Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot

Chapter 40: Crystal Core Synthetic? Open

Airdropl

Translator: 549690339

Wang Tao’s eyes widened as he looked at the long list of introductions.

“Zombie Core… Shockwave… Ability!”

“If I fuse with this crystal core, can I acquire an ability?!”

Wang Tao was somewhat excited, but he didn’t let excitement cloud his judgment.

The instructions were clear: fusing had a failure rate, and the fusion success rate of the core he held was only 20%… With such a success rate, he might as well assume it would fail; he never believed in such probabilities.

More importantly, these cores contained impurities!

The impurities not only caused the side effect of “sensitivity to light”, but if too many accumulated in the human body, one could turn into a zombie!

Wang Tao didn’t want to become a zombie; he hadn’t lived long enough yet.

So, was this core useless to him?

No, of course not!

Wang Tao quickly placed the zombie core into the Space Backpack—it could go in there!

The Space Backpack was similar to the grid backpacks in games, except its slots were unlimited. The same types of crafting materials were all stored in the same slot.

After putting the zombie core into the Space Backpack, it naturally occupied its own slot. However, a notification popped up—

[1/10 (Unable to synthesize at this time)]

[Synthesis: Quality sums up, Purity sums up. At 100% purity, side effects are extracted.]

“Does this mean I need 10 level 1 shockwave crystal cores for fusion? And I can increase the success rate to ioo%? And there won’t be any impurities or side effects?”

A gleam of excitement burst from Wang Tao’s eyes.

This meant, then, that he definitely could not fuse with this core! He had to collect more of the same type of crystal cores and then synthesize one with a ioo% success rate, free of any impurities and side effects!

Wang Tao now had another goal— to kill zombies and gain abilities!

But there was still one problem.

“It says to fuse, but how do I fuse this thing? Am I supposed to eat it?”

Wang Tao took the core out again; originally covered in blood, the core was now spotless after being placed in the Space Backpack, perfectly clean.

Looking at the clean core in his hand, his mouth began to salivate madly. He felt an almost irresistible urge to eat it, as if a voice inside him was saying: Eat it, and you will become stronger!

But, of course, Wang Tao wouldn’t eat it; he could resist that much temptation.

He placed the core back into the Space Backpack, and looking at the [l/io] on the core, he grinned.

“My future life in the apocalypse just got a bit brighter!”

It’s just that he didn’t know which zombies would drop crystal cores… He had killed so many zombies before, apart from those hit by cars, the rest were all blown apart by his hand, and he always searched the bodies. So he knew there were no crystal cores in their heads.

“The crystal cores are probably only in especially strong zombies…”

He shook his head, not wanting to think about it any further.

All he had to remember was that if he encountered a Big Hammer Zombie again in the future, he’d definitely have to find a way to hunt it down!

He felt that, with enough preparation, killing this Big Hammer Zombie wouldn’t be as difficult as it had been today.

Wang Tao swept the area to ensure nothing was missed, then prepared to go collect the airdrop.

But upon seeing the Reinforced Concrete Hammer the Big Hammer Zombie had dropped, he thought it seemed like a decent weapon, something he might be able to use himself.

So, he headed towards the Big Hammer, and as he got closer, he suddenly saw a line of text appear on the hammer.

[Reinforced Concrete Hammer]

“It has a name? Then doesn’t that mean…”

After Wang Tao grasped the Big Hammer, with a single thought, the hammer disappeared from his hand and appeared in his Space Backpack at the same time!

[Acquired: Reinforced Concrete Hammer xi]

“I can put it into the Space Backpack!”

Wang Tao was somewhat excited.

Not to mention anything else, just the fact that it could be stored in the Space Backpack was enough to beat most weapons hands down!

After all, weapons like his Wolf Fang Club and horned hammer could only be carried on him, and although they weren’t heavy for him, they were still somewhat inconvenient.

But putting them in the Space Backpack was different. It was not only convenient, but he could also launch a surprise attack.

With another thought, Wang Tao felt his hand suddenly grow heavy as the Reinforced Concrete Hammer reappeared in his grasp.

“So heavy!”

This thing must weigh at least 50 pounds, and it was a full two meters long, not to mention bulky.

Wang Tao tried swinging it. He could wield it with both hands, but he could forget about agility; it was only good against less agile zombies. It was very exhausting, even for someone with his physical strength, and he wouldn’t be able to use it many times.

Moreover, it was very inconvenient to carry. He could either drag it on the ground like the Big Hammer Zombie or carry it on his shoulder.

Actually, it wasn’t very suitable as a weapon, but because it could be put into the Space Backpack, it could serve as an unexpected trump card.

After making sure once again that he hadn’t missed anything, Wang Tao approached the loot crate.

So much had happened tonight, all for this loot crate.

“I hope it won’t disappoint me…”

Wang Tao muttered, but he didn’t immediately open the loot crate.

Instead, he went out to find his car and drove it over.

The water treatment plant was spacious. Aside from the zombies he had killed, he hadn’t seen any others for now. Wang Tao drove the car up to the small courtyard outside, then with great effort, he moved the loot crate onto the car. “Phew… Find a place to rest for the night!”

It was now evening, and he had time to rush back, but his HP was low, only 60, which made him feel very insecure. So Wang Tao decided to rest outside tonight, recover some HP, and it would be safer to go back tomorrow.

As for the place to rest, Wang Tao had already chosen it: an old five-story building inside the water plant.

The reason he chose this place was that the door of the building was locked, and moss was climbing up the outer wall.

It was obvious that no one had lived there for a long time, and it was very likely there were no zombies inside, making it relatively safe.

After slowly driving the car over, Wang Tao was surprised to find that the building even had an indoor garage connected to the rooms inside.

That was just perfect.

Wang Tao, who had obtained the true transmission of the Locksmith, managed to open the garage door in no time, and the interior was covered in dust.

He first went inside with his weapons and made sure there were no problems before driving the car in.

Then he locked all the doors and windows, ate the dry food he had with him, and then he approached the loot crate.

This loot crate wasn’t something you could simply open; it had a lock, and what’s more, it was a keypad lock. If he didn’t pick the lock, even Wang Tao couldn’t open it.

However, there were a few lines of text written on the box.

“l+8=? 7-2=? 2xi=? 74-1=?”

These questions were too simple. Probably to prevent zombies from accidentally opening the loot crate, they were deliberately set up like this.

Wang Tao pressed down on 9, 5, 2, 7 in turn, and with a click, the lock opened..