Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 890 - 349 Gourmet Feast_2

"It looks like we’ll just have to make do for now and see if I can arrange some equipment for you later..."

Wang Tao refit the battle armor onto Lightning, whose stature had returned to normal.

"I’m planning to have you devour some zombies or something. When you can bite a giant zombie to death in one go, then I can just follow behind and coast..."

"Woof~"

Understanding Wang Tao’s words, Lightning immediately started to lick Wang Tao wildly.

After playing with Lightning for a while, Wang Tao checked his own attributes.

The second awakening required two secret keys, and he had already fused two advanced awakening secret keys. So, if he were to attempt the second awakening now, he would have a 70% probability!

This probability wasn’t very high because Wang Tao had previously failed with an 80% success rate red crystal core. But it also wasn’t low—it was much better than just over 50%.

Wang Tao was considering whether to start the awakening process now or if it would be better to improve the success rate a bit more.

If he failed this time, not only would he lose these two advanced awakening secret keys, but he would also need four awakening secret keys for his next attempt. And they would need to be advanced keys too since ordinary ones would only give him a 30% chance. That rate was too low for Wang Tao.

Wang Tao considered himself lucky, but he didn’t dare gamble on this. If he lost the bet, the success rate for the awakening would continue to drop until it was as low as 10%, which would be disastrous...

Wang Tao then checked his advanced special energy, which had already accumulated to over forty.

"Maybe I should save up some more advanced special energy?"

His advanced special energy couldn’t be fused with abilities now, but it could increase awakening energy and enhance the success rate of awakening. One unit of advanced special energy could add 100 awakening energy, equivalent to one awakening crystal core or one awakening energy pearl, while ten units of advanced special energy could raise the success rate by 1%!

He had quite a bit of advanced special energy before, but most of it was used to increase the upper limit of his awakening energy. Otherwise, he might already have over a hundred by now.

This 70% success rate for awakening was less than two-thirds. If he could use the advanced special energy to raise it to two-thirds or directly to 80%... that would certainly be safer.

Wang Tao was torn, so he simply shared the dilemma with the others to get their thoughts.

"I have an ability that can increase my own chances of awakening, but it requires killing some level 4, monster lords..."

After hearing Wang Tao’s words, everyone surprisingly shared the same opinion—they hoped Wang Tao would accumulate more before undergoing the awakening.

The reason was simple: with their current strength, defeating ordinary level 4, monster lords wasn’t a problem.

For Wang Tao and his team, it was just a matter of time.

Spending a bit more time to raise the success rate was clearly worthwhile!

People like Lan Yulian and Jiang Shixue had their awakenings since they had no way to improve their chances of success. Earlier or later, it was all a risk, so it was obviously better sooner.

But Wang Tao had a choice, and they were not in any crisis or life-or-death situation. There was no need to rush; being cautious was better. Being more stable now meant fewer worries later!

After hearing their reasoning, Wang Tao felt they had a point.

Reaching a two-thirds probability seemed much more reassuring.

"But if we keep waiting, we still need to find a way to locate the level 4 lords... I’ve asked Cheng Yiyi to keep an eye out, but they’re going to attack first if they come across any. We’ll only know when they’re too tough for them to handle, and by then who knows when that will be..."

Wang Tao spoke, somewhat conflicted.

Hearing this, Ding Yuqin suddenly asked,

"Didn’t you get a bunch of meteorites, Wang Tao? Inside there might be level 4, monster lords..."

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"Huh?" Wang Tao was momentarily stunned, then he slapped his thigh, "Sister-in-law is right! How did I not think of that!"

He agreed to let Cheng Yiyi use the meteorites to settle the debt, not to resell or hoard them, but purely for his own use.

And the sooner he used them, the better. After all, the items that came from these Level 4 meteorites were all Level 4, and now was the time they were worth the most.

Cheng Yiyi gave him 30 Level 4 meteorites, and these meteorites could at least produce some Level 4 Monster Lords, right? He felt his chances of summoning monsters were quite high.

By killing these summoned monsters, gathering fifty Advanced Special Energy was no problem, and that would at least increase his chance of a successful Second Awakening by 5%!

Wang Tao had originally planned to rest well in the city after coming back, but he didn’t expect Cheng Yiyi to settle her debt with meteorites, bringing him so many of them. It would be a waste not to use them. It was also a good chance to improve his Awakening success rate—two birds with one stone—no, three, since Lightning could devour some corpses too!

So Wang Tao immediately said:

"Alright! That’s settled, then. Let’s see if tomorrow or the day after is good to go out and crack open some meteorites!"

"Great!"

Everyone was also very much looking forward to this kind of blind box opening activity. Making money was secondary—after all, it was highly unlikely that Wang Tao would lose out. The main thing was the feeling of surprise.

Since it was decided to go meteorite hunting tomorrow, Wang Tao planned rigorously.

Within the base, there was a special Ability User Market, where numerous items related to Ability Users were for sale, including intelligence.

Wang Tao planned to buy some intel to see where Zombie Lords or monsters might be found. This information might not be accurate, as zombies and monsters moved around and could also be killed by others, but having intel was better than having none.

After all, Wang Tao was going out to find a place to unlock meteorites, and he would try his luck on the side. If he could encounter a Level 4 Lord, great; if not, no big deal. Intel wasn’t expensive, so he wouldn’t lose much.

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The next day.

Wang Tao first went to the bank to exchange all his Crystal Coins for Level 4 Epic Crystal Cores.

Wang Tao had a total of 1.3 million Crystal Coins, and one Level 4 Epic Crystal Core cost 5000 coins, so he could exchange for 260 Crystal Cores.

He currently had 30 meteorites, including 6 Epic Meteorites that required ten Crystal Cores to open, and the remaining 24 were Superior Meteorites which could be opened with eight Crystal Cores each.

Wang Tao always used Epic Crystal Cores to open the meteorites, meaning he needed 252 Level 4 Epic Crystal Cores. The Crystal Coins he had were enough to exchange for the Cores he needed.

After exchanging for the Crystal Cores, Wang Tao then headed to the Ability User Market. There were many such markets, and Wang Tao went to the nearest one.

This was Wang Tao’s first time at such a place, and from afar, it looked no different from a vegetable market. The only distinction was that you needed to register as an Ability User to enter.

Qu Shilin had told Wang Tao before that these Ability User trading markets were a bit like black markets. However, the Ability User Market was legitimate, and identity proof was required for transactions.

There were two types of sellers here: independent sellers and official sellers.

The official seller was City Hall. Although their items were expensive, they were generally guaranteed to be reliable.

The products sold by individual sellers varied in quality, but since the transactions were public and seller information could be tracked, selling fake goods or conning people would ensure retaliation unless one planned never to leave the city. The City Hall generally turned a blind eye to such retaliatory actions.

So overall, the items in the Ability User Market might not be great, but they wouldn’t be too bad either. However, you couldn’t expect to find any underrated items here, because anything uncertain of its value would be sold off at the black market instead, where identities could remain hidden to avoid repercussions...

Wang Tao came with Nie Siyan; she was like a bag-carrying attendant.

After registering their identity information and entering the market, they immediately spotted a stall selling Night Demon Hearts.

"Huh? This thing is that expensive?"

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