Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 869 - 340: Millionaire

Qu Shilin had two homes, one was the research institute, and the other was the small villa she bought herself.

The "home" she referred to was the second one, but that location was a bit far, and it was quite late now, so Wang Tao didn’t go over.

"Alright... but we had an agreement, you must visit sometime! I’ve collected quite a few strange stones, you never know, there might be Mutated Beast Eggs among them!"

Qu Shilin felt that with so many stones she had collected, at least one or two must be lucky, right?

"Can do."

Wang Tao nodded.

Watching the Giant Serpents playing together in the distance, Qu Shilin’s eyes were full of envy.

"You really won’t sell? Or at least rent me one..."

"Not negotiable." Wang Tao shook his head, then explained, "These snakes are essentially bound to us and only listen to our commands. If you wanted to research them and I wasn’t around, you might get bitten back. I don’t think you could win against a Fourth-order Monster."

"Uh..."

After hearing Wang Tao’s words, Qu Shilin felt a bit scared. After all, she was only Level 3, and a fairly weak Level 3 at that...

"Are they Lords or Elites?"

Qu Shilin asked.

Having not seen too many live monsters, she wasn’t very good at judging. In her eyes, the pressure from both Fourth Order Elites and Lords was terrifying, but it didn’t affect her much. Even if she was weak, she was still a genuine Level 3 ability user.

"Fourth Order Elites."

Wang Tao felt somewhat disappointed.

The description on those Snake Eggs had mentioned the possibility of hatching Fourth Order Elites or higher Serpentine creatures. Unfortunately, all five eggs hatched into Elites... It was uncertain whether they had a chance at Ascension to Level 4, Lord.

"That’s still pretty strong! Our base hasn’t even had many Level 4s up to now!"

Qu Shilin’s eyes had a hard time leaving those Black Snakes; she really wanted a pet like that.

"Then can you tell me about the Catastrophic Serpent you encountered before— oh right, these Black Snakes, they couldn’t possibly be from that Catastrophic Serpent’s eggs, could they?"

Qu Shilin initially wanted to ask about the Catastrophic Serpent, but as she spoke about it, she suddenly made a connection between the Catastrophic Serpent and these Black Snakes. After all, both were serpentine, and both had been encountered by Wang Tao.

And about this, Wang Tao had no intention of concealing it.

"These are indeed from that Catastrophic Serpent’s eggs. I found them inside its body during the dissection by accident..."

Of course, Wang Tao couldn’t say that he had obtained these eggs from inside a snake cave, otherwise, it could cause Cheng Yiyi and others to feel discontent, even believing Wang Tao had manipulated them deliberately.

While Wang Tao didn’t care much about what others thought, there was no need for him to take the blame. After all, it was only after Cheng Yiyi and the others had left that he learned about the good stuff in the cave from Jiang Shixue.

Naturally, Wang Tao didn’t need to forcefully dissociate the Snake Eggs from the Catastrophic Serpent. Being secretive might actually look worse, so he simply said the eggs were from the Catastrophic Serpent’s stomach.

After all, they had already agreed that the carcass of the Catastrophic Serpent belonged to Wang Tao, and anything inside it was his, with no objections.

"It really is!"

Qu Shilin was somewhat surprised.

"As for that Catastrophic Serpent..."

Wang Tao shared with Qu Shilin the situation at that time since it was the first Disaster Class monster and held significant research value.

"As for its body... at that time a Giant Eagle appeared and ate it,"

Wang Tao fibbed.

Regarding the Awakening Fruit, Wang Tao himself hadn’t figured it out yet, and naturally wouldn’t expose it for the time being.

"That’s such a pity..."

Qu Shilin was suddenly disappointed. She had hoped to study the corpse of the Catastrophic Serpent that was too dangerous to approach when alive, but now the body was gone.

However, it was indeed new information to Qu Shilin that the Giant Eagle observed by the search team she had engaged turned out to be a Level 5, Lord with a [Giant] Awakening. This was important news concerning the safety of Changhe Base! She had to report it.

And as Wang Tao spoke about the Catastrophic Serpent, he suddenly brought up:

"Right, this is a good opportunity to give you the mushrooms."

One of Wang Tao’s tasks during this outing was to agree to Qu Shilin’s request to collect mushrooms. She only wanted 100 Strength Mushrooms, and the rest were Wang Tao’s.

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However, Wang Tao had gained a lot this time, not only Strength Mushrooms, but he had also gathered a bunch of Defense Mushrooms, Spirit Mushrooms, and the like.

Wang Tao wasn’t stingy, pulling out 100 of each kind to give to Qu Shilin.

"Ah? There are other types of mushrooms too!"

Qu Shilin was surprised.

"They’re all from the cave, I kept some, and these are for you."

Wang Tao explained.

"Thank you!"

Qu Shilin didn’t play coy and happily accepted the mushrooms. She also explained:

"The energy in these mushrooms is quite miraculous, but it comes with side effects. I’m currently researching how to extract this energy. Once I have a breakthrough, you’ll be the first one to try it!"

"..."

Why did Wang Tao feel like Qu Shilin was treating him like a guinea pig?

Looking at an excited Qu Shilin, Wang Tao considered for a moment, then pulled out several Potion bottles from his pocket and handed them to her.

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"If by ’extracting’ you mean pulling the Strength from these ’Strength Mushrooms’ to make a side-effect-free Potion, then you might need this..."

Wang Tao briefly explained the function of these Potions.