Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot - Chapter 315
Chapter 315: Chapter 156 Best of Luck_4
After a brief search around, Wang Tao found that there was no one and no zombies in the vicinity. So, he pried open the door of one of the houses and dragged Jiang Shixue inside.
He blocked the door well to ensure zombies couldn’t enter, and then Wang Tao took out several bottles of nutrient solution.
“Glug, glug~”
After downing several bottles in one go, Wang Tao finally felt a lot better.
“They say, ‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,’ I hope life in the post-apocalypse will be smoother from now on…”
After muttering to himself, Wang Tao turned his attention to Jiang Shixue.
“Heh heh…”
Jiang Shixue was still staring intensely at Wang Tao, as if she wanted to devour him.
Wang Tao directly removed Jiang Shixue’s hat and mask, revealing a terrifying face.
“No wonder she always wore a hat and mask…”
As a girl, having transformed into something neither human nor ghost, it must be hard to bear, and her reluctance to show her true face was understandable.
But Wang Tao, having seen all sorts of ugly zombies, was naturally immune to Jiang Shixue’s face.
Moreover, Jiang Shixue had beautiful eyes.
The eyes of ordinary zombies are pale and cataract-like, with the whites filled with blackened blood… they look quite ghastly.
But Jiang Shixue was different, her pupils were a fiery red and shimmering, as beautiful as rubies. Just like Wang Tao’s green eyes.
If he killed her, would these eyes drop out?
A small wicked thought suddenly popped into Wang Tao’s mind, but he quickly shook his head. If he had wanted to kill Jiang Shixue, he would have done it already, not wait until now.
He felt that Jiang Shixue still had a chance of being saved, a 50% chance to revert to human!
Wang Tao took out a potion from his Space Backpack.
[Purification Agent (Experimental): When used on zombies infected and mutated for less than 3 days, has a certain chance to purify the virus in the body and a certain chance to cause self-detonation. Ineffective on zombies infected and mutated for over 3 days (Note: This potion is a trial version and may have some unknown side effects.)]
This was an item that had dropped from a green-eyed zombie he had killed in the hospital.
Jiang Shixue’s infection and mutation were definitely under three days, meeting the usage criteria.
But the chance was only 50%, and the other 50% chance was self-detonation!
Either revert to human or die.
Considering Jiang Shixue’s current situation, she had no choice but to take the gamble.
However, before preparing to administer the potion, Wang Tao saw the Zombie Culture Fluid in his Space Backpack.
He had never found a use for this thing, but throwing it away seemed like a waste, so he had kept it. He had seen it just now when he took out the purification potion.
So now, was there a possibility to culture Jiang Shixue first, then use the purification potion?
Wang Tao thought it was worth a try!
Therefore, Wang Tao went back to the village and gathered all sorts of steel pipes, iron chains, and the like, wrapping Jiang Shixue up completely, locking her tight.
Then with his left hand, Wang Tao took out a bottle of Zombie Culture Fluid, and in his right hand, he held the purification potion.
The Zombie Culture Fluid was similar to the nutrient solution he drank, but with a very distinct yellow and black biochemical symbol on it.
Wang Tao had a total of 1000 doses of Zombie Culture Fluid, and this bottle accounted for one dose.
He first used an iron hoop to pry open Jiang Shixue’s mouth, then poured the Zombie Culture Fluid in.
Glug~
Jiang Shixue drank it uncontrollably. Then she froze, staring blankly at Wang Tao, the fierce light in her eyes seeming to fade away.
Wang Tao looked at the HP bar below Jiang Shixue, displaying two states.
[Cultivation: Total 1% (99% can be added). Time remaining 59 minutes 59 seconds]
[Weakness: All attributes reduced by 99%, time remaining 59 minutes 59 seconds]
Jiang Shixue, in a state of cultivation, had a negative status of 99% weakness!
Seeing this, Wang Tao’s worries were eased. He had been worried that if Jiang Shixue’s HP spontaneously recovered, he would be in danger.
Then, Wang Tao directly took another 99 doses of culture fluid and poured them all into Jiang Shixue’s mouth. The culture total became 100%, with the time remaining the same, exactly one hour.
After confirming again that Jiang Shixue posed no immediate threat, Wang Tao leaned against the side and closed his eyes to rest.
However, Wang Tao didn’t fall asleep, instead, he checked his attributes and backpack.
Before, when Wang Tao discussed with Wei Zhenguo, he found out that after ascending to a second-order superpower owner, besides an all-around enhancement of physical fitness and a substantial increase in strength, there was an additional benefit—the internal impurities in the body decreased!
Originally, his body’s internal impurity level was at 2%, but after reaching level 2 ascension, it became 1%!
After comparing and analyzing the number of crystal cores they had fused and the amount of internal impurities, they reached a conclusion—after ascending to level two, the internal impurities were directly eliminated by half!
Wang Tao’s internal impurity level, to be exact, was 2.2%, and now after level two ascension, it was 1.1%!
Wang Tao had five bottles of cleansing potion at hand, each capable of eliminating 1% of the internal impurities. But now, with his internal impurities at 1.1%… He was in a situation where one bottle was not enough, and two would be a waste.
Therefore, Wang Tao planned to see if he could fuse a few more level two crystal cores to accumulate his impurity level to close to 2%, and then use two bottles of cleansing potion.
Having been poor since childhood, Wang Tao had developed the good habit of being frugal.
From his last defeat of the toad zombie and two level two poisonous fog zombies, he had obtained a total of three crystal cores and four packages!
The crystal core inside the toad zombie was a level two weak poisonous mist crystal core.
[Level 2 Crystal Core·Weakness Poison Fog]
[Quality: Excellent (60%)]
[Purity: 45% (Side effect: Body oozes pus)]
[Weakness Poison Fog: Able to continuously release a green poisonous mist that causes weakness, coughing, lowered immunity, and intermittent HP reduction, lasting for 3 seconds]
The other two level two zombies also contained weakness poison fog crystal cores. One was excellent (40%), and one was ordinary (20%). They could be synthesized into a golden epic crystal core.
However, Wang Tao was not particularly interested in this weakness poison fog. He could only fuse one more type of crystal core, and he not only had to choose one that suited him, but also one that would easily fuse with other abilities in the future—Wang Tao felt that similar types of abilities had a higher rate of successful fusion with each other!
For instance, the combination of his self-healing and toughness abilities had a much higher rate of fusion success than other combinations…
Then there were the four packages, one of which was a crystal core gift bag. The other three contained 15 vulnerable mist grenades and three blueprints that could each create ten grenades.
The effects of the vulnerable mist grenades were the same as the ability, but with the ability, “as long as there’s mana, one can keep releasing poison.” However, the effect of the grenades lasted for three minutes.
[Vulnerable Mist Grenade: Continuously releases a green poisonous mist that causes weakness, coughing, lowered immunity, and intermittent HP reduction, lasting for 3 minutes]
As for the materials required for the blueprints, they weren’t rare, and Wang Tao would soon be able to produce them.
Last was the crystal core gift bag.
Inside were five crystal cores, all level two.
One ascension, one jump, one loose tongue, one weakness poison fog, and one mental disturbance.
Wang Tao had given the ascension crystal core to Wei Zhenguo and the others, keeping the rest for himself.
Wang Tao had already seen the jump, loose tongue, and weak poison fog crystal cores; mental disturbance was the first time he’d encountered one.
[Level 2 Crystal Core·Mental Disturbance]
[Quality: Excellent (80%)]
[Purity: 45% (Side effect: Head becomes increasingly larger)]
[Mental Disturbance: Can slightly affect a creature’s spirit]
This ability seemed not bad, as it appeared the toad zombie used this ability to lead the other ordinary poisonous fog zombies.
However, he only had one crystal core at the moment, with no way to eliminate the side effect. Naturally, it was not Wang Tao’s first choice.
Right now, the level two crystal cores Wang Tao could fuse seemed to be limited to power, self-detonation, and omnipotent. The side effect of the power was related to strength and body size, which was not a big deal for him, whereas self-detonation and omnipotent had no side effects.
As for other crystal cores, they were either unsuitable or had side effects that were too horrifying…
“Forget it, I’ll endure it a bit longer, see if I can get more level two crystal cores later, or even decent level one crystal cores would do… If all else fails, then I’d have to fuse the omnipotent crystal core…”
While Wang Tao was contemplating, an hour passed quickly.
The cultivation of zombie Jiang Shixue had ended, and her HP limit increased by 1000, reaching 19000.
At the same time, not only had her weakness state ended, but she was also fully revitalized!
Swoosh—
Zombie Jiang Shixue opened her eyes, and the bloodthirsty, mad, and violent expressions in those red eyes made Wang Tao’s hairs stand on end.
His sixth sense told him that he was definitely no match for zombie Jiang Shixue!
Without a second word, Wang Tao immediately injected the pre-prepared purification potion into Jiang Shixue’s body.
Pfft—
In an instant, Jiang Shixue’s body softened, and she closed her eyes again.
“You saved my life, so I’ll try my best to save yours. Whether you can survive depends on your luck… Good luck.”
