Stealth Potion

Bang! Slash! Thud! Smack! Clang!

"Urgh..."

Seeing the sliver of Health Bar above the zombie's head, Wang Tao stomped down hard.

Splat!

Its head burst like a watermelon.

-35

0/500

"Whew..."

Torturing zombies was a skill too—though he was not really torturing it. Wang Tao simply wanted to test how much damage his different attacks could deal to a zombie.

He had never had a chance to try before. Now that he finally had one, he naturally could not let it slip away.

After testing for nearly an hour, he finally understood many things that had confused him before.

For example, crippling attacks such as severing limbs could only deal damage once. Repeatedly attacking anywhere other than the head would not deal repeated damage...

For example, a zombie's only fatal weakness was its head. Attacking any other part would not kill it! Even if you cut off its neck and left it with only a head, that head would still be alive...

For another example, a zombie's Health Bar was related to the hardness of its head. He could not stomp a full-health zombie to death, but he could easily crush a zombie with only a sliver of health underfoot...

And although zombies did not feel pain, they could still be affected by negative statuses like stun. Of course, perhaps it was not actually stun, but something more like stagger in a game. Wang Tao was not entirely sure. He only needed to know that a heavy blow to a zombie's head would make it pause briefly.

Moreover, Wang Tao was delighted to discover that zombies feared fire!

When he attacked the zombie with other tools, it did not react at all. But when he poked it with a burning stick, it actually struggled on the floor, trying to retreat! When he burned it directly with fire, its health also dropped quickly.

This was extremely important information! Of course, the smaller the sample size, the greater the margin of error. Wang Tao could not guarantee that all zombies feared fire, but as long as some of them did, it was absolutely encouraging news!

As for whether zombies burned to death would drop items, Wang Tao was not sure. He could not bring himself to test it, so he could only wait for another chance in the future.

Besides that, Wang Tao tested many other things, such as the damage dealt by attacking different parts of a zombie, the approximate range of a zombie's senses, and how badly a zombie's eyesight had deteriorated.

He had rough answers for all of those as well. They might not be entirely accurate, but they were still somewhat useful. At worst, he could find another opportunity like this and conduct more tests.

As for this unusually sneaky zombie... Wang Tao guessed that zombies could evolve—like the zombies in Apartment 201, whose Health Bars had been higher than other zombies. They had probably evolved by eating people!

But Wang Tao also felt that zombie evolution was not limited to gaining more health from eating people. Ordinary zombies could probably evolve into zombies like this one, which excelled at hiding.

After all, when he had come here earlier, he had indeed heard two zombies inside. The female zombie had most likely evolved later on...

After searching the bodies of the two zombies in the room, Wang Tao shoved them both out the window.

Thud, thud—

The sound of them hitting the ground drew some zombies over to watch, but after realizing they were their own kind, the zombies slowly dispersed again.

Ignoring the Black Blood all over the floor, Wang Tao sat on the sofa and rested for a while before looking over the loot from this zombie hunt.

Both zombies had 500 health, and they appeared to be roughly equally strong. But in reality, there was a huge difference between them!

The male zombie in this home was simply an ordinary 500-health zombie.

As for this female zombie, Wang Tao suspected that she might have undergone a second mutation or something. Her health had not increased, but she had learned how to hide! Normally, even if a zombie stayed motionless somewhere, it certainly would not close the door!

But this female zombie had learned to close the door and lie in wait!

If Wang Tao had not been strong, anyone else who came here might have been finished!

So even though their health was the same, this female zombie was far more dangerous than the male zombie! After all, if an ordinary survivor killed one zombie and saw no others in the house, they would definitely let their guard down. When they relaxed and opened a cabinet door, they would most likely fall into the trap.

Moreover, the health gained from killing them also confirmed Wang Tao's guess.

The male zombie was an ordinary zombie and gave Wang Tao 5 health, while the female zombie directly gave him 20 health!

Wang Tao's total health had now reached 150/155! "Just a few more kills and I'll break through 200 health. My next goal: 200 health!"

After setting himself a small goal, Wang Tao looked at the loot from the two zombies.

There was nothing much to say about the ordinary loot: a wallet, a lighter, a Platinum Necklace, two watches, and two phones.

The important part was the items dropped by the zombies.

The male zombie had dropped a small box of screws.

Obtained: Screws*1

Screws: Crafting Material

It was another crafting material, this time screws, which he had not obtained before.

Including these screws, Wang Tao currently had four kinds of crafting materials: Gear*1, Iron Block*1, Steel Wire*1, and now Screws*1. He had no idea what these things could make...

The item dropped by the female zombie first made Wang Tao's eyes light up, then immediately darken.

Obtained: Stealth Potion (Small)

Stealth Potion (Small): After injection, conceals your presence, making you difficult for humans to detect. Duration: 1 hour. Cooldown: 12 hours. Friendly reminder: Best used at night.

It was a translucent, disposable needleless injector as thick as a pen. Green liquid could be seen inside, and the casing bore the words "Small Stealth."

When Wang Tao saw the Stealth Potion, his heart surged with excitement. Going by the usual game logic, anything with the word "stealth" in its name was good for avoiding monsters.

But after seeing the explanation below, Wang Tao felt his vision go dark.

Harder for other humans to notice? He did not need to hide from people right now!

And how could it evade human perception? Could it avoid someone's hearing or vision? Humans could think and discern things! Unless it could cover the other person's eyes, ears, and so on...

It felt a little useless. Perhaps it had some special use, but Wang Tao definitely had no use for it at the moment.

"If only there were a Stealth Potion that could hide me from zombies... What a pity..."

After sighing, Wang Tao laughed and shook his head.

It was already good enough that he had one. What was there to regret?

This Stealth Potion had the suffix "Small." Perhaps there were also "Medium" and "Large" versions. Maybe one of those could hide someone from zombies.

And since there was a Stealth Potion, there might be other potions too! Wang Tao was even more excited about his item-drop ability!

After putting away the loot dropped by the zombies, Wang Tao began thoroughly searching Apartment 601.

The husband and wife in this home had probably turned into zombies at the same time. There were no signs of fighting in the apartment, so the food had remained relatively intact. It would probably be enough to feed Wang Tao for half a month! But much of it was frozen food, and the refrigerator no longer had power... Finding diesel was urgent!