Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot - Chapter 112:
Chapter 112: Chapter 89: Merging Two Epic Crystal
Cores 3
Translator: 549690339
As for the Self-Destruct Crystal Core, these were obtained in recent days, and Lu Gang hasn’t yet remembered to inform the base about the information on Suicide Bombing Zombies. Otherwise, Xiang Hongbin wouldn’t have been so unlucky.
Wang Tao, you have to tell us, what are the functions of these Zombie Cores?” Feng Ming’an suddenly said.
Everyone turned their gaze to Wang Tao, as they had some guesses about the abilities of these Zombie Cores, but after all, they were not very certain. Alright. First, I’ll talk about the three Crystal Cores I took, which are Shockwave, Toughness, and Self-healing…”
Wang Tao gave a brief explanation. Besides a more detailed explanation of Shockwave, he didn’t say much about Toughness and Self-healing, since he hadn’t learned them himself. Moreover, he said these were deductions made from the Zombie Cores’ characteristics, which might not be accurate.
Everyone was a bit bewildered because aside from the Shockwave Crystal Core, which clearly had a moving ripple inside, the Toughness Crystal Core had a small black figure inside, and the Self-healing Crystal Core had a green seed inside… How could one deduce their uses from that?
However, Wang Tao was an Ability User, and they were not, so what Wang Tao said was taken as authoritative, and they couldn’t refute it.
“As for the remaining few Crystal Cores, they are Self-Destruct, Rush and Glutton…”
After listening to Wang Tao’s explanation for these three Crystal Cores, several people looked at each other with uncertainty.
Rush was understandable, as this Ability seemed similar to Wang Tao’s Shockwave and was an offensive ability. But Glutton and Self-Destruct were just absurd.
Especially Self-Destruct, even if one learned this ability, one could only use it once in a lifetime…
“Could we consider creating some suicide bombers?”
Xiang Hongbin suddenly spoke up.
Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and Wei Zhenguo glared at Xiang Hongbin.
“Impossible, we’re losing soldiers as it is! They’re precious!”
“Cough, I wasn’t talking about our soldiers…”
Everyone fell into silence.
“If we encounter insurmountable difficulties, having suicide bombers might change the outcome… I’ve seen the power of Suicide Bombing Zombies, they’re comparable to a small bomb…”
Xiang Hongbin noticed nobody was speaking and shook his head.
‘•••Forget it, it’s impractical. Nobody wants to be a suicide bomber it has to be voluntary. Survivors don’t have that awareness, although we do… but we don’t have enough people, sigh!”
Wang Tao wiped the nonexistent sweat from his forehead.
Good grief, they were actually considering suicide bombers? He’d thought that the Self-Destruct Crystal Core was useless… Indeed, he had been thinking too small!
“As for Glutton, it could also be a good ability. If someone could gain this ability, couldn’t they become like a human shield?”
But it can’t defend against the zombie virus, and to sustain a Glutton, our base’s food might not be sufficient…”
“…Alright then, they all seem powerful, but also have big limitations!”
Xiang Hongbin sighed.
The information I have on Zombie Cores is just as I’ve said. If you get any Zombie Cores in the future and want to fuse them, I suggest you show them to me first so I can give you some advice…”
Wang Tao spread his hands.
“Of course!”
Everyone nodded. Even if Wang Tao hadn’t mentioned it, they would’ve done the same. After all, having a living Ability User amongst them, it was natural to seek his counsel on issues.
“Alright then, if there’s nothing else, I’ll be on my way. I’ll see if I can fuse with this Shockwave Crystal Core; if I can, my strength should increase substantially…”
“Great! We’ll wait for your good news!”
Everyone nodded.
After Wang Tao left, they all looked at the Zombie Cores on the table, swallowing hard.
Xiang Hongbin looked at Wei Zhenguo and said:
“Old Wei, do you think we should start focusing on hunting special zombies? I want to become an Ability User too!”
Wei Zhenguo was conflicted.
“Killing special zombies is too risky… but we do need to enhance our strength!
Who knows if there will be other freaky zombies showing up…”
The zombies outside now, I feel, have already gotten stronger! In the past, when I hunted special zombies, one shot to the head would do it, but now it’ takes two or three shots! Not to mention those Mad Demon Zombies, which make it so I can’t even snipe properly…”
“I should discuss this with Wang Tao later…”
On his way home, Wang Tao synthesized the [Iron Skin] and [Shockwave] zombie cores he had placed in his Space Backpack.
A moment later, he obtained two orange Epic Crystal Cores!
[Level 1 Crystal Core-Shockwave]
[Quality: Epic (100%)]
[Purity: 100% (no side effects)]
[Level 1 Crystal Core-Iron Skin]
[Quality: Epic (100%)]
[Purity: 100% (no side effects)]
Looking at these two orange crystal cores, Wang Tao felt elated. Joining Shuize Base was indeed the right decision; otherwise, it would have taken him much more time to collect the crystal cores on his own.
He returned to Building 8, where Ding Yuqin was wearing an apron and cooking dinner.
“Wang Tao, dinner will be ready soon!”
“Okay. But I’m going to merge with a zombie core, so don’t disturb me.”
“Ah? Okay!”
Wang Tao went back to his room, then took out the Orange Shockwave Crystal Core and, without any hesitation, tossed it into his mouth.
Instantly, a warm sensation emerged in his body and then disappeared, similar to the last time.
Wang Tao checked his attributes.
There were no changes elsewhere, just that his mana increased by 100, now totaling 200.
Merger with a single zombie core increases mana by too?”
As for whether the Shockwave ability had strengthened, he would have to test it. Wang Tao didn’t go to test it right away but instead took out another Orange Toughness Crystal Core and threw it into his mouth.
“Whew— so hot…”
Wang Tao felt his body getting a tad warm, but it wasn’t too uncomfortable. He stripped off all his clothes and lay down on the bed for a while.
Inwardly, Wang Tao felt that with his current strength, he could probably merge with only one or two more different types of zombie cores at most, otherwise there might be trouble!
However, continuing to merge with the same types of cores that he had already merged with seemed to pose no problem; it felt like he could merge with many more of the same type…
Who knows how many minutes passed, but Wang Tao felt the heat on his body slowly dissipate, and he quickly checked his attributes again.
His mana had increased by another 100, reaching 300. And a new skill “Iron Skin” appeared in his abilities.
“There doesn’t seem to be any change so far…”
With a thought, Wang Tao activated the Iron Skin ability.
Then, he found that the skin on his body suddenly became very hard, feeling cool and stonelike to the touch, but he still had sensation; it wasn’t as if he had actually turned to stone. Moreover, his agility wasn’t affected at all! And of course, he didn’t turn black.
Wang Tao observed his mana; it was depleting by 1 point every second. In other words, his 300 mana could last for 5 minutes! Of course, that’s assuming he didn’t use any other abilities.
“This ability is interesting…”
But soon, Wang Tao discovered something even more interesting. His Iron Skin could not only affect his entire body, but he could also localize it to specific body parts.
After deactivating Iron Skin from his entire body, Wang Tao looked at a specific part of his body and thought.
It became hard, his finger became hard.
