Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 807 - 316 Armed

"What... what is this situation?"

The crowd watched dumbfounded as the Iron Beetle cleaned off the Dual-tail Scorpion’s corpse. They were all somewhat stunned, as yet another situation beyond their comprehension had emerged!

"Mr. Wang, what is this?"

Shang Heng was the first to snap out of it and asked hastily.

"Oh, it’s nothing, just a minor feature of the Iron Beetle."

Wang Tao didn’t explain much.

Because Gu Yun wanted to keep a card up his sleeve, he had asked him not to display the Iron Beetle’s second function in front of everyone.

This Iron Beetle belonged to the City Hall and Wang Tao, and if they chose not to display it, no one else could say anything.

Wang Tao didn’t really care, as his partner had made a request, so he wouldn’t reveal it.

But hiding the act of feeding the Iron Beetle with corpses wasn’t an easy thing, unless they carried the bodies away in a vehicle and fed the Iron Beetle in secret. However, this wasn’t something scandalous that needed to be done so sneakily.

And he was also very curious about what the Iron Beetle’s second function would look like once activated.

Seeing that Wang Tao wasn’t inclined to say much more, everyone suddenly became anxious.

Wang Tao’s image in their hearts had already become synonymous with a "know-it-all," and the bits of knowledge shared by Wang Tao were crucial!

If they hadn’t seen it, it would have been fine, but now that they had, and Wang Tao wasn’t talking, was it not tantamount to telling them: I know of a great thing, but I just won’t let you in on it!

Could they tolerate that? Clearly not!

Therefore, several people immediately turned their gaze towards Gu Yun.

The fact that Wang Tao intentionally hid this information obviously indicated Gu Yun’s involvement! Considering their interactions with Wang Tao, they knew he wasn’t stingy, especially with knowledge. Wang Tao was quite willing to answer questions for everyone.

"Why are you all looking at me?"

Faced with three Awakeners staring at him fiercely, Gu Yun suddenly felt immense pressure.

But for his own sake and for City Hall, he still needed to keep some trump cards in hand.

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Within Changhe Base, the power structures were intertwined and highly complex.

The ones with the greatest status and authority were naturally the committee. But the committee wasn’t just one person; it consisted of 23 members.

With so many people involved, it basically became difficult to have a single-minded approach. They might have been united in the bigger picture, but they each certainly had their own agendas. This was because many of the members had their own forces; the committee was everyone’s, but the forces only belonged to their respective owners...

Not to mention the committee obviously couldn’t do everything by themselves. The base needed functioning, and just the 23 of them obviously wouldn’t suffice.

An institution was required to carry out their directives, and that was City Hall.

City Hall was the executive authority of the entire base, responsible for all sorts of major and minor matters.

But to have tens of thousands in the base obey City Hall, it wasn’t enough to just talk the talk; authority was needed.

The power was granted by the committee, and the authority came from tangible strength, such as the Police Department and the City Defense Army, which maintained order and stability at Changhe Base and were under the command of City Hall.

However, it was the apocalypse, with so many zombies, monsters outside... Thus, there was also a need for external combat power.

This kind of external combat force consisted of the Six Major Legions.

According to the current rules of Changhe Base, City Hall was half a step higher than the Six Major Legions and theoretically could command them. But each legion had two committee members within. Committee members held higher ranks than City Hall...

So, on the surface, the Six Major Legions were subordinate to City Hall, but in reality, City Hall had no authority to command them. They could only negotiate or apply to the committee.

Similarly, City Hall couldn’t command other large forces, nor could the committee itself, since large forces were privately owned and not governed by the committee. Of course, if the committee really wanted to take charge, they certainly could, as the highest power structure. But the problem was, each large force had a member in the committee; those were private forces of the members...

Consequently, while the various major forces within Changhe Base were a single entity, they were also independent units. There was cooperation, competition, and, naturally, caution between them.

As the Secretary-General of City Hall, Gu Yun did not serve the committee directly, but rather the mayor. Although the mayor was appointed by the committee, one couldn’t leap over this hierarchy.

From his perspective, he certainly had to consider City Hall first. City Hall needed to keep some things to itself and couldn’t disclose everything.

The second function of this Iron Armored Beetle, "Armed," had already been introduced to Gu Yun by Wang Tao. Gu Yun simply understood it as: a Fourth-order Superpower armed with this Fourth-order Iron Armored Beetle could potentially become the strongest combat power at Level 4!

So this was a powerful trump card that should not be casually revealed. Even if he ultimately had to give in to pressure and disclose it, he hoped the other party would offer something in return; otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to justify it!

But the more he prevented Wang Tao from speaking, the more the others felt it was an important matter and were even more eager to find out!

The group didn’t make things hard for Wang Tao; they all started to nag at Gu Yun with a mix of soft and hard tactics.

Wang Tao was not interested in the tug-of-war between Gu Yun and the others; he turned his attention to the Iron Beetle’s new attributes.

[Level 4 Weapon: Armored Beetle]

[HP: 50000/50000 (Maximum 100000)]

[Status: Can Be Awakened]

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[Enhancement: Independent Attack, Armed (HP, Attack, Defense)]

[Compatibility: 1%]

[Independent Attack: Can independently carry out attacks upon owner’s command]

[Armed: Covers the owner’s body and enhances HP, Attack, Defense attributes]