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

So now, everyone including Wang Tao has come to a consensus that only the zombies which can explode into Zombie Cores are called special zombies, while those that can’t are all referred to as Ordinary zombies.

And the Screamer outside is such a special zombie that can explode into a Zombie Core!

Wang Tao naturally can’t see whether the other party has a Crystal Core, but Han Rui can.

Han Rui’s Perception Ability allows her to distinguish between ordinary people, Ability Users, Ordinary zombies, and special zombies.

The reason she could perceive so clearly is that what she “saw” in her perception was a “gray human-shaped silhouette.” She distinguished people from zombies by “seeing.”

The form of humans and the form of zombies are different. The bodies of zombies are twisted, and they usually make some abnormal movements. Moreover, some zombies are deformed or have missing limbs. So, she just needs to look for whichever silhouette is awkward or abnormally deformed, then it’s very likely a zombie.

Of course, this method of distinguishing is not always 100% accurate — Wang Tao’s method of looking at the HP bar color is 100% accurate — but it is enough since this ability is used like a radar.

To differentiate Ability Users and special zombies, Han Rui relies on color.

If the entity has energy, then the silhouette will have some blue in it. The stronger the energy, the more intense the blue. If there is no energy, then it’s just ordinary gray.

So her view is like this now — in a pitch-black world, some distorted gray silhouettes appear, among which three carry a bit of blue.

These three zombies are the special zombies with Zombie Cores, and they are two Self-exploders and one Screamer.

What surprised Wang Tao was that these zombies could not only improve themselves like humans but could even evolve from zombies without Crystal Cores into zombies with them!

This is just like ordinary people turning into Ability Users!

Wang Tao felt somewhat heavy-hearted. With so many zombies in the world, what if they evolved in large numbers in the future? Then what would become of them survivors…

“What’s a Screamer?”

Han Rui and the person beside her, Li Qiuyu, both asked curiously.

Upon hearing the question, Wang Tao came back to his senses and searched himself, finding the Zombie Guide he had gotten from an airdrop box earlier in the day.

He had glanced at it briefly before and just knew that there were more types of zombies in the guide, but he wasn’t sure exactly how many more there were or what their characteristics were.

So he opened the guide and invited Han Rui and Li Qiuyu to look at it with him.

Han Rui had never seen this thing before, and as she looked at its content, her eyes widened from time to time. She couldn’t believe there were so many kinds of zombies, and this was only what the military had discovered; there was no telling how many they hadn’t.

When she saw the Screamer, she opened her mouth, and her expression turned helpless in an instant.

“This Screamer can attract a large number of zombies just like the

Self-exploders… That’s so annoying! At least the Self-exploders will detonate themselves, attracting zombies only once, but this Screamer seems to be able to keep screaming…”

Han Rui’s complexion immediately turned bitter.

With three such zombies outside, how were they supposed to go out?

Li Qiuyu felt a wave of fear after seeing the Screamer and other special zombies in the Zombie Guide.

“Is it already so dangerous outside…”

While Wang Tao momentarily skipped over the zombie introductions and looked directly at the text written below.

The military didn’t mention anything about their base this time; instead, they detailed further subdivisions of zombie types.

They currently divided zombies into three levels: Ordinary Level, Elite Level, and Lord Rank.

Ordinary zombies are the ones most commonly seen and represent the weakest presence within the zombie faction.

Elite Zombies are clearly different from Ordinary zombies; they generally each have their own distinct characteristics. However, more importantly, they explode into Zombie Cores — these Elite Zombies are actually special zombies that can explode into Crystal Cores.

Previously, those special zombies that didn’t explode into Zombie Cores would, after growing to a certain stage, develop Zombie Cores.

Wang Tao had killed several hundred HP special zombies before without any of them dropping a Zombie Core. But this Screamer had a thousand HP, so Wang Tao had reason to guess that this type of zombie could develop a Zombie Core once they reached 1000 HP. Of course, this was just his speculation, and he would have to observe more later on.

As for the third type, the Zombie Lords, the military described them as zombies with a sense of territory, an enhanced version of Elite Zombies. The difference is that they treat certain areas as their own turf and patrol their domains; some Zombie Lords even lead minions!

Zombie Lords are the most terrifying type of zombies discovered by the military so far. However, Zombie Lords are rare, and not many have been found.

They advise that if you encounter a Zombie Lord and are lucky enough to escape, it’s best not to stay there. The farther you run, the better, because the area might very well be the Zombie Lord’s territory, and it might come back!

The worst-case scenario is a Zombie Lord appearing near the Survivor Base.

The Survivor Base can’t run away, so that leaves only two options: to abandon the base or take care of the Zombie Lord. Otherwise, there will be endless trouble in the future.

“Patrolling territory…”

Suddenly, Wang Tao remembered the Gorilla zombie he had encountered at the old mall last time; he felt its behavior was somewhat like patrolling its territory. It had come to the old mall once before and had returned again to wreak destruction — and even crushed many Ordinary zombies underfoot….