Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot

Meteorite 1 and 2 were about the same size, and both could be opened with just two Crystal Cores. Meteorite 3 and 4 also looked similar, requiring four Crystal Cores to be opened. Meteorite 5 and 6 needed six Crystal Cores to open… Meteorite 9 and 10 required ten Crystal Cores to unlock.

Once everyone was ready, Gu Yun looked at the group.

“Who will do the opening?”

Having ascended to Level 3 not long ago, he was the weakest among them. If something like a monster were to come out, there could be danger…

Not just him, but the other Level 3 ability users also shook their heads, including Qu Shilin who was very interested in the meteorites. After all, one’s own life is most important.

All eyes turned towards the four Awakeners.

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“I’ll do it.”

Wang Tao spoke up directly.

The other three Awakeners were somewhat tempted but also hesitant. After all, nobody knew what was inside these meteorites.

Monsters were actually the lesser worry, according to what the bald man said before; the monsters inside did not attack immediately upon release and needed time to expand, which was enough for them to react.

What they were concerned about was other potential dangers, such as the possibility of toxic gas or other unforeseen threats that even Awakeners couldn’t easily avoid.

But Wang Tao wasn’t afraid because he could see attributes.

Seeing that no one opposed, Gu Yun handed the Crystal Cores and Meteorites 1 and 2 to Wang Tao.

“Then please, Mr. Wang, do be careful.”

The others backed away a bit. Wang Tao had Xiang Hongbin and the others lead Lightning away as well.

Then Wang Tao looked at the two Energy Crystal Meteorites.

They were both the size of basketballs, both of white quality, meaning that two Level 4 Crystal Cores were needed to open them.

Since the two meteorites were so similar, Gu Yun and the others decided to conduct a not-so-rigorous comparative experiment. The four prepared Crystal Cores included two Epic Crystal Cores and two Ordinary Crystal Cores. Epic Crystal Cores were precious, but since these had no abilities, they could be used for the experiment.

Epic Crystal Cores would open Meteorite 1, and Ordinary Crystal Cores would open Meteorite 2. Then they would compare the differences in the contents.

While the experiment wasn’t strict, similar experiments, if conducted enough times, could still reveal some issues.

For example, if the items from the Epic Crystal Cores consistently turned out to be better, or if the monsters were stronger, then it could be generally confirmed that the quality of the Crystal Core affected the contents.

Wang Tao took the two Epic Crystal Cores and placed them in the grooves of the Energy Crystal Meteorite Number 1.

Crack—

The Crystal Cores emitted a faint orange light, and the meteorite cracked.

Then a black shadow the size of a palm suddenly emerged from the meteorite.

“A monster on the first try? No—”

Wang Tao instinctively wanted to dodge, and the others on standby tightened their faces, ready for combat.

But Wang Tao realized that the creature’s attributes did not belong to a monster, so he grabbed it!

It felt ice cold in his hand.

Only then did everyone see that what Wang Tao held was something resembling a beetle.

“Mr. Wang, are you alright?”

Gu Yun called out.

Monsters were generally big, but not all were large. So when they saw Wang Tao grab the “insect” with his hand, everyone was quite astonished.

If this thing were poisonous, Wang Tao would be out of luck.

“I’m fine, we’re lucky, the first thing we opened was something good.”

Wang Tao said, smiling.

Seeing that Wang Tao seemed indeed unharmed, everyone hurried over.

Wang Tao displayed the creature in his hand. It was a palm-sized black beetle which had stopped moving much after being caught.

[Level 4 Weapon: Armored Beetle]

[HP: 10000/10000 (Limit 100000)]

[Status: Can be awakened]

[Enhancement: Independent Attack, Armed (requires consumption of a Fourth Rank Bug Tribe corpse to activate)]

[Compatibility: 0%]

[Independent Attack: Can follow the owner’s commands to attack independently]

[Armed: Covers the owner’s entire body and provides certain attribute enhancement]

This was a Level 4 weapon!

But this was different from the weapons Wang Tao had seen before.

The first one he had come across was the Entangling Roots, providing attribute enhancement by being worn on the body. Though the Entangling Roots were Level 3 and couldn’t offer much help to Wang Tao now, he still wore them on his wrist.

Later, Wang Tao encountered the Iron Tree Vines which provided splitting and independent attack enhancements. This weapon was very useful; even though it was Level 3, it was as if Wang Tao had several additional arms, so he was still using them.

Then there was the Night Demon Type 1, a weapon with only independent attack capability, serving as a personal enforcer for Wang Tao.

Lastly was the Bloody Chainsaw, its enhancement was “Cutting,” a pure attacking ability.

Now, the enhancements offered by this Iron Beetle were independent attack and armor. It wasn’t clear how strong the independent attack would be, but the armor was obviously meant to be biological armor like the Entangling Roots!

The previous Entangling Roots had been a great help to Wang Tao, giving him the capital to challenge beyond his level!

So he was quite fond of this type of weapon.

But what exactly were these “Insect race”? Could it be related to the Cockroach Monster they had killed before?

“This is…”

The crowd was curious.

This shouldn’t be a monster, otherwise Wang Tao would have been attacked. But it definitely was an insect… Could it be just an ordinary insect?

Gu Yun and the others clearly hadn’t seen such a thing before, or maybe they had but didn’t recognize its significance and missed out.

“This thing… I’ll refer to as a ‘Weapon’.”

Wang Tao said with a smile.

“A weapon? Is it some kind of weapon then?”

Having verified that Wang Tao was alright, Shang Heng curiously touched the insect in Wang Tao’s hand. The creature didn’t react, as if it were dead.

Qu Shilin, who had been silent up to this point, had her eyes light up. Suddenly, she produced a small box from her hand, filled with various instruments… or rather, tools.

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