Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 922 - 364: Massive Harvest

Wang Tao still hadn’t seen the exact situation of the zombie horde that Wen Guocheng mentioned.

However, it wasn’t a big issue, as he had no plans to hunt down the Level 5 Zombie Lord right now anyway, and the absence of a zombie horde could save him some trouble.

Following the route provided by Fu Yu, Wang Tao drove directly to the location. The place was a forest on Nameless Hill, not too far from the temporary base. Half an hour later, Wang Tao saw the grove.

Even from a great distance, Wang Tao could see some scattered red dots halfway up the hill.

"...So many?"

Wang Tao was somewhat bewildered.

He had thought Fu Yu had been using hyperbole when she said there was a large patch of Serpent Fruits here; he hadn’t been too concerned about the details since having some was good enough. But it turned out there really was a large patch!

These red fruits hung on some low trees, and though they were brightly colored, they appeared quite ordinary because the fruits were too small and too numerous, instinctively making one assume these were just ordinary wild fruits.

Blacky by Wang Tao’s side hissed excitedly, sticking out its forked tongue, seeming somewhat thrilled.

However, when Wang Tao got closer and saw the specific attributes of the fruits and the surroundings, his eyebrows knitted together again.

There were indeed a lot of these Strange Snake Fruits, but many of them were unripe.

[Strange Snake Fruit (Unripe)]: Bitter in taste, non-toxic and harmless, eating them can stave off hunger.]

The unripe Snake Fruits were somewhat greenish, not as bright and luscious as the ripe ones. They had no special effects when eaten, but they also contained no toxins, so they could be treated as a type of wild fruit that could fill one’s stomach.

Normally, people would probably wait for the fruits to ripen before eating them, but if one ate the Strange Snake Fruits after they had ripened, that could be potentially life-threatening... These Snake Fruits were somewhat of a trap.

Beyond the Snake Fruits, there were also many zombies. These zombies were all within the range of the Snake Fruits, as if they wanted to eat the fruits too?

Wang Tao frowned. Can zombies eat these things?

But soon, he found the reason—not the zombies eating the fruits, but rather many ordinary snakes hiding here, with the zombies coming to eat the snakes!

Wang Tao did not go over immediately. He had He Jijun drive around the area in the car to make sure there weren’t any other dangers. Only then did they move within the growth range of the Serpent Fruits.

"Hehe..."

As soon as Wang Tao and his party appeared, they immediately attracted the attention of these zombies.

They were all Ordinary Zombies of the Third or Fourth Order, which might be difficult for Wen Guocheng’s team to handle, but posed no difficulty to Wang Tao’s group.

After spending a bit of time, all the zombies lay beneath the low trees.

Seeing these dead zombies, Wang Tao’s eyebrows suddenly shot up.

These zombies looked like they could serve as fertilizer to nourish the Serpent Fruit Trees!

The Zombie Virus wouldn’t infect plants, and after a zombie died, the virus would completely disappear within seven days.

If these zombies could indeed nourish the Serpent Fruit Trees, then the fruits could feed the snakes, the snakes would attract zombies, and so on in a continuous cycle... Well, he got himself a closed ecological loop!

If this was truly viable, Wang Tao thought he could keep cultivating these Snake Fruits!

However, there was one problem: the Serpent Fruit Trees could not kill zombies, and the ordinary snakes were not able to deal with the zombies either. Someone or something needed to kill the zombies for it to work...

Leave Blacky here? No way!

Wang Tao quickly shook his head.

Although Blacky was considered strong within the base, it was nothing compared to the vast post-apocalyptic wilderness. Wang Tao didn’t feel comfortable leaving it here.

What about transplanting these Serpent Fruit Trees into the base? Although they would lack the zombie fertilizer, these Snake Fruit Trees grew fine before without it!

Wang Tao felt that transplantation was still a viable option.

However, he didn’t act rashly, as he had previously heard of someone discovering edible wild fruits in the wilderness wanting to transplant them into the base, only for them to die after the move... He decided to leave this matter to the professionals. Not really understanding this area, Wang Tao thought it better to ask Qu Shilin later to see if they had any relevant experience or research...

Of course, now wasn’t the time to think about these things. Wang Tao signaled for everyone to start picking the ripe fruits.

Half an hour later, Wang Tao had picked all the ripe fruits from the Serpent Fruit Trees, totaling over a thousand! And there were at least a few thousand unripe fruits left!

Seeing such a large number, Wang Tao was first delighted, but then he frowned again.

The concept of "the fewer, the more precious" might not always hold true, but it often applied.

Just how small was that "small probability" mentioned in the [Strange Snake Fruit]? He would have to try to find out...

Blacky had been impatient for a while now, wriggling and fawning on Wang Tao. He laughed and patted Blacky’s head, then said,

"Eat it. Let’s see what effect it has!"

At the command, Blacky, who had been ready to pounce, immediately bit into a red Snake Fruit and swallowed it.

Wang Tao could clearly feel that Blacky’s body heated up slightly after eating the fruit. Then he saw its HP increase by 100 points.

Wang Tao waited a bit more but apart from the increase in HP, Blacky showed no other reaction.

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This left Wang Tao somewhat disappointed. Although he knew the chances of Blacky suddenly Awakening were slim, he couldn’t help but harbor some hope. And with only a 100-point increase in HP, it seemed a bit too little...