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

In the days without much entertainment, the survivors went to bed early, and naturally, dinner time came early too.

“Commissioner Wang!”

Seeing Wang Tao arrive, the staff members cooking the meal immediately greeted him with respect.

“Hmm.”

Wang Tao nodded, then he said to the person in charge of the canteen:

“Is everyone from the canteen staff present today?”

“All… I’ll go check!”

The person in charge had wanted to say that everyone was present, but he was unsure of Wang Tao’s intent. What if someone was absent and Wang Tao discovered it?

So he quickly gathered everyone and carefully counted them. Only after confirming nobody was missing did he return to Wang Tao’s side. “Commissioner Wang, there are a total of 12 people working in the canteen, not one more, not one less, everyone is here! If you have any orders, just command us!”

“Then, finish up for today.”

Wang Tao nodded and said.

“Ah?”

“Everyone is off work, take a half-day paid leave, all of you go back.”

“But… today’s dinner isn’t ready yet…”

The face of the person in charge twisted awkwardly.

“Notify everyone that there’s no dinner tonight because the canteen’s machines are broken and can’t be used, and they’ll probably be fixed by tomorrow.” “…Yes!”

The person in charge didn’t know what Wang Tao was up to, but he couldn’t defy the commissioner’s orders.

Soon, everyone in the canteen had left.

Wang Tao looked at the half-finished, smashed paste, and shook his head.

With Gao Hua’s prior poisoning, Wang Tao still took the issue of the zombie virus very seriously. To prevent Shao Yong, who had been to the canteen, from poisoning today’s food, he simply decided it was better for everyone to skip the meal.

However, this was still food, and it shouldn’t go to waste.

Wang Tao found an empty warehouse, took out the food compressor from his space backpack, and placed all the food into the compressor. Bottles of nutrient fluid came out of the machine, which Wang Tao packed away in his backpack. Just then, his walkie-talkie rang.

“Wang Tao, I’ve found an ability user!”

Han Rui’s voice came through the walkie-talkie.

There were currently only eight ability users in the entire base, the seven commissioners and Han Rui. If any other survivors became ability users, they would certainly be detected by Han Rui’s perception ability, so there was no way for an ability user to hide their power inside the base. If there was another ability user… there was no need to think about it; it had to be Shao Yong!

“Where?”

“Right outside the teacher’s apartments, in a flower bed! I didn’t dare to approach…”

“Good, wait forme.”

Wang Tao immediately drove toward the teacher’s apartments.

However, on the way there, Han Rui informed Wang Tao that the ability user had already left. They’d headed toward the restricted area — the restricted area was a collective term for some sealed-off buildings within the base. There weren’t that many survivors in the base, but the school was large, and not so many places could be inhabited, so some buildings had been sealed off, to be opened up again when more people arrived.

Learning that Shao Yong had gone to the restricted area, Wang Tao actually breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he didn’t cause destruction, that was good. “Wang Tao!”

When Wang Tao arrived at the teacher’s apartments, Han Rui immediately took him to the flower bed.

“He was right here before!”

After the apocalypse, no one tended to the flowerbeds anymore. Enriched by the corrosive acid rain, the flowerbeds had become extremely lush. It was more appropriate to call it a small forest rather than flowerbeds.

In the place Han Rui pointed out, amidst a patch of dust, were several large footprints. On the footprints, there were also traces of blood.

Wang Tao squatted down and looked at the bright red bloodstains, his eyebrows instantly raising.

“His wound hasn’t healed…”

Shao Yong was critically low on HP, gravely injured. But after three days, Shao Yong’s injury still hadn’t healed, and he was even still bleeding… This could only prove one thing—Shao Yong didn’t have a self-healing “Blood Regeneration” ability, nor did he have a medical kit or potion to increase his HP!

This might also explain why he didn’t directly attack Shuize Base but chose to infiltrate it.

However… if it’s about being critically low on HP, then that’s a different story! Wang Tao had previously felt that he might not be a match for Shao Yong in his prime. After merging with some Crystal Cores, Wang Tao felt he was not completely without a fighting chance. Now, seeing that Shao Yong was still critically low on HP, Wang Tao believed—the advantage is mine!

Of course, this was not to say that Wang Tao was underestimating Shao Yong. After all, Shao Yong was an Ability User with 4000 HP and had learned multiple abilities. Moreover, he wasn’t as simple-minded as zombies… so dealing with Shao Yong was much more difficult than with zombies of the same level!

“Are you sure he went to the containment area?”

Wang Tao asked.

“I’m certain, I’ve been watching with my Perception Ability!”

Han Rui replied.

Wang Tao had reminded her before that Shao Yong had very keen senses, so instead of looking directly at him, Han Rui used her Ability to sense him.

“Hmm, let me think…”

Wang Tao pondered for a moment, then came up with a plan.

Since Shao Yong had gone to the containment area, Wang Tao would isolate that area! Then, he would have people guard this place!

Unless Shao Yong could silently kill all the guards, as long as he dared to move, he would certainly be discovered, and Wang Tao would come out to deal with him.

Wang Tao was not afraid of Shao Yong himself, as he was currently low on HP.

Wang Tao feared the destruction he could cause while lurking inside the base. After all, no one can be on guard against a thief every day.

Of course, while Wang Tao was not afraid, there was no need to enter the containment area to look for him, as it would be easy to fall into a trap. It was better to let him come out on his own.

But this was under one condition: They could not let Shao Yong suspect that he had been discovered. Otherwise, if he were to throw caution to the wind… even if he were eventually killed, he could take many people down with him!

So, there needed to be a coincidence… That’s it!

Wang Tao told Han Rui to keep monitoring Shao Yong while he went to find Ren Jie.

“Just as I thought, our patrol found that the wire fence at the northeast corner of the base has been damaged!”

Ren Jie immediately spoke upon seeing Wang Tao.

“Oh? That’s perfect!”

“Huh?”

“Here’s what we’ll do…”

Wang Tao briefly shared the plan with Ren Jie, then left the base.

By the afternoon, suddenly a few Mad Demon Zombies crawled in through this gap in the wire fence!

The survivors inside the base instantly panicked, but at that moment, Wei Zhenguo and his team happened to return!

Luckily, they arrived in time, preventing casualties.

However, two Mad Demon Zombies ran into the containment area and couldn’t be found for a time…

Therefore, Wei Zhenguo announced on the spot that the committee had decided to immediately shrink the base area, abandoning those containment zones! They would build a new wall right here!

The Shuize Base was a bit too large, making it prone to oversights, like this broken wire fence that no one knew when it had been damaged, nearly causing a disaster.

So, for the sake of safety, shrinking the base was quite sensible.

That very night, a wall made of wire mesh, wood, and bricks was built by hundreds of people, isolating the containment area completely..