Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 821 - 320 Gray Crystal Core_3

Chapter 821: Chapter 320 Gray Crystal Core_3

“No problem!”

Xiang Hongbin nodded.

Moving might sound troublesome, but Wang Tao and the others didn’t have much to move, the biggest item being the helicopter. The helicopter was still parked within the Third Legion, so there was no need to move it for the time being.

However, their current residence was arranged by Duan Xuchang, so they definitely had to inform Duan Xuchang before leaving.

“I hope he’s not out on a mission…”

Wang Tao muttered, then tried to contact Duan Xuchang.

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Fortunately, Duan Xuchang was in the city and not out.

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When Duan Xuchang heard that Wang Tao was planning to move, he said he would come right over and asked Wang Tao to wait.

By the time Wang Tao and the others had packed up, Duan Xuchang had just arrived.

“Won’t you stay a few more days? It’s not like anybody else is living here.”

Duan Xuchang asked politely.

“No, it’s a bit embarrassing to keep troubling you guys, and we’ve got the place sorted out, so we might as well move over while there’s nothing much happening today.”

“What trouble? It’s no trouble at all!”

Duan Xuchang waved his hand, but he didn’t insist, as most people are not comfortable living under someone else’s roof. Then, seeming to remember something, he asked Wang Tao,

“By the way, I heard you went with City Hall to mine some meteorites yesterday? How was the haul—oh, sorry, I’m just curious. If it’s inconvenient, just ignore my question!”

“Indeed, I went with them to mine meteorites. As for the haul, I can only say… I made a little profit, but the others, especially City Hall, made a huge profit!”

Wang Tao didn’t hide anything; after all, no one had prohibited him from speaking, and many people had witnessed what had happened, so it couldn’t be hidden. It wouldn’t take many days before it all came out.

“I see, a huge profit, no wonder! Today I saw many forces heading out of the city to mine meteorites, not just City Hall and the Fourth Legion but also the Loyalty Alliance, the Rush Army, and so on…”

Upon hearing Duan Xuchang’s words, Wang Tao’s eyebrows shot up.

These people had indeed left him out of the loop.

However, he could understand why. They had invited him to participate before because they hadn’t been sure if it would be profitable or not, so they needed people to share the risk.

Now that they saw even casually mining 10 meteorites turned out to be highly profitable, why would they need anyone to share the risk? What they’d be sharing wouldn’t be risk, but profit! So, it was normal for them to exclude Wang Tao.

Wang Tao guessed that they must be acting on their own, with City Hall not cooperating with anyone else now.

After inquiring further, Duan Xuchang confirmed his suspicion. City Hall, apart from pairing with the Fourth Legion, had gone their separate ways from other forces.

Obviously, everyone didn’t want to share their windfall!

“Your Third Legion must have gotten quite a few meteorites, right?”

Wang Tao asked curiously.

“Hey, don’t mention it!” Duan Xuchang grimaced when the subject came up. “Our legion discovered flying zombies, didn’t we? Then we sent a large number of soldiers to investigate. We killed many zombies, but we didn’t find any meteorites in that area. Our entire legion barely picked up a few meteorites!”

“Ah, that’s…”

Wang Tao had thought that the Third Legion had also obtained quite a few meteorites.

“Now, if you want to pick up meteorites in the wild, apart from being lucky, the main thing was whether anyone noticed where the meteorites fell on the night of the meteor shower! We can forget about the distant places, but as for the meteorites near our base, they were basically claimed by those lucky and quick-responding forces. Our legion’s main forces were out on missions at that time. We were unlucky, with no meteorites falling nearby, and we didn’t see any nearby. By the time we found some clues, the meteorites had been picked clean… Of course, there are definitely still quite a few meteorites out there, but it’s pretty dangerous, and we are considering whether or not to go after them…”

Listening to Duan Xuchang’s resigned explanation, Wang Tao shrugged.

There was nothing that could be done, sometimes luck is part of your strength.

“Oh well, let’s not think about that now! However, we have made a new discovery, which I was actually preparing to discuss with you.”

Duan Xuchang’s expression became serious.

“What discovery?”

“We found that inside the bodies of those ordinary zombies outside, there is a type of gray Crystal Core…”

“Ordinary Zombies? Gray Crystal Core?”

Wang Tao frowned. Even Ordinary Zombies have Crystal Cores now?

“Exactly like this one.”

Duan Xuchang took out a Crystal Core and handed it to Wang Tao.

Wang Tao was somewhat surprised.

It really was a Gray Crystal Core, just much smaller than a normal Crystal Core. As for its attributes…

[Level 1 Crystal Core]

[Quality: Inferior quality (2%)]

[Purity: 5% (Side effects: None)]

Seeing these attributes, Wang Tao was somewhat confused. No Ability was one thing, but these attributes were just too trashy, right?

“We’ve already had the research institute test it, and they said the energy inside this Crystal Core is much less than that of a Level 1 White Crystal Core, roughly only about one-tenth…”

Duan Xuchang explained.

“So what’s the use of this Crystal Core?”

Wang Tao was somewhat speechless.

“It’s not clear for the time being, but the strengthening of Ordinary Zombies seems to be related to these Crystal Cores.”

“…”

Ordinary Zombies becoming stronger was definitely not a good thing, but if Ordinary Zombies had Crystal Cores in their bodies… that would be a different story.

After all, things like Powered Armor consume Crystal Cores, so these inferior quality Cores should also be usable, right?

Wang Tao didn’t have a clue for the time being and decided to wait and see how things developed.

After chatting with Duan Xuchang for a while and having a simple lunch, Duan Xuchang personally led Wang Tao and his group to move houses.

By a little after two in the afternoon, Wang Tao finally arrived at his new home.

It was a villa district with mountains and water, which looked much more beautiful in person than in the photos.

Wang Tao nodded in satisfaction. It looked pretty good, reminiscent of his time in Shuize Base.

He had already notified Cui Sheng on the way here, and now Cui Sheng was waiting for him at the main entrance.

“I won’t go in. I’m still busy over on my side. You’ve got to treat us to a meal later, now that you’ve moved to a new house!” Duan Xuchang said with a smile.

“No problem, I’ll call you in a few days!”

“Hahaha, great!”

Duan Xuchang hurriedly left. He was busy but still made time to help Wang Tao move.

“Mr. Wang, good afternoon!”

Only then did Cui Sheng run over to greet him.

“Mm…”

Wang Tao nodded, just about to say something to Cui Sheng, when a message suddenly came through on his Informational Wristwatch.

It was from Gu Yun.

“Huh?”

Upon seeing the details of the message, Wang Tao was immediately surprised.

Because it was a work log, detailing a large number of Crystal Cores and the specific Items obtained upon opening them.

Looking at the time… it was exactly from this morning.