Chapter 355: Porter
In District 8, the production of blue crystal raw ores was extremely low.
There was a large amount of blue crystal raw ores in this place?!
Zuo Qing and the others were trying to steal the Federation's blue crystal raw ores?
Just as Fang Heng was puzzled, a game hint flashed across his vision.
[Hint: Due to your skill-basic occult (Level 2), you can perform a preliminary occult analysis of the blue crystal raw ore.]
[Hint: You can spend 100 survival points to analyze the blue crystal raw ore (normal). Do you want to analyze it?]
F*ck!
Again?
D*mn it, he had already been cheated of the divine potion last time, and now they want to cheat him again?
Fang Heng decided to ignore it first and waved his hand.
The ore was put into his backpack.
About a third of the blue crystal ores in the box were swept away in an instant.
According to the game's settings, although the same type of ore only occupied a single backpack slot, if the weight-bearing of the ore in the player's backpack exceeded a certain limit, the player would receive an additional weight-bearing penalty of more than ten times.
The more you load, the greater the negative penalty effect.
Fang Heng had the shelter's super backpack skill and the additional weight-bearing due to his high basic physical strength.
His backpack was much larger than an ordinary player's, so he could hold about a third of the blue crystal raw ores in one go.
If it was an ordinary player, they would only be able to fit less than a tenth of a box of blue crystal raw ores.
Fang Heng's eyes flashed with greed.
Blue crystal raw ores!
Good stuff!
They could directly be made into blue energy crystals.
That was a necessary energy source to activate the space tearing device!
In addition, it was also an indispensable part of the 'Fatten up Project'!
The crystallized worm obtained its upgrade by devouring the blue crystal raw ores.
Fang Heng would never complain about having too many of these things!
He had to think of a way to take them all away.
Fang Heng pondered for a moment, then through the window, he glanced at the mining area that was in chaos outside.
The Federation army team had already arrived at the mining area halfway up the mountain.
It seemed that they would be able to clean up the mining area very soon.
It would still take some time for them to search this place.
How should he hide all these blue crystal ores?
The speed of the zombies moving them was too slow. There was no time at all.
Who cares!
He would take as much as he could!
Fang Heng immediately switched the blue crystal ores in his backpack into the warp backpack slot, leaving more than a dozen Lickers hiding in the temporary shelter.
Leaving a simple bed on the spot, Fang Heng went offline.
…
Offline.
Opening the game cabin, Fang Heng appeared in the villa's guest room.
He didn't have time to find a place to store the blue crystal raw ores!
He could encounter danger at any time in the game.
Fang Heng directly took out the ores from his backpack and threw them in the guest room.
Clearing his backpack, Fang Heng opened the game cabin and entered the game again.
The entire process was smooth and fluid. It took less than five minutes.
With a wave of his hand, Fang Heng put another third of the blue crystal raw ores into his normal backpack slot.
Fang Heng secretly thought about his next move.
The time interval for using the warp backpack slot was 20 minutes.
The transportation efficiency was a little slow.
It would be great if he could expand a few more slots.
Or should they just let the zombie team dig a hole and bury them?
No, they didn't have enough time. If they dug a hole on the spot, the traces would be too obvious, and the Federation would see through them at a glance.
While Fang Heng was thinking, the noise of footsteps and conversations suddenly came from outside the door.
"Quick, it's right in front."
"Bring the boxes!"
The footsteps quickly approached.
Someone was coming!
Fang Heng raised his eyebrows and controlled the Lickers to climb to the ceiling, ready to attack.
"Eh? Why is the door broken?"
"Be careful, someone came in."
The wooden door was pushed open with a bang, and a few black muzzles aimed at Fang Heng.
"It's one of us!"
The bald leader noticed the mask on Fang Heng's face and waved his hand to signal for everyone to put down their weapons.
He looked at Fang Heng and asked, "Why are you alone? Where's Zuo Qing? Where are the others?"
Fang Heng was surprised for a moment and immediately understood.
The bald man had mistaken him for someone else.
It was the mask on his face!
The mask he took off Zuo Qing's body made the bald man mistakenly think that he was with Zuo Qing.
Fang Heng controlled the Lickers to continue hiding in the shadows of the ceiling. He looked out of the window and said, "They heard the Federation alert and ran away."
"D*mn it! I knew I couldn't rely on that idiot!"
The bald man spat on the ground. He waved his hand, indicating for the people behind him to help move the boxes.
"Move the ores in first."
"Quick, you come and help too."
Fang Heng nodded, feeling puzzled.
The Federation had already come to find them, why didn't the bald man and the others run away? Instead, they were taking the time to move these boxes?
Could it be that they had a way to move the boxes out?
Fang Heng's heart stirred, and he slowly walked up to help everyone move the boxes filled with blue crystal raw ores into the temporary shelter hut.
Baldy walked to a corner of the room and fumbled around in the closet for a moment.
"Ka!!"
There was a slight sound.
The mechanism in the room was triggered and a wooden plank on the floor in the corner of the room was lifted.
It was a tunnel!
Fang Heng suddenly understood.
So that was how it was. It seemed that Zuo Qing's group had used this tunnel to transport the stolen blue crystal raw ores out of the shelter.
"Quick, don't just stand there. Move all the ores into the underground passage first."
Fang Heng licked his lips and thought that this was interesting.
There were already close to twenty large boxes in the shelter. Together with the boxes that Baldy and his group had moved all the way here, there were more than thirty boxes in total.
The players' physical strength was limited. They were already panting heavily from moving more than ten boxes in from outside.
A player wearing a mask was a little nervous. He looked out of the window and whispered to Baldy, "Boss Cao, move all of them in? Will it be too late?"
"What are you afraid of!"
Baldy glared at the person behind him. "They will buy us time. We just need to move the materials into the tunnel. We will get 100,000 for each box we move. You can decide whether you want to earn this money or not!"
Cao Zhengde cursed in a low voice. Everyone heard a commotion from the outside.
Then, gunshots were heard.
They were fighting?
Fang Heng was confused and he stuck his head out to check.
What was that?
Fang Heng was surprised to find that a wave of zombies was spawning.
A large number of high-level zombies were attacking the Federation's shelter.
After a rough scan, Fang Heng found that there was at least five Tier 4 one-eyed zombies among them!
How could it be so coincidental?
It was not normal for so many zombies to suddenly appear!
They were also controlled by a player?
When the shelter was attacked, the Federation immediately recalled the players who were maintaining order in the mining area and rushed back to the shelter to provide support.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
The shelter was equipped with a high-intensity beam weapon.
Streaks of pale red light streaked across the night sky, piercing holes in the one-eyed zombie's body.
Dense artillery weapons were fired crazily at the zombie horde.
The continuous artillery fire lit up more than half of the night sky.
A large number of Tier 4 mutated zombies brought great trouble to the
to the Federation.
Those people were most likely part of the anti-federation forces.
They must have used some method to attract the zombie horde to attack the Federation shelter!
Chapter 356: Exploded Again
Seeing this, Cao Zhengde said excitedly, "Good! Night Owl's people must have come to help. Quick, let's transport the ores out together."
The players' spirits were also raised and they worked together to transport the boxes down the passage.
Fang Heng's eyes narrowed slightly and a phrase unconsciously appeared in his mind.
Taking advantage of the situation!
Wouldn't it be nice to fish blue crystal raw ores every 20 minutes?
He would first infiltrate this group of people and get them to help transport the ores back to the tunnel!
Fang Heng chose to remain discreet and let them think he was part of the team. He silently joined Cao Zhengde's group.
Under the urging of Baldy Cao Zhengde, he and another player, who was also wearing a mask, picked up the boxes and put them into the trolley. They pushed the trolley into the underground passage.
The passage was very dark. Only the candlelight on the wall gave off a weak light.
After walking along the artificially created underground passage for a while, a temporary storage area appeared in front of them.
There were more than thirty boxes left in the storage area.
Fang Heng estimated that these boxes should have been transported out tonight and had not been sent out yet.
After going back and forth a few times, everyone finally moved all the boxes in the shelter back to the underground storage area.
The long-distance transportation exhausted the players' remaining vitality.
A player sat down on the ground and waved his hand, saying, "We really can't move anymore, Boss Cao."
Cao Zhengde saw that everyone else also sat down with their backs against the boxes to rest, and he knew that he couldn't force them to continue.
"Forget it, everyone, let's rest first."
Cao Zhengde turned on the survival radio on the spot and contacted the Night Owl organization.
He received a reply and then randomly selected a few players.
"Kunzi, Ah Gui, Xiaoqi, you guys come with me. The rest of you stay here and look after the boxes. Rest for a while and wait for me to come back."
After saying that, Cao Zhengde brought the few players that had been selected and quickly left through the passage on the other side.
The remaining players sat on the ground one by one and took out some bread to eat, seizing the time they had left to recover their strength.
Fang Heng was happy to stay.
Tonight was a sleepless night!
Just in time, 20 minutes had arrived.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, he scooped up another batch of blue crystal raw ores and returned to the real world.
The lights in the temporary storage room were very dim.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, Fang Heng was preparing to quietly hide away from the players and find an opportunity to go offline on the spot.
"Everyone, I'll speak."
A middle-aged man wearing a mask suddenly clapped his hands, attracting the attention of the players.
"I, Ni Tonghui, have been in the game for more than thirty years. Up until now, I haven't earned much money, but I have figured out a way to survive."
The middle-aged man's voice was unusually hoarse. Under the gaze of many players, he slowly extended a finger.
"If you don't do it for yourself, the heavens will destroy you."
Your life is your own. Everyone knows how much this life is worth. However, I feel that no matter what, we have to think for ourselves and leave a way out. Don't you guys agree?"
Fang Heng was stunned. He did not understand what he meant.
Another player immediately echoed, "Master Hui is right. Let's keep this among ourselves. If we have money, we can earn it together. If anyone tries to stab us in the back, I, Lin Ah-er, will be the first to kill him."
"Brothers, I've asked around. This thing is called the blue crystal raw ore. It's very valuable in the black market. It's just a little troublesome to sell it. We should at least bring some with us."
As the middle-aged man spoke, he stood up from where he was. He opened the box and took the lead to put the blue crystal raw ores into his backpack.
Fang Heng immediately came to a realization.
What a good guy. After talking for so long and laying the groundwork for so long, the result was to trick everyone into stealing the ores together, right?!
One look and one could tell that these people were all unorganized and undisciplined ordinary refugee players.
"Master Hui is right! Whoever plays dirty behind the scenes will be making things difficult for all of us!"
The other players also reacted one by one and stuffed the raw blue crystal ores into their backpacks until they filled up the entire backpack.
The smart player began to pick and choose. One by one, they carefully selected high-level ores and stuffed them into their backpack.
Some players were not satisfied and cleared out the miscellaneous items in their backpacks to store more ores.
Fang Heng shook his head and thought to himself, in this world, even stealing ores could be so competitive that it was starting to roll up, right?
Taking advantage of the time when the players were stealing ores, Fang Heng found a dark corner and quietly threw down a simple bed.
After spending five minutes moving the ores back to the guest room in the real world, Fang Heng went online again.
The other players did not notice Fang Heng going online and offline.
After stealing the ores, everyone acted as if nothing had happened and sat down to rest. Some of them gathered in groups of two or three and discussed something in a low voice.
Baldy Cao Zhengde had not returned since he left with his people.
Fang Heng casually opened a box beside him and put a third of the blue crystal raw ores into his backpack.
He imitated the other players and sat down with his back against a box to rest.
He wondered how the Federation players were doing.
And the Night Owl organization.
Could they control the zombies as well?
While thinking, Fang Heng took out a blue crystal raw ore and played with it.
Since he had nothing to do, he could use occultism to analyze the blue crystal and use it to farm basic occult experience points.
With a thought, the game hint refreshed on Fang Heng's retina once again.
[Hint: Due to your skill-basic occult (Level 2), you can perform a preliminary occult analysis on the blue crystal raw ore.]
[Hint: You can spend 100 survival points to analyze the blue crystal raw ore (normal quality). Do you want to analyze it?]
"Analyze."
Buzz…
The blue crystal raw ore was pulled by a force and it rose from Fang Heng's palm and floated in the air.
Fang Heng had already experienced something similar before. This time, he was no longer surprised.
He quietly raised his head and looked at the crystal in the air.
However, the next second, the row of game hints gave Fang Heng a shock.
[Hint: Through basic occult (Level 2), you have conducted occult testing on the blue crystal raw ore. No spiritual energy, no mental energy, no creature fluctuations have been found in the blue crystal raw ore.]
[Hint: Medium-strength concentrated natural energy found in the blue crystal raw ore.]
[Hint: Player has a skill-occult ritual (binding soul seal) and can absorb natural energy.]
What was going on?
Natural energy? Can be absorbed?
Before Fang Heng had time to check the hint, the blue crystal raw ore in the air began to tremble slightly.
At this moment, a thought suddenly appeared in Fang Heng's mind.
Could it be that it was going to explode again?
"Bang!!!"
A muffled explosion sounded.
The blue crystal raw ore exploded in the air.
The sound wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear in the quiet temporary underground storage area.
The ore exploded?
Almost all the players heard the sound of the ore explosion.
They all had strange expressions on their faces as they looked in Fang Heng's direction.
Chapter 357: Natural Energy
Fang Heng did not notice the gazes of the other players.
All his attention was focused on the blue crystal raw ore.
After the blue crystal raw ore exploded, it left specks of blue powder in the air.
The powder formed the shape of a basic occult rune.
After reading the entire 'Occult Guide', the meaning of this rune immediately appeared in Fang Heng's mind.
It represented the most basic natural energy of occult.
After the rune was maintained for half a second, the blue powder fell from the sky.
Fang Heng suddenly felt the back of his hand itchy.
He subconsciously raised his hand to take a look.
The rune mark on the back of his hand showed a faint light.
The blue specks were absorbed by the rune mark on the back of his hand.
[Hint: Player has mastered the skill-basic occult; player has mastered the skill-occult ritual (binding soul seal); player has comprehended a new skill-low-efficiency energy storage ].
Skill: Low-efficiency energy storage (can be detonated).
Skill description 1: Player can absorb various forms of energy through the occult ritual and store the energy in the occult imprint, current conversion efficiency is extremely low (conversion efficiency and maximum stored energy upper limit are related to the level of the occult ritual and the level of basic occult).
Skill description 2: Player can instantly release all stored energy in the imprint and trigger an energy explosion, causing a large amount of damage to the area, this damage was related to the imprint's current stored energy intensity and the level of the occult ritual (damage ignored friend or foe). If the energy value during the explosion was greater than a certain limit, there was a probability of triggering an energy vortex. Skill cooldown time: 48 hours.
[Hint: You have tested the blue crystal raw ore for the first time. You have obtained skill-basic occult experience points +43.]
[Hint: You have absorbed the energy of the blue crystal raw ore. Current energy storage: 0.2%.]
Fang Heng looked at the long skill description and roughly understood.
From the perspective of occultism, the blue crystal raw ore contained powerful natural energy.
Coincidentally, the occult ritual rune on the back of his hand could absorb this energy.
His body became a container.
Just by looking at the skill description, he needed to absorb a large number of blue crystal ores before using the skill once.
He didn't know the actual effect.
After all, the blue crystals made from blue crystal ores had extremely strong energy, and they could even create a spatial rift.
It shouldn't be too weak.
It was just that this method of using energy was too crude.
Simply absorbing and detonating.
Was it equivalent to using one's own body as a medium?
"Cough, cough." Ni Tonghui could not help but cough lightly. "Brother, what's the situation?"
Fang Heng returned to his senses. Only then did he realize that the surrounding players were all looking at him with inquisitive gazes.
"Uh, I don't know either. I don't know how it exploded."
Everyone became even more confused and looked at each other.
This thing could explode?
They had been smuggling ores here for more than ten days, but this was the first time they had heard of ores that could explode.
"I was also shocked. The crystal just now was a little different. It was especially bright. I thought it was some good stuff…"
Fang Heng explained casually, trying to deceive them.
Although everyone had doubts, they did not continue to investigate further.
Ni Tonghui looked at Fang Heng and said, "I don't think I've seen you before."
"I joined not long ago. I was with Zuo Qing. They all ran fast, leaving me alone."
"Zuo Qing ran really fast."
Fang Heng tried to find out what was going on with the zombies outside. "By the way, do you know what happened to those zombies outside? Was it the employer? Why did they make such a big commotion?"
"I don't know. Brother, I advise you not to ask too much. It's good that you have the money. The more you know about this kind of thing, the faster you'll die."
While they were talking, they heard footsteps coming from the front.
The two immediately stopped talking.
Cao Zhengde brought the three people back together.
Their faces didn't look good.
"What's wrong, Boss Cao? Was there a problem?"
"D*mn, Night Owl's people don't keep their word. They say that we caused too much of a ruckus and attracted the Federation's attention. They're only willing to give us a third of our wages, and they even want us to think of a way to move the ores from the mining area on the mountain."
"F*ck!"
"What bullsh*t Night Owl! Aren't they worse than the Federation?"
"F*ck!"
"They want us to go back to the mining area? Does he f*cking want us to die?"
"They should be punished for their carelessness! It's clearly their fault that the Federation discovered us!"
The players were both angry and afraid.
The Federation had already discovered that someone was stealing the mines outside. If they were to go to the mining area now, wouldn't that be courting death?
"Pui!"
Cao Zhengde spat on the ground with a vicious expression.
"Brothers, the people outside are all Night Owl's men. I won't hide it from you. There are only two paths in front of us."
"We can either go back the way we came and escape through the entrance and run as many as we can. We can consider this operation as a mistake."
"Or we can trust Night Owl one last time."
"Night Owl's men have said that they have temporarily taken control of the mining area. The people of the Federation are also attacked by the zombie horde and have no time to deal with us."
"There are still many high-quality blue crystal raw ores in the mining area. They really need people to transport the ores from the mountain."
"There are still a few trucks that are locked in the mining area that can be used. Night Owl's people have promised to give us five million Federation coins as long as we can transport a cart of high-quality ores down the mountain. At that time, we will split it with them."
Hearing five million, everyone's eyes immediately lit up. They had completely forgotten how they had reprimanded Night Owl just now.
One cart already had five million. What if they could transport a few more carts?
After doing this job, they would be able to lie down comfortably for the rest of their lives. They would no longer have to risk their lives.
After Cao Zhengde said that, he looked around.
He saw pairs of hungry eyes.
"Brothers, what do you say?"
"Let's do it!"
"Of course, let's do it once!"
"Since we might not be able to escape now, we might as well do it ruthlessly!"
"Don't ask. If anyone asks, we'll take him down…"
Fang Heng looked at the unusually excited players and felt that it was funny.
They had been fooled by Night Owl's people for less than a minute. How could they have forgotten about it in the blink of an eye? Why were they still in a hurry to continue working with Night Owl?
Weren't they afraid of being tricked again?
Cao Zhengde nodded. "That's fine. The problem now is that a few trucks in the mining area have been locked. Forcefully opening the lock will damage the trucks. Who knows about high-level car maintenance?"
Fang Heng's eyes lit up.
He thought to himself that this was fine.
The ores in the mining area were all high-level blue crystal raw ores.
They could head up the mountain and get more high-level goods that he could bring home!
When the Federation was almost done fighting, he would directly snatch a mining truck and run away.
He didn't care about the fight between Night Owl and the Federation. He wanted to make a profit first!
After secretly making up his mind, Fang Heng stood out and said, "I know a bit of lock-opening skills. Talent skill and mechanical maintenance. I can help."
"Okay!"
Cao Zhengde's eyes lit up. "You come with me too. When the time comes, I will definitely treat you well and give you an extra sum of money."