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

Wang Tao of course saw the desire in Lu Gang’s eyes and said with a smile,

“You really like this thing?”

“Of course! Who doesn’t like crossbows? Not to mention a professional sniper like me; even ordinary people can go hunting zombies with this crossbow!”

Lu Gang didn’t hide his envy as he spoke.

“If you like it…” Wang Tao deliberately drew out his words.

Lu Gang’s eyes lit up immediately. Could it be that Wang Tao was going to gift it to him? That would be really embarrassing!

But obviously, he thought too much.

“I can give you something similar. Though not as instantly ready as a crossbow, I guess you shouldn’t have much problem with it.”

As he spoke, Wang Tao pulled out a bow from the bag he was holding and handed it to Lu Gang.

“My goodness, a hunting compound bow!”

Lu Gang exclaimed in surprise.

Wang Tao raised an eyebrow, impressed that Lu Gang knew his stuff!

Modern compound bows generally fall into two categories by functionality: hunting bows and competition bows.

As the names suggest, one is for hunting, the other for competing.

Competition bows mainly focus on precision; they can sacrifice everything else for the sake of accuracy. This type of bow isn’t very suitable for actual combat.

Hunting bows are different. They seek a balance in precision, arrow speed, portability, and various other aspects. They’re more suited for real combat.

In the apocalypse, if there’s a choice to make, one would definitely go for the hunting bow.

Wang Tao got four bows from villa number 3, including three hunting bows and the alloy recurve bow dropped by the zombies. There was only one competition bow.

Obviously, the owner of the villa wasn’t just into competitive archery, he preferred hunting, given that he also had a specially made hunting crossbow.

When Wang Tao just made the precise hand crossbow, he had used the competition bow for parts.

The alloy recurve bow was in his Space Backpack. He still had two hunting compound bows in his hand, one which he would keep for himself to practice, and the other he planned to give to Lu Gang.

Lu Gang was an excellent sniper; he certainly should know how to use a bow and arrows. Even if not, he could learn.

But Lu Gang apparently knew more than Wang Tao had anticipated.

“You know arrow technique? Then it’s settled, this bow is for you. I’m not really good at archery, so I’ll keep the hand crossbow for myself,”

Wang Tao said with a smile.

Lu Gang excitedly took the compound bow and shook his head,

“Hey! What arrow techniques or what not, I don’t understand any of that. I just know that our unit used to have archery competitions, and I’ve won first place several times, that’s all.”

“Impressive!”

Wang Tao gave a thumbs up.

“You’re really giving it to me? This is quality gear! I bet it wasn’t cheap before the apocalypse; it’s the kind I wouldn’t even dare look at…”

Lu Gang looked at Wang Tao again. He really liked it, but he didn’t want to take something that others cherished.

“Don’t worry, I have another bow at home that’s similar to this. I have both bows and crossbows, I won’t miss this one.”

“Then that’s settled!” Hearing this, the smile on Lu Gang’s face grew even brighter. “With this, my strength won’t be diminished, and I can go hunting zombies again! Shall we go out and give it a try later? I’m not bragging, but my archery skills are just as accurate as when I use a sniper rifle!”

“No problem!”

Wang Tao replied with a laugh, eager to see just how strong Lu Gang could be with a bow and arrows as a genuine sniper, whose shooting ability was much more formidable than Han Rui’s.

The other committee members also looked happy when they saw Lu Gang get the bow and arrows. After all, an enhancement in Lu Gang’s strength was an increase in strength for the whole base.

“You’ve really had a bountiful haul this time, Wang Tao! To get all these bows and crossbows…”

Ren Jie said with a smile.

“It’s passable,”

replied Wang Tao, lifting the woven bag and placing it on the conference room table.

Xiang Hongbin peeked inside and immediately inhaled sharply.

“Sss—so many inhibitors!”

Wang Tao had a total of 339 inhibitor bottles; he directly took out 100 of them.

Keeping too many of these things wasn’t useful; better to put them to work.

After all, Wang Tao also wanted the Crystal Cores from other people’s hands; it would not be right for him to keep taking without giving in return.

Furthermore, this did not mean that Wang Tao was giving these inhibitors away for free to the survivors in the base.

The items he had presented nominally belonged to the whole base, but others had to apply to use them, and whether or not they got approval was up to Wang Tao to say—previously, the inhibitors brought back by Wei Zhenguo were managed this way, with Wei Zhenguo retaining usage rights.

Of course, Wang Tao most likely wouldn’t bother with such trivial matters. He would have Ren Jie handle it, and then all Ren Jie had to do was keep him informed.

“With so many inhibitors, we can certainly rally everyone’s motivation again!”

Ren Jie said with some joy.

“Didn’t you all get some inhibitors in the airdrops before?”

Wang Tao asked, puzzled.

“We did, but we only got a total of 300 bottles, and here you are, a single person bringing in 100 bottles…”

Feng Ming’an shrugged.

When this matter came up, Xiang Hongbin felt a bit uncomfortable.

“Damn it! Normally, you wouldn’t think there were so many survivors in Shuize County, right? But when we went for the airdrops, it felt like there were people everywhere!”

Lu Gang explained that they had split into several squads and ran around for two days, but only found three airdrop boxes containing inhibitors. The other boxes either had food and other supplies or had already been scavenged by others.

Although 300 bottles wasn’t small, they encountered quite a few airdrop boxes, so everyone felt a bit regretful.

Xiang Hongbin and his group kept 200 bottles for themselves and took out the remaining 100 bottles, plus Wang Tao’s too bottles and the 40 bottles the base had previously obtained; now, they had a total of 240 inhibitor bottles!

Ren Jie was already thinking about how to use these inhibitors to enhance the base’s strength—many people were afraid to go out looking for supplies, but with inhibitors as a backup, the number of survivors who became Hunters could increase significantly…

Besides the inhibitors, the base members also scavenged a lot of supplies during their outing and brought back some survivors. Overall, it could be said that their gains were quite substantial.

And speaking of survivors, Wang Tao took the opportunity to arrange for people to bring over Gao Hua and his group..