on…

It would be difficult!

It would be difficult to collect Tier 5 crystals in a short period.

Fang Heng thought for a moment.

It was better to focus on development for the time being and lure the people of Paradise Island back to the shelter.

Then, he would think of a way to go to the Meteorite Company's quarantine zone to take a look.

They had already passed through there. There might be a Tier 5 mutated zombie.

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Also, he had to increase his strength as soon as possible!

If Night Owl wanted to complete the construction of the Tier 3 space tearing device, he still needed to complete the shelter to be above Level 70.

This was especially difficult.

The Federation would not let them complete it easily.

Fang Heng felt that he still had quite a bit of time.

One step at a time!

Ever since he learned how to meditate, Fang Heng's schedule had become more regular.

He only needed to meditate for 3 hours a day and the effect was even better than sleeping for 8 hours.

He was in high spirits!

Moreover, after every meditation, Fang Heng could feel that the seal in the sea of consciousness was becoming clearer and clearer.

Unfortunately, if he only went offline for three hours to rest, he would still experience the negative effects of fatigue after he returned to the game.

Therefore, Fang Heng felt very helpless. He still needed to spend eight hours every day outside of the game.

In the stands of the gym, Mo Jiawei was excitedly introducing Fang Heng to the assessment teams.

"Those are the assessment teams from the Federation."

"The assessment is in half a month. They are here to test the students who have signed up for the assessment. At the same time, they will also do some background checks and psychological assessments."

Mo Jiawei was not very good at fighting, but he was still very excited to see others fight.

This was especially so for these students.

They had been carefully groomed by North River Heavy Industry since they were young.

From now on, they would be the core players of the North River Heavy Industry!

In the mid-stage game, these people were the mainstays!

"Good!"

"Amazing!!"

On the stage, the students and the Federation assessment officers were having a heated fight, and cheers could be heard from time to time.

Mo Jiawei had always thought of himself as a support player. Watching others fight was like watching a show.

Fang Heng was not very interested.

He was more concerned about Mo Yunxiao.

When he was analyzing the ritual runes, Mo Yunxiao encountered considerable difficulties. He felt that he could not do it alone, so he informed Fang Heng and left the city not long ago to discuss the runes with his good friend.

It had been three days since he left but there had been no news.

"Hey, Fang Heng, look over there."

Mo Jiawei pointed to two young men in black work clothes and sunglasses in the corner.

"They are the chief examiners sent by the Federation."

"Oh."

Fang Heng looked at them and quickly moved his eyes away.

On the sidelines, under the black sunglasses, two pairs of eyes were also looking at Fang Heng

Liu Zhengguo was one of the chief examiners this time. He touched Gong Hui's arm.

"He is Fang Heng? The rookie in Server 8 that I told you about?"

"He's very popular in District 8. I heard from the people in District 8 that he has built a large shelter and can control the zombie team."

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Chapter 270 Testing Him

"With this ability, Fang Heng developed rapidly in the early stages of the game."

Gong Fan responded coldly, "Zombie? Is he good at holding things? Can he block a punch from me?"

"Don't say that. It's a pretty good skill. According to internal evaluation, it's an S-level talent."

"According to the current situation, it's only a matter of time before he reaches the overlord level in Server 8."

"To maintain the stability of the low-level game world, the higher-ups will most likely choose to cooperate with him."

As Liu Yu said this, his eyes revealed a look of envy.

"If that's the case, he'll have nothing to worry about in the future. He'll become a powerful b*stard."

"But it's a pity. I heard that recently, District 8 was scammed by Night Owl's people. The main storyline mission was cut off. I reckon that District 8's development has reached its peak."

Gong Fan was not very interested and said, "I don't care about the low-level games."

"Alright. A few days ago, there was a large number of bat incidents in the gym that spread on the internet. Do you know about It?"

Gong Fan was slightly interested. For the first time, he raised his head and looked seriously in the direction of Fang Heng.

"Is it him?"

"I don't know. The local intelligence department has gathered all the information that they collected on the internet that day, and they have also compared them."

"They confirmed that the bats hovering in the sky formed some kind of special occult rune. Someone must have activated Tier 1 materialization."

Gong Fan frowned. "Occult? Such a big commotion? Is it a high compatibility materialization?"

"What else could it be? It's such an ordinary registration and simulation training. Just two people should be enough. Why are we here?"

Liu Yu curled his lips and continued, "The leader has instructed us to use this opportunity to probe North River Heavy Industry and see if they have secretly trained some small monsters."

"We need to find a way to confirm the risk. It's best if we can find the identity of the player who caused the anomaly that day."

Gong Fan said, "Do you suspect that Fang Heng caused the anomaly that day?"

"I've done my research before. Fang Heng had just arrived in the city a week ago. On the second day after he arrived, the bat incident happened in the gym. He also appeared in the gym that day. Furthermore, I've confirmed that he's an unregistered Tier 1 materialization player…"

"Got it. I'll go and test him."

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Gong Fan felt a buzzing sound in his ears. He impatiently interrupted Liu Yu's incessant chatter. "Why didn't you just say that it was an order from the leader? Why did you take such a long detour?" "Don't put too much effort into it. That guy is very important. Server 8 still needs him to maintain stability. Our Federation also has cooperation with him… Hey, look, he has left. This is a good opportunity." "Oh right, the leader wants information on his various attributes. Try to probe more. The information should be as accurate as possible!"

"You're so annoying…"

Gong Fan waved his hand as he spoke and walked towards the passage where Fang Heng left.

Fang Heng did not know that he was being targeted.

Two minutes ago, he had just received a message from Mo Yunxiao.

The flight that Mo Yunxiao took last night had just returned to the city this morning, and he had already returned to the villa.

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During this trip, Mo Yunxiao had already gotten some clues regarding the occult runes. He sent a message to Fang Heng to go to the villa to look for him when he's available.

Fang Heng replied, "I'll be right there." Then, he immediately rushed to the villa.

"Fang Heng?"

In the pathway of the gym, Fang Heng heard someone calling his name from behind.

Turning his head, Fang Heng saw a young man wearing sunglasses walking toward him.

Eh? The Chief Examiner from the Federation?

"I've heard a lot about you. Please advise."

Gong Fan was afraid of trouble and didn't like to talk much. He nodded at Fang Heng and then quickly rushed towards Fang Heng.

What was going on?

Fang Heng was a little confused when he saw Gong Fan rushing toward him.

Wasn't Gong Fan a member of the Federation?

Why were there so many people looking for him to fight recently?

In the blink of an eye, Gong Fan had already arrived in front of him and kicked him sideways.

"Whoosh!!"

Fang Heng was swift in his actions and he dodged a sidekick.

Before he could counterattack, a fist came at him again.

Gong Fan's follow-up attacks came like a tidal wave.

One after another.

Fang Heng was being suppressed by Gong Fan and he cried out in his heart, "This guy's a martial artist!"

However, Fang Heng was unexceptionally calm.

He tried every means to dodge Gong Fan's endless attacks and find a loophole to counterattack.

Gong Fan was also amazed.

He didn't expect a newbie in the elementary game to be able to block his continuous attacks.

He quickly assessed Fang Heng's overall strength in his mind.

He was very strong!

His moves were agile and there were no unnecessary movements.

This meant that he had undergone professional training and his body had formed an instinctive reaction.

His agility attribute was not low either.

Otherwise, he would not be able to completely avoid all of his attacks.

Gong Fan wanted to test Fang Heng's strength attribute, so he deliberately made an opening

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What a good opportunity!

Fang Heng's eyes lit up. He aimed at his opponent's face and threw a punch.

The moment he threw the punch, Gong Fan's pupils constricted.

What the hell!

Gong Fan suddenly felt a sense of danger. He immediately raised his hands in front of his body to dodge.

"Bang!!!"

"Awesome! Go for it!"

In the stands by the gym, Liu Yu was watching the match excitedly. He even whistled and cheered from time to time.

He noticed that Gong Fan had returned and asked casually, "How was the test? Did that guy catch your eye?"

"Test? Test your head!"

"Ah?"

Liu Yu was stunned and turned around.

A mark appeared on Gong Fan's eye socket.

Just by looking at it, one could tell how painful the punch was.

Liu Yu was stunned.

"No, what's going on? Did you lose?"

Gong Fan's face darkened.

"I didn't lose."

"Your information is not accurate. There are two possibilities. First, he has already activated Tier 2 materialization and can do close combat."

"Second, his basic attribute of strength is over 25, and he has undergone extremely rigorous training…"

"Eh… Fang Heng was indeed a professional player before."

Liu Yu coughed a few times guiltily.

"Ahem, but according to my information, he has been away from the professional arena for some time. Moreover, his performance in the previous match-fixing team was also very average, and he even played fake matches…"

Liu Yu felt a hint of killing intent in Gong Fan's eyes.

"This was just a mistake in the information… to be honest, what's your evaluation of him?"

Gong Fan snorted and turned his head away.

"Not bad."

Liu Yu's heart skipped a beat.

To make Gong Fan say 'not bad'…

This meant that with his Tier 2 materialization, he could not do anything to Fang Heng.

In this case, Fang Heng's strength evaluation had to be reformulated. "Do you think that the bat's incident that day has anything to do with him?"

"I don't know. I only evaluated his close combat strength. At least he didn't display any outstanding Tier 2 materialization ability during the battle, so I can't determine his level of materialization."

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Chapter 271 Reading

Fang Heng rubbed his fists, thinking to himself that the people of the Federation were really stupid.

That guy was quite strong.

When he got back, he would report to Chen Yu, deduct his salary and have him write a check!

The gymnasium was a distance away from Mo Yunxiao's villa, so Fang Heng conveniently called a taxi.

Half an hour later.

Fang Heng reached the villa.

"Mr Mo is in the study now. He said to bring you there if you came."

The assistant led Fang Heng to the backyard of the villa where there was a small independent building.

He pushed the door open and entered.

The smell of paper books entered his nose.

Bookshelves were placed in front of the four walls of the room, and they were filled with thick books.

Mo Yunxiao was climbing a high ladder, taking out a book from the upper shelf.

"Fang Heng, you came at the right time. This time, I went to visit an old friend who has studied occultism for many years. I took the time to chat with her about you."

"You're lucky. We found something."

"Come, help me hold it."

Mo Yunxiao said and threw the book in his hand to Fang Heng.

Fang Heng reached out to take it.

He felt that the book was wrapped by a gentle strength and fell steadily into his palm.

In the next moment, Fang Heng was shocked.

A voice quickly flashed in his mind, and then a line of small words quickly appeared in the lower right corner of his retina.

(Hint: You have come into contact with an unknown book.]

(Hint: You do not possess any related skills and can not appraise this book.)

[Hint: Your basic perception is greater than 20. You can feel that this book contains weak energy.)

"How is it? Did you receive the game hint?"

Fang Heng was stunned. He looked at Mo Yunxiao, whose back was facing him. "What's going on?"

"This book is something that was brought out of the game. A player who has activated Tier 1 materialization can receive the game hint."

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Mo Yunxiao explained casually and continued to search the bookshelf.

It was brought out of the game!

Fang Heng's heart skipped a beat and he lowered his head to open the book to look.

The book was densely packed with a type of text and symbols.

Fang Heng could understand most of the words, but when they were combined, he was completely unable to understand the meaning.

Especially those twisted words. Just looking at them gave Fang Heng a huge headache.

Another row of words floated across Fang Heng's retina.

(Hint: Your will attribute has passed the test. You have not suffered any backlash from reading.]

(Hint: You do not possess any related skills. You have not passed the test. You can not obtain any useful information from reading.)

Mo Yunxiao took a book and walked down the ladder.

"If you want to unlock the mystical ritual runes on the back of your hand, it's best to start from occultism."

Mo Yunxiao smiled gently. "To tell you the truth, I've also been learning recently."

"There are still some discoveries. Madam Liv and I agree that the mark on the back of your hand doesn't have any negative effects such as traps, backlashes or restrictions."

"That's great."

After confirming that the mark on the back of his hand didn't have any negative effects, Fang Heng heaved a sigh of relief. His mood had also relaxed quite a bit.

At least now he could confirm that he was safe.

"Yes, it's a positive contract. As for the effect of the modified mark, since the mark on the back of your hand isn't clear and complete yet, Madam Liv isn't able to get any more information."

"However, there's one thing. From the runes on the back of your hand, you can see the shape of a hexagram."

"In occultism, the hexagram runes correspond to the strength of a seal."

Mo Yunxiao gestured for Fang Heng to sit on the other side of the low table.

"Madam Liv wants to meet you in person, but due to some special reasons, it's not convenient for her recently."

"So she entrusted me to ask if you're interested in learning occultism. If you're interested, she's willing to be your guide and guide you to learn occultism."

"If there's a chance in the future, she's willing to recommend you to join the occultism seminar."

Fang Heng asked, "Who's Madam Liv?"

Mo Yunxiao thought for a moment and said, "To be exact, she's a veteran player who studies occultism."

"What about the occultism seminar?"

"It's a loose organization. Most of its members study occultism, and most of them are high-level players who are proficient in occultism. When they encounter an event or a difficult problem related to occultism, everyone will gather together to discuss and learn."

Fang Heng hummed in acknowledgement and began to ponder.

Occultism seemed to be something that was used in high-level games. It did not seem to be of much use at the moment.

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"There's no rush. You can think about it carefully and give me an answer later."

Mo Yunxiao began to brew tea.

"Also, Fang Heng, the Tier 1 ritual that you activated is very special. The Tier 2 materialization unlock method for ordinary people is no longer suitable for you."

"Because the mark on the back of your hand has been modified, you have to think of a way to complete the next stage of the mark and complete the Tier 2 materialization ritual to unlock it."

"When the time comes, the mark on your arm will be further improved and we will be able to get more effective information from it."

Mo Yunxiao placed the brewed tea in front of Fang Heng.

"Of course, it doesn't matter if you're stuck at Tier 1 materialization or not. Anyway, we've confirmed that the mark won't have any negative effects on you, and you can't use the occult runes in your current game, right?"

Hearing this, Fang Heng frowned. Can't use it?

That wasn't quite right.

His runes could increase the strength of all attributes in the Zombie Apocalypse game by 10%!

If he could find a way to upgrade it to Tier 2 materialization, theoretically, he could get a higher level of improvement.

Learn! He had to learn!

And this was related to the secret of the mark on the back of his hand.

Fang Heng quickly made a decision. He raised his head and said, "Mr Mo, I want to try learning it."

"Of course. It seems that you are still interested in occultism."

"Madam Liv had already expected this."

"It's a pity that she hasn't been able to leave recently, so she entrusted me to guide you through elementary occultism. After you complete the elementary guidance, I will bring you to see Madam Liv."

Mo Yunxiao handed over the book in his hand.

"This is the introduction guide to occultism. It confirms that your basic attribute of will is higher than 12 points and that you can only use it if your intelligence level is higher than 6 points."

"Remember, the will attribute is the key. If you don't meet the requirements, forcefully reading will result in mental contamination. You absolutely can not force yourself."

"In the game, the will and intelligence attributes are relatively difficult to obtain. You can only rely on yourself to slowly think of a way."

"In addition, reading books will also consume your mental strength at the same time. You must pay special attention to not force yourself to read when your mental strength is exhausted, so as not to affect your will attribute."

"Okay, I'll remember it."

Fang Heng nodded and carefully took the book.

A row of hints appeared in his retina.

(Hint: You have come into contact with an unknown book.]

(Hint: Your will has passed the test, your intelligence level has passed the test.]

(Hint: You have obtained a book-occultism guide (current reading progress: 0%).]

(Hint: You can read the book, and there is a chance that you will have mastered the skill.)

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Chapter 272 Reading Progress

Mo Yunxiao nodded and said, "After you finish reading the books, you will be able to master related skills in the game and complete the introduction to Tier 1 occultism."

"You can enter this study room at any time. You can also browse through the books here."

As Mo Yunxiao spoke, he pointed to a row of red bookshelves to the west.

"Most of the books on the red bookshelves are related to occultism."

"As I said, don't force yourself. Many books require willpower. If the attribute is not enough, you will be mentally polluted. If you are unlucky, you will be cursed."

"Okay, thank you, Mr Mo. Sorry for disturbing you during this period."

"You're welcome. You can browse through the books in the study room at will, but you can not take them out of this study room. This is a rule set by the Mo Family over the years. I hope you can understand and abide by it."

"Of course."

"Then I won't disturb you while you're reading. I still have to enter the game to take a look."

After watching Mo Yunxiao leave, Fang Heng opened the book in his hands and flipped through it page by page.

The introduction to occultism.

The various difficult-to-pronounce runes and syllables on the pages made it extremely difficult for Fang Heng to read.

He felt more like he was learning a new language.

And it was the kind that was particularly troublesome.

After reading for less than half an hour, Fang Heng felt dizzy and could not read anymore.

This was probably the state where Mo Yunxiao said his mental strength was exhausted.

Fang Heng thought to himself, then took out the cover of the book and looked at it.

A line of small words appeared on his retina again.

(Hint: Current reading progress 0.21%.]

Only 0.21%?

Was there any way to increase reading efficiency?

Fang Heng stood up and placed the book on the wooden table.

There was no other way. He returned to the game to take a look.

(Hint: During the time you are offline (3 hours and 45 minutes), your zombie team has cut down 382 trees, dug 1,662 units of the coal mine, smelted 1988 iron nuggets…)

(Hint: During the time you are offline (3 hours and 45 minutes), your zombie team has cleared out a portion of the quarantine zone. You have obtained 2,282 survival points, evolution crystal fragments*201, complete evolution crystal fragments*38, Tier 1 evolution cystal*8.)

Fang Heng opened the game log and took a quick look at the game hint.

Upgrading to Tier 3 space tearing device required three high energy crystals, so he needed to find a way to kill a Tier 5 creature!

At the moment, his hard power was not enough.

He needed to find a way to improve quickly.

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Level up!

Levelling up was the most direct way. Levelling up a character could unlock the upper limit of skill levels, increase the basic attributes and increase the number of zombies in the group. It was equivalent to strengthening the overall strength.

Unfortunately, it was not easy to find a Tier 1 evolution crystal.

Fang Heng made a rough estimate.

Through the hack in the quarantine zone, he could probably gain two to three Tier 1 evolution crystals in an hour.

However, after three hours of hacking, his zombie team would die because of the high concentration of poisonous gas.

It would take two to three months to level up purely by hacking.

The efficiency was slow…

Fang Heng lowered his head and thought for a while.

Apart from levelling up, if he could further improve the combat ability of the zombie team, it would be much easier to deal with the Tier 5 mutated zombie.

Fang Heng was going to consult Qiu Yaokang.

More than a week had passed. He didn't know if the laboratory had produced anything good.

When he came to the underground research laboratory, Fang Heng saw that many researchers were busy.

The only person he didn't see was Qiu Yaokang

"Where's Qiu Yaokang?"

Li Bo was busy. He turned his head and answered, "He encountered a technical problem. I heard that a technical team from the Dark Knights had sent out an invitation regarding some research. God Qiu went there to participate in a learning exchange."

Fang Heng thought to himself, "Good guy, he's involved in a professional seminar."

D*mn!

Fang Heng slapped his forehead, feeling a little regretful.

Why didn't Qiu Yaokang say so earlier!

If he had known earlier, he would have asked Qiu Yaokang to bring more gifts there and trick a few more researchers from the Dark Knights to come back… "Huh? Li Bo, didn't you go?"

"Go out? Stop joking. It's so dangerous outside. Wouldn't it be courting death if I went out?"

Li Bo shrunk his neck as he spoke.

"Oh, no. I mean, the research cannot stop. God Qiu is not around. I have to be responsible for the entire experiment's records. The laboratory cannot do without

me."

"Cough cough…"

Fang Heng coughed lightly. He was too embarrassed to expose him.

Li Bo was afraid of death. He was still thin-skinned. Saying a few words about him would lose his loyalty again…

"What have you been researching recently?".

Li Bo was holding a document that he was looking through. "Licker modification. The first phase of the clinical trial is very good. We are already preparing for the second phase of the trial. We have already preliminarily developed the related Licker modified T-virus. It is estimated that we will be able to carry out the second phase of the clinical trial in a week."

Great!

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There was no doubt about the Licker's combat ability. If they were able to expand their mass production, the strength of a large group of Lickers gathered together would be astonishing!

If more ants could kill an elephant, a few hundred Lickers could go up together and a Tier 4 creature definitely wouldn't be able to withstand it.

A Tier 5 creature would most likely be in a difficult situation too!

"We still encountered quite a several technical difficulties that need to be overcome."

Li Bo nodded and said, "When God Qiu left, he instructed that if you're free, Boss, you can help speed up our research progress."

"Come on!"

Fang Heng knew that this was the mission. He was ready to do something big.

(Hint: Player triggered mission-Experiment: Licker modification.]

Optional mission 1: High-precision parts modification.

Mission description: Find special high-precision parts, improve laboratory hardware, improve laboratory environment and increase research speed (click here for details).

Optional mission 2: Licker research.

Mission description: Collect more Licker samples (this sample will be obtained by killing the Licker).

Optional mission 3: Staff expansion.

Mission description: Your laboratory needs more researchers to improve research efficiency, look for a high-level researcher to join your shelter.

Optional mission 4: T-virus resources.

Mission description: Look for more initial T-virus.

Optional mission 5: High-efficiency raw materials.

Mission description: Your laboratory needs more efficient experimental materials. Please try to collect them (click here to see the details).

Accepted!

Fang Heng waved his hand and accepted all the missions.

There was no penalty for failure in this type of mission anyway.

Fang Heng was in high spirits.

He had been trying to level up in the shelter for a while and now he was fully focused on building a Tier 3 space tearing device.

He had time to focus on the Licker modification!

Fang Heng carefully checked the missions he had received

One step at a time, he put aside the resource-related missions. Currently, all the resources in the shelter had been invested in the construction of the space tearing device.

So, the first task was to collect and kill monsters.

Kill the Licker!

This task was good.

"Unfortunately, I can't kill my Licker clones to complete the task."

Fang Heng felt a bit disappointed that he couldn't exploit this bug.

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Chapter 273 Poaching

Currently, Mo Jiawei was flying back and forth in a helicopter to Paradise Island to build a space tearing device. He also needed to collect various materials to build a Tier 3 space tearing device.

Liao Bufan was staying in the shelter to welcome the players who would participate in the next Blood Moon and deal with the players who delivered ores every day…

They couldn't get away.

He had to do it himself.

However, where should he find the Lickers?

After thinking for a while, Fang Heng had an answer.

"Go find the Dark Knights. They should have a mission related to killing the Lickers."

Fang Heng was glad that his shelter had completed the space tearing device. It was much easier to travel.

The Dark Knights had dozens of strongholds, as long as he searched one by one, he could surely find a mission related to the Lickers!

Speaking of which, the Dark Knights also had a research team.

If they sold elite mercenary groups to the outside world, would they also sell research personnel to the outside world?

Maybe they did!

Fang Heng's heart skipped a beat.

It was time to go and pick a bunch of Dark Knights' wool!

"Hi, David."

"Fang Heng."

At the Dark Knights' branch, David did not seem to be in a good mood.

"What's wrong? You look tired. Didn't sleep well?"

Fang Heng took out a bottle of melatonin from his backpack and handed it over. "Try this."

(Hint: Your friendship with David has increased.]

"Thank you. I haven't been able to sleep for the past two days." David sighed softly as he spoke.

"The first-generation meteorite has been destroyed. It's too difficult to repair the meteorite. The Dark Knights have decided to temporarily give up on this clue and try to find another way."

Fang Heng patted David's shoulder. "It's okay. I'll help with the investigation. My luck has always been good."

"Haha, you're right."

David braced himself.

"There will always be a way. This operation on Paradise Island was not a fruitless one. At least we found a large amount of Water of Life on the island."

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"With the Water of Life, we can save more lives. The survival ability of the Dark Knights' battle teams will also be greatly improved."

As David spoke, he seemed to have thought of something and called out to Fang Heng.

"Oh right, Fang Heng, you came at the right time. The previous mission on Paradise Island has been completed. The rewards have not been settled with you yet. Also, the information about Tsugawa Hideharu's pupa project last time provided us with a lot of help in our research."

(Hint: You have received the mission-pupa project reward. You have received 5000 Dark Knights' honor points.]

(Hint: You have received part of the main storyline mission reward. You have received 1500 Dark Knights' honor points.]

It was too little, not enough to spend.

In total, it was only 6500 points.

Fang Heng was currently worrying about resources.

6,500 points could only buy a small portion of rare ores that were difficult to obtain from the Dark Knights.

It was no wonder that the reward was small.

On this trip to Paradise Island, the first-generation meteorite that was needed for the final mission had not been found.

Fang Heng checked the mission log and asked, "David, there has been no news from the Meteorite Company? Could they have left a sample of the first-generation meteorite?"

"Yes, we have considered this and have been investigating for a long time."

"According to our investigation, after the initial outbreak of the biochemical crisis, the top management of the Meteorite Company seemed to have disappeared overnight. We couldn't find any news at all."

Fang Heng spread his hands.

"Alright then, David. Recently, did the Dark Knights have any missions related to the Licker? Well, I've been in a bad mood recently and want to find trouble with the Lickers."

"Huh?"

David was slightly surprised.

He then nodded and said, "Yes, I will help you make a list later. It will be easier to look for missions at the contact points of the Dark Knights."

"Thank you, David. Also, do you Dark Knights want to look for a researcher in the future?"

"Fang Heng, the researcher that we train is very rare. We don't have enough for ourselves. If you can help me find him, we are willing to provide a large number of honor points as a reward."

Speaking of this, David felt much better. "For example, research personnel, Qiu Yaokang. Our researchers praise him very much… We are willing to provide a large number of honor points…"

"This… Qiu Yaokang, let's forget about it…"

Fang Heng was silent.

He thought, "Good guy, the older one is usually the wiser one. I didn't poach any researchers from you, but you're thinking of poaching my researcher!"

Fang Heng felt that way after hearing David's comments.

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Huh?

Wait, poached?!

In an instant, Fang Heng had a flash of inspiration.

"Dad, I've been looking for you for a long time. Colonel Barker is looking for you. The team is about to set off, and the allocated materials are missing two boxes of special combat uniforms."

Qiao Ling hurriedly walked in from the door. "Oh, no, I forgot. Qiao Ling, help me take care of Fang Heng."

David said to Fang Heng, "I'm sorry, Fang Heng, I have something urgent to deal with."

"It's nothing, go do your work!"

Fang Heng raised his head and looked at Qiao Ling with a wicked gaze.

What a coincidence!

David was not easy to fool, Qiao Ling seemed to be quite innocent…

Qiao Ling's eyes were very big, like a manga character. She noticed that Fang Heng was staring at her, which was quite strange.

"Fang Heng, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Hi, Qiao Ling, I need to check all the missions issued by all the Dark Knights' contact points. Well, only those related to researchers, such as rescue missions, you can eliminate the others."

"Eh, rescue mission?"

"Yes, can you find it?"

Qiao Ling turned on the central computer of the Dark Knights to check.

"There should be. Let me check. Our Dark Knights have a modified survival radio internet, and we can often find some information to ask for help."

"I found it."

"These recent missions are all related to scientific researchers, and many of them are in danger. Recently, our combat personnel have been in a shortage, and many rescue missions that are not urgent have been temporarily put on hold."

"If you can complete the rescue and bring them back to the Dark Knights, we can provide you with a large number of honor points as a reward."

Fang Heng's eyes lit up.

"Qiao Ling! That's great! This is exactly what I need. I'll accept all of these missions."

With a wave of his hand, Fang Heng directly checked all of them and received them with one click.

(Hint: You've received the mission, escort team, emergency rescue, danger signal…]

(Hint: Your current rank of Dark Knights is Colonel. You can accept up to 12 missions at the same time.]

(Hint: The mission you have received has reached the upper limit.]

Fang Heng selected one of the missions to check.

Mission name: Escort team.

Mission difficulty: S.

Mission description: The Dark Knights received a request for help at the coordinate point Putan District (2812,9341). The target of the mission, Professor Jiang Cheng, has a remarkable ability in scientific research. After the apocalypse, they have been staying there. Recently, their materials were about to be used up. Mission requirements: Please escort Dr Jiang Cheng and the other survivors back to the Dark Knights.

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Chapter 274 Poached!

"Chi-Chi! Chi!!"

At an abandoned factory outside the city.

Two Lickers were fighting fiercely.

Fang Heng and a few NPCs were standing in the central control room.

Through the surveillance screen, they could observe the tragic situation outside.

Terrifying!

The bloody scene made the NPCs pale.

Fang Heng set up a barbecue grill and sprinkled cumin on the skewers.

(Hint: Your zombie clone-Licker has killed a Licker. You have received 12 survival points. You have received a complete evolution crystal*1. Current mission completion rate: 35%.]

(Hint: You have completed a large skewer of meat. Your cooking skill experience points 1.]

"Don't worry, the Lickers outside will all be settled soon. Come, come, come, eat the meat My speciality is cooking. It's very delicious. Everyone, have a taste."

Fang Heng distributed the skewers to everyone.

(Hint: Your friendship with Jiang Cheng, Song Shishi and Li Wen has increased slightly.]

The room was filled with the aroma of the roasted meat.

However, the scene on the monitor made everyone lose their appetite.

"Thank you."

Jiang Cheng took the barbecued meat and took a bite.

The aroma of barbecued meat assailed everyone's nostrils. The texture of the meat was mixed with the mellowness of the oil. The slightly charred skin greatly enhanced the sense of taste and satisfied the taste buds and hungry stomachs.

"Delicious!"

Song Shishi did not expect the barbecued meat to be so fragrant!

After the apocalypse, Jiang Cheng and the other survivors were trapped in the factory. They relied on instant noodles and canned food to fill their stomachs every day but the food was barely sufficient. Where could they be able to eat the food so deliciously as now?

"Thank you, Fang Heng. You saved us. If it weren't for your Dark Knights, god knows how long we would have been trapped here."

"What? Dark Knights?"

Fang Heng blinked at the NPCs.

"No, no, no. I think you're mistaken. I'm here to welcome you on behalf of Paradise Island. If you're willing, I hope you can join our Paradise Island shelter."

Jiang Cheng and the other NPCs were stunned. They held the skewers and looked up at Fang Heng, confused.

"Aren't you from the Dark Knights to bring us back?"

"Of course not. Have you heard of the prison? It has beautiful scenery and abundant materials. There are professional chefs to take care of three meals a day. There is also a special passage leading to an overseas island…"

"I promise to provide you with adequate protection."

(Hint: Player is evaluating…)

(Hint: Evaluating the attractiveness of your shelter, your friendship with NPCs…]

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"But, but…"

Jiang Cheng looked at his two companions and hesitated. "But, Fang Heng, we have agreed to join the Dark Knights…" "Is that so… Sorry, I didn't know about this beforehand."

Fang Heng shook his head and looked troubled.

"Alright, then I suggest that you consider it."

As Fang Heng said that, the two Lickers slowly climbed out of the shadows behind him.

"After all, it's very dangerous to run to the Dark Knights from here. You might be threatened by zombies halfway…"

Jiang Cheng's face turned slightly pale. Before he could speak, Song Shishi covered his mouth.

"Mr Fang Heng, Jiang Cheng means that he is willing!"

Li Wen nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "Fang Heng, we are very happy to join your shelter. We hope that under your leadership, we can contribute our greatest strength to the construction of the shelter."

Jiang Cheng struggled for a moment and silently accepted reality.

(Hint: Jiang Cheng (Speciality: Research; Character evaluation: A-; Loyalty: 63) joins your shelter.]

(Hint: Song Shishi (Speciality: Research; Character evaluation: C; Loyalty: 87) joins your shelter.]

(Hint: Li Wen (Speciality: Mercenary; Character evaluation: B; Loyalty: 72) joins your shelter.)

(Hint: Your shelter's research level has increased.]

(Hint: Your shelter's research efficiency has increased slightly.]

"That's great! I knew it! We hit it off the moment we met."

Hahaha! Success!

Fang Heng was overjoyed.

He was simply thrilled to poach others!

After all, it was a game, and Fang Heng did not have any psychological burden when it came to taking advantage of the game's features.

Of course, it would be best if he could poach Old Black.

Fang Heng was still very vengeful about the main storyline mission.

He roughly looked at the attributes of the NPCs.

Their attributes were not bad. A-level researcher was relatively rare.

Initial loyalty was only 63, which was very low.

Fang Heng was not afraid.

His shelter had many benefits.

As long as he stayed for a few days, the NPC's loyalty would increase.

He had to trick them back!

Fang Heng checked the situation outside the factory again.

"Most of the Lickers outside have been cleared. I'll take you back first. I promise that you'll love the environment there."

Jiang Cheng sighed. He felt that the meat in his hands was not fragrant anymore.

"Let's hope so."

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(Hint: Your mission-escort team failed. 300 Dark Knights' honor points deducted.]

Only 300 points?

300 points for an A-level NPC with two complimentary items?

Hahaha!

He made a profit!!

Fang Heng was in high spirits. He was not sleepy at all.

Under Fang Heng's escort, Jiang Cheng and the others were brought back to the prison shelter.

The thick city walls and sentry tower gave Jiang Cheng and the others a great shock.

A private shelter?

No, it looked more like a fortress rebuilt after a disaster!

After entering the prison and registering, Jiang Cheng received his personal toiletries materials and a few sets of clothes. He took a comfortable hot bath.

After the apocalypse, this was the first time Jiang Cheng stayed in a quiet single room.

Hot food was already on the table.

For a moment, Jiang Cheng was in a daze.

This living environment was much better than he had expected.

Since he had come, he should just take it in stride.

(Hint: Jiang Cheng's loyalty has increased to 78. There is still a chance that he will leave your shelter by himself. Please take note…]

Five in the morning, Dongxi District.

Fang Heng spent almost an entire night bringing two batches of NPCs back to the shelter.

The plan was the same.

It was just a lie!

Initial loyalty was not important.

As long as the NPCs were lured back home, their loyalty would quickly increase.

After all, the treatment provided by the prison was very good.

Fang Heng was very confident about this.

He sat in front of a bonfire and checked the status of the zombie team.

The third task on hand was more troublesome. He needed to dig through the construction site that had been buried by the explosion.

There were a few survivors trapped below.

Fang Heng didn't need to do it himself. A group of zombies were slowly digging with shovels.

As he waited in boredom, a red game hint flashed across his vision.

(Hint: Your apocalypse radio has received an emergency message.]

Eh? A message from the survival radio?

Fang Heng was stunned for a moment.

Strange, the range for the personal survival radio to receive messages was extremely small. This was also Dongxi District, so there shouldn't be many good friends here.

Who sent this message to him?

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Chapter 275 Promotion Quota

Fang Heng turned on his survival radio.

Hao Zhou: "Fang Heng, We've encountered a great deal of trouble. If you happen to see it now and are still willing to help me, leave your contact information in real life immediately. I'll contact you within 10 minutes after receiving the news, thank you, sorry to bother you."

It's Hao Zhou! He's also in Dongxi District!

Fang Heng immediately recalled.

When he had just entered the game, he had unintentionally accepted Old Black's request on the internet and joined Hao Zhou's team to enter Hope Town to complete the mission.

They had not interacted for long, but Fang Heng felt that Hao Zhou was a very reliable leader.

After the incident in Hope Town, Hao Zhou had also taken the initiative to stay behind to settle the matter. After receiving the King of Gods' points from the Federation, he immediately split the loot.

He alone took on all the responsibility and accepted the Federation's investigation.

Fang Heng estimated that it would take two to three hours for the zombie team to dig the passage.

Since he was available, he could provide help to Hao Zhou.

Thinking of this, Fang Heng immediately sent his contact information to survival radio.

Then, he threw down a sleeping bag and went offline.

Dongxi District.

In an abandoned hut.

Hao Zhou's team of four sat around the bonfire.

The entire team was shrouded in a sense of despair.

From yesterday until now, they had searched for every possible way to complete the mission.

But they couldn't!

They also sought the help of many people.

After everyone heard about their mission objective, they tactfully rejected it.

On one hand, the mission requirements were extremely difficult. On the other hand, this mission would cause them to become enemies with another big game company called Krontgen.

Very few people were willing to do this.

Just now, Hao Zhou and the others tried again.

They still failed.

There were less than 10 hours left before the end of the mission. They decided to give it their all and look for their friends via the survival radio.

However, five minutes had passed and they did not receive any reply from anyone.

Suddenly, a pleasant surprise broke the silence.

"It's Fang Heng!"

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Hao Zhou could not help but shout out because he was too shocked.

Kun Ba and Kun Ta were stunned at first, and then they were pleasantly surprised.

There was a glimmer of hope in this desperate situation!

They did not expect to actually contact Fang Heng. During this period, Fang Heng's prison shelter was the talk of the town in District 8's forum.

It was just too famous!

Like the others, Sister Li's eyes flashed with surprise.

But soon, the excitement faded.

"Will Fang Heng help us? He's doing well in the game now. Will it affect him if he goes against Krontgen?"

Hearing this, they fell silent again.

Hao Zhou said, "It's okay. I believe that Fang Heng has his own judgment. It's normal that he doesn't want to get involved in this mess. Now that we have this opportunity, we have to give it a try."

Kun Ba nodded in agreement. "Yes, give it a

try."

"I'll go offline now to contact Fang Heng. You guys take care of the situation first."

After saying that, Hao Zhou threw down the simple bed and hurriedly went offline.

Not long after he went offline, Fang Heng received a call on his phone.

"Fang Heng? It's been a while. How are you?"

"Pretty good."

Fang Heng added in his heart, "It would be even better if there was no one competing with me for the main storyline mission."

"I heard that you've developed very well in the game. The forums are all discussing the prison shelter. When I first heard that the leader of the prison was you, I was really shocked."

"Hahaha, it's luck, I have good luck."

Fang Heng humbled himself.

"No, I believe this isn't luck. The last time I saw you, I felt it. With your ability, it's only a matter of time before you obtain such a result."

After a few words of praise, Hao Zhou continued, "Fang Heng, we've encountered a mission this time. It's very troublesome and might bring you trouble, so don't force it. If you refuse after listening to it, we can understand."

Fang Heng's expression turned serious.

"Okay, go ahead."

At first, Fang Heng thought it was just a normal mission and thought it would be convenient to help.

"Fang Heng, you know the company Krontgen, right?"

Fang Heng raised an eyebrow. "Is it related to them?"

"Krontgen is one of the first large companies to establish a shelter in the game. They have the support of the twelve corporations."

"Twelve corporations. In the Northern Federation, the twelve corporations are very powerful."

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Fang Heng asked, "What about the specifics? Did you have a conflict with them?"

"It wasn't a conflict, but there was friction with the mission. Some time ago, after a series of pre-mission conditions, we received a high-difficulty mission."

"The mission required us to find a way to enter a city and safely retrieve a sculpture from there."

Hao Zhou shook his head and sighed. "After our field investigation, we discovered that the target location, Yin City, has been declared occupied by Krontgen Company."

Fang Heng understood the situation.

It was very common for a guild to declare the ownership of an area in the game. Their prison had also declared that they had occupied 28 areas in one go.

After all, there were only so many resources. Whoever had the biggest share would be the strongest.

Normally, when players encountered something like this, they would most likely sneak in to complete the mission.

As long as they were careful, they would be fine as long as they were not discovered.

"What happened after that?"

"The Krontgen Company has a very tight security around Yin City. We tried to sneak into Yin City a few times, but the effect was not very good."

"It was not easy to succeed once, but the follow-up to the mission required the sculpture to be taken out of Yin City. The sculpture was too big, and it was difficult to hide it, so the mission was quite troublesome."

Fang Heng nodded and roughly understood the mission's goal.

He felt that the mission difficulty wasn't too high, and he didn't take the Krontgen Company to heart.

"How about the mission reward?"

Speaking of this, Hao Zhou's mood rose a bit.

"Fang Heng, the mission reward is the promotion quota!"

Fang Heng was a bit disappointed.

He wasn't interested in the game promotion quota, and he had already obtained the quota.

Hao Zhou continued to explain.

"It's a special quota, a special quota that can increase the number of resurrections!"

Fang Heng suddenly understood.

In the game, there were two kinds of promotion quotas, one was the normal quota.

After a player received a hint from the game that he could be promoted, he could exit the elementary game world and enter the intermediate game world.

This kind of normal promotion method only had a fixed reward, which was a free five-year offline time. In theory, a player could stay offline for five consecutive years.

There was also a special quota.

Special quotas had all sorts of effects.

The common ones would be giving players an extra three to thirty years of free offline time or giving players a 60-day increase in all attribute percentages after entering an intermediate game.

The mission reward that Hao Zhou received was relatively rare. It could be considered one of the more powerful ones.

After entering the intermediate game for a period of time, after death, one could be resurrected for free and the number of deaths would not be counted.

For players, this extra reward would allow them to integrate into the intermediate game world faster and better.

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However, Fang Heng was still not very interested in this.

A higher level game?

He was not interested. After he completed the main storyline of Zombie Apocalypse, wouldn't it be nice for him to take over the world?

However, since he was helping out, he didn't care so much.

If a slot was available, it would be good if he could get one. Hao Zhou continued, "Also, according to the completion rate of the mission, it might be possible to get a skill book."

Skill book!?

This was good!

Fang Heng immediately nodded and agreed.

"I'm in. Where are you now? Give me the coordinates and I'll meet up with you guys. We'll talk about the details of the mission when we get back to the game."

"Okay, we're in Dongxi District, outside Yin City (3871, 2938)."

Hao Zhou suppressed the excitement in his heart and reported the coordinates.

"There are still a large number of zombies in Yin City. We need to be ready for battle."

"No problem."

The two hung up the phone and went online.

After going online, Fang Heng controlled the zombie clones to meet up at the coordinates of Yin City and rode the motorcycle alone.

Since there was a possibility of a war with the Krontgen Company this time, he had to display his abilities.

After thinking for a while, Fang Heng returned to the Dark Knights' contact point and took back the three Tyrants and all the Licker combat units from the shelter.

Under the cover of the night, the zombie army was quickly assembled.

Fang Heng climbed onto the vine chair that extended behind the Tyrant form.

"Let's go, let's go!" The three Tyrants took big strides and stepped onto the wide main road.

Behind them, a layer of Lickers was lying on the ground, crawling quickly…

"Fang Heng has promised that he will participate in our mission!"

They got help!

After knowing that Fang Heng would participate, everyone felt at ease. The two brothers, Kun Ba and Kun Ta, even high-fived each other.

They felt that this mission seemed to have been completed by more than half.

The news of Fang Heng's arrival revived the stagnant team.

Before Fang Heng arrived, everyone discussed the follow-up plan.

Hao Zhou thought for a while and said, "Fang Heng can control part of the zombies to fight. Last time, when we cooperated with him, he used the zombie team to open the sewer. This time, we might be able to use the sewer as an entrance."

"Maybe it doesn't need to be so troublesome," Sister Li added, "I heard that Fang Heng's Prison Army can control the Lickers. If It's true, then we can deal with the guards outside the city and force our way into Yin City. We can take advantage of the fact that the Krontgen Company doesn't have time to react then seize the statue and retreat quickly." Kun Ba was excited and waved his hand excitedly.

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"Yes, yes, yes, Lickers. I've seen the video of Lucia from the Dark Knights. It's amazing."

"Don't be too excited. I heard that the one controlling the Licker isn't Fang Heng, but a high-level NPC from the Dark Knights."

Hao Zhou smiled bitterly. "The forum is too deep. We can't tell if it's real or fake. This part about controlling the Licker is too mysterious."

Everyone was discussing excitedly when they suddenly stopped at the same time.

Bang! Bang! Bang!!

Outside the residence, heavy footsteps approached from afar.

"What's that sound?"

"Let's go outside and take a look."

Everyone immediately picked up their weapons and left the temporary residence to investigate.

Outside the door of the temporary residence, Fang Heng stood there casually.

Behind him, three Tyrants stood side by side.

Just standing there gave people a sense of oppression.

Everyone looked at Fang Heng and remained silent for a long time.

"Long time no see, guys."

Fang Heng waved at Hao Zhou and the others.

"What's wrong? Why's everyone so quiet? Aren't you happy to see me?"

As Fang Heng spoke, he took out a few bottles of beer from his backpack and threw one bottle to everyone.

Hao Zhou took the beer, opened the bottle cap and gulped down a mouthful.

It was the Tyrant!

When he first saw it, he wondered if he was hallucinating

Kun Ba still couldn't believe it. He asked, "Fang Heng, are you the one controlling this Tyrant form?"

"That's right. The opponent is a little strong this time, so I have brought out all my trump cards."

Fang Heng patted the Tyrant form's shoulder as he spoke. "Hao Zhou said that we should be prepared for battle. We should seek stability,

right?"

"This…"

Hao Zhou did not know what to say for a moment.

"This is too stable."

The two brothers, Kun Ba and Kun Ta, looked at each other and swallowed their saliva at the same time.

Just now, they were discussing whether the Licker that they saw in the forum was real.

Now it seemed that Hao Zhou was right.

The forum was too deep.

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Not a single word of truth.

Licker?

Where did that come from?

The Tyrant under Fang Heng's control was the most ruthless!

At first, Sister Li also had an expression of disbelief, but she quickly came back to her senses.

Now that the team had the help of the Tyrant, their combat ability had increased by more than half.

"Everyone, there are still more than seven hours left until the mission is completed. We need to speed up."

Hao Zhou said as he submitted a mission invitation.

"Time is tight. Let's talk as we walk."

(Hint: Player Hao Zhou is sharing a mission with you-Heart of the Apocalypse.)

Mission name: Heart of the Apocalypse.

Mission difficulty: S.

Mission description: Sandy Nelen is the curator of the art gallery in Yin City. When the apocalypse came, his collection was also left in the art gallery in Yin City. He hopes that you can think of a way to preserve these treasures of human civilization.

Mission requirements: Sandy Nelen needs you to take out the sculpture, the Heart of the Apocalypse, from the art museum in Yin City and bring it back to the apocalypse merchant camp.

Additional mission reward: Rescue as many artworks as possible from Yin City.

Mission event remaining: 7 hours and 12 minutes.

(Description: The completeness of the transferred item, the quantity and value of the item will affect the final mission evaluation.)

Fang Heng looked at the mission description and raised his head. "Alright, we'll set off now!"

Dawn arrived.

Hao Zhou and his group rode their bicycles and quickly headed towards Yin City.

Hao Zhou gave an introduction of the mission to Fang Heng.

"A few days ago, we received a mission from a down-and-out NPC. After completing a series of prerequisite missions, we got to know Sandy and obtained the final mission from him."

"After receiving the mission, we immediately went to Yin City to investigate. We didn't expect that Yin City had already been completely controlled by the Krontgen Company."

"Later, we also tried to negotiate with the Krontgen Company and offered to enter the city to complete the mission. However, we were rejected."

Sister Li explained, "We have made many tactical models. With the ability of our team, infiltrating the city's art museum is completely feasible."

"The biggest difficulty of the mission is how to evacuate from the city."

"The Heart of the Apocalypse is a large-scale sculpture. It's already very troublesome to take the sculpture away from the city under the siege of the zombie horde in Yin City."

"Now we have Krontgen Company in the picture."

"Their people have set up sentries at the periphery of Yin City. If we come out of the city, they will notice us."

"At that time, they will attack us."

Fang Heng understood.

He roughly understood the difficulty of this mission.

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Chapter 277 Flatten

"Fang Heng, do you have any ideas?"

Ideas? Of course, he was going to attack!

Fang Heng's words were on the tip of his tongue, but he felt that he had been a little reckless recently.

"What about you guys? Any suggestions?" "How about the sewer?"

Hao Zhou and the others had originally planned to borrow Fang Heng's strength and use the sewer to find a way to sneak into the city without anyone noticing. Then, they would move the sculpture out of the sewer.

As for the survival rules of the sewer… that would depend on Fang Heng.

An ordinary player really couldn't learn it!

"Eh, sewer… Let's see the details."

Everyone rushed to the outside of Yin City and temporarily settled down in an abandoned building to make a battle plan.

Fang Heng looked at the sewer map that Hao Zhou had collected beforehand and shook his head, "No."

???

"The sculpture is too big. If we use the sewer as our exit pass, we have to think of a way to widen the sewer entrance. If we are not careful, the exhibits will be damaged and this will affect the completion rate of the final mission."

"Secondly, the construction of the city's sewer does not extend too far away from Yin City. After coming out of the passage, we will still be at risk of being discovered by the player from the Krontgen Company."

Fang Heng pondered and continued, "Last but not least, it's also the most troublesome. If we want to move out all the artworks in the gallery, it will take a lot of time. It's too slow to transport them through the sewer."

It was still alright when they heard the first part. When they heard Fang Heng say that he wanted to move out all the artworks in the gallery, everyone fell silent and looked at each other.

Kun Ba and Kun Ta's eyes lit up.

Move out all the artworks in the gallery…

This plan was simply too brilliant!

Hao Zhou coughed lightly and focused everyone's attention.

"Fang Heng, do you have a better idea?".

"Indeed, I have a better idea. I don't think there's a need to go through so much trouble."

Fang Heng looked at everyone and announced the boorish plan that he had long prepared.

"Why don't we do it the hard way?"

"The hard way? What do you mean?"

"Simple."

Fang Heng raised his head and looked at the shadows of the sentry tower in the distance. He said slowly, "Flatten them."

Flatten… did this mean war?

A formal war with the Krontgen Company!?

With just a short sentence, Kun Ba and Kun Ta were immediately filled with fighting

spirit.

Before this, they had also been bullied by the Krontgen Company. Now, with the help of Fang Heng's zombie team, they could compete with the Krontgen Company.

"Use the Tyrant to flatten them," Fang Heng said and patted Hao Zhou's shoulder, "Don't be so serious. Didn't you say to get ready to fight?"

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Hao Zhou opened his mouth, but didn't say anything for a long time.

Indeed, he had asked Fang Heng to get ready for battle, but he didn't want Fang Heng to flatten the entire Krontgen Company at that time…

Fang Heng looked around the team and asked, "How is it? Do you have any other plans?"

The two brothers, Kun Ba and Kun Ta, shook their heads first.

What other plans could there be? Wasn't it just a competition of size?

Whoever had the biggest fist would listen to the other. It would be reckless but that's how things work.

"Okay, let's move out immediately. I will lead the Tyrant to attack the sentry tower and the shelter of the Krontgen Company. The Lickers will follow you to the art gallery in Yin City. When the time comes, we will meet in the art gallery."

"Can you do it alone? Do you want some people to go with you?"

"No need. It will be troublesome if there are too many people."

After a few simple discussions, Fang Heng waved his hand and gave the order to Tyrant to attack.

Start from the two most conspicuous sentry towers!

It was a game after all, so it was just one fight after another.

Fang Heng did not have the slightest psychological burden.

Today, the world was divided into four major Federations, collectively known as the Global Federation, which was controlled by the Federal Central Assembly.

Fang Heng's position belonged to the Eastern Federation.

He had heard from Mo Jiawei that the twelve corporations belonging to the Northern Federation had never been on good terms with North River Heavy Industry.

Even during the Vampire Apocalypse, North River Heavy Industry had been suppressed by them.

In short, the Krontgen Company was an enemy. The Tyrant form strode forward and approached the sentry tower.

Fang Heng found a hidden corner.

He was going to hide in the dark and secretly trick them.

On the sentry tower, the player in charge of guarding the Krontgen Company had just finished the shift.

As usual, it was another peaceful day.

The player on duty, Zhang Yun, took out some reading materials that he had prepared long ago to pass the day.

Yin City was a remote place. There was a large number of zombies in the city, so very few people would come here.

Zhang Yun stretched and raised his head.

He suddenly saw a small black dot in the distance.

What was that?

Zhang Yun rubbed his eyes.

The black dot gradually approached the tower.

It was getting bigger and bigger. What the hell!?

Zombies?

Tyrant?

Three!

Where did they come from?

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Oh no! They were coming for the sentry tower!

Zhang Yun's hair stood on end and he suddenly jumped up from his chair.

In his panic, he picked up a shotgun and aimed it at the Tyrant's head.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!!" Three shots in a row, one shot to the head and two shots to the shoulder.

The Tyrant was not affected at all. On the contrary, it sped up a bit and strode towards the sentry tower.

Zhang Yun's back was soaked in a layer of cold sweat.

In an instant, he realized that his brain must have been fried.

Was he thinking of using a hunting rifle to fight the Tyrant alone?

Seeing the Tyrant rapidly approaching the sentry tower, Zhang Yun immediately stuffed the hunting rifle back into his backpack and turned around to flee.

If the sentry tower was finished, then it was finished. He could not risk his life!

At the bottom of the sentry tower, the Tyrant quickly approached. It raised its huge fist and smashed it towards the sentry tower.

"Boom!!"

When its fist landed on the sentry tower, the entire sentry tower shook heavily.

"Bang Bang!!! Bang!"

Seeing Tyrant punch the sentry tower several times in a row, Fang Heng, who was watching the battle from a distance, realized that something was not right.

What was going on? Why didn't the sentry tower counterattack at all?

He took out his binoculars to take a closer look and saw that the player guards on the sentry tower had long disappeared without a trace.

"Tsk, they ran quite fast."

Fang Heng curled his lips, showing no interest. He waved his hand to guide Tyrant to stop attacking the sentry tower and continue to attack the Krontgen Company's shelter behind.

"Enemy attack!!"

"Zombies! It's the Tyrant!! Sound the alarm!!"

The entire camp was filled with ear-piercing

sirens.

"What's the situation?"

It was just early in the morning and Krontgen Company's shelter manager, Lope, was still sleeping outside the game. When he received the hint that the game shelter had been attacked, he was shocked and hurried back to the game.

"It's Tyrant! The zombie tyrant has attacked our shelter!"

Listening to his subordinate's report, Lope instantly woke up.

"Tyrant? Are you sure that's the Tyrant?"

"It's true. They are attacking the shelter!"

Lope pushed the player next to him and walked out of the shelter.

In the camp, three Tyrant forms were constantly waving their fists, attacking all the buildings within their sight.

Most of the players' weapons were bows and arrows.

These wooden bows and arrows could not penetrate the Tyrant's defense at all.

The Tyrant form did not even bother to counterattack the player, directly swinging its fists to demolish the house.

Cold sweat dripped down Lope's cheeks.

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Chapter 278 Escaped

Taking advantage of the chaos in the shelter, Hao Zhou led his team to the east gate of Yin City.

The entrance to the east gate of the city was blocked by an iron gate with a railing.

Through the gap in the railing, the team saw a dense crowd of zombies on the other side of the iron gate.

The zombies were immediately attracted by the smell of the players in the team and crowded toward the iron gate.

The old rusty iron gate kept creaking, which made people worry that it would not be able to withstand the pressure of the zombies and collapse.

The two brothers, Kun Ba and Kun Ta, put on their equipment and got ready for battle. Then, they turned around and looked at Hao Zhou.

"Captain, what should we do?"

Hao Zhou raised his binoculars and observed the inner part of Yin City for a moment, then quickly set up a plan.

"They're all ordinary zombies, so they're not a big threat."

"I'll set up explosives to make a hole and break through the iron gate. After that, Sister Li will activate the perception barrier. We'll break into Yin City first."

"The density of the zombie horde inside the city is much smaller than outside. When the time comes, we'll just kill our way in and force our way into the art gallery."

"Okay!"

Hao Zhou's team had been cooperating for a long time, and they had a good understanding of each other.

"Help me cover for a while."

Hao Zhou took out an explosive pack from his backpack as he spoke.

He was about to walk to the iron gate and plant the explosive pack. When the explosive blew up the iron gate, it would also get rid of the zombie horde.

"To blow up the iron gate and the zombie horde, we need two sets of small explosives…"

Hao Zhou muttered to himself as he walked forward, calculating in his mind.

"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!!!"

He was distracted for a moment and several gusts of wind sounded in his ears.

"Chi Chi Chi…"

A few red shadows flew past him quickly.

What the hell!!!

Hao Zhou was shocked. He suddenly stopped in his tracks and looked over.

Dozens of Lickers flitted past him and pounced toward the iron railings.

They jumped high into the air and slashed their sharp claws across the air.

Ordinary zombies couldn't stop a high-level hunter like the Licker!

The zombies were cut in half, and the rusty iron railings were cut into pieces by the sharp claws.

The iron gate was instantly torn open.

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The Lickers immediately started killing the zombies before they even have time to break free from the iron gate.

The strong smell of blood stimulated the players' nostrils.

In a short moment, the zombie horde was torn into pieces by the Lickers.

In a few minutes, no zombies were found standing at the east entrance of the city.

The Lickers carried out Fang Heng's order faithfully. They continued to spread out into Yin City, looking for their next target.

"This…"

The scene before their eyes was too shocking and the depressing scene made Hao Zhou and the others momentarily at a loss.

Slaughtered?

Even though they had seen some prison soldiers controlling the Lickers in battle in the video before, now that they had witnessed it with their own eyes, the Lickers' combat ability was much stronger than in the video!

Sister Li was extremely alarmed.

She was very sure that the Lickers that Fang Heng controlled were not ordinary!

Their various attribute abilities had been greatly improved compared to ordinary Lickers!

With these Lickers, it was only a matter of time before they cleared all the zombies in Yin City, let alone the 'miscellaneous soldiers' blocking the entrance!

In that case… the plan that they had laid out previously seemed to be completely useless?

Kun Ba and Kun Ta looked at each other, then turned their gazes to Hao Zhou at the same time.

Hao Zhou also stood at the same spot with mixed feelings in his heart.

How long had it been since they last met and Fang Heng's strength had already risen to such a powerful level?

During this period, his entire team had been fighting day and night!

He believed that his strength had been completely transformed compared to a month ago.

Even if he could not be compared to Fang Heng, the gap wouldn't be too big

But now that he's aware of the Lickers' ability…

Hao Zhou felt that the strength of the entire team wasn't enough!

If he were to fight the Licker one-on-one right now, he would at most rely on the props to save his life.

"Captain, shouldn't our plan…"

Seeing Hao Zhou freeze on the spot, Kun Ta walked up and patted his shoulder, using his mouth to signal the zombie horde that had already entered Yin City.

"Okay."

Hao Zhou quickly adjusted his mood.

Fang Heng was his teammate. The stronger his teammate was, the happier he should be.

At least this mission was safe! "There's a change of plan. We'll follow the Lickers."

Hao Zhou took a deep breath and said excitedly, "Together, we'll charge in!"

(Hint: Your shelter has been attacked by a Tyrant. The shelter's durability has decreased by 1,078. Please defend in time.]

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(Hint: Your shelter is under attack. Please defend and repair in time… Once the shelter's durability is reduced to zero…)

After leaving the shelter, Lope watched as the Tyrant madly swung its fist to punch the shelter. The veins on his forehead bulged.

"Leader, what should we do?"

"Are you idiots?!"

Lope could not help but shout at the player who was using the wooden bow and arrows to deal with the Tyrant, "Are you going to use the wooden arrows to kill the Tyrant?"

Seeing the confused player who stopped attacking with the wooden arrow, Lope was even angrier.

"Trash! A bunch of trash!"

"Forget about those Tyrants! Can you hold on?! Quickly load the valuable resources from the shelter into the vehicle!"

The players finally reacted.

"Retreat!"

"Go! Hurry up and leave!"

Lope gritted his teeth and stared at the two Tyrants who were close by.

Ordinary arrows and even firearms could not cause fatal damage to them.

Saving strength and reducing losses was the best solution.

But why? Why did the Tyrant target their shelter?

Lope could not figure this out.

Fang Heng was hiding under a tree far away from the shelter.

Fang Heng could not help but twitch his lips when he saw the player driving the truck out of the shelter.

"Trying to escape?" Tyrant hadn't even flattened the place yet and he was already escaping?

He should have put up some resistance!

This was boring

Boring.

Fang Heng had originally thought that the other party would more or less resist, such as using King of Gods' points to exchange for a rocket launcher or something.

Although the effect wasn't great…

He didn't think that he would surrender so quickly.

It was really boring.

Seeing that the Krontgen Company player was no longer a threat, Fang Heng left behind a Tyrant to continue demolishing the base, bringing the remaining two Tyrant forms into Yin City to provide support.

Yin City, art gallery.

Hao Zhou had already led his team to the second basement of the art gallery.

The strength of the Lickers was far beyond the imagination of the players in Hao Zhou's team.

After the Lickers entered the city, they took the initiative to spread out and hunt down the zombie horde that wandered around Yin City.

The number of zombies in the entire city was greatly reduced!

Sister Li did not need to activate her perception barrier at all. The team killed a few zombies that they encountered along the way and quickly entered the art gallery.

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Chapter 279 Pack It Up

Considering that the Lickers would break into the art gallery and destroy the exhibits, Fang Heng did not choose to let the Lickers enter the art gallery.

Hao Zhou and the others felt that they were finally of some use in the mission.

According to the information provided by the curator, Sandy Nelen, the sculpture was in the vault on the second basement.

Hao Zhou immediately led the team to clean up the entire gallery and searched it thoroughly. It took a lot of effort to find the vault key on the third floor.

In the end, they took another big detour before opening the vault door.

The giant sculpture of the mission target, the Heart of the Apocalypse, was lying quietly in the center of the vault.

When they saw the mission target, the team of players looked at each other and fell into silence at the same time.

They had heard that the Heart of the Apocalypse was a large sculpture, but they had not expected it to be so big!

It was a full two and a half meters tall.

It looked like four or five young men would need to work together to lift it up.

How could such a large sculpture be moved out?

Hao Zhou asked, "How's the cargo elevator?"

Kun Ba shook his head.

"It can't be used. I've checked before. There's no backup power supply in the art gallery, and the elevator can't be activated unless we can find a generator to generate electricity ourselves."

Hao Zhou suddenly felt a headache coming

on.

Where could he find a generator at this time?

He could only use the stairs to slowly transport it up with the help of the wooden planks.

Hao Zhou made a decision. "I'll first think of a way to build a platform and transport the sculpture to the staircase."

Although doing so was extremely inefficient, it seemed like this was the only solution at the moment.

The few of them immediately took action. They made a high-level wooden plank on the spot and installed rolling wheels under the wooden plank.

Finally, they tried to lift the large sculpture onto the wooden plank.

"Three, two, one,"

"Up!!"

Hao Zhou's face flushed red and the veins on his neck bulged.

However, the entire sculpture did not move at

all!

"No, it's still too heavy."

Hao Zhou panted heavily and said, "Don't force it. It'll be more troublesome if we break the statue.".

"Let me try this."

Kun Ba took out a bottle of short-term strength-enhancement potions with negative effects from his backpack.

Just as he was about to drink the potion, heavy footsteps came from the pathway on the second basement.

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"Bang, Bang…"

Everyone was alert and raised their guns to aim at the passage.

As the footsteps approached, a huge shadow appeared at the passage entrance.

It was the Tyrant!

Fang Heng jumped down from the Tyrant's back and came in front of everyone. "Fang Heng? You're back!" Seeing that it was the Tyrant that Fang Heng controlled, Hao Zhou was obviously relieved and motioned for everyone to put away their weapons.

"How's the situation at Krontgen Company?"

"It's been resolved for now. The defense of the Krontgen Company's shelter is too weak. It's not strong enough."

Fang Heng's tone was disdainful. "But they escaped pretty quickly. Before I could even flatten them all, they drove off with their truck loaded with materials."

"I left a Tyrant there to continue dismantling the shelter. It's not a big problem."

D*mn, how long had it been?

In less than an hour, he had scared the players of the Krontgen Company away?

Having seen the strength of Fang Heng's Lickers, Hao Zhou could roughly imagine the scene of Fang Heng's Tyrants attacking the Krontgen Company's shelter.

Fortunately, Fang Heng was not their enemy.

Fang Heng shook his head and said, "Sigh, I thought they could hold on for a while longer."

Kun Ba and Kun Ta looked at each other again.

Why did Fang Heng's tone sound like he was a little disappointed?

Fang Heng walked forward and his gaze focused on the large sculpture that everyone was moving

"Let's not talk about them. What about you guys? How's the mission?"

"We've found it. Here, the Heart of the Apocalypse. This is it."

Kun Ta patted the large sculpture beside him as he spoke. "I just didn't expect it to be so heavy."

Kun Ba added, "There are still many sculptures in the vault. They're all big things. Just moving out the Heart of the Apocalypse is already difficult enough. It's going to be very difficult to overcome the mission difficulty."

Fang Heng raised his eyebrows when he heard this and looked at the interior of the vault behind everyone.

There were sculptures of all sizes piled up inside the entire vault.

After thinking for a moment, Fang Heng raised his head and said, "Alright, leave this to me first. You guys go to the first and second floor. The artworks there are relatively small. Think of a way to move all the artworks to the entrance. At that time, we'll pack them up and bring them back to the apocalypse camp to hand in our mission."

"You? Alone?"

Kun Ba blinked his eyes in surprise and looked at Fang Heng in puzzlement. "This thing is very heavy." "Heavy? It's no big deal. Come, I'll show you guys something." As Fang Heng spoke, he turned to the side and took two steps to the side, pointing his chin at the Tyrant behind him.

The Tyrant accepted Fang Heng's command and strode forward.

It walked to the front of the sculpture and tried to lift the entire sculpture.

The sculpture shook slightly.

It couldn't move it!!

"Eh, so heavy?"

Fang Heng was a little surprised as well. He controlled the other Tyrant to come up and help.

The two Tyrants exerted their strength on both sides at the same time and lifted the entire sculpture up into the air.

Good heavens…

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He forcefully turned the Tyrants into porters.

Kun Ba swallowed his saliva.

But he was still a little worried.

"Fang Heng, letting the two of them carry… is it really stable?"

The Tyrants were undoubtedly very strong, but it seemed that they were strained. If they were careless and fell midway, the mission would be over.

"Don't worry, they are very stable."

Fang Heng was very confident. "Look."

"Chi Chi Chi…"

Fine vines quickly grew out of the Tyrant's body.

The vines firmly fixed the statue in the middle of the two Tyrant's bodies.

"It's much more stable, isn't it?"

Hao Zhou's eyes revealed a look of surprise.

Vines?

They looked a little familiar.

This vine seemed to be…

The vine parasite that he had seen in Hope Town back then?

Hao Zhou was deep in thought, and he had some understanding in his heart.

The Tyrant in front of him was the same as the Licker outside, both had been modified!

They were much more powerful than ordinary zombies!

Seeing that Fang Heng's Tyrant had easily finished moving the items, the team's morale soared.

The two brothers, Kun Ba and Kun Ta nodded in unison.

"Fang Heng, I'll have to trouble you with the large sculptures in the vault. Let's split up."

"No problem."

Hao Zhou knew that they had really found the right person for this mission!

If it was anyone else, without the help of the Tyrant form, they would not have been able to complete the mission so easily!

With Fang Heng's help, they were able to make the most of their time and think of a way to move more exhibits back and increase the mission reward as much as possible!

They were full of energy!

Watching Hao Zhou's player team and the Tyrants carrying the large sculptures, Fang Heng turned his head and looked at the vault again.

Inside the vault, there were more than a hundred sculptures of all sizes, with the large sculptures accounting for more than half of them.

In addition to the exhibits in the exhibition halls on the first, second and third floor…

Greed!

Faced with such a good opportunity, he had to be greedy to death!

In addition to the promotion quota, the mission reward this time also included a skill book!

The higher the completion rate of the mission, the better the skill book rewarded!

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Chapter 280 Trail Cart

Fang Heng was in high spirits. He quickly opened the game log.

The 100-man team of vine zombies was about to arrive at Yin City.

The players from the Krontgen Company had been completely chased away.

The next question was how to bring a large number of exhibits back to the apocalypse merchant camp.

From Yin City to the apocalypse merchant camp, relying on Tyrants to transport the exhibits on their own would not guarantee that they would make it in time to complete the mission.

He needed a large number of transportation tools.

After thinking for a while, Fang Heng had an answer.

"Got it! For the skill book, I'll take a gamble."

He muttered to himself, threw a simple bed on the floor and went offline on the spot.

For a full two hours!

Hao Zhou's team of four acted as if they were on steroids, moving all the exhibits from the first three floors of the art gallery to the entrance hall.

Not a single one was left!

"This is the last box. The second and third floors are all empty."

The two brothers, Kun Ba and Kun Ta, carried the last box of exhibits down from the third floor and gulped down a bottle of Gatorade to expedite their recovery speed.

"I've also checked the six exhibition halls behind the first floor again. I didn't miss anything."

Looking at the pile of artworks that filled the entire hall on the first floor, Sister Li frowned. "So many…"

The four of them had been busy moving the artworks out of the exhibition halls. When they came back to their senses, they realized that the hall on the first floor had already been filled with artwork.

"Hao Zhou, we can't bring back so many artworks, can we?"

Hao Zhou didn't expect that the art gallery would be filled with so many artworks.

He felt that Fang Heng wouldn't be able to settle all of them.

The time limit of the mission was less than four hours. They would be able to go back and forth between the art gallery and the apocalypse camp with a full load at least two times.

It could be considered amazing if they could even bring back one-tenth of the artworks in the hall.

"Let's wait a little longer. Fang Heng should have his plan. His zombie team should be able to move materials," Hao Zhou thought for a moment and said to the others, "Let's separate the most valuable items first."

"Okay."

The others nodded and immediately began to classify the artworks according to their value.

"Chi chi chi chi…"

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Not long after they started, a sound came from outside the art gallery.

"What's that sound?"

It sounded like… No way?

"Let's go out and take a look."

Hao Zhou suddenly realized something. He immediately put down the artwork in his hand and walked out of the art gallery.

He looked up and saw two helicopters hovering in the sky above the city.

Lucia poked her head out from the back of the helicopter and shouted, "Fang Heng? Is Fang Heng here?"

Sister Li, who followed Hao Zhou out, also looked up

Helicopters? Fang Heng got a helicopter to carry materials?

Kun Ba waved excitedly at the sky, "Yes! Inside!"

Lucia heard him and her eyes revealed an excited expression. She suddenly jumped down from the sky.

She landed steadily on the ground.

"Fang Heng said that there are many valuable items for us to help carry. I've brought a team over first. Five more cargo trucks are coming soon."

Cargo trucks!

Five!!

Hao Zhou did not expect that Fang Heng would be so resourceful. He could mobilize five trucks and two helicopters to help carry the artworks in such a short time.

He whispered, "He even got helicopters here, and they're so big…"

"The bigger the better. The more we move, the more generous our reward will be."

Kun Ba and Kun Ta could not wait any longer.

"Let's go inside and move the famous paintings."

(Hint: You have used your authority as a Colonel in the Dark Knights. You have urgently deployed the members of the Dark Knights and used some of their materials. You have borrowed a transport vehicle*5 (24 hours) and a transport helicopter*2 (24 hours).]

(Hint: You have used 26,000 Dark Knights honor points.]

In the game, items that could not be stored in a backpack could not be transported through the space tearing device.

When he was in Pine City, Fang Heng had thought hard about how to send the armoured vehicle back to the shelter.

He first dismantled the armoured vehicle into small and medium-sized parts, then took the parts back to the shelter to reassemble them.

Not long ago, when he was transporting the minerals, Fang Heng did the same. He divided the military truck into various parts and then transported them through the space tearing device before reassembling them again.

When he saw Fang Heng use this move for the first time, Mo Jiawei was also shocked.

He felt that Fang Heng had cheated in the game.

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The ordinary players could not do this at all.

First of all, the player did not have such a high skill level in mechanical maintenance.

It was one thing to dismantle it, but once it was dismantled, it could not be put back together.

Secondly, even with such a high-level maintenance skill, the player's vitality was not enough to complete the dismantling and assembly in a short period… What a coincidence!

Fang Heng's zombie clones could participate in the maintenance together.

Was this not considered cheating?

"Sigh!"

If he was in Yin City now, Fang Heng could only sigh in his heart and say that it was a pity.

Time was too tight, so he didn't have time to return to the shelter to disassemble and assemble the trucks again.

Fang Heng had no choice but to deploy the entire school of the Dark Knights to quickly mobilize the resources of the nearby contact points and gather five trucks and two helicopters.

Even if his military rank in the Dark Knights was high enough to be a Colonel.

Even if his relationship with Lucia was so good that Lucia was willing to find a team to work for him for free.

However, he still had to pay the rental fee and gas money!

What a pain! This would cost a lot of Dark Knights' honor points!

After meeting up with Fang Heng, Lucia commanded the team of Dark Knights to move the materials on the transport vehicles to the parking lot behind the art gallery.

Lucia felt strange, "Fang Heng, aren't we transporting materials? What do you need these wooden planks for?"

"There are too many artworks that need to be moved. The current transport capacity is not enough to move them all, so I have to make some tools myself."

Fang Heng explained and began to control the zombie team.

The scene he saw in the basement not long ago inspired him.

While the Dark Knights were moving the materials to the vehicles, Fang Heng controlled the zombies to move the materials in batches. Then, he made long wooden planks, pulleys and hemp ropes.

(Hint: In 11 minutes, your zombie clone has completed: wooden planks (blueprints)*27, pulleys*82, hemp ropes*267, Type F simple connecting device*99…]

With the components ready, Fang Heng tried to assemble the wooden planks and pulleys.

A simple cart had been completed!

(Hint: You have completed the creation of a special combination tool. You have not yet learned the blueprints of this tool. You can not gain additional attribute bonuses, and it will be more easily damaged.]

The two zombies staggered forward and extended vines from their bodies, tightly binding the front end of the cart.

Fang Heng walked forward again and pulled the vines to test their toughness.

"It's very sturdy. There's no problem at all!"

Lucia stood by the side, her beautiful eyes flashing with surprise. "A cart? Fang Heng, you're amazing!"

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At the entrance of the art gallery, Hao Zhou and the others had just stuffed a small portion of the valuable paintings into the truck.

Kun Ba wiped the sweat off his forehead.

"It's not enough. There are still a lot of sculptures at the entrance of the first floor. We need to make some space for them."

"Okay, we'll keep a big truck to carry the Heart of the Apocalypse. After we send one batch, we'll come back and move them a few more times."

Hao Zhou wasn't greedy. In his opinion, with a big truck, they could probably move it back and forth three or four times. Although they wouldn't be able to move all of them, they could still move most of them.

"I'm afraid only Tyrant can move the Heart of the Apocalypse."

As they were talking, Kun Ba saw something, and his expression became strange.

Everyone followed Kun Ba's gaze.

Not far away, Fang Heng brought a group of zombies and walked around from the back parking lot.

Behind him, five or six zombies were divided into small teams. They gathered together and used vines to directly wrap around the cart and pull it forward.

There were also the Lickers!

Their bodies were also tied with hemp ropes. The other ends of the hemp ropes were tied to the front of the cart with pulleys.

Kun Ba rubbed his eyes and turned to look at Kun Ta, who looked like he had seen a ghost. "Eh, Brother, is he going to… treat the Lickers as his labour workers?"

An hour later.

On the highway, the group of Dark Knights returned with a full load, occupying the entire main road.

Trucks and helicopters cleared the way in front, and at the back, a zombie team was transporting the carts slowly and moving forward.

As the carts were heavy, the team moved very slowly.

It was a strange scene.

Even now, Hao Zhou's team still felt like they were in a dream.

D*mn it!

Two days ago, when they had just received the mission, they had indeed thought of emptying the art gallery.

But two days later, their dream came true!

They did it!

All the artworks in the gallery were taken away in one wave!

Kun Ba followed the group of zombies. As he walked, he suddenly couldn't help but giggle.

When he went back, he would be able to complete the mission at least 10 times more! The reward would be at least 10 times more!

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What level could he reach with this promotion?

He was looking forward to it!

Fang Heng was also looking forward to it.

The reward of a mission like a skill book was very rare. It was not easy to come across a skill book, naturally, he would try his best to find a way to increase the level of the reward!

The speed of the zombie team was slow and they spent another two hours transporting the items. When the time limit of the mission was almost over, the military trucks of the Dark Knights slowly drove into the apocalypse merchant camp of Dongxi District.

As the zombies could not transport the artwork into the camp, Fang Heng left them outside the camp to wait.

Seeing so many trucks driving into the camp, Hubbard, the merchant of the apocalypse camp, was stunned.

"Hey! Hubbard!"

Fang Heng saw an acquaintance, stuck his head out of the window and waved to greet

him.

He recognized Hubbard.

There was a time when the prison shelter needed a furnace to expand production. Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei used the space tearing device in the shelter to teleport around the world. One by one, they explored the apocalypse camp, selling materials and buying furnaces.

At that time, Fang Heng had emptied Hubbard's shop, so his favorability rating with Hubbard was quite high. "It's Fang Heng. I was wondering who else can transport materials to my truck by truck."

Seeing the big customer come, Hubbard smiled. He took out a bottle of beer and threw it at Fang Heng.

"But I remember telling you last time. Our warehouse is full. We don't need it for a while…"

Hearing the NPC merchant, Hao Zhou and the others looked at Fang Heng from the car window.

Didn't he develop in the prison? How did he know the merchants here?

And he seemed to be on familiar terms with them.

Hao Zhou was even more curious. He wanted to know what Fang Heng had done to leave such a deep impression on the NPC.

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Fang Heng took the beer bottle and also took out a bag of drunkard peanuts from his backpack and threw it at Hubbard.

"No, no, you're wrong. I'm here to complete the mission."

"Mission?" Hubbard glanced at the Dark Knights and Hao Zhou's group who were moving the sculptures out of the truck.

"I got it. It's that idiot Sandy Nelen."

Hubbard came to a realization and sighed as he spoke.

"It's already so late, and he still can't forget his art gallery. What nonsense about art being the treasure of human civilization?"

"Can't he understand it? In the current apocalypse outside, the most important thing is to survive!"

Hubbard was complaining when a surprised voice sounded from the side.

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"Oh my god! You've done it! It's done!"

"Oh! I can't believe it!"

"You brought all these treasures back!"

"Be careful! This painting has been around for 20 years! Be gentle! Be gentle! I beg you!"

Fang Heng looked in the direction of the voice and saw an old man with a head full of white hair shouting in surprise.

"Hey! Sandy!"

Hubbard and Fang Heng walked forward together. He patted Sandy's shoulder heavily and said snappily, "You didn't say that there would be so many things here."

"More? No, it's too little!"

"Hubbard, you have to know that these artworks are the crystallization of our human civilization! They are the marks of our existence in this world, the spiritual civilization…"

Hubbard only felt a headache. He stopped Sandy from continuing, "Okay, okay. Then, how much are you willing to spend for these human treasures?"

"Money?!"

Sandy felt that he had been greatly insulted.

With a red face, he approached Hubbard aggressively. "This is art! Hubbard! It's art! Don't use your dirty money to measure art!"

Hubbard spread his hands and looked helpless.

"Sandy, I understand your art, but this is a shelter built for survival. I can't put your things away. You need to find another place for your art."

"You, you know nothing!!!"

Because he was too agitated, Sandy was trembling all over.

"These are treasures! You people don't know what's good for you! You will regret it!"

Sandy turned his head angrily and looked at Hao Zhou and the other players. "Hao Zhou! Did you hear what they said? These people don't know what art is! I don't want to stay here anymore! We will leave now!"

(Hint: Due to your outstanding completion of the mission to find the Heart of the Apocalypse, follow-up mission-the apocalypse artist has been triggered.)

Mission name: Apocalypse artist (Team).

Mission description: You have returned a large number of artworks from the art gallery in Yin City, but the apocalypse merchant camp cannot accommodate that many artworks.

Mission requirements: Please help find a home for Sandy's artworks (please protect Sandy and his artworks in the meantime).

Mission difficulty: SSS.

Mission time limit: 10 days.

Additional description: As time goes by, the value (quality) of the artwork that lacks maintenance will gradually decrease. (The decrease in the value of the artwork will reduce the completion rate of the mission).

(Hint: This mission is a follow-up mission of Tier 2. After the mission is completed, it will be calculated together with the reward of Tier 1. Upon completion, the reward for Tier 1 will be greatly increased.]

(Hint: If the damage to the Tier 2 artwork is serious, it may cause the first Tier 1 mission reward to be reduced.]

(Hint: If Sandy dies during the mission, the mission will fail by default. The Tier 1 mission reward will also be deemed as unobtainable.]

(Hint: You can also directly give up the follow-up mission and receive the mission reward of this tier.]

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Chapter 282 Eat up

Seeing the row of hints appearing on their retinas, everyone fell silent for a moment.

There was a follow-up mission?

Moreover, this follow-up mission was simply a joke.

Where could they find a place to store so many useless statues?

Hao Zhou quickly exchanged glances with the other team members.

He didn't reject the mission immediately, nor did he agree to accept the mission. Instead, he tried to get more information from Sandy.

It was like an additional question.

It was very difficult, but he could think of a way to try.

"Mr Sandy, please don't get too agitated. Do you know where I can bring your artwork to?"

"Of course not!"

Sandy said angrily, "These people only have money in their eyes. This is a stain on art!"

Hao Zhou's heart sank.

This was bad. The additional question would most likely not have an answer.

Sister Li asked, "Mr Sandy, then do these artworks have any special abilities?"

"Humph! Of course, they have special abilities! I've said it before, they are all treasures left behind by the human civilization! They are priceless treasures! They cannot be measured by money!"

Sandy said with a heavy humph.

He took out a pack of tissues from his backpack, climbed up to the nearest sculpture and carefully wiped it.

Fang Heng raised his eyebrows.

The others also showed surprised expressions.

After Sandy wiped it, the sculpture that originally had the words 'mission item' on it changed.

Item: Sculpture-Chanter of the Church. Level: S.

Type: Artwork.

Description: The work of contemporary art master Anthony Gormley, placing it in the shelter can unlock the art layout (Art 19).

Description: When the shelter's art level is above 100 and the shelter level is above Level 90, a special construction building-exhibition hall can be unlocked.

(An exhibition hall can enhance the attractiveness of the shelter, enhance the attractiveness of the shelter to certain special talents, and improve the morale and mood of the shelter members. The actual effect is related to the art level of the shelter).

Description: The artwork needs daily maintenance by special personnel. If the maintenance cannot be provided for some time, the artwork will have a negative effect.

It was an extremely rare S-level item in the game!

However, after looking at the description of the attribute of the item, Hao Zhou and the others had a faint feeling of pain in their balls.

After evaluating the artwork, they only had one word for it:

Rubbish!!

To a player, a statue took up too much space! They even had to employ someone to take care of it.

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It was not ordinary maintenance. In the game, this kind of maintenance required NPCs with special skills, and maintenance items also cost money…

What was the use of it!

The exhibition hall looked pretty good.

However, the prerequisite of a Level 90 shelter had barred all players from building the exhibition hall.

A player could not afford it!

It was a complete late-stage item.

Only a large-scale player like the Federation would need it.

And the Federation was not stupid. They did not have enough food to eat, so they did not have the time to bother with these fancy artworks.

Fortunately, the only good news was that they still had 10 days of mission time to help Sandy find a sucker, find an NPC shelter in the game and throw the items inside.

Hao Zhou was very calm. He had already begun to think about rejecting this mission and just exchange for the Tier 1 reward.

It would be good if they could settle the additional question, but if they could not do it, it would be a waste of points, so there was no need.

At the moment, it seemed that the mission was almost impossible to complete.

Looking at the mission hint in detail, Fang Heng was very happy.

Great!

So it was not a useless piece of equipment!

Fang Heng had been thinking about it when he received the mission.

This Tier 2 mission was too troublesome. Should he just 'eat up' all the sculptures by himself?

After all, so many sculptures needed to be transported by truck. A day of delay would consume a lot of his honor points.

He might as well solve it as soon as possible and dump the artworks in his shelter!

Perhaps the other player's shelter was too small to fit in, but his shelter level had already risen to Level 107!

There were already 30 warehouses for materials.

He didn't have to worry about his debts. It was just a matter of building a few more warehouses!

But…

Would he look a little stupid if he piled so many whiteboard sculptures in his house?

Now, after confirming that these sculptures were not whiteboard equipment and that they could be used to build a special building such as an art gallery, Fang Heng gladly accepted them.

More or less, they could increase the attractiveness of the shelter. In the future, it would be easier to go out and trick NPCs to come to his shelter.

It was better than nothing!

Fang Heng made a decision, so he nodded and said, "Mr Sandy, I have a shelter that I built myself, and I am very willing to store your artwork in my shelter. I wonder if you are willing?"

"Really?!"

Sandy was pleasantly surprised. His face immediately changed as he looked at Fang Heng with great admiration.

"I knew it! There will still be people who know what's good for them in this world!"

"But is your shelter big enough? Can it hold so many artworks? Also, is your shelter safe enough?"

"These expensive artworks need to be maintained. It will cost a little every day…"

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Fang Heng nodded. "Of course, I promise you, Mr Sandy. Even though it's the apocalypse, art is always art. I believe that when the end of the apocalypse comes, everyone will remember the contribution you made to the preservation of human civilization."

"Fang Heng!!"

Sandy looked at Fang Heng excitedly, as if he was a close friend that he had known for hundreds of years.

"I know! I knew someone would understand me!!"

(Hint: Your friendship with Sandy has greatly increased.]

Hao Zhou and the others looked at each other silently.

They were just thinking about finding a sucker and now Fang Heng volunteered to be the sucker?

Hao Zhou felt even more indebted to Fang

Heng.

Who would be willing to pile such trash in the shelter?

Only for the sake of the mission did Fang Heng make such a sacrifice.

Hao Zhou sighed in his heart. He patted Fang Heng on the shoulder and whispered in his ear, "Fang Heng, don't force yourself. It's already very good to do this. You can give up on the Tier 2 mission."

"It's okay. It's just a small matter."

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Fang Heng waved his hand and checked the map.

There was no doubt that these large-scale sculptures could not be transported through the space rift.

They could only be slowly dragged back by trucks and zombies.

This place was very far from the prison area. It would take about 17 to 18 hours to get there.

It would probably be the next day after they went back.

"Mr Sandy, my shelter is very far. We shouldn't delay. We'll set off now."

Sandy nodded, "These are very precious. We must be careful!"

"Of course."

Fang Heng signalled the Dark Knights to get on the car and set off for the prison shelter.

After bidding farewell to Hubbard, they bought a few barrels of gas tanks and filled them up. The long line set off again.

Hao Zhou and the others followed Fang Heng back to his shelter.

After walking for more than half an hour, Fang Heng felt sleepy and couldn't help but yawn.

After staying up all night last night, he also felt a little tired, so he had to go back and sleep. "Aren't you all sleepy? I have to go offline to rest. I'm a little tired."

"We're okay. Leave this to us."

Kun Ba and Kun Ta each took out a bottle of coffee and gulped it down.

Although they were very sleepy, seeing that the mission was about to be completed and a large mission reward was about to be pocketed…

Who could sleep!

Hao Zhou was the same. He was extremely excited and didn't feel sleepy at all.

"Alright, I'll sleep first. If there's a problem, call me anytime."

Fang Heng gave Lucia the authority to control the zombies, then threw a simple bed into the truck and went offline.

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Chapter 283 Artist

After almost an entire day, the art convoy finally returned to the prison shelter.

Seeing such a powerful city defense structure and the scale of the shelter, Sandy's expression was very exaggerated.

"Fang Heng, this place is beyond my expectations!"

"Your shelter's defense is too strong. It's much better than Hubbard's shabby base!"

"But, Fang Heng, the maintenance of the artworks will consume a lot of resources. Can you promise to protect my artworks as best as you can?"

"Of course, this is art! They deserve the best protection!"

For the sake of the mission, Fang Heng agreed immediately, his face full of righteousness!

"And I will also build an exhibition hall in my shelter to conduct a formal artistic evaluation."

Fang Heng thought to himself since he had so much artwork in his shelter, he naturally couldn't treat them like trash!

He was going to build the art museum.

(Hint: Your favorability rating with Sandy has increased significantly!]

Sandy's eyes lit up when he heard Fang Heng's words!

He stared at Fang Heng as if he was looking at a beautiful piece of art.

"Oh my god! Fang Heng! You are different from those shallow survivors out there! I can see the sincerity in your eyes!"

"That's great! That's great!"

"This place exists just to store my artworks! I'm excited!"

Sandy was so excited that he was a little speechless. He nodded to himself.

"Yeah, I've decided. I'll stay here with my artwork as well. I'll take good care of them."

Fang Heng: ??? In the next second, a game hint appeared in Fang Heng's vision.

(Hint: Your favorability rating with Sandy has increased significantly.]

(Hint: Sandy has joined your shelter.]

(Hint: Player's current shelter can build a special building-Sandy's art gallery (Normal art gallery advanced building).]

(Hint: Your shelter's attractiveness has increased.]

Fang Heng was speechless for a moment.

Hmm? Forcefully joining?

Sandy could also use cheats?

Fang Heng quickly opened Sandy's attribute to check, muttering in his heart.

"If his attribute is trash, I have to think of a way to chase him away."

Character: Sandy Nelen

Evaluation: S

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Level: 5

Strength: 2

Physique: 3

Agility: 2

Perception: 4

Intelligence: 29

Will: 2

Current loyalty: 88

Skills:

Basic science (Level 5)

Appreciation of art (Level 97) Appraisal (Level 47)

Book-making (Level 27)

Cooking (Level 1)

Painting (Level 18) Efficient reading (Level 26) Will to survive (Level 42)

Hunger (Level 35)

Art forgery/forgery (Level 75)

Awakened talent skill: Art fanaticism (Level 3)

Talent skill level: S

Talent skill description: Increases shelter's attractiveness by 5%, increases shelter's survival radio's range by 65%. For every level increase of this skill level, an additional 1% of attractiveness and 5% of the spread bonus will be gained, when persuading other NPCs, there will be an additional success rate bonus.

Fang Heng was surprised.

He didn't expect it!

Sandy had reached the S-level threshold!

He was also an S- level character!

Alright then.

Fang Heng dismissed the idea of chasing Sandy away.

The shelter's additional attractiveness and increased survival radio's acceptance range were still very tempting.

Wait a minute…

Fang Heng suddenly thought of something.

The talent attribute effect could increase the success rate of convincing other NPCs?

Did that mean that the success rate of his poaching plan could be further increased?

For a moment, Fang Heng's malicious gaze lingered on Sandy's face.

Sandy did not notice Fang Heng's gaze.

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He dug into his pocket and took out five gold medals. He walked up to Hao Zhou's team of players and personally put the medals on them.

"Thank you, everyone. You have risked your lives to save my artwork from that hell in Yin City."

"You all have helped me so much along the way. You even provided me with such a good shelter to place my artwork."

"I have nothing to show for it. This is the medal that the art gallery created during its 100th anniversary."

"Please don't underestimate it. It's not just a simple medal, but an honor!"

"I believe that when the end of the apocalypse comes, your contribution to preserving the spirit of human civilization will be remembered by future generations."

A game hint appeared in front of Fang Heng.

(Hint: You have completed the Tier 2 mission-apocalypse artist.]

(Hint: You have obtained an item-the art gallery's 100th anniversary medal.]

Item: Art gallery's 100th anniversary medal

Type: Medal (Special item, cannot be traded, does not bear weight, automatically activated in the backpack).

Description 1: Having a medal is regarded as qualifying to advance in the game.

Description 2: When you first choose to enter the advanced game world as the main world, you will receive a 20% attribute increase within 30 days and an additional 3 rebirth chances within 90 days (after the rebirth, you will not be punished by death, the rebirth chance will only be effective within 90 days).

"Not bad, three free resurrections within three months, but it doesn't seem to be of use… and there's no way to trade…"

Fang Heng muttered softly.

Sandy walked in front of Fang Heng, and he solemnly put on the medal for Fang Heng.

"Fang Heng, I noticed it when I first met you. You have a keen sense of art that surpasses that of ordinary people! Your understanding of art is beyond ordinary people, I think this book will be very suitable for you!"

Fang Heng's eyes lit up.

Good!

The additional reward was coming!

The advancement medal could only be considered a benefit. It was better than nothing.

What he cared about the most was the skill book!

"This is the reward that I prepared for you alone. It represents my most sincere friendship. I hope it will be useful to you."

(Hint: After the team contribution assessment, you have completed the mission in excess and gained Sandy's trust. Your mission reward will be increased by an additional 33.34 times.]

(Hint: The system has randomly selected three skills related to the storyline character, Sandy Nelen. You can choose one of the following rewards.]

(Option 1: Skill book (Art appreciation type) Skill level (A).] [Option 2: Skill book (Reading type) Skill level (A).]

(Option 3: Skill book (Book-making type) Skill level (A).]

All three skill books only had one name, but the specific attribute could not be seen.

Almost at a glance, Fang Heng's gaze was attracted by the second reading type skill.

In the real world, he was troubled by reading books.

The occult skill book provided by Mo Yunxiao was too tiring to read!

The messy words in the book made Fang Heng dizzy.

He spent half an hour reading but only attained 0.21% of the reading progress. It would take at least a few months to finish reading it.

After acquiring the reading skill, wouldn't he be able to improve a lot?

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Chapter 284 Intelligence

"It doesn't seem right either."

Fang Heng pondered in his heart.

He was currently only at Tier 1 materialization, so his skills in the game could not be used outside of the game. After calming his mind, Fang Heng carefully checked the remaining options 1 and 3. Option 3's book-making was only an A-level skill.

Eliminated!

It would be a loss if he learned it!

He had to learn an A level skill!

As for the remaining options 1 and 2…

He had to take a gamble!

Fang Heng felt that the remaining two skills were incomprehensible, so he might as well choose the second option that was most likely to help him improve: reading skill type.

(Hint: Your outstanding performance in the mission has earned you a special reward-skill book: efficient reading.]

Skill book: Efficient reading (soul binding)

Skill level: A

Description: After use, you can immediately master the skill of efficient reading.

Skill level 1: Increases player's intelligence by 5 points. Increases player's reading efficiency by 50%. For every 1 level increase in skill level, an additional 0.4 intelligence (This skill can be upgraded to Level 30).

Skill description 2: Reading can improve your temperament, this will give you an additional favorability rating when you meet a certain character for the first time.

Skill description 3: Actively using the skill allows the player to enter an efficient reading state, increase reading efficiency by 500% and consume 1% of the current maximum stamina per minute.

Good!

He made a good choice!

It's intelligence!

A skill book that increases intelligence!

Fang Heng's eyes lit up in excitement.

Regardless of whether or not the increase in reading efficiency was useful outside of the game, just the increase in basic intelligence was enough to earn back the ticket price of this mission!

Among all the attributes, Fang Heng's weakest attribute was intelligence!

And in the game world, reading certain books required intelligence as the foundation.

If his intelligence attribute was not enough, then he would not be able to read higher-level occult books!

High-efficiency reading could be considered as making up for his weakness!

This was a bloody win!

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Fang Heng thought as he slapped the skill book on his head.

A faint white light flashed.

(Hint: You have learned a skill-efficient reading.)

Hao Zhou and the others were also extremely satisfied with the medal they obtained after some research about it.

The attribute of the medal was much better than the free resurrection that they had previously expected!

The free 3 deaths within 90 days gave them a lot of room to make mistakes, allowing them to take risks and complete some high-difficulty missions after entering the intermediate game!

They would take a gamble!

They would enter the intermediate game and make a perfect start!

"Fang Heng, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been able to complete the mission this time."

Hao Zhou and the others gathered around Fang Heng and thanked him together.

"Don't be so polite. We're already so familiar with each other. Everyone benefits from each other. I've also earned an advanced skill book."

"Next, we're going to form a team and enter the intermediate game together."

As Hao Zhou spoke, he looked at the luxurious prison shelter behind Fang Heng.

When they first saw the shelter, Hao Zhou's team was shocked.

With the size of a shelter of this level, Fang Heng was going for the overlord of the entire server!

"I think you will still choose to stay here for a while, right?"

"Yes, indeed. The development of the shelter is not bad. I have no plans to enter a higher level game for the time being."

Intermediate games were different from elementary games.

Most players who chose to enter intermediate games had strong confidence in themselves. They were confident that they could survive in a worse environment.

In comparison, they were more ambitious and more difficult to deal with.

Hao Zhou and the others looked at each other. He said, "Fang Heng we have obtained some insider information about the game."

"Our world is undergoing a huge change. Only by entering a higher level game can we obtain enough strength to protect ourselves."

"This was revealed to me by a comrade of mine in the Federation. I have a deep relationship with him, so I believe what he

said."

"That's right, Fang Heng, why don't you come with us to the higher level game!"

Kun Ba also invited Fang Heng along, "Fang Heng, with your strength, you'll be able to make a name for yourself after entering a higher level game. At most, you'll be able to eat and drink without worries for the rest of your life here. It's indeed very comfortable, but don't wear down your spirit."

"You rascal, if you don't know how to speak, then don't speak."

Kun Ta grabbed his shoulder and stopped him from continuing

"Fang Heng, think about it. The intermediate game is the true start of the game. That's where you'll be able to display your strength. This place is still too small for you. Resources are also limited, and the upper limit is too low."

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Fang Heng could feel that everyone's persuasion came from their hearts.

He also understood the danger that Kun Ta and the others said.

The game was about to invade reality.

Since the Night Owl organization could already use the space tearing device in the game to attack the server, it was very likely that the intermediate game could also use some special methods to invade the elementary game server.

At that time, there was a high chance that the Zombie Apocalypse would be crushed by the advanced game…

And…

Fang Heng's face was serious.

He had to be prepared.

While thinking, Fang Heng raised his head and said, "Yes, thank you. I understand. I've heard about the great changes in the world. However, I still want to save up for some time in the elementary game."

Hao Zhou patted Fang Heng's shoulder and said, "Well, you're better than us. We believe that you have your judgment. Let's not talk about it anymore. Good luck."

Fang Heng nodded and said jokingly, "You guys too. Maybe we'll meet in the advanced game world soon. Next time we meet, don't pull your hips too hard."

"Hahaha! Okay! Then we'll leave first and wait for you in the advanced game!" Hao Zhou also laughed out loud. "In the future, when you enter the intermediate game, feel free to look for me if you encounter any trouble."

"You're not in a hurry to leave right now. Why don't you stay here tonight? I'll treat you guys to barbecue?"

Upon mentioning Fang Heng's barbecue, Kun Ba immediately nodded in agreement. "That's great, Fang Heng!! I love barbecue!"

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In the messy rented room, Old Black was facing a computer.

"The Federation has already discovered that the first-generation meteorite has been destroyed. It's much faster than we expected."

"Unfortunately, no matter how fast it is, it's already too late. I think they've already realized that all the top engineers in the server have died."

As Old Black spoke, Fang Heng's face appeared in his mind. Following this, a sinister smile appeared on his lips.

"Unless they're willing to activate that thing, otherwise…"

"There's no such possibility. The Federation will not do that. This will cause a large number of player deaths. The Federation cannot afford such losses."

A gloomy voice sounded from the other end of the phone.

"The Federation has already detected our presence. They are now focusing their attention on Servers 2, 3 and 5. The pressure is extremely great. Activate the emergency plan and divert their attention."

"Alright. Is there enough time? How much more time does the twelve corporations need to get ready?"

"Soon, just a little bit more."

"Don't worry, everything is planned. Soon, the end will come."

Old Black shrugged. "Alright, I look forward to witnessing that day with you. Remember to transfer the money to my account first."

After hanging up, Old Black thought for a while and reached out to call Fang Heng.

After three busy sounds, Old Black pressed the phone and sent a text message.

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Chapter 285 Practice

At night, they ate and drank to their heart's content.

Fang Heng invited the players from Hao Zhou's team to stay in a luxurious single room in the shelter for a day.

After a day's rest, Hao Zhou and the others would officially form a team and enter the advanced game world.

Fang Heng did not have any plans to enter the advanced game world for a short period.

He still had more important things to deal with.

When he was delivering the goods, Fang Heng had been offline for more than ten hours, so he wasn't sleepy at all.

He would try out the skill book that he obtained!

Fang Heng brought more than ten zombie clones to the basement of the shelter.

In the game, the player had to read a few specific books to learn about them.

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It was very troublesome.

Fang Heng had tried to let the zombie clones do it for him before.

Unfortunately, zombies couldn't read.

But now, it was different.

The skill-efficient reading could also be activated by consuming vitality.

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So…

Could it also work on zombies?

Zombies didn't have vitality.

Unlimited reading!

Fang Heng pondered for a moment and prepared to try it out.

He took out a few miscellaneous books from the warehouse and then controlled the zombie clone to walk up to him and use the efficient reading skill to forcefully read the books.

The zombie clone held a book and quickly flipped through the pages. A long reading progress bar appeared above its head.

At the same time, a hint appeared in Fang Heng's vision.

(Hint: Your zombie clone has entered the efficient reading state. By reading the book "How To Become A Top Actor", you have gained 1 experience point for the efficient reading skill.)

"Ha! It works!"

Fang Heng slapped his thigh excitedly and immediately called a group of zombies over to the basement.

The zombie clones lined up in front of Fang Heng and took out some miscellaneous books from the storage box that were meant for the players to do pleasure reading.

Rows of game hints floated across Fang Heng's vision.

(Hint: Your zombie clone has entered the efficient reading state. You have finished reading the book "996! Let's All Roll It Up!" You have gained 6 experience points for the efficient reading skill.]

(Hint: Your zombie clone…)

(Hint: Your skill has been upgraded to Level 17, the current upper limit. Please upgrade your character's level.]

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In just half an hour, the zombie clones had maxed out the efficient reading skill!

It was done!

Seeing the game hints, Fang Heng threw the "2020 Hengtong Movie Theatre Guard's Diary" he was reading into the bonfire.

He immediately opened the character's attribute to check.

The effect of the A level skill was remarkable!

The efficient reading skill provided him with 11.8 basic intelligence points!

The current character's total score was 19.5 basic intelligence points!

Compared to before levelling up the skill, it had more than doubled!

He would go to the real world to try out the skill effect!

Fang Heng threw a simple bed on the spot and went offline.

Offline, Fang Heng couldn't wait to return to the study room behind the villa, eager to start reading

"Eh?!

Fang Heng turned on his phone to take a look.

Apart from the important summary of the company's information sent by his assistant Pei Anan every day, as well as Xia Xi's persistent greetings and recent reports, he also received a text message from an unknown source.

There were only a few words on the text message.

"Server 5-Old Black."

What did it mean?

Fang Heng was stunned.

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What happened to Server 5?

The cell phone number that sent the text message was empty. He could not dial it back even if he wanted to.

"Tch, the Riddler would die!!"

After thinking for a moment, Fang Heng cursed softly.

Who cares!

He had more important things to do now.

Previously, when he was learning the skill, Fang Heng had a premonition.

Since efficient reading increased the basic attribute of intelligence, did that mean that the speed and efficiency of reading were also related to intelligence?

The more Fang Heng thought about it, the more he felt that this guess made sense!

Back in the study, Fang Heng sat on the futon and meditated.

After all the distracting thoughts were removed from his mind, Fang Heng once again picked up the "Occult Guide" on the low table.

(Hint: Given that your will has passed the test, your intelligence has also passed the test.]

(Hint: You have obtained the book-Occult Guide (current reading progress: 0.21%).]

Focusing on reading, Fang Heng quickly immersed himself in the contents of the book.

The next day, the morning sun gradually lit up the room.

The drowsy feeling came again.

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"I can't read anymore."

Fang Heng stretched himself and put the book by the side.

He casually looked out of the window.

What? It's already dawn?

Did he read all night?

Fang Heng was pleasantly surprised.

Last time, he only read for half an hour and already felt dizzy. This time, not only did he suddenly become engrossed in reading, he managed to read for six hours in a row!

That's right! Intelligence must have something to do with reading!

Fang Heng lowered his head to check the reading progress again.

(Hint: Current book-"Occult Guide" reading progress 2.82%.]

Compared to last time, the reading progress had greatly increased!

However, Fang Heng was still not satisfied.

The reading efficiency was still a little slow.

If he wanted to finish reading all the books, he would need to spend more time.

Feeling a bit helpless, Fang Heng closed the book and sat on the futon. He focused his mind and meditated, quickly recovering the mental strength that he had used up.

(Hint: Your shelter has completed the construction of Sandy's art gallery.]

(Hint: Your shelter's attractiveness has been increased.]

(Hint: The probability of your shelter's NPC defecting has been permanently reduced by 10%.]

(Hint: Your shelter unlocked art attribute. This attribute can increase the range of your survival radio's reception and transmission. At the same time, it makes it easier for you to meet NPC survivors.]

(Hint: Every month, you can receive an additional 3 NPCs with specific expertise (hint: only non-hidden expertise; the level of the NPC obtained is random and the highest level obtained is A. You can increase the probability of obtaining high-level NPCs by raising the art level).]

There was such a good thing?

Every month, he would get three NPC survivors with specific expertise for free!

Fang Heng immediately chose the research staff that the shelter currently lacked the most.

(Hint: Three random NPC survivors with scientific research expertise will visit your shelter within 24 hours. Please be prepared.]

"Fang Heng, look! It's too beautiful! Isn't it!"

Sandy stood in the centre of the vast art gallery. He opened his hands and closed his eyes slightly, feeling the aura of art.

"Hmm… maybe, maybe…"

The construction of the art gallery was very simple. It was all basic materials. Once it was ready, it would be built directly via the game system.

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Fang Heng pondered in his heart.

There were so many players in the prison now. Should he open the art gallery to them and charge another them entrance fees?

Sandy said excitedly, "Fang Heng, to commemorate this incredible day given the reconstruction of an art gallery, I suggest that we celebrate!"

"Of course! Let's celebrate. Tonight, we'll take in a few more survivors and researchers who are wandering outside!"

"Hey! Fang Heng!" Sandy protested, "Even though our relationship is very good, I don't like to keep running outside. My artwork needs my care, do you understand what I mean?"

(Hint: Sandy's loyalty has been reduced to 97.]

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Fang Heng glanced at Sandy.

For the past two days, he had brought Sandy to the Dark Knights every night to accept missions and carry out the plan to poach them.

The effect was exceptionally good!

They had poached nearly 20 researchers in total, including two A-level researchers!

"Celebrate? What suggestions do you have?"

"How about making a batch of gold commemorative medals? Carve my name 'Sandy' on the back of the medals. This historic moment should be remembered! Our names should be forever recorded in the history books!"

Fang Heng thought that this proposal was not very good.

Medals did not have any attribute and it was a waste of gold resources.

"Alright, persuade a researcher to join the shelter in exchange for a customized commemorative medal."

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"You… Fang Heng! This is art! This is an insult to art! I thought you could understand me!" This was Sandy's sore point. He gritted his teeth and insisted, "At least three!"

"Deal."

"Very good! When can we leave?"

Sandy was full of energy again and returned to his usual fanaticism. "I will convince them to join our shelter. Believe me, this is a haven for artists. They have no reason to refuse to join us!"

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"Right now is fine."

Fang Heng was about to take Sandy with him when a C-level researcher, who had just joined the shelter, knocked on the door and came in.

"Boss, God Qiu asked you to come over. The second phase of the Licker experiment is ready to begin."

"The second phase of the experiment is ready?"

Fang Heng was pleasantly surprised!

During this period, it was useful to poach so many people to come to the shelter. The research level of the shelter had increased by 10 levels and the research speed had also increased significantly.

"Great! I'll go now!"

Fang Heng changed into a protective suit and went to the large-scale research room in the newly built basement.

More than 30 researchers gathered behind Qiu Yaokang

They each took notes with pen and paper, looking very respectful.

"Licker Phase II clinical experiment, testing the effectiveness of the Licker modified T-virus, testing the success rate of the T-virus optimization and modification on the Licker."

Qiu Yaokang's tone was as calm as usual. He held a checklist in his hand and turned to look at Fang Heng who had just pushed the door open.

"Can we begin?"

"Of course, anytime!"

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Qiu Yaokang pressed the red button.

"Ka Ka Ka…"

Three cultivation pod doors opened at the same time.

"The current Phase II clinical experiment is based on the modified T-virus following the Meteorite Company. Once the experiment is successful, theoretically, we can carry out Licker modification without limit."

Fang Heng raised his eyebrows.

Unlimited modifications were good!

However, he would not choose to convert all the zombie clones into Lickers.

Lickers could only be used as a combat unit, and could not be used for resource collection and other operations.

Most of the zombie clones had to be used for development.

"Currently, I'm at Level 17 and I have a total of 202 zombie clones."

Fang Heng made a mental calculation.

The number of Lickers should be around 50. The remaining three-quarters of the zombie clones needed to be used for daily resource collection and shelter construction.

As for combat, 50 Lickers and proliferator clones made a total of 200.

That was enough!

200 Lickers were enough to trigger a qualitative change.

"Of course, the prerequisite for unlimited Licker modification is sufficient raw materials." Qiu Yaokang nodded and said, "The synthesis of the Licker modified T-virus requires some special materials, which are difficult to find."

"Anyway, let's start the test."

While speaking, Qiu Yaokang gestured to the three cultivation pods with his eyes.

Fang Heng nodded, then controlled the three zombies to walk into the three cultivation pods.

"Bang!"

The door of the cultivation pod closed at the same time.

"Gulp, gulp, gulp…"

The yellow liquid was injected into the cultivation pod.

A series of bubbles appeared in the cultivation pod.

(Hint: Your zombie life form is changing…]

(Hint: Current evolvable transformation detected, direction-Licker transformation.]

(Hint: Current evolvable transformation success rate: 100%.]

(Hint: You have spent 500 survival points*3 to accelerate Licker evolution transformation.]

(Hint: You have spent 8000 survival points*3; complete evolution crystal*15, permanent solidification to complete the evolution of Licker*3.]

A row of game hints quickly swept across Fang Heng's eyes.

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The zombie's skin that was soaked in the solution quickly festered, and the limbs of its body quickly mutated.

The many NPC researchers who stood behind Qiu Yaokang and watched the experiment let out soft exclamations. Their eyes lit up as they buried their heads and recorded their observations.

Fang Heng could not help but look back at Qiu Yaokang

Amazing! God Qiu!

Last time, he had a success rate of more than 80, but this time, he directly upped it to 100!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!!"

In a short moment, the Licker transformation was completed, and the hatch opened again.

(Hint: You have completed the Licker transformation*3.)

Three Lickers climbed out of the cultivation pod and docilely climbed to Fang Heng's side.

Under the watchful eyes of many researchers, Qiu Yaokang walked to the Licker, squatted down again and poked the Licker's head with the tip of the pen.

The Licker stuck out its red tongue as if it was demonstrating its power.

Qiu Yaokang looked at it coldly and lowered his head to record the data.

"Phase II experiment successful." "Clap Clap Clap Clap…" The NPC researchers in the laboratory applauded one after another, looking at Qiu Yaokang with admiration.

(Hint: Your shelter has completed the Licker transformation research. Your shelter's researchers are in high spirits, character experience points gained.]

(Hint: Some of your researcher's character levels have increased.]

"Just as I thought. After the last modification, the success rate has increased."

Amidst the applause, Qiu Yaokang slowly turned around.

He felt that the success of the clinical trial was the norm.

"Currently, the remaining research materials can be converted about 72 times at most. If there are any more, I will need more T-virus raw materials and other rare resources."

As he said that, Qiu Yaokang stood up and turned to look at Fang Heng. "How is it? What are your thoughts?"

"My thoughts? Eh, I think you are a genius! Qiu Yaokang!"

"Don't repeat this kind of fact. It's a waste of time."

Qiu Yaokang looked at the group of NPC researchers behind him.

"The next stage of research is how to fuse the vine parasite with the Licker."

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"After we go back, everyone draws up a feasibility report and analysis research plan. I want to see it tomorrow morning."

As soon as he finished speaking, the smiles on the researchers' faces froze.

Fang Heng felt that the atmosphere in the entire room had suddenly become extremely depressing

Qiu Yaokang's gaze swept across every researcher.

"Aren't you going back yet? Are you guys not going to sleep tonight?"

The NPC researchers came to a realization one after another, and in the blink of an eye, they had all dispersed.

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Chapter 287 New Activity

After the researchers left, Fang Heng hurriedly asked, "A Licker that can fuse with a vine zombie? Can that be done?"

The Licker's predatory ability, coupled with the vine zombie's strong defensive ability…

Wouldn't that mean there would be no shortcomings!

"There are still a few challenges that need to be overcome. The problem isn't too big. We can use this opportunity to train these students. They are still too inexperienced. There are only a few that are of some use."

Fang Heng opened his mouth.

He felt that Qiu Yaokang's expectations were too high.

Probably only an A-level researcher was competent enough for him.

"Let's begin. How many Lickers are you going to transform this time?"

Fang Heng rubbed his hands.

"Let's make it a whole number! We will start with fifty Lickers first."

(Hint: Current book-"Occult Guide" reading progress 6.22%.]

After reading every day, Fang Heng stretched his body and was ready to find something to eat.

Just as he left the study, his cell phone rang.

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"Deng Xin?"

Seeing the name on the caller ID, Fang Heng was a little surprised.

He wondered if Deng Xin's luck had always been bad.

Twice in a row, after she received Old Black's mission, she happened to meet Fang Heng who sabotaged her mission.

The last time, Deng Xin followed Fang Heng to the quarantine zone for a mission. After that, she wisely chose to join Fang Heng's work studio and sign a contract.

Recently, Fang Heng had not paid much attention to Deng Xin. He had almost forgotten about her.

He did not expect Deng Xin to suddenly take the initiative to contact him.

"Fang Heng, Old Black has contacted me!"

"Huh?"

Fang Heng raised his eyebrows and his curiosity was immediately piqued.

Old Black!

Didn't Night Owl already cut off all the main storyline missions in Server 8?

In theory, their goal had already been achieved.

What's the next step?

"What's the matter? Tell me in detail."

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When she initially decided to work with Fang Heng, Deng Xin was still apprehensive.

Although she had signed a contract with Fang Heng's gaming company, it was still possible for her to hide it if she wanted to.

After some thought, Deng Xin and the team discussed for a while and everyone unanimously decided to be on Fang Heng's side.

Recently, with the popularity of the prison faction on the internet, Deng Xin was even more determined about this idea.

On one side, there was the dangerous character, Old Black, who was related to the anti-federation forces; and on the other side was the popular and promising Fang Heng.

Even a fool would know which side to choose!

"The specific target of the mission is still unclear. Twenty hours ago, I received an invitation from Old Black and immediately went to the target location to gather. I wanted to contact you at that time, but I couldn't get in touch."

"I'm now in a transport van. It wasn't easy for me to find an opportunity to secretly go offline and call you."

Fang Heng asked, "Hmm, what else do you know?"

"Old Black didn't reveal any information related to the mission."

"I only heard that Old Black has been secretly recruiting a group of people recently. We're not the only team in the black market that accepted his invitation."

"As usual, Old Black requested that the entire mission be kept secret."

Deng Xin was worried that Fang Heng didn't trust her, so she explained, "Old Black has always been very careful. He's always been like this. He only tells us the mission information at the end."

"What's the specific location of the mission?"

"I'm now in the Gobi District (2813, 9982). I've secretly asked the driver about it before. It's about an hour away."

Deng Xin reported the coordinates to Fang Heng.

"Old Black is very steady. Once we accept the mission, we're not allowed to go offline during the period. We'll stay in the game by drinking coffee until the whole mission is over. I can't go offline for too long in case I get discovered."

"Okay, I will rush over now." Fang Heng lowered his head and thought for a while, then said, "Everything will be as usual for now. When the time comes, I will contact you through the in-game survival radio."

"Okay, be careful."

After hanging up the phone, Fang Heng immediately thought of the text message he received from Old Black not long ago.

He did not quite understand the meaning of the text message, but one thing was certain.

Night Owl organization was preparing to play some tricks again.

The matter of the first-generation meteorite had been set up by Night Owl, causing the main storyline mission to be temporarily frozen. Fang Heng had been feeling dispirited because of this.

He would need to create some trouble for them!

It would be best if he could reap some benefits along the way.

Fang Heng decided to go over personally to take a look.

After making up his mind, Fang Heng immediately returned to the game.

Through the teleportation passage, Fang Heng arrived at the Dark Knights' contact point closest to Deng Xin's coordinates. A barren desert region.

In the game, survival in the desert region was relatively difficult. Perhaps to balance the difficulty of the game, a cactus plant could often be seen in the desert.

The juice of the plant could provide sufficient water.

However, food was scarce.

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Hence, the desert was considered a beginner's death zone by the player.

Fang Heng rented a motorcycle from the Dark Knights' contact point and rushed along the desert road to the coordinates.

Halfway there, Fang Heng noticed a military truck speeding past him.

He looked up and saw two black shadows in the distance.

It was a large sentry tower!

The height of the sentry tower was about 15 meters tall. At this stage, very few player shelters could build such a high-level sentry tower. Was it an NPC?

Or perhaps…

The Federation!

Fang Heng opened the built-in map to check.

That's right, not far away in the desert region, there was a large-scale shelter built by the Federation!

It had been more than a month since the game started.

The Federation mobilized all sorts of resources and completed the construction of the first batch of shelters in the server of District 8. There were a total of five shelters, which were located in various corners of the game world.

There were good and bad things about building a shelter in the desert region.

The good thing was that the vision of the desert region was clear. If they were attacked by the enemy, they could be discovered and dealt with early. In addition, it was easier to mine oil shale and other fuel resources in the desert.

The troublesome part was obtaining food.

Fang Heng rode his motorcycle on the road before the Federation's large-scale shelter.

A few Federation players looked at Fang Heng warily.

At this stage, the Federation's shelter was not open to ordinary players. Many of the people living in it were relatives of the Federation's higher-ups.

Therefore, the establishment of the shelter was exceptionally strong.

The area near the shelter was also guarded by the Federation soldiers. Any player who approached it would be dismissed.

Fang Heng observed the situation briefly and rode his motorcycle away quickly.

On the way, Fang Heng received a message from Deng Xin's survival radio.

Deng Xin: "We're here. The coordinates for the Gobi District (2789, 9910)."

The map showed that the gathering place where Deng Xin and the others were was about three kilometres away from the Federation shelter.

So close?

Old Black couldn't be planning to attack the Federation's shelter, right?

Fang Heng pondered in his heart.

He felt that it would be a bit difficult to rely on Old Black's hired men to fight against the Federation's shelter.

They most likely had other plans!

It would be too conspicuous to make any movements during the day. If they were discovered, they would be in trouble.

Fang Heng stopped his motorcycle and rested by the side of the road.

When the sun was setting and the sky was completely dark, he got up and left the road, heading towards the coordinate point area.

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Chapter 288 Prey

Fang Heng's high physique attribute and the vampire bloodline's night vision ability made him largely immune to the effects of 'dark fear'.

Soon, when he was close to the coordinates, Fang Heng noticed that there was a flash of fire in the Gobi Desert not far ahead.

There was a cave entrance in the middle of the Gobi Desert's bare rock.

The fire was coming from inside the cave.

Fang Heng didn't go in to investigate immediately. Instead, he hid behind a rock and tried to send a message to Deng Xin to ask about the situation through the survival radio.

Fang Heng: "I'm outside the cave. Are you inside the cave? How's the situation?"

Deng Xin: "Yes, my team and I are now gathered in the cave. Old Black didn't show up for this operation. The operation is headed by Liu Keyi. After entering the iron mine, she gave us a shovel and asked us to dig inside the iron mine." "Dig a cave?"

Seeing Deng Xin's reply, Fang Heng became even more curious.

He tried to feel in the direction of the rock wall.

"Eh? What's that?"

Fang Heng narrowed his eyes slightly.

With the help of the vampire bloodline's night vision ability and high perception attribute, Fang Heng noticed that two black shadows were hiding behind the desert rocks not far away.

They were players!

Who could they be?

Fang Heng was puzzled.

He lowered his footsteps and activated his aura concealment skill, carefully approaching the two players.

The two players did not notice that someone was approaching from behind. They were hiding behind a rock, carefully observing the cave ahead through binoculars.

As they got closer, Fang Heng heard the two of them whispering to each other.

"Hiss, this godforsaken place, why don't we light up a bonfire, it's so cold."

"What are you thinking about? Light a bonfire? Aren't you afraid that others will see you? This mission is very important. Superiors have warned us not to disturb them."

"I know. I'm just saying. You said that they have been in there for so long, but why haven't they made any movements? What are they doing in there?"

"Don't worry about it, as long as the investigation records are fine… once they leave the cave, immediately notify the shelter."

Fang Heng stopped in his tracks and gave up on the idea of going over to say hello. He dodged into the darkness.

Were they from the Federation?

Thinking about it carefully, it seemed to make sense.

The current game environment was still in the early stages of the game.

Other than a small number of players with special talent attributes, most of the other players could not move at night.

Only the Federation and some large gaming companies could find such a player to conduct investigative work.

And there was only the Federation's large-scale shelter within a radius of a hundred miles.

Listening to the conversation between these two players, the Federation had already discovered traces of Night Owl.

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Moreover, they had not made a move at the first moment. Instead, they were hiding outside the iron mine to observe?

Fang Heng felt that this was getting more and more interesting.

After retreating into the darkness, Fang Heng put on a mask and activated his aura concealment state. He circled from the side and approached the cave entrance.

There were two player guards outside the cave entrance.

Fang Heng leaned against the rock wall and slowly approached. He hid in the blind spot of the two player's field of vision and once again sent a message to Deng Xin via the survival radio.

Fang Heng: "I'm at the side of the rock wall outside the cave entrance. You think of a way to come out so that we can have a chat".

Deng Xin: "I'll give it a try.".

In just a moment, Deng Xin walked out of the cave.

Deng Xin said to the two players guarding the cave entrance, "The next group of players will take the shift in ten minutes. Go back and report the situation to Liu Keyi. I'll watch for you for a while."

"Thank you."

The two player guards didn't think much of it. They just thanked her casually and walked into the cave together.

In the cave, there were still a few pairs of eyes staring at Deng Xin.

Deng Xin didn't leave the line of sight of the others. She pretended to want to breathe fresh air and walked out of the cave casually.

Soon, she heard a soft shout from the side.

"Deng Xin."

Deng Xin stopped and pretended to be casual. She stretched and responded in a soft voice.

"Fang Heng, I've checked. The interior of the cave used to be an abandoned laboratory of the Meteorite Company. For some reason, it was completely blocked by the Meteorite Company. The passage was completely blown

up."

"Liu Keyi wants us to dig out the entire passage and enter the laboratory."

"I just saw the construction map provided by Liu Keyi. Given our speed, it will take about two days to completely dig through the passage."

Fang Heng frowned when he heard that.

Meteorite Company?

Abandoned laboratory?

Sounded like a fancy business!

What tricks was Night Owl up to this time?

Deng Xin said as she turned around and threw a piece of paper in Fang Heng's direction.

"This is the construction map that I drew based on my memory. Also, this rock is very strange. My team members accidentally dug it when they were digging the passage."

"Liu Keyi also told us to try our best to collect these rocks."

"Okay, I got it."

Fang Heng picked up the piece of paper that Deng Xin threw from the ground.

When he opened it, he saw that the map on the paper was hand-drawn.

He could roughly tell that this was the interior structure of the cave.

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There was also a small piece of shrapnel wrapped in the paper ball.

Fang Heng held the shrapnel in his palm and observed it.

[Item: Special small rocks.]

Description: This is a relatively special rock. Upon closer inspection, one could see that there was a blue fluorescent light coming out from it. It looked very strange.

Additional description: You can feel that the rock seems to contain some kind of special energy (Perception attribute greater than 20, additional information obtained).

Was it an ore?

Fang Heng was even more puzzled.

"I heard that this operation is related to the Federation."

"Night Owl is planning to use this opportunity to strike hard at the Federation's influence in Server 8."

"Also, I just noticed that there's a large number of explosives hidden in the cave."

"The power of the explosives is enough to blow up the entire cave."

Explosives again!

What exactly was Night Owl trying to do!

Fang Heng became more and more perplexed.

"Fang Heng, Liu Keyi might get suspicious. I have to go back first."

"Okay, if there's anything, contact me through the survival radio."

The two of them exchanged a few simple words and left.

Fang Heng glanced at the Federation's surveillance team's location in the distance and returned the way he came.

He was not sure if the Federation people had noticed him.

But this wasn't important.

Fang Heng decided to return first. The Federation might know something, so he first found a safe place and went offline to ask Chen Yu about the situation.

If it didn't work out, at least Phase II of the Licker transformation experiment was about to be completed.

When the time came, he would directly bring the Lickers over and crush them all the way!

"So, Fang Heng, our Federation is the same as you. We were all ruthlessly tricked by Night Owl!"

"Sigh!"

On the other end of the phone, Chen Yu felt a heavy sense of powerlessness.

He was unwilling to accept this fact and sighed deeply.

"The possibility of continuing with the main storyline mission in District 8 is not high anymore."

"I suggest that you focus on other missions and not fight to the death with the main storyline mission."

Chen Yu thought that Fang Heng was here to ask him about the main storyline mission, so he persuaded Fang Heng to give up.

Fang Heng nodded. What he learned from Chen Yu was about the same as what he had guessed. The first-generation meteorite had been destroyed. When the Federation came back to their senses, they realized that most of the great engineers in Server 8 had already died.

Chen Yu said, "But it doesn't matter. If the main storyline mission cannot be completed, it won't affect the players too much. The Federation will do its best to protect the safety of the people and completely eradicate Night Owl."

Fang Heng didn't call because of this matter. He immediately redirected the conversation to the main topic.

"Alright, do you have any news related to the Night Owl organization recently?"

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Chapter 289 Crystal Ore

"Oh, Night Owl…"

Chen Yu stammered.

"About that… actually, I've recently been… deployed somewhere. I'm no longer in charge of that side. Why are you asking about this…"

The corners of Fang Heng's mouth twitched, and he said, "So after you have been used, they kicked you out of the investigation team, is it?"

"Uh… Fang Heng, Don't rub salt into the wound at this time…"

Chen Yu smiled bitterly in his heart, picked up the coffee on his desk and took a small sip.

"I've been entrusted with another role by the leaders. Recently, I'm mainly in charge of the overall planning of the recent Blood Moon incident in Server 8."

Fang Heng interrupted, "Do me a favour. I heard that Night Owl might be doing something in the Desert Gobi region. Help me find out if there's any specific news from there?"

"Is that so? I haven't heard about it. I'll go and ask around. Wait for my call."

"Okay."

Fang Heng hung up the phone, sat cross-legged on the futon and closed his eyes to meditate.

About half an hour later, Chen Yu's call came again.

"Fang Heng, you're right. I've asked a few friends about it. There has indeed been a secret emergency operation in the past two days. The location is in the Desert Gobi region."

"I have a feeling that this matter might be related to Night Owl because the person in charge of the operation is Zhang Zhe."

Chen Yu's tone was also a little uncomfortable.

"I just tried to ask Zhang Zhe, but he said 'it's a secret' and did not reveal anything after that."

Fang Heng pursed his lips.

It's him again! Zhang Zhe!

Fang Heng's impression of Zhang Zhe had never been very good.

If it was Chen Yu who was in charge, Fang Heng was prepared to discuss it with him and seek revenge on Night Owl together.

Since the person in charge was Zhang Zhe, there was no need to do that.

Sensing that Fang Heng had gone silent, Chen Yu had a bad feeling.

"Uh, Fang Heng, something on your mind?"

"Don't do anything rash. Leave it to our Federation to handle."

"Yes, I know. Contact me if there's anything next time."

Hearing the call hang up, Chen Yu sighed silently.

He felt that with Fang Heng's personality, he would most likely cause some trouble again.

After thinking about it, Chen Yu decided to send a message to Fang Heng to tell him to be more vigilant and be more careful.

He had just finished typing and sent it over.

"Fang Heng refuses to accept your call…" He was blocked!

Chen Yu gritted his teeth and turned off his phone.

Fang Heng decided to do it himself.

Federation? Night Owl?

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His 200 Lickers would be enough to crush them, right?

As the saying goes, "The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole follows." He would let them fight first, and then he would sit back and reap the benefits.

After making up his mind, Fang Heng returned to the research room and prepared to lead the group of Lickers that had just completed their evolutionary transformation to join the battle.

"Qiu Yaokang, how's the Licker transformation going?"

Qiu Yaokang was operating the machine table with a few researchers. He did not even turn his head. "The last batch is still in the process of transformation. It will be completed in ten minutes."

Fang Heng nodded.

To save some money, Fang Heng did not choose to use his survival points to complete the transformation in an instant. Instead, he would use the time slowly.

He walked to the side of Qiu Yaokang.

"Oh right, there's still this thing. Help me check it."

Qiu Yaokang took the small rock in Fang Heng's hand and carefully examined it under the light. "Interesting. Where did it come from?"

"I picked it up from a cave in the desert."

Qiu Yaokang walked to the experiment table at the side and put the rock under the microscope to observe.

"It's a very strange crystal structure. It's very rare. I need to conduct a thorough examination."

Half an hour later, Qiu Yaokang found Fang Heng with a detailed inspection report.

"Fang Heng, you found another good thing."

Fang Heng's eyelids twitched.

Even Qiu Yaokang thought it was a good

thing…

"What is it?"

"Do you still remember the high-level energy crystal that you obtained from the Meteorite Company in Pine City not long ago?"

"It's this?"

Fang Heng had a very good impression of the high-level energy crystal.

It was a blue square crystal.

The high-level energy crystal contained extremely powerful energy.

It was a little difficult to use as a power source, but it could be used to activate the space tearing device.

"Yes, it's a homologous ore, but the ore in your hand is a very low-quality crystal. Its utilization rate is very low, so it can't be made into a high-level energy crystal. It can be made into the lowest-level energy crystal."

"I've seen the information you brought out from the Meteorite Company. Where did you find it? I'm sure there should be a high-level crystal ore nearby."

"High-level crystal ores are usually produced in small quantities. If there's a chance, it's best to think of a way to collect them."

It was a high-level ore!

Fang Heng was first delighted, but then he realized that something was not right.

Night Owl had gathered a group of players from the black market just to mine?

There must be a problem!

Combined with the information from Chen Yu and Deng Xin, there were very few official members of the Night Owl organization who were operating in Server 8!

Most of Night Owl's operations were through Old Black acting as a middleman, recruiting mercenary groups like Deng Xin from the black market to work.

This meant that the investment of the Night Owl organization in Server 8 was very small.

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At this stage, they had no intention of establishing a shelter at all.

If that was the case, did Night Owl need this kind of high-level energy crystal?

Not only did they not have the space tearing device, but they also had no way to transport the ores to another game world.

Just to sell for money?

Fang Heng lowered his head.

He suddenly thought of what Deng Xin had said, that Night Owl had buried a large number of explosives in the iron mine…

Could it be…

A trap?

Night Owl had deliberately let the Federation discover them, then lured the Federation into the passage, and then thought of a way to bury them alive together with the crystal

ores?

Good fellow!

Fang Heng called him a good fellow.

The best hunters often appeared as prey.

Was it the Federation who had set up a trap for Night Owl or Night Owl who had plotted to trap the Federation?

But if that was the case, what would happen to the laboratory that had been deliberately sealed and buried by the Meteorite Company?

Fang Heng scratched his head.

He felt that his intelligence was a little lacking.

"F*ck…"

Fang Heng cursed softly.

Regardless of whether the Federation had taken the bait or not, he had already taken the bait.

The space tearing device was too useful! It was too convenient!

During this period, he often used the space tearing device to run around the world.

He was already addicted.

The remaining high-level energy crystal could continue to open the space tearing passage for about a day. If he did not find new energy, he would not be able to continue using the device to teleport.

In addition, after the completion of the Tier 3 space tearing device, there was also a gap in the energy.

According to Victor, the Tier 3 space tearing device would give rise to a

time passage. At that time, it would consume even more energy!

He needed more high-level energy crystals!

Crystal ores!

He had to get them!

Fang Heng took out the hand-drawn map made by Deng Xin from his backpack.

"No matter what tricks Night Owl and the Federation are up to, I want these crystal

ores…"

Fang Heng muttered to himself.

"It doesn't matter if it's by brute force or dirty means…"

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Chapter 290 Praising

"What? You've been together with him for so long, and there's no progress at all?"

Qiao Ling was surprised and she covered her mouth in disbelief.

"Sister's figure is so good, but Fang Heng can withstand it? That's impossible…"

Lucia also felt wronged. She lowered her head and silently used the whetstone to sharpen her short dagger.

Qiao Ling suddenly thought of something and looked at Lucia with sympathy.

"Sister, Fang Heng isn't… from Nantong University's School of Infrastructure, is he?"

"Huh? What?"

Lucia looked up, her face full of bafflement. She didn't understand what Qiao Ling was saying.

"Sister Lucia, didn't you notice that the relationship between Colonel Fang Heng and First Lieutenant Mo Jiawei is not so simple?"

Qiao Ling explained in a serious tone, "It seems that they are always together during every operation, right? Do you think… they

are?

"Ah? The two of them?"

Qiao Ling nodded crazily.

"Something's wrong!"

Lucia kept silent, lowered her head and continued to sharpen her knife.

Her sharp and cold eyes were reflected on the shiny blade. "Don't give up! Sister is so charming. Even a gay can be straightened by you!"

"Oh right, I spent a lot of effort to find the tea ceremony last time. Did you see it?"

"Does it work? I tried it last time, but it didn't work well."

"Yes, yes! It works! You have to persevere! Sister Lucia!"

Qiao Ling nodded, "Just like what I said last time, a man is a creature that likes to be worshipped. Praise him, praise him fiercely! I don't believe that he can control himself!"

Lucia nodded and muttered to herself, "Praise him fiercely, praise him fiercely…"

David walked in.

"Lucia, Colonel Fang Heng just came to look for me. He looked very anxious and said that he needs your help. Do you have time to go find him? He just left."

Hearing Fang Heng's name, Lucia suddenly stood up and clenched the dagger in her hand.

"Okay! I'll go over now!"

Qiao Ling waved at Lucia, "Sister Lucia! Good luck! Remember! Praise fiercely!"

"Sir, we have already compared some of the images we have captured with the database."

"Most of the players who appeared in the cave are often active in the black market."

"We have confirmed that the Night Owl organization hired these players behind the scenes. We suspect that they are excavating inside the iron mine. The target may be a special crystallized creature."

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Zhang Zhe did not speak. He carefully flipped through the files in his hands.

He had experienced a similar mission in the old district.

The crystallized creature and main storyline mission had a lot of relevance, but this mission was not important.

It was equivalent to a relatively late-stage side mission.

Completing the mission could increase the completion rate of the main storyline and change the direction of the outcome.

The prerequisite was that the player needed to complete the main storyline mission!

If the main storyline mission could not be completed, then no matter how many side missions there were, it would be a waste.

The mission difficulty was quite high. For the Federation, now was not the best time to trigger the mission.

In addition, the crystal ore related to the mission was also very valuable for mining.

That was the raw ore of the late-stage high-level energy crystal!

However, the extraction and synthesis of the high-level energy crystal were very complicated, and it was also very troublesome to gather, so it was not needed in the early stages…

For various reasons, the Federation was unable to take out so much manpower and material resources in the early stages to mine ore resources that were not needed for at least half a year.

However, the Federation was also very clear about the importance of the blue crystal ore, which was why they had chosen to establish a shelter in the nearby desert area and send people to guard the crystal mine area.

Zhang Zhe did not expect Night Owl to make a move so quickly, and it was aimed at the crystal mine.

"Sir, the reserve fighters have already gathered in the shelter and are on standby. They are ready to attack at any time and capture all the members of the Night Owl organization who participated in this operation."

"No, wait a little longer."

"Do we still have to wait?" The vice-captain of the temporary combat team, Tang Chu, frowned slightly. "Sir, if we wait any longer, will there be any accidents? If the ore is collected by Night Owl in advance or destroyed…"

"There's no rush. Crystal ores are different from ordinary ores."

"Different?"

Zhang Zhe shook his head and did not answer.

He did not feel like explaining to these people, nor did he want to explain to them.

As it involved part of the main storyline mission, once he explained, his King of Gods' points and personal survival points would be deducted.

The more information was leaked, the greater the deduction. After deducting his points, they would deduct his basic attributes.

No one could withstand such a punishment.

A Federation soldier knocked on the door and walked into the room.

"Captain, it's an emergency. The investigation team found a large number of zombies moving along Highway No. 702. There are about 400 to 500 of them."

Tang Chu frowned and looked at Zhang Zhe. At this time? Could it be related to the Night Owl organization?

Zhang Zhe immediately put down the file in his hand.

"Take me there to have a look!"

Everyone quickly came to the sentry towers.

Zhang Zhe took the binoculars and looked at the highway.

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On the road, a large group of zombies were huddled together, staggering along the road.

"Their target is not the shelter."

Noticing that the target of this wave of wandering zombies was not the shelter, Tang Chu heaved a sigh of relief.

Zhang Zhe frowned.

He felt that there was something wrong with this wave of zombies!

However, he couldn't tell what exactly was wrong.

On the surface, everything looked normal.

A Federation soldier said, "It should be a random zombie tide. It will disperse soon. If we don't provoke it, we won't be attacked."

"Sir, should we call our people back?"

"No, we don't need to. Send a few more people to follow them. Ask them to check the crystal mine again."

Zhang Zhe was a little uneasy. He decided to send a few people to follow them to take a look.

"Yes!"

The Federation soldier saluted and was about to go downstairs to pass on the order.

"Sir, sir…" At the side, a recruit's lips trembled. "Look over there, what's That?"

Everyone followed the recruit's gaze and looked into the distance.

A faint red colour appeared on the horizon.

The red colour gradually formed a line.

Zhang Zhe's pupils constricted.

Lickers?!

Hundreds of Lickers gathered together and quickly swept across the road!

From afar, it looked like a red wave.

They were heading straight for the shelter! The players on the sentry tower felt their scalps go numb.

So many Lickers?!

Several thoughts flashed through Zhang Zhe's mind.

Were the Lickers controlled by the Night Owl organization?

They were heading for the shelter?

Why?

Was this part of Night Owl's plan?

Night Owl's goal was the shelter? Then what was the situation at the crystal mine?

"Not good! They're heading towards the shelter!"

Tang Chu was the first to react. He immediately turned around and gave the Federation soldier an order.

"Sound Level 1 alarm! All players enter combat mode. Summon all reserve players to come online immediately."

"Everyone gather and prepare for battle!"

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Chapter 291: Luck

[Hint: Your zombie clone has excavated. You have obtained shrapnel*2.]

[Hint: Your zombie clone has excavated. You have obtained small rocks*4...]

In front of Gobi Desert.

Fang Heng opened a packet of durian-flavoured Oreos and stuffed one into his mouth. Then, he handed the rest to Mo Jiawei.

"Here? Have a taste?"

"No need, God. I'm not hungry yet."

Mo Jiawei and Fang Heng were standing on a high cliff not far away, looking down.

More than 300 zombies gathered together, wielding iron picks and constantly digging into the interior of the mountain wall.

The rocks they dug out had already piled up to a few small hills.

Fang Heng stuffed another piece of biscuit into his mouth.

After thinking for a while, he decided to play dirty this time.

"Fang Heng, have you noticed that Lucia seems a little weird today?"

"Eh? What's weird about her?"

"I think she looks at me with a murderous look in her eyes."

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Mo Jiawei rubbed his chin and thought for a while, then asked with confusion, "Am I overthinking? I don't think I've ever offended her."

"Yeah, I don't understand either. I think you're overthinking."

Mo Jiawei didn't think about it anymore. He looked at the big hole dug by the zombie team and asked, "Is the crystal ore we're looking for inside?"

"I think so."

Fang Heng opened the blueprint of the cave and explained it to Mo Jiawei.

"It's like this. The Night Owl organization has prepared explosives in the passage opening on the other side."

"The Federation should also know about Night Owl's actions, but they haven't made any moves yet. They're just secretly observing from the side."

"I also don't know what kind of trick they're playing, so let's be straightforward and dig a passage through here directly. We'll think of a way to be faster than Night Owl's people."

"We will secretly dig out all the ores inside, pack them up and take them away."

Fang Heng once again reiterated the strategy to Mo Jiawei.

"In short, try to get as many benefits as possible. Don't get into a conflict with the Federation and Night Owl's people. They can fight each other, and we can mine the ores."

Hearing that, Mo Jiawei nodded in agreement.

He then lowered his head to look at the zombie team that was busy digging.

"But, Fang Heng, with so many zombies gathered together, isn't the commotion a little big? We won't be discovered by night owl or the federation, Right?"

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"We only started digging after crossing the other side of the Gobi Desert. If anyone wants to discover us, they have to cross the Gobi Desert as well. Night Owl's people are still busy digging, so theoretically, they won't be able to discover us."

"What about the Federation?"

Mo Jiawei was more worried about the Federation.

"The people of the Federation have been keeping an eye on this mine and the Night Owl organization. It's a little troublesome to investigate at night. It's daytime now. If we send more people to strengthen the inspection, I'm afraid we might be exposed."

"You're right. So to prevent accidents, I asked Lucia to bring the Lickers to play with the people from the Federation. Let them get busy."

"Play..."

Listening to Fang Heng's casual narration, Mo Jiawei felt a chill down his spine.

He wasn't sure what Fang Heng meant by playing with toys.

However, when Mo Jiawei was called by Fang Heng to participate in the special mission last night, he had seen the red Lickers with his own eyes.

It was too terrifying.

If he were in the Federation, he wouldn't have the mood to go to the other side of the Gobi Desert to investigate when he saw a group of Lickers surrounding the shelter early in the morning.

"Ha..."

Fang Heng yawned as he spoke.

He hadn't slept all night, so he was a little tired.

He forced himself to perk up.

"I'll have to rely on you from now on, Jiawei!"

"Huh?"

Mo Jiawei was confused. He pointed at his nose.

"Up to me? What do I have to do with it?"

Mo Jiawei felt strange. He was woken up by Fang Heng in the middle of the night, and then came to watch the zombies mine.

He felt that he didn't have much use. At most, he would help Fang Heng look after the simple bed when he went offline.

"Of course, there's something to do."

Fang Heng's expression was exceptionally serious.

"Brother, stop pretending. I already know everything. During this period, I often go to the gym. I've heard of your amazing deeds. You're very lucky, right?"

When Mo Jiawei heard this, his expression froze.

"Fang Heng, don't listen to their nonsense. It's all fake! It's a lie!"

"It can't be fake. In the beginning, I was also skeptical. Later on, I thought about it and realized that it was true."

"Generally speaking, you were born as the chosen one, the direct heir of North River Heavy Industry. You're the only one and there is no competitor. Once you enter the game, you immediately have an S-level talent, and the mission that you randomly accepted turns out to be the main storyline of the Dark Knights..."

"Going into details, when the sewer exploded, the shrapnel that fell from your head was always the smallest."

"I also heard from the other brothers in the gym that when you were young, your great-grandfather tested your uncles' business skills and gave them a sum of money to invest in their businesses. He wanted to see which of them could get 100 million as fast as possible."

"In the end, your Sixth Uncle brought you to the casino. Is that true?"

Listening to Fang Heng's serious narration, Mo Jiawei felt like crying.

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"Indeed, but... but that time at the casino, my Sixth Uncle even lost his underwear..."

Fang Heng's words were conclusive.

"Then there must be something wrong with this casino."

"There's no choice. The time is too short, and I can't find a high-level geological exploration player to find the specific mineral point of the crystal ores, so I'm relying on you."

As Fang Heng spoke, he handed the hand-drawn map to Mo Jiawei.

"Come, point at a random location."

"Fang Heng, don't do these metaphysical things."

"Hurry up and pick a random location. I won't let you take the blame."

Mo Jiawei had never thought that Fang Heng had dragged him here for this.

Seeing that he couldn't escape from it, he could only silently point at a random location. "Then, let's do it here. What do you think?"

"I think it's not bad either."

Fang Heng glanced at the spot that Mo Jiawei pointed at, then controlled a part of the zombie team to change the angle and start digging in another direction.

...

Eight hours later.

Mo Jiawei and Fang Heng each drank two tons of coffee.

"Fang Heng, we've been digging for so long, but there's still no movement. Did we pick the right place?"

"Don't worry. We'll see. You have to believe in your ability."

Mo Jiawei thought to himself, "What ability do I have?"

Fang Heng was calm.

At this stage of the game, the player's level was too low. There was no way to find the exact location of the crystal mine.

Anyway, it was just a random bet.

He was half serious and half joking when he asked Mo Jiawei to guess.

Fang Heng had a backup plan.

A large number of zombies crowded together to dig, which would affect the efficiency. Therefore, he divided the zombie team into three teams. Two teams were digging in different directions, and one team was responsible for transporting the excavated stones.

One team was digging along the passage pointed out by Mo Jiawei, while the other team was digging toward the location of the laboratory marked on Deng Xin's hand-drawn map.

Fang Heng felt that if Mo Jiawei failed, he could still try to get information about the crystal ore from the laboratory.

Anyway, there was still plenty of time.

While he was thinking, the game suddenly gave a hint of a new message.

[Hint: Your zombie clone has excavated, you have obtained inferior blue crystal ore*2.]

[Hint: You have learned the method to identify blue crystal ore from the NPC Qiu Yaokang.]

It's here!

Huh?

It's from Mo Jiawei's passage!

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Chapter 292: Iron Mine

Fang Heng patted Mo Jiawei on the shoulder.

"We found something. Let's go and take a look!"

The excavation efficiency of the zombie team was extremely fast and they had dug out two caves hundreds of meters deep along the passage.

The two of them went to the deepest part of the cave together.

In front of them, the zombie team was still waving their iron axes and digging the cave.

One by one, the zombies were transporting the ores out of the cave.

Fang Heng checked the crystal ores that were excavated.

Item: Inferior blue crystal raw ore.

Level: D.

Description: Inferior grade. After special chemical purification, it can be used to extract C-D level blue crystal ores.

Success! That's it!

Fang Heng turned around and gave Mo Jiawei a thumbs up.

Not bad!

Mo Jiawei's luck was not bad!

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They were already able to dig up the ore, which meant that they were heading in the right direction.

"No way? We found them?"

Mo Jiawei felt that this was a bit ridiculous.

Fang Heng praised, "I told you, 'A fly does not bite an egg with no cracks'. Your luck is not bad."

"What metaphor are you using... Fang Heng, you have to believe in science."

Mo Jiawei was quite speechless.

"If I have the ability, wouldn't I be able to dig up the blue crystal ore with just a casual dig?"

To prove himself, Mo Jiawei randomly picked up an iron pick on the ground and smashed it against the rock wall at the side.

"Bang!"

The rock wall made a loud sound.

"Look, it's just a coincidence this time. My luck is just so-so, it's not believable."

To prove that his character was not that good, Mo Jiawei raised his pickaxe again and aimed at the spot where he had just hit, trying to smash out a stone to test his character.

"Bang!"

The pickaxe smashed into the rock wall again.

"Ka... Ka Ka Ka..."

The entire rock wall showed fine cracks under this heavy strike.

The cracks spread out rapidly in all directions like a spider web.

"Boom!!!"

There was a loud sound!

The rock wall in front of him formed pieces of shrapnel and collapsed backwards.

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After the dust settled, a black hole appeared in front of Mo Jiawei.

"This..."

Mo Jiawei was stunned.

Fang Heng opened his mouth in disbelief.

He shone his flashlight into the hole.

Behind the hole was an artificially mined iron mine.

Blue fluorescent stones could be seen on the walls of the iron mine.

"Blue crystal raw ores?"

Fang Heng was also stunned,

He turned his head and looked at Mo Jiawei, who was also stunned.

When he first heard the story of Mo Jiawei's uncles doing business, Fang Heng thought that Mo Jiawei's sixth uncle was a joke.

It turned out that...

His sixth uncle was the one with great wisdom.

They found the ores!

The next step was naturally to take all the ores away!

Fang Heng patted Mo Jiawei's shoulder vigorously.

"Mo Jiawei, I've said it long ago. You're a talent!"

Fang Heng took out a shotgun and used the handle of the gun to clean and expand the hole until it could accommodate an adult.

After entering the iron mine, Fang Heng looked around.

This iron mine had been mined before. The walls were full of holes, and there were still messy mining tools on the ground.

Strangely, the entrance of the iron mine on the right side had been sealed by a large amount of shrapnel.

Fang Heng squatted down and picked up a miner's hat from the ground.

He noticed the logo of the Meteorite Company on the miner's hat.

[Item: Damaged miner's hat.]

Description: This item has been damaged. It can provide weak protection to the head when worn.

"It looks like the Meteorite Company had been here before and have even collected the blue crystal ores here."

Mo Jiawei followed him into the iron mine and looked around.

He soon noticed that the exit was blocked by rocks.

"The entrance to the iron mine has been sealed? Is it a landslide? Did the mining team meet with an accident?"

Fang Heng sniffed.

There was a familiar smell in the air.

"It doesn't seem like an accident. There's no corpse here, and there's still the smell of gunpowder. It feels like the entrance was sealed by an explosion."

"Ah? The entrance was sealed on purpose?"

"Yes."

Fang Heng nodded.

He felt that it was strange.

The Meteorite Company must have understood the value of the high-level energy crystal.

There was still more than half of the ores left in the iron mine.

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Why did they suddenly stop mining?

What had happened that forced them to make such a choice?

"Fang Heng, come and take a look. There's a box here."

Mo Jiawei found a wooden box in the corner and called Fang Heng over to check.

The box was not locked. There was also a symbol of Meteorite Company on it.

Fang Heng walked to the side of the box and carefully opened a gap in the box.

"Buzz..."

A faint blue light shone through the gap on Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei's faces.

D*mn it, there was half a box of blue crystal ores in the box!

Fang Heng casually picked up a piece of ore and examined it.

Item: Premium blue crystal raw ore.

Level: S.

Description: The premium blue crystal raw ore contains powerful energy waves. After special chemical purification, A-S level blue crystal ores can be extracted from it.

Jackpot!

Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

Who cares why!

Since they had found the iron mine, they should start mining immediately and move all the ores back home!

"Let's go, start digging!"

Without saying anything else, Fang Heng controlled the zombie team to drill through the hole and enter the abandoned iron mine.

The zombies waved their shovels and started digging at the blue spots on the other wall.

...

Five o'clock in the afternoon.

The Federation's shelter in the desert area was still under Level 1 State of Siege.

They had been in a stalemate with the Lickers outside for the whole day!

The Lickers' actions were too strange.

They did not seem to have any intention of attacking the shelter.

But they did not leave easily. Instead, they stayed at the periphery of the shelter and kept wandering around.

Five hours ago, when the Lickers first retreated, the Federation players let out a sigh of relief.

But before they could deactivate the alarm, the Lickers suddenly turned around and headed straight for the shelter.

They went back and forth a dozen times.

Sometimes they were close, sometimes they were far away.

The Federation players in the shelter were all under a lot of mental pressure from the group of Lickers. They were afraid that they would suddenly attack the shelter.

Half an hour ago, the group of Lickers had entered the shelter's range.

Tang Chu gradually lost his patience.

He felt that the group of Lickers seemed to be playing with him, constantly challenging his bottom line.

"Captain Yu, the Lickers has entered the attack range. Should we try to attack?"

"No! Absolutely not."

Yu Jie, the main person in charge of the shelter, firmly refused.

"This group of Lickers is behaving strangely. They are not attacking the shelter either because they are apprehensive, or maybe they are not targeting us."

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Chapter 293: Asking for Help

"If we act rashly, we might arouse their hostility and force them to attack the shelter. At that time, we will be even more passive."

Tang Chu could not refute.

He knew that Yu Jie was right.

"But are we just going to wait? Maybe we can try to attack and force them to retreat?"

"We can't afford to gamble. The shelter's current defense is not strong enough to withstand such a large number of Lickers. Even if we force the Lickers back, we can't afford to suffer casualties and losses."

"This will make us lose most of the combat ability against the zombies in the upcoming Blood Moon."

Tang Chu clenched his fists.

He could not bear to sit and wait for death!

He turned his head to look at Zhang Zhe.

"Sir, is this group of Lickers related to the Night Owl organization?"

"I'm not sure."

Zhang Zhe maintained his calm on the surface, but he was actually very uneasy inside.

In his opinion, this group of Lickers that had suddenly appeared was too strange. It was indeed very likely to be related to Night Owl.

But...

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Did Night Owl have the ability to control the Lickers?

"Sir, could it be someone from the prison? I've come into contact with some intelligence before. The player in the prison can control Lickers in battle."

Yu Jie had also heard of Fang Heng's prison shelter. He raised his head and asked, "Are you talking about Fang Heng?"

"No, it can't be him."

Zhang Zhe firmly rejected it.

"I just met Fang Heng not long ago. I even worked with him for a short period of time during the mission."

"He can indeed control a small number of Lickers, but there are definitely not that many."

"Moreover, the prison is very far away from us, and the energy consumption of the space tearing passage is very high. It is impossible for the prison to transfer such a large number of Lickers."

"Most importantly, the prison has no motive to attack our shelter."

In the command room, everyone fell silent again.

Zhang Zhe asked, "Are our people still monitoring Night Owl? Do they have any new special reports?"

"We keep in contact with the monitoring team every 15 minutes offline. We just confirmed it three minutes ago."

"So far, we have not found anyone leaving or entering the iron mine. We believe that the Night Owl organization is still excavating inside the cave."

"We've conducted an analysis of the iron mine in advance. Based on the number of players entering the iron mine, it will take at least two days to dig through and enter the laboratory."

Zhang Zhe looked at the time.

It had already been almost a day.

There was only one day left.

Theoretically speaking, it was almost impossible for Night Owl to be related to the group of Lickers outside.

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However, the timing of their appearance was too coincidental.

Zhang Zhe felt apprehensive and insecure inside.

"Let's organize a small team. I want to go over there and see for myself."

"Now? This is too dangerous. What if those Lickers attack us?"

Zhang Zhe's eyes narrowed.

"Colonel Tang Chu, this is an order. Night Owl is more dangerous than the group of Lickers outside."

Tang Chu's expression turned solemn.

"Yes, Sir!"

Yu Jie nodded and said, "I will stay here and provide backup. I wish you good luck."

...

Ten minutes later, Zhang Zhe and Tang Chu finished their preparations and left the right side of the shelter with a team of twelve Federation elites.

The team maintained a high level of vigilance and gradually moved away from the Lickers from the side of the shelter.

Every member slowed down their footsteps and held their breath, trying not to attract the attention of the Lickers.

Tang Chu's heart was in his throat.

He prayed in his heart that he would not be discovered by the Lickers.

In the distance, behind a broken bunker, Lucia revealed herself.

A layer of blood-red light appeared in her pupils.

After the modification from the biological weapon project, Lucia's super strong vision allowed her to immediately capture the movements of the party of players.

Following Fang Heng's instructions, Lucia stretched out her hand and pointed at Zhang Zhe's team.

"Go!"

"Chi Chi Chi..."

The Lickers waiting outside the shelter received the order and immediately rushed toward Zhang Zhe's team.

"D*mn it! They're coming!"

"Retreat! Retreat quickly! !"

The soft sounds of "chi" were like a life-threatening charm!

Tang Chu quivered, shouted and took the lead to turn around and run.

It was too terrifying!

Hundreds of Lickers gathered together and madly rushed toward them.

The extreme pressure made Tang Chu unable to breathe and he couldn't even think of resisting.

The entire team only had one thought in their minds.

Run!

The entire team practically rolled and crawled back to the shelter.

"Da Da... Da Da Da..."

Outside the shelter, the 10 automatic cannons that the Federation spent a large sum of money to buy opened fire at the same time!

Unfortunately, the output of the automatic cannons was still too weak!

Chi Chi Chi..

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When the Lickers saw that the players had already retreated back into the shelter, they quickly retreated the same way.

They retreated again, maintaining a safe distance from the shelter.

...

Inside the shelter's command room.

The operators let out a long sigh of relief when they saw the group of Lickers outside retreating through the surveillance screen.

Their foreheads were covered in a layer of cold sweat.

It was too scary.

Tang Chu's back was drenched in sweat when he escaped back to the shelter's command room.

He felt like he had just escaped from the gates of hell!

"F*ck!"

Tang Chu cursed in his heart.

Fortunately, they had only walked a dozen meters. If they had gone any further, they would have died outside.

Yu Jie had the operator replay the Licker's attack on the main screen.

"The Lickers are afraid of the shelter. They are retreating very quickly."

A researcher wearing glasses raised his glasses and said, "Sir, we have compared the images. The defensive ability of these Lickers is stronger than that of normal Lickers."

"The hit rate of the automatic cannons previously was over 56% , but our attacks had almost no effect. We did not kill any Lickers."

The entire hall fell into silence.

After a short exchange, the player discovered a cruel truth.

The damage of the automatic cannons on the Licker was negligible.

If they tried to fight it head-on, they would most likely lose.

Tang Chu gritted his teeth. "If the Lickers don't leave, are we trapped here and can't get out?"

No one responded to Tang Chu.

Being trapped here was good, but if the Lickers went crazy and attacked the shelter..

The shelter that they had spent a lot of effort on could be destroyed!

In the silence, the chief researcher adjusted his glasses and said, "Leader, I have a suggestion."

"Go ahead."

"Fang Heng from the prison shelter is working with the Dark Knights. They have found a way to control the Licker and control it to fight."

"I think they know more about the Licker than we do. Maybe they have a way to solve our predicament."

"I suggest we ask Fang Heng for help."

Hearing this, hope was rekindled in everyone's hearts.

Yu Jie turned to look at Zhang Zhe.

"I heard that you seem to be very familiar with Fang Heng?"

Hearing Fang Heng's name again, Zhang Zhe frowned.

"Not really. We participated in a mission together."

"Able to talk?"

Zhang Zhe was very unwilling to look for Fang Heng, but if he did not handle Night Owl's problem well, he would also be in trouble.

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Zhe said, "I'll go and try."

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Chapter 294: Cheating for Trucks

[Hint: Your zombie clone is collecting blue crystal ores. Obtained inferior blue crystal raw ore*2.]

[Hint: Your zombie clone is collecting blue crystal ores. Obtained normal blue crystal raw ore*1...]

The difficulty of collecting blue crystal ores was very high, and the mining efficiency was extremely slow.

Fortunately, before the zombie team arrived, they had all changed into premium shovels and they also had unlimited stamina.

Fang Heng glanced at the game hints and continued to sort the ores with Mo Jiawei.

After all, the zombies only knew how to mine and transport ores. They couldn't distinguish the grades and types of ores.

They had to sort the ores themselves.

"Fang Heng, I didn't expect the mine to be so small. It's almost finished."

"Yeah, it's indeed a little small..."

Fang Heng hummed in agreement. He felt that he hadn't finished yet.

There were very few premium blue crystals in the abandoned iron mine. Before entering the iron mine, the Meteorite Company had already mined more than half of the iron mine.

In just a few hours, half of the iron mine had been dug out by hundreds of zombie clones.

They had only dug out two boxes of premium iron ores!

Fang Heng estimated that in three to four hours, the premium ores in the core area would be finished.

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If they continued, they would be able to dig out many low-level ores in the nearby area.

However, the ore yield was low and the ores they dug out were all low-level ores. It took a lot of time and effort, and it was far less satisfying than digging out the high-quality core area.

Mo Jiawei looked at the "small hills" made of twenty boxes full of ores and a dozen low-level ores.

"Wait, we have to think of a way to send the ores back to the shelter."

This was also a problem!

Fang Heng wondered if he should go back to the shelter first and think of a way to get a few trucks to transport the ores.

This would waste a lot of time and it would probably be delayed until tomorrow morning.

"That's right. I'll go back and get some trucks. If there's anything urgent, contact me offline."

Just as Fang Heng was about to leave, a game hint flashed across his vision.

[Hint: Receive a call from a special function outside the game cabin. Call message: Fang Heng, Mr Chen Yu from the Federation has contacted you. He said that there's something very important that has something to do with the matter at hand.]

Chen Yu?

Fang Heng was puzzled for a moment. He turned his head and said, "There's an emergency contact outside. I'll go offline first, you help to take care of the rest."

"No problem."

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Fang Heng threw down a simple bed on the spot and quickly went offline.

...

"Oh? So, Chen Yu, are you asking me for help?"

After listening to Chen Yu's entire story, Fang Heng's expression was a little strange.

He forced himself to hold back his laughter.

D*mn it, the huge Federation came to him for help?

Why were they getting worse and worse?

On the other end of the phone, Chen Yu also felt like his balls were hurting.

He had just received a call from Zhang Zhe, and Chen Yu directly put the phone aside, thinking of pretending that the signal was bad and ignoring him.

But when he heard that it was related to Night Owl, Chen Yu couldn't sit still anymore.

This was a serious matter, and the appearance of Night Owl was very likely to affect the safety of the people.

After listening carefully to Zhang Zhe's story, Chen Yu immediately realized that this matter was most likely related to Fang Heng.

Not long ago, Fang Heng had just asked him about the desert region and Night Owl's matter, and then something happened to the desert region...

How could there be such a coincidence!!

Of course, he had also heard of the familiar Licker.

Chen Yu had already guessed a thing or two in his heart.

If it's said that this matter had nothing to do with Fang Heng, then he definitely wouldn't believe it.

"Ahem, Fang Heng, I didn't mention anything to Zhang Zhe about you contacting me before."

"Thanks, but I'm quite curious. Isn't your Federation's database a little too incomplete? Isn't there any other way to control the Licker in other servers?"

"I've investigated. No one in the entire server can control the Licker. I've only heard that there are very few ways to control Lickers within the Dark Knights."

Chen Yu sighed in his heart and thought about how to convince Fang Heng to help.

"Fang Heng, I also hate that Zhang Zhe guy, but this matter is related to Night Owl. Look..."

"I understand. We're so familiar with each other. I'll give you face."

Fang Heng thought and agreed with a smile.

Originally, he did not plan to make a move against the Federation shelter.

The group of Lickers outside was just to scare them.

"But, you can't make me work for free, right? No matter what, I have to spend money to travel all the way there."

Chen Yu immediately understood and agreed, "You're right, I understand. This money is on Zhang Zhe's head, let's rip him off!"

"Deal. Help me negotiate. The bottom line is five military trucks. We need them in stock! The desert shelter should have some money, right?"

"No problem! Charge it to Zhang Zhe's special team. If they don't agree, I won't interfere in this."

"Okay. In three hours, I'll send Lucia from the Dark Knights to the Federation shelter to pick up the goods. Once the goods are in hand, I'll help you solve the problem."

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After the two of them finished discussing a series of details, Fang Heng once again returned to the game world.

Alright, now that the blue crystal raw ore was available, the Federation also helped to provide the delivery trucks.

The transportation problem was also solved!

He would just sit and wait to make a fortune!

...

After waiting bitterly for three and a half hours.

The nervous people of the Federation's shelter finally looked forward to the Dark Knights team led by Lucia.

In the command room, the player observed the outside world through the video screen.

Yu Jie felt that he had made the right bet!

The Dark Knights' vehicles passed by the Lickers.

The Lickers seemed to be very afraid of the Dark Knights. They stepped back and gradually left the shelter.

After a simple negotiation, Lucia left with a few elite Dark Knights in seven military trucks.

They slowly disappeared into the night.

Then, the group of Lickers disappeared into the darkness.

"It's that simple?"

Looking at the Lickers that were gradually disappearing into the distance, Tang Chu was a little confused.

What the hell!

Those Lickers that had been circling the shelter for the whole day just disappeared with a blink of an eye?

When did the Dark Knights have such strong control over the Lickers? They had never heard of the Dark Knights being so strong in the other servers!

Yu Jie turned on his communicator. "All teams, report the situation."

The radio in the command room transmitted the replies of the various reconnaissance teams.

"Command room, confirm that the Lickers have dispersed. Area 1 is safe."

"Area 2 is safe."

"Area 3 is safe."

"Area 4 is safe. Confirm that the Lickers have evacuated..."

Listening to the report, the tense nerves of the player in the command room finally relaxed.

"The crisis has been temporarily lifted. Everyone, please work hard. Double the number of people on duty tonight and double the number of patrol personnel."

"Yes!"

Federation players left one after another and began to make arrangements for tonight's duty.

Yu Jie rubbed his swollen temples.

No matter what, the Lickers were gone and they could finally sleep peacefully tonight.

However, Zhang Zhe still stood motionlessly in front of the monitor, staring at the screen without saying a word.

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Chapter 295: Crystallized Life Form

Tang Chu found it strange and asked in a low voice.

"Sir, aren't you going to rest? Or did you find something?"

Zhang Zhe pointed at the replay on the screen and asked, "Did the Dark Knights leave in a different direction from when they came?"

Hearing that, Tang Chu also looked up at the replay.

"I think so."

Zhang Zhe said, "They left in a direction that leads to the iron mine."

D*mn that good night's sleep!

Tang Chu felt that Zhang Zhe was too nervous. Everything could be connected to the Night Owl organization in the iron mine.

"Sir, I think this is just a coincidence. After all, trucks cannot pass through the space tear. It is normal for the Dark Knights to choose another way to return to the prison shelter."

Zhang Zhe didn't say anything.

After a moment of silence, he continued, "I need to immediately form an emergency investigation team to conduct an emergency investigation in the iron mine area."

Tang Chu shivered and saluted, "Yes, sir!"

...

Outside the desert.

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Fang Heng commanded the zombie team to move the ores back and forth, loading them into the truck in batches.

The core area of the iron mine had been mined half an hour ago.

Fang Heng didn't want to waste the remaining low-level ores, so he continued to let the zombie team excavate them.

Seeing so many ores, Lucia's eyes lit up and she praised, "Fang Heng, you're amazing. They're all the highest-level blue crystal ores. Did you excavate them all by yourself? You're amazing."

"Not really. Mo Jiawei contributed to the exploration. It was he who found the exact location of the mine."

Lucia's mood instantly became a little worse. She looked at Mo Jiawei with a sharp gaze.

"Cough, cough, cough... No, it's not that. It has nothing to do with me."

Mo Jiawei, who was drinking water at the side, suddenly felt a chill on his back. He choked on the water and started coughing violently.

"Lucia, I'll need you to make a few trips later to send the ores back to the Dark Knights' contact point. These ores are very precious, and I'm worried."

Lucia felt sweet in her heart.

She felt that this was Fang Heng's trust in her.

"Okay, I'll protect these materials."

"Take a few teams of Lickers to go with you. Be careful along the way. It's best to take a detour around the shelter. Don't let the Federation discover you."

"I promise to complete the mission!"

Lucia's expression immediately became serious and her eyes were filled with killing intent.

If the Federation discovered them on the way, then kill them all!

[Hint: Your zombie team has completed the excavation of the planned passage area.]

Eh! The passage to the laboratory has been dug!

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Seeing the game hint, Fang Heng's eyes lit up.

"The secret research room's passage has been dug through. Let's go and take a look first."

Raising his head and downing a bottle of coffee, Fang Heng brought Lucia along with Mo Jiawei into the other excavated passage to explore.

After walking along the newly excavated passage for nearly 20 minutes, an open area finally appeared in front of them.

Fang Heng was the first to step into it.

This was an abandoned laboratory that had been remodelled!

Most of the laboratory had been remodelled. The building and the cave had merged into one, and all kinds of experimental equipment could be seen scattered inside.

After confirming that it was safe, the three of them walked into the laboratory and searched for clues on their own.

The original entrance to the laboratory had been sealed.

Fang Heng smelled the residual smell of gunpowder in the air.

It seemed like the entrance to the passage had been blown up just like the mine.

Fang Heng pondered and walked to the side of the main control machine, casually pressing it.

[Hint: Player has been detected to have relevant mechanical repair skills.]

[Hint: The current machine is too old to complete repair.]

[Hint: The current machine lacks power and cannot be operated.]

The machine could not be operated because of age and lack of power.

"Eh?"

Fang Heng noticed a white human skeleton on the seat beside him.

The skeleton's coat had the symbol of the Meteorite Company on it.

Fang Heng walked forward and took out a tattered notebook from the pocket of the skeleton's coat.

[Hint: You have obtained an item-researcher's notebook.]

Fang Heng tried to open the notebook.

As it had been too long, the notebook had rotted, and many of its contents could not be seen.

"Crystallized forms."

"They were an extremely special kind of life form."

"We had done a big data comparison, but we could not find any known life form on Earth that had a similar structure to crystallized forms."

"Most of the time, crystallized forms were in a dormant state, maintaining extremely low vital signs."

"They seem to be able to live for eternal life."

"Dr Diehl was the first scientist to discover the existence of crystallized bodies and he was the most authoritative researcher on them."

"He believed that humans could find a way to live for eternal life from crystallized forms."

"Similarly, he believed that crystallized forms were closely related to a substance called blue crystal ore."

"I was very happy to join Dr Diehl's research team."

"Under his leadership, we spent three years in the desert to find the blue crystal mine."

"Meteorite Company decided to build a laboratory here for research."

"I finally got what I wanted!"

...

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"Dr Diehl was right!"

"We found that this kind of life form lived and purified by absorbing the strength of the blue crystal."

"In the beginning, when the blue crystal was lacking, they would be very docile, not aggressive, and most of the time dormant."

"They could feel the presence of blue crystals nearby."

"Dr Diehl decided to conduct an experiment and try to use blue crystals to feed the crystallized form."

...

"As the number of blue crystals swallowed increased, the crystallized form gradually became out of control."

...

"Dr Diehl's physical condition had been bad for the past two days."

"Everyone was talking about him. Rumour had it that he had fallen ill because he was too tired from the hard work of the experiment."

"But I knew that wasn't the case."

"Dr Diehl was experimenting on crystallized forms himself."

"The experiment was in trouble."

"Dr Diehl began to fall into a coma."

"We continued with the experimental protocol he left behind."

"Hopefully, we can find a way to bring Dr Diehl back."

...

"Something's wrong."

"The crystallized form that was sent to Meteorite Company went berserk."

"I heard the crystallized form destroyed the entire main company building."

"We received an internal order from the Meteorite Company to stop all research on the crystallized forms, destroy all crystallized forms and all traces of research on the crystallized forms."

"They even had to destroy Mr Diehl's corpse on the spot!"

"I sensed that the Meteorite Company was afraid."

"They were anxious to clean up everything!"

"I understand the dangers of crystallized forms."

"But... we've reached this point in our research!"

"Destroy them all?"

"I'm not resigned to fate!"

"I'll never agree to them doing this!"

"Mr Diehl isn't dead! He's just dormant!"

"I'll never allow them to stop Mr Diehl's experiment."

"I believe that one day, the experimental subject will restart."

...

"Tsk, another madman..."

Fang Heng closed the notebook and muttered to himself in a low voice.

He called Lucia and Mo Jiawei, "Hey, have you heard of this crystallized thing?"

The two of them turned around and gave Fang Heng a blank look.

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Chapter 296: The Locked Crystal Coffin

"Forget it."

Fang Heng shrugged and put the researcher's notebook back into his backpack.

"It seems that this is a research laboratory for crystallized forms, but this thing doesn't seem to have anything to do with zombies?"

Mo Jiawei agreed, "Yes, and there doesn't seem to be any strange mutated zombies here."

While speaking, Mo Jiawei suddenly made a discovery.

"Fang Heng, Lucia, come and take a look at this!"

Fang Heng and Lucia walked over.

Crystal coffin?

In a corner of the laboratory, there were five crystal coffins neatly arranged.

The crystal coffins were covered with dust.

Fang Heng tried to wipe off the dust on the coffin lid.

"What is this?"

There were more than ten white worms inside the coffin.

They looked like the larvae of some creature, about the length of a finger.

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They lay quietly inside the coffin as if they had been dead for a long time.

"Eh? Look, it's moving!"

Under the watchful eyes of Fang Heng and the others, the worms slowly woke up.

At the same time, they slowly moved toward Fang Heng.

Fang Heng subconsciously dodged backwards.

Lucia and Mo Jiawei both turned back to look at Fang Heng curiously.

"Fang Heng, what is on your body that attracts them?"

Fang Heng thought for a moment and immediately thought of the blue crystal ore and crystallized form recorded in the notebook just now.

"Let me try."

Fang Heng took out a blue crystal raw ore from his backpack and placed it on the white glass cover of the coffin.

"Chi Chi Chi!"

As soon as the ore was placed on the lid, the worms immediately had a bigger reaction.

They frantically swarmed towards the blue crystal raw ore that Fang Heng placed on the lid, trying to break free from the crystal coffin's restraints.

Fang Heng was even more confused.

"They are crystallized forms?"

"Let me take a look."

Mo Jiawei felt that it was time to prove his worth.

He covered his left eye with his hand and looked at the young worms in the coffin.

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Rows of information appeared on his retina.

"Crystallized body, currently at larva stage."

"Special mutated creature (Tier 0 mutated body, can evolve)"

"Unknown creature, a living creature with a DNA structure similar to the primogenitor virus."

"Living creatures can evolve by devouring the blue crystal raw ore and other blue crystal ore products."

"After entering the growth stage, they can devour all lifeforms to absorb nutrients for self-evolution."

"In theory, crystallized forms have unlimited possibilities of evolution."

"Unknown creature. Player needs to increase his level and obtain more information."

Mo Jiawei put down the palm covering his left eye, his expression somewhat incredulous.

What a joke!

His talent skill was S-level!

In the past, he could easily obtain all kinds of data and information even for a Tier 5 creature.

But now, he had a pitiful amount of information about crystallized forms.

"That's all?"

"Yes, that's all."

Fang Heng stroked his chin and sized up the worm in the coffin.

This worm didn't look very strong no matter how he looked at it.

It could evolve infinitely?

Could it be that Night Owl's target this time was this thing?

"Fang Heng, why don't we bring it back? Qiu Yaokang should be able to analyze something, right?"

As Mo Jiawei spoke, he tried to knock on the coffin lid.

The lid was very hard, making a 'bang bang bang' sound.

"It's quite strong."

"Hum..."

This knock seemed to have triggered some mechanism, and the entire coffin suddenly lit up, emitting blue light.

Mo Jiawei hurriedly raised his hands, indicating that he had nothing to do with it.

A line of small words appeared on the coffin's surface.

[Hint: Please enter the password.]

Fang Heng took a look and explained, "It's an electronic lock. The shaking caused the automatic trigger."

Mo Jiawei heaved a sigh of relief. "I told you, it has nothing to do with me."

"Let's look at the other few coffins."

The five coffins were arranged side by side, separated by three to four meters

Fang Heng walked forward again and checked the remaining four crystal coffins.

Three of them were intact, and the inside was also filled with white worms.

Only the last crystal coffin was damaged and the outer layer of the glass crystal lid was broken.

"Eh? The worms inside were taken away?" Mo Jiawei felt strange and looked at Fang Heng. "Is there someone who came here faster than us?"

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"It doesn't look like it."

Lucia squatted down and examined the broken lid.

"Fang Heng, judging from the cracks, the lid seems to have been broken from the inside."

Mo Jiawei was shocked.

"What the hell? The worm broke the lid and escaped from the inside?"

Fang Heng also felt confused and confused.

The worm in its infancy didn't have any attack power, so theoretically, it couldn't break the lid.

"Whatever, I'm already here. Take the entire coffin back to the shelter. I'll let Qiu Yaokang analyze it then."

As he spoke, Fang Heng casually walked to the side of the crystal coffin that was still intact. He reached out and touched the bottom of the coffin, trying to lift the entire coffin.

"Huh?"

Fang Heng was surprised.

Only then did he realize that the entire bottom of the coffin was embedded in the bottom.

"Beep Beep Beep..."

A faint alarm sounded from the coffin.

[Hint: Please enter the password. Forced movement, destruction and power customization will cause the self-destruct program to activate.]

[Hint: This item is a special item. It cannot be stored in a backpack.]

Password? There's a self-destruct program?

Fang Heng frowned and silently withdrew his hand.

The dead crystallized form most likely had no research value.

Mo Jiawei glanced at the other side of the laboratory that was sealed off by the Meteorite Company and asked, "Fang Heng, do you think Night Owl's people have a password?"

"They..."

Fang Heng nodded and said, "That makes sense. I'll go and ask."

He turned on the survival radio and sent an urgent message to Deng Xin.

Fang Heng: "How's your situation now?" How long do you need to excavate before reaching the central laboratory?"

Deng Xin: "We're still excavating round-the-clock. If everything goes smoothly, we'll be able to excavate it by tomorrow afternoon. In addition, I received news from Liu Keyi that the Federation has encountered some trouble.".

Fang Heng: "There's no need to pay attention to the Federation for the time being. Have you heard Liu Keyi talk about crystallized forms, coffins or passwords?"

Deng Xin: "I think so. She must have some special password. I haven't heard anything else. She's very vigilant and she doesn't seem to be worried that the Federation will find out about this operation."

Fang Heng looked at Deng Xin's response and turned off the survival radio.

"There's still nearly a day left..."

Fang Heng muttered to himself. He looked down at the coffin under his feet and suddenly had a good idea.

Almost in the blink of an eye, he had another bad idea.

If he succeeded, he could probably trick the coffin back.

"Fang Heng, what do we say?"

"It's okay. Let's go back and clean up the ores outside. Don't let the Federation and Night Owl's people find out. I'll leave this place to you for now. I have to go back and bring some people to help."

Fang Heng turned to look at Lucia. "Lucia, the situation has changed. I'll go back to the shelter with you."

Lucia said happily, "Good!"

Chapter 297: Unlocked

The next afternoon.

In the depths of the cave that had been excavated.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, the large rocks blocking the entrance to the laboratory were finally cleared.

Liu Keyi was the first to enter the laboratory hall and looked around.

"We're here. Be careful. The target is a crystallized form."

The other player entered the laboratory to search.

"Found it! It's here!"

Deng Xin found something. She shouted and called Liu Keyi over to investigate.

Seeing the crystal coffin in the corner of the laboratory, a smile appeared on Liu Keyi's face.

"This is the one?"

"That's right. This is the crystallized form we're looking for."

Liu Keyi looked at the crystal coffins nearby and frowned.

There were five crystal coffins placed side by side in the corner of the laboratory. The other four had been destroyed, leaving only the last one in front of Deng Xin intact.

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There were much fewer crystallized forms than she had expected.

Liu Keyi reached out and pressed on the crystal coffin.

[Hint: You have found an item-experiment crystal coffin.]

"Beep Beep Beep..."

The crystal coffin emitted a response and lit up with a blue light. A few lines of small words appeared on the built-in screen.

[Hint: Please enter the password to unlock.]

[Hint: Forced movement, destruction and power customization will cause the self-destruct program to start.]

[Hint: Three consecutive password input errors will cause the password program to start. The remaining number of times: three.]

Liu Keyi quickly pressed the button and entered the password.

"Click..."

[Hint: Password verified.]

After a slight sound, the tightly locked coffin was unlocked.

"Enough."

Liu Keyi said in a low voice. She opened the lid of the crystal coffin, took out a blue crystal from her backpack and quickly threw it into it.

"Chi Chi Chi..."

The crystallized worms inside the crystal coffin woke up almost instantly and pounced toward the crystal.

They surrounded the crystal and greedily absorbed the energy that escaped from the crystal.

The worm's body slowly expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye, and a faint red glow appeared under its skin.

Liu Keyi took out two tubes of T-virus from her backpack and stuffed them into the coffin.

Deng Xin tried to get more information from Liu Keyi.

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She asked in a low voice, "Liu, what is this? Are we here to find this?"

"Yes, it's the crystallized form that we're looking for. The T-virus can stimulate them, allowing them to enter a rapid growth period in a short period."

"However, it is prone to instability and will explode easily if you are not careful."

Liu Keyi closed the lid of the crystal coffin as she spoke, turning around and sweeping her gaze across the crowd.

"Stick to the original plan and load the explosives. We're going to send a big gift to the Federation."

Just as they had agreed beforehand, everyone put on a uniform white mask.

The hired players surrounded them and tried to lift the coffin together.

"Let's go!"

After loading the crystal coffin with explosives, Liu Keyi led the player team out of the cave.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, Deng Xin and her two teammates deliberately lagged behind them for a short distance and hid in the darkness of the laboratory.

After confirming that Liu Keyi's team had all left, Deng Xin looked around the laboratory hall again.

She frowned and asked in a low voice, "Fang Heng? Are you there?"

"Da."

Lucia fell from the high ground and stood in front of Deng Xin.

"Pada.".

There was another soft sound.

Fang Heng also jumped down from the high ground.

Deng Xin saw Fang Heng and Lucia who fell from the sky, and for a moment, she was still in a daze.

"Thank you for your hard work. You did a good job. The bonus will be tripled at the end of the month."

"Of course. Thank you, Boss!"

When Deng Xin's two teammates heard about the bonus, they immediately reacted and thanked him together.

Just now, Fang Heng and the Lickers were hiding in the shadows at the top of the cave.

Fang Heng and the others saw everything that happened in the room.

Fang Heng quickly walked to the crystal coffin in the corner.

One of the five crystal coffins was taken away by Deng Xin.

"Looks like it's quite easy."

Fang Heng said as he reached out his hand to touch the broken crystal coffin.

"Oh my god! Fang Heng, be careful! I spent a few hours making this! They are all works of art!"

Fang Heng raised his head and looked at Sandy who was climbing down the rope ladder.

"I know."

As he spoke, Fang Heng tore open a layer of drawing paper that was stuck to the surface of the crystal coffin.

"Chi!!"

In the dimly lit cave, along with Deng Xin's intentional guidance from the side, Liu Keyi mistakenly thought that the remaining four crystal coffins had all been destroyed.

Those were only replicas made by Sandy using drawing paper.

"Did you get the password?"

"Wait a moment, I recorded it just now."

As Deng Xin spoke, she retrieved the video footage from before and reported the password.

"Ouroboros."

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"What did you say?"

Fang Heng's heart pounded fiercely, and he turned around to look at Deng Xin in surprise.

"Hmm?"

Deng Xin did not expect Fang Heng's reaction to be so big, so she checked the video again.

"That's right, the password is Ouroboros."

Fang Heng frowned.

Why did Ouroboros appear here as the password?

What did it mean?

Sandy and Mo Jiawei also climbed down the rope ladder.

"Fang Heng, this is my best work in recent months. The shattered crystal mirror and the lifelike worms. God, I admire myself!"

"Indeed, it's very good."

Fang Heng came back to his senses and gave a perfunctory reply.

"Of course, this is art!!" Sandy proudly extended his five fingers. "There are not more than five people in the world who can tell that this is an imitation!"

Fang Heng temporarily suppressed the doubts about Ouroboros in his heart and quickly entered the password on the built-in screen.

"Click..."

The mechanical claw holding the crystal coffin loosened.

[Password confirmed, unlocked successfully...]

Fang Heng looked up. "Lucia, you take the crystal coffin and leave first. Take them back to the shelter for now. Be careful and try not to be noticed by others."

"Okay!"

Lucia nodded heavily and asked, "What about you?"

"There are still some things that I don't understand. I'll go and check on the Federation. Maybe I can get some information from them."

"Yes, be careful."

...

Outside, Zhang Zhe led seven elite teams of the Federation to hide around the rock cave in the Gobi District area.

"Sir, what exactly does the Night Owl organization want to do by entering the laboratory? They shouldn't have the ability to collect blue crystal ores. Is it for the crystallized form? What exactly is that thing?"

Tang Chu had always been curious.

He had heard of crystallized forms, but he had never been clear about what it was.

Zhang Zhe glanced at him.

"Captain Tang, you only need to carry out the order. Once Night Owl's men leave the iron mine and enter the encirclement, immediately carry out the hunting plan."

"I don't wish to let any player off."

"Yes!"

Zhang Zhe's gaze was fixated on the cave passage not too far away.

Crystallized form!

That was an extremely special lifeform.

They absorbed the energy from the blue crystal ore to achieve their goal of evolving themselves.

The last time Zhang Zhe fought with a crystallized form, he was still in awe.

At that time, it was already the end of the game.

The Federation had joined forces with the Dark Knights and paid a huge price to destroy the crystallized form that had already entered the late stage of growth-a Tier 6 mutated creature.

That type of life form that could continuously enhance itself was extremely strange.

Perhaps Tier 6 was far from its final form.

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Chapter 298: Explosion

After the Federation discovered the blue crystal mine and the

Meteorite Company's former secret base, they had a discussion.

As they had not triggered the pre-mission, they were unable to crack the laboratory's internal password to obtain the crystallized form.

Therefore, the Federation decided to temporarily put the mission on hold and send people to guard it 24 hours a day. When the time was right, they would think of a way to obtain the crystallized form and mine the blue crystal ore.

Unexpectedly, Night Owl obtained the laboratory's password in advance and took the lead in taking action against the blue crystal mine.

After discovering Night Owl's movements, Zhang Zhe immediately received the authorization and rushed to the desert to take charge of the operation to deal with Night Owl.

His initial thought was to directly eliminate Night Owl and obtain the crystallized form from them through interrogation.

Unfortunately, he was one step too late.

Through the player's special talent skill, the Federation had discovered that Night Owl had already planted a large number of explosives inside the iron mine.

Once they sent people into the iron mine, Night Owl only needed to detonate the explosives, and it would be mutual destruction.

Not only would the federal team suffer heavy casualties, but the crystallized form that was inside the iron mine would also be affected.

The crystallized form was very valuable for research. It would be a pity to destroy it.

The most serious consequence was that if the explosion did not kill the crystallized form, the crystallized form would be freed by accident and absorbed the energy of the blue crystal ore without limit...

After consulting his superiors, Zhang Zhe decided to let Night Owl's men take away the crystallized form in the laboratory directly.

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Then, he would wait for Night Owl to come out of the cave before capturing all of them in one fell swoop! Annihilate them in one shot!

"Captain, they're out!"

Zhang Zhe gripped his guns tightly.

It had been a long time since he had been this nervous.

He looked up and saw a group of masked players walking out of the cave.

At the end of the team, a few players were carrying a heavy crystal coffin.

"Sir, should we do it?"

"No, wait a little longer. Wait for them to enter the encirclement."

Zhang Zhe said in a low voice as he stared fixedly at this group of players.

Only when he saw his party retreat from the entrance of the cave and enter the encirclement did Zhang Zhe suddenly wave his hand and shout.

"Quick! Move out!"

The elite party of the Federation that was lying in ambush in the surroundings took out their guns and crossbow arrows at almost the same time and quickly surrounded the Night Owl players from all directions.

The sudden encirclement caused a momentary disturbance in the team.

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"It's the people from the Federation. Don't panic!"

Liu Keyi raised her hand, indicating for the team to calm down and stay in place quietly.

Zhang Zhe's heart skipped a beat.

They didn't resist?

Why did they look so calm?

Zhang Zhe held a double-barreled shotgun in his hand and quickly walked forward, walking in front of the leader, Liu Keyi.

"I suspect that all of you are related to the anti-federal organization, Night Owl. Put down your weapons and follow me back for investigation."

Liu Keyi surveyed her surroundings as she raised her hands high.

The other players hired by the Night Owl organization also raised their hands.

"Bang!"

The crystal coffin landed heavily on the ground.

Liu Keyi knew that there was a high probability that the Federation had already noticed their movements, so she was not surprised by this attack.

"Captain Zhang Zhe, I've heard a lot about you. There are many comrades in the organization who have fought with you. They all say that you're a hypocritical and cowardly person."

Zhang Zhe stared at the masked Liu Keyi. "Who are you? Take off your mask and tell me everything you know. I can give you a way out."

"The crystallized form in its infancy evolves and grows by devouring and absorbing the blue crystal. The entire process is relatively slow, but if the crystallized form accidentally comes into contact with the T-virus while absorbing the blue crystal's energy..."

Liu Keyi was unmoved and continued to speak in a provocative manner.

"Captain Zhang Zhe, why don't you guess what kind of wondrous chemical reaction it will have?"

Zhang Zhe's pupils constricted slightly.

The Federation's research on crystallized forms was far less thorough than the Night Owl organization's.

"What will happen?"

"A high-intensity mutation in a short period of time. The strength of a mutated creature can reach Tier 3 to Tier 4, and there's even a small chance that it can reach Tier 5."

"Their evolution will become unusually unstable. During the process of evolution, they are extremely easy to explode. They are also very easy to be affected by explosions, resulting in a chain of explosions."

"The explosion will also stimulate the crystallized form to a certain extent, allowing them to evolve at an unimaginable speed."

As Liu Keyi spoke, she opened her hand, revealing the explosive detonator in her hand.

"Be careful!!!"

Tang Chu shouted.

The Federation soldiers all took a few steps back at the same time, pointing their guns at Liu Keyi.

Zhang Zhe stared at Liu Keyi. "Are you threatening me? What do you want?"

"Threatening? No, we, Night Owl, never negotiate with terrorist organizations."

Liu Keyi's eyes were secretly filled with anger. As she spoke, she fiercely pressed on the remote control device in her hand.

"Go to hell! This is just a little bit of interest!"

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Tang Chu shouted, "Get out of the way!!"

The well-trained elite team of the Federation instantly spread out in all directions.

"Boom!!!"

In the next second, a violent explosion resounded throughout the Gobi Desert.

A thick cloud of smoke and dust rose up from the central area.

The crystal coffin instantly exploded, along with the explosives buried within the cave!

Not far away, feeling the tremors under his feet, Fang Heng raised his head and drank a bottle of coffee to calm himself down.

What a guy!

Night Owl was really a group of ruthless characters.

Sacrificing a small life to give a ruthless blow to the Federation.

In fact, Fang Heng had just learned from Deng Xin about Liu Keyi's follow-up plan.

They placed bombs on the crystal coffin and their bodies.

If the plan went smoothly, they would take the crystal coffin to the nearest Federation shelter.

Then they would self-destruct.

If there was an accident on the way, they would self-destruct.

After the mission was completed, Night Owl would give a generous compensation to this group of hired suicide players.

Mo Jiawei also gulped and exclaimed, "Night Owl... They are all a bunch of lunatics. It's better not to deal with them in the future."

The dust gradually dispersed.

Fang Heng took out his binoculars and looked into the distance.

There were seven or eight light red worm creatures crouching on the ground.

Their bodies were already nearly two meters long.

After taking a closer look, Fang Heng realized that the worms themselves were not light red.

A series of scales-like red crystals grew out of the originally white skin of the crystallized worms. White teeth were exposed from its mouth.

"Crystallized form, currently at larva stage."

"Special mutated creature (Tier 4 mutated creature, can be advanced)."

Mo Jiawei covered his left eye, narrating the information about the crystallized form obtained from the skill.

"Unknown creature, living creature with a DNA structure similar to the primogenitor virus."

"Slow movement. Currently, it can absorb the energy of the crystallized form, and it also has the preliminary devouring ability. Through devouring flesh and blood, it can also evolve and improve, but the devouring efficiency is relatively low."

"The current crystallized form has enhanced crystallized scales that can absorb damage. The white fangs have a lethal tearing effect. It can devour 99% of matter."

"The living body currently only possesses the lowest-level intelligence. It can devour flesh and blood through perception."

"Unknown creature. Player needs to increase level to obtain more information."

As he spoke, Mo Jiawei put down his hand and turned to look at Fang Heng.

"It evolved to a Tier 4 mutated body just like that? It rose by 4 levels?"

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Chapter 299: First Wave

Tier 4!

The same tier as the Nemesis!

The worms were the same as when they were at Tier 0, and their movement speed was unusually slow.

They wriggled slowly on the ground, gnawing at the corpses on the ground.

The close-range explosion directly caused more than half of the Federation's elite team to die.

Zhang Zhe's condition wasn't too good either. Even though he had been pushed away by Tang Chu at the last moment of the explosion, he had also been affected by the explosion.

He quickly took out a first-aid needle from his backpack and injected it into his arm.

"Sir! Are you okay?"

"Quick! Gather the team!"

Looking at the worms scattered in the desert, Zhang Zhe's face was gloomy and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Twelve..."

Zhang Zhe counted the number of crystallized forms left after the explosion.

Among them, four were Tier 4 crystallized forms and eight were Tier 3 crystallized forms.

Such a creature's strength was a disaster for any shelter!

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Currently, the Federation could only deal with two Tier 4 creatures at most, which was their limit!

"Contact the shelter and report to superiors!"

"Stop them! Buy time! No matter what price you pay, do not let them enter the shelter!"

"Yes!"

"Contact the headquarters and ask them to send reinforcements. Low-tier thermal weapons do almost no damage to them. Apply for emergency exchange. We must use highly corrosive sulfuric acid howitzers to deal with them."

"Yes, Sir!"

The elite team of the Federation was equipped with weapons, and dense bullets rained down on their skin.

The bullet's damage was very limited against Tier 3 crystallized forms, but it successfully angered them

The Tier 4 crystallized worms, on the other hand, were immune to the bullet's attack. They didn't even bother with the bullets, slowly creeping toward the shelter behind the player group.

Far away, Fang Heng and Mo Jiawei were quietly watching the battle.

"Fang Heng, what do you say? The people from the Federation shouldn't be able to hold on, right?"

Fang Heng looked at the worms and couldn't help but ponder.

Four of them were all Tier 4 creatures. The reward for killing them should be pretty good.

"I also feel that they won't be able to hold on."

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Saying that, Fang Heng slowly sat down, opened a packet of biscuits and entered long-range spectator mode.

"There's no rush. Let's watch a little longer. The Federation should have some counter-measures. Let them think of a way to weaken them first, then we'll go up and take the reward."

Mo Jiawei thought about it and felt that it made sense.

"Right... We can't help for nothing. We still have to get more benefits from the Federation... we'll have to contact Chen Yu later."

As Fang Heng spoke, he threw a simple bed to the side.

"I remember that the shelter needs some rare and special materials to advance to Tier 3, right?"

"Uh, I think so."

Mo Jiawei looked at Fang Heng, who was calmly watching the situation, and then lowered his head to look at the distant Federation players who were currently engaged in a fierce battle with the crystallized forms.

They were already suffering yet Fang Heng still want to pick up a handful of wool from them.

For some reason, his heart ached for the people of the Federation.

...

This battle lasted for a full four hours!

The sun was about to set.

The Federation had spent quite a bit of effort to clear out all the Tier 3 crystallized worms.

Only the last four Tier 4 crystallized worms were left!

The strength of the Tier 4 worms was mostly focused on defense. They did not have any long-range attacks.

As long as they did not approach, the worms would basically stand there and take a beating.

The discipline of the Federation elite team was extremely good. No one would charge forward alone.

After using the emergency funds to exchange for the corrosive howitzers, the Tier 4 worm's body was blasted with a few corrosive holes. The Federation players continued to attack the wounds.

The worm's strong defensive ability allowed the corroded wounds to slowly recover.

Therefore, the Federation had no choice but to use a few howitzers to break the defense of the crystallized worms at intervals.

Zhang Zhe, who was commanding the battle, was extremely tense.

Although the worms' movement speed was very slow, they were still approaching the shelter!

At this speed, it was estimated that the worms would reach the shelter in another hour.

The family members of important Federation members who had stayed in the shelter had already left early, but the Federation soldiers would still choose to defend the shelter with their lives.

It was impossible to hold on!

Zhang Zhe reasoned that they would never be able to defend the shelter against four Tier 4 crystallized forms!

He couldn't think of any way to stop this wave of worms.

The Federation had spent a lot of effort to build the shelter and they were going to give it up just like that?

He would not be able to handle such a big mistake by himself no matter what!

When this matter was over, he would definitely be punished by the Federation!

His only chance was to solve this problem!

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"Sir! Look over there!"

Zhang Zhe's heart skipped a beat as he turned his head to look at a military truck that was approaching them not far away.

The truck stopped not far from the team.

When he saw Fang Heng and Lucia walking out from the truck, Zhang Zhe could not help but frown.

His mood was extremely bad, and he would not give Fang Heng a good look.

"Fang Heng, why are you here? The Federation is dealing with the matter urgently. Unrelated personnel, please evacuate immediately!"

"Your boss invited me here."

Fang Heng said as he looked at the worms that were approaching the shelter.

"I heard that you were tricked by Night Owl again? Someone has to help you clean up this mess. After all, I still want to continue in Server 8."

Zhang Zhe's face was ashen.

Chen Yu walked down from the back of the truck.

"Zhang Zhe, this is the latest order from the higher-ups. Fang Heng will act as a staff officer and help us solve the problem of the crystallized bodies."

Zhang Zhe's expression changed as he looked at the copy of the letter of appointment that Chen Yu showed him.

"Are you crazy too? You're endorsing him? Four Tier 4 creatures, what right does he think he has to help us?"

"These are orders from the superiors."

"Good! I'd like to see how you deal with these crystallized creatures!" Zhang Zhe shouted angrily, "Meddling in my operation rashly! I'll definitely report it to the superiors!"

After saying that, Zhang Zhe flicked his sleeves and left.

He sneered in his heart.

When he first saw Fang Heng, he was indeed angry.

But now, Zhang Zhe felt an indescribable ease.

He found someone to blame.

If Chen Yu was willing to take over this mess, then the rest would have nothing to do with him.

Although he would still receive a series of punishments after the incident, it was still much better than now.

No one could resist this wave of crystallized forms.

The destruction of the shelter was a foregone conclusion!

When the time came, everything could be pushed on Chen Yu! What he needed to do now was to quickly evacuate with the important people in the shelter!

Looking at Zhang Zhe leaving alone, Chen Yu snorted. The word 'disdain' was written on his face.

He said in an extremely low voice, "Shame..."

Tang Chu and the other team captains were also very angry and dissatisfied with the act of running away and throwing the blame on others.

"I am Tang Chu, head captain of the elite team of the Federation's desert shelter. Sir! Please give me your instructions!"

"I am Chen Yu. I am in charge of this operation now."

As he spoke, Chen Yu turned around and looked at Fang Heng.

The latter patted Chen Yu on the shoulder.

"Think on the bright side. Now it's your turn to be the steward. Let's solve this problem together."

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