Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1126 - 456 Suspected Cave_2

“Not at all! We’re not leaders here, we’re friends!”

Everyone hurriedly waved their hands.

In the Apocalypse, strength was king, and Wang Tao’s abilities in capturing members of the Dusk Church were witnessed by all. Even though his official position wasn’t as high as any of theirs, they didn’t dare to act superior in front of Wang Tao.

After some pleasantries, everyone entered the City Hall together.

As soon as they entered, Wang Tao smelled the strong scent of food. They had been living on nutrient solutions for the last few days, so this made their mouths water.

“Come on, let’s eat and talk!”

Due to the rush, the meals prepared were not very elaborate and were served buffet style, each person helping themselves to as much as they wanted.

The others didn’t seem to have much appetite and just served themselves some food, then waited for Wang Tao to speak.

These base leaders had come not because of Wang Tao’s powerful abilities but because Wang Tao had returned from the icy wilderness, and his observations from outside were absolutely crucial. Not to mention that Wang Tao had also told Gu Yun about the changes outside. Thus, they needed to know the situation outside as soon as possible.

Wang Tao didn’t keep them in suspense. Once he had served his meal, he immediately addressed the crowd:

“There are indeed zombies outside, and in large numbers.”

Just one sentence instantly excited everyone.

They initially thought Wang Tao was referring to the zombies frozen in place. However, Wang Tao’s next words turned their expressions sour.

“These zombies I refer to as ‘Frozen Zombies’ are not just frozen in the sense you think, but they come with an effect of a ‘Freezing Aura’…”

Wang Tao carefully explained the situation of the Frozen Zombies to everyone.

This trip was of prime concern to Gu Yun and others mainly to find out the status of the zombies outside.

“Frozen Zombies…”

“Wait, are you saying all these Frozen Zombies are Elite Zombies, and mostly Third or Fourth Order and above?”

Hearing the key words from Wang Tao, everyone was visibly shocked.

The Ordinary Zombies outside had evolved into Frozen Zombies? Moreover, all Third or Fourth Order and above Elite Zombies! And they all carried an area-wide negative status effect, affecting humans as soon as they approached…

Everyone felt a chill down their spines.

“That’s not all; besides these Elite Frozen Zombies, there are also Frozen Zombie Lords. When these Lords gather with many Frozen Zombies, their overall combat ability increases, making it much more difficult for us to kill them…”

“You mentioned a few Zombie Herds before; I’ve encountered them as well. The zombies in those herds were gathered together, with dozens of Fourth Order Lords, ten Fifth Order Lords, and even two terrifyingly powerful Sixth Order Lords!”

“Hiss—Sixth Order Lords!”

Even though Gu Yun and the others were mentally prepared, hearing there were actually two Sixth Order Lords still made it hard for them to remain composed, given that the strongest inside the base was only Fourth Order…

And Wang Tao, as if feeling the bad news wasn’t impacting them enough, passed his informational wristwatch to them, which was playing a video.

“Take a look at this video.”

Everyone immediately watched.

“My goodness, so many zombies!”

“Are these the Frozen Zombies? They indeed seem different from the zombies we knew before…”

“Huh? Whoa! They fell off the cliff?”

“No, that’s not a cliff, it’s… a rift in the ground?”

Upon seeing the giant rift that had swallowed countless zombies in the video, everyone was greatly alarmed.

“Was there an earthquake outside? That’s impossible! We didn’t feel anything…”

They had thought it was an earthquake.

“This isn’t an earthquake, but a strange underground rift…”

Wang Tao explained briefly.

The video continued to play, and they saw several more black rifts appear.

“Wang Tao, when was this filmed? Do you know what’s inside these rifts?”

Cheng Yiyi quickly asked next to him.

Wang Tao took a big bite of his steak and said,

“These rifts all appeared suddenly last night. I saw a village that was only left in half, and as for the missing half, it obviously fell silently into the rift. As for what’s inside the rift, I’m not sure…”

Wang Tao shared his own observations and hypotheses.

“Suddenly appearing…”

Hearing this, everyone’s faces grew even uglier.

They all thought of a problem similar to the one Wang Tao had considered before—if these rifts appeared inside the base, that would be troublesome!

“Gu Yun, is our base okay?”

Everyone instinctively looked toward Gu Yun.

Gu Yun had already picked up the phone and began contacting various departments.

After a moment, he put down the phone.

“Our base is fine for now, no issues…”

Hearing that the base was safe, everyone breathed a slight sigh of relief, but their faces were still full of worry.

It was good that the base was clear now, but no one dared to guarantee that rifts wouldn’t suddenly appear in the future.

Although Wang Tao had said he didn’t feel any great danger from the rifts, that was just his personal feeling. Wang Tao was so strong, definitely not like ordinary people, what if a rift suddenly appeared inside the base, what about everyone else…

“Numerous Frozen Zombie Elites, Level 5 and even Level 6 Lords, mysterious rifts… oh right, and that Giant Eagle still active in the heavy snow…”

Any one of these issues was enough to give them a headache. With all these issues arising at once, it was simply deadly.

However, at this moment, someone suddenly spoke up:

“About this rift… President Wang, could you explain it in more detail?”

It was the first time Wang Tao had heard someone call him President Wang; he almost didn’t react, since he had not yet taken office at the Awakeners School.

After recovering, Wang Tao looked at the speaker, a thin middle-aged man. Third Order strength, no hidden attributes.

He was a committee member, if Wang Tao recalled correctly, his name should be Shi Chuanfu, and he seemed to be from a major power.

“Yes.”

Wang Tao nodded, then detailed the matter of the rifts, including his own deductions, feelings, and various details he had seen.

After he finished, Shi Chuanfu seemed somewhat uncertain,

“I feel… the rifts that President Wang described, they sound a lot like caves!”

“Ah? Caves?”

Wang Tao, including many others, were somewhat confused.

However, a few who heard Shi Chuanfu’s mention suddenly realized,

“Now that you mention it, it does indeed sound like caves! First, caves are underground. Second, there’s also this kind of black fog inside the caves…”

The exact location of the caves, only a few people knew. The actual situation within the caves, only they had seen.

And the ones speaking now were among those who knew the exact location of the caves.

As they spoke, Wang Tao immediately raised an eyebrow.

If it really were caves, wouldn’t that mean they could go inside now?