Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1156 - 471 Hard Rock_2

Chapter 1156: Chapter 471 Hard Rock_2

Chapter 1156 -471 Hard Rock_2

Could these stones also be valuable?

On the other side, Wei Zhenguo and others found a fairly decent stone. It was big enough to block the entrance of the cave, but its shape was not very suitable, leaving gaps when blocking the entrance. It needed some reshaping.

Therefore, Xiang Hongbin volunteered for the job, and a machete popped out of his mechanical arm.

The weapons on his body were all made of some advanced alloys by the research institute. If you didn’t consider durability or any attached abilities and attributes, just based on the material and sharpness, his weapons were not inferior to those Wang Tao made from design schematics.

A bunch of calculation data appeared in Xiang Hongbin’s blue eyes.

Then he raised his arm and aimed at a specific part of the large stone, and thrust the knife down fiercely.

According to his calculations, by inserting it there and using skillful strength, he could instantly split the big stone in half.

Bang!

Clang——

With a dull thud followed by a crisp sound, Xiang Hongbin was dumbfounded as he looked at the long knife broken in two.

“Ah?”

“What’s wrong?”

Hearing the noise, the others looked over.

“My knife… broke? No, really, is this stone that hard?”

Xiang Hongbin’s face was full of shock.

“The knife broke?”

Wei Zhenguo and the others quickly gathered around.

Seeing Xiang Hongbin pick up the broken knife, not only was the knife broken, but the blade was also chipped. In front of it, the large stone only showed a faint white mark.

“…”

Everyone was similarly stunned by the situation.

The battles they had fought before were not long in duration. Moreover, they were aiming at the mutated plants and didn’t pay too much attention to these stones.

But unexpectedly, the stone had shattered Xiang Hongbin’s knife!

“I’ll give it a try!”

He Jijun came over with a curved knife, which Wang Tao had given him earlier.

Bang!

He Jijun quickly made a chop with the knife. This time, the knife didn’t break, nor did the blade chip, but only an approximately one to two-millimeter mark appeared on the stone.

A full-strength chop on the stone and only a mark appeared?

“There’s something off about this stone!”

Given He Jijun’s strength, if it were an ordinary stone, his single chop would have definitely shattered it, which made the current situation impossible!

The group was baffled, so they hurriedly went to find Wang Tao.

Wang Tao had just finished carving a few lines of large characters on the wall.

“The inside of the cave is an experimental site, do not enter without permission—Wang Tao was here…” After Xiang Hongbin read out the characters Wang Tao had carved, he suddenly froze. “Damn! You actually managed to carve such deep, large characters!”

Xiang Hongbin didn’t doubt that the stone in front of Wang Tao was different from the one they had just encountered because, after all, Wang Tao’s strength was indeed much greater than theirs.

“You’ve also noticed, these stones are a bit peculiar. Too hard!”

Wang Tao first shook his head, then raised his eyebrows.

“Perhaps this is a type of ore we don’t know about? If we could make armor out of this stone, the defensive power will likely be very high!”

“Eh? That’s true! This thing is harder than my knife, if we can make weapon equipment out of it…”

Their eyes all lit up.

They didn’t lack equipment, after all, they were all wearing sets of Level 4, Level 5 Night Demon, but other people at the base still needed it.

For example, the students who came out this time were only dressed warmly for cold protection. If we’re talking about defensive power, that’s clearly not enough. If they could all wear this kind of defensive equipment, their combat strength would definitely increase by a large margin…

“But then again,” said Xiang Hongbin frowning, “this stone is so hard, with our base’s industrial capabilities, can it be processed again?”

“Put it into the steel furnace and burn it vigorously, it should melt into liquid. Cutting it is just a little inconvenient…” said He Jijun, touching the stone.

At this moment, Wang Tao suddenly thought of the venom spit out by the trumpet flowers during the battle. That venom, when it fell on the stone, would directly corrode a small pit. If they could get more venom, perhaps they could cut the stones quickly?

“Check out this Venom Horn Gun. This thing can shoot out venom that can corrode stone…”

Wang Tao handed the Venom Horn Gun to everyone, then he went to the stone Xiang Hongbin had found earlier, his eyes emitting a red glow.

Sizzle—

Two high-temperature rays shot out in an instant, plunging fiercely into the stone. Three seconds later, with a loud bang, the large stone split in two, the cut as smooth as if sliced by a knife.

“Good Lord! I had no concept of Wang Tao’s Level 5 strength before, but now I get it…” Xiang Hongbin was amazed.

The group lifted the smoothly cut stone and blocked the cave entrance.

“This stone is lighter than I thought! If this turns out to be a new material that’s both light and highly defensive…”

“It’s indeed possible. However, the specifics will have to be thoroughly researched.”

Wang Tao took out his long blade, used the Dark Series energy, and hacked at another stone, quickly obtaining several small pieces of stone.

If not using any energy, relying solely on strength and the sharpness of the blade, Wang Tao could carve on the stone, but cutting it was a bit strenuous.

After collecting these small cut pieces of stone, Wang Tao led everyone on a stroll through the Stone Forest.

He had planned to kill the Fifth-Order Mutant Plant and then cross the Stone Forest to explore deeper because Blacky had told him there was only one Level 5 plant Lord there. But since these stones seemed to be valuable, Wang Tao was in no hurry to leave. He intended to clear all the monsters in the Stone Forest so that there would be no trouble when transporting the stones later.

The Stone Forest was larger than Wang Tao had imagined, and it took some time to search the entire area.

“These things are really good at hiding!”

Wei Zhenguo was somewhat impressed. If they didn’t have Wang Tao and Han Rui in the team, many of the mutated plants would have gone unnoticed. If they missed any, it would surely lead to trouble when people came to transport the stones later.

“Indeed, although these mutated plants can’t move, they are far too concealed compared to zombies, and even many are disguised. I really don’t understand why they bother with disguises in such a dark environment… They’re really cunning!”

Xiang Hongbin complained a bit.

“But this Venom Horn Gun is ridiculously powerful, worthy of being a Level 5 weapon. Even the Level 4 Lords can’t withstand it!”

Everyone nodded in satisfaction when they mentioned the Venom Horn Gun.

With this gun, as long as they found the position of the mutated plants, they could kill from a distance like Wang Tao. Although the gun’s range and power were not as good as Wang Tao’s, it was still further than everyone else’s. They could enjoy the thrill of long-range sniping.

However, there was a drawback: the consumption was too high. Watching the color of the Level 5 Crystal Core on the gun gradually dim, they all felt a bit pained.

Of course, after the cleanup, the rewards were quite good and completely offset the consumption.

Since Wang Tao was Level 5, there was no longer a reward for killing Level 4 Lords above his level, so he let his teammates have the heads of these mutated plants. A large number of Crystal Cores, Awakening Energy Pearls, and the like burst out, plus the Awakening Keys obtained by teammates, so the overall gains were still decent.

The only pity was that some mutated plants would burst out materials that couldn’t be used because they weren’t killed by Wang Tao and there were no corresponding designs. Wang Tao planned to give these materials to Qu Shilin later; she would probably like them…

“The Stone Forest has been cleared. I’ve left a mark at the entrance we came through—if anyone else comes by, they should see it. Let’s move on.”

Wang Tao said to everyone.

“Alright!”

Everyone was getting more and more excited about the Cave.

They let Blacky lead the way ahead; in such pitch-black conditions, Blacky was in its element.

Soon, Blacky sent another message.

“A downward passage has been found? There’s a sense of danger inside?”

Wang Tao’s eyebrows immediately shot up.