Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1546 - 647: Four Thousand Awakening Fruits_2

"爽!"

Xiang Hongbin directly crushed the last zombie’s head.

His first awakening was a System Awakening, and surprisingly, his second awakening turned out to be another System Awakening.

Wang Tao didn’t realize before that it was possible to have two awakenings of the same system. Consider it a lesson learned.

However, having two System Awakenings made Xiang Hongbin’s attack methods relatively simplistic, but the amplification within the system was undeniable. Zombies whose heads couldn’t even be split apart with an axe could be crushed effortlessly in his palm.

Xiang Hongbin greatly enjoyed this process. He even declared that if he ever had the chance for a third or fourth awakening, he would stick to System Awakening. His ultimate goal was to be able to crush a Sixth-Rank Calamity Level Zombie with his bare hands!

Wang Tao felt this goal might actually be achievable, and he was eager to witness Xiang Hongbin in his most violent form.

"The Awakening Fruits are about to ripen!"

At that moment, Han Rui, who had been observing the state of the Awakening Fruits, called out suddenly.

Wang Tao and his team immediately gathered under the towering Awakening Trees and watched the trees rapidly wither.

As the first Awakening Fruit began to detach and fall, the rest dropped one after another.

The group quickly and skillfully caught the falling fruits. Soon, all 13 trees’ fruits were in their hands. Wang Tao counted—3861 Awakening Fruits in total, just as expected. Including the fruits from the experimental Awakening Tree from before, they now had 4158 Awakening Fruits altogether!

"Wow, with so many Awakening Fruits, how much Awakening Potion could we make?!"

Although everyone knew how much fruit the 13 Awakening Trees would bear, seeing the shimmering golden fruits right in front of them still filled them with excitement.

"With this, our base is about to witness a massive explosion in the number of Awakeners!"

Wei Zhenguo grinned widely.

The Awakening Fruits not only offered others the chance to awaken but also increased the success rate of multiple awakenings beyond the first! It was an amazing resource that nobody could dislike.

"Seeing these Awakening Fruits gives me a sudden sense of security..."

Yang Changhong sighed wistfully.

The base was their support—and with the base’s overall strength growing, their sense of security naturally increased as well.

"Let’s get moving and have the research lab turn these Awakening Fruits into Awakening Potions as soon as possible. Let’s scale up the strength of the base!"

Wang Tao waved his hand, his excitement barely contained.

Considering the current situation, hunting a round of sea beasts could yield thousands of Awakening Fruits. If that continued, it might not take long to awaken all combat personnel within the base!

Forget tens of thousands of Awakeners—even if there were only tens of thousands, they’d still form an unstoppable Awakener army. If trained by the Six Major Legions to fight with military discipline, their combat capacity would be unimaginable, even to Wang Tao!

"Looking at it this way, the appearance of sea beasts from the rift isn’t entirely a bad thing... Even though it temporarily prevents us from extracting water and might cause a water resource crisis, these sea beasts indirectly enhance our strength! Once everyone’s powers have expanded significantly, they can also hunt sea beasts, creating an upwards cycle of growth in strength! Furthermore, with sufficient power, extracting water from the rift will become feasible again..."

Wang Tao suddenly remarked.

Everything in life had its dual aspects. The sea beasts emerging from the rift caused them significant trouble, but it also presented an opportunity!

Judging by the current state of things, when their overall power increased significantly again, they might truly be able to try hunting the giant fish and sea beasts.

During their previous fishing expedition, a group of over ten giant sea beasts had suddenly appeared, catching them unprepared. The support crew that Wang Tao had brought, mostly of the control system, failed to make much of an impact. But if they prepared ahead of time and strengthened their team adequately, it might be possible to control those dozen sea beasts. They might not even need Jiang Shixue to make the giant sea beasts slaughter one another; Wang Tao could handle them swiftly himself!

"That’s exactly right. Taking the positive perspective, these sea beasts will progressively strengthen our base’s collective power..."

The group began nodding one after another.

Initially, they had felt some anxiety, but now they were overwhelmed by the urge to hunt sea beasts!

"How about this? From now on, we’ll handle hunting these sea beasts, while you search other areas for zombies..."

Ding Yuqin proposed to Wang Tao.

"We’ve been considering just that..."

The others also nodded, thinking the plan made sense.

They all understood that what Wang Tao needed most at the moment was a creature with fire attribute Basic Law Force. However, the sea beasts seemed to all have water attributes. While hunting sea beasts enhanced Changhe Base’s overall strength, it didn’t specifically aid Wang Tao’s progression.

From Wang Tao’s perspective, dealing with sea beasts was essentially a waste of time, delaying his path to power.

That’s why Ding Yuqin felt that, since their strength had improved quite a bit at this point, they could take over hunting sea beasts to enhance the base while Wang Tao could focus on hunting zombies and aim for his Seventh Level Ascension as soon as possible.

"That’s not necessarily a bad idea..." Wang Tao mused, rubbing his chin. "The condition is that you can hunt these giant sea beasts without injury, and avoid provoking the Transparent Fish Sea Beasts..."

Disaster-level creatures dropped Awakening Seeds as physical items within their bodies. These weren’t merely loot packs visible only to Wang Tao; therefore, even if he didn’t personally kill the disaster-level creatures, they would still yield Crystal Cores, Awakening Seeds, and similar materials.

Thus, the plan where they stayed at the base to hunt sea beasts while Wang Tao explored for Seventh Level Ascension opportunities seemed practical. Wang Tao started warming up to the idea.

But these sea beasts, being Sixth-Rank Calamity Level threats, were extraordinarily powerful. Wang Tao needed to confirm that Ding Yuqin’s team could genuinely handle the giant sea beasts without being encircled by the Transparent Fish Sea Beasts. Otherwise, he wouldn’t feel secure leaving them behind...

"How about we test it with another sea beast hunt next time? You don’t need to step in personally; just stay back and support us!"

Xiang Hongbin spoke with great confidence.

"Alright!"

Wang Tao grinned and nodded.

He had personally verified the strength of these individuals—they were reliable. As long as no major surprises occurred, they could handle groups of disaster-level sea beasts. After all, the effects of Cataclysmic Awakening tended to significantly weaken when taken out of water.

But surprises were unpredictable—both of Wang Tao’s prior sea beast hunts had encountered them...

For safety’s sake, it was better to carefully assess the situation first. If it truly proved to be trouble-free, then the base could be entrusted to them while Wang Tao searched for fire attribute creatures.

Once back at the base, Wang Tao and his team headed directly to the research lab. When Wang Tao produced the four thousand shimmering Awakening Fruits, the researchers’ eyes practically popped out.

"So many Awakening Fruits... My god! Think of how many Awakeners this could create!"

"Each Awakening Fruit can produce 10 Awakening Potions. For individuals without Hidden Attributes, the awakening success rate using the potion is 50%, while those with Hidden Attributes have an even higher success rate! Assuming a 50% success rate, these 4000+ Awakening Fruits can produce over 40,000 potions, awakening at least 20,000 people! Wow—instantaneously, we’re looking at an additional 20,000 Awakeners!"

The researchers were astounded by the numbers after a quick calculation.

Changhe Base initially had only two Awakeners—Wang Tao and Cheng Yiyi. Through Wang Tao and everyone’s efforts, the base had seen several significant jumps in overall power. Up until now, among the base’s population of nearly one million, there were only about 2,000 Awakeners.

But now, in a short period, over 20,000 new Awakeners might emerge—an achievement ten times greater! The mere thought of it made everyone’s blood race!

"Don’t worry, Wang Tao. We’ll make sure to produce all these Awakening Potions as quickly as possible! Just prepare the recipient list and come back for the potions in ten days."

Qu Shilin confidently assured him, pounding his chest.

"Alright, I look forward to good news."