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

The Crystal Core inside Wu Fei’s head was an Ascension Crystal Core!

However, because Wu Fei had only recently turned into a zombie, the core was a deep green color.

[Level 2 Crystal Core – Ascension]

[Quality: Rare (55%)]

[Purity: 45% (Side effects: None)]

Wang Tao had now spotted a pattern: for Level 2 Zombies with several abilities, the Crystal Core in their heads was likely to be one of their abilities plus either the Ascension or the Omnipotent Crystal Core.

That meant, if a Level 2 Zombie possessed four abilities, then the Crystal Core it dropped could be one of those abilities or it could be either an Ascension or Omnipotent Crystal Core.

Each kill would drop only one Crystal Core, and the probability for each type of core was probably one in six.

Of course, this was just Wang Tao’s speculation; after all, he didn’t know if there were other special types of cores besides the Ascension and Omnipotent Crystal Cores.

Furthermore, Wang Tao was different from others; when he killed a Level 2 Zombie, in addition to the Crystal Core dropped by the zombie itself, he would also get a Loot Pack, which might contain Crystal Cores.

So, the chances of him getting Ascension or Omnipotent Crystal Cores were likely much higher than for ordinary people…

Zombie Wu Fei dropped three packs.

The first pack contained a Crystal Core Gift Bag with a total of four Crystal Cores.

[Level 2 Crystal Core – Super Strength]

[Quality: Excellent (40%)]

[Purity: 45% (Side effects: Strength is proportionate to body size, inadequate body size leads to negative growth in strength)]

It was no surprise that Wu Fei, with his great strength, had the Power attribute.

[Level 2 Crystal Core – Self Detonation]

[Quality: Ordinary (20%)]

[Purity: 45% (Side effects: None)]

Wang Tao already knew Wu Fei had fused with Self Detonation ability, so it was not unexpected.

Ability Users and zombies who had learned Self Detonation ability after the fact were different from innate Self-exploders.

If a Self-exploder wasn’t shattered on death, it would still detonate, just delayed by ten seconds.

However, Ability Users or zombies that learned Self Detonation wouldn’t explode upon death – after all, the Self Detonation Crystal Core had no side effects, and they did not possess the Self-exploder’s volatile body.

The third core was an Omnipotent Crystal Core!

[Level 2 Crystal Core – Omnipotent]

[Quality: Excellent (60%)]

[Purity: 45% (Side effects: None)]

This was a great find, and Wang Tao already had an ordinary Level 2 Omnipotent Crystal Core; synthesizing it with this one would yield an Epic Crystal Core. The only regret was that after the fusion, the purity would only reach 90%, not the perfect 100%…

The fourth Crystal Core made Wang Tao raise his eyebrows.

[Level 2 Crystal Core – Rib Spur]

[Quality: Excellent (60%)]

[Purity: 45% (Side effects: Reduced defensive power when using abilities)]

(Rib Spur: Ribs grow out of the body to become a weapon. If the attack is successful, it can deal a fixed amount of damage to the enemy’s HP (at least too, and no more than one’s own HP), and paralyze them for a certain period, but the user also loses (damage dealt -1) HP. If the attack fails, neither party loses HP]

Seeing the properties of this core, Wang Tao was reminded of when Wu Fei had turned into a zombie. He had a full HP of 5,000, which meant he could deal a maximum attack of 5,000 HP.

After a successful attack, he would lose 4,999 HP, which left him with just a sliver of life, making it easy for Wang Tao to kill him afterwards…

This ability had many limitations; if one only had a sliver of remaining HP, it would be extremely dangerous. Moreover, this limitation was inherent to the ability itself, not a side effect. Therefore, even if Wang Tao had several similar Crystal Cores, he couldn’t eliminate the self-damage mechanism through synthesis.

Nonetheless, this ability was formidable. If Wu Fei had more than 10,000 HP, wouldn’t he be able to instantly kill the Gorilla zombie?

However, the ability’s description did say that success wasn’t guaranteed; failure could depend on luck, the enemy’s defensive power, and other factors. Thus, the ability wasn’t invincible.

But regardless, this ability was indeed powerful! Especially when teamed up with others, as it was with Wu Fei and Wang Tao – even if Wu Fei couldn’t directly kill the Gorilla zombie, he could still paralyze it for a while, giving Wang Tao a chance to finish it off!

The second pack Wu Fei dropped contained Strength Potions.

[Strength Potion (Small) x5]

A set of five Strength Potions, not bad at all.

The third pack surprised Wang Tao.

[Deactivating Potion (Experimental) x5]

[Deactivating Potion (Experimental): Can reduce the activity of the zombie virus in the infected for 3-10 days. When the virus’s activity is reduced, mutation into a zombie will not occur.]

Could it be because Wu Fei used too many Inhibitors that he had dropped this “Deactivating Potion (Experimental)”?

This item was somewhat similar to an Inhibitor, serving to suppress the zombie virus, but there were significant differences.

The Inhibitors produced by Hope Research Institute did not specify how long their effects lasted – it could be one day, or it could be one month… Before complete mutation into a zombie, an Inhibitor could be used. And during the fusion with a Zombie Core, it was also possible to use an Inhibitor, which could slightly reduce the impurities in the body.

However, this Inhibitor had serious side effects; aside from being extremely painful to use, using it excessively could even lead to death.