Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 866 - 339: City Interlude

"I’m Wang Tao..."

Looking at this string of messages, Wang Tao first replied to Duan Xuchang. Your next read awaits at novelbuddy

Duan Xuchang’s voice message quickly returned.

"Wang Tao? I knew you were all right! You disappeared for over half a month... I’ll come to find you later!"

The two exchanged a few words, and in response to Duan Xuchang’s concern, Wang Tao said he was trapped.

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Then Wang Tao replied to the city hall secretary, Gu Yun.

He was a bit worried that he might be dismissed, and his small villa might be taken back, since he had not even lived there for many days.

Fortunately, however, that had not happened.

"Mr. Wang, I thought... it’s good you’re back! As for the house and such, you don’t need to worry at all, as long as someone is not officially confirmed dead, these will be permanently retained..."

After chatting briefly with Gu Yun, Wang Tao ended the conversation proactively and replied to Qu Shilin.

"Miss Qu, I’m fine. I’ve brought back the mushrooms you wanted. I hope it’s not too late."

No sooner had the message been sent than Qu Shilin replied.

"Heaven! You’ve finally returned, I thought... Regarding the Mushroom Cave, I really didn’t know it was so dangerous there; I wasn’t trying to trick you. I’m glad you’re safe... Commander Cheng Yiyi and the others have returned, but you were nowhere to be seen..."

Qu Shilin had a lot to say, and from her words, Wang Tao roughly understood the situation.

After Cheng Yiyi and others came back, they publicized the killing of the Catastrophic Serpent, a deed that definitely needed to be announced, not only for the reputation of their force but also to boost the confidence of the residents of Changhe Base.

Thus, those who participated in the battle from the Starfire Society had become somewhat famous.

It was only then that Qu Shilin realized the place they deemed the Mushroom Cave harbored such a terrifying Disaster-level creature!

Qu Shilin had wanted to go and see the Giant Serpent, but she heard that staying near the carcass of the serpent was dangerous, that staying too long could be deadly! Moreover, the corpse of the serpent was already private property of the Starfire Society, and investigating without their permission was deemed illegal... so Qu Shilin refrained from going.

She planned to wait for Wang Tao’s return to thoroughly inquire about the situation.

But this wait lasted over half a month without any news from Wang Tao.

Since the Sixth Army Corps had not disclosed the details of the battle with the Black Giant Snake, Qu Shilin was unaware of how Wang Tao encountered the serpent. She had thought Wang Tao was attacked by the serpent while collecting mushrooms, so she felt very guilty.

Therefore, a week after Wang Tao went missing, she hired a team, preparing to go out and search.

The team hadn’t arrived yet when they saw a terrifying Giant Eagle from afar, and scared, the team abandoned the mission and hurried back without even wanting their payment.

Upon receiving this news, Qu Shilin felt that Wang Tao and his team most likely had very slim chances of survival.

Hearing now that Wang Tao had returned alive, she was greatly relieved.

"Not only me, but the Sixth Army Corps also seemed to have sent people to find you. But since they encountered a Giant Eagle as well, they dared not proceed further..."

Hearing that people cared for him and even sent teams to find him, Wang Tao felt a warmth in his heart.

"Okay, we’ll talk more later. I need to reply to their messages first..."

Wang Tao then replied to Cheng Yiyi’s message.

A moment later, Cheng Yiyi’s message also arrived.

"Mr. Wang, I’m glad you’re safe. I did indeed send people to search for you—after all, if you were really gone, I would have saved a good amount of money, haha..."

From her tone, Cheng Yiyi seemed quite happy. Both personally and professionally, she did not hope for anything bad to happen to an Awakener like Wang Tao or a Super Healer like Lan Yulian, as talents like these were exceptionally rare.

Wang Tao briefly chatted with her, and then received a rather unexpected message.

"Mr. Wang Tao, our funds are quite tight at the moment, so I’ve transferred some Crystal Coins to you, and I plan to cover the rest with Meteorites. How does that sound to you?"

"Hmm? With Meteorites? Don’t you need them yourselves?"

Wang Tao was somewhat surprised.

Meteorites were valuable items, previously selling at high prices when money couldn’t even buy them. Why would they suddenly use Meteorites to settle accounts?

"Ahem, it’s like this..."

After Cheng Yiyi’s explanation, Wang Tao roughly understood the situation—

Over the past month and a half, various powers within the base had cracked open a large number of meteorites, but many had suffered losses. Plus, they realized that it was more cost-effective to buy the finished products than to try unlocking Meteorites!

For instance, someone was interested in an Item and planned to obtain it through Meteorites, but after spending 1 million, they still failed to get it. However, someone else succeeded and sold it for only 500,000...

So, why spend so much when a 500,000 solution was available!

Rational people decided not to try their luck with Meteorites anymore and simply bought what they needed with money!

Selling the Meteorites could even fetch enough money to buy the required finished products.

Cheng Yiyi, clearly one of the rational ones, was also constrained by funds. The Sixth Army Corps was not only the weakest among the Six Major Legions but also the poorest.

For Wang Tao, however, he did need Meteorites. Sometimes having good luck meant he could do as he pleased!

So, Wang Tao agreed to Cheng Yiyi’s proposal, and even suggested that he could return the transferred Crystal Coins and take Meteorites instead!

Cheng Yiyi was overjoyed at his proposal, and after confirming multiple times that Wang Tao was serious, she said she would personally deliver the Meteorites to Wang Tao’s house soon.