Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot

As several people spoke, the car had already passed the area of the recent battle.

Qu Shilin thought about checking the battlefield where Little Huo had just fought, but it was covered by heavy snow, and only faint traces could be seen.

"The snow is too heavy... and I always feel like the snow outside is heavier than inside the base..."

Xiang Hongbin frowned.

"It must be because of the wind. The base is surrounded by high walls that block a lot of the wind, whereas there is no shelter out here..."

Wei Zhenguo explained.

"That's true..."

Xiang Hongbin nodded, then he turned to Wang Tao and asked,

"Wang Tao, where do you think all these zombies have gone?"

They had been searching here for over an hour, finding only those zombies and no other traces or bodies of zombies, despite the information from City Hall indicating a large number of zombies should be here. If the zombies had frozen to death or been controlled, they would be visible. But aside from a few frozen zombies, there were no others.

Xiang Hongbin was worried that all the zombies in this huge horde had evolved into frozen zombies! The main group of zombies had left, leaving only a small part behind... If that was indeed the case, it would definitely not be good news for them. They would prefer to see the zombies trapped in one place...

"I'm not sure, but since we've seen neither zombies nor zombie bodies, it's very likely that they've left. Therefore... it's highly probable that these zombies have mutated!"

Wang Tao was serious.

Although he and Little Huo could deal significant damage to these types of frozen zombies, the number of zombies was way too many! Even if all the hordes of zombies were gathered for him to kill, he couldn't eliminate them all before his Awakening Energy was exhausted.

If these zombies had really departed, the people inside the base would be even more reluctant to come out, and without coming out, they couldn't increase their strength... It's a vicious cycle!

This was a serious problem.

After all, it had been less than a year since the apocalypse began, and every passing day could bring significant changes to the world. They had been relentlessly pursuing the evolving pace of the zombies, but now they had unexpectedly stopped for over half a month, while the zombies continued to evolve!

If the heavy snow lasts a month, two months, or even three months, and if during this period, the human strength within the base remains stagnant, then they might find themselves in a situation where the highest among base's humans are Level 4, while the lowest zombies outside are Level 6! How would they fight then? For the entire base, this situation would be nothing short of catastrophic!

"Let's hope we don't encounter the worst scenario..."

He Jijun, who had been silent, shook his head.

The worst-case scenario was that in the five locations they planned to visit, all the trapped zombies had left... This meant they had all mutated!

The car headed south, but because of the heavy snow and wind, it couldn't go too fast. After all, Wang Tao certainly did not want to risk an accident, so they continued until it was dark before finally arriving at the second location where the trapped hordes were.

Similar to before, Wang Tao prepared to get out of the car first to check the situation and then decided on the strategy to be used.

"Huh? There are zombies!"

However, this time it was different from the last; before Wang Tao could even exit the vehicle, Han Rui exclaimed in surprise.

"How many zombies?"

"About twenty or more, right in front of us, all Fourth Order Elite! I can faintly feel the coldness emanating from their bodies, just like those frozen zombies you mentioned!"

Han Rui quickly explained.

"Everyone, get out of the car and fight! Feel what it's like to battle with these frozen zombies."

Wang Tao called out, and everyone immediately disembarked.

"Do I, do I go too?"

Qu Shilin looked somewhat fearfully at Wang Tao.

After a moment's thought, Wang Tao said,

"You should experience it too. Don't worry, Little Huo and I will protect you."

"Okay!"

Although Qu Shilin was scared, her fear was based on her self-awareness that she wasn't much of a fighter. However, her nature was rather decisive. Since Wang Tao had spoken, she would not hesitate.

"It's so cold!"

As they left the warm car, the cold wind blew, and Qu Shilin instantly shivered.

"Fighting in this weather really weakens our combat power…"

Yang Zhang Hong expressed her helplessness beside them.

Because of the need to keep warm, she was wearing much more clothing than usual, which would definitely consume extra physical strength during combat, not to mention the biting cold wind on her face felt like being scraped by a knife… It was very uncomfortable.

However, when she saw those Frozen Zombies appear, she realized that all of that was nothing compared to what was coming next.

"So cold!"

It wasn't just Qu Shilin, others couldn't help but speak out as well.

"It's these Frozen Zombies! When they gather together, they cause the surrounding temperature to drop. The more there are, the more the temperature drops around them..."

Wang Tao said, frowning.

Before, he hadn't felt much of it, as he encountered at most four or five zombies at a time, which he and Little Huo quickly dealt with.

Now, with over twenty Frozen Zombies gathered together, such bone-chilling temperatures rushed over them. He guessed that ordinary people might freeze to death in no time!

By the time these Frozen Zombies reached them, the informational wristwatch showed a temperature of below minus forty degrees!

"Make it quick!"

Wang Tao glanced at the zombies, confirmed that these were 200,000 HP Fourth Order Elites, and then immediately charged at them.

Since he wanted them all to experience fighting against Frozen Zombies, Wang Tao used no devastating powers, just taking a knife and slashing through.

Bang!

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With prior experience, Wang Tao swiftly swung his knife while dodging two zombie attacks. It took him only four slashes and two seconds to kill the 200,000 HP Frozen Zombie!

However, the combat for the others wasn't so simple, especially for those who had never fought Frozen Zombies before.

"I feel so heavy on my feet, I can't move!"

"This slow effect is so annoying…"

"..."

It was evident that their pace was a bit chaotic.

But after all, they were not ordinary people. It was just a lack of adaptation at the beginning. After a brief few seconds of adjusting, they quickly found their rhythm again.

It must be said, the Awakeners of the system truly had versatile capabilities, like Lu Gang and He Jijun, who simply relied on their robust physical fitness to ignore the slowdown. After figuring out the special traits of these Frozen Zombies, they quickly killed them.

Those most disadvantaged were from the Poison System, such as Nie Siyan and Gao Hua, whose poison seemed not very effective against the zombies. Additionally, their physical strength wasn't strong enough, and the slow effect troubled them more, making facing these Fourth Order Elite Zombies perilously challenging—an experience they hadn't even had against Level 4 Lords...

Contrary to them, Lu Yingfeng was also slowed, yet she moved with ease. Her dagger always found itself on a zombie's forehead at just the right moment. Each step, though appearing casual, not only allowed her to precisely avoid zombie attacks but also inflicted significant damage, and soon the 200,000 HP zombie lay at her feet.

Wang Tao's knife strikes were brutish, while Lu Yingfeng's appeared graceful. Of course, there was no distinction of superiority, both were fully leveraging their advantages, doing what felt most comfortable for them.

"Little Huo, spray it to death!"

Whoo—

On the other side, Wang Tao was somewhat surprised to see Qu Shilin holding Little Huo in her hands like a gun, or rather a flamethrower, blasting a torrent of flames at the zombies.

In a matter of seconds, several zombies were burnt to death.

"…That works?"

The fight came suddenly and also ended quickly.

After all, most of them were Awakeners. Once they were familiar with the effects of the Freezing Aura, killing these zombies naturally came without any surprises.

Just as Wang Tao and his group had finished clearing the battlefield, Han Rui suddenly spoke out.

"Zombies! A large number of Frozen Zombies are coming! And there's a big one too!"