NOVEL WEB Chapter 421: Level Up ( 2 )
After hearing the engineer's name, Jiao Lizhi tried to recall if this person had made any contribution in her past life. But after a while, she couldn't remember anything. It seemed that what they did in this life changed not only their own fate but also countless people's fates.
Reaching this conclusion, she no longer thought about this matter and said, "Comrade Wen, I will start now. When the water-type ability-users arrive, just let them come and join directly."
Wen Hanli nodded and replied, "Okay."
Since Jiao Lizhi would be exposed to danger during her process of recovering her energy, Jin Xuyan guarded her. Before she started creating water, she took out all the water she had stored in her space. This water was created using her energy during her daily training.
With a wave of her hand, more than a thousand massive balls of water appeared above the dam. With another wave, the water balls made a splash and filled the dam.
The amount of water she had just released was enough to fill the cylindrical dam in the water reservoir five times. But when it went into this dam, it looked like a drop in the ocean.
When she was done, she sat at the edge of the dam and raised her hand. The next moment, a water ball the size of a melon appeared in front of her and water started gushing out from the water ball.
After she had drained her energy several times yesterday, she realized that the amount of energy she had increased again. Now, she could create almost 800,000 liters of water before she drained her energy.
By using more energy, she could shorten the time needed. To drain her energy, it only took her twenty minutes. As soon as her energy was used up, she took out a box of water-type crystal cores from her space and started absorbing the energy.
Thanks to her space that could absorb the zombie virus, the crystal cores had been purified so the absorption rate was able to reach at least 90%. With her energy absorption skill, she was able to absorb 99% of the energy stored in the crystal core.
While she continued draining and recovering her energy, the water-type ability-users hired by the base arrived one after another. When they reached the dam location, they heard the sound of a waterfall.
As they followed the guards, one of them asked the nearby guard, "Comrade, did the base find a water source?"
The guard turned to him and replied, "We indeed found a water source, but the water is contaminated by the zombie virus, so we can't use it."
"Comrade, if the water is contaminated, wouldn't it contaminate the surrounding soil, too?" another ability-user asked.
"All of you don't have to worry. We have sealed off the water source; it won't contaminate the soil or our water reservoir," the guard replied with a smile.
"Comrade, if that's the case, then why is there a waterfall sound?"
Recalling the rumors from his comrade about what happened in the water reservoir yesterday, the guard said, "Oh, that must be the sound of Comrade Jiao filling the dam."
"Comrade Jiao?"
The guard nodded and said, "Jiao Lizhi. She is one of the Phantom Team's members."
When they heard this, everyone exchanged glances. Their eyes were full of doubts. No one believed that there was someone who was able to create so much water that it could make a sound similar to a waterfall.
Twenty minutes later, they finally climbed to the top of the dam. The moment they saw the water inside the dam, everyone was stunned.
The news of the dam being built overnight had spread like wildfire in the base. Based on this information, they knew that they would have to fill an empty dam with water. So when they saw the water inside the dam had reached the level of eight meters, they were shocked.
At this moment, Jiao Lizhi had just finished absorbing the crystal cores. When she turned her head, she saw countless pairs of eyes staring at her.
She nodded at them and raised her hand. The next moment, a gush of water came out from the water ball and filled the dam like a waterfall.
This time, everyone finally believed the guard's words.
"Alright, everyone, let's start working," the guard said after he regained his composure.
When they heard this, they came back to their senses and started creating water. Before witnessing Jiao Lizhi's ability, they had always thought that they were special. After all, the chance of them gaining the ability to create water was only 5%.
While everyone was lost in their own thoughts, Jiao Lizhi checked the water level and said, "Brother Yan, it seems that we might need to delay our plan to leave the base."
"It's okay, we still have enough time," Jin Xuyan replied.
Not long after, Gu Shaoze and Chen Qianfeng also arrived at the dam and started working. With the number of water-type crystal cores owned by the Phantom Team, the three of them worked without stopping for a whole day.
Except for toilet breaks, they continued to supply water. Even when eating, they didn't stop. Thanks to their hard work, the dam finally reached the maximum water level after ten days.
During these ten days, both Gu Shaoze and Chen Qianfeng managed to break through to level two and became the first water-type ability-users to reach this level in the entire Lin'an City Base.
After he leveled up, Chen Qianfeng was now able to supply 6,000 liters of water before he ran out of energy. To recover, he needed six water-type crystal cores.
As for Gu Shaoze, he was able to supply 4,000 liters of water before he ran out of energy. To recover, he needed five water-type crystal cores.
While they managed to break through, Jiao Lizhi was far from breaking through to another level. Since they had been delayed for several days, the Phantom Team left in a military chopper the next day before sunrise.