Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1334 - 551: Xuanhuo Ring and Xuanhuo Badge_2

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After tallying the spoils of war, Wang Tao left the cave with the disaster-class corpse in tow.

Before long, Wang Tao returned to Jiang Shixue’s side.

Seeing the zombie corpse still ablaze with flames, Jiang Shixue became curious.

"This is that sixth-rank calamity level zombie, huh..."

Wang Tao had already informed Jiang Shixue of the situation below using the Perception Ring, so she wouldn’t worry.

"Yeah. Since disaster-class bodies are quite special, the flames on it probably can’t be extinguished for a while, but it’s no big deal, no harm done... We need to take this corpse back to the base to plant Awakening Fruits."

Wang Tao briefly explained, then turned to look at Lightning and vigorously rubbed its dog head.

"Good job, you did a great service this time, I’ll add a chicken leg to your meal when we get back!"

If it hadn’t been for Lightning’s warning, Wang Tao might have left directly, as his mental detection range was far less than Lightning’s sense of smell. It would have been a huge loss to let this sixth-rank calamity level zombie die naturally in the cave.

"Woof~"

Praised, Lightning wagged its tail frantically, shattering the surrounding rocks with its tail.

"Alright, let’s go."

Wang Tao casually grabbed a weapon from the Space Backpack, stuck it on the Flame Zombie, and dragged it along.

Even though Wang Tao was a Fire Awakened, that didn’t mean he was immune to flame damage. The burning flames on the zombie’s body still hurt.

Not far away, Shen Cuishan watched in surprise as Wang Tao dragged the flaming zombie’s corpse from who knows where.

However, seeing that Wang Tao didn’t look like he wanted to say much, she didn’t dare to ask more.

"Spill everything you know, and don’t try to hide anything."

Wang Tao told Shen Cuishan.

"Okay! Here’s what happened..."

Shen Cuishan didn’t dare conceal anything and immediately spilled everything she knew...

After parting with Wang Tao at the factory last time, Shen Cuishan planned on returning to Silver Serpent Base to rest and not venture out again for a while. She had been scared by their brush with death.

But after returning to the Silver Serpent Base, she got news from her secret channels—her allies, those who had gained strength enhancement in the "Iron Mountain Cave," had received an instruction from the Fire God. They were preparing for a grand sacrificial ritual. This time, the Fire God would select 12 people to become Fifth Order Awakeners!

Fifth Order Awakeners—no one could remain unmoved by this news.

If there were only one or two spots, Shen Cuishan would acknowledge her place, knowing well she wouldn’t be considered, but this time there were 12 spots!

She might not be the strongest compared to the others, but she was still within the top ten, so she felt she had a chance.

Consequently, she went to a secret base of her allies, hoping to try her luck.

As she had thought, without too much trouble, she became one of the chosen 12.

But this was just the beginning. To perform the sacrifice, they needed offerings—this time, numerous ones. A total of 108 humans were needed!

Though the Silver Serpent Base was chaotic, if so many ordinary people disappeared all at once in a short period, unless everyone was blind, it would undoubtedly be noticed.

There were many criminals in prison, but their deed had to stay in the shadows, so that was out of the question, too.

While they were figuring out a solution, a few of their allies said they had a way. For a certain fee, they could handle the sacrificial offerings.

Shen Cuishan still had some assets and chose to solve the problem with money.

After paying, she learned that these people had found a survivors’ camp in the wilderness and planned to deceive them by offering to take them to the Silver Serpent Base, only to trick them into the Iron Mountain Cave.

The situation developed smoothly; everyone was successfully deceived into the cave.

What followed was just as Wang Tao had seen: when they prepared to begin the sacrifice, they found there were too many people, and the sacrifice couldn’t be initiated. But once Wang Tao and his companions ran out, the sacrifice suddenly auto-activated. Only then did Shen Cuishan and others realize they too had become the sacrificial offerings...

After Shen Cuishan explained, a red fruit suddenly appeared in Wang Tao’s hand.

"Have you seen this?"

"Isn’t this the food gifted to us by the Fire God?" she replied. "After eating it, one’s constitution is enhanced for a certain period, and there’s no worry about thirst for an entire day. The Fire God often rewards us with these, but I sold the ones I had to other allies in exchange for money to buy sacrificial offerings..."

Hearing this, Wang Tao was somewhat speechless.

They simply believed anything the Fire God said.

"This is not just some food; it’s the catalyst for that summoning altar..."

Wang Tao carefully explained the function of the catalyst.

"Ah?" Shen Cuishan was stunned, and it took her a while to react. "Eating this thing turns you into a sacrifice?"

"To become a sacrifice isn’t so simple; some prerequisite conditions are required. That’s why we are unscathed."

"So... we were also the sacrifices... I thought we had incurred the Fire God’s wrath due to our incompetence, resulting in punishment... but it turns out we had been sacrifices all along..."

Looking at the somewhat despondent Shen Cuishan, Wang Tao thought this woman was beyond saving.

Even though she almost turned to blood, she still didn’t entertain the possibility that the so-called Fire God had deliberately hurt her. She even felt it was her own fault... Truly hopeless.

"But if Fire God intended to kill us from the start, it could have done so already, right? Why wait until now?"

Shen Cuishan still sought to struggle.

"Because Fire God needed you to provide sacrifices for it; all of you were mere tools. Now that it has you, its number of sacrifices is sufficient, hence the sacrifice of you."

Wang Tao explained mercilessly.

"But it enhanced many people’s strengths... Why bother if it intended to sacrifice us..."

Shen Cuishan kept looking for reasons.

"Because without doing so, you wouldn’t believe in it. Just like you now, though I’ve laid out the facts, you still refuse to accept them..."

Wang Tao shook his head.

"I’m not disbelieving, it’s just... after all, I’ve received many benefits from Fire God..."

The reason she could awaken and have her current strength was all related to the Fire God. Without Fire God, she could have died a long time ago. So she struggled to accept that Fire God had been deceiving her all along; she rather believed she had angered Fire God...

"All those so-called benefits are just so you could provide more energy to the Fire God when you became a sacrifice. I don’t know where Fire God is, but its obvious intent is to come here. If it has enough sacrifices, it can come over. By then, facing a monster that’s at least of the Seventh Rank of Destruction, not just you, but the entire Silver Serpent Base would be doomed."

To be fair, Fire God’s ability to enhance their strength without using the summoning altar was indeed quite impressive.

Wang Tao speculated that this could be related to the Sixth-Rank Calamity Level Zombie; perhaps Fire God had the ability to transfer the strength of that zombie into a human body. After all, that zombie was too weak, as if drained completely.

This might also explain why the internal impurities in sacrificial offerings like Shen Cuishan were not as numerous as those in the offerings to the Stone God...

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Shen Cuishan heard this term for the first time.

Wang Tao didn’t bother explaining any further.

"Alright, go back to Silver Serpent Base. I will come to find you."

Wang Tao had intended to go to Silver Serpent Base with her, but now with a Sixth-Rank Calamity Level Zombie’s body to deal with, he planned to take the body back to plant an Awakening Seed in it before heading to Silver Serpent Base. After all, the Golden Eagle could fly, so it wouldn’t take much time.

"Okay..."