Chapter 317 Armed

"What is going on?"

Everyone stared at the ironclad beetle eating the body of the two-tailed scorpion. They were all a little confused, and another situation beyond their cognition appeared!

"Mr. Wang, what is this?"

Shang Heng was the first to come to his senses, and he asked hurriedly.

"Oh, nothing, just a small function of the ironclad beetle."

Wang Tao did not explain too much.

Because Gu Yun wanted to keep a hand and asked him not to show the second function of the ironclad beetle in front of everyone.

This ironclad beetle belongs to the City Hall and Wang Tao. If they don't show it, others can't say anything.

Wang Tao certainly doesn't care. Since the partner has a request, then he won't show it.

But it's not easy to hide the fact that the ironclad beetle eats the corpse, unless the corpse is loaded onto the truck and taken back to feed the ironclad beetle secretly. But this is not something shameful, there is no need to be sneaky.

And he also wants to know what the second function of the ironclad beetle looks like after it is activated.

Seeing that Wang Tao didn't want to say more, everyone immediately became anxious.

Wang Tao's image in their minds is now equivalent to "know-it-all". Some of the things Wang Tao said are very important knowledge points!

If they didn't see it, it would be fine. Now that they have seen it, Wang Tao doesn't say it. Isn't it equivalent to telling them: I know another good thing, but I just won't tell you!

Can this be tolerated? Obviously not!

So, several people immediately looked at Gu Yun.

Wang Tao deliberately hid this thing, which was obviously indicated by Gu Yun! From their contact with Wang Tao during this period of time, Wang Tao is not a stingy person, especially for this kind of knowledge, Wang Tao is very happy to answer everyone.

"Why are you looking at me!"

Being stared at fiercely by the three awakeners, Gu Yun suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

But for himself and the city hall, he still had to try to keep some cards in his hand.

In the Changhe base, the forces are intertwined and very complicated.

The committee has the greatest status and power. But the committee is not composed of a certain person, but 23 members.

When there are too many people, it is basically difficult to be of one mind. They may agree on the general direction, but they certainly have their own selfish motives. Because many committee members have their own power. The committee is everyone's committee, but the power belongs only to themselves...

Speaking of the committee, it is obviously impossible for them to do everything by themselves. The base needs to operate, and it is obviously not enough to rely on only 23 people.

There must be an institution to execute their orders, that is, the City Hall.

The City Hall is the highest power execution agency in the entire base. All major and minor matters in the base are the responsibility of the City Hall.

But if you want the hundreds of thousands of people in the base to listen to the City Hall, it is definitely not enough to just talk, you need authority.

Power is naturally granted by the committee, and prestige is real power. For example, the police department, the city defense army and other violent agencies that maintain the security and stability of the Changhe base are all under the command of the City Hall.

But now is the end of the world, there are so many zombies and monsters outside...so there must be external combat power.

And this external combat power is the six major legions.

According to the current rules of the Changhe base, the City Hall is half a level higher than the six major legions, and in theory it can mobilize them. But each legion has two committee members. The committee members are higher in rank than the city hall...

So on the surface, the six corps are lower than the city hall, but in fact, the city hall has no right to mobilize the six corps, and can only discuss or apply to the committee.

Similarly, the city hall cannot mobilize other large forces, not even the committee. Because large forces are private and are not under the jurisdiction of the committee. Of course, if the committee really wants to manage, it can, after all, it is the highest authority. But the problem is that there is a committee member in each large force, and that is the private force of the committee member...

So, although the major forces in the Changhe base are a whole, they are all independent individuals. There is cooperation, competition, and naturally defense between them.

As the secretary general of the city hall, Gu Yun does not directly serve the committee, but the mayor. Although the mayor is appointed by the committee, this level cannot be exceeded.

From his point of view, he must consider the city hall first. The city hall must keep some of its own things and cannot say everything to others.

Wang Tao had already introduced the second function of this iron beetle, "arming", to Gu Yun, and Gu Yun simply understood it as: after a fourth-level superpower armed with this fourth-level iron beetle, it may become the strongest fourth-level combat force!

So this is a very powerful trump card, which cannot be easily said. Even if he finally said it under pressure, he hoped that the other party would pay something, otherwise he would not be able to report it!

However, the more he didn't let Wang Tao say it, the more others felt that this was a very important matter, and the more they wanted to know!

These people didn't make it difficult for Wang Tao, and they all caught Gu Yun and started to coax him.

Wang Tao was not interested in the tug-of-war between Gu Yun and the others, and he looked at the new attributes of the iron beetle.

[Level 4 weapon: Iron Beetle]

[HP: 50,000/50,000 (upper limit 100,000)]

[Status: Awakenable]

[Amplification: Independent attack, armament (HP, attack, defense)]

[Compatibility: 1%]

[Independent attack: Can attack independently under the master's command]

[Armament: Covers the master's entire body and amplifies HP, attack, and defense attributes]

The Iron Beetle had 10,000 HP before, but now it has become 50,000! This is equivalent to saving 50 fourth-order crystal cores!

Then its armed attributes were also activated, increasing the three attributes of HP, attack, and defense.

This is similar to the entangled tree roots, but the entangled tree has an additional fireproof attribute.

Of course, the increase of this Iron Beetle is definitely much stronger than the entangled tree roots. After all, it is the difference between the third and fourth levels.

Wang Tao wanted to try the effect of the Iron Beetle's armed, but since he promised Gu Yun not to tell him, he naturally stopped thinking about it.

Taking advantage of this time, Wang Tao took a brief look at the gains from killing this double-tailed scorpion.

First, the advanced special energy +1, the awakening secret key +1. He now has 28 advanced special energies and 13 awakening secret keys.

Then Wang Tao calmly put the contents of the magical stomach into the space backpack.

[Obtained: Level 4 Poisonous Tail Stinger*2]

[Obtained: Level 4 Monster Claw*2]

[Obtained: Awakening Energy Orb*1]

[Obtained: Level 4 Crystal Core·Spiritual Defense]

One energy orb, one purple spiritual defense crystal core and two materials. And both materials have additional attributes!

[Level 4 Poisonous Tail Stinger: Crafting material, can increase the equipment's poison attribute]

[Level 4 Monster Claw: Crafting material, can increase the equipment's knockback attribute]

Wang Tao has seen the poison attribute, but the knockback attribute is the first time he has seen it. He can't wait to see the finished equipment.

Then there is the spoils package of the double-tailed scorpion.

There are very few packages this time, only three.

The first crystal core gift package contains 6 crystal cores. They are red [Fourth-order Crystal Core·Promotion], purple [Fourth-order Crystal Core·Almighty], red [Fourth-order Crystal Core·Awakening], purple [Fourth-order Crystal Core·Powerful], blue [Fourth-order Crystal Core·Mental Shock], and white [Fourth-order Crystal Core·Physical Improvement].

Although there is not even one orange crystal core, there are none missing for promotion, omnipotence, and awakening. Seeing this powerful crystal core, Wang Tao wondered if he could sell it to Qi De? He seemed to be in need of this kind of crystal core...

The second loot package contained the physical awakening key.

[Obtain awakening key*1]

This surprised Wang Tao a little. He had used 4 physical awakening keys for Lan Yulian and others before, and now there are 4 more with this one! But he didn't have enough promotion crystal cores. Now he only had one promotion crystal core, which he had just obtained. He still had to kill zombies!

The last loot package naturally contained the blueprint.

[Obtain: Scorpion Whip Production Drawing * 1]

[Obtain: Super Strength Pliers Production Drawing * 1]

[Scorpion Whip Production Drawing: Can make two scorpion whips. Required materials: 2 fourth-level poisonous tail stingers, 2 fourth-level crystal cores, 30 iron blocks, 30 sharp blades, 30 steel wires, 30 screws, 30 nails, 30 rubbers]

[Scorpion Whip: Unknown properties]

[Super Strength Pliers Production Drawing: Can make two super strength pliers. Required materials: 2 fourth-level super strength giant claws, 2 fourth-level crystal cores, 30 iron blocks, 30 sharp blades, 30 steel wires, 30 screws, 30 nails, 30 rubbers]

[Super Strength Pliers: Unknown properties]

These two production drawings can make four pieces of equipment. Obviously, these two pieces of equipment are both two-handed.

"Interesting..."

Wang Tao almost prepared to make it on the spot, but it was obviously not appropriate now, so he could only hold it back and go back to talk about it.

"Mr. Wang?"

At this time, Wang Tao saw a small hand shaking in front of him.

"Ms. Qu, what's wrong?"

Wang Tao turned his head.

"I saw you were in a daze, are you okay?"

Qu Shilin asked with some concern.

"I'm fine, thank you Ms. Qu for your concern."

Wang Tao smiled and thanked.

"That's good. By the way, can you let me see your stomach sac? This is the first time I've seen such a magical thing."

Qu Shilin said immediately.

"Of course it's no problem, but I have a lot of things in it, it's a bit messy. I'll take a new one to show you."

The things in the magical stomach sac were transferred to the space backpack by Wang Tao, but Qu Shilin just saw Wang Tao put the materials into the stomach sac with her own eyes, so it was not easy to explain, so she simply took out a new one.

Qu Shilin naturally didn't want to see the things in the magical stomach sac, she just wanted to see the stomach sac itself. Now that she heard that Wang Tao had a new one, she was a little excited.

If Wang Tao only had one, it would be difficult for her to get it. But Wang Tao had a new one in his hand, so the difficulty would definitely be reduced!

Taking the stomach sac handed over by Wang Tao, she quickly learned how to operate it under Wang Tao's instruction.

"This is amazing!"

Qu Shilin looked at the cockroach cream in her hand going in and out of the stomach sac with amazement,

"It's okay."

Wang Tao likes to see others look like they have never seen the world.

Qu Shilin didn't care about Wang Tao's slight pretense. After studying it for a while, she asked directly:

"Mr. Wang, this stomach sac... do you sell it? I want to buy it!"

Qu Shilin was also very honest and didn't beat around the bush.

"This... there are very few zombies with this magical stomach sac. I am lucky to encounter them..."

Wang Tao looked embarrassed.

But Qu Shilin's face was happy. Because Wang Tao didn't refuse directly, there was still a chance!

"Mr. Wang, you also said that this can only hold food and other things, and its use must be limited, and most of the things are actually kept at home..."

Qu Shilin started to tease her, and finally she patted her chest and said:

"Mr. Wang, please make an offer and I promise not to counter-offer!"

This tone, rich woman!

"This...this is really not a question of money..."

Wang Tao's face seemed a little relaxed.

"Ten thousand, twenty thousand, or fifty thousand?"

Qu Shilin started bidding.

Wang Tao is actually not very clear about the purchasing power of this crystal coin. After all, he has not done much shopping in the past few days since he came to Changhe Base.

And he couldn't raise the price randomly. Qu Shilin's ability and identity were here. He wanted to do long-term business with the other party, not a one-time deal.

After thinking for a while, Wang Tao sighed and said:

"I didn't want to sell it originally, but it was fate that we met in the apocalypse. I also admire Ms. Qu's scientific research contributions very much... Otherwise, let's not talk about money or not. Look. See if there is anything in your hand that I need, and I will exchange it with you for my magical stomach pouch."

When Qu Shilin heard this, she was happy at first, then frowned and said:

"I don't seem to have anything valuable in my hands, just a few power armors—"

"That's it, I need a power armor!"

Before Qu Shilin finished speaking, she was interrupted by Wang Tao.

Wang Tao had wanted to buy a powered armor for fun before, but he never had time to go to the city center. Since Qu Shilin has it here, that's just right.

"A powered armor? Okay! Let's exchange contact information, and I'll have someone send it to you later!"

Qu Shilin immediately took the magic stomach bag and happily exchanged contact information with Wang Tao.

As for the model of the power armor, Qu Shilin didn't say anything. Wang Tao didn't understand and didn't ask any questions. He simply wanted to get one to play with, after all, this was his childhood dream! Moreover, the addition of power armor to level 4 superpowers may have a strong increase in combat power!

When both of them felt that they had made a profit, Gu Yun came over.

"Oh, there is no other way. Please show them the iron beetle, Mr. Wang. They promised to pay some viewing fees - you will also have a share. I have an explanation with the city hall..."

Gu Yun spoke helplessly.

If possible, he definitely wanted to hide the armed function of the Iron Beetle... He just hoped that the armed ability Wang Tao mentioned was relatively low-key, so that others could not tell the truth.

"Viewing fee? Okay!"

Wang Tao nodded.

He was a little surprised about the viewing fee, but he didn't care. But he is also very curious about this armed ability and has wanted to try it for a long time.

Everyone gathered around and looked at Wang Tao expectantly.

They only knew that the thing Gu Yun tried hard to hide was related to the iron beetle, but they didn't know exactly what it was.

Of course, they are not stupid. If Gu Yun fools them casually, they will definitely be able to tell.

"Get a fourth-order crystal core to improve the fit."

Wang Tao said to Gu Yun.

Gu Yun or the city hall obviously wanted this iron beetle, and Wang Tao naturally wanted it too, but there was only one thing and it was impossible to split it into two halves.

As for the shares of this iron beetle, the city hall holds more shares than Wang Tao. After all, the city hall took out a meteorite and an epic crystal core. Wang Tao only took one epic crystal core. Then Wang Tao will definitely not be able to compete with the city hall. The rules were clearly stated in the previous contract.

Seeing how seriously Gu Yun attached importance to the iron beetle, Wang Tao had no intention of fighting and simply gave it to them. There was no need to quarrel with them.

Of course, if it is given to the city hall, the city hall will definitely give Wang Tao corresponding compensation. And the more powerful the iron beetle is, the greater the compensation will be.

So Wang Tao was ready to test how strong this iron beetle was.

It is definitely not possible to nourish the iron beetle to the upper limit of its blood volume. After all, 50 fourth-order crystal nuclei are needed. The crystal nuclei prepared by Gu Yun are all meteorites, so he cannot produce so many for the time being.

But it is still possible to improve the compatibility of the iron beetle. This does not require many crystal cores. One fourth-order crystal core can increase the compatibility to 100%.

Since Wang Tao planned to give up the iron beetle to the city hall, it was naturally impossible for him to take advantage of the crystal core.

Anyway, it wasn't because he didn't feel bad about his own crystal core, so Wang Tao directly asked Gu Yun for a fourth-order crystal core.

After everyone saw Wang Tao feeding the white fourth-order crystal core handed over by Gu Yun to the iron beetle, they suddenly looked forward to it.

It seems that Gu Yun didn't lie to them. This consumes a fourth-order crystal core. It must be a very powerful thing!

After a while, the iron beetle completed the fusion of the fourth-order crystal core, and the fit reached 100%. Then, Wang Tao smiled at everyone and said:

"This is the Iron Beetle's second ability, armed."

While speaking, Wang Tao was already mentally ordering the armored beetles to activate their weapons.

The palm-sized iron beetle suddenly expanded and became larger after it landed on the ground.

When the Iron Beetle was allowed to attack independently before, it was about the same size as Lightning.

Now I don’t know if it’s because the health volume has reached 50,000, or if the weapon is just like this – the iron beetle suddenly became as big as a car!

And the appearance has become even more ferocious than before!

Amidst the exclamations of everyone, the abdomen of this ferocious iron beetle suddenly split open, and a human-shaped depression appeared. Then it pounced directly on Wang Tao's back. The cracked depression in its abdomen was just enough to accommodate Wang Tao's body, completely covering Wang Tao.

With a series of "crackling" sounds, the body of the iron beetle quickly squirmed and deformed. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a huge figure that was two stories tall, burly, carrying a shell on its back, and with a faint yellow light in its eyes!

"My God..."

Everyone looked up, mouths wide open.

"What is that thing!"

The soldiers in the distance looked at this "monster" in shock.

"The second ability of the iron beetle, armament."

Wang Tao spoke.

His voice seemed to be emitted through some organs of the iron beetle, which was completely different from his original voice. Hoarse, depressed, and terrifying!

Qi De, Huang Wu and Zhou Long, the three awakeners, did not feel any pressure from Wang Tao before.

But now, a huge sense of oppression came over them!

They even felt that they were no match for Wang Tao at all!