Chapter 549 The Second Summoning Altar

    ?Wang Tao has agreed to become a member of the base. He has real power and great power, but he doesn’t care about things.

    ?Of course, it doesn’t really mean that he doesn’t care about everything. Wang Tao will definitely still be involved in some key and important things.

    Before leaving, Gu Yun told Wang Tao that if he wanted to, he could go to the committee to guide the work tomorrow. However, the specific entry time and induction ceremony will have to wait. Because the other committee members have not yet been selected, Wang Tao is the first to be confirmed.

    ??The committee this time is different from before. The number of people this time should be smaller, but Gu Yun can''t tell exactly how to do it. Wang Tao can go to the committee to see it himself, or wait for Gu Yun''s notification.

    He also specifically asked Wang Tao to set aside time to attend the inauguration ceremony. If Wang Tao really didn''t have time, they could even wait until Wang Tao was finished.

    ?After all, Wang Tao is the number one person in the Changhe Base. Although he does not appear in public many times, he is still very famous and has many fans. If he didn''t show up, the ceremony would be less interesting.

    As for the official date of taking office, it may be one to two weeks later.

    ?Wang Tao is planning to go out tomorrow. In this case, he will consider it a good time and come back after a week.

    At night, Qu Shilin woke up. Without any accident, she successfully advanced to the fifth level.

    【HP: 220000/220000】

    【Blue amount: 70000/70000】

    【Level: Level 5】

    【Impurities in the body: 3%】

    【Awakening: Insight】

    "Congratulations!"

    ?Wang Tao, along with Ding Yuqin and his party, smiled and congratulated Qu Shilin.

    “I am also a fifth-level awakener…”

    ?Qu Shilin was a little unbelievable at first. After all, excluding Wang Tao''s Spark Club, Cheng Yiyi was the only fifth-level awakener in the entire base. It was too easy for her, a fifth-level awakened person, to feel like she was in a dream.

    Then Qu Shilin became excited again—she accepted this exciting fact. She was indeed a fifth-level awakened person!

    In the end, Qu Shilin suddenly showed a confused and enlightened expression.

    "What''s wrong?"

    ?Wang Tao asked curiously.

    ?Qu Shilin seemed to be changing her face at this moment, with very rich expressions on her face.

    "I seem to understand how to make the fifth-level gene potion... I seem to understand the things that I couldn''t understand before... But I have some new doubts..." Qu Shilin''s face changed many times and she immediately shouted loudly Said "I want to go to the laboratory!"

    …”

    I can only say that Qu Shilin is indeed a successful scientist. With her research spirit, she can''t even think about success.

    “Okay, I’ll take you back.”

    ?Wang Tao said with a smile.

    "Thanks!"

    “Why are you so polite?”

    ?Wang Tao took Qu Shilin and jumped on the golden eagle and sent it back to the research institute. By the way, I told her about the issue of going out with Xiao Huo next. Of course Qu Shilin said it didn''t matter, what was hers was Wang Tao''s and there was no need to distinguish between them.

    After returning home, Wang Tao talked to everyone about his plans to go out tomorrow.

    “Are you going by yourself, or are you taking us with you?”

    Ding Yuqin looked at Wang Tao expectantly. She felt that she had not acted with Wang Tao for a long time.

    ?Wang Tao thought for a while and said:

    “I’d better go by myself this time.”

    ?He went out this time mainly to take a look at the Silver Snake base and the suspected summoning altar that Shen Cuishan mentioned.

    The former is okay, no matter how chaotic the Silver Snake base is, it is still made up of survivors. Wang Tao is not worried about his own safety. He just needs to be more vigilant. But the place suspected of summoning the altar may be dangerous.

    ?After all, the summoning altar can summon seventh-level creatures. If there is any danger, there may be trouble if there are too many people.

    "Oh well…"

    Ding Yuqin didn’t ask much, but was a little disappointed.

    ?Wang Tao smiled and pinched her little face.

    “Next time, after I figure out the situation at Silver Snake Base, let’s go there and have a look.”

    “Okay~”

    There was no words all night, and in the early morning of the next day, Wang Tao sent Lan Yulian and others out of the city. After all, Wang Tao was not at home, and they had nothing to do at home, so they decided to go out to hunt monsters and obtain crystal cores.

    ?This time it is a new crack, called crack No. 2, and the crack No. 1 was previously explored. There are no high-level monsters in Crack No. 1. With the current strength of everyone in the Spark Club, there is naturally little value for exploration.

    ?Although the No. 2 fissure is relatively far from the No. 1 fissure, it is already the second closest fissure to the Changhe Base.

    ?There are a few cracks further away, but they are too far, so it is safer to explore the nearby ones first.

    ??It is not yet known what dangers there are in this No. 2 crack, but Ding Yuqin and the others are all fifth-level awakeners after all, so even if they encounter danger, they can deal with it calmly.

    ?Wang Tao actually wanted to go into this crack to have a look, but considering that he still had his own things to do, he decided against it.

    ?After watching everyone enter the crack, Wang Tao wondered if he should get some flying mounts for them. After all, the golden eagle had been following Wang Tao, and it was not convenient for the others without flying mounts.

    The Golden Eagle said before that there were other flying mutant beasts in this area, but they were all driven away by the Golden Eagle. If Wang Tao pays more attention in the future, he should be able to encounter him. As long as it''s not a flying zombie, you should be able to catch it and use it...

    “Please pay more attention in the future...”

    ?Wang Tao muttered to himself, and then let the golden eagle fly towards the Silver Snake base again.

    ??The entourage this time is similar to last time. In addition to Wang Tao himself, there are also Lightning and Jiang Shixue. But this time there were two more little ferrets. It was quite fun to have these two lively and active guys along the way.

    After a while, the golden eagle began to slow down, and the place that Shen Cuishan mentioned that seemed to be the summoning altar was almost there.

    Shen Cuishan only mentioned a general place. Wang Tao had to look carefully for the exact location. After all, there is no house number now.

    ?However, after Wang Tao arrived in this area, he found a clue not long after - he saw a group of survivors.

    There are more than fifty survivors in this group, most of whom are ordinary people wearing thick clothes and strong bodies. The group is led by six fourth-level awakened people.

    ?This combination is very strange, because ordinary people are looking for death when they appear in this environment, unless there are powerful awakened ones to protect them. But the Awakened Ones go to great lengths to protect such a group of useless ordinary people, and appearing in this place where nothing matters... is obviously very unreasonable.

    ?Wang Tao has reason to suspect that this group of people is here to "increase their strength", and those ordinary people are the sacrifices of these six awakened ones.

    So Wang Tao followed them secretly in the sky.

    ?The wind and snow in the sky were very strong, and the golden eagle was relatively far away, so this group of people obviously couldn''t find it.

    ?The group of people walked for a while, and after arriving at the foot of a large mountain, they suddenly disappeared one after another. Looking carefully, they found that they had all entered a very hidden cave.

    “This is it!”

    Shen Cuishan told him before that the place where he can improve his strength is in a cave. That should be right here.

    "You go and play by yourself. I''ll call you if I need anything."

    ?Wang Tao left some nutrient solution for the golden eagle, then put the two minks in his pocket, and finally jumped off the golden eagle''s back holding Jiang Shixue in one hand and Lightning in the other. Wang Tao is very cautious about summoning the altar. If there is a creature of level 6 or above here, a golden eagle that is too big may alarm it. So it''s better to keep a low profile and just jump down from the air.

    Just when he was about to land, Wang Tao suddenly opened two huge wings from his back. His landing speed suddenly slowed down, and then he landed lightly on the ground.

    Since he got these dark blood wings, Wang Tao hasn''t used them to fight much, but I have to say that it feels really good to fly.

    brush-

    ?Wang Tao let go of Jiang Shixue and Lightning, folded their wings, and two small minks emerged from Wang Tao''s pocket.

    “Let’s go, let’s go there.”

    ?Wang Tao took a few quick steps and saw a very hidden cave.

    The outside of this cave is blocked by many rocks, and there is a lot of snow on the rocks, so the existence of this cave cannot be seen from above or from the front. It can only be discovered from a certain angle.

    “It’s pretty hidden…”

    ?Wang Tao used his mental power to carefully explore the entrance of the cave, but found nothing wrong. He did not find the summoning altar, nor did he find any human beings.

    “It seems to be very big inside the cave…”

    ?Wang Tao didn’t hesitate and went in directly.

    ?After entering the cave, you can obviously feel that the temperature here has risen a lot, but there are no lights or torches here, and it is pitch black. But for Wang Tao and others, who all have night vision capabilities, there is no problem.

    ?After taking a look at the messy footprints on the ground, Wang Tao immediately followed.

    Not long after, Wang Tao saw some bright lights in front of him, which were torches on the wall.

    ?At the same time, Wang Tao vaguely felt a very special and mysterious atmosphere.

    “Pay attention, we are almost there…”

    After a moment, the vision suddenly became clearer.

    ?An empty hall appeared in front of me, with a few thin torches hanging high on the wall, and the shadows of a group of people in the middle of the hall swaying in the firelight.

    “There are a lot of people!”

    ?Wang Tao made a visual inspection and found that there were more than a hundred people here, most of them ordinary people with little fighting ability. Half of this group of ordinary people had just been brought here. They were still wearing thick clothes and wrapped tightly. The other half of the ordinary people showed their faces, and you could see the excitement on their faces.

    ?In addition to these ordinary people in the middle, there are 12 fourth-level awakened people on the outside.

    ?These 12 awakened ones are all fully armed and have their faces covered, and do not show their true colors to others.

    ?However, their disguise could not hide from Wang Tao''s mental detection. Wang Tao randomly found an awakened person with **** and looked at it with his mental power, and unexpectedly found that he was an acquaintance.

    "Shen Cuishan? She''s here again... She''s really not afraid of death."

    ?Wang Tao shook his head and did not go up to say hello. He and Jiang Shixue were hiding in the shadows together.

    ?This hall is large and has a small number of torches, so there are a lot of shadow areas. And this makes this place even more mysterious...

    “Brother, is there a summoning altar here?”

    ?Jiang Shixue used her mental power to communicate with Wang Tao.

    “There should be, I feel a mysterious aura, which is very similar to the summoning altar in my hand...”

    Wang Tao explained.

    Wang Tao cannot see the specific information about summoning altars when they are placed. Therefore, Wang Tao cannot see it intuitively and can only judge through experience.

    ?But what makes Wang Tao curious is, doesn''t it mean that only one person can be improved at a time by sacrifice, and others have to queue up? How come there are 12 awakened people inside now? Can they be promoted at the same time?

    …

    “You guys came too late!”

    ?In the crowd, a thin awakened person spoke. His voice was very hoarse, as if he was scratching glass, which was unbearable. However, Wang Tao could feel that he must have pretended to sound like this on purpose in order to hide his true identity.

    “You can’t stand and talk without hurting your back! It’s snowing so heavily outside, and we brought so many people with us, so it’s great that we can come here today! Next time you bring people here, I think you won’t be too slow!”

    Another person spoke. This person was one of the six awakened people who brought the survivors.

    “Oh, it’s not like I haven’t brought it with me before. I didn’t come here in advance.”

    "Why the **** did you bring only a few sacrifices! You just carried the sacrifices and left, while we brought half of the total number of sacrifices! How can this be compared!"

    …”

    The two of them were not very satisfied with each other and had a quarrel.

    ?Those ordinary people originally kept their heads down and did not dare to participate in such big boss fights. But when they heard the word "sacrifice", they were all a little curious.

    Sacrifice? What sacrifice?

    While they were walking along, they didn''t see anything that looked like a sacrifice. They didn''t even bring much food, saying that there was enough food in the Silver Snake base for them to eat. But they were also curious, why did they end up in this cave if they weren''t going to Silver Snake Base? There was a dead end in the cave...

    "Okay, stop arguing! Do you still want to improve your strength? Business is more important, so hurry up and sacrifice these sacrifices. Finish the work early and go home early!"

    Someone shouted impatiently.

    "snort!"

    ?The two men glared at each other, but did not continue to quarrel.

    ?Then the 12 awakened people all looked at the group of ordinary people, their excited and excited eyes were not concealed at all. The hearts of these ordinary people suddenly trembled, and they suddenly had a bad premonition.

    “Vulcan, please enjoy your sacrifice...please give us strength...”

    ?These 12 awakened people surrounded this group of ordinary people, pointed at these ordinary people, and muttered some mysterious words.

    No matter how stupid this group of ordinary people are, they know something is wrong. They are very panicked and subconsciously want to leave here, but they suddenly find that their bodies are weak and they are slumped on the ground exhausted.

    “Hahaha! Don’t run away, sacrifices, and offer them to the great God of Fire obediently!”

    ?One of the Awakened Ones laughed wildly.

    ?Seeing this scene, Wang Tao was already ready to take action. Forget it he didn''t see it. Since he saw it, he must stop the sacrifice.

    ?But Wang Tao stopped again because he felt that the summoning altar did not seem to activate the sacrifice...

    “Hmm? What’s going on?”

    After a while, seeing that these sacrifices were still alive and well, the awakened ones were a little confused.

    “Why doesn’t the God of Fire eat the sacrifice?”

    “Are the steps wrong? They should all be correct…”

    "what''s the situation?"

    …”

    “Wait! It seems...the quantity is wrong!”

    “Impossible, 108 sacrifices, plus 12 of us believers, isn’t this what we promised before? Could it be that there are too few sacrifices? Let me count again...”

    “No! It’s not that there are fewer sacrifices, but there are more believers! Apart from the 12 of us... there are others here!”

    In the darkness, Wang Tao raised his eyebrows.

    “Huh? The rules for this summoning altar seem to be different from my summoning altar…”

    (End of this chapter)