Chapter 397 Base Mayor
In Wang Tao's impression, the mayor of Changhe Base City is a relatively mysterious person, because Wang Tao has never seen the mayor since he came to the base.
Wang Tao only knew that this person was named Yao Guodong, but he didn't know the rest.
Wang Tao was somewhat surprised after seeing the mayor today - because this Yao Guodong turned out to be an ordinary person with only one thousand health, and he also had a negative state that Wang Tao had never seen before.
【HP: 1000/1000】
【Curse: The success rate of fusing the crystal core is reduced, and it can be recovered without fusing the crystal core within 30 days】
【Impurities in the body: 70%】
There are many ordinary people in the base, but Yao Guodong is the mayor. If the mayor is just an ordinary person, will he be unable to control the situation?
But seeing his negative state, Wang Tao also understood why he was an ordinary person - this negative state actually reduced the success rate of fusion crystal core!
This is outrageous, right?
Wang Tao has actually seen many negative states, such as the most common [corrosive acid rain]. Anyone who has been exposed to corrosive acid rain can easily experience this state. Another example is [Weakness], [Bleeding], [Electric Shock], [Burning] and other negative states related to combat. Some of these negative states are so serious that they can kill people.
But these negative states last for a relatively short period of time, such as weakness, which only lasts for a day at most.
But the "curse" on Yao Guodong's head, judging from the introduction, seems to be canceled after 30 days. If the crystal core is fused within 30 days, it should always exist!
Thirty days is neither a long time nor a short time. But time is not the point. The point is that except Wang Tao, no one else seems to be able to discover this matter.
Judging from the fact that Yao Guodong is not yet a superpower, Wang Tao speculates that this "curse" should have been obtained before. If it was obtained now, Yao Guodong should have been a superpower long ago...
And if he had obtained it before and he failed to discover how to remove the curse, then Yao Guodong may have been trying to fuse the crystal core, and the more he tried, the more inaccessible he would be, forming an endless loop—from his current height of 70 % of the impurities in his body can be seen. He has obviously fused a lot of crystal nuclei. Wang Tao's guess is probably right.
So in Wang Tao's eyes, Yao Guodong is not only an ordinary person, but also a very unlucky ordinary person.
“Hello, Mayor Yao!”
Wang Tao shook hands with Yao Guodong politely.
“I have heard of Mr. Wang's name a long time ago, and when I saw him today, he is really a talented person!”
Yao Guodong praised.
“No, Mayor Yao is a little older than I thought, but his body feels pretty strong...”
Wang Tao can't find anything to praise for the moment, so he can only praise the other person's good health.
“I'm old! My body is not as good as before...”
After the two exchanged polite words for a few more times, Wang Tao said bluntly:
“Mayor Yao is not a superpower, which surprises me a bit…”
Yao Guodong is the mayor and the highest administrative official in Changhe Base. Although Wang Tao is not familiar with him and does not know what his character is like, to be able to become the mayor and receive the support of many committee members must be something special.
So if you can help him solve the problem and make him a superpower, then Wang Tao wouldn't mind helping him. It would be very cost-effective for him both in public and private life.
Yao Guodong immediately smiled bitterly after hearing Wang Tao's words.
“Well, it's not something that can't be said. It's just my bad luck...”
In the apocalypse, you will always encounter various accidents, some good and some bad, most of which are not good things, such as Yao Guodong.
He was infected with this curse at a very early age - of course, he didn't know about the curse. He just knew that since he went to a place and came back, he got seriously ill. After he recovered from the illness, he also I feel like there's something wrong with me.
But when it came time to fuse the crystal core later, he realized something was wrong—he had never succeeded in fusing the crystal nucleus even once!
Although the fusion success rate of low-quality crystal nuclei is indeed low, his fusion is not low-quality - at that time, the Changhe Base had already begun to be established. Although he was not young, he was still very capable, so he was established at the base After putting a lot of effort into the matter, he naturally enjoyed good treatment, such as giving him some crystal nuclei of blue quality or above.
And these blue, purple, and red crystal nuclei all failed to fuse! This is outrageous!
At this time, Yao Guodong can still comfort himself that he is unlucky. As long as he persists, he will always succeed.
But when he still failed to fuse the orange crystal core, he was completely confused.
At this time, the research institute has gone through many tests and determined that the success rate of the orange crystal core is 100%. In theory, it is impossible to fail! But he still failed...
Only then did Yao Guodong realize that it was not a matter of good luck, but a matter of being unable to fuse the crystal core at all!
He didn't know what was going on, and the research institute couldn't find it out. He remembered his previous experience of a serious illness, and the uncomfortable feeling in his body was still there... So he speculated that his failure to fuse the crystal core might be related to this. Things are related.
But what if he really guesses it right? Let alone finding a solution, he didn't even know the principle... He doubted whether his physique had been changed and became unable to fuse the crystal core. Although this felt a bit outrageous, it was not impossible. After all, in In the apocalypse, nothing is unexpected.
Yao Guodong felt very uncomfortable, but he still did not give up. He would try it with orange crystal cores from time to time. With his current status, orange crystal cores were naturally enough. But it is a pity that until now, he has not been able to become a superpower.
And just last month, when he was undergoing a physical examination, the doctor told him that the impurities in his body had accumulated to level 8 and it was not recommended that he continue to use crystal nuclei. If it reached level 9, even if he was the mayor, he would have to Under house arrest!
Yao Guodong had no choice but to stop using the crystal core. Now he has basically given up, but he is still a little unwilling.
He wants to become a superpower, of course, not to fight outside. As a mayor in charge of administration, he doesn't need to go to the front line. It's just because after becoming a superpower, his physical fitness will improve. If nothing unexpected happens, the superpower will Those who live longer than ordinary people!
Being in better health and living longer is obviously Yao Guodong's wish, but unfortunately he can't achieve it...
The reason why I rarely see Yao Guodong is because he is really busy - he has to go to the research institute to cooperate with inspections; he also has to manage various affairs in the base; he also has to eat and sleep... He is too busy. So it's normal that Wang Tao has never seen him.
The reason why Yao Guodong came to talk to Wang Tao today was naturally because he wanted to take the opportunity to get to know Wang Tao, and then make some insinuations about Wang Tao to see if he knew anything about this aspect. After all, strong people generally have more knowledge.
He originally thought that when chatting later, he would deliberately lead the topic here. Unexpectedly, Wang Tao took the initiative to ask him, so he naturally told everything.
Of course, he didn't hold out much hope. After all, the Institute of Hope couldn't find the reason...but he had to give it a try. He wasn't willing to accept that he was just an ordinary person, and he also wanted to live a few more years! And the most important thing is that if he can become a superpower, the impurities in his body will be reduced by half, so he won't have to worry as much as he does now...
After listening to Yao Guodong's explanation, Wang Tao's face suddenly looked strange.
"That is to say, you have fused many crystal nuclei before, but they all failed. Later, you slowed down the fusion speed and maintained the frequency of two or three times a month, but it still failed. Finally, you followed the doctor's advice and stopped fusion. Already…”
"right…"
Yao Guodong nodded helplessly.
“How long has it been since you last fused the crystal core?”
“Twenty-nine days, I remember it clearly, because I used to fuse the crystal cores basically twice a month..."
Wang Tao was a little speechless, Yao Guodong was a little unlucky!
Without knowing this "curse", even though he had fused so many crystal nuclei before, his subsequent fusion speed slowed down and he still fused the crystal nuclei twice a month. But if he fuses once a month, maybe the interval will exceed thirty days, and the curse will disappear!
And really speaking, it's because he is “too rich”!
If you are an ordinary person, if you find that you have been unable to successfully fuse the crystal core, you may give up, at least temporarily. After all, the crystal core is quite expensive.
But Yao Guodong is the mayor and he has no shortage of crystal nuclei, so he has been experimenting. But the more he experimented, the more the curse couldn't go away, and a vicious cycle formed.
However, while Yao Guodong was unlucky, he was also relatively lucky - because he met Wang Tao.
He has not fused the crystal core for 29 days now, and he will be able to succeed in 31 days. But the impurities in his body are too high now, and it will be dangerous to continue to fuse the crystal nuclei, so he is no longer preparing to fuse the crystal nuclei. If Wang Tao didn't remind him, he might never know that his curse had disappeared...
“It seems that the mayor must owe me a favor today!”
Wang Tao immediately decided not to tell Yao Guodong directly.
Since you want Yao Guodong to owe him a favor, let him owe him a bigger favor.
If this matter was told to Yao Guodong, then Yao Guodong might be grateful to Wang Taoda, but he himself also had a lot of credit, after all, he was only one day away.
And if Wang Tao could show that the reason why he was able to successfully fuse the crystal core was all because of Wang Tao's help and had nothing to do with him, then he would be particularly grateful to Wang Tao, who was a reincarnation of his kindness!
Favors and the like don't matter, but it would be nice to have the mayor owe him a big favor.
Although it is a bit shameless, Wang Tao and Yao Guodong are not relatives, so it would be good if he could help Yao Guodong. If it were someone else, I am afraid he would not want to blackmail Yao Guodong severely, or even tell him how to solve it...
Besides, if he told Yao Guodong the reason directly, it would be hard for Wang Tao to explain how he figured it out. Although it is okay not to explain, it is somewhat troublesome.
So to sum up, Wang Tao decided not to tell him, but to wait until the negative state on his head disappeared, then give him a crystal core and let him directly become a superpower.
In this way, Yao Guodong will definitely attribute all the credit to Wang Tao and the crystal core. As for the specific crystal nucleus to use, Wang Tao had to think about it. It would be best to get a more special crystal nucleus, which would be more convincing.
“Mayor Yao, listen to what you have to say...I suddenly feel like I have seen your situation before..."
Wang Tao suddenly spoke.
“Hmm? Have you seen it?”
Yao Guodong was stunned for a moment, then looked at Wang Tao with surprise and expectation.
"But you have to tell me first where you went before you got seriously ill..."
Wang Tao is still very curious about this place and would like to visit it if he has the chance.
"at…"
Yao Guodong quickly named the place and described it carefully.
Wang Tao felt that Yao Guodong didn't need to lie to him, so he nodded.
"That's right. I met a person before and went to a place similar to what you said. Moreover, he always failed to fuse the crystal core and could not become a superpower-"
"Then what!"
Yao Guodong spoke impatiently.
“Then he died.”
Yao Guodong's face froze.
But Wang Tao smiled and said:
"But his death had nothing to do with this matter. He died in the battle among the corpses."
Yao Guodong was startled by Wang Tao. He thought this question would kill him! But Yao Guodong quickly realized what Wang Tao was saying was that this man died in the zombie wave! Ordinary people are not qualified to fight in a zombie wave, right?
Wang Tao's next words also confirmed his thoughts.
“At first, that person also failed to fuse the crystal core, but then he suddenly succeeded. And the reason for his success seems to be because the crystal core he fused was special..."
“Can we fuse special crystal nuclei?!”
Yao Guodong looked very excited. This shows that he also has hope!
“But it's a coincidence that I also have that kind of crystal nucleus...”
Yao Guodong looked at Wang Tao in disbelief, and then waved his hand.
“Mr. Wang, please make an offer!”
If Wang Tao was not willing to take out the crystal core, he probably would not have mentioned this matter. But since Wang Tao said it, it means that Wang Tao intends to sell it!
"The crystal core is actually not worth anything. It's just an ordinary ability. I've always done things upright and never took advantage of others, so I'll give it to Mayor Yao! As the top administrator of our base, Mayor Yao will give it to me." Our base has been working hard for so long, and it's worth it!”
Wang Tao said with a smile.
Yao Guodong couldn't believe it. He missed this good opportunity? He may not have much money himself, but he is the mayor and the face of the city hall and the entire Changhe base. If he can become a superpower, the city hall will definitely pay for it!
But seeing that Wang Tao didn't look like he was telling lies, Yao Guodong immediately understood that Wang Tao didn't want money, but he might want his favor!
As for favors, Yao Guodong doesn't mind. After all, this is Wang Tao, a fourth-level awakened person. It would be a good thing for them to have favors with each other.
"But this crystal core is at my house. I'll give it to Mayor Yao tomorrow, right? Oh, by the way, before that person used this crystal core, there was still a small step - he stayed quietly in the room for a day, completely I emptied myself...I don't know if it has something to do with this metaphysical factor, but I personally suggest that Mayor Yao also learn it. After all, we can't let go of any possibility..."
Wang Tao's words are naturally nonsense, because Yao Guodong has only been in 29 days, and there is still one day left. If he waits for one more day, this cursed state should disappear. Just fuse the crystal cores when the time comes.
"OK!"
Yao Guodong agreed directly. Not to mention giving up for a day, he could survive even ten days in order to become a superpower!
After finalizing the matter with Yao Guodong, Yao Guodong held Wang Tao's hand with excitement.
“Mr. Wang, I really don't know how to thank you...”
“Haha, Mayor Yao, don't get excited. After all, this thing has not been successful yet, so don't have too high hopes, otherwise the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment... The best you can do, and you won't lose anything if it doesn't succeed...”
Wang Tao withdrew his hand silently.
“Mr. Wang, you are right, you should not be excited. The greater your hope, the greater your disappointment…”
Yao Guodong was not an ordinary person after all, so he quickly calmed down.
“The party will start later, so I won't disturb Mr. Wang. Let's talk later?”
"good!"
Yao Guodong and Wang Tao exchanged contact information and then left. His seat was at the front, and he would go on stage to speak later.
After he left, Ding Yuqin and the others communicated quietly, speculating on what was going on with Yao Guodong.
Qu Shilin wanted to ask Wang Tao. Her sixth sense told her that this matter should not be as simple as Wang Tao said, but she still suppressed her curiosity. After all, there are many people here, and even if something really happened, Wang Tao would It's not easy to say much.
Not long after Yao Guodong left, more people came over.
Those who came late were naturally heavyweights, such as committee members, leaders of major forces, etc.
Wang Tao observed them silently, and then raised his eyebrows.
The number of fourth-level awakened people is more than he thought!
And in addition to some people showing the aura of awakened people, there are also some people who are hiding it. It is estimated that many people do not know that they are awakened people!
“Lao Yinbi!”
Wang Tao complained a little, but he looked at his group again, and it seemed that except for him and Lan Yulian, no one else had updated their information. So on the surface, their Spark Club only has two fourth-level awakeners, plus Xiang Hongbin, whose aura cannot be hidden, and the four black snakes...
Forget it, the eldest brother, not to mention the second brother, is all the same.
“Advisor Wang!”
Cheng Yiyi also came with people, and they sat next to Wang Tao.
“Commander Cheng, aren't you sitting in front?”
Wang Tao was a little curious. Cheng Yiyi must be qualified to sit at the front.
"I asked someone to change positions. After all, you are not only a member of the Spark Club, but also an advisor to our Sixth Legion!" At this point, Cheng Yiyi whispered in Wang Tao's ear, "By the way, please help us grow stronger." Momentum, it will be live broadcast later!”
"…All right."
Wang Tao shrugged.
Soon, the party officially started.
(End of this chapter)
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