Ability Shockwave

~Vroom~ The car started, turning to leave via another road.

Wang Tao suddenly felt that firing the gun just now had some benefits. At least it attracted the surrounding zombies, allowing him to drive a bit faster.

It wasn't until he was far away from that street that Wang Tao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he took out a Painkiller from the military Medical Kit and injected it into his arm.

The Terror's hammer just now, although it didn't directly hit him, the Shockwave made solid contact, knocking off more than eighty points of his Health Bar. His injuries hadn't healed in the first place... and now his whole body was in terrible pain.

Fortunately, he was wearing thick clothes, and he had books on him, which blocked some of the damage.

He was also lucky to be wearing thick clothes, otherwise he might have been burned while collecting the loot.

Looking at the holes burned in his clothes, pants, and even his hood and mask, Wang Tao felt a little fortunate. He almost got disfigured again...

The Painkiller worked well, and he quickly felt much more energetic.

Then he had time to check the loot.

Killing this Terror gave him another 40 points to his maximum Health Bar.

Reaching [54/380], almost breaking four hundred, but his current Health Bar dropped a lot during the battle, and he was still at critical health.

The Terror's weapon was collected into the Space Backpack as before, and the package dropped by the Terror was also [Strength Potion (Small) *1], but there was no blueprint this time.

Finally, there was his target this time—

[Tier 1 Crystal Core - Shockwave]

[Quality: Excellent (80%)]

[Purity: 50% (Side effect: Eyes are sensitive to light)]

The appearance of this Crystal Core wasn't white and transparent, but a red and transparent crystal! Compared to the previous Crystal Core, the specific data and quality had changed. The quality of the previous Crystal Core was "Ordinary (20%)" while this one was "Excellent (80%)"! Quality affects the success rate of fusion, which means that the success rate of fusing this red Crystal Core is 80%!

This success rate is amazing. As long as you're not too unlucky, it's basically guaranteed.

Of course, Wang Tao was aiming for a 100% success rate, so he definitely wouldn't fuse this one. He wanted to collect ten of them to synthesize—wait! Wang Tao suddenly froze.

The fusion success rate of the first Shockwave Crystal Core was 20%, and this second one was 80%. Wouldn't the combined success rate be 100%? He quickly looked at the Space Backpack, and saw some changes in the slot where the Zombie Crystal Cores were placed.

[Tier 1 Crystal Core - Shockwave]

[2/10 (Can be synthesized)]

Can be synthesized! So this "10" doesn't mean that a minimum of ten Crystal Cores are needed for one synthesis, but that a maximum of ten Crystal Cores can be synthesized?!

Just as Wang Tao was thinking about synthesizing, another prompt popped up.

[The attributes of the "Tier 1 Crystal Core - Shockwave" after synthesis are:]

[Quality: Ordinary (20%) + Excellent (80%) = Epic (100%)]

[Purity: 50% + 50% = 100%]

[Impurities: None]

[Side effects: None]

"The quality will become 100% after synthesis, and the purity will also become 100%! Maximum stability, no impurities, and the side effects are also removed! Then what are we waiting for!"

Wang Tao didn't hesitate and directly chose to synthesize.

Whoosh—

A burst of colorful light bloomed from the slot in the Space Backpack where the Crystal Core was placed, and an orange Zombie Crystal Core appeared.

[Tier 1 Crystal Core - Shockwave]

[Quality: Epic (100%)]

[Purity: 100% (No side effects)]

Seeing the orange Zombie Crystal Core in the Space Backpack, Wang Tao felt his heart beat faster.

But Wang Tao still had reason. He knew that fusing this thing now wasn't suitable, and it would be better to go back and fuse it.

However, just as Wang Tao took the Crystal Core out of his Space Backpack, wanting to admire it, he suddenly felt as if he had been starving for days, and there was a delicious meal in front of him. He subconsciously took a bite.

Then... he swallowed the beautiful orange Crystal Core.

"..."

"Holy crap!"

After swallowing it, Wang Tao finally reacted.

He quickly parked the car, touching his body, wanting to see if there were any changes.

"It's a little hot..."

Wang Tao felt his body was a little hot, but it was just hot, and there were no other movements.

This slight fever lasted for three minutes.

Then Wang Tao felt that his strength seemed to have increased a bit, but not much.

He quickly looked at his stats.

The Health Bar limit remained unchanged, but the current health increased by 10 points, becoming [64/380].

Below his Health Bar, a blue bar appeared - [100/100]

Seeing this blue bar, Wang Tao suddenly had a realization.

This blue bar is an energy bar! He needs this energy to release Shockwave! Then, next to the Space Backpack icon, a small fist icon appeared. Inside the small fist icon, there was a ripple-like icon - [Ability - Shockwave]

"I really have an Ability?"

Wang Tao felt a little unreal.

Mainly because he didn't feel any major changes in his body...

Thinking in his heart, Wang Tao suddenly threw a punch at the car window.

Dong—

It was clearly a punch in the air, but it was as if it hit the surface of the water, and a visible ripple appeared!

The diameter of the ripple was about one meter.

At the same time, his blue bar dropped by 10 points.

Then he punched the air again, but this time nothing happened.

"I see!"

Wang Tao already understood how to use the Ability. As long as he thought about using the Shockwave Ability in his mind, he could use it. If he didn't want to use it, it would be a normal attack.

And he could roughly control the amount of energy used. Just now, he wanted to use the least amount of energy, and then he used 10 points of energy.

He can also use less or more energy at one time.

But he had a feeling in the dark - using less energy requires extremely precise control of the Ability. He can't do it yet. And if he uses too much energy at one time, he may fall into exhaustion or damage his body. The maximum energy he can use each time seems to be around 20...

So, if he wants to control this Ability freely, he has to learn and practice more! If Espers with the same energy and Ability fight head-on, the one who masters the Ability more skillfully will definitely win...

But no matter what, Wang Tao is now a genuine Esper!

He couldn't help but want to shout excitedly, after all, which man didn't fantasize about having the ability to reach the sky and the earth when he was a child? Although he can't reach the sky and the earth now, he believes that as long as he works hard to become stronger in the future, he may have a chance! With this excited mood, Wang Tao finally returned to Happiness District one minute before the Stealth Potion effect disappeared.

"Huh? What's going on?"

Wang Tao suddenly frowned.

He found something was wrong. Why are the Zombies in the Residential Area gone?

There were more than twenty Zombies in the yard. When he went out, the Zombies didn't chase him out.

Could it be that someone came out and lured the Zombies away?

No, the Zombies entered the building! When Wang Tao saw that the unit door under Building 4 was open, his face suddenly turned ugly.