Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot
Chapter 1388 - 574 A Large Amount of Mushroom Materials_2

Chapter 1388: Chapter 574 A Large Amount of Mushroom Materials_2

As for now, Wang Tao first fused all the newly synthesized Omnipotent Crystal Cores.

Moments later, the fusion of the Level 5 Omnipotent Crystal Core and the Level 6 Ascension was complete, and Wang Tao opened his eyes.

Everyone looked at him with expectation.

"Wang Tao, you should be able to ascend to Level 6 now, right?"

Ding Yuqin immediately asked with concern.

Although Wang Tao had already mentioned "everything is ready, just lacking the Crystal Core" before coming here, this was after all a major event of ascension to Level 6, and without Wang Tao’s confirmative answer, she was still somewhat worried.

"Anytime now."

Wang Tao grinned.

His four abilities had now all been enhanced to Level 6. Just like before, after the last ability successfully fused with the Ascension Crystal Core, he immediately felt clearly that he could ascend to Level 6.

He had three days of preparation time. Within these three days, he could choose any day to ascend. If he didn’t ascend within three days, then he would automatically ascend to Level 6 after three days.

"That’s great!"

Hearing that Wang Tao was sure he could ascend to Level 6, everyone excitedly clenched their fists.

Wang Tao was still Level 5 and already so strong. What would happen after he ascended to Level 6?

They thought about how rampant they would be when executing missions with Wang Tao from now on!

Wang Tao, however, wasn’t as excited as they were because he knew very well that the current ceiling of combat power wasn’t at Level 6 but at Seventh Level, or even higher!

And to ascend to Seventh Level, some special conditions were needed. The difficulty of ascending to Seventh Level might be even harder than Awakening!

One could imagine how powerful a Seventh Level combatant was. Even if Wang Tao successfully ascended to Level 6, he didn’t think he could kill Seventh Order Creatures.

"Let’s go, let’s first explore this floor to see if there are any other creatures. To improve efficiency, let’s split up and explore. Call immediately if anything happens. I’ll return to ascend after finishing the exploration."

Wang Tao said to the others.

He had previously obtained quite a few Perception Rings and had given them to Lan Yulian and the others. Now, everyone could communicate in their minds at any time. Even in this environment where radio waves couldn’t travel far, the Perception Rings were not affected at all, and they could even group chat.

"Alright!"

Everyone nodded immediately.

The third floor was bigger than Wang Tao had imagined. With his speed, it still took him a little time to explore the northern edge. However, other than the previous group of Red Wolves, he did not find any other creatures, and there were not even any plants.

"What do these Red Wolves live on?"

Wang Tao wondered.

The mutant Leopards that stayed in the rift for a long time, where there were no other mutant beasts but themselves, relied on eating mutated plants.

But there were not even mutated plants here, so what did these Red Wolves eat? It can’t be that they could survive without eating or drinking... They surely can’t be gnawing on rocks...

And just as Wang Tao found this strange, Han Rui suddenly shouted through the Perception Ring:

"There’s a passage here! It seems to lead to the next floor!"

Hearing this, Wang Tao immediately ran towards Han Rui’s direction. By the time he arrived, everyone else had also arrived.

"Such a strong scent of Dark Element!"

Wang Tao saw at a glance a huge sloping entrance leading downward, inside it was pitch black, unable to see anything, and the dense Dark Element scent felt like it was about to burst out.

However, this "dense" was in comparison to the Dark Element of the third floor. Compared to the Dark Moon Lily that Wang Tao encountered last time that could spray Dark Element, there was no comparison at all.

Therefore, everyone just felt a bit uncomfortable facing these Dark Elements, and there was no sign of "Poison of Dark Element" or any kind of weakness.

"There’s actually a fourth floor..."

"Could it be that the fourth floor has Sixth Rank Lords?"

Everyone was very curious and also somewhat eager to try.

United, they had the strength to challenge a Sixth Rank Lord, not to mention that they now had the terrifyingly powerful Wang Tao with them.

"There really might be some."

Wang Tao stroked his chin, hoping indeed for the presence of Sixth Rank Lords—after all, when he ascended to Level 6, he would need many Sixth-Rank Crystal Cores to advance to Seventh Level.

"Follow me."

Wang Tao led the way into the passage, waving his hand to disperse the black fog around him. His companions hurriedly followed, their night vision devices immediately brightening significantly.

Moments later, the group arrived at the fourth layer.

Wang Tao checked everyone’s status, nodded silently when he confirmed they were free of any negative effects.

The concentration of the Dark Element wasn’t high enough to pose a threat of Poison of Dark Element for the people inside; at most, it only affected their visibility, which wasn’t a serious issue for Wang Tao and his group.

However, a Stone Forest was all that met their eyes, physically obstructing their sight and slowing their progress considerably.

Having passed through the barren Stone Forest, they encountered another patch not far away, but this one was far from barren—it was full of mushrooms!

"Huh? Strength Mushrooms! Defense Mushrooms! Speed Mushrooms..."

Wang Tao was pleasantly surprised and somewhat taken aback to stumble upon these core materials for potions!

Such materials for potion-making were rare. Since the Apocalypse until now, Wang Tao had come across numerous potion formulas, but he had rarely encountered these core materials.

But now... at a glance, mushrooms were everywhere in the Stone Forest! There were both types he recognized and those he did not!

"We’ve struck it rich!"

Wang Tao took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing his excitement, not acting rashly.

From his previous experience, he knew that not only did he favor these mushrooms, but many monsters did as well.

With so many mushrooms here, Wang Tao didn’t believe there were no monsters around.

Those Red Wolves were possibly feeding on these mushrooms, especially since the third layer lacked plants and other animals, and the Mutant Red Wolves, being mutant beasts, definitely needed to eat something.

Assuming the Mutant Red Wolves fed on these mushrooms, why wouldn’t they stay here? Perhaps, was there an enemy here even the Mutant Red Wolves couldn’t handle?

"Everyone, be careful and don’t stray too far from me..."

Wang Tao carefully probed some of the mushrooms with his spiritual power and, after confirming there was no danger to the mushrooms or their surroundings, finally plucked a Strength Mushroom.

He waited for a moment, and nothing happened.

"Could I have guessed wrong?"

Wang Tao tested a few more times, and after confirming that there were no traps or any monsters, he began to harvest extensively.

The Stone Forest area wasn’t large, but wherever there was soil, there were mushrooms. It took several large bags for the group to collect all the mushrooms. Wang Tao immediately transferred these mushrooms into the Space Backpack; potions made from these mushrooms, he estimated, would be more than enough for their own use, and could be sold or given as rewards.

The anticipated monsters didn’t appear, baffling Wang Tao. Could it be that there were no other monsters here?

Regardless of the presence of monsters, Wang Tao definitely couldn’t wait here. They continued to explore the fourth layer.

There were many Stone Forests on the fourth layer, patch after patch. Some were bare while others were teeming with mushrooms.

Wang Tao proceeded as before, unapologetically picking every mature mushroom aside from those tiny ones that hadn’t yet been named.

As for the monsters he had anticipated... they never appeared, or perhaps they didn’t exist at all, and Wang Tao had overthought it.

The Red Wolves’ erratic behavior might have resulted from consuming these mushrooms; after all, eating these mushrooms could lead to various hallucinations, and too much consumption could even affect the brain...

Wang Tao was slightly disappointed. His four Abilities had just advanced to Level 6, and he was eager to test their damage, but it seemed he wouldn’t get the opportunity.

After confirming that the fourth layer was indeed devoid of any mutated plants or animals, Wang Tao led everyone back to the surface.

"We’ll come check this place out now and then; maybe mushrooms will grow back..."

Wang Tao instructed his companions and then called for the Golden Eagle.

Time to go home and advance to Level 6!

He was already quite impatient.

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