With these core crystals, Zhao Longchuan didn't dare to delay and immediately raised his strength to the first stage of a beginner evolver.
This only used 1200 core crystals.
Starting from Evolver, progressing from the first stage to the second stage of beginner level requires 1500 core crystals, a significant increase in demand.
Further improving himself would be less beneficial than using these core crystals to strengthen other core members.
Just as Zhao Longchuan was hesitating about who to promote, Zhang Chen, who was beside him, seemed to read his mind. He suddenly leaned close to Zhao Longchuan's ear and whispered:
"Zhao Xiyue and Dong Tiejun!"
"Okay, good!" Upon hearing Zhang Chen's suggestion, Zhao Longchuan unhesitatingly immediately conducted a transaction with Zhao Xiyue and Dong Tiejun.
In his opinion, Zhang Chen was someone he could trust unconditionally. Moreover, these core crystals originally belonged to Zhang Chen, so he would do as Zhang Chen said.
Having three evolvers in the entire camp would be a leap in overall strength.
"I have some more things I want to talk to you about!"
Zhang Chen smiled and pulled Zhao Longchuan aside.
"Mm, speak!"
Zhao Longchuan said with a serious expression.
He knew that if Zhang Chen wanted to talk to him, it must be something very important.
"I know you've always fulfilled your duty as a soldier, protecting the people of Long Country, and I also hope that more people from Long Country can survive in the apocalypse."
"However, based on my observations, I've found a huge problem with your camp!"
Zhang Chen said with a frown.
"A huge problem?"
Zhao Longchuan was taken aback.
"That's right, the strength of your powerhouses is too uniform!"
"If you upgrade fast enough, then powerhouses with average strength are formidable combat power."
"But if you upgrade relatively slowly, then average strength is equivalent to having no combat power at all!"
Zhang Chen said directly without reservation.
"Mm..."
Zhao Longchuan nodded.
He had also gradually realized this problem recently.
Especially after the third stage of the apocalypse arrived, the rate at which monsters grew stronger far outpaced the rate at which survivors upgraded.
The original military base, which had been continuously expanding, gradually shifted to passive defense.
In fact, even without the matter involving Ke Erde, the military base's exploration range had been significantly compressed.
The main reason was that the strength of the powerhouses was too uniform – uniformly not strong...
"So you should change your strategy and let some people become strong first. They can then lead others to hunt stronger monsters!"
"Concentrate superior core crystals to cultivate a few loyal powerhouses. With absolute powerhouses, the camp's safety can be guaranteed, and the people of Long Country can continue to survive."
Zhang Chen explained.
In fact, Zhang Chen had completely different approaches for Zhao Longchuan's camp and Zheng Hao's Revival Camp.
Zhao Longchuan's goal was to protect the weak and allow more people from Long Country to survive.
Therefore, he bore responsibility, and his growth would be relatively slow.
As a person from Long Country, Zhang Chen naturally harbored a small selfish desire to have more people from Long Country accompany him to welcome the end of the apocalypse.
Previously, he was too weak to even protect himself, so he couldn't care about others.
However, at present, Zhang Chen had already become an invincible existence in this stage.
Without hindering his own growth, if he could help more of his own people, he would help them as much as possible.
As for Zheng Hao, he didn't have the sense of responsibility to protect anyone in particular or to continue a certain civilization. All he had was the ambition to survive the apocalypse.
In other words, he and his Revival Camp and the True God Cult were like a sharp blade.
The people needed protection, and a sharp blade must be repeatedly honed to be sharp.
"I understand, don't worry, I won't let your efforts go to waste!"
"And I certainly won't betray the trust of the people in me. As long as I, Zhao Longchuan, am here, I will never let the camp fall into danger!"
Zhao Longchuan said with conviction.
"And me!"
Zhao Xiyue also walked over, her small face serious.
"And us!"
The guards were all full of fighting spirit.
Their confidence had almost been crushed by the apocalypse.
There were colossal monsters everywhere; even a mosquito or a dragonfly, if you were slightly careless, could kill you.
The monsters that attacked possessed all sorts of strange abilities – poisons, regeneration, almost unsolvable existences.
Team members died every day.
They once felt that no one could survive in such an apocalypse.
Until just now, they saw Zhang Chen single-handedly attract tens of thousands of advanced monsters, not only annihilating all of them but also not even getting a scratch!
Such a powerhouse reignited the fighting spirit of the team members.
As long as they worked hard enough, they might not reach Zhang Chen's level of instantly killing everything, but as long as they persevered, they would surely find a place in the apocalypse!
Zhang Chen handed over the mutated V-shaped wolf pack to Zhao Longchuan.
The wolf king listened to Er Pang, and Er Pang listened to Zhang Chen.
Therefore, the handover was smooth, and Zhao Longchuan gained another mutated wolf pack unit.
The few of them had some drinks by the city wall and chatted until late at night. Only then did Zhang Chen, carrying the dying Ke Erde and the night demon corpse obtained by Xiaobai, along with Er Pang, Ao Xue, and Zuo Nan, return to Lloyd's back.
Zhang Chen knew he had more important missions to accomplish and couldn't stay in any place for too long.
He checked the route and proceeded directly northeast.
He would not pass by the Revival Camp or the True God Cult headquarters.
However, Zhang Chen was quite confident in Zheng Hao. With his decisiveness and ambition, the camp would surely be safe.
...
Revival Camp.
The original camp of tens of thousands of people now had only over five thousand remaining.
These were all elites who had survived the previous reshuffle.
After that battle, all surrounding survivor camps were also plundered.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the Revival Camp and the True God Cult headquarters were now the strongest camps among the same generation of轮回者.
The weakest individuals in the camp were at the first stage of advanced metamorph.
Killing survivors was indeed the fastest way to grow.
In the dungeon of the Revival Camp, a middle-aged man wearing a dark red ring was tied up, his body covered in numerous scars from torture.
In front of him sat Zheng Hao, with his legs crossed, savoring red wine.
Next to Zheng Hao sat a scribe, rapidly recording the words spoken by the middle-aged man.
"Where are we with the recording?"
Zheng Hao suddenly asked the scribe next to him.
"Wang Daifu, male, beginner evolver second stage, from the Prophet Organization. Currently found a small dose of bio-inducer, as well as some food and items, but we cannot identify or use these items!"
The scribe read from the notebook.
As for the so-called discovery, it was actually the result of severe torture that forced the person to reveal the items, until he was beaten unconscious and no more items were produced.