Chapter 1191 Polluter
Zhang Tuohai snatched the box without even looking at it carefully and turned and ran away.
The robbed court scholar was stunned.
He wanted to reach out to stop him, but Zhang Tuohai had already disappeared.
Zhang Tuohai took two steps at a time and ran back to the White Bird with Yin Lishabai and Linda.
Only then did Zhang Tuohai have time to study the box in his hand.
The box was the same as the previously broken box, a palm-sized metal box with red runes engraved on it. There was a small hole on one side, through which a red eyeball could be seen.
The eyeball stared at Zhang Tuohai intently , and a voice from the box kept shouting: "Wanted criminal! There is a wanted criminal in the empire here, with a reward of 100,000 dinars!"
It repeats over and over again, and there seems to be no intention of stopping.
Zhang Tuohai took out a knife and pried the box open.
At this moment, a cold voice suddenly sounded beside him: "I think I have seen it."
Zhang Tuohai turned around suddenly and found Ling, wearing a black windbreaker, standing next to him, a pair of red eyes staring at the metal box in his hand.
"Have you seen this thing?" Zhang Tuohai asked hurriedly.
"I can't remember clearly, but the aura on it gives me a familiar feeling." Ling paused for a moment and said slowly.
"Then take a careful look and see if you can remember anything." Zhang Tuohai handed the box in his hand to Ling.
He had no idea anyway, so it would be great if Zero could remember something.
Zhang Tuohai felt that Zero Energy, which was sealed in that pile of crystals, must be a very powerful existence in itself. It was just that it had no memory of it now and could not be developed. Perhaps this metal box could be a breakthrough.
Zero took the box, and a stream of ice emerged from his hands, freezing .
A layer of dark blue frost formed on the surface of the metal box.
Ling took the box in front of his eyes and observed it carefully. After a moment, the box frozen by ice suddenly broke into thin ice fragments, which disappeared without a trace under the blowing of the sea breeze.
"It's pollutants!" said Zero.
"Pollutants?" Zhang Tuohai raised his eyebrows.
"Well, it's a strange energy that can initially give ordinary objects magical abilities, allowing ordinary people to gain extraordinary powers, but using this energy doesn't come without a price."
"If you use items containing polluted energy for a long time, or are exposed to the radiation of polluted energy, you will degenerate into a polluter. The original polluters had their minds eroded, unable to think rationally, and lost their memories, and could only act on instinct."
"All the contaminated have a common goal, which is to kill all uncontaminated organisms."
Zero said.
"Unable to think, able to act only on instinct, killing uninfected people, sounds like a zombie." Zhang Tuohai analyzed.
"So how about their mobility ?" Zhang Tuohai asked.
"It will remain the same as it was before being contaminated. There will be no change. The only difference is that you have lost your sense of pain and are no longer afraid of danger." Ling said.
"I see." Zhang Tuohai nodded. "Just now I heard you say the initial polluter, does that mean there are subsequent variants?"
"When the pollution concentration increases, a Level 2 polluter will appear," Ling nodded. "Level 2 polluters will gain physical enhancements. The specific degree of enhancement is related to the polluted items they come into contact with. At the same time, Level 2 polluters will also be used for children's IQ."
"Later, there are Level 3 polluters with truly extraordinary abilities and normal IQs, Level 4 polluters who become insane and even more powerful, Level 5 polluters whose bodies become gigantic and who can control other polluters, and so on."
"So many?" Zhang Tuohai was shocked.
"Well, I feel like there should be more to it, but I can't remember it at the moment. Maybe if I see more similar things, I'll be able to remember it." Ling said, rubbing his temple.
"Then that box just now..."
"A common first-order pollutant." Zero said.
"Even the first level is so strong?" Zhang Tuohai opened his mouth wide.
This thing is as effective as a facial recognition device, yet it’s only at the first level?
What about the second-order and third-order pollutants?
He didn't even dare to think about it.
"It's indeed only the first level." Ling nodded.
"That's really bad." Zhang Tuohai sighed. He originally thought that he could defeat the empire with his current strength, but now it seems that many variables have been added out of thin air.
"Oh right," Zhang Tuohai suddenly thought of a question, "Those lobster soldiers are holding these pollutants. Could it be that they have been subtly polluted?"
"No, it's possible, it's certain, they are here."
Zero pointed into the distance.
Zhang Tuohai looked into the distance and saw a large group of lobster soldiers coming from afar.
These lobster soldiers had ferocious looks in their eyes as they staggered on the streets. They rushed into shop and house after shop, dragged out civilians who had not yet been contaminated, and then tore them into pieces with their teeth and hands.
Then look for the next target and repeat the process.
"Sure enough, they have been contaminated. Then we can't keep them here."
Zhang Tuohai knew very well that these polluters should be completely eliminated once they were discovered, otherwise, if they were allowed to wreak havoc, the entire island would become a dead city.
Zhang Tuohai still needs these cities as a source of supplies and cannot let the cities fall like this.
Zhang Tuohai ran onto the captain's bridge, controlled the cables and began to adjust the direction of the artillery, load shells, and light the fuse.
Boom, boom, boom!
Round after round of artillery shells were fired towards the lobster soldier polluters in the distance.
Bang bang bang!
Accompanied by bursts of explosions, the lobster soldier polluters were blown to pieces, with blood and flesh flying everywhere.
The polluters that were blown to pieces shook a few times on the ground and then became motionless.
"It's not bad. A hit in the vitals will kill you. It's not as perverted as a zombie."
Zhang Tuohai had a general understanding of the strength of these first-order polluters, so he controlled the artillery to carry out covering strikes on the places where the polluters gathered.
Boom!
There was a loud explosion and smoke and dust rose up.
Soon, the polluters were almost cleaned up.
Zhang Tuohai won the first round.
However, Zhang Tuohai was not happy.
Because, now they are only killing those on the surface, who knows how many there are in secret? He is sure that there must be more than two of these square boxes on the toy island, not counting other similar products that may exist.
It is unknown how many people have been contaminated on the entire island.
There are so many polluters, it is impossible that they are all level 1 polluters. There may be level 2 or even level 3 polluters among them, so we need to be careful when dealing with them.
The only thing that made Zhang Tuohai happy was that an ordinary first-level polluter could actually give two experience points, which was comparable to the elite soldiers of the empire.
This means it becomes a little easier for him to level up.
