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

Chapter 56: Clean-up of the Residential Area_l

Translator: 549690339

The flames on the first floor hadn’t been extinguished yet, and the zombies were unwilling to come over, so Wang Tao had no choice but to go to Room 202. He opened the window to attract the zombies.

Once the zombies approached, he repeated his method and once again threw a Molotov cocktail, hitting four zombies.

Waiting for their HP to drop to a sliver, Wang Tao grabbed his weapons and climbed out the window.

There were still about a dozen zombies in the yard, so for safety, he didn’t walk out the front door on the first floor but instead jumped down directly.

Thud—

The second-floor window was about four meters from the ground of the complex, and Wang Tao landed with ease. But at the same time as he landed, Wang Tao silently used Shockwave.

A visible ripple spread out from his feet, expanding in all directions like the ripples of a wave.

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The four zombies, already low on HP, were bounced up by the Shockwave and then hit the ground. By the time they bounced, they were already dead!

Four semi-transparent packages appeared instantly.

“Haha, using Shockwave to deal the final blow seems pretty good!”

It was Wang Tao’s first time using Shockwave against enemies, and he was slightly excited.

He quickly estimated that the Shockwave’s range was about three meters in diameter, half of the Terrorizer’s six-meter diameter Shockwave.

But Wang Tao was content since he could repeatedly fuse the same type of Crystal Core, meaning the Ability was sure to grow stronger, and as he collected more Crystal Cores, his Ability would become increasingly powerful!

After jumping down, Wang Tao immediately drew all the zombies’ attention, and they twisted their bodies towards him.

But Wang Tao had no intention of engaging them. He quickly stepped on the windowsill and climbed back up to the second floor.

Then, he lit another Molotov cocktail and threw it out.

Splat-

Boom—

After throwing three Molotov cocktails in a row, the ground floor was engulfed

in flames.

Wang Tao then went back to Room 201 and, after waiting for a while, jumped down from there.

With a thump, he landed effortlessly.

Watching the zombies chaotically dancing in the inferno, Wang Tao chuckled. Enduring the heat waves, he strode forward, picked up the horned hammer, and brought it down on the head of a burning zombie.

Splat!

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The zombie had only a sliver of HP left, an easy target for the killing blow.

Simultaneously, a visible Shockwave emanated from the horned hammer.

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This time it affected only one zombie, but it was still instantly killed. Soon, all the weakened zombies in the inferno were taken out by Wang Tao. Wang Tao discovered a proper way to use the Shockwave; when finishing off zombies, he didn’t need to enter the inferno. He could simply hit the ground or the zombies outside the flames, and the Shockwave would kill the zombies inside! This was very convenient.

However, the Ability consumed quite a bit. The three-meter range Shockwave was his most powerful attack, and each usage consumed 20 Mana. He could use it at most five times.

Wang Tao took care of all the zombies in the blaze with just three uses.

Outside the inferno, there were still two unscathed zombies left.

“Perfect, you two can try out the Ability!”

Wang Tao rushed forward and hammered hard on the head of one of the zombies.

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The zombie he hammered lost 343 HP while the zombie nearby affected by the Shockwave lost 285 HP. At the same time, both zombies were knocked to the ground by the impact.

Wang Tao was satisfied with the result. He brought down the hammer again, targeting the zombie with the higher remaining HP.

Splat!

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Shockwave.

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Two hammers, instant kill.

“The power of the shockwave seems to be related to the strength of my attacks… but the mana cost is at most only 20 points, so there must be a limit to this power unless I can use more mana…

As he pondered, Wang Tao casually collected the loot dropped by the two zombies.

“All cleared!”

He looked around and saw a total of 22 zombies in the courtyard of the community, apart from the first three zombies that Wang Tao did not finish off, he had finished off the remaining 19.

NOW he had obtained nineteen pieces of loot and a 95-point increase to his HP limit!

Wang Tao glanced at his attributes.

HP1264/48O]

Mana[o/ioo]

Breaking through four hundred HP, he felt his body slightly strengthen, filled with power. That was also the reason he managed to deal over 300 damage in killing those last two zombies.

However, the depletion of his mana left Wang Tao feeling extremely exhausted.

This feeling of being physically energized yet mentally exhausted made Wang Tao very uncomfortable.

“It looks like I should conserve some mana in the future, and not use it all at once unless necessary…”

Wang Tao, bearing the disgusting smell, used his hammer to drag the still-burning zombies to the middle of the empty space in the community.

He worried that if the corpses happened to set the buildings on fire, it would be really bad luck.

Fire safety is everyone’s responsibility!

He then made a round in the community. This old community had only four buildings, and was quite small in area.

After confirming that there were no more zombies in the courtyard, Wang Tao then drove the pickup truck in from the community entrance.

Indistinctly, Wang Tao could feel the howling of zombies from the other buildings.

“There are still quite a few zombies left in the remaining three buildings, it seems there are no other survivors… Maybe I should find some time to clear them out…”

Wang Tao’s HP bar was only 20 away from breaking through 500, and he was full of motivation for killing zombies.

After parking the car under Building No. 4, Wang Tao went down to call for Ding Yuqin.

Ding Yuqin looked at Wang Tao with a bit of surprise, as she had been watching from the building and saw the shockwave that Wang Tao unleashed.

“Wang Tao, you…”

She opened her mouth, wanting to ask Wang Tao about it, but considering it might be Wang Tao’s secret, she hesitated whether she should ask.

“Ability, Shockwave.”

Wang Tao, knowing what was on her mind, replied directly.

“Ab-Ability!”

Though she had already guessed, Ding Yuqin was still visibly shocked when Wang Tao confirmed it.

After all, these were things from TV shows, and they had actually appeared in reality…

Wang Tao observed Ding Yuqin’s surprised expression and raised his eyebrows. “Since you have decided to follow me, sister-in-law, I’ll figure out a way to get an ability for you to play with in the future.”

“Ah? I can too? No no no, I can’t manage it…”

Ding Yuqin was initially subconsciously excited, but she quickly waved her hands in denial.

Even if she had the Shockwave Ability, she wouldn’t dare to kill zombies. With her petite size, she’d hardly be enough for a zombie to floss its teeth with. Wang Tao didn’t press the issue upon seeing her reaction. There certainly were more abilities than just the Shockwave, and perhaps there might be one suitable for Ding Yuqin.

It took some time, but Wang Tao and Ding Yuqin finally managed to move everything upstairs.

Seeing so much food, Ding Yuqin almost couldn’t believe it was real. Especially with a government drop among them, which excited her. Could there… possibly be a chance for rescue?

But when Wang Tao showed Ding Yuqin the letter from the supply drop, she knew that rescue… was not possible.

However, she wasn’t too disappointed. After all, she had placed all her hopes on Wang Tao now….