Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot - Chapter 414:
Chapter 414: Chapter 189: Plant Affinity_1
After swallowing the Magic Seed, it would take ten days to germinate.
And now, ten days had passed!
Wang Tao found that the countdown below his HP bar had disappeared, but in the section for Hidden Attributes, there was one new attribute.
[Hidden Attributes: Improved Body Conditions, Night Vision, Plant Affinity]
There was an addition of “Plant Affinity”!
[Plant Affinity: Ability to partially sense the feelings of plants]
“Hmm? What does this mean?”
There were no plants in the room where Wang Tao was, so he went outside.
It had already gotten dark; without using his Night Vision Ability, he could barely see the outside surroundings.
Then, Wang Tao closed his eyes, thinking about using his Hidden Ability of Plant Affinity.
A moment later, Wang Tao’s eyes widened.
“This is kind of magical!”
Although he had closed his eyes, he could still vaguely “see” the environment around him!
Wang Tao, as if having found a fascinating new toy, conducted numerous experiments, even pulling Jiang Shixue and Xu Xiaojun to join him.
After researching for an hour, Wang Tao had roughly figured out the use of his Hidden Ability.
His Plant Affinity seemed somewhat like a Perception Ability. However, its actual effects were inferior to those of the Perception Ability.
Wang Tao had discussed before with Han Rui and knew what it was like to use the Perception Ability.
To put it simply, Han Rui could sense most living creatures within the range of her Perception Ability! The reason it was “most” was that she couldn’t detect creatures that were too small, like insects.
Her Perception Ability was powerful: zombies and humans alike had nowhere to hide in front of this sense!
Wang Tao’s Plant Affinity was a bit different, though. It was as if he could… communicate with plants? “Communicate” wasn’t exactly the right word because these plants had no intelligence… Rather, it was that he could sense the faint movements of some plants and then deduce the situation from these movements.
In simpler terms, if someone was surrounded by no plants or was floating above them, Wang Tao couldn’t sense them.
If someone were to walk on plants or move them with their hand, then Wang Tao would be aware that there might be a person or a zombie in that spot…
So in terms of sensing alone, Wang Tao’s Plant Affinity couldn’t compare to Han Rui’s Perception.
But his Plant Affinity had some capabilities that the Perception Ability did not possess.
The Perception Ability could only see events that were happening at the moment, whereas Plant Affinity could deduce past events by examining the condition of plants.
For example, if someone had stood on a lawn ten minutes ago, Wang Tao could sense the state of the plants to deduce that something bipedal had passed through here ten minutes ago and from the way it walked, it was most likely human…
So, to a certain extent, Wang Tao could see the “past”.
Of course, it must be said that the Perception Ability is very intuitive; you see what’s happening as it happens.
However, his Plant Affinity was not as direct as Perception; it required his analysis and judgment, demanding the use of his intellect…
Nevertheless, this was already quite good for Wang Tao.
After all, it could be considered as nearly half a Perception Ability!
He had previously complained that things would be much easier if Han Rui were around. Now that he had this ability, he could take over some of the tasks that Han Rui used to handle.
Wang Tao experimented for a while longer; he now had a profound understanding of his sensing range and what kinds of plants were most suitable for sensing.
His sensing range was actually quite substantial. Standing in the middle of the mall, he could sense all the plants inside! This was much larger than the range of Han Rui’s Perception Ability and it didn’t even consume any of Wang Tao’s Mana.
However, his sensing wasn’t very precise. He had Jiang Shixue try to move around in the building at random, and as long as she didn’t touch any plants, Wang Tao couldn’t detect her presence. Moreover, Wang Tao couldn’t gauge the exact strength of a potential adversary, only able to analyze through his own experience…
As for which plants were most suitable, naturally, those were the likes of grass or moss. These plants were abundant and had large areas. A slight touch would leave a trace, allowing Wang Tao to “see” that trace and deduce the general situation there.
In the past, the use of this ability might have seemed limited or only appropriate in the wild. But now, with plants everywhere in the city, this ability seemed to have significant potential!
This Hidden Ability was, after all, a supplement to Wang Tao’s perception capabilities.
Having gained a new ability, Wang Tao decided to test its effectiveness right away.
“Little Xue, let’s go out and take a look.”
“Sure~”
Wang Tao and Jiang Shixue went downstairs to the Haochen Hotel together.
It was night, and there were quite a few zombies on the streets, but the night vision posed little issue for the two of them.
The Haochen Hotel had also grown many plants inside, such as weeds, mosses, and ivy, which Wang Tao could make use of.
Feeling around the base of the hotel’s outer wall, Wang Tao quickly sensed that there were several people moving methodically upstairs, as if they were… patrolling?
But just from this, it was obviously impossible to reach any conclusion.
So, after contemplating for a moment, Wang Tao threw a few stones into the building.
The noise was minor, but it instantly attracted the attention of many people. The figures that Wang Tao could feel suddenly increased; he waited silently.
About ten minutes later, the people inside seemed to realize there was no danger and went back to sleep.
