Xiao Mo did not choose immediately. He was now accustomed to discussing important matters with Xue Lihong.
Seeing Xiao Mo leaning against the bed with his eyes slightly closed, Cheng Zai, who thought he was tired, stopped talking, put his feet up on the bed and started playing on the computer.
Xiao Mo came back to his senses and saw Cheng Zai nestled in the sofa chair, concentrating on playing on the computer, so he simply started to communicate with the system.
"Your Majesty, will the living dead virus cause 100% of human beings to become zombies? Is it possible for anyone to awaken superpowers due to this virus?"
System: "There are no absolutes. But fever can turn people into idiots, but how many examples are there of truly turning idiots into geniuses?"
"That means it's still possible?"
"Yes, the possibility is one in ten billion."
Xiao Mo: ... One in 10 billion, doesn’t that mean that only one of all humans on earth can mutate under the living dead virus
However, just because of the system's very positive answer, Xiao Mo's guilt was greatly reduced. Although he didn't know if there was one in ten billion among those six people - if there was such a chance, that person You must be reborn!
No matter what, at least he didn't let zombies appear in China.
"So the main reason for humans to awaken their superpowers is the carbon-based synthetic metal virus and the black rain?"
"If it's not about the task, I won't answer it."
"I already know the answer, thank you." Xiao Mo has now figured out some rules. If the system doesn't want to answer, or if he accidentally says the right thing, it will return it with these eight words.
"In addition, what is the difference between the elite guardian egg and the ordinary guardian egg? Are people planted with guardian eggs still human beings? Do they still have their own will? Do guardian eggs have to be taken by humans? And what about you before? It was said that when the host dies, the system will randomly possess the nearest human being. Does the feeder system still exist now?"
The system was silent for a few seconds, seeming to consider whether to answer him.
Xiao Mo was not in a hurry and waited quietly.
After a long while, the system finally spoke: "The question you asked needs to be answered in reverse. First of all, the breeder system and the recycler system are not antagonistic in nature, but they can devour each other."
"You're saying you could have let the feeder system go, but you chose to devour it?"
Xiao Mo thought the system would not answer this question, but the system actually answered: "Yes."
"To answer your second question, when the systems devour each other, they can have all the functions of the other party and possess all the items stored by the other party in the space station. The guardian eggs were originally a unique reward for the breeder, but the breeder system was recycled Devoured by the system, it can be converted into one of the rewards for the recycler. Elite guardian beast eggs can be obtained by annexing at least twelve ordinary guardian beast eggs. Once the elite guardian beast eggs are born, they have the same level of abilities as their owners. And ordinary guardian beast eggs Guardian beast eggs must be grown from scratch, and their qualifications and future development prospects are far inferior to those of elite guardian beast eggs."
"I see." Xiao Mo thought about the second picture that appeared in his mind after the system recovered Ni Wei. Is that supposed to be the breeder system? Did he help his system swallow up the other party? Is this the alternative method of upgrading the system that Xiaohong mentioned
So why does it do this? Xiao Mo did not ask this question. It would be terrible if I accidentally asked His Majesty about his rebellious mentality.
The system is still answering the question seriously: "Third, guardian beast eggs are parasites and must be parasitized to survive. Parasitized humans and animals still have a certain degree of self-awareness in the early stages, but after their brains are completely absorbed, they will only have instinctive consciousness. .The guardian beast is cunning and vicious by nature, but it is extremely loyal to its master. As long as it recognizes its master, it will never betray it for the rest of its life."
Xiao Mo almost immediately removed the reward option of guardian beast eggs from his choices, but he still had a question: "Why do breeders have guardian beasts, but recyclers don't?"
"That is a special reward for completing tasks in a row. Ni Wei completed more than three tasks in a row and scored above 80 points to get this special reward." The system paused and mocked without the slightest hint of ridicule: "And you haven't reached the three consecutive points even once, and your scores are barely hovering around the passing line every time. Want to get a special reward? Work hard, Xiao Shumao."
"So there are special rewards for recyclers?" Xiao Shumao didn't feel embarrassed. He thought it was good if he could upgrade smoothly and complete the series of tasks? Forget it, let’s leave this kind of achievement to other recyclers.
"have."
"Can you tell me anything?" Although Xiao Mo doesn't expect to achieve the task chain achievement, everyone is curious.
The system refused to say anything at first.
"You tell me something, maybe I will be tempted to start working hard to complete the task?"
"You? I hope your other personality is about the same." The system seemed to want to stimulate Xiao Mo, so it revealed a little bit: "The lowest level, complete more than three tasks in a row, and reward a guardian beast, but the recycler needs to capture it himself , the system helps optimize genes and training/training. Depending on the average score of consecutive completed tasks, the percentage that can be optimized will also be different."
Xiao Mo understood, "The breeder wins by quantity, but the recycler wins by quality. The breeder's guardian beast needs to grow slowly on its own, but the recycler's can be optimized through the system."
"This is only the lowest-end reward. The more missions you complete in a row and the higher your score, the better the rewards will be, including space items, weapons that surpass Earth's technological level, etc."
Xiao Mo was greedy, but since he didn't know what tasks he would have in the future, he didn't dare to be too greedy and fell down after hearing this.
Fortunately, the system didn't know what he was thinking. If it knew, probably, maybe, maybe... it would definitely try to get another personality in this body to take over. Without him, Xiao Mo is too unmotivated!
Xue Lihong came back with a big casserole and a bag in her hand, followed by a little follower.
Xiao Mo opened his eyes when he heard the voice, sat upright, and greeted Xue Lihong and Lin Xiaofei behind him.
When Lin Xiaofei saw Xiao Mo waking up, he wanted to pounce on him, but after seeing Xue Lihong's back, he carefully stopped and just waved to Xiao Mo like a lucky cat.
Xiao Mo Le.
Xue Lihong put down the casserole and threw the bag she was carrying to Cheng Zai, "It's yours."
When Cheng Zai heard that he still had his share, before he could say thank you, he heard Brother Xue say very cruelly, coldly and unreasonably: "Thank you for taking care of me. You can go now. Goodbye."
"Hey, hey, hey! Don't burn bridges like this, okay? What's wrong with having a meal together!" Cheng Zai wanted to know what was cooked in the casserole, but when he was distracted, the person was already outside the door.
After slamming the door hard, Cheng Zai ran away angrily. The portion in the bag was enough for two or three people, and he was going to share it with his mother.
"Why did you go to the base kitchen to get food?" Xiao Mo got off the bed, tried it, and stood up while holding on to the bed.
Lin Xiaofei ran over and supported him very sensibly.
Xiao Mo couldn't help but touch his head.
Xue Lihong's eyes darkened slightly when she saw this interaction between the big and the small. He found that he didn't like that Xiao Mo showed too much tenderness to people other than him, but they also needed Lin Xiaofei's abilities. They couldn't let the second-level wood superpower that his boss had worked hard and risked his life to cultivate just for nothing. Give it away.
Just be patient, wait until you leave here and return to Zhongshan base, then leave this brat to Xiao Mo and his sister-in-law.
"It's not the base kitchen. I went to find your chef." Xue Lihong opened the casserole, and a strange aroma immediately filled the pot.
"You mean Lao Wu?" Xiao Mo wasn't feeling hungry at first, but when he smelled this smell, he just wanted to pick up the pot and pour it down his throat.
"Holy shit! How could you come back alive when you cooked something with such a smell? No one else found out?" Xiao Mo felt incredible and put his head to look at the contents of the casserole.
"The sealing performance of this casserole is very good. I finally dug it out from the base warehouse." Xue Lihong was also very satisfied with Lao Wu's craftsmanship. "Lao Wu is very good at it. When we go out, he will bring his family back to Zhong." At the mountain base, let them stay behind our team.”
"Okay, I'm afraid that with his skills, we won't be able to keep him." Xiao Mo drooled and turned his head to see that the casserole turned out to be a mandarin duck pot, cooking meat porridge and thick soup at the same time.
"Why can't you keep them? People can't think too highly of themselves, but they can't belittle themselves too much. If you announce your abilities and the resources you can provide, look at how many people with special abilities will cry and want to defect. You." Xue Lihong said and pulled out a pile of plastic lunch boxes from her backpack.
When you open it, you will find a variety of side dishes that look refreshing and delicious, as well as braised or stir-fried dishes with strong flavors, as well as some Chinese and Western snacks. The most substantial box among them is also Xue Lihong's favorite beef dumplings.
Lin Xiaofei, a child, swallowed his saliva. He did not follow him to the kitchen, but was picked up by Xue Lihong after class.
Xiao Mo didn't even bother to talk, he ran into the bathroom as fast as he could to brush his teeth and wash his face, and then ran back as fast as he could.
No wonder Xiaohong was so stingy that she kicked Cheng Zai away first. These foods were very greedy before the troubled times. What’s more, in this closed base, once these things are exposed, they will definitely cause anger and resentment without explanation!
Even if Cheng Zai is not usually hungry, he may not be able to calm down when seeing this food. This is not a question of whether it tastes good or not, but that most of the ingredients for these foods should not exist in the base.
Especially vegetables!
Xiao Mo was very surprised to see fresh vegetables - there weren't many vegetables in the little red envelope, most of them were beans. But the scrambled eggs with leeks smelled very good, and the leeks looked fresh and tender. There are other mushrooms such as oyster mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, and enoki mushrooms. If mushrooms can be grown in a darkroom, those watery salad ingredients are absolutely impossible.
Xue Lihong pointed at Lin Xiaofei, "Just one seed can bring you a surprise, the future agricultural captain of our team."
"Hello, Captain Xiao! Lin Xiaofei is reporting to you!" Lin Xiaofei puffed up his chest and saluted Xiao Mo with a nondescript military salute.
"Hello, hello, Xiaofei is really capable." Xiao Mo laughed out loud, sat on the bed and gave up the sofa chair to the children.
When everyone sat down, Xiao Mo asked Xue Lihong: "Xiao Fei's ability?"
Xue Lihong served him a bowl of meat porridge, "No one knows yet except you and me."
There wasn't much meat in the meat porridge, it was cooked very badly, and there seemed to be other things in it. It smelled particularly appetizing.
Xiao Mo held the bowl and blew it, and asked strangely: "Why don't you tell Major General Zhang Hua and the others? Xiaofei's ability shouldn't be too useful."
"Tell him, what next? Do you have the heart to let a child as young as Xiao Fei use up his powers every day just to grow vegetables and fruits for everyone?"
Xiao Mo was stunned. He didn't expect it to be so far-reaching.
Xue Lihong, "Not everyone with currently known wood-type abilities can spawn plants. Xiaofei's ability will be a hot commodity after it is released, but no matter how important his ability is, he is just a little kid. Except for If you are exploited as a child laborer or a child farmer, what else can you do?”
Lin Xiaofei seemed to be afraid of hearing words like child labor. Hearing this, he couldn't help but look at Xiao Mo pitifully, "Captain, I don't want to be a child laborer. Can you take me in?"
No longer called Uncle Xiao? Xiao Mo felt a little weird, but didn't take it to heart.
Xue Lihong felt that she had done a good job in training/teaching, and she liked Lin Xiaofei a little bit, "It would be different if Xiaofei followed us. At the Zhongshan base, you and I still have some face. He lives with us, and he usually You don’t have to follow us everywhere. You just need to follow your sister-in-law and brother and they to take classes on the farm at home. Not too much. The things produced are enough for our team and the rear personnel to taste them every few days. Not only will this not tire him out, but it will also be appropriate. To train his abilities, there are usually people to take care of him. Old Wu can also process the vegetables and fruits he grows. Others don't dare to have any ideas for him because of our face. General Qiu and the others will also protect him. .When he grows up, let him go wherever he wants."
Xue Lihong's arrangement and idea had to be said to be very good for Lin Xiaofei, but Xiao Mo thought... He couldn't tell. He always felt that Xiao Hong didn't seem to like children very much
When he thought about it, it was normal for Xiaohong to leave Lin Xiaofei at Major General Zhang Hua's place, but it would be strange to take him to Zhongshan Base or to his own territory.
Xue Lihong served the child a bowl of soup and specifically told him to put it aside and wait for it to cool down before drinking.
The child nodded obediently.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Mo's heart softened to the point of falling.
Although he has figured out that his Xiaohong has no profit at all. If Lin Xiaofei's ability is not so useful, he will not propose to take the child back.
But even knowing this, looking at Xiaohong with a cold face but caring for the child so thoughtfully...
Xiao Mo felt that he tasted a little bit of happiness, with the sweetness and crunch of fresh cucumbers!
"Captain? Don't you want me?" The child was about to cry.
Xiao Mo woke up, laughed, and rubbed the child's head vigorously, "Why not? Where can you find such a powerful and capable agricultural captain? Welcome to join the scavenging team!"
"Hey!" The child jumped onto the sofa chair excitedly. From then on, he was also an organized person with a backstage.
"Sit down. Eat honestly." Xue Li said with a red face.
The child sat down and picked up his rice bowl as obediently as possible.
Xiao Mo laughed silently and deliberately took a beef dumpling.
As expected, classmate Xue Lihong gave him a big look of dissatisfaction, and then dragged the dumpling lunch box in front of her, indicating that it was him.
After dinner - it was noon at this time, Xue Lihong rushed Lin Xiaofei to class. After Zhang Hua woke up and regained power, he gathered the children under the age of 18 in the base and asked them to take care of each other, and let the older children take care of the younger ones. Attend class.
Xiao Mo packed up the dishes and sent them to the bathroom sink for cleaning.
Xue Lihong came in with a computer and sat on the toilet to chat with Xiao Mo. He could see that Xiao Mo had something to say to him.
"Have Major General Zhang Hua asked about the whereabouts of the body?"
"I set a fire inside and told them that all the bodies had been burned to ashes, and the ashes were given to a bug sent by the 07 organization. They looked around outside and sealed the room with cement. died."
Xiao Mo got rid of his last worry, and while washing the dishes, he explained the reward content given to him by the system.
Xue Lihong quickly wrote the program and said without raising her head: "You don't need guardian beast eggs, and you don't need elite ones. With me here, what kind of guardian beast do you want?"
Xiao Mo glanced at the domestic guardian beast in the mirror, "Then there are only two items: spiritual space and genetic optimization. Which one do you think is better?"
Xue Lihong paused with her fingers and raised her head, "Did you just say that the system mentioned that if you can complete tasks continuously in the future, you can reward space items?"
"right."
"Does it say how many times it needs to be completed in a row? What about the score? Are there any requirements?"
Xiao Mo turned to the system.
The system did not embarrass him this time and answered directly: "Because you have now reached level three. As the level gets higher, the number of tasks increases and the difficulty increases. For this reason, as long as the tasks above level three can be completed more than three times in a row, There are special rewards, and space items are one of the options.”
Xiao Mo relayed.
Xue Lihong, "Ask him what the capacity of the space item is? Can it be upgraded?"
"I heard it, you don't need to relay it." The system interrupted the host Xiao politely before he was about to relay it, and replied: "The capacity of space items cannot be upgraded, but it can be exchanged for a larger capacity at the next reward based on the number of consecutive completions. New space items, the capacity can be stacked.
What is capacity stacking? For example, if you complete level three or above tasks three times in a row, you can get a space item with a capacity of 100 cubic meters. Five times, you can get 200 cubic meters. This is equivalent to two bonus items, but if you only want one, the capacity of the two can be stacked to 300 cubic meters. "
The system could directly hear and see Xue Lihong's every word and move, but Xue Lihong could not, so Xiao Mo specifically relayed the system's words to Xue Lihong.
"Will genetic optimization affect Xiao Mo's abilities and health?" This is what Xue Lihong is most concerned about.
System: "You can choose the direction of optimization. Currently, Interstellar has a mature gene optimization system. After a large number of and long-term repeated verifications, the current gene optimization will not have any negative impact on the optimizer's physical health and original ability. On the contrary, it will It has an improvement effect, so I dare to call it optimization.”
Probably the background of the system's origin has been dug up by Xue Lihong, and the system no longer avoids non-Earth-related words such as interstellar.
"This repeated verification also includes humans?"
"Of course. The Earth was not discovered just now."
Xue Lihong and Xiao Mo looked at each other. No wonder there were so many targeted viruses. It turned out that they had been studied for a long time. Xue Lihong was not surprised at all. He had come into contact with certain mysterious things earlier and more deeply than Xiao Mo.
“What are the optimization directions?”
System: "Five senses, and the direction in which you want your body to be optimized. For example, you want to be fast, strong, strong, have excellent sex/ability, change your appearance, etc. But you can only choose one of these optimization directions."
Xue Lihong: "Do you have any suggestions?"
The system was silent for a second and replied: "It is recommended that recycler Xiao Mo choose speed optimization in the genetic optimization project."
Xiao Mo was surprised. He thought that the system would not have any suggestions for him due to the disharmonious relationship between him and the system.
Xue Lihong's question came to an end temporarily. After thinking carefully, he said to Xiao Mo: "Although spiritual space is good, your superpower is not of the space system. As long as you listen to the name of the so-called spiritual space, you know that it requires mental support. Although With such a space, on the bright side, you can use it to unconsciously exercise your mental power anytime, anywhere. However, when it is possible to obtain space items, and the capacity of space items is far greater than the mental space, this point The level of exercise is not cost-effective. Instead of distracting yourself from supporting a mental space, you should use all your mental energy to develop your own repair abilities."
After Xiao Mo heard his analysis, his thinking suddenly became much clearer, "So what do you mean by choosing genetic optimization?"
In fact, he really wanted to choose the mental space, because he was very unsure whether his subsequent tasks could be completed continuously. And having a space is very convenient at any time. 3 cubic meters is not small, and can hold a lot of things.
"You can use my bag first. As long as I am by your side, you don't have to worry about lack of food and clothing." This is the first time Xue Lihong has officially mentioned his magical backpack, and it is also the first time he has told Xiao Mo directly about it. This bag is indeed a space item, even if they knew it before.
Xiao Mo doesn't want to hurt his friend - if he wants his own space, doesn't that mean he doesn't trust Xiao Hong
"That's genetic optimization. Speed optimization is really suitable for me. Considering that my ability is of an auxiliary nature, genetic optimization of speed can at least allow me to run a little faster than others when encountering danger." Xiao Mo finished his rinse. A lunch box and turn off the tap.
Xue Lihong sat on the toilet with her legs crossed, "I'm waiting for your but."
Xiao Mo smiled, turned around and leaned on the sink, "But I want to optimize my strength even more."
"Do you want to be a strongman?" Xue Lihong couldn't help but sketch a picture of Xiao's face as a sumo wrestler.
Ugh, this picture is terrible! Quickly erase it and replace it with the body of a weightlifter.
Maybe the first imagined picture was too cruel, but Xue Lihong surprisingly found the second picture acceptable.
"What are you thinking about?" When Xiao Mo saw that Xue Lihong's dead face, which had remained motionless for thousands of years, had an indescribable expression, he knew that this guy didn't have any good pictures in his mind.
Xue Lihong raised her hand, "I didn't think about anything."
Xiao Mo was amused. He guessed it, "If genetic optimization of strength can lead to overdevelopment of human body muscles, then it is not called genetic optimization. Your Majesty, System, don't you think so?"
System: "Unless the muscles are deliberately trained, genetic optimization in any aspect will only make the body lines more reasonable and smooth."
Xiao Mo told Xue Lihong what the system said, "Look, there is nothing like what you are worried about."
Xue Lihong shrugged, "I'm not worried about you turning into a muscle monster at all. That makes no difference to me."
What does this mean? Xiao Mo didn't want to go into details, but felt that if he continued to ask, he would probably have close contact with the bed again.
"Why choose strength optimization?" In Xue Lihong's eyes, strength optimization is probably the least worth choosing among the genetic optimization options.
Xiao Mo, "I think every man wants to be stronger. For example, if you can't unscrew the bottle cap in the future, I can help you unscrew it."
Oops, the hidden cuteness has been revealed. Xue Lihong stared at his boss for three seconds, nodded, and actually accepted this reason that sounded insincere.
Four months ago, he had also longed for power for almost centuries.
He wanted to erase the dark history of being knocked down with just one punch and being unable to pick up someone even if he tried to hit them with a rock. But he wanted to erase it from his long memory, but there were so many similar memories.
As a man, who doesn't want to punch a hole in the vault door
After the analysis, Xiao Mo decided on the reward options.
The system did not raise any objection when it heard that Xiao Mo had chosen to strengthen his strength.
Xiao Mo, who didn't want to have close contact with the bed again in the short term, still lay on the bed, because this time genetic optimization would take at least three hours.