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nChapter 272 Reading Progress

nMo 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.”

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

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

n“Most of the books on the red bookshelves are related to occultism.”

n“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.”

n“Okay, thank you, Mr Mo. Sorry for disturbing you during this period.”

n“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.”

n“Of course.”

n“Then I won’t disturb you while you’re reading. I still have to enter the game to take a look.”

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

nThe introduction to occultism.

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

nHe felt more like he was learning a new language.

nAnd it was the kind that was particularly troublesome.

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

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

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

nA line of small words appeared on his retina again.

n(Hint: Current reading progress 0.21%.

nOnly 0.21%?

nWas there any way to increase reading efficiency?

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

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

n(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…)

n(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.)

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

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

nAt the moment, his hard power was not enough.

nHe needed to find a way to improve quickly.

nLevel up!

nLevelling 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.

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

nFang Heng made a rough estimate.

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

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

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

nThe efficiency was slow…

nFang Heng lowered his head and thought for a while.

nApart 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.

nFang Heng was going to consult Qiu Yaokang.

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

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

nThe only person he didn’t see was Qiu Yaokang

n“Where’s Qiu Yaokang?”

nLi 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.”

nFang Heng thought to himself, “Good guy, he’s involved in a professional seminar.”

nD*mn!

nFang Heng slapped his forehead, feeling a little regretful.

nWhy didn’t Qiu Yaokang say so earlier!

nIf 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?”

n“Go out? Stop joking. It’s so dangerous outside. Wouldn’t it be courting death if I went out?”

nLi Bo shrunk his neck as he spoke.

n“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

nme.”

n“Cough cough…”

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

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

n“What have you been researching recently?”.

nLi 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.”

nGreat!

nThere 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!

nIf 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.

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

n“We still encountered quite a several technical difficulties that need to be overcome.”

nLi Bo nodded and said, “When God Qiu left, he instructed that if you’re free, Boss, you can help speed up our research progress.”

n“Come on!”

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

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

nOptional mission 1: High-precision parts modification.

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

nOptional mission 2: Licker research.

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

nOptional mission 3: Staff expansion.

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

nOptional mission 4: T-virus resources.

nMission description: Look for more initial T-virus.

nOptional mission 5: High-efficiency raw materials.

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

nAccepted!

nFang Heng waved his hand and accepted all the missions.

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

nFang Heng was in high spirits.

nHe 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.

nHe had time to focus on the Licker modification!

nFang Heng carefully checked the missions he had received

nOne 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.

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

nKill the Licker!

nThis task was good.

n“Unfortunately, I can’t kill my Licker clones to complete the task.”

nFang Heng felt a bit disappointed that he couldn’t exploit this bug.

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