Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 998 - 397: There’s Still an Event

The party began, and after the host delivered the opening remarks, the main leaders and guests were introduced, starting with the committee members seated at the very front, who also held the highest positions.

Most people only knew that there were 23 committee members at the base, some knew the names of these 23 members, and very few knew what these members looked like… because these members usually kept a low profile and rarely appeared in public.

Generally, on major occasions or when announcing important matters, it was the mayor who took the stage. However, the mayor had been showing up less frequently of late, and the frequency of appearances by Secretary-General Gu Yun had increased somewhat.

Today, the public got to recognize these 23 committee members. Not to mention the ordinary people watching in front of the big screen, even many people at the event were very curious, including Wang Tao.

Although Wang Tao had previously observed them, he only knew their attributes; he was still unclear about who was who.

With the host's introduction, Wang Tao also got to know these 23 committee members.

There were 20 males and 3 females in total, ranging from over sixty years of age to some who looked to be in their thirties or forties. All of these members had strength above Third Order Peak, but none were awakeners.

When Wang Tao first saw this, he was quite surprised. These members were the highest-ranking individuals in the whole base, yet none were awakeners?

On closer examination, Wang Tao understood why—most of them did not have hidden attributes.

Without hidden attributes, naturally, there was no chance of awakening.

Only four people had hidden attributes, and at first glance, they were not the combative type, somewhat similar to Qu Shilin—high level, but almost zero combat power.

Another condition for awakening is obtaining an Awakening Key.

Apart from Wang Tao, who could obtain a physical Awakening Key through Loot Packs, others had to personally kill a Level 4 Lord or higher-level organism.

Obviously, this was a very dangerous task; even awakeners couldn't guarantee a 100% chance of killing a Level 4 Lord.

It would have been fine if those members had a certain combat ability; many of them seemed to have combat power. Unfortunately, they lacked hidden attributes.

And for those two with hidden attributes, it was obvious they were not combat personnel, so they had no need to take the risk.

Without personally killing a Level 4 Lord, there was no way to obtain an Awakening Key. Even with hidden attributes, awakening was impossible.

But then again, if one had hidden attributes, could they resist the temptation of awakening? Unlikely, right?

So, Wang Tao suspected there were two possibilities—

One possibility was that these four members were unaware they had hidden attributes. Seeing that other members with combat abilities failed to awaken, they deemed it highly unlikely for themselves to awaken, so they saw no need to try.

The other possibility was that they had tried to awaken but failed. The process of awakening was tricky; without an Advanced Awakening Secret Key, the success rate for the first awakening was at its highest, but still only 50%... and if the first attempt failed, the subsequent success rates would drop even lower, and the required Awakening Keys would increase, making it even less likely to awaken.

However, no matter how you looked at it, these committee members were indeed not awakeners. Wang Tao personally felt their true strength was lacking a bit...

Of course, lacking physical strength didn't mean their authority was any less significant. The position of the committee members alone speaks volumes, not to mention the forces in their hands, which did not rely on their individual performances. Each or pairs of these committee members were backed by significant powers. They might not be awakeners themselves, but there were awakeners within those powers. Moreover, these forces could also assist them in becoming awakeners…

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After the host finished introducing the 23 committee members, he continued with an introduction of the City Hall Mayor Yao Guodong and other officials.

Once the officials were introduced, it was time to introduce the guests, and Wang Tao was there as a guest.

It soon came to the Starfire Society, and the camera focused on Lan Yulian, for, after all, she was the president of the Starfire Society. Not many people knew Lan Yulian. Seeing that the Starfire Society was led by such a stunning female healer came as a surprise and admiration to many, as female Ability Users were relatively uncommon, female awakeners even more so, and there were no other female healer awakeners aside from Lan Yulian. Not to mention, Lan Yulian was also very beautiful.

Then, the camera turned to Wang Tao, who smiled and nodded. Although he held no special position in the Starfire Society, he was a Fourth-order Awakener and the highest combat power of the society, so it was only natural for the camera to focus on him.

Lightning was up next; his registration information was still Level 3 and had not been updated in time. Nevertheless, as a military dog, it received more attention than an ordinary Level 3 ability user.

When the camera focused on Lightning's face, many in the audience began discussing softly. After all, this Level 3 military dog was so handsome. Especially the soldiers from the various legions, they were all envious to death.

Lastly, the camera pointed to Blacky and the five Black Snakes.

At once, the chatter among the crowd grew louder, for these were Fourth-Level Organisms, and ones that could follow human commands at that!

Even though they were not awakened organisms, they were undeniably tangible Fourth-Level beings.

Many hoped to acquire such organisms as pets. Unfortunately, apart from the Black Snakes, there hadn't been any other reports of anyone managing to get such obedient Fourth-Level creatures—not to mention Level 4, even those below Level 4 were rarely seen. Occasionally, some pets owned by people might mutate, but those were extremely rare and generally of low level, lacking significant combat ability.