Bozi successfully crossed the river at the last moment, while on this end, the head of the Jingba dog closest to the water pipe was blown to a bloody mess, with a few iron blocks stuck in its head, dying to the point of death.
Tom, on the other hand, successfully consumed most of the impact with his hard cookie shield. Although the shield had twisted slightly by this time, the armor of Old Street Zero hiding behind it was not damaged.
When it comes to damage, it means that when the armor was lifted off and fell to the ground, it shook Tom in the can and almost made him think he had died.
Breathing heavily and enduring the excruciating pain, Tom struggled to get up. He took off his stuffy helmet and was about to undo his armor when he saw a crow landing in front of him.
There is clearly a hair loss on the leg of this crow, with a wound on it. Tom recognized that this was the black bird he almost took away when he crossed the bridge. The attack at that time was too sudden, and he didn't have time to observe the big bird carrying him, so he didn't recognize it as a crow.
He quickly struggled to get up and used the red crystal to strengthen his strength, preparing to fight this cunning villain. However, to his surprise, a woman with long hair draped over her shoulders appeared in the lower right corner of his line of sight.
"Who are you?"
Looking at the woman in a well fitting white dress, Tom instinctively felt that there was something wrong.
"Hehe, he's quite a responsible man." The long haired woman walked over with a smile.
"Don't come over!" Tom clenched his fists, always on guard, but the woman remained unmoved and walked up.
"Wearing such thick things, you're still so nervous. Are you afraid of me being an unarmed woman?" The woman with long hair and white clothes pressed her hand onto his chest armor. "Oh, well, the metal shaping technique is quite effective. Hmm, it must have used crystal energy transmission technology."
Tom's mind skipped a beat. This woman knows this technique, which means
"Unfortunately," she said, and the woman's hand emitted a green glow. Tom instantly felt his arm heavy, losing the effect of strengthening his strength.
These days, he could vaguely feel a connection between his arm and the level 4 red crystal in his armor backpack, but now this connection has been severed.
But he also had a level 3 red crystal tied to his arm, which immediately activated a fist swing, but was dodged by the woman.
"If you don't obediently come out of the tin can, I promise to keep you trapped inside forever," the woman said as she retreated to the crow.
The crow tilted its head affectionately, letting her caress it.
This woman may have damaged the crystal energy transmission material inside the armor, which is why she lost contact with the energy backpack, and naturally cannot activate the level 4 red crystal in the backpack.
Tom could only undo his armor and escape.
"My lighter was dropped by your bird, were you intentional?"
The woman with long hair squinted her eyes at him, then applauded and said with a smile, "How could there be such a kind person at this time? She came here without stopping and used shelter as a support to save three waves of people. In the end, in order to make them escape, she would rather stay and cut off the rear. She even went so far as to blow up the bridge and cut off her own path. I almost thought I was watching TV... Oh, this whole mess has made it so hard to even watch TV now."
Now Tom became even more certain of the other person's background: "Are you a member of the organization that built that shelter? Why did you do this?"
"Oh, it's so slow!" The woman looked up at the sky impatiently, "I'm too lazy to explain this question. Oh, here it is!"
Two crows flew over and landed steadily behind the woman.
Tom recognized that one of them was the crow who had just stopped two cats and dogs from fighting and ended up chasing after the black cat. I saw its hair messy, with some blood stains on its wings. Most likely, it wanted to attack Pozi and the others together, but was instead taught a lesson by Pozi's Worm One.
"Oh, it seems that your companion also has ranged weapons."
And the remaining crow actually rode on a person's back, and when the person jumped down and walked forward, Tom recognized him.
"Deng Xinlai?" If Tom remembered correctly, this man was the Awakener who overlapped with three girls at 203 last night. At that time, he wanted to make an idea of Lin Meiqi and Feng Hanjun, but Tom locked him in 203.
"Qiang Qiang! If it keeps me waiting for a long time, then I'll make a long story short!" The long haired woman smiled and said, "First of all, congratulations. Both of you have passed the preliminary test and are eligible to return to the safe and comfortable Garden of Eden. It's just a pity that only one of the two has this honor. So, kill each other, and I will bring the winner back to the Garden of Eden."
Deng Xinlai originally had a gloomy expression on his face, but upon hearing this, he was refreshed and said, "Really?"
The woman nodded.
Tom wouldn't be at her mercy: "I'm not interested in your Eden, but I guess you won't let me leave so easily."
The woman gave him a seductive glance and said, "You are indeed a smart man. Who is that? The medicine will soon pass. If you want to return to the Garden of Eden, you must act quickly."
Deng Xin shouted loudly and walked straight towards Tom, "Do you know why I'm only one person? You locked the door and the mutated monster came in, and we couldn't escape. They were all bitten and eaten, and in the end, I was the only one left. You killed them!"
Because locking the door?
Tom was stunned, but as he watched the other person's arm glow red, he knew it wasn't time to think about it now.
The reinforced arm strength is very strong, except for the arms, other parts such as the body will directly rupture if hit, and stronger ones will directly pierce through the intestines. Tom didn't dare to be careless, so he also picked up the level 3 red crystal worn on the handguard and opened the opponent's hand with 4.5 times his arm strength.
It just seemed that the opponent's strength was a bit stronger, and although Tom pushed away the attack, his arm still felt a faint pain. He counterattacked with a punch, and hitting the opponent's hand also confirmed his speculation that the opponent was stronger than him.
Both sides punched each other a few times, relying on their fists to block each other. If one accidentally gets hit by other parts, they will either die or be injured.
Therefore, when the two attack, they both have reservations and dare not make too big moves to avoid being caught by the opponent's weaknesses and being killed with a single blow.
This doesn't look as good to the woman with long hair, she said discontentedly, "It's really ugly to play like this, gentlemen? Are you acting for me? Why don't you use your strength to strengthen it? I'll give each of you a knife, just the most primitive hand to hand combat."
Deng Xinlai sneered and untied the level 3 red crystal tied to his arm. "I don't mind," he said
"I don't think so," Tom said, unwilling to obediently submit
Can the other party control the crow or are they two people. If he throws away the red crystal, he will lose the only weapon that can be countered.
The woman laughed heartily and said, "You should look around."
Just now, Tom focused all his attention on Deng Xinlai and didn't pay attention to the surroundings. Upon her reminder, she looked around and saw more than a dozen ants of various sizes emerging one after another, including two large mutant soldier ants.
"Did you control the ant colony that attacked us?" Tom suddenly realized, wondering why the ant colony's encirclement was so organized. In theory, even if the queen ant mutated and had intelligence, she wouldn't have thought of using a grasshopper to transmit commands.
"Hehe, now you know the benefits of the Garden of Eden. Defeating your opponent, my previous conditions are still valid. Otherwise, why do you think we spent so much effort building so many Redemption Shelters for? The divine punishment is destined to come, and all our cultivators can do is provide a breathing space for the survivors to experience. Only by passing the test can we be qualified to return to the Garden of Eden."
Tom moved his numb arms to measure the combat effectiveness of these ants.
Without the armor of Old Street Zero, he can still defeat these ants, but at a cost. But aside from the threat of ants, just these three flying crows with sharp pecks and claws are not something he can deal with.
So when I think about it, the three crows that pecked and pinched away Liang Pingchuan's companions are the ones in front of me.
In addition, when I first arrived, I only took out my flamethrower on the water pipe bridge when I was attacked by crows and got rid of it.
It seems that from the moment I stepped onto the water pipe bridge, I was being monitored by the other party, and the process of saving people during this period may also be under their control.
"What a test." It's just lucky that the other party doesn't know he's a protector, otherwise they wouldn't consider their repeated actions of saving people as actions of the Virgin Mary.
Since it's not a good choice, Tom thinks it's better to comply with the other party's proposal first. So he untied his armguard and threw away the red crystal.
Just as it was thrown away, a mutated large worker ant clamped his armguard to the feet of a long haired woman.
He plans to look for opportunities while fighting, because his metal belt is also a weapon, and it is also embedded with a green crystal. With so many ants here, he couldn't help but find an opportunity to counterattack.
The woman was very satisfied with Tom's obedience and immediately took out two short swords from the bag on the crow's back, throwing them in front of the two. "Come on, my warriors, prove your worth with the blood of your opponents!"
Deng Xin let out a cold snort and grabbed his short sword before charging forward.
Although Tom has been through countless battles during this period, he has always fought against mutated creatures like insects, and now he still can't let go of fighting with his own kind with his short sword. Ge blocked Deng Xinlai's continuous chops with some reluctance, and accidentally cut his arm.
"Haha!" Deng Xinlai laughed proudly, "Kid, you're not enough to watch. If it weren't for seeing you wearing that iron guy last night, I would have twisted your head off long ago."
Tom could tell from Deng Xinlai's bloodthirsty gaze that the other person was serious.
Rubbing the blood from his arm onto his face, smelling the smell of blood, Tom took a deep breath and adjusted his breathing. At this point, he decided to treat the other person as a monster and could no longer hold onto luck, otherwise the short sword would mercilessly cut open his throat and pierce his chest.
"Then come on!"
Tom's calm eyes angered Deng Xinlai greatly, and he roared and swung his short sword again towards Tom.
But it was this sword that Tom easily dodged and swung it at his waist while dodging.
"Ah!" Deng Xin felt his waist burning with anger, "I have two moves!"
Tom sneered.
Unwilling to do so, Deng Xin attacked again and was repeatedly avoided and counterattacked by Tom, which made him realize that there was a gap in combat experience between the two sides.
Whether it's mutated ants, cockroaches, or mice, their physical advantages are stronger than those of humans. Tom relied on the abilities provided by the crystal to fight repeatedly, and his experience in fighting was definitely more extensive than that of Deng Xinlai.
Just now, there were some concerns because Deng Xinlai was of the same kind as him. Since Tom understood that if he didn't take this battle seriously, he would die, so he naturally abandoned his psychological burden and focused on calmly treating the opponent as a monster. This time, the difference in combat experience made Tom seize the opportunity to inflict damage on him in an instant.
"Hmph! Don't think it's amazing just because you know how to fight!" Deng Xin shouted loudly, clapping his hands and his arms glowing red.
"This..." Tom was stunned for a moment, and Deng Xinlai didn't have any red crystal on him. Even if hidden in a pocket, it still emits light.
Tom understood that he had been deceived when he could use powers without using crystals.